Great Brain Quiz 108

7. It seems a long way off at present but in which opera does "Clara" sing the famous lullaby "Summertime"?
8. Talking of lullabies which organisation was founded in 1884 by Benjamin Waugh?
9. And for youngsters presumably past the lullaby stage, what was the junior section of the Girl Guides called when it was formed in 1914?
10. Which legendary pair of lovers met with tragic consequences at the tomb of Ninus?
11. What is the seven letter stage surname of Kylie, the actress who played "Lucy Robinson" in a well-known Australian TV "soap"?
12. According to the title of a 1950's film which starred a man who twice played Abraham Lincoln on the cinema screen, how many "Angry Men" were there?
13. Which British king's name meant "Son of Life"?
14. Excluding recurring characters such as "Miss Moneypenny", who was the first actress to appear on screen in three different "James Bond" films?
15. * What was "Gus: the Theatre Cat"s proper name according to T S Eliot?
16. Which British Foreign Secretary said "My foreign policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria Station and go anywhere I damn well please"?
17. Which 1940's film is really only remembered these days for having contained the longest continuous kiss in cinema history?
18. Which six letter word, and there may well be several, becomes a new word if you move the first letter to the end of the word, and becomes another new word if you repeat the process once more? (If this is not clear, imagine the original word is ABCDEF Then BCDEFA is a word as is CDEFAB).
19. Much involved in the film world since the mid 1980's, what is the first name and surname of the Indian tennis player who was one of the brothers that competed at Wimbledon back in the 197O's?
20. * Which word that should be familiar described a demon that normally took the outward appearance of an animal and was used by a witch or sorcerer to perform magical tasks?
21. A uniformed man ran from home one afternoon before making three turns and finding himself confronted by a masked man. What was his occupation?
22. Which same word links "The Sheikh"; a Nobel Prize winner of the 1940's; and a large flightless Australian bird?
23. Which dual Oscar-winning actress played James Stewart's sister in an adaptation of Mary Chase's famous story about a six foot tall invisible rabbit?
24. In a roundabout sort of way, if Tamburello is first and Traguardo is last, then which "refreshment" comes between Piratella and Variante Alta?
25. * Which 1934 novel by Robert Graves gives an account of Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero's turbulent 13 year reign as emperor of Rome?
26. In which European city that housed the world's first Stock Exchange can you visit the cathedral of Notre Dame?
27. Where, and you needn't be too specific!, can you find, more or less in the same place: a dragon; the words "Quod me nutrit me destruit"; a cross; the letter "H"; a blue box; and a Japanese symbol?
28. In which 1960's novel, the basis for an action-packed film of the same title, are "Capt Keith Mallory", "Corporal Miller" and "Col. Andrea Stavros" sent on a highly dangerous WW2 mission?
29. What one word links the French astrologer Nostradamus and the game of cricket?
30. * What did the acronym TINA stand for in a British political context in the early 1980's?
31. Which well known 18th century English potter was physically incapable of using a potter's wheel properly?
32. Which country's national flag is unique in that its reverse side is different to its obverse?
33. Who, or what, links the films "Swiss Family Robinson" (1940); "Duel in the Sun" (1946); "The Vikings" (1958); "King of Kings" (1961); and "History of the World-Part I" (1981)?
34. I'm sure you've all at sometime or other had your feet measured in a shoe shop to ensure you buy the best possible fit. Consisting of cups at top and bottom on a sliding bar, what is the instrument called, as in the name of the man who invented it over 80 years ago?
35. * Sounding as if he might be. something of a joke, which king of the Amalekite's did Samuel chop in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal?
36. Which of the following is the odd one out?
    2/2 4/4 6/6 8/8 10/10 or 12/12
37. Which same word can be a type of bean; the surname of an outstanding European marathon runner; and a breed of horse?
38. In terms of roles they each played in their acting careers, what same name linked Bernard Archard, Tom Hulce, and Stratford Johns?
39. Who famously said on 7 June 1946, "Hello, remember me?"
40. The latin words "Afflavit Deus et dissipantur" were inscribed on victory medals many years ago and translate as something like "God blew and they were scattered". In which year did the event occur which led to the medals being produced?
41. When his victory in an American electoral contest earned the winner the epithet "Landslide Lyndon", who was his defeated opponent?
42. Who scored the first ever double century in a one day (ie limited over) cricket international?
43. Who most obviously links the "Rolling Stones" and "Winnie the Pooh"?
44. See page 1.
45. Alter one symbol OR number in this equation to make it mathematically correct.
    (11+1) = (11-1) = 5!
46. Which fictitious schoolboy is known as "Mortimer" in French translations of the English novels?
47. She could not have been expected to understand what was going on but which very well known person spent some 15 years in Italy, starting in the mid 1950's, under the secret identity of Maria Maggi?
48. What do six Earls have the same number of as three Viscounts? Please note this has nothing to do with the letters in the words "Earls" or "Viscounts"!
49. Which very famous "ballet dancer" finished first past the post in a 1980's English horse-racing classic?
50. I'll do my best to phrase this question, but it is quite tricky! On the London stage, in the late 1950's, "A" played a character who was killed by "B" during the course of the action. When the film version was made a few years later, the man who had been "A" in London took the part of "B". Who was this actor, ie which same person played "A" on the London stage and "B" in the famous film?
Tantalising 30 begins with a small "link" round. The answers to Q's 51-55, or part of them, whole words, of course, are all linked in a certain way which I expect you will quickly discover!
51. Who is the youngest ever male winner of a tennis "Grand Slam" event?
52. In which 1960's film did the late James Coburn play a tongue in cheek secret agent who foils a plot by a group of women hoping to achieve world domination?
53. Name the TWO English fast bowlers who shared a 10th wicket partnership of 128 in a 1960's test match versus the West Indies.
54. In the Agatha Christie thriller which introduced readers to "Tommy Beresford" and "Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley", the villain of the piece turns out to be the celebrated K. C. "Sir James Peel Edgerton". What is his alter ego/alias, call it what you will, in this 1920's novel?
55. * Which wartime Chancellor piloted the tax collection system of PAYE and, ironically, died on the day the scheme was to be announced?
56. And for two more marks, what links the answers to Q's 51-55?
57. What was the name (ie not the make!) of the private aircraft in which John F Kennedy campaigned for the Presidency in 1960?
58. And who admitted to having slept throughout most of his period in office as President of the United States?
    
59. See page 1.
60. * In a certain short story by a well known author "Vladimir Brusiloff" speaks disparagingly of the literary merits of "Nastikoff" and "Sovietski". "I spit me of Nastikoff", he says "No novelists any good but me": "—— and Tolstoi not bad. Not good, but not bad". Which novelist"s name replaces the blank in the above sentence?
61. Which baseball team sensationally "threw" the 1919 World Series after several key players accepted bribes from gamblers?
62. The events referred to in Q61 gave rise to a famous comment which was addressed by a young fan to one of the accused players. By all accounts, this person had originally gone along with with his team mates but changed his mind when his side was 3-1 down in the best of seven contest, and tried his utmost to win. Anyway, what was the fan's remark, be it apocryphal or not, which has entered baseball folklore?
    
63. See page 1.
64. What was the somewhat inappropriate surname of the person who in 1904, driving a Fiat, won Italy's first ever major motor race?
65. * Which character in Ian Fleming's "Moonraker" shares his surname with two unrelated (I think) Nobel Prize winners for Medicine?
66. Which prestigious "first", or it was then, went Nicky Allen's way in 1961?
67. In which European capital city is a 50 foot high statue being erected to the British Prime Minister and a road renamed Tony Blair Street? (nb this may or may not have already happened by now!)
68. Name the famous singer and actor of the day who created the role of "Joe", thus becoming the first person to song "Ole Man River" on the New York stage.
69. Which is the world's noisiest land animal in terms of the distance their calls can be heard from?
70. * Who founded the "Save the Children Fund", and in which year? (One point for each part of the question!)
Competitors Corner is back again with the next five little horrors, possibly "tampered with" by yours truly, all kindly? provided by GBQuizzers!
71. Which letter of the alphabet was entertainly linked with Jack and Beatie de Leon in London in the 1920's?
72. Which is the next number in this series: 61 52 63 94 46?
73. From where have "Major Valentine Brown" and "Miss Phoebe Throssel" recently disappeared after being around for 70 years or so?
74. Back in 1978 Brian McKechnie kicked the winning penalty for the All Blacks against Wales, but he is probably better remembered in sport for being involved in which incident in February 1981?
75. What was the imaginary land called off the coast of Labrador which was supposedly discovered by a Pole and is alluded to by Milton in his "Paradise Lost"?
Back to the easy stuff!
76. Who most famously in myth or legend owned a horse whose name was an anagram of ILL MARE?
77. Situated near Maidenhead in Berkshire, it was called "The Duchess of Connaught" from 1914 to 1919. It then became "Number 15" before the name was changed again after WW2 to the one it is known by today. What is this name?
78. Who won a 2 million dollar prize in 1999 for being born on 28 September 1965?
79. Which comic strip character married and divorced "James Turner" in the early 1960's?
80. * In 1935 several great stars appeared uncredited, as themselves, in the same film. They included Joe E Brown, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Dick Powell, and Dolores del Rio. Just the name of the film, please.
Tormenting 20 now with a few, hopefully, to test the best!
81. Who had strings attached to her annual performances at the Duke of York's Theatre in the first and second decades of the 20th century?
    
82. See page 1.
83. The first American Chess Congress reinforced the view that the 20 year-old winner was the greatest exponent of the game yet seen. In one game in the final, as Black, he caused a sensation, on move 17, when sacrificing his queen for a bishop en route to forcing a resignation 11 moves later. Who was the winner and who was his defeated German opponent?
84. What links/linked the actor Rex Harrison; the writer James Joyce; the political figures Herbert Morrison and Theodore Roosevelt; and the composer Iannis Xenakis? (Obviously the fact that they are all no longer with us is not what I'm looking for!)
85. If 53 was a type of diagram; 52 a television presenter; 38 a British composer; 33 a legend; 31 a well-known fictional character; 29 a British racecourse; 28 a famous film actress; 27 an English golf course; 15 an English golf course; and 10 a pupil at "Greyfriars School", then, in the same cryptic context, which real life person was 3?
86. In which mid 1880's novel can you read about "Trompette" and "Bataille"?
87. In the same context that Oliver Twist, Pickwick, and Sam Weller all came to grief in the 1840's, in which year did their "creator" do considerably better?
88. Which word links "firsts" on 4 August 1821; 6 December 1877; and 15 April 1986?
    
89. See page 1.
90. A CUTE GREEDY JERK, while making only limited sense, is an anagram of the first name and maiden surname of someone you will probably never have heard of. You will, for sure, have heard of her famous daughter. Who was she?
91. In the early 17th century, 13 year-old John Smith falsely accused a number of women of causing his severe fits through sorcery. His uncorroborated testimony led to their deaths and, in time, to a far more rigorous system of court procedure in such cases. By which two word epithet is this particular John Smith remembered?
92. Who can claim the credit, about 160 years ago, for stopping the hammer head from flying off the handle?
93. Rather cryptically, it must be said, you could describe this actor as "Sanders of the River" in his role as a doctor in an American TV soap. The actor's real first name can be found at length in the Book of Isaiah and his assumed surname is a very famous one in a certain sport. So what surname was he born with, one which became very well known in America for unfortunate reasons in the 1970's?
94. Which letter follows the B to complete what is a record of sorts in the context of first class cricket. A R R A P W R R K B?
95. What was the surname she was born with of "Lady K", the daughter of a British army officer, who controversially married a man who would become the President of an African nation by whom she had four children?
96. Clyde, his wife Mary, and their children Marion and Robert moved west to southern California in 1912 as it was felt the warmer climate would benefit Clyde's tubercular condition. Some four years later the family, along with Duke their pet Airedale, transferred to the Los Angeles area where Clyde obtained employment in a chemist's shop. Where is all this leading to you ask? The question is... what was Clyde's surname?
97. How is "Fifi" better known as in the title of a very popular operetta of its time that was premiered on Christmas Day early in the 20th century?
98. Which British motorway has the most obvious connection with the star cluster known as the Pleiades?
99. Back in 1956, which film was was the first ever to have its United States premiere in cinemas and on television on the same day?
100. If P = BB; and PI = CA; and R = TWC; then, in the same context, what does T equal?

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