Great Brain Quiz 110

7. Cape Mortella, in Corsica, somewhat confusingly, has given its name to which type of coastal defence?
8. The Royal Albert Bridge, opened in 1859, spans which river?
9. What was Ernest Borgnine's character surname in the 1950's film for which he won his lone Academy Award?
10. Born with the forename "Rocco" in the early 1920's in New York, what was the assumed eight letter surname of "Rocky", a world champion boxer of his day?
11. Which London tube line is the only one that interconnects with all the others?
12. Which animal has a tongue that is about half as long again as its body?
13. Apart from all having the "Mar" connection what links Maredsous, Maribo, Marienhofer, and Maroilles?
14. In the general context of entertainment which same word links Carre; "Edna, His Wife"; Ned Beatty; and a famous Cole Porter song?
15. * Where, in days of old when knights were bold, could you have seen a greave, a poleyn, and a sabaton? (Just a word of six letters will suffice!)
16. Which Major-winning golfer coined the term the "yips" to describe the putting affliction that occasionally affects even the greatest players?
17. What was the eight letter first name and very famous surname of the son of Karamchand and Putlibai who was born in India in the early 1860's?
18. Over the years what linked Lewis Carroll, Charles 1, Winston Churchill, Charles Darwin, George VI, Somerset Maugham, and Isaac Newton?
19. What was the Charles Schulz comic strip called which introduced "Charlie Brown" to American newspaper syndicates in the late 1940's?
20. * What are the two dots called over the second of two consecutive vowels in words like "naïve" or "Zoë" to indicate that it is to be pronounced separately?
21. In which film did Fred Astaire play an alliteratively named private eye character?
22. Which rock group, formed in the 1960's, took its name from the first name of the lead singer; another singer they admired, with the surname of Reese; and a street in Detroit?
23. Which current political leader's first name is an anagram of the surname of a former leader of the same country?
24. In which country was the so called "Green Line" established in the 1970's to keep apart warring Christian and Muslim factions?
25. * Other than being actresses what links Diahann Carroll, Ava Gardner, and Whoopi Goldberg?
26. 62 - 63 = 1 is not a mathematically correct statement but can be made so by moving (and replacing) one of the digits. How?
27. In which 1950's adventure novel set in Hungary can we read about "Michael Reynolds", "Major General Alexis Illyurin", the giant bodyguard "Sandor", and the brutal AVO torturer known as "Coco"?
28. Which former Surrey and England test match cricketer has the most obvious nominal link with Mrs L Tankard?
29. Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and, more recently, Laetitia Casta have all modelled which female figure who traditionally symbolises the spirit of the French Republic?
30. * Which "conveyance" precedes "wright" in the surname of the inventor of the power loom?
31. Which 20th century Folkestone-born painter and sculptor has the most obvious link with the actor Larry Hagman?
32. He shared his surname with an English city and appeared in 1930's films such as "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "Gunga Din", and "The Adventures of Robin Hood". Which famous author did he portray in a 1946 film?
33. Which word links Brenda Mae Tarpley; Declan Patrick McManus; and a comment made by Robert Redford to Paul Newman during the course of a famous 1969 film?
34. Who died in September 1978 near Waterloo Bridge after being poisoned via the tip of an umbrella while waiting to catch a bus?
35. * According to "Lord Tolloller", "he who shies at such a prize is not worth"... a what?
36. Walter J. Whitmore (Hon. Secretary) and S H Clarke Maddock (Hon. Treasurer) were elected as principal officials of which Club during a meeting at 346, The Strand, back in 1868?
37. What is the first name and surname of the comic strip cartoon character whose parents were called "Cole" and "Nana"?
38. Originally composed in the 1870's, what is the name of the work that became the signature tune/theme music for a series of TV murder mysteries of the 1950's and 1960's that were introduced by "The Master of Suspense"?
39. On the subject of TV foul play which actress, who appropriately enough has portrayed "Miss Scarlett" in a TV version of "Cluedo", had an amorous liaison with a former Chairman of the Broadcasting Standards Commission which led to his resignation.
40. Which word that can be used to indicate the fifth Sunday in Lent is also a brand of lager?
41. A former world ranked Canadian tennis player whose first name is the answer to Q. 40 married another well-known tennis player in 1987. In which year did this latter person first win a Grand Slam doubles title at Wimbledon?
42. Which seaweed-based food substance, widely used to alleviate intestinal medical problems, has the most obvious link with Shirley Temple? (I can accept a one word or a two word answer!)
43. Which New Zealand cricketer with the middle name Mary scored just seven runs in four innings' in an undistinguished test match career in the late 1980's?
44. In June 1992 Councillor Doreen Mardon, the Mayor of Enfield, commemorated with a plaque the 25th anniversary of an event which had taken place in the borough in 1967. Which TV celebrity of the day had been notably associated with that 1967 occasion?
45. Which British WWII fighter aircraft, of which some 600 were built, were in action primarily in N. Africa and on Arctic convoys? Powered by a 1, 080 hp Rolls Royce Merlin VIII engine, their maximum speed was 280 mph and they were usually armed with. 303 Browning machine guns.
46. Who do we hear singing "Underneath the Mango Tree" shortly after "Honey Ryder" bursts onto the screen in a certain "James Bond" film?
47. What is the middle name of "Tom Riddle" according to the second book in a highly popular and, as yet, incomplete series?
48. If Frank Gatliff was "Bluejay", then who or what was Oliver MacGreevy in the same context?
49. Which astronaut in the past few years has had a presumably lucrative association with "3.141592"?
50. The lady who played "Miss Partridge" in a cliffhanging episode of a popular TV comedy series of the 1970's was the mother of which flamboyant actress who has appeared in numerous TV drama series over the years?


The next sextet to identify, again IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, are two WW11 American soldiers, one of whom was associated with a beneficial "Plan"; an actor probably best remembered as a comical corporal in a popular TV series; a 20th century American author and Academy Award winner; a former Chairman of the BBC; and a world class American golfer.

57. What was the "workshop" called which couturier Paul Poiret founded in 1912 to market the designs which his young pupils had created at his school of interior decoration?
58. Which murderer's middle name was Bishara?
59. How are Jean d'Aire, Andrieu d'Andres, Jean de Fiennes, Eustache de Saint-Pierre, and Jacques + Pierre de Wissant famously remembered in history?
60. * What was the surname of William, a learned sort of chap, who has a peak in the Adirondacks named after him as a result of promoting a geological survey of the counties of New York?
61. Which famous battle has the most obvious association with Master McGrath who Queen Victoria insisted on meeting in the early 1870's?
62. In a futuristic French novel of the 1920's ten thousand citizens volunteer to be injected with a drug in 1950 that will keep them in a deep slumber until they awake in the year 2250. In which city does this prolonged group doze take place?
63. According to a famous American author who was born in Manhattan in 1884, how was the card sharp "Sergeant Fortescue Melville Michael O'Shay" better known to his acquaintances?
64. Where, according to a famous author, did he undertake his "travels" aided and abetted by Modestine? (Just looking for a one word answer!)
65. * Which film starring Danny Kaye was also the name by which he became well-known of one of Henry VIII's court physicians?
66. If you were watching the action from Portman Park or Steepledowns what kind of sport would you be seeing? (I require a very precise answer of three or four words!)
67. Where, in the same general geographical area, can you find most of two British male golfers, one of whom won the Open; a former English test cricketer; most of a state capital; most of a knighted stage and film actor; and, in addition, a comedian; a racehorse trainer; a poet; a composer; and a fictitious schoolboy?
68. What was the name of America's first black Roman Catholic archbishop who, sadly for him, is best remembered for his involvement in a late 1980's sex scandal with a female parishioner?
69. In fiction and/or film which name most obviously links little "Lord Fauntleroy", "Lord Epping", and the Earl of Essex?
70. Which black mineral that occurs in pegmatites is used as a source of certain rare earth elements and is named after a 19th century Russian inspector of mines?
Competitors Corner crops up next with the following five little horrors all provided by your fellow GBQuizzers.
71. Which entertainer played the role of his real life father in a well-known 1942 film?
72. As of December 2002, aged 90, he is the oldest living recipient of the Victoria Cross. One of his forenames has a numerical connection which in itself is unusual, but what was very unusual in the circumstances about his particular award?
73. Which same name musically links "Big", "Eat", "Four-Eyed", "Little" and "No"?
74. Which sporting contest was won by Patricia Arthur back in 1975?
75. Which three words, one of which is "of", follow "Showers and Dew" and precede "Fire and Heat" in the same context?
And back to my feeble attempts to confuse!
76. Which same word is a film title; a password used in one of the Marx Bros films; and an alias employed by "Sir Roderick Glossop" in one of the "Jeeves" novels?
77. In the early 19th century what linked the Battle of Leipzig with Ceres, Diana, Flora and Pomona? (Any phrasing of your answer which shows you know what I'm after will get the points!)
78. How has the former waiter M. Pritchett been known to a certain readership since1988?
79. Named somewhat incongruously after a Cuban hero, what is the Florida-based Spanish language radio station called that has been transmitting anti-Castro propaganda at Cuba since the 1980's and, as far as I know, is still active?
80. * Which "ology", derived from greek and whose first three letters when reversed are rather appropriate, is the branch of science or medicine that is concerned with obstetrics?


Into "Tormenting 20", your first task being to sort out the six people seen top right. IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER they are; an 18th/19th century British naval officer and author; a suave British stage and film actor who lost a leg in WW1; a New York born winner of a "Best Supporting Actress" Oscar; an aristocratic sounding American poet and author; a flowery 19th/20th century Scottish-born operatic soprano; and a 19th/20th century French dramatist and filmmaker.

87. Who was created a Life Peer in 1967 having been the key figure over the years in the UK's ability to produce its own atom and hydrogen bomb?
88. Take the five letter word for a type of reindeer-drawn sledge and change the middle letter. You should now have the word for a type of large cloth fan predominantly used in the Far East. The two words, please.
89. Who can claim a sporting first in Seattle, in 1999, partly thanks to the ineptitude of a certain Loi Chow?
90. I can't claim to have heard it but an old recording by a distinguished British actor, who died in the early 1990's, of a horseracing commentary to the strains of "The Ride of the Valkyries" is apparently a classic. Anyway what is the title of this skit/sketch which, very appropriately, contains the name of a horse that was beaten by inches in an Epsom Derby?
91. Which 18th century naturalist painter, who shared his first name with the surname of a top class modern day golfer, gave the world works such as "Summer Night", "Winter Day" and "Old Pine Trees in the Snow"?
92. In a roundabout sort of way which number concludes this sequence. 60 85 24 135 140 66 104 64 126 ?
93. Which famous fictional character was accorded a front page obituary in the New York Times in the mid 1970's?
94. And who ended her life in 1932 by throwing herself off an "H"?
95. In the late 1870's a lady who was to become a well-known author taught in a kindergarten school in California. Her most famous literary character has a link with someone mentioned earlier in the quiz but I just want to know the name of the German-born educator who founded and headed the kindergarten?
96. Three simple cryptic crossword clues! One mark each.
    1. Half Moon Street fronted by Capone? Nearly! (6)
    2. Fiddle about a fish in old Russian port (10)
    3. Sounds of internal protest after Moor's grubby churning!? (11)
97. What was the real surname of the variety act brothers Frank and Harry who specialised as Chelsea pensioners with their stage name apparently inspired in the 1920's by the front of a motor car?
98. I'll be lenient with the spelling, so which Welsh word describes a religious poem in which the writer terminally repents of his or her sins and begs for forgiveness?
99. What links author James Joyce's wife; a certain man on the Moon; a crude oil; pharmacist John J McLaughlin; 22 Piccadilly in the early 1800's; Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto; and "Murgatroyd"?
100. Which very famous film contains, in its opening minutes, a classroom scene during which a geriatric schoolmaster, with his back to a blackboard on which are written (in greek) the opening lines of Homer's "Odyssey", exhorts his teenage pupils to undertake a certain course of action?

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