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1. (£100) Which of these products is sold by the brands Colgate, Oral-B and Sensodyne? a) Deodorant b) Shampoo c) Toothpaste d) Sun cream
2. (£200) Which tool was used as a weapon by the Norse god Thor? a) Pliers b) Hammer c) Screwdriver d) Saw 3. (£300) What is the name of the classic dessert consisting of sponge cake and ice cream covered in meringue? a) Baked Rhode Island b) Baked Wyoming c) Baked Connecticut d) Baked Alaska
4. (£500) Trigonometry is a branch of which subject? a) Biology b) Economics c) Psychology d) Mathematics
5. (£1K) Lily Savage was a persona of which TV personality? a) Paul O’Grady b) Barry Humphries c) Les Dawson d) Brendan O’Carroll 6. (£2K) Which of these means a speech in a play where a character talks to themselves rather than to other characters? a) Interlude b) Revue c) Soliloquy d) Chorus
7. (£4K) Which of these is a religious event celebrated in Hinduism? a) Diwali b) Ramadan c) Hanukkah d) Whitsun
8. (£8K) British athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson became a world champion in which athletics event in 2019? a) Heptathlon b) Marathon c) 100 metres d) 400 metres hurdles
9. (£16K) Which iconic horror film involves a couple whose newborn child is replaced at birth with the Antichrist? a) The Shining b) Don’t Look Now c) The Exorcist d) The Omen
10. (£32K) In the opera by Rossini, what is the first name of The Barber Of Seville? a) Tamino b) Alfredo c) Don Carlos d) Figaro
11. (£64K) Which of these books is believed to have been inspired by the real-life experiences of the Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk? a) Moby Dick b) Robinson Crusoe c) Treasure Island d) The Count Of Monte Cristo
12. (£125K) Which toxic substance is obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant? a) Sarin b) Strychnine c) Ricin d) Cyanide
13. (£250K) The Twelve Apostles is a series of peaks connected to which mountain? a) Aoraki Mount Cook b) K2 c) Table Mountain d) Mont Blanc
14. (£500K) First performed in 1804, Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony was originally dedicated to which historical figure? a) Marie Antoinette b) Napoleon Bonaparte c) Louis XVIII of France d) Voltaire
ANSWERS: 1 (c) Toothpaste; 2 (b) Hammer; 3 (d) Baked Alaska; 4 (d) Mathematics; 5 (a) Paul O’Grady; 6 (c) Soliloquy; 7 (a) Diwali; 8 (a) Heptathlon; 9 (d) The Omen; 10 (d) Figaro; 11 (b) Robinson Crusoe; 12 (c) Ricin; 13 (c) Table Mountain; 14 (b) Napoleon Bonaparte; 15 (d) Isle of Man TT