QUESTIONS

1This weekend’s birthdays included flower-child pop singer Donovan and Piano Man songwriter Billy Joel. But which musician is older?

2A bit of geography: list FIVE countries with a name that ends in ‘…stan’.

3Now, some questions from the world of entertainment. Harvey, Hazel and Honey are all fictional... whats?

4From their initials, give the names of these three actresses who were Downton Abbey regular cast members: J.B.F., P.W., E.McG.

5‘Check in. Unpack. Relax. Take A Shower’ was the tagline on the posters for which film?

6Jane and Michael Banks are characters in which film musical?

7Next, some sport and games. The Olympics were due to take place this summer. Now they’re pegged for next summer, if the logistics allow. In which city?

8In 2015, David Cameron said he supported West Ham, forgetting that he really supported which other team, who also play in claret and blue?

9Name BOTH sports played at the All England Club, located at Church Road in Wimbledon.

10There are four stations on the London Monopoly board. Name THREE.

11Some questions about books. The Edinburgh neighbourhood of Merchiston has become known as Writers’ Row because its inhabitants have included Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith and which other author, who’s estimated to be worth £750m?

12How many years elapse between George Orwell’s world of Big Brother and Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey?

13What was unusual about the Booker Prize in 1974, 1992 and 2019?

14Next, food and drink. These phrases are anagrams of which of herbs and spices: Army rose; German loss; arise ants.

15Which pudding is named after a woman who took her stage name from an

Australian city?

16Which of these foodstuffs does NOT have protected status in the UK? Gloucestershire Old Spot pork sausages; Single Gloucester cheese; Double Gloucester cheese.

17In 2014, Diana Beard became a national villain after she opened a freezer containing what dessert, which had been prepared by a man called Iain?

18Just before Christmas 2017, Greggs the baker apologised for using sausage rolls to create what?

19Music next. Who is this musician (see left), pictured as a youth?

20What two dishes are rhymed in the song Food Glorious Food?

21Between 1962 and 1970, The Beatles released 11 songs with ‘love’ (or some variant) in the title. Name five.

22The Queen recently celebrated her 94th birthday. One tradition, which usually takes place in Hyde Park and the Tower of London, was cancelled this year. What was it?

23Last month, the Rolling Stones reunited for the One World: Together At Home concert. Which song, appropriately about being frustrated, did they perform?

24Which American actor, known for flying spacecraft on screen, has recently had to apologise for not following air-traffic control procedure while flying a small plane in California?

25Finally, a connection question. What connects the following: the flood plain surrounding the Mississippi River, the watch brand favoured by James Bond and the circumference of a circle divided by its diameter?