3 What term is given to a bridge hand with no card higher than a nine?
4 Who invented the turbojet engine?
5 What is the Latin phrase meaning “at the last gasp”?
6 Which cathedral has the tallest spire in England?
7 What is an adult insect produced after metamorphosis?
8 Where would you find a Plimsoll line?
9 What is the Scottish term for an island or meadow beside a river?
10 By what name was Frances Ethel Gumm better known?
11 Which 2013 film directed by Ron Howard portrays the relationship between two Formula 1 drivers?
12 What was Louis Armstrong’s famous seven-letter nickname?
13 Who played the title character in the 2004 comedy film Shaun of the Dead?
14 Which Old Testament book follows Judges?
15 Which island was formerly known as Formosa?
16 The animal Canis lupus is known by what common name?
17 Which poet wrote the line “No man is an island”?
18 Who is the patron saint of lost causes?
19 Who won the Brits Critics’ Choice Award in 2018?
20 What is the continual past tense of a verb better known as?
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1 In what year was the Dangerous Dogs Act implemented in the UK?
2 Which of these cartoon dogs was created first: Scooby Doo or Snoopy?
3 Into how many breed groups does the Kennel Club of Great Britain divide dogs?
4 Which breed of working dog is most associated with the Western Alps?
5 To which biological family do domestic dogs belong?
6 Which Wallace and Gromit animation featured a robot dog?
7 How many teeth does the average adult dog have?
8 From which country does the Akita breed originate?
9 In Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, what was the name and breed of Bill Sikes’ dog?
10 Where on a dog would you find the carpal pad?
11 In the Ren and Stimpy Show, what breed of dog is Ren?
12 In which year did Pudsey the dog win Britain’s Got Talent?
13 Which dog gave its name to the 2003 European Space Agency Mars Lander?
14 Which desert creature is the smallest member of the dog family?
15 What is the name of the mythological three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades?
16 What was the original location of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home?
17 Which breed of dog was originally bred for hauling freight?
18 The withers are the highest part of what on a dog?
19 The Lhasa Apso breed originates from which Himalayan region?
20 In which sport do teams of four dogs compete in relay over a course of hurdles to release a tennis ball?
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1 What word describes the legal rights of the owner of land adjoining a river?
2 The maneki-neko is a Japanese figurine depicting which creature?
3 Frank Matcham was famous for designing what types of building?
4 What term describes having a lack of or reduction of pigmentation but normal eye colouring?
5 What does NGO stand for?
6 Which set of principles aims to maximise the greatest happiness of the greatest number?
7 Which is the top taxonomic classification?
8 The Commonwealth of Nations has its headquarters in which London building?
9 In 1932 a mass trespass happened at which Derbyshire location?
10 What do the letters PP stand for when seen on a plastic item?
11 In which children’s TV series of the 1970s did Aswad’s Brinsley Forde appear?
12 Which actress co-starred with Tom Cruise in the 1986 film Top Gun?
13 Thoron is a radioisotope of which gas?
14 The Hetch Hetchy Valley is in which US National Park?
15 How is Rapa Nui also known?
16 In which city is the Radcliffe Observatory?
17 Who wrote the 1859 philosophical work On Liberty?
18 What do the initials CHP mean in the context of energy?
19 Which role did Madonna play in the 1989 film Dick Tracy?
20 Which South Asian country’s government is guided by the measure of the Gross National Happiness Index?
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1 What is the term for a love of anything new or novelty?
2 Which term is often used to describe a fear of clowns?
3 What is the term for someone who is attracted to foreigners?