What is the term for a maker of casks and barrels?
18 What does a galanthophile collect?
19 What does a scripophilist collect?
20 A bibliophile is a collector of what?
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1 What was the first UK top ten single for Jon and Vangelis?
2 In 1953, which statesman won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
3 What is Russia’s second city, lying on the river Neva?
4 In which castle was Henry V born?
5 At the 1984 Olympics, who won the gold medal in the men’s 1500 metres?
6 During which war did the Battle of Inkerman take place?
7 Which surrealist artist’s works often incorporate melting watches and burning giraffes?
8 Of what is rheumatology the study?
9 In which decade of the 20th century was retired tennis player Jimmy Connors born?
10 What is baksheesh?
11 YYZ is the code for which airport?
12 What term describes the use of a word where the pronunciation of the word mimics the sound of what is named?
13 Which archipelago is linked with the Nicobar group?
14 What is the English translation of the French term sang-froid?
15 In the TV series Boomers, which actress played Joyce?
16 What type of animal is Napoleon in George Orwell’s Animal Farm?
17 In the 1974 version of Murder on the Orient Express, who played Hercule Poirot?
18 What is the name for the variety of green chalcedony that contains spots of red jasper?
19 What is another name for the sharon fruit?
20 Where was Horatio Nelson (Viscount Nelson) buried?
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1 What term describes vegetables cut into thin strips?
2 Which fruit is usually used in the dessert Brown Betty?
3 What is added to hollandaise sauce to make mousseline sauce?
4 Poire belle Hélène is a classic French dessert, consisting of a poached pear in ice cream and topped with which flavour of sauce?
5 Rye whiskey, vermouth and angostura are the ingredients of which cocktail?
6 What are wrapped in bacon to make angels on horseback?
7 Which vegetable’s varieties include Nantes, Mignon and Chantenay?
8 Which TV cook has written books including At Home, One Step Ahead and Recipe for Life?
9 What does authentic Parmesan cheese have stamped on its rind?
10 What is a savarin?
11 What drink is it considered unlucky to toast with in Germany?
12 Traditionally, mozzarella is made from the milk of which animal?
13 What is the main ingredient of the Indian dish aloo chaat?
14 Which German sausage is similar to a black pudding?
15 What is the term given to a side of unsliced bacon?
16 Madagascar produces most of the world’s supply of vanilla pods. From which type of plant is vanilla obtained?
17 Appenzeller cheese comes from which country?
18 What is the literal meaning of “brandy”?
19 What type of seeds are used to make a seed cake?
20 Barolo is a wine from which Italian region?
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1 In the TV series, what two items are the staple diet of The Clangers?
2 What is a Blenheim Orange?
3 In which year was the film The Wizard of Oz originally released?
4 Which Pacific island group has Suva as its capital?
5 For what are the caves at Lascaux in France famous?
6 What is the official language of Iran?
7 Which river flows through Londonderry?
8 Which 1983 Scottish comedy-drama was written by Bill Forsyth?
