UK travels

Seven of these questions are from me travelling around towns in north-west England. In a departure to the norm I even took some photos, but there are zero points on offer for working out which are mine and which are from Wikicommons.

Questions

The site of a 1957 fire that is considered to be the worst nuclear accident in the UK, to what name was Windscale ‘rebranded’ in 1981? This site lies to the west of a much prettier area known as the Lake District.

SELLAFIELD

Elizabeth Gaskell is buried in which English town, with there being a memorial tower there named for her? The fictional town in her novel “Cranford” was based on this place.

KNUTSFORD

Containing both Ben Nevis and Ben Macdui, the Grampian Mountains are separated from the Northwest Highlands by which fault with an alliterative two-word name?

GREAT GLEN

Coming from Cockney rhyming slang, what would you be doing if you were having a butcher’s at something?

HAVING A LOOK (From butcher’s hook)

His other work including Crown Fountain in Chicago, what is the name of the Spanish artist who is responsible for the Dream sculpture in Sutton Manor Woodland near St. Helens?

JAUME PLENSA

One being found in Clock Face Country Park near St. Helens, what is a diagram called that is sometimes found at viewing points that includes sights of interest and how far away they are? This term’s Greek origin suggests that a ‘place’ can be ‘examined’.

TOPOSCOPE

Found on a green of the Kent village of Offham, what name derived from the Latin for ‘fifth’ could be tilted at in the medieval sport of jousting?

QUINTAIN

Perhaps found at your local leisure centre or a school, for what does MUGA stand for in a place where you can participate in sporting activity?

MULTI-USE GAMES AREA

Containing hundreds of etchings of sporting people such as footballers Iván Campo, Bruno N’Gotty and Jussi Jaaskelainen, the sculpture called “The Spirit of Sport” can be found near the football ground of which English team?

BOLTON WANDERERS

When Bolton Wanderers won the FA Cup by beating a Manchester United side that had earlier that year lost players in the Munich Air Disaster, who was the player that scored both of the goals in a 2-0 victory? He had previously scored three goals for England at the 1954 World Cup.

NAT LOFTHOUSE

Another rebranding of Bolton Wanderers’ stadium in 2023 saw it become the Toughsheet Community Stadium. Based in Westhoughton, what type of products do they sell?

BUILDING PRODUCTS

UK World Heritage Sites

I had these down as a ‘to do’ list many years ago but still haven’t made it to Saltaire despite it only being a couple of hours away by train. So a trip to St Kilda next weekend?

Questions

Known for its iron and coal production, the industrial landscape of Blaenavon can be found in which preserved county of Wales that lies in the south-east of the country on the border with England?

GWENT

Along with Canterbury’s cathedral, which other two religious edifices make up a World Heritage Site in the Kent city?

ST. AUGUSTINE’S ABBEY AND ST. MARTIN’S CHURCH

Other examples of his work being found at St. Paul’s Cathedral and Castle Howard, which architect assisted John Vanbrugh in the construction of Blenheim Palace?

NICHOLAS HAWKSMOOR

All lying in the vicinity of the north-west of Wales, what are the four castles built during the reign of King Edward I that are included in a World Heritage Site listing?

BEAUMARIS, CAERNARFON, CONWY, HARLECH

The City of Bath is listed as a World Heritage Site for its Roman remains and what style of Neoclassical architecture, with Robert Adam among those who brought it to life?

PALLADIAN

Having an extensive listing of sites that includes locations at Camborne, St Agnes and Tavistock, the ‘Cornish and West Devon Mining Landscape’ is recognised as a World Heritage Site primarily because of which two metals that were mined there?

TIN AND COPPER

What was the name of the spinning machine installed by Richard Arkwright in 1771 at his mill in the Derbyshire village of Cromford, an invention that greatly sped up the production of cotton?

WATER FRAME

Durham Cathedral houses the remains of which saint, who was associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne and the subject of a “Life of” by the Venerable Bede?

ST. CUTHBERT

Connecting North and South Queensferry by train, the Forth Bridge had the largest span in the world of what type of bridge? This status was lost when its length was surpassed by the Quebec Bridge in 1919.

CANTILEVER

The Giant’s Causeway was created through volcanic activity during which period that runs from about 66 million to 2.6 million years ago, the term first being used by ‘Father of Italian Geology’ Giovanni Arduino?

TERTIARY PERIOD

Inscribing his name and the date of discovery on a wall inside the cave, what is the surname of the British Army Captain who gives his name to a cave complex in Gibraltar that was once a dwelling place for Neanderthals?

GORHAM

One a dependency and the other a part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, which two islands within the wordily titled British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha make up the name of a World Heritage Site? Both islands are noted for their ecosystems almost untouched by mankind.

GOUGH ISLAND AND INACCESSIBLE ISLAND

What is the name of the chambered cairn and passage grave on Orkney that joins Skara Brae and the stone circles of Stenness and Brodgar as part of a Neolithic World Heritage Site?

MAES HOWE

A raised coral atoll, the uninhabited Henderson Island is part of which island group which also includes Oeno Island and Ducie Island?

PITCAIRN (ISLAND GROUP)

St. George’s in Bermuda was founded in 1612 a few years after the 1609 wreck of which ship that had George Somers as its admiral, this disaster being seen as a possible influence for Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”?

SEA VENTURE

Located near the Shropshire village of Coalbrookdale, who constructed ‘The Iron Bridge’, being distinguished from his progenitors by the addition of ‘III’ after his name?

ABRAHAM DARBY III

The observatory at Jodrell Bank was established in 1945 by which University of Manchester radio astronomer, with the name of its main telescope having taken his surname?

BERNARD LOVELL

Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was built to carry which canal that was originally intended to link the rivers Mersey and Severn, though it was never fully completed as the economics didn’t pan out?

ELLESMERE CANAL

Sea stacks like gannet favourite Stac Lee can be found among the uninhabited locations within the St Kilda archipelago. What is the largest island of these locations, which has features such as high sea cliffs and abandoned cleits, the last being a type of bothy unique to the island group?

HIRTA

Sites in places such as Bethesda and Blaenau Ffestiniog were added to the UNESCO register of World Heritage Sites in 2021 because of which resource, with mines in the north-west of Wales being a prominent source for it?

SLATE

The sites at Avebury that are included in the extensive Stonehenge World Heritage Site listing include what man-made mound, the largest prehistoric one found in Europe?

SILBURY HILL

Located not far from Ripon in North Yorkshire, in which deer park with a two-word name can the ruins of the Cistercian monastery Fountains Abbey be found?

STUDLEY ROYAL

Which London borough with a two-word name contains a ridiculous amount of famous sites including Canary Wharf, Brick Lane and the Tower of London?

TOWER HAMLETS

The Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew can be found in which western London borough, with other places to visit there including Twickenham Stadium and Hampton Court Palace?

RICHMOND UPON THAMES

Lying in Derbyshire not too far from the Nottinghamshire town of Worksop, which alliterative limestone gorge contains cave art and was occupied during the last ice age? It has been on the tentative World Heritage Site list since 2012.

CRESWELL CRAGS

What is the name of the house in the London Borough of Bromley where Charles Darwin worked on his theory of evolution by natural selection, now a site that lies on the tentative World Heritage List?

DOWN HOUSE

Collectively making up an entry on UNESCO’s tentative list, the Iron Age fort known as the Broch of Moussa and the archaeological sites of Old Scatness and Jarlshof can be found in which island group?

SHETLAND

By what two-word term is the wetland area of Caithness and Sutherland known as that contains the largest blanket bog in Europe? An area of peatland, it has been added to the UK’s tentative World Heritage nominations.

FLOW COUNTRY

Confusingly something known as a double house, what two places make up the name of a double-barreled monastery that now makes up an English entry on the tentative World Heritage Site list? Situated in the Kingdom of Northumbria and dating back to the 7th century, both locations are now in the county of Tyne and Wear.

MONKWEARMOUTH AND JARROW

The birthplace of Cape Town to Cairo trekker Mario Rigby, which British Overseas Territory that has cricket as its national sport has made it on to the UK’s tentative list?

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS

Half Tree Hollow is the largest settlement on which island, with the 190 year old+ Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise also being a resident? It is yet one more isolated island to move into World Heritage List contention.

SAINT HELENA

UK mix

A trip to Wakefield is in order after disgracefully being unable to name the river that runs through it despite spending some time in the last few months exploring the railway line named for its valley. Change at Leeds.

Questions

Having part of its route through Loch Lomond, which fault traverses from Arran to Stonehaven? It separates the Highlands from the Lowlands.

HIGHLAND BOUNDARY FAULT

Akrotiri and which other British dependency are situated on Cyprus? It is situated near to Larnaca, while Akrotiri is close to Limassol.

DHEKELIA

What is Britain’s oldest known poem? Ascribed to the Welsh bard Aneirin, it is a series of elegies to warriors killed in battle.

Y GODODDIN

Unusual in having a ‘/’ in its title, what is the debut solo album by John Lennon called? The opening track “Mother” reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100.

JOHN LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND

Not well received critically, which third John Lennon album contains the controversially titled “Woman is the Nigger of the World”? The album cover is in the form of a broadsheet newspaper.

SOME TIME IN NEW YORK CITY

Containing a namesake single that reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, what fourth John Lennon album was the first to be released without the help of Phil Spector? The album cover features a head depicted as mountains.

MIND GAMES

Easily confused with a very similarly titled 17th century work by John Locke, what was David Hume’s revision of “A Treatise of Human Nature” called?

AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

Morgoth, the main antagonist of “The Silmarillion” and one of the god-like Valar, was originally known by what name before he turned to the darkness?

MELKOR

Originally an apprentice of Aulë the Smith from whom he became very skilled at crafting, what was the original name of Sauron?

MAIRON

A star-shaped island that is effectively the Tolkien Atlantis, what is the sunken island that features in “The Silmarillion”?

NÚMENOR

Published in 2017 and set around 6,500 years before the events of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings”, which Tolkien work is about the love of a mortal man for an immortal elf?

BEREN AND LÚTHIEN

Published in 2018, which Tolkien work is one of three stories from the First Age of Middle-Earth that have been published as a stand-alone book with the “Children of Húrin” and “Beren and Lúthien”?

THE FALL OF GONDOLIN

Having an alliterative name and also winning La Liga titles with Atlético Madrid and Barcelona, which Argentine led Inter Milan to back-to-back European Cup victories in 1964 and 1965?

HELENIO HERRERA

What is the seven-word subtitle of Thomas Hardy’s anonymously published second novel “Under the Greenwood Tree”?

A RURAL PAINTING OF THE DUTCH SCHOOL

Meant as a representation of Thomas Hardy’s home village of Stinsford in Dorset, what is the place setting for “Under the Greenwood Tree”?

MELLSTOCK

In a 2005 TV adaptation of “Under the Greenwood Tree” James Murray played which role, a young member of the Mellstock Choir who is in love with the character Fancy Day, as played by Keeley Hawes?

DICK DEWY

First published in 1963 and having a five-word title, which book by David Ogilvy is considered required reading in advertising courses?

CONFESSIONS OF AN ADVERTISING MAN

Taking its name from a coastal port in the North of France, what was the name of the 1917 military camp mutiny featured in the Paul McGann starring TV series “The Monocled Mutineer”?

ÉTAPLES (In 1917 WWI military camp)

The follow up to “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”, which second Pink Floyd album was the first to feature singer and guitarist David Gilmour?

A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS

Although it is unknown where it took place with northern England seeming the most likely, which famous battle of 937 is cited as the point of origin for English nationalism? Aethelstan defeated an alliance of the kings of Scotland, Dublin and Strathclyde.

BRUNARBURH

To which king and son of Alfred the Great was Aethelstan the son of, being an issue with their first wife Ecgwynn?

EDWARD THE ELDER

In 2008 which Dutch multinational company acquired Imperial Chemical Industries, better known as ICI, immediately selling off its parts?

AKZONOBEL

British architect Tom Wright is most well known for what building that is managed by the Jumeirah hotel group?

BURJ AL ARAB

Although Mount Paget on South Georgia is the highest official mountain in British territory, which mountain in the British Antarctic Territory is actually higher, though British sovereignty is unrecognised by most countries?

MOUNT HOPE

The first part of its name now used for a museum in the Cotswold town and the second part coming from an Iron Age tribe living in the area, what was the two-word Roman name for Cirencester?

CORINIUM DOBUNNORUM

Overseen by Wallace Akers who deliberately chose its misleading name, what was the two-word title of the British project to build an atomic bomb during World War II?

TUBE ALLOYS

James II’s first wife Anne Hyde was Duchess of York and which other area, representing parts of Scotland north of the Forth river that was roughly equivalent to the territory of the Picts?

ALBANY

Born in Soest, Germany, who became the dominant portrait painter of the British court with their works including a portrait of Anne Hyde, where she teases by playing with her hair, this being suggestive of good breeding and her great wit?

PETER LELY

Which two children of Anne Hyde and James II survived into adulthood?

QUEENS MARY II AND ANNE

Edmund the Martyr, who was killed by the Vikings in 869 and gives his name to Bury St. Edmunds, was king of which area?

EAST ANGLIA

Meaning ‘sea pig’ and with a measly population of about 27, Muck is a part of which island group that sits within the Inner Hebrides?

SMALL ISLES

The Small Isles are part of which region of the Highlands, with the main town being Fort William and sights including the Glenfinnan viaduct? Notable residents include the ghostly woman-goat hybrid known as the glaistig.

LOCHABER

With possible meanings for its name including ‘wolf whelp island’ and ‘porpoise island’, which westernmost of the Small Isles is linked to the neighbouring island of Sanday by road and sandbanks at low tide?

CANNA

Which second largest of the Small Isles sounds like you might want to eat it, so it should go well with the largest island of Rùm?

EIGG

Which fifth-largest Wiltshire town with a population of nearly 20,000 gives its name to a prehistoric crocodile known as the ‘_ Monster’, classified as a distinct species in 2017?

MELKHAM

Opened in 1936 and re-purposed for World War II before reverting to its role as a holiday camp, in which town was the first Butlin’s?

SKEGNESS

Based in Hemel Hempstead, Bourne Leisure own which holiday company that operate 41 self catering static caravan parks?

HAVEN (HOLIDAYS)

Succeeded by Suella Braverman as Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox has been an MP for where and West Devon since 2005, named for a river that has its estuary at Bideford?

TORRIDGE

In which suburb of Greater Manchester are the headquarters of Britannia Hotels, which has unfortunately garnered a reputation as ‘Britain’s worst hotel chain’?

HALE

One of the six counties of Northern Ireland, Tyrone’s name is derived from which kingdom that existed for over a millennium until 1607?

TIR EOGHAIN

Strabane in County Tyrone lies across the border from which county town of Donegal?

LIFFORD

What pounding of linen or cotton fabric to give a flat lustrous effect, that sounds like you’re doing something with insects, was carried out in Cookstown, County Tyrone?

BEETLING

The O’Neill dynasty was defeated in which numerical war, sometimes called Tyrone’s Rebellion?

NINE YEARS’ WAR

A notable native of the County Down town of Comber was which designer of the RMS Titanic, who was among the many that went down with the ship?

THOMAS ANDREWS

The Hepworth Wakefield can be found on the south side of which river, that forms a canalisation with the River Aire that runs from Leeds to Goole via Castleford and is known as a ‘Navigation’?

CALDER

The Welsh village of Frongoch near Lake Bala was used as a temporary internment camp to house prisoners followed which political event?

EASTER RISING

Films – UK

A bit of spamming of Daniel Craig and Helena Bonham Carter’s filmography here. And Hayley Atwell’s, but she’s not done quite so much.

Questions

In which critically panned 2017 film does Daniel Craig play the only white man in a Los Angeles neighbourhood alongside Halle Berry? It was directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, famous for the much better received “Mustang”.

KINGS

Panned by critics, in which 2011 Jim Sheridan psychological thriller does Daniel Craig star in with his wife Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts?

DREAM HOUSE

The 2011 Jon Favreau directed film “Cowboys & Aliens” is based on whose 2006 graphic novel? This person also helped produce the Brandon Routh film “Dylan Dog: Dead of Night” based on Tiziano Sclavi’s comic.

SCOTT MITCHELL ROSENBERG

Which 2007 sci-fi film starring Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman was not a critical success and is the fourth based on a 1955 Jack Finney novel?

THE INVASION

Who wrote the book and screenplay for the film “Layer Cake”, where Daniel Craig’s character is credited as XXXX? A sequel called “Viva La Madness” was published in 2011, with Jason Statham set to star in its adaptation in an extremely unoriginal casting choice.

J.J. CONNOLLY

A made for television film that also starred Diana Rigg, which 1987 Helena Bonham Carter film was based on a Barbara Cartland novel?

A HAZARD OF HEARTS

Starring Mickey Rourke and Helena Bonham Carter, what forename provides the title of a 1989 Liliana Cavani docu-drama based on a Hermann Hesse work? Vangelis provided the score.

FRANCESCO

Helena Bonham Carter made her fourth appearance in an EM Forster adaptation as which half-German character in “Howard’s End”, with Emma Thompson playing one of her siblings?

HELEN SCHLEGEL (Thompson played Margaret)

Filmed on location in Cornwall, which Shakespearean role did Helena Bonham Carter play in 1996, with the film’s illustrious cast including Richard E. Grant, Mel Smith and Ben Kingsley?

OLIVIA (TWELFTH NIGHT)

In which 1998 Paul Greengrass film also starring Kenneth Branagh did Helena Bonham Carter play a woman with motor neurone disease?

THE THEORY OF FLIGHT

Although not a sequel to “Little Shop of Horrors” Steve Martin once again plays the role of a dentist in which 2001 black comedy, with Helena Bonham Carter appearing as a co-star?

NOVOCAINE

Not to be confused with a novelist of the same name who has written books in the “Star Wars” universe, who wrote the 1998 novel “Big Fish”, on which the Tim Burton film was based with Helena Bonham Carter playing a witch?

DANIEL WALLACE

“Sixty Six” starring Helena Bonham Carter concerns what event that takes place on the same day as England win the Football World Cup, being based on a true life experience of the film’s director Paul Weiland?

BAR MITZVAH

Voiced by Helena Bonham Carter, what is the name of the ‘Corpse Bride’ from the 2005 animated film in which characters were created by Tim Burton and Spaniard Carlos Grangel?

EMILY

In which long-titled 2013 Jean-Pierre Jeunet film did Helena Bonham Carter star, the director’s last before 2022’s “Bigbug”? She played the title character’s mother, with the film being adapted from a novel by American Reif Larsen.

THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS T S SPIVET

Not a sequel to a famous 1935 movie, in which 2017 Bille August film did Helena Bonham Carter play the real life character Eleanor Riese, who was committed to a mental institution?

55 STEPS

For which 1987 film was Adrian Lyne nominated for a Best Director Oscar, with Glenn Close and Anne Archer also earning nominations?

FATAL ATTRACTION

Which 1990 Adrian Lyne psychological horror film starring Tim Robbins had a strong influence on the “Silent Hill” video game series? It was remade in 2019, with reviews suggesting it is definitely one to avoid.

JACOB’S LADDER

Who was the female lead in the 1938 film “The Lady Vanishes”, who tries to unearth clues as to where the elderly lady who was sharing her train compartment has gone?

MARGARET LOCKWOOD

Which 1997 Shane Meadows film sees Bob Hoskins trying to get people off the streets and into boxing?

TWENTY FOUR SEVEN

Which 2008 Shane Meadows film is named for an area in the Borough of Camden that is highly associated with the area in between Euston and St. Pancras railway stations?

SOMERS TOWN

Which actor won a British Independent Film Actor Award for their role as a paratrooper who has returned to Matlock in Shane Meadows’ “Dead Man’s Shoes”, also starring in his film “A Room for Romeo Brass”?

PADDY CONSIDINE

“The Man Who Fell to Earth” is based on a novel by which writer, who also wrote “The Hustler” and “The Color of Money”?

WALTER TEVIS

Which London-born English film director’s films include “Walkabout”, “Don’t Look Now” and “The Man Who Fell to Earth”?

NICOLAS ROEG

When she made her stage debut in 2005, Hayley Atwell performed in an adaptation of the ancient Greek play “Prometheus Bound”, a work by which author?

AESCHYLUS

Hayley Atwell came to prominence for playing the role of Lady Elizabeth Foster in 2008’s “The Duchess”. Of which place was the title character a duchess of, with Keira Knightley portraying her?

DEVONSHIRE

Running for two seasons, in which Marvel TV series did Hayley Atwell portray the title character, reprising her role from “Captain America: The First Avenger” and a 2013 Marvel One-Shot of the same name?

AGENT CARTER

Hayley Atwell had a role in which 2014 film that has the title of a First World War memoir written by Vera Brittain, with Alicia Vikander taking on the role of that author?

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

Featuring Hayley Atwell as the title character’s wife, the 2018 film “Christopher Robin” saw which actor take on the lead role?

EWAN MCGREGOR

In theatre, Hayley Atwell was critically recognised for her performance in “A View from the Bridge”, a play by which writer? A similar subject matter was featured in the 1954 film “On the Waterfront”.

ARTHUR MILLER

Music – UK

Time to ‘Plug in Baby’ and battle the ‘Knights of Cydonia’ as Muse ‘Won’t Stand Down’.

Questions

“I fought the law” came from which third studio album by The Clash? This followed their second studio album “Give ’em enough rope” which featured their first top 20 hit “Tommy Gun”.

COST OF LIVING

A three-time winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award including for “The Assassination of John F. Kennedy”, which lead prosecutor of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial put forward the Helter Skelter scenario?

VINCENT BUGLIOSI

19 of the songs from The Beatles’ “White Album” were written at a transcendental meditation course at which Uttarakhand city in India, which contained Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram?

RISHIKESH

Which song from the Beatles’ “White Album” was named for a type of chocolate found in a box of Mackintosh’s Good News?

SAVOY TRUFFLE

The Boomtown Rats’ first UK number one “Rat trap” came from which second album with a five-word title that featured a tiger and desert on the cover? “Like Clockwork” from this album was their first top ten hit.

A TONIC FOR THE TROOPS

With a cover featuring six images of someone with their hands behind their head seemingly descending stairs, from which fourth album by the Boomtown Rats was the UK number three single “Banana republic”?

MONDO BONGO

With a five-word title, from which album that features a swimmer on its cover was “I don’t like Mondays”?

THE FINE ART OF SURFACING

The US number one “Listen to what the man said” and “Magneto and Titanium Man” are from which Wings album, named for two bodies in the solar system?

VENUS AND MARS

The US number one “Silly Love Songs” and “Let ’em in”, which reached number 2 on both sides of the shore, are from which Wings album with a six-word title that includes the band’s name?

WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND

From the album “London Town”, what was the final US number one for Wings?

WITH A LITTLE LUCK

Although the first number one for The Spencer Davis Group was “Keep on Running”, which other one of their songs reached the top of the UK charts?

SOMEBODY HELP ME

Probably one of their most well-known songs, what was the first top 40 single for The Smiths, released after “Hand in Glove” though that failed to chart?

THIS CHARMING MAN

From their debut album “The Smiths”, which follow up for The Smiths to “This Charming Man” reached number 12, the phrase possibly coming from the Jack Kerouac novel “The Dharma Bums”?

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

Having a title inspired by a 1969 Sandie Shaw single, what was the first hit by The Smiths to reach the UK top 10?

HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW

In a number 30 hit for The Smiths from their last album “Strangeways, Here We Come” that features a backdrop of noises from the miner’s strikes of 1984 to 1985, what happened ‘Last night’?

I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME

The final top 40 hit for The Smiths was what re-issue of a “The Queen is Dead” track that reached number 25?

THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT

Born in Nottingham, Ian Paice is the drummer and last remaining original member of which band?

DEEP PURPLE

Including her first number one “Fight for this love” and the number 5 hit “Parachute”, what was the title track of Cheryl’s first album that featured Will.i.am, with the single reaching number 4?

3 WORDS

Coming shortly aftet her divorce from Ashley Cole and accompanied by a video that sees her perform as a flamenco dancer, which second number one by Cheryl came from her “Messy Little Raindrops” album?

PROMISE THIS

Which fourth Cheryl album that contained an unsuccessful title track was her only album to feature two number ones?

ONLY HUMAN

Taken from “Only Human”, what was Cheryl’s number one hit that featured Tinie Tempah?

CRAZY STUPID LOVE

Taken from “Only Human”, what was Cheryl’s fifth number one, sharing its title with hits by other artists over the years?

I DON’T CARE

What is the real name of Walsall-born DJ Goldie?

CLIFFORD PRICE

Which 1995 Goldie album is universally regarded as a groundbreaking release in the history of drum and bass music?

TIMELESS

Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey has been a member of which band since 1996, touring with many others during that time?

THE WHO

From their album “Confetti”, who spent one week at number one in 2021 with “Sweet Melody”?

LITTLE MIX

A cover of a sea ballad from New Zealand first documented in the 1960s, what was the song by Nathan Evans that spent two weeks at number one in 2021?

WELLERMAN

Also having previous success with the platinum selling “Keisha & Becky”, which pair of London rappers spent three weeks at number one in 2021 with “Body”?

TION WAYNE & RUSS MILLIONS

Remixed by Australian dance music trio Pnau, which song from Elton John’s “The Lockdown Sessions” spent a week at number one in 2021 for him and Dua Lipa?

COLD HEART

What was the 2021 Christmas song by Elton John and Ed Sheeran that was number one before they teamed up with Ladbaby to knock it off?

MERRY CHRISTMAS

A remix and comedy version of previous chart topper “Merry Christmas”, what was the Christmas number one by Ladbaby featuring Elton John and Ed Sheeran?

SAUSAGE ROLLS FOR EVERYONE

Which English trumpeter born in Preston had a number one for 9 weeks in 1954 with “Oh Mein Papa”, the first number one to be recorded at Abbey Road Studios?

EDDIE CALVERT

Dubbed the ‘father of rock and roll’ by Tony Bennett, which partially deaf American singer’s first UK number one in 1954 was “Such a night”?

JOHNNIE RAY

New York born Luigi Varlaro shares his stage surname with a much later rock singer. How was he known when he had his only UK number one with “Hold My Hand” in 1954?

DON CORNELL

Hitting number one in 1954, what was the repetitive title of ‘Force’s Sweetheart’ Vera Lynn’s only UK chart topper?

MY SON, MY SON

Not quite indicating the earth-shattering success and popularity they would later have, which 1999 debut studio album by Muse with a one-word title contained tracks including “Uno”, “Cave” and the curiously titled “Muscle Museum”?

SHOWBIZ

Featuring the stunning riff of “Plug in Baby”, “New Born” and their version of the classic “Feeling Good”, which 2001 Muse album showed that they were going to be a band to be reckoned with?

ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY

Their first album to reach number one in the UK album chart, 2003’s “Absolution” featured what first UK top ten single for Muse, not a title that reflects their subsequent success?

TIME IS RUNNING OUT

“Starlight”, “Knights of Cydonia” and “Supermassive Black Hole” are all appropriately titled singles from which fourth studio album by Muse with a four-word title?

BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS

Also featuring a title track of the same name minus the ‘The’, which fifth studio album by Muse also featured the song “Uprising”?

THE RESISTANCE

Clearly indicating an interest in physics, which sixth studio album by Muse included the 2012 Olympic anthem “Survival” and the song “Madness”, which spent a record-breaking 19 weeks at the top of the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart?

THE 2ND LAW

Having a one-word title, which seventh studio album by Muse released in 2015 featured the hit “Dead Inside”?

DRONES

Featuring an album cover by “Stranger Things” artist Kyle Lambert and music videos that pay homage to 80s popular culture, which eighth studio album by Muse with a two-word title contains the songs “Dig Down”, “Thought Contagion” and “The Dark Side”?

SIMULATION THEORY

Which ninth studio album by Muse with a four-word title and released in 2022 unoriginally contains a single that shares its name with the album, as well as other positive sounding songs like “Compliance” and “Kill or Be Killed”?

WILL OF THE PEOPLE

Despite their massive success with albums and concert tours, they have spent little time in the upper reaches of the singles chart. Muse’s highest placing hit was which song that reached number 4 in 2006?

SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE

Television – UK

Sometimes you just need to give what seems like a silly answer. If you’re watching a film about Wolverine, then if you’re asked for an animal codename of another character from it, the answer can also be ‘wolverine’.

Questions

Born in the South African city of Pietermaritzburg, who played Detective Inspector Barlow in “Z-Cars” and its spin-off “Softly, Softly”?

STRATFORD JOHNS

What was the two-word title of the six episode 1954 debut TV series for Morecambe and Wise for which they got such a terrible review that Eric Morecambe carried it around for the rest of his life? A more recent series by this name may be a better bet to watch.

RUNNING WILD

What is the name of the family for which Frank is the patriarch in both the UK and US versions of the TV show “Shameless”?

GALLAGHER

Who played the role of the haggard looking Frank Gallagher in the UK version of “Shameless”? He also portrayed Tommy Cooper in the TV film “Tommy Cooper: Not like this, not like that”.

DAVID THRELFALL

Known for her work in “Extras” and “Ugly Betty”, Scottish actress Ashley Jensen has starred in the title role of what detective series with a fruit in its title?

AGATHA RAISIN

Which star of the TV sitcom “Bless this House” played the role of Arsenal fan Sid Abbott, passing away in 1976, the same year the show ended?

SID JAMES

Which Glasgow based drag queen won the second series of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK”, taking their stage name from a silent movie star?

LAWRENCE CHANEY

Which drag queen with Greek Cypriot heritage became the youngest ever “Drag Race” queen at 19, when they won the third UK series?

KRYSTAL VERSACE

Previously making the semi final of “Britain’s Got Talent”, which 2022 winner of the fourth series of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” beat Cheddar Gorgeous into second place?

DANNY BEARD

What was the name of the spin-off of British TV sitcom “Desmond’s” that was named for the character played by Ram John Holder?

PORKPIE

Which actor played Desmond Ambrose in “Desmond’s”, unfortunately dying after collapsing at an airport in Guyana just after the series ended?

NORMAN BEATON

Also a co-creator of the character Alan Partridge, which Glasgow-born satirist wrote and directed “The Thick of It”?

ARMANDO IANNUCCI

Running from 2012 to 2019, which HBO show that follows the character of Selina Meyer was created by “The Thick of It” writer and director Armando Iannucci?

VEEP

Including James Gandolfini and Steve Coogan in its cast, which 2009 spin-off film from “The Thick of It” was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar?

IN THE LOOP

Who played Malcolm Tucker, the aggressive, profane and feared director of communications for the government in “The Thick of It”, also starring in its film spin-off “In the Loop”?

PETER CAPALDI

A location on which Scottish island served as the fictional town of “Balamory” in the children’s TV series?

MULL (Tobermory)

The daughter of a very famous individual, which journalist beat Sheree Murphy and Sid Owen to win the 5th series of “I’m a Celebrity”?

CAROL THATCHER

Which co-founder, bassist and co-vocalist of Busted beat Myleene Klass and Jason Donovan in the 6th series of “I’m a Celebrity”?

MATT WILLIS

Born in Oldham, which actor and presenter beat Janice Dickinson and Jason ‘J’ Brown in the 7th series of “I’m a Celebrity”?

CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS

Born in Bishop Auckland, which female presenter and former ballroom dancer beat Joel Dommett in series 16 of “I’m a Celebrity”?

SCARLETT MOFFATT

Married to former “The Only Way is Essex” cast member Dan Osborne and known for portraying Lauren Branning in “Eastenders”, who won series 19 of “I’m a Celebrity”?

JACQUELINE JOSSA

Known for the podcast “Happy Mum, Happy Baby”, which CBeebies presenter won series 20 of “I’m a Celebrity”?

GIOVANNA FLETCHER

Born in my hometown of Stockport and known for portraying Aaron Livesy in “Emmerdale”, which three-time winner of the British Soap Award for Best Actor won series 21 of “I’m a Celebrity”?

DANNY MILLER

Playing as a midfielder and nicknamed ‘Crouchy’, which England World Cup winning footballer won series 22 of “I’m a Celebrity”?

JILL SCOTT

Which actor who starred as a detective in “White House Farm” was in “The Full Monty” and played Robert Baratheon in “Game of Thrones”?

MARK ADDY

The 1985 White House Farm murders took place in the village of Tolleshunt D’Arcy in which English county, with 24-year old Jeremy Bamber convicted of five murders after he was the only family member to survive? He maintains his innocence, though his extended family disagree.

ESSEX

“The Pembrokeshire Murders” features which actor as Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins, also known for his role as Bard in “The Hobbit” and Gaston in “Beauty and the Beast”?

LUKE EVANS

Which Madrid-born actress who made her film debut for portraying Laura Kinney or X-23 ‘Codename Wolverine’ in “Logan”, played the role of Lyra Belacqua in the “His Dark Materials” TV series?

DAFNE KEEN

Amandla Stenberg will star as what title character in an upcoming “Star Wars” TV series, set approximately 100 years before the events of “The Phantom Menace”? Dafne Keen will also feature in the cast.

THE ACOLYTE