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Bamako . | What is the capital of Mali? |
The Military Cross | Able seaman Kate Nesbitt, a medical assistant, became the first woman in the RN to receive which award in Nov. 2009? |
Royal Mail Ship | The 6,700 ton St. Helena is one of only two vessels to still carry which designation? |
Oxford. | In which British city is there a district called The Jericho? |
Redditch | The national Needle Museum is to be found in which Worcestershire town? |
Anna Karenina | All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The opening lines of which great novel? |
Triumph | Which company made the 1950's car the Mayflower? |
Helsinki | Which European capital is served by Vantaa airport? |
Guy Fawkes. | Who is the most infamous old boy of St. Peter's School in York? |
Schumann | Which composer's A minor piano concerto was premiered in 1846 with his wife as soloist? |
Hats | Stockport in Greater Manchester has a museum dedicated to what item of clothing? |
Derby | In which British city is there a suburb called New Zealand? |
Matthew | What was the name of John Cabot's ship in which he set off in 1497 to reach Asia, finishing up in Newfoundland? |
John le Carre | Who wrote The Russia House' in 1989? |
Florida | In which US state is Biscayne Bay? |
Community Service | Which form of sentence was introduced to the UK by the 1972 Criminal Justice Act? |
Kathryn Bigelow | Who won the Oscar for Best Director at the 2010 awards? |
Metropolis | In which city did Superman work, disguised as Clark Kent? |
Jeremy Vine | Who occasionally hosts BBC TV's Eggheads in the absence of Dermot Murnaghan? |
Pari-Mutuel | What name is given to the French version of the Tote betting system? |
1994 | In which year did the following events all take place; Church of England ordained its first female priests, the Channel Tunnel opened and the National Lottery started? |
California | In which US state is the Big Sur coast? |
Gotham City | In which city did Batman live as Bruce Wayne? |
Twitter | What is the name of the 'social networking' website, on which messages are restricted to 140 characters, founded by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams in 2006? |
Lindy Hop | Which novelty swing dance, derived from the Charleston, was named following Charles Lindberg's crossing of the Atlantic in 1927? |
The Killers | Brandon Flowers is the singer with which group? |
Hieronymus Bosch | Who painted 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' in 1504? |
Brewers | Chicago has baseball teams called 'Cubs' and 'White Sox', what is the name of Milwaukee's baseball team? |
Alexander Armstrong | Who hosts the BBC TV quiz show 'Pointless'? |
Bill McLaren | Who was the famous Scottish rugby union commentator who died in January 2010? |
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades were operas by which composer? |
Lake District Fells | What are High Spy, Barf, Knott Rigg and Lord's Seat? |
Mexican | In 2010, Carlos Slim became the first non-American since 1994 to top Forbes list of billionaires, what is his nationality? |
Burton Albion | Which English football league club are nicknamed 'the Brewers'? |
2000 | In which year did the following events all take place; Ken Livingstone became the Mayor of London, England lost 1-0 to Germany in the last match at the old Wembley Stadium and Judith Keppel won the first £1,000,000 on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire'? |
Spotify | What is the name of the music website founded by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon and launched in 2008? |
A car | In the Stephen King book 'Christine', who or what is Christine? |
Hop | In 2002, Plantlife, a conservation charity, selected flowers or plants to represent each county. Humulus Lupulus was selected for Kent, how is it commonly known? |
Green Gable | The Lake District mountain Great Gable is connected by the pass Windy Gap to which other peak? |
Ghana | Which African country is bordered by Ivory Coast to the west, Burkina Faso to the north and Togo to the east? |
Berne | When he published his Theory of Special relativity in 1905, Albert Einstein was working as a patent clerk in which Swiss city? |
Bill Frindall | Who was the Test Match Special scorer who died in January 2009? |
(simply) messing about in boats | "According to Kenneth Graham (in Wind in the Willows) there is ""nothing - absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as ..."" what?" |
Snow Patrol | Gary Lightbody is the singer with which group? |
Johannes Vermeer | Who painted 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' in 1665? |
Rutherford B Hayes | Who served as the 19th President of the USA from 1877 to 1881 despite receiving fewer votes than his opponent in the election? |
Alfred Lord Tennyson | Who was Poet Laureate for the longest period (42 years from 1850 to 1892)? |
Suriname | Which South American country is bordered by Guyana to the west and French Guiana to the east? |
Saar | Which river rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine and flows through both France and Germany into the Moselle at Konz? |
Mistletoe | In 2002, Plantlife, a conservation charity, selected flowers or plants to represent each county. Viscum album was selected for Herefordshire, how is it commonly known? |
Warren Harding | Who served as the 29th President of the USA from 1921 to 1923 with the largest popular vote in any Presidential election? |
Princeton | Albert Einstein was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at which Ivy League University in 1933? |
John Masefield | Who was Poet Laureate for 37 years, from 1930 to 1967? |
Alzheimer's Disease | Which form of dementia is named after a German psychiatrist who first described it in 1906? |
Thames | Two Tree Island, Frog Island and Eel Pie Island are all in which river? |
Jaguar | What make of car does Inspector Morse drive in the TV series? |
ESAU | In the Bible, who was the twin brother of Jacob? |
THE VOLSTEAD ACT | Prohibition in the USA was enacted into law by the 'National Prohibition Act'. By what name was this popularly known? |
15 | In the game of backgammon with how many pieces does each player begin? |
NASTURTIUM | Which common garden flower, often used in salads, belongs to the genus Tropaeolum? |
THE SALAMANDER | What sort of creature is the axolotl? |
SLOWLY | If a piece of music is described as 'adagio' how should it be played? |
MUSICAL YOUTH | "Which group had a hit in 1982 with ""Pass the Dutchie""?" |
LONG ISLAND | On which island of New York City is the borough of Brooklyn located? |
LOOK BACK IN ANGER | In which play does the character Jimmy Porter appear? |
HAMPDEN PARK | At which British ground was the 2002 Champions League final held? |
THE JAGUAR | Which of the 'big cats' has the Latin name `Panthera Onca'? |
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE | "In which Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta would you hear the song ""I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General""?" |
FAIR ISLE | Which island lies midway between the Orkney islands and the Shetlands? |
20 | In chess how many different opening moves are there? |
THE HERTZ | What is the SI-derived unit of frequency? |
ETON | According to Ian Fleming which real-life public school did the fictional James Bond attend? |
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL | Which was the only No. 1 hit for Pink Floyd? |
ABRAHAM | Sarah was the wife of which biblical character? |
NGAIO MARSH | Who wrote the books on which TVs Inspector Alleyn was based? |
HMS PINAFORE | In which Gilbert & Sullivan Operetta would you see Ralph Rackstraw and Sir Joseph Porter? |
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID | Which French painter painted 'The Death of Socrates' in 1787 and 'Leonidas at Thermopylae in 1814? |
DAVID | Which famous statue by Michelangelo is held in the Galleria dell' Academia in Florence? |
PAUL ANKA | Which singer wrote the hit songs 'My Way' for Frank Sinatra and 'She's A Lady' for Tom Jones? |
PORT LOUIS | What is the capital of the island nation of Mauritius? |
A CWM | In France it would be a cirque, in Scotland a corrie, what would it be called in Wales? |
THE WYE | Symond's Yat is a prominent rock feature on the banks of which British river? |
KING JOHN | Which English king was married to Isabella of Angouleme? |
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND | John Harmon is the main protagonist in which Dickens novel? |
DOCUMENT | In the computer term pdf, for what does the d stand? |
HENRY VII | Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck were pretenders to the English throne during the reign of which King? |
DAPHNE DU MAURIER | "Alfred Hitchcock's film ""The Birds"" was inspired by a short novel by which authoress?" |
Professor Challenger | Who was the hero of several Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories first introduced in 'The Lost World'? |
Richard II | Who succeeded King Edward III in 1377? |
Radius | In the human body which bone runs parallel to the ulna? |
School Teacher | In the TV drama GBH written by Alan Bleasdale what was the occupation of Michael Palin's character Jim Nelson? |
Flyer | What was the name of the Wright brothers' first aeroplane? |
Ken Doherty | Who won the 1997 World Snooker Championship? |
I Am A Camera | On which play was the film Cabaret based? |
Methuselah | In the Bible who was the long lived son of Enoch mentioned in Genesis? |
Morpeth | Where are the administrative headquarters of the county of Northumberland? |
Haiku | What is the name of the Japanese verse form of 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines? |
Very Large Crude Carrier | In the world of transport what is a VLCC? |
Augusta | Which city is the state capital of the US state of Maine? |
Lambda | Which letter of the Greek alphabet is the equivalent to the English L? |
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