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Marlon Brando | Whose film roles include Terry Malloy, Stanley Kowalski and Vito Corleone? |
Barry Norman | Who was the first chairman of Radio 4's 'The News Quiz' in 1977, a role later filled for many years by Barry Took? |
Mendips | At 325m Beacon Batch is the highest point in which range of English hills? |
Mares | As one of his twelve Labours, Heracles was sent to steal which animals from Diomedes? |
Sugar | Used in cookery in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, what is `Jaggery'? |
Dior | John Galliano was dismissed from his post as chief designer at which fashion house? |
1998 | What year did the Good Friday Agreement come into effect? |
1933 | What year did the burning of the Reichstag take place? |
(WEST) SUSSEX | Goodwood racecourse is in which county? |
WEBER | What is the SI unit of magnetic flux? |
KURT WEILL | "Who composed the ""Threepenny Opera""?" |
APRIL | What month in 1961 did the Bay of Pigs attack on Cuba take place? |
BADGER | A ratel is what type of animal? |
NOEL HARRISON | 'Windmills of your mind' was hit in 1969 for which artist? |
SUVA | What is the capital of Fiji? |
URUGUAY | Which South American national team has won the Copa de America most times? |
FRANZ LEHAR | "Who composed the opera ""The Merry Widow""?" |
PTOLEMY | What dynastic family name of Cleopatra? |
ZEBRA | A quagga, now extinct, bore qresemblance to which other mammal? |
FRANK GORSHIN | Who played the role of the 'Riddle? in the 1960s TV series Batman? |
ALICE SEBOLD | "Who wrote the novel ""Lovely Bones""?" |
EDWARD ALBEE | "Who wrote the play ""Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf'?" |
BEXLEY | Edward Heath was MP for which constituency? |
9 | How many times did Martina Navratilova win the Wimbledon woman's singles championship? |
EINSTEINIUM | ES is the chemical symbol for which element? |
HEDGE SPARROW | The dunnock is more commonly known as what bird? |
WALLY HAMMOND | Name the cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and England who scored 7,249 runs and 22 centuries in test matches? |
ORCHID | Lady's Slipper is a member of which plant family? |
SKAGERRAK | What is the name of the strait separating Norway and Denmark? |
MALTA | Which European country recently passed a law legalizing divorce? |
STEPHEN | Who was on the throne of England in 1150? |
JOHN CARPENTER | "The cult film ""Assault on Precinct 13"" was directed by whom?" |
KIRKCALDY AND COWDENBEATH | Gordon Brown is MP for which constituency? |
CZECH | What was the nationality of 2011 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship winner? |
RUTH | In the Bible who was the wife of Boaz? |
BEYONCE | Which artist headlined final day of Glastonbury festival 2011? |
CLOCKWORK ORANGE | Miriam Karlin who died recently had a cameo role in which 1970's Stanley Kubrick film? |
HIPPOCAMPUS | What part of the brain is predominantly associated with memory? |
LONDON | Adele has had several recent album successes, in which English city was she born? |
MAQUIS | What is the name of the French underground resistance who fought against Germany in WWII? |
BARBADOS | On which West Indian island was cricketer Gary Sobers born? |
JEZEBEL | In the Bible who was the wife of Ahab? |
SOUTH KOREA | The port of Pusan is in which country? |
EDWARD IV | Who was on the throne of England in 1472? |
LEANDER | In Greek mythology who drowned while swimming the Hellespont? |
Cooking pot | As illustrated on its label, Marmite gets its name from the French word meaning what? |
Walloons | What name is given to the group of French speaking people living in areas of Southern Belgium? |
Omerta | What name is given to the Mafia code of silence? |
The Bill of Rights | How are the first ten amendments to the US Constitution collectively known? |
Salisbury Cathedral | In which English building is the world's oldest working clock, dating back to 1386? |
Chocolate cake | The famous Viennese dessert `Sachertorte' is a type of what? |
Vitamin C | Ascorbic acid is an essential dietary requirement, how is it more commonly known? |
Prince Arthur | Who was the elder brother of Henry 8th who died before he could become king? |
Charles 1st | The 'Short' and the 'Long' Parliaments were both in the reign of which monarch? |
Martin Clunes | Who plays Reggie Perrin in the BBC TV remake of the classic comedy series? |
Tail or tail assembly | What, on an aircraft, is the 'empennage'? |
Scut | What name is given to the tail of a rabbit or hare? |
Appassionata | What is the popular name given to Beethoven's Piano Sonata number 23? |
Trafalgar | Which battle took place on 21st October 1805? |
Avogadro | Who, in 1811, postulated that 'when at the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain equal numbers of molecules'? |
Pine | Which nut or seed is used in the Italian sauce pesto? |
Guy Ritchie | Who made his directorial debut with the 1998 film 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'? |
Jocasta | In Greek myth who was the mother of Oedipus? |
Marks & Spencer | Which retail company markets the clothing label 'Per Una'? |
Onion | What is the major ingredient in the curry dish 'Dopiaza'? |
Jamie Cullum | Who introduces the weekly jazz music show on Radio 2 every Tuesday evening at 7.00pm? |
(Santa) Catalina | Which large island lies off the coast of Los Angeles? |
(Peter) Higgs | Which Edinburgh physicist has given his name to a sub-atomic particle which has not yet been observed? |
Nutcracker | In which ballet is there a 'sugar plum fairy'? |
Walney | Which island lies off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness? |
M55 | Which motorway ends in Blackpool? |
David Vine | Who was the original presenter of BBC TV's 'A Question of Sport'? |
Espanyol | Against which football team does Barcelona contest the 'local derby'? |
Horseradish | From what is the Japanese sauce wasabi made? |
Coppelia_ | In which ballet is Swanhilde jealous of a mechanical doll? |
Jimmy Carter | Who was the first Governor of a southern US state to go on to become President after the Civil War? |
51 | In the current series of car registration plates (2 letters, a 2 digit number then 3 letters), which was the first 2 digit number to be used? |
Gardens | Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was famous for her work in which field? |
Atlantis | Which was the last space shuttle to fly, completing its last mission in July 2011? |
Ukraine | In which country were the boxing Klitschko brothers born? |
Trucial States | What was the name of the United Arab Emirates before the end of the protectorate in 1971? |
Gulliver | Which fictional character travelled on a ship called 'Antelope'? |
Birmingham | Birchfield Harriers Athletics Club is based in which English city? |
Lindsay Davenport | Which US tennis player won the Australian, Wimbledon and French Women's Singles in 1999, also the Gold Medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games? |
Elbow | "Which British alternative rock band won the Mercury Prize in 2008 with the album ""The Seldom Seen Kid""?" |
Richard Nixon | Which US President made the first phone call to the moon? |
Pygmy Marmoset | Which animal is the smallest true monkey? |
Five | How many arms has a starfish? |
1914 | In which year was the £1 note introduced; Burnley beat Liverpool 1-0 in the FA Cup Final; Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated? |
Cheshire | What is the oldest named English cheese? |
M48 | Which motorway crosses the original Severn Bridge? |
1927 | In which year was the BBC granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation; Cardiff City beat Arsenal 1-0 at Wembley; Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic Ocean? |
650 | How many Parliamentary constituencies are there in the UK? |
John Williams | "Which US composer, conductor and pianist has written the music for over 100 films, starting with ""Daddy-O"" in 1958, his latest is the 2012 film ""Lincoln""?" |
M606 | Which M62 spur runs from Cleckheaton to Bradford? |
Singapore | Which 2009 Formula One Grand Prix was run at night time? |
Badminton | Gillian Gilks (nee Perrin, later Goodwin) was an exponent in which sport? |
Ten Commandments | What was contained in the Ark of the Covenant? |
Egypt | The EGX 30 index is the name of which country's stock market? |
Hang Seng | What is the name of Hong Kong's stock market Index? |
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