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FLUGELHORN | The cornet, trombone, tuba and euphonium are instruments in a brass band. Name one other? |
WALTZING MATILDA | Banjo Patterson is credited with writing which song a national favourite of its country? |
BANGALORE | Which Indian City is known as the Silicon Valley of India? |
COFFEE | Which drink has major commercial types called Robusta and Arabica? |
THE ZUGSPITZE | What is the highest peak in Germany? |
HAMLET | Which Shakespeare character dies saying 'the rest is silence'? |
ST GEORGE | Who is the patron saint of the Order of the Garter? |
ALIEN | """Building Better Worlds"" Weyland-Yutani Corp features in which sci-fi film series?" |
ARKLE | The cricketer Derek Randall had which, racehorse -related, nickname? |
SLOVENIA | Adria Airways is the airline of which former Yugoslav State? |
SHINTY | Which sport is supervised in Scotland by the Camanachd Association? |
JOHN BERCOW | What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Commons? |
NITRIC ACID | Aqua Fortis is another name for which liquid? |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | Which US President's portrait appears on the US $5 bill? |
THOMAS HOBBS | "Which philosopher said that the life of man was ""solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short""?" |
SHRIKE | The Butcher bird is another name for which bird? T |
CREMONA | Which town in Italy is the home of violin making? |
THE TREATY OF UTRECHT | By which treaty was Gibraltar formally ceded to Great Britain in 1713? |
HENRICK IBSEN | Who wrote 'An Enemy of the People'? |
THE THIRD | Which Beethoven Symphony was originally dedicated to Napoleon? |
KURT WEILL | Who wrote the music for Berthold Brecht's `The Beggars Opera'? |
MAJOR GENERAL | Which British Army rank comes after Brigadier? |
CAPTAIN | Which rank in the Royal Navy is the equivalent to the rank of Colonel in the British Army? |
Sheffield | From which city do the groups Human League and Def Leppard originate? |
Stephen Harper | Who is the Prime Minister of Canada? |
St Peter | Who was the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church? |
101 Dalmatians | The Starlight Barking was a 1967 sequel to which children's novel? |
Humber | What is formed by the confluence of the Ouse and Trent rivers? |
Tilde | What is the name of the diacritical mark in Spanish which is placed over a letter 'n' to soften its pronunciation, e.g. in the word 'señor'? |
The (Second) Boer War | What was ended by the Treaty of Vereeniging? |
Skegness | The first Butlin's holiday camp opened in 1936 in which resort? |
K | What is the only Scrabble tile with a value not shared by any others? |
Nicolas | What was the first name of the French artist Poussin (1594-1665)? |
Marble | For what product is the city of Carrara in Italy most famous? |
Buonarroti | What was Michelangelo's family name? |
Tommy Steele | Who sculpted the figure of Eleanor Rigby in Liverpool's Stanley Street? |
Vermont | Which of the United States was the 14th to join the Union (i.e. the first to join after the original 13)? |
Trieste | According to Winston Churchill, in a speech of 1946, the Iron Curtain ran from Stettin in the Baltic to which other port? |
Leicestershire | In the books by Sue Townsend, Adrian Mole was supposedly born in which English county? |
Argentina | What is the country of origin of the Falabella horse? |
Wilkie Collins | "Who wrote the 19th century detective novel ""The Moonstone""?" |
Malcolm | In Shakespeare's Macbeth which character speaks the last words of the play? |
Origin | In Mathematics on a 2-dimensional graph, what is the name given to the point of intersection of the x and y axes? |
House for One | In the Enid Blyton stories-what is the name of Noddy's house? |
Chardonnay | What white grapes are used to make champagne? |
Edinburgh | Which British city's assay office uses a castle as its hallmark for precious metals? |
Parsec | Which unit of length is equal to 3.26 light years? |
221B Baker Street | What was the exact London address of Sherlock Holmes? |
Niger | In 1805 Mungo Park was sent to trace the course of which river? |
Nettle | Cornish Yarg cheese is wrapped in the leaves of which plant? |
Bees | Melissophobia is the fear of what? |
Sundries | In Australian cricket what are 'extras' known as? |
Wales | In which country was Roald Dahl born? |
District | Which line on the London Underground has the most stations? |
Ringo Starr | Which musician lived at 9 Madryn Street Liverpool? |
Tiberius | What was the middle name of Captain James Kirk? |
Auguste Rodin | "Who sculpted ""The Gates of Hell"" depicting a scene from Dante's Inferno from 1880 until his death in 1917?" |
Dodoma | What is the capital of Tanzania? |
(Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow | "Who wrote the poem The Wreck of the Hesperus""?" |
Korean | The Battle of Inchon took place during which war? |
Eric Idle | "Who composed and sang the theme tune for ""One Foot in the Grave""?" |
As You Like It | "In which Shakespeare play will you find the jester ""Touchstone""?" |
Chicago | In which 2002 film did Richard Gere play the part of Billy Flynn? |
(John Everett) Millais | "Who painted ""The Boyhood of Raleigh'?" |
Captain | In the Royal Navy which rank is below Commodore and above Commander? |
Mozart | "Who composed the opera ""Don Giovanni""?" |
Niobium | Which chemical element, atomic no. 41, is named after the daughter of King Tantalus? |
Leeds United | Which team were the last winners of football's First Division before the formation of the Premier League? |
Derek Thompson | "Who plays the part of Charlie Fairhead in TV's ""Casualty""?" |
Vermont | Which US state is bordered by Massachusetts, New York and New Hampshire? |
The letter 'i' | Which letter is represented in Morse code by 'dot dot'? |
Eight | What single number is considered to be lucky in China? |
Frank Capra | "Who directed the 1947 film ""It's a Wonderful Life""?" |
Charles Dickens | Which author was married to Catherine Hogarth? |
John Milton | "Who wrote the poem ""Samson Agonistes""?" |
US Civil War | The Battle of Shiloh took place during which war? |
Liberty Bell | "What is the name of the theme tune for ""Monty Python's Flying Circus""?" |
The Merchant of Venice | In which Shakespeare play will you find the servant 'Lancelot Gobbo'? |
Earl | What is the middle name of ex-US President Jimmy Carter? |
Muhammed Ali | Who lit the Olympic flame at the Atlanta Games in 1996? |
The Elephant Man | In which 1980 film did John Hurt play the part of John Merrick? |
Brigadier | In the Army, which rank comes below Major General and above Colonel? |
Tchaikovsky | "Who composed the opera ""Eugene Onegin""?" |
Epping | Winston Churchill was MP for which constituency from 1924-1945? |
Berkelium | Which chemical element, atomic no. 97, is named after a US university? |
Preston North End | Who were the first winners of the Football League in 1889? |
Connecticut | Which US state is bordered by Massachussetts, Rhode Island and New York? |
The Letter M | Which letter is represented in Morse code by 'dash dash'? |
Appian Way | Which Roman road ran from Rome to Brindisi? |
Pennsylvania | Which US state is known as the Keystone State? |
Clowns | Coulrophobia is the fear of what type of entertainers? |
Vauxhall | Which car company makes the model 'Zafira'? |
Tom Hooper | "Who directed the 2011 film ""The King's Speech""?" |
Hookah | "In ""Alice in Wonderland"", what type of pipe did the caterpillar smoke?" |
APOCRYPHA | Which Greek word meaning 'hidden writings' first appeared in the Luther Bible of 1534? |
THE WALKER BROTHERS | John Maus died in May 2011, of which pop group had he been a member? |
JOANNA TROLLOPE | Which novelist is known as 'The Queen of the Aga saga'? |
LAFAYETTE | Which French General and statesman took part in the Battle of Yorktown? |
DUCK | What type of bird is a gadwall? |
BANKSIDE | Which power station building was adapted to become the Tate Modern Art Gallery? |
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