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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?