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A CHORD | What is the name of the straight line joining any two points on the circumference of a circle? |
The MERCHANT OF VENICE | 'In truth I know not why I am so sad' is the first line of which Shakespeare play? |
PARIS 1900 | In which modern Olympic Games were women allowed to compete for the first time? (Date or venue) |
PRINCE of ASTURIAS | What title is held by the heir to the Spanish throne? |
HUGH LAURIE | Who, better known as an actor and comedian, released his debut blues album in 2011 called 'Let Them Talk'? |
FLEETWOOD MAC | Which group released the album 'Tango in the Night' in 1987? |
GANYMEDE | In Shakespeare's 'As you like It', what name does Rosalind take when she poses as a boy? |
Michael DIBDIN | Which author writes about the Italian policeman Aurelio Zen? |
ADELE | 'Someone like You is a 2011 song on whose 2nd studio album? |
AUK | To which bird family does a puffin belong? |
INTEGRATION | Differentiation and what are the two main operations of calculus? |
PRINCE ARTHUR | To whom was Catherine of Aragon married before she married Henry 8th? |
NINTENDO | 'Leave it to luck' or 'leave luck to heaven' is the translation from Japanese of which company's name? |
800 metres | What is the final event of the women's heptathlon? |
LETO | Who was the mother of twins, Apollo and Artemis? |
LEAD | Which element is the final result of the radioactive decay of uranium? |
RUTLAND | Belvoir Castle is the home of which dukedom? |
NAPOLEON | In 'Dads Army' what did Hodges call Captain Mainwaring? |
HAFNIUM | Which chemical element is named after the old name for Copenhagen? |
PANMUNJON | Where was the armistice which halted the Korean War signed in 1953? |
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS | Which current Premier League football club are the only club to have won all four top divisions and both major cups in English football? |
FOGGY | In 'Last of the Summer Wine' what character did Brian Wilde play? |
NON-FICTION | Founded in 1999 by BBC4 TV, for what is the Samuel Johnson Prize awarded? |
Usher Hall | Opened in 1914, what is Edinburgh's main concert hall? |
Leeds | A 'Loiner' comes from which city? |
TINTORETTO | Which artist (1518-1594), born Jacopo Comin, also known as Jacopo Robusti, is known by a nickname taken from his father's occupation as a dyer? |
VICTORIA GROUND | Stoke City FC now play their home games at the Britannia Stadium. What was the name of their previous stadium? |
BARON SCARPIA | Who is the Chief of Police in Puccini's opera 'Tosca'? |
CASSIOPEIA | Who is the wife of King Cepheus, found opposite to him in the night sky? |
MICRONESIA | The states of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae in the Western Pacific are collectively known as the Federated States of ................. where? |
DONCASTER | For a constituency in which town is Ed Miliband an MP? |
ELIZABETH | What decoration, a Cross, was instituted on 1st July 2009 to commemorate UK armed forces personnel who have died on operations or as a result of an act of terrorism? |
EDITH HEAD | Which woman has won the most Oscars? |
EIGHT | Derived from the Etruscan calendar and persisting for around 500 years, into how many days was the Roman week divided prior to the adoption of the Julian calendar? |
EASTENDERS | 'E20' is an internet spinoff from which soap opera? |
THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN | Which 1926 record by Charles Penrose became a cult classic on BBC 'Children's Favourites' from the 1950s to the 1970s? |
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON | Which poet wrote the line 'T'is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all'? |
CZECH | What nationality is Petra Kvitova the 2011 Ladies Singles winner at Wimbledon? |
MARIE LLOYD | Who in 1912, after not being invited to perform in the first Royal Command Performance, staged a rival show advertised 'by command of the British public'? |
VENUS | In the Hellenistic system the weekdays were named after the 7 classical planets (Saturn, Sun, Moon, Mars etc), which planet is commemorated by the day we call Friday? |
NELLIE THE ELEPHANT | Which song, recorded by Mandy Miller, a regular request on 'Children's Favourites', begins 'To Bombay a travelling circus came'? |
JOHN KEATS | Which poet wrote the line 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know'? |
THERESA MAY | Which member of the Cabinet has been the MP for Maidenhead since 1997? |
KEMPTON | On which racecourse is the King George VI Chase run? |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | How are the states of Ajman, al-Fujairah, Ras-al Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain and two others collectively known? |
MARIE | What is the real first name of the singer Lulu? |
BAHA'I | Which religious faith was founded in the 19th century, in what is now Iran and has its headquarters in Haifa(Israel)? |
VETCH FIELD | Swansea City FC now play their home games at the Liberty Stadium. What was the name of their previous stadium? |
RUBY | What sort of Tuesday did the Rolling Stones sing about in their 1967 hit? |
PSI | Which is the penultimate letter of the Greek alphabet? |
STANLEY | What is the name of Gilbert and Sullivan's Modern Major General? |
HOLLINGER INTERNATION | Ownership of which worldwide publishing concern gave Conrad Black control of the Daily Telegraph? |
Nine | Which is the highest number used in a Sudoku puzzle? |
The Yardbirds | Which group was Jimmy Page in immediately before forming Led Zeppelin? |
Cair Paravel | "In ""The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe"", what was the name of the castle housing the four thrones and from where the kings/queens of Narnia rule?" |
R. D. Wingfield | Who created the fictional TV Detective Inspector Frost? |
H. H. Asquith | Who followed Henry Campbell Bannerman as Prime Minister in 1908? |
George Foreman | Who fought Muhammed All in the 'Rumble in the Jungle' in 1974? |
Cointreau | Which alcoholic drink is added to brandy to make a Sidecar cocktail? |
Bass | Which company's red triangle trademark was the first to registered in England (in 1876)? |
Vivienne Westwood | Which fashion designer opened a boutique with Malcolm McClaren, and was at the forefront of 'punk' fashion in 1971? |
The Blind Beggar | George Cornell was shot by Ronnie Kray in which East End pub in 1966? |
Never Say Die | What was the name of Lester Piggott's first Derby winner in 1954? |
Jehovah's Witnesses | "Which religious group publishes a magazine called ""The Watchtower""?" |
Dementors | In the Harry Potter series, what is the name of the soul sucking guards from Azkaban? |
Ghana | What is the former British Crown colony of the Gold Coast now called? |
Rod Stewart | "Whose first number one album in the UK was ""Every Picture Tells a Story"" in 1971?" |
Walter Mondale | Who was Jimmy Carter's Vice-President from 1977-1981? |
Robin | Which bird has the Latin name Erithacus Rubecula? |
St. Jude | Which saint, also known as Thaddeus, is the patron saint of lost causes? |
Phil Collins | Who was guest drummer for Led Zeppelin at the Live Aid concert in 1985? |
The White Witch | "In ""The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe"", how is Jadis better known?" |
Midsomer Murders | Which TV detective series is based on books by Caroline Graham? |
Andrew Bonar Law | Who followed Lloyd George as Prime Minister in 1922? |
Kazuo Ishiguro | "Who wrote the 1989 Booker Prize winning novel ""The Remains of the Day""?" |
White Rum | What specifically is the alcoholic ingredient of the drink Cuba Libre? |
Buckinghamshire | Chequers, the Prime Minister's country residence, is in which English county? |
Iolanthe | In which Gilbert and Sullivan opera do fairies take over Parliament? |
Quantum Leap | In which early 90's TV series did scientists Dr. Sam Beckett and Admiral Al Calavicci appear? |
Veal | Traditionally, what kind of meat is used in the dish Osso Bucco? |
Worcestershire | Which English county did Ian Botham join after leaving Somerset in 1987? |
Daily Sketch | Which daily newspaper was founded in 1909, but closed in 1971 when it merged with the Daily Mail? |
Diomed | What was the name of the first horse to win the Derby in 1780? |
Salvation Army | "Which religious organisation's newspaper is called ""The War Cry""?" |
Rubeus | In the Harry Potter stories, what is Hagrid's first name? |
White Heat | In which 1949 movie did James Cagney say the lines 'Made it Ma - Top of the world', before being killed? |
Gerald Ford | Who succeeded Richard Nixon as President of the USA in 1974? |
Cassowary | In addition to the emu, which other flightless bird is native to Australia? |
Whitney Houston | Who played a character called Rachel Marron in a famous 1992 film? |
(Fish) Soup | What type of food is Cullen Skink? |
Trumptonshire | In which county is Camberwick Green? |
Michael Henchard | In fiction, who became Mayor of Casterbridge? |
Inca | Cusco (Cuzco) was the historical capital of which Empire? |
Portugal | In which country did the Carnation Revolution take place in 1974? |
Ed Miliband | Which MP represents the constituency of Doncaster North? |
(Japanese Green) Tea | "What sort of drink is ""matcha""?" |
Bill Clinton | Which recent US President's dog was called Buddy? |
Mukluks | What is the name of the soft boot, usually sealskin, worn by the Inuit and Yupik? |
Aqaba | What is Jordan's only seaport? |
Forward slash | Which punctuation mark, used in computing, etc., is called the 'solidus'? |
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