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Psyche | Who was the beautiful girl loved by Eros in Greek mythology? Her name means 'spirit' or 'life' in Greek. |
Kelly Holmes | Which British athlete won gold medals in both the 800m and the 1500m at the 2004 Olympics? |
Sicily | According to legend, on which Mediterranean island did the Cyclops, Polyphemus, live? |
William Hogarth | Which English painter had a pug called Trump? |
Deepwater Horizon | What was the name of the BP oil drilling rig which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010? |
Copernicus | Which astronomer (1473-15.43) formulated the theory which is accepted as having first placed the Sun at the centre of the solar system? |
"""Who ate all the pies?""" | William Foulke, Sheffield United's goalkeeper at the start of the 20th century, is reputed to be the first player to have what chanted at him? |
The Russo-Japanese War | Which war was ended by the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth? |
Cuneiform | What name is given to the wedge-shaped writing of the Sumerian and Hittite civilisations? |
(Gottfried) Liebnitz | Which German mathematician developed the theory of calculus at about the same time as, but independently of, Isaac Newton? |
(Electric) Guitar | Which instrument features a whammy bar? |
Silas Marner | In literature who was the weaver of Raveloe? |
QUEENS | In 2009 Andy Murray became the first British man to win what tennis tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938? |
DAN BROWN | Who wrote the best-selling book The Lost Symbol? |
MICHAEL CAINE | Who played the title character in the 2010 film Harry Brown? |
CAROLE KING | The 1971 Grammy award winning album Tapestry was recorded by which singer/songwriter? |
TOY STORY 3 | "At the 2011 Oscars the song ""We Belong Together"" won the Oscar for best original song, from which film did it came?" |
LEGEND OF XANADU | What was the only number 1 record for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch? |
LONELY PLANET | Which series of guide books was founded by Tony and Maureen Wheeler in 1973? |
STARBUCKS | Which major US Company started out as a single store in Seattle's historic Pike Place market in 1971? |
YORKSHIRE | Barney Gibson made history in April 2011 as the youngest individual to play in English first class cricket, for which county team did he play? |
ALGERIA | In which country did the O.A.S. terrorist organisation operate in the late 1950's and early 1960's? |
THIERY HENRY | Who is the only footballer to win the Footballer Writers Award three times? |
ELIOT | What was the name of the Dragon in the Walt Disney film Pete's Dragon? |
24 | The Order of Merit is limited to how many members? |
HUSSEIN | What is President Barack Obama's middle name? |
ROBERT DUVALL | Who played the lawyer Tom Hagen in the film the Godfather? |
P C WREN | Who wrote the book Beau Geste? |
AUSTRIA | The Grossglockner is the highest mountain in which country? |
DAVID MCCALLUM | In the film The Great Escape who played the character Ashley Pitt, Dispersal? |
ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA | "From which Shakespeare play does the line ""and age cannot wither"" her come from?" |
THOMAS HUGHES | Who wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays? |
BOULDER DAM | What was the original name of the Hoover Dam? |
LOVE NEVER DIES | What is the name of the stage nusical by Andrew Lloyd Webber that is the sequel to his musical Phantom of the Opera? |
DEVON | The Royal Marine Barracks, Lympstone, are in which county? |
ANNE | What was the name of the elephant that was removed from a circus and relocated in Longleat in April 2011? |
THE BEETLE | In the nursery rhyme who made the shroud for Cock Robin? |
CALF | What name is given to a young elephant? |
JERSEY BOYS | What is the stage musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons? |
OXFORDSHIRE | RAF Brize Norton is in which county? |
MICHAEL JACKSON | Mohamed Al Fayed erected a statue of whom outside Craven Cottage in 2011? |
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES | Which official is sometimes referred to by the acronym POTUS? |
MIKE MYERS | Who provided the voice for Shrek in the films? |
PERCUSSION | To which family of instruments does the Hi Hat belong? |
SURREY | In which county is Runnymede? |
Nicholas II | Who succeeded Tsar Alexander III in 1894? |
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson | What was the real name of Lewis Carroll? |
York | Guy Fawkes was born and schooled in which English city? |
Libra | What is the star sign for the date of the Battle of Trafalgar? |
Slide Rule | What mathematical instrument was invented by William Oughtred in 1622? |
Browns | Paddington Bear lives with which family? |
The Odd Couple | Flatmates Felix Unger and Oscar Madison are the central characters in which play, film and TV series? |
Turkey | Which large domesticated bird has the Latin name meleagris gallopavo? |
Neptune | Naiad and Proteus are two of the thirteen moons of which planet? |
Copernicus | Element 112, Cn, is named after which astronomer? |
Boys Brigade | What organisation was founded by William Alexander Smith in 1883 in Glasgow? |
Sugar | The scientific suffix -ose indicates the presence of what type of carbohydrate? |
Oaks | What sort of trees belong to the genus 'quercus'? |
Andy Burnham | Which candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2010 is MP for Leigh? |
Troy | The archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann Is most famous for his excavations of which ancient city? |
Hindenburg Line | In World War I, what name was given to the vast system of defences in N E France stretching from Lens to Verdun? |
Lord of the Flies | What is the title of the book (published 1954) which is considered to be a parody of Ballantyne's 'Coral Island'? |
Das Rheingold | What is the name of the first opera in Wagner's four opera Ring Cycle? |
Tiger | Which mammal has types called Siberian and Bengal? |
(Andrew) Bonar Law | Which British Prime Minister was born in Canada in 1858, the only one born outside the British Isles? |
Joe di Maggio | "Which baseball star is mentioned in the lyrics of Simon and Garfunkel's hit ""Mrs Robinson""?" |
Worcester | In which city is New Road County Cricket Ground? |
Apollo 8 | What was the first Apollo mission to leave Earth orbit and orbit the moon, in 1968? |
Jane | What is Miss Marple's first name? |
Sirius Black | What is the name of Harry Potter's godfather, played on film by Gary Oldman? |
Los Angeles | Which US city is nicknamed 'The Big Orange'? |
Burgundy | In which wine region is the Hospice de Beaune held annually where wines are auctioned in November? |
1956 | In what year did Harold Macmillan introduce Premium Bonds? |
Silkworm | Which insect-useful commercially-has the Latin name bombyx mori? |
Jupiter | Callisto and Io are moons of which planet? |
Mendeleev | Element 101, Md, is named after which Russian chemist? |
Juba | What is the capital of the Republic of South Sudan? |
Enzyme | The scientific suffix -ase indicates the presence of what type of protein? |
Diane Abbott | Which candidate in the 2010 Labour leadership elections is MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington? |
Minoan | The archaeologist SirArthur Evans is most famous for his excavations concerning which civilisation? |
Ichthyosaur | 'Fish lizard' is the literal meaning of which extinct reptile's name? |
Tannenberg | Where did Generals Ludendorff and Hindenburg crush the Russian armies in August 1914? |
John Masefield | Who was the predecessor of Cecil Day Lewis as Poet Laureate? |
Hippopotamus | Which mammal has a name which means 'river horse' in Greek? |
The Sound of Silence | 'Hello darkness my old friend' are the first words of which Simon and Garfunkel song? |
Norman Bates | In the film Psycho what is the name of the deranged murderer? |
Ray Bradbury | Who wrote the novel 'Fahrenheit 451' in 1953? |
SHANGHAI | When 19th-century gangs called 'crimps' kidnapped men to work on board ships, what city was their most frequent destination? |
JULIA DONALDSON | Best known for 'The Gruffalo', who was appointed the new Children's Laureate in June 2011? |
LION | What kind of animal is examining the title character in Henri Rousseau's painting, 'The Sleeping Gypsy'? |
GROUNDHOG DAY | In which movie does Sonny & Cher's song 'I Got You Babe' play on nine separate occasions? |
CANADA | Which country's Prime Minister lives at 24 Sussex Drive? |
THE BIBLE | The Septuagint, Targum and Vulgate are all translations of what? |
CARBON DIOXIDE | What gas are the bubbles in fizzy pop filled with? |
LEWIS CARROLL | A church in Daresbury has a stained-glass window featuring a rabbit, a dodo and a lizard, because which man was born there in 1832, while his father was the parson? |
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN | What singer's backing group was named after the address of keyboardist David Sancious' mother's home in Belmar, New Jersey? |
KALAHARI | The Sahara is Africa's largest desert, what is its second largest? |
FEET | Which part of the body does a reflexologist most commonly focus on? |
OATS | For what did the 'O' originally stand in the name of the breakfast cereal, Cheerios? |
TEARS | What liquid flows through your lacrimal canaliculi? |
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