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Israel | In which Asian country is the city of Haifa? |
Verdi | "Which Italian composed the opera ""La Traviata""?" |
Mozart | "Which Austrian composed the opera ""The Magic Flute""?" |
Clothes washing | What is the occupation of a dhobi? |
Alexander the Great | Who was the son of Philip II of Macedon? |
Menelaus | Who was the husband of Helen of Troy (or Sparta)? |
Neil Simon | "Which American playwright/screenwriter wrote ""The Odd Couple""?" |
Orion | In which constellation is the Great Nebula? |
Louis Oosthuizen | Who won the 2010 Open Golf Championship at St. Andrews? |
Neil Robertson | Who won the 2010 World Snooker championship in Glasgow? |
Fifteen | How many players are there per side in a GAA hurling team? |
Eighteen | How many players of each side are on the field of Australian Rules football? |
San(to) Domingo | What is the capital city of the Dominican Republic? |
Leicester | In which English city is De Montfort University? |
Lagan | The city of Belfast stands on which river? |
St. Cecilia | Who is the Patron Saint of musicians? |
St. Jude | Who is the Patron Saint of lost or hopeless causes? |
One | A Mobius strip (or band) has how many sides? |
Six points | What is the value of the pink ball in the game of snooker? |
DOVER | What is the state capital of Delaware? |
JACK BLACK | Who is the voice of Po in the Kung Fu Panda films? |
RED HOT POKER | Give the common name for the plant `Kniphofia'. |
MANFRED MANN | Who had a hit in 1966 with 'Pretty Flamingo'? |
HOWARD WEBB | Who was the only Englishman actually on the pitch in the FIFA World Cup Final of 2010? |
ALGERIA | The Greenwich meridian crosses the Mediterranean coast of which African country? |
WOODY WOODPECKER | Knothead and Splinter are the nephew and niece of which cartoon character? |
PAGAN | Which word for a non-Christian or heathen is derived from the Latin for peasant or rustic? |
MONICA SELES | Which tennis player was stabbed hi the back in Hamburg in 1993? |
C S LEWIS | Who wrote 'The Allegory of Love' and 'Mere Christianity' in the 20th century? |
MARY ROBINSON | Who was the first female president of the Irish Republic? |
GLASGOW | Cowcaddens and Hillhead are underground stations in which city? |
53 | What number is on the film star Beetle car, Herbie? |
BUTTERFLIES | What are Duke of Burgundy, White Admiral and Essex Skipper? |
DALMATIAN | What breed of dog is known as the carriage dog? |
RIGOLETTO | 'La donna e mobile' is from which Verdi opera? |
BASEBALL | Gordon Beckham plays which sport for the Chicago White Sox? |
JULIAN BARNES | Who won the 2011 Booker Prize for 'The Sense of an Ending'? |
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE | What was Sir John Franklin searching for when he died? |
SYDNEY | Kingsford Smith Airport serves which city? |
TIGHT END | Travis Beckum plays American Football for the New York Giants in which position, denoted by the letters T E? |
MARTIN BOYCE | Who won the 2011 Turner Prize for his installation 'Do Words Have Voices'? |
SIR WALTER RALEIGH | Which famous British explorer went in search of El Dorado? |
BARBADOS | Which Caribbean island is served by Grantley Adams Airport? |
BEN KINGSLEY | Which famous actor played a character called Ron Jenkins in Coronation Street? |
THE TALES OF HOFFMAN | Which opera by Offenbach features the barcarole entitled 'Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour'? |
101 | How old was the Queen Mother when she died in March 2002? |
BLACKPOOL | Starr Gate and Imperial Hotel are stops on which tram system? |
OKLAHOMA! | 'People will say we're in love' comes from which musical? |
W B YEATS | Who wrote the poem 'Easter 1916'? |
SHAGGY | The cartoon character Norville Rogers is better known by what name? |
ABU DHABI | The Yas Marina Grand Prix circuit is in which city? |
A KESTREL FOR A KNAVE | What is the title of the novel about Barnsley schoolboy Billy Casper which features PE teacher Mr Sugden? |
ALTERNATIVE VOTE | Which proportional representation system was the subject of the 2011 Referendum? |
NAMIBIA | The Tropic of Capricorn crosses the Atlantic coast of Africa in which country? |
J | There are 2 letters of the alphabet which are not the initial letter of chemical elements. One is Q. Name the other. |
THE EQUALS | Who had a hit in 1968 with 'Baby Come Back'? |
ANTONIO BANDERAS | Who is the voice of the title character in the recent film 'Puss in Boots'? |
BUTTERCUP | 'Ranunculus' is the species name of which common wild flower? |
SUFFOLK | In which county is Aldeburgh? |
TOMMY LEE JONES | Who played 'Two-Face' in the 1995 film 'Batman Forever'? |
APRIL | In which month is Anzac Day? |
7 BILLION | According to the UN, what round figure did the world population reach on October 31st 2011? |
CRAZY HORSE | During the wars between the US Government and the Native Americans in the 1860s and 70s, Sitting Bull was one of the two great leaders of the Sioux; who was the other - victorious at the Battle of the Rose Bud and murdered whist in captivity in September 1877? |
STEVIE WONDER | Which entertainer was born Stevland Judkins (his surname later changed to Morris) in Saginaw, Michigan in 1950? |
GARY PLAYER | Who is the most successful non US golfer in Major Championships with 9 wins? |
KITZBÜHEL | The Hahnenkamm mountain and ski runs are part of which European ski resort? |
THE MOVE | Which group had a 1967 hit with 'Night of Fear'? |
SHREWSBURY | At which battle of 1403 was Sir Henry Percy aka Hotspur killed? |
HAMLET | Which Shakespeare play contains the line 'Neither a borrower or a lender be'? |
CARNATION | What is the national flower of Spain? |
FOZZIE | Name the bear, the comedian from the 'Muppet Show'. |
WHISTLER | What is the name of British Columbia's most popular ski resort, which was home to the alpine skiing events in the 2010 Winter Olympics? |
OBE | What honour was conferred on shoe designer Jimmy Choo in 2002? |
BARNET | At which battle of 1471 was Richard Neville aka Warwick the Kingmaker killed? |
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | 'All that glisters is not gold' is a line from which Shakespeare play? |
LANGDALE PIKES | In the Lake District National Park, as what are Pavey Ark, Harrison Stickle and Pike of Stickle collectively known? |
JOHN BETJEMAN | Who owned a teddy bear called Archibald Ormsby-Gore? |
INDONESIA | After China, India and the USA, what is the world's most populous country? |
FINCH | Of what type of bird did Darwin observe 12 different species in the Galapagos islands? |
APACHE | Of which native American tribe were Geronimo and Cochise warrior leaders? |
LINUS PAULING | Who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 and the Peace Prize in 1962? |
BILLIE HOLLIDAY | Which singer was played by Diana Ross in the 1972 film 'Lady Sings The Blues'? |
STANLEY BALDWIN | Who was Prime Minister of the UK at the time of the abdication of Edward VIII? |
TOM CRUISE | Dustin Hoffman played the role of an autistic savant in the film 'Rain Man'. Who played the part of his younger brother Charlie? |
SHALE GAS | Which type of gas is obtained by the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking'? |
VULGATE | The oldest extant version of the Bible made by Jerome in the 4th century is known by which name? |
NEW ORLEANS | Which US city is the setting for the TV drama series 'Treme' (pronounced Tremmay)? |
BRISTOL | Which city is linked to the motorway network by the M32? |
SEVEN | How high, in feet, is a hockey goal (not ice hockey)? |
OMAR BRADLEY | Who was Commander-in-Chief of American ground forces in planning the invasion of France in 1944 and Commander of the US 1st Army on D Day? |
CHOLESTEROL | What substance crystallises in the gall bladder to form gall stones? |
SOCRATES | Plato was the pupil of which famous teacher? |
ALLIED INVASION OF ITALY | In the Second World War, what was Operation Avalanche? |
VASILY PETRENKO | Who is chief conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra? |
HEPTATHLON | Kelly Sotherton won an Olympic bronze medal in which athletics event in the 2004 games? |
IDLEWILD | What was the name of JFK Airport in New York prior to 1963? |
JANE EYRE | Which literary heroine was played in a 2011 film by Mia Wasikowska? |
WHALE OIL | Before petroleum was first commercialized in 1859, which oil was most commonly used for lubrication and lighting? |
M8 | Which motorway connects Glasgow and Edinburgh? |
NEWTOWN | Which fictional town was the setting for the TV series 'Z-Cars'? |
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