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Fettuccini | The name of which ribbon pasta can be translated as 'little ribbons' or 'little slices'? |
Malcolm Arnold | Which composer won an Oscar for the music score in the film 'Bridge on the River Kwai'? |
(Muhammad Ali) Jinnah | Who was the first Governor-General of Pakistan from August 1947 to his death in September 1948, he is known as the 'Father of the Nation'? |
Minder | 'I Could be so Good For You' was the theme song to which TV programme? |
1999 | Name the year; Minimum wage introduced (£3.60 for over 21s), Prince Edward married Sophie Rhys-Jones, total eclipse of the sun in Cornwall? |
The Caretaker | Which 1960 play has as its title character, a tramp named 'Davies'? |
Saigon | What was the capital of the independent republic of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975? |
Germany | Namibia, then known as South-West Africa, became a colony of which country in 1884? |
London Bridge | The Shard stands next to which London Underground station? |
Taurus | The Pleiades and Hyades star clusters are in which constellation? |
Brecon Beacons | The Green Man Music Festival takes place every August in which National Park? |
Sciatic | Which is the longest and widest nerve in the human body? |
Prestonpans | A 104 metre long 'Tapestry' depicting the early campaign of Bonnie Prince Charlie was completed in 2010, it is named after which town/battle? |
The Script | Danny O'Donoghue was a judge on the TV show 'The Voice'; he is the singer with which group? |
Southwold | Which seaside town is the venue for the Latitude Music Festival every July? |
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet | 'That's Livin' Alright' was the theme song to which TV programme? |
Charles Albert David | Prince Harry has three other forenames, give any one of them? |
Lewis | On which island are the 'Standing Stones of Callanish'? |
Orion | Rigel and Betelgeuse are in which constellation? |
Blair Peach | Who was the New Zealander killed during a protest against the National front in London in 1979? |
Ontario | Ottawa, the capital of Canada, is in which province? |
(Peace of) Paris | Which treaty of 1783 ended the US War of Indepencence? |
Thomas | What was the name of the brother of the six Mitford sisters? |
Suggs | Graham McPherson achieved fame as a singer using which name? |
Soldier's Song | What is the English title of the national anthem of Ireland? |
Ohm | What is the SI unit of electrical resistance? |
Tunisia | "In which country did the so called ""Arab Spring"" uprisings commence in 2011?" |
Gaetano Donizetti | Whose operatic works include Lucia di Lammermoor and Ann Boleyn? |
1948 | State of Israel is proclaimed. |
1957 | Treaty of Rome signed, establishing the EEC. |
1989 | Fall of the Berlin Wall. |
David Lloyd George | "Who referred to the House of Lords as ""Mr Balfour's Poodle""?" |
Pegasus | In Greek mythology, what was the name of the winged horse which sprang from the dead body of Medusa? |
Macbeth | The film Throne of Blood (1957) was based on which Shakespeare play? |
Cerberus | According to Greek mythology, what was the name of the three headed dog which guarded the entrance to the underworld? |
Sirte | In which town was Colonel Gaddafi killed in 2011? |
Lancashire | Which county cricket team were the first winners of the Sunday League in 1969? |
Sussex | Which county cricket team were the first winners of the Gillette Cup in 1963? |
Sam Waley Cohen | Which Sam rode the winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup, Long Run? |
Atlantis | The flight of which space shuttle in 2011 successfully concluded Nasa's space shuttle programme? |
Belgium | Which European country's flag is a vertical tricolour of black, gold (yellow) and red? |
Franz Hals | Which artist's work includes The Merry Drinker and The Laughing Cavalier? |
Samoa | Which country moved from east to west on the international date line in 2011 to align its time zone better with its main trading partners? |
France | In which country was the film director Roman Polanski born? |
Dwight Eisenhower | For which US President did Richard Nixon serve as Vice President? |
Peterhouse | Which is the oldest college of Cambridge University? |
University | Which is the longest established college of Oxford University? |
South Africa | In which country was actor Basil Rathbone born? |
California | Which is the largest US state, in terms of population? |
Phileas Fogg | In literature, whose servant was Passepartout? |
Abbottabad | In which Pakistan city was Osama Bin Laden killed in 2011? |
Alaska | Which is the largest US state by size (area)? |
Don Quixote | In literature, whose servant was Sancho Panza? |
Arnold Wesker | Who wrote the play Chips with Everything? |
Lithium | Which is the lightest metallic element with Atomic Number 3? |
Palm Sunday | How is the Sunday before Easter known in the Western Christian Church? |
Fitzroy | Which UK shipping forecast area is named after the founder of the Meteorological Office? |
Friedrich Engels | In 1842, which German socialist came to work in one of his father's mills, where sewing threads were made, in Weaste, Salford? |
Tennis | The first woman to win an Olympic gold medal was Charlotte Cooper in Paris in 1900, in which sport? |
Picardy | Amiens is the largest city and capital of which region of France? |
Florence | Michelangelo's statue 'David' is in the Galleria dell'Accademia in which city? |
Beatrix | Who is currently Queen of the Netherlands? |
Virginia | Which US state is named after Queen Elizabeth I? |
Islam | Which religion has Five Pillars (the Shadahad, Salah, Zakah, Sawma and Hajj)? |
Helium | Which gaseous element has the lowest melting and boiling points of all the elements? |
High Flying Birds | Complete the name of the album 'Noel Gallagher's '? |
Keiller | The museum at Avebury Stone Circle was established by an archaeologist who was the heir to which marmalade company (the original commercial brand of marmalade)? |
James Arness | Who starred as Matt Dillon in the TV programme 'Gunsmoke'? |
Graves | James Arness had a brother Peter who starred in the TV series 'Mission Impossible', under what surname did he act? |
Asquith | Who was British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the First World War? |
Rigoletto | In which opera does a hunchback jester help his master, the Duke of Mantua, to seduce the daughter of a courtier? |
Jimmy Porter | What is the name of the main character in John Osborne's 'Look Back In Anger'? |
Bubba Watson | Which 'major-winning' golfer has the real first names Gerry Lester? |
Patience | Clock, Klondike and Aces Up are variations of which group of card games? |
Salford Lads Club | Which Salford landmark appeared as a backdrop for the Smiths 1986 album cover 'The Queen is Dead'? |
Ant & Dec | Name either of the entertainers who played the roles of two Britons accused of faking a documentary in the film 'Alien Autopsy'? |
Suzanne Lenglen | The trophy awarded to the winner of the Ladies Singles at the French Open tennis championships is named after which famous player? |
Grenadine | A Tequila Sunrise is made with tequila, orange and which other fruit ingredient? |
Marni Nixon | Which-singer's voice was of the leading actress in the films 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', 'The King and I', 'West Side Story' and 'My Fair Lady'? |
Andrew Gold | Who was the son of Mani Nixon who died in 2011, his hits include 'Lonely Boy', How Can This Be Love' and 'Never Let Her Slip Away'? |
The Remains of the Day | What is the title of Kazuo Ishiguro's 1989 Booker Prize winning novel which was made into a 1993 film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson? |
Sikh(ism) | Which religion has Five K's (Kesh, Kangha, Kachera, Kara and Kirpan)? |
Cheviots | Which range of hills lie at the northern end of the Pennine Way? |
Beady Eye | What is the name of the group formed by Liam Gallagher after the break-up of Oasis? |
Milan | Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' is in a church in which city? |
Solzhenitsyn | "Which novelist won the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature ""for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature""?" |
Trafalgar | Which UK shipping forecast area is the most southerly, lying off the coast of Spain? |
Bismarck | Ernst Lindemann was the captain of which World War 2 German battleship? |
Pussy Riot | In August 2012, three members of which Russian feminist punk-rock collective were sentenced to two years in jail for hooliganism? |
Peach | A Bellini cocktail is made with the sparkling wine prosecco and which fruit juice? |
Maryland | Which US state is named after Queen Henrietta Maria of France? |
Corsica | Martello Towers derive their name from a fortress on which island? |
I Pagliacci | Which Italian opera has a title meaning 'The strolling players (or clowns)'? |
Dr Finlay | "Who is the main character in the series of stories called 'Adventures of a Black Bag""?" |
Manet | Who painted the self portraits 'Self-Portrait with Palette' and 'Self-Portrait with Cap'? |
Sicily | Admiral Lord Nelson was created Duke of Bronte, on which island is Bronte? |
Last Orders | What is the title of Graham Swift's 1996 Booker Prize winning novel which was made into a 2001 film of the same name starring Michael Caine and Helen Mirren? |
Roy Jenkins | Which former Chancellor of the Exchequer wrote 'The Chancellor' about all his predecessors from Randolph Churchill to Hugh Dalton? |
Newcastle | The Centre for Life is a science museum in which city? |
Hurricanes | The intensity of what is measured on the Saffir-Simpson scale? |
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