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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?