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Loch Morar | Which is the deepest lake in Great Britain? |
Martin Shaw | Who played Ray Doyle, John Deed and George Gently on TV? |
Paul Dukas | Which French composer wrote 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'? |
Don Partridge | Who was the 'one-man band' who had hits in the 1960s with 'Rosie' and 'Blue Eyes'? |
Rhombus | What name is given to a quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides but not at right angles? |
Robert Jenkins | Who was captain of the British brig 'Rebecca' in 1731 when it was boarded by the Spanish coastguard 'La Isabela' so starting an international incident? |
Austrian Succession | The War of Jenkins' Ear was part of which bigger war? |
Baltic Sea | The River Neva flows into which sea? |
Daisy | Bellis perennis is the Latin name of which common flower? |
Peter Benenson | Who, in 1961, founded Amnesty International? |
Jamaica | The Taino are the indigenous people of which island? |
Snakes and Ladders | Which dice board game originated as a Hindu journey of enlightenment? |
Babylon | Hammurabi was a king of which people in about 1750BC? |
Daimler | Which company, best-known as a manufacturer of luxury cars, also made buses, such as the Freeline and Fleetline models? |
Rhea | In Greek mythology who was the mother of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades? |
Nigeria | In which country are the Ibo people mainly found? |
Cicely Saunders | Who, in 1960, founded the Hospice movement in Britain? |
Dandelion | Taraxacum officinale is the Latin name of which common flowering plant? |
300 | What is the maximum possible score in a game of ten pin bowling? |
Tour de France | La Vuelta is the Spanish equivalent of which major sporting event? |
As You Like It | Which Shakespeare play takes place in the Forest of Arden? |
Rhodium | Which chemical element atomic number 45 is named for the Greek for rose? |
P J Harvey | By winning the Mercury Music Prize in 2011 who is the only artiste to have won this prize twice? |
Falkirk | Which Scottish league team have the nickname 'The Bairns'? |
Anzio Landings | The WW2 allied invasion of where was codenamed Operation Shingle? |
Davina McCall | Who presents the Million Pound Drop on television? |
Middleweight | At what weight did Alan Minter win his boxing world title? |
Cliff Richard | Who originally played the title role in the musical 'Heathcliff on the London stage? |
Tim Burton | Who directed the 2010 Disney film Alice in Wonderland? |
Colour Blindness | Daltonism is usually better known as which medical condition? |
Alfred, Lord Tennyson | Who wrote the poems Idylls of the King? |
The Soar | Upon which river does Leicester stand? |
Yellow | What colour is the artists pigment called celandine? |
Andy Hamilton | Who wrote, directed and played the devil in the radio 4 series 'Old Harry's Game? |
Farad | What is the SI derived unit of electrical capacitance? |
Sebastian Faulks | Who is the author of novels titled Charlotte Grey and The Girl at the Lion d'Or? |
Gabriel Fauré | Which composer is best known for his works Requiem in D minor and Pavane in F sharp minor? |
Monkey Puzzle Tree | How is the Chilean Pine or auricaria known more familiarly in the UK? |
Aaron | In the bible who is Moses' elder Brother? |
Hebe | Who in Greek mythology was the cupbearer to the gods and Goddess of eternal youth and was later replaced by Ganymede? |
William Holman Hunt | Which British artist's most famous works are The Shadow of Death and The Scapegoat? |
Wren | Troglodytes is a genus of small passerine birds in which bird family? |
A Midsummer Night Dream | Which Shakespeare play is mainly set in a forest outside Athens? |
Florence and the Machine | Which goup released their second album 'Ceremonials' in 2011 follow up to their album Lungs? |
Southern France | The WW2 allied invasion of where was titled Operation Dragoon? |
Lightweight | At what weight did Jim Watt win his boxing world title in 1979? |
Michael Crawford | Who originally played the title role in the Phantom of the Opera on the London stage? |
Magistrate | In antiquity the power of what profession was symbolized by a bundle of sticks called a fasces? |
Mercury | Ormolu was orginally the gilding of which metal in its nitrate form to copper, brass or bronze? |
Up | Which animated film won an Oscar in 2010 at the 82nd Academy Awards honouring films released in 2009? |
Keir Starmer | Who, appointed in 2008, is the Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales? |
Haemophilia | Christmas Disease is another name for one of the forms of which hereditary genetic disorder? |
Alexander Pope | Who wrote the poem The Rape of the Lock? |
Blue | What colour is the artist's colour called cerulean ? |
Jack Dee | Who is the current chairman of the radio 4 panel game 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue'? |
Jasper Fforde | Who is the author of the Nursery Crime and Thursday Next series of books? |
Mountain Ash | How is the Rowan tree also known in the UK? |
Edible Seaweed | If you were in Japan eating wakame, what would you be eating? |
Blushing | Erythrophobia is the irrational fear of? |
Hestia | Who is Greek mythology was the goddess of the hearth? |
Sparrow | Passer is a genus of small passerine birds in which bird family? |
Byron | Who wrote the poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage? |
ORION | Rigel and Betelgeuse are two stars in which constellation? |
THE ORDER OF THE GARTER | King Edward III founded this premier order in about 1349, what is it called? |
VOLGOGRAD | It was known as Tsaritsyn, then Stalingrad and in 1962 its name was changed to what? |
DEF LEPPARD , | Rick Allen is the one armed drummer of which English rock band? |
THE PALATINE | The Lupercal is a cave at the foot of which hill in Rome? |
CYCLING AND RUNNING | A duathlon consists of two sports -name one. |
UMLAUT | What is the term for the change of a vowel sound in German and the diacritical mark which indicates it? |
BOVRIL | "Created by John Lawson Johnston ""Johnston's Fluid Beef' was renamed what?" |
NAPOLEON | The Battle of Ligny, June 1815 was which man's final military victory? |
ZAIRE | The Democratic Republic of the Congo was previously known as what? |
PORTMEIRION | The Architect Clough Williams-Ellis designed which Welsh village? |
FLEA | Pulex irritans is a parasitic insect. What is.it more commonly known as? |
EDWARD VII | Who was the only British King of the House of Saxe-Coburg? |
RICIN | Which toxic protein is extracted from the castor oil plant? |
JEAN SIMMONS | Which actress played both Estella and Miss Havisham in 1946 and 1985 respectively? |
BEAUJOLAIS | The gamay grape is most notably used in the production of which French wine? |
CANIS MAJOR | In which constellation is the star Sirius, also called the Dog Star, the brightest in the Northern Hemisphere? |
DUBLIN | "In which European City is the ""Monument of Light"" spire?" |
BLADE RUNNER | The sportsman Oscar Pistorius has what nickname?' |
FALKLANDS | "The ""Penguin News"" is a local newspaper in which island group?" |
AUSTRIA | The 'Battle of Marengo' was fought between Napoleon's army and which European Country? |
BERNE | Which city in Switzerland is a European heritage site? |
BOURTON ON THE WATER | "Which town in the Cotswolds is known as the 'Little Venice of the Cotswolds""?" |
ICE HOCKEY | In which sport is the Stanley Cup Contested? |
Victoria AZARENKA | Who beat Maria Sharapova in the 2012 Australian Open Tennis? |
ATOMIC BOMBS | Little boy and fat man were names for what? |
LORD BYRON | Newstead Abbey is the ancestral home of which poet? |
SHREWSBURY | At which battle of 1403 was Henry Percy (Hotspur) killed? |
TORRENS | On which river does Adelaide, South Australia stand? |
ATLANTIS | Making its final flight in July 2011, what was the name of the last space shuttle? |
SHE DONE HIM WRONG | "In which film did Mae West say 'Why don't you come up sometime, see me""?" |
CHAOS | In Greek myth, what was the name of the infinite space existing before creation? |
RIGOLETTO | "From which opera does the aria ""O Caro Nome"" come?" |
ANTELOPE | What type of creature is a bongo? |
OMDURMAN | In which battle of 1898 did Kitchener defeat the Mahdi? |
GRAND HOTEL | "In which film did Greta Garbo say ""I want to be alone""?" |
EXPLORER | What was the name of the United States first satellite, launched in January 1958? |
(Ivan) PAVLOV | Who, by winning the 1904 Prize for Medicine, became the first Russian to win a Nobel Prize? |
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