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PANDEMONIUM
"In Milton's ""Paradise Lost"" what is the capital of Hell?"
BIRD
What type of creature is a turnstone?
SEVEN
How many letters are used to make Roman numerals?
ANDES
In which mountain range were monkey puzzle trees first discovered by Europeans?
CLAUDIUS the GOD
"What is the sequel to Robert Grave's novel ""I Claudius""?"
BASEBALL
In which sport would you use a knuckleball?
(Andy) WARHOL
"Which artist's studio was known as ""the Factory""?"
NISSAN
Which motor manufacturer makes the Juke and Note models?
(Carl) ZEISS
Which German, together with Ernst Abbe, developed and produced many new lenses and heat resistant glasses?
CACTUS
What type of plant is a saguaro?
THE HACIENDA
"Which nightclub and music venue in Manchester was largely financed by the record label ""Factory Records""?"
JUDOGI
What is the two piece costume worn in judo called?
HUSSEIN
The current US president Barack Obama has what middle name?
TREATY of ROME
Which 1957 treaty created the European Economic Community?
(Fats) WALLER
"Which jazz pianist and composer composed ""Ain't Misbehavin""' and ""Honeysuckle Rose""?"
(John) KEATS
"Who, in a poem, wrote ""Beauty is truth, truth is beauty""?"
AMNIOTIC
What is the name of the fluid that surrounds the embryo in the womb?
SOUTH AFRICA
In which country are the Tugela Falls?
ALFRED the GREAT
Who was king of Wessex from 871 to 899?
(Thelonius) MONK
"Which jazz pianist and composer 1917-1982 composed ""Round Midnight"" and ""Criss Cross""?"
POLAND
In which country are the Masurian Lakes?
PULMONARY ARTERY
Which blood vessel carries blood from the heart to the lungs?
AUSTRIA
Which European country's flag consists of three horizontal bands of red, white and red?
(Carl) FOGARTY
Which British rider won the World Superbike championship four times in the 1990s?
(Lal) SHASTRI
Who succeeded Nehru as the second Prime Minister of India?
BARWICK GREEN
What is the signature tune of the Archers radio programme?
PENNSYLVANIA
Three Mile Island, scene of a 1979 radio-active disaster, is in which US state?
(Valentino) ROSSI
"Which Italian, winner of nine Motor Cycling Grand Prix World Championships is known as ""The Doctor""?"
Aston Villa
"Which Premiership football club has an area called ""The Holte End""?"
Gwyneth Strong
Which actress played the part of Cassandra in 'Only Fools and Horses'?
William II
Which English king was shot by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest in 1100?
Gale
In the film 'The Wizard of Oz', what is Dorothy's surname?
Mussolini
Who led the march on Rome in 1922?
Rubella
What is the medical name for German measles?
Raymond Chandler
Which crime writer created the private detective Philip Marlowe?
Dartmoor
High Willhays is the highest point of which upland area?
Garibaldi
Which biscuit is named after an Italian patriot who died in 1882?
Canter
In horse riding, what comes between a trot and a gallop?
Jackie Rae
Who was the first host of the TV game show 'The Golden Shot'?
Lady Day
Which English quarter day falls on 25 March?
M6
On which motorway is the Thelwall Viaduct?
Queen Elizabeth
Which former transatlantic liner was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong in 1972?
New South Wales
Sydney is the capital of which Australian state?
George Formby
"Which entertainer's catchphrases included ""It's turned out nice again""?"
Attila the Hun
"Which barbarian king was known as ""the Scourge of God""?"
Jon Voight
Which film actor's daughter is actress Angelina Jolie?
Mel Blanc
"Whose epitaph on his tombstone reads ""That's All Folks""?"
The Test
Which celebrated fishing river flows from near Basingstoke to Southampton Water?
Red
As well as white, what colour appears on the cap of a water polo goalkeeper?
Snake
In nature, what is a boomslang?
John F Kennedy
Which political leader commanded the watercraft PT109 in WW2?
Greenland
Which island's capital is Nuuk?
Carrie Fisher
Which actress is the daughter of Debbie Reynolds?
St Bernard
Which dog has the alternative name the Alpine Mastiff?
Graf Spee
Which German pocket battleship was scuttled off Montevideo in 1939?
Ronseal
"According to the advertising slogan-which product ""does exactly what it says on the tin""?"
M4
On which motorway is the Severn Bridge?
John
Which English king signed the Magna Carta?
Mosquito
Which de Havilland World War II fighter-bomber had a fuselage made of wood?
Blue
In UK greyhound racing, what colour is worn by the dog in Trap Two?
Carts
In days gone by, what did a wainwright make?
Mao Tse Tung
Who led his followers on a 'Long March' in 1934?
Newcastle United
Which Premiership football club's ground has an area called The Gallowgate End'?
America Ferrera
Who plays Betty Suarez in the TV series 'Ugly Betty'?
Jane Fonda
Who was attacked in the American press in 1972 as `Hanoi Jane'?
Kinder Scout
What is the name of the highest point in the Peak District?
Osborne
Which biscuit has the same name as Queen Victoria's house on the Isle of Wight?
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Who was the author of the 1910 novel 'The Secret Garden'?
Tower Bridge
Which London bridge built 1856-1894 is a combined bascule and suspension bridge?
Shrove Tuesday
Traditionally, on what day does a Mardi Gras Festival take place?
Bob Hope
Who adopted the song 'Thanks for the Memory' as a signature tune'?
American Civil War
In which war was the Battle of Antietam fought?
1976
In what year did Concorde commence commercial service?
(Bedrich) Smetana
Who composed the music to the comic opera The Bartered Bride'?
Pat Barker
Which author won the Booker Prize in 1995 for The Ghost Road'?
Kansas
In which US state is Dodge City, the famous frontier town of the wild west?
Richard I
Which English king was born in Beaumont Palace in Oxford in 1157?
Bhutan
The flag of which Asian country contain an image of the mythical Thunder Dragon holding jewels?
Trent
The Dove, Derwent, Erewash and Soar are all tributaries of which UK river?
Rhode Island
In which American state is the animated TV series Family Guy set?
Kelvin
Which SI unit is named after a scientist born in Belfast in 1824?
Tipperary
Magner's cider originates from which county in Ireland?
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
"Which Beatles song opens with the lyric ""Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical science in the home""?"
Metz
Which city, home to the oldest working opera house in France, is the capital of the Lorraine region and the Moselle department?
Switzerland
Which country has top tier football league teams called FC Thon and FC Sion?
Tongue
Which part of the body is removed during a glossectomy?
Scalene
What name is given to a triangle in which all 3 sides are of different lengths?
Colombia
Of which South American country has Juan Manuel Santos been president since 2010?
BBC Three Counties
Which BBC local radio station with its main studios in Luton covers Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire?
The Pickwick Papers
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is also known by a name that refers to which Charles Dickens novel in which the 'fat boy' Joe exhibits the symptoms?
Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital of which state of USA?
Capybara
Which species is the world's largest rodent?
Star
In heraldry what shape is a mullet?
Ontario
Which is the smallest by area of the Great Lakes of North America?
The Sleeping Beauty
Which work by Tchaikovsky includes a sequence called The Rose Adagio'?
Ben Okri
Which author won the Booker Prize in 1991 for his novel 'The Famished Road'?
Jupiter
Europa and Ganymede are moons of which planet?
Ghana
In 1960 Kwame Nkrumah became the first President of which African country?
Henry VII
Which English king was born in Pembroke Castle in Wales in 1457?
Mozambique
The flag of which African country contains the image of an AK-47 rifle?