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Severn | The Chelt, Frome,Teme and Vyrnwy are all tributaries of which UK river? |
Texas | In which American state is the animated TV series King of the Hill set? |
Watt | Which SI unit is named after an engineer born in Greenock in 1736? |
Leuven | Stella Artois originates from which Belgian city, the name being shown on its bottles and cans? |
Aerosmith | Of which US rock band is Steven Tyler a founder member and lead singer? |
Amiens | Which city, home to the tallest and largest Gothic cathedral in France is the capital of Picardy region and the Somme department? |
Sweden | Which country's top tier soccer league has teams called Helsingborgs IF and Kalmar FF? |
Isosceles | What name is given to a triangle in which two sides are equal in length? |
Surprise Symphony | Which nickname for Haydn's Symphony Number 94 comes from a sudden loud chord at the end of a quiet opening theme of the second movement? |
BBC Radio Solent | Which BBC local radio station based in Southampton covers Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight? |
Martin Chuzzlewit | Giving his name to an adjective meaning sanctimonious and hypocritical, Seth Pecksniff appears in which Charles Dickens novel? |
Two | In imperial measurement, how many pints in a quart? |
Carol Ann Duffy | Who is the current poet laureate? |
Al Gore | Who was Bill Clinton's vice-president? |
Schubert | Who composed The Trout Quintet? |
Lagan | Which river runs through Belfast? |
Nuuk | What is the capital of Greenland? |
Isabella | What was the name of the wife of Edward II? |
Handwriting | Of what is graphology the study? |
Cormac McCarthy | Who wrote the 2006 novel The Road? |
John Steinbeck | Who wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath? |
Barcelona | In which European city is Las Ramblas? |
Isle of Man | Where in the UK is Port Erin? |
Hydra | Slain by Hercules, which monster lived in the swamps near the city of Lerna? |
Cretaceous | Which geological period was named after the word for chalk? |
Columbia | What was the name of the first space shuttle? |
Electrical | For what is Mho a unit of measurement? |
Albert Camus | Who wrote the 1947 novel The Plague? |
45 | How many years of marriage are celebrated on your Sapphire anniversary? |
Patrick McGoohan | Who played The Prisoner on TV in the 1960s? |
1971 | In what year was decimal coinage introduced in the UK? |
Taurus | The Crab Nebula is in which constellation? |
Francois Hollande | Appointed in 2012, who is the President of the Fifth French Republic? |
Leon Trotsky | Who did Ramon Mercador kill in 1940? |
Danny Boyle | Who directed the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics? |
Long jump | For which event did Greg Rutherford win gold for GB in 2012? |
John Keats | Who, in 1799, wrote the poem Lamia? |
River Jordan | In which body of water did John the Baptist baptise Jesus? |
Amritsar | In which city is the Golden Temple? |
Place de la Concorde | What name is now given to the area of Paris where the guillotine used to execute Louis 16th was situated? |
Doncaster Rovers | Which Football League club share the Keepmoat Stadium with the town's rugby league club? |
3rd | Which of Beethoven's symphonies is named the Eroica? |
Telford | Dawley, the birthplace of channel swimmer Matthew Webb, is in which New Town? |
Hock | What is the British name given to German white wines originally from the Rhine area? |
Mecca | In which city is the Kabaa? |
9th | Which of Dvorak's symphonies is named From the New World? |
Shetlands | The book 'Red Bones' by Anne Cleeves was dramatised by the BBC, on which islands is it set? |
Queensland | The largest state or territory by area in Australia is Western Australia, which is second? |
Crabtree | What is the name of the police officer in the TV comedy series 'Allo 'Allo? |
Dead Sea Scrolls | What was discovered at Qumran in 1947? |
Truman Capote | Who wrote the novella on which the film 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' was based? |
Blois | King Stephen was the only King of which Royal House? |
Double Your Money | Monica Rose was a hostess of which 1960s TV quiz show? |
Lancaster | The exclusive right to breed Gressingham Ducks was bought by Gressingham Foods in 1996, and the ducks they now produce are all from their farms in East Anglia, however the village of Gressingham is in which Lancashire town or city? |
Huddersfield Town | Which Football League club share the John Smith's Stadium with the town's rugby league club? |
Atlantis | What was the name of the Space Shuttle that flew the last US mission to the International Space Station in July 2011? |
Milton Keynes | The wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, is in which New Town? |
Squash | Australian Heather McKay was undefeated for a period of almost 20 years until her retirement in 1981, in which sport? |
Brooklyn Bridge | Which US bridge was designed by John Roebling (who died of tetanus during its construction) and completed by his son in 1883, until 1903 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world? |
Lord Beaverbrook | A Canadian-born former Lord Privy Seal, he represented Ashton-Under-Lyne in parliament. He founded a Sunday newspaper and served in the governments of both Lloyd-George and Churchill, by what title was he known? |
Lausanne | The HQ of the International Olympic Committee is in which Swiss town or city? |
Eugène Delacroix | Name the French artist (1798-1863) whose painting 'Liberty Leading The People' is in the Louvre? |
Herman Melville | Who wrote the book from which Sir Benjamin Britten created the opera 'Billy Budd'? |
Hanover | Queen Victoria was a member of which Royal House? |
Nyon | The HQ of UEFA is in which Swiss town or city, on the shores of Lake Geneva? |
Quebec | The largest state or territory by area in Canada is Northwest Territories, which is second? |
Mary Celeste | Benjamin Briggs was captain of which famous ship? |
Soyuz | At least one of which series of spacecraft is docked to the International Space Station at all times for use as an escape craft in the event of an emergency? |
Chianti | Which Tuscan wine was traditionally packaged in a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco? |
New Guinea | What is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean? |
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL | Darrowby was the fictional setting for which TV series of the 70s, 80s and 90s? |
KATHRYN BIGELOW | Who directed the 2012 film 'Zero Dark Thirty'? |
FULHAM | Billy the Badger is the mascot for which London Premier League football club? |
DRESSAGE | Britain's Charlotte Dujardin won a 2012 Olympic gold in which individual event? |
DR SEUSS | The author Theodor Geisel wrote under which pen name? |
CHILE | Maipo Valley is a wine-growing region in which country? |
NORWAY | Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is a possession of which country? |
BARNET | At which battle in 1471 did Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, die? |
JAMES J BRADDOCK | The 2007 film 'Cinderella Man' is a biopic of which boxer? |
YEMEN | The island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea belongs to which country? |
MOZAMBIQUE | Beira is the second largest city in which African country? |
QUENTIN TARANTINO | Who directed the 2012 film 'Django Unchained'? |
ALISTAIR BROWNLEE | Which Briton won the Men's Triathlon at the 2012 London Olympics? |
FERDINAND MARCOS | Corazon Aquino succeeded which President in the Philippines in 1986? |
HOWARD HUGHES | The 2004 film 'The Aviator' starring Leonardo DiCaprio is a biopic of whom? |
AGATHA CHRISTIE | Which author wrote using the pen name Mary Westmacott? |
AIDENSFIELD | The TV series 'Heartbeat' was largely set in which fictitious Yorkshire village? |
CZECH REPUBLIC | The Order of the White Lion is an honour bestowed in which East European country? |
A WOLF | In Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' what kind of creature is Akela? |
CLEARING or MEADOW | In place names what is the original meaning of `thwaite' as in Satterthwaite? |
SWEDEN | The element ytterbium takes its name from a locality in which country? |
DAYLILY | What is the common name for the garden flower whose botanical name is hemerocallis? |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Who was the British composer of 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis'? |
STREAM | In English place names what is the meaning of 'bourne' as in Sittingboume? |
A SECTOR | In mathematics what name is given to the portion of a circle between the centre and two points on the circumference? |
CHRISTINA AGUILERA | Who had number one hits with 'Genie in a Bottle' in 1999 and 'Lady Marmalade' in 2001? |
1900 | In what year did the Relief of Mafeking take place during the Boer War? |
LULU | 'Relight my Fire' was a number one in 1993 for Take That with which female singer? |
ROTHERHAM UNITED | Which Football League Division One club is based at the New York Stadium? |
SANDOWN | In horse racing at which course is the Eclipse Stakes run? |
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