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Edward IV and Richard III | Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, was the mother of two 15th c. Kings of England. Name either |
Mu | In measurement, which Greek letter is applied to the prefix micro-, equal to 10-6? |
Marcus Brigstocke | "Who presents ""I've Never Seen Star Wars"" on BBC Radio 4?" |
Coffee | What is the flavouring of the liqueur Kahlua? |
Eastbourne | The South Downs Way runs from Winchester to which Sussex town? |
Greenwich | Which London borough was granted Royal Borough status marking the Queen's Silver Jubilee? |
Colin Firth | Who has played Jack Worthing and Lord Henry Wotton in films by Oscar Wilde? |
Tanzania | Malawi is bordered by Zambia, Mozambique, and which other country? |
Aristotle | Which Greek philosopher left Athens for the island of Euboea after the death of his pupil Alexander the Great, in fear of anti-Macedonian feeling? |
Language | Of what is philology the study? |
Il Trovatore | "Which Verdi opera includes 'The Anvil Chorus""?" |
Norwich City | Which Premiership football side are nicknamed the Canaries? |
Broad | What is the surname of the father and son English cricketers who have both played for Nottinghamshire and in successful Ashes series? |
Rupert Everett | "Who played headmistress Miss Fritton and her brother in the 2007 film 'St. Trinians""?" |
Chad | Which African country has a flag which is a vertical tricolour of blue, yellow and red, similar to the flag of Romania? |
Marigold | What is the common name of garden plants in the Tagetes genus and Calendula genus? |
Second | Which of Mahler's symphonies is entitled 'The Resurrection'? |
Robert Walpole | Which British PM served for the longest time, his single term of 20 years, 314 days being longer than even the combined multiple terms of any other Prime Minister? |
Sebastian Faulks | "Who wrote the novels ""A Week in December"" and 'Birdsong""?" |
Measure for Measure | Which Shakespeare play is set in Vienna? |
Dame Nellie Melba | A dessert of peaches and raspberry sauce with vanilla ice cream was created by Auguste Escoffier in honour of which performer? |
Tears For Fears | "Vocalist Roland Orzabal had the 1985 hit ""Everybody Wants to Rule the World' with which band?" |
Stephen Harper | Who was re-elected Prime Minister of Canada in May 2011? |
The Hour | Which 2011 BBC drama series, starring Romola Garai and Ben Wishaw, centred around a 1950's current affairs TV programme? |
Sport Relief | David Walliams swam 140 miles of the River Thames in 2011 to raise funds for which charity? |
Harold Pinter | Who was the last winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature to have been born in Britain? |
Sydney | Kingsford Smith Airport serves which Commonwealth city? |
Phil Mickelson | Which left-handed golfer won the US Masters three times, in 2004, 2006, and 2010? |
Villette | Lucy Snow is the heroine of which Charlotte Bronte novel? |
William James | Give either of the real forenames of 'Count' Basie. |
Mr Tickle | Which of the Mr Men has extremely long arms? |
Mercedes | The luxury Maybach car models are to be discontinued in 2013, which car company produces them? |
Belgium | Albert II is currently king of which country? |
No Ball | What is a cricket umpire signalling when he holds out one arm horizontally? |
Donalbain | In Shakespeare's Macbeth, King Duncan has two sons, one is Malcolm, name the other. |
James Callaghan | Who was the leader of the Labour Party when they were defeated in the 1979 General Election? |
Newcastle-on-Tyne | Grey Street, named after Prime Minister Earl Grey, is a major street in which British city? |
Jesse James | Which outlaw was shot and killed by Bob Ford? |
Bradley Walsh | Who presents the TV quiz show 'The Chase'? |
Charles Dickens | Which author, in 1859, founded the weekly magazine 'All The Year Round', a successor to 'Household Words'? |
Banquo | Fleance appears in Shakespeare's Macbeth, whose son is he? |
Tuna | What type of which fish is an albacore? |
Sam Warburton | Who was the captain of the Wales rugby union team who was sent off in the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup? |
Llangollen Canal | The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct carries which canal over the River Dee? |
Ahab | In the Bible, which king of Israel was the husband of Jezebel? |
Leon Bismark | Give either of the real forenames of 'Bix' Beiderbecke? |
Leeds | The Headrow is a major street in which British city? |
Mr Bump | Which of the Mr Men is covered in bandages? |
Swan | Perth, Western Australia lies on which river? |
Owen Coyle | Who was the manager of Burnley FC when they won promotion to the Premier League in 2009? |
LA Law | Which US TV series, originally broadcast in the late 1980s and early 1990s, was set in the offices of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak? |
1991 | In which year did the following events occur; Helen Sharman became the first Briton in space, Tim Berners-Lee established the first website and Robert Maxwell died? |
Salman Butt | Who was the captain of the Pakistan Test cricket team sentenced in 2011 to 30 months imprisonment for betting irregularities? |
Sheet | On board a ship what is the name given to the rope used to pull a sail tight? |
Denmark | Margrethe II is currently queen of which country? |
Ally McBeal | Which US TV show, originally broadcast in the late 1990s and early 2000s, was set in the offices of Boston law firm Cage and Fish? |
Shark | What kind of fish is a wobbegong? |
Louis Smith | Who won Strictly Come Dancing, 2012? |
Norfolk | Kett's Rebellion of 1549 took place in which county? |
Manuel de Falla | Who wrote the ballet 'The Three Cornered Hat' first performed in London in 1919? |
Sidney Lumet | Who was the director of 'Twelve Angry Men', 'Serpico' and 'Network' who died in 2011? |
Pont Neuf | Which famous bridge, built in 1607, is the oldest bridge in Paris? |
Bird | What kind of creature is a tanager? |
Bridgewater | The world's only swing aqueduct carries which British canal? |
Togo | Which coastal West African country lies between Ghana and Benin? |
Valerian | In 260, who was the only Roman Emperor captured as a prisoner of war? |
Wild Bill Hickok | The two black aces and the two black eights is called the 'Dead Man's Hand' in poker, who is said to have been holding it when he was shot in the back in 1876? |
Burette | What name is given to the graduated glass tube used to measure small precise amounts of liquids during titration in chemical analysis? |
Gosford Park | Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes won an Oscar for best screenplay for which film? |
Claude Debussy | Who wrote the ballet 'The Box of Toys' first performed in Paris in 1919? |
St Moritz | In which resort is the Cresta Run toboggan race run? |
Julia Gillard | Which Welsh-born woman became Australian Prime Minister in June 2010? |
Whisky | Situated in the Brecon Beacons, the village of Penderyn is the only location in Wales that makes what product? |
Ivan Lendl | Which 8 times grand slam singles champion became Andy Murray's coach in 2011? |
Hilary Devey | Which Bolton-born woman, the founder of Pall-Ex Ltd, replaced James Caan on BBC's Dragons Den? |
The Grey Eminence | Cardinal Richelieu was known as the Red Eminence - by what name was his right hand man, Francois Leclerc du Tremblay known? |
Samoa | What country moved west of the International Date Line in and dropped a day from the calendar in 2011? |
Bubble | "A character with what nickname appeared in ""Absolutely Fabulous,"" ""The Wire"" and in the second series of Big Brother in 2001?" |
Fish | What type of creature is a lumpsucker? |
787 | "The-new Boeing ""Dreamliner"" aircraft has which numerical designation?" |
Brazil | Which country has the highest population of Roman Catholics? |
Newark | Continental Airlines is based in which US city? |
Nepal | Which country deposed King Gyanendra in 2008? |
Higgs Boson | "What is the name of the so called ""God Particle"", evidence for the existence of which is being sought at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland?" |
Rabbitohs | The name of the NRL rugby league club South Sydney is completed by what animal-related name? |
Atlanta | Delta Airlines is based in which US city? |
Equatorial Guinea | Which is the only independent African country to have Spanish as an official language? |
Salamander | The axolotl is the tadpole form of what creature found in Mexico and the USA. It is unusual in that it attains maturity and reproduces in the tadpole, or larval, stage of amphibian metamorphosis? |
XTC | "Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding formed which Swindon band, whose albums include ""Drums and Wire,"" ""Oranges and Lemons"" and ""English Settlement""?" |
Una Stubbs | In the BBC's 2011 reincarnation of Sherlock Holmes, who plays housekeeper Mrs Hudson? |
Riboflavin | What is the alternative name of vitamin B2, useful in breaking down protein, fat and carbohydrates? |
Nick Hewer | Who replaced Jeff Stelling as host of Channel 4's Countdown? |
Vertebrae | In human anatomy, what can be cervical or thoracic, amongst others? |
Daegu | The 2011 Athletics World Championship took place in which Korean city? |
Mamma Mia | Which 2008 musical film directed by Phyllida Lloyd is the highest grossing movie of all time in the UK? |
Sir Bernard Lovell | Who was the professor of radio astronomy at Manchester University who founded the Jodrell Bank Observatory and after whom the telescope he built has been renamed? |
Oktoberfest | Which festival originated in 1810 in celebration of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria, who later became King Ludwig I, to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen? |
Belleek | Which town in County Fermanagh has a famous pottery works? |
5% | Since September 1997, what has been the rate of VAT on domestic fuel, the lowest permitted under EU law? |
Nirvana | "Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl were two thirds of which band, formed in Aberdeen (Washington State) whose albums include ""Bleach"" and ""In Utero""?" |
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