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RICKY PONTING
Who has scored the most test centuries (41) for Australia?
COMBINE HARVESTER
Which machine was invented by Hiram Moore in 1834?
MATTHEW HAYDEN
Who has scored the most runs in an innings (380) in tests for Australia?
CIRCULAR SAW
Tabitha Babbitt is credited with which invention in 1813?
MOZART
Who composed the music for the opera Idomeneo?
ECUADOR
In which South American country is Mount Chimborazo the highest mountain?
P D JAMES
Who created the fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh, played on TV by Roy Marsden?
IAIN DUNCAN SMITH
Which cabinet minister is MP for Chingford and Woodford Green?
BEECH
By what name is the tree Fagus sylvatica more commonly known?
ZUGSPITZE
Which is the highest mountain in Germany?
DIZZY GILLESPIE
Which jazz trumpeter and bandleader had the forenames John Birks?
JOE CALZAGHE
Which Welshman defeated Chris Eubank to win the WBO Super Middleweight World Title in 1997?
KARMA CHAMELEON
Which record by Culture Club was the best-selling UK single of 1983?
JIMMY CARTER
Prior to Barack Obama in 2009 who was the last US president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
F MURRAY ABRAHAM
Who won an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of composer Antonio Salieri in the film Amadeus?
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Which artist painted A Wheatfield With Cypresses in 1889?
AUSTRALIA
The duck-billed platypus is endemic to which country?
ROBERT FROST
The Road Not Taken was written by which American poet?
CHUCK YEAGER
Which US Air Force test pilot became the first man to break the sound barrier in a Bell X-1 rocket plane in October 1947?
BUZZARD
Which bird has the scientific name Buteo buteo?
SWISS
What nationality was sculptor Alberto Giacometti?
SWALLOW
Which bird has the scientific name Hirundo rustica?
JOE ORTON
Who wrote the play Entertaining Mr. Sloane?
JUDE THE OBSCURE
Which was the last of Thomas Hardy's novels to be published?
CLAUDE RAINS
Who played Captain Renault in the film Casablanca?
PRESTON NORTH END
Which original member of the Football League plays its home games at Deepdale?
EUGENE O'NEILL
Who wrote the play 'Long Day's Journey into Night'?
VIBRAPHONE
What was main instrument of jazz musician Lionel Hampton?
CAMERON DIAZ
Who plays Mary in the film 'There's something about Mary'?
NEW JERSEY
In which US State did the Hindenburg Airship crash?
AC/DC
For which band did Bon Scott, who died in 1980, sing?
MILAN
In which city is Corriere Della Sera the daily paper?
PANTHER
What type of animal is Bagheera in 'The Jungle Book'?
ELSA
What was the name of the lioness in the book 'Born Free'?
KERATIN
Of which protein are hair and nails made?
JANE LEEVES
Who played Daphne in the TV series Frasier?
UPPER VOLTA
What was the former name of Burkina Faso?
HENRY ARMSTRONG
Which boxer was nicknamed Homicide Hank?
SOMERSET
In which county is Hinckley Point Power Station?
FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT
Who has been the longest serving American President?
25
How many points are given to a driver for winning a Formula One Grand Prix?
GEORGE II
Which King of England married Caroline of Ansbach?
JOAN SUTHERLAND
Which opera singer was known as La Stupenda?
ST HELENS
In which UK town is the World of Glass Museum?
SEX AND THE CITY
Which TV show featured the character Carrie Bradshaw?
PHIL SPECTOR
Who shot songwriter and producer Lana Clarkson in 2003? He was convicted in 2009.
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
Who wrote the play 'The Glass Menagerie'?
NEW MEXICO
In which American State was the first atomic bomb detonated?
HENRY IV
Who was the English monarch from 1399 to 1413?
SCOTLAND
Who won the first international Rugby Union Match in 1871?
KEITH HARRIS
Who is puppet master of Orville, the duck?
JANE FONDA
Who played the title role in the film 'Cat Ballou'?
DAKTARI
In which 1960's TV series did Clarence the cross-eyed lion appear?
OSIRIS
Who was the green skinned Egyptian God of the underworld and afterlife?
TIM BERNERS-LEE
Who is credited with the invention of the World Wide Web?
WINDSCALE
What was the former name of Sellafield Nuclear Power Station?
DAVID HYDE-PIERCE
Who played Niles in the TV series Frasier?
GEORGES CARPENTIER
Which boxer was nicknamed the Orchid Man?
SUFFOLK
In which UK county is RAF Lakenheath?
HARRY S TRUMAN
Which American President sanctioned the use of atomic weapons against Japan?
18
How many points are awarded to the driver for second place in a Formula One Grand Prix?
LA DIVINA
What was opera singer Maria Callas' nickname?
OLDHAM
Which town in Greater Manchester has a railway station called Mumps?
JEFF BRIDGES
Who played Rooster Cogburn in the remake of the film 'True Grit'?
SCANDIUM
Which element has the symbol Sc?
DAVID STEEL
Who was the last Leader of the Liberal Party?
CANUTE
Who succeeded Edmund Ironside as King of England?
MANCHESTER
In which city was David Lloyd George born?
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
In which of Charles Dickens' novels does Dick Swiveller appear?
GOOGLE
What company was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998?
CLINT EASTWOOD
Who directed Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2011 film 'J Edgar'?
TOUR DE FRANCE
Which sporting event, first held in July 1903, was the idea of Geo Lefevre, a journalist on L'Auto newspaper?
ADMISSIONS
For what does the A stand in the acronym for the organisation UCAS?
MYANMAR
Which country established a new capital at Naypyidaw in 2005?
MASSACHUSETTS
Of which State was Mitt Romney the governor from 2003-2007?
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Which Russian composer moved to France in 1920 and then to the USA in 1939 where he later became a naturalised citizen?
GERRY GOFFIN
Who is the pop lyricist, and former husband of Carole King, who has been responsible for nearly sixty US Top 40 hits?
HEATHER WATSON
Who, in October 2012, became the first British player in 24 years to win a Women's Tennis Association Tour singles title?
DOUGLAS
Which river rises near Rivington and flows through Wigan and Parbold to the Ribble near Tarleton?
SCOTTISH NATIONAL PARTY
Alexander MacEwan was the first leader of which political party?
T S ELIOT
'A Handful of Dust' by Evelyn Waugh and 'The Grass is Singing' by Doris Lessing have their titles taken from lines written by which poet?
SHACKLE
What name is given to the moveable curved top part of a padlock?
SAM AND DAVE
Which R & B duo had 10 consecutive US Top 20 singles for the STAX label between 1965 and 1968?
ISABELLA OF ANGOULEME
Which Queen of England was the mother of Henry III?
NATIONAL CRIME AGENCY
Of what will Keith Bristow become the first head in 2013?
INDONESIA
The western part of the island of Timor belongs to which country?
JOHN MCCAIN
Which former Presidential candidate was a US Navy pilot who was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967 and endured ill treatment and torture until his release in 1973?
ENGLAND
Who were Australia's opponents in the first One Day International cricket match at the MCG in January 1971?
FORBIDDEN PLANET
Which science fiction film of 1956 was loosely based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
N-DUBZ
The singer/songwriter Tulisa, an X Factor judge, was a member of which hip-hop group formed in 2000?
BIBLIOMANCY
What name is given to the form of divination through books?
VOLE
Which native British wildlife includes species called Field, Bank and Short-tailed?
BACCHUS
What is the surname of the Detective Sergeant, played by Lee Ingleby, in the Inspector George Gently TV series?
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
In which English county is the village of Stilton?
POLITICS
According to von Clausewitz, War is the continuation of what, by other means?
SLIEVE DONARD
What is the highest point in Northern Ireland?
LIVERPOOL
In which city was William Ewart Gladstone born?
JANE EYRE
Bertha Mason is a barely seen but important character in which 19th Century novel?
YAHOO!
What company was founded by Jerry Young and David Filo in 1994?
PETER WEIR
Which very successful Australian Director's first American film was 'Witness' in 1985, starring Harrison Ford?