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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? |
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