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BRASSICA | Broccoli, sprouts and cauliflower are all members of which family of plants? |
PRESTON | What northern city was the site for a victory for Oliver Cromwell in 1648 and a defeat for the Jacobites in 1715? |
GAETANO DONIZETTI | Who wrote the opera Lucia Di Lammermoor in 1834? |
FASTEST SERVE | Which tennis record did Australian Samuel Groth break in May 2012? |
JOHN NOTT | Who walked out of an interview with Robin Day in 1982 about defence cuts after the Falklands War? |
LLANDRINDOD WELLS | Which town is the administrative centre of Powys? |
TONY BLACKBURN | As at April 2013, who presents the Saturday afternoon Radio 2 show 'Pick of the Pops'? |
FORT SUMTER | What was the first military engagement of the American Civil War? |
SCHRODINGER'S CAT | What was the name of the ground-breaking 'thought experiment' proposed by an Austrian Scientist in 1935? |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Who wrote 'Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis'? |
CHARLOTTE BRONTE | Who wrote under the pen name Currer Bell? |
EDDIE MAIR | Which presenter of the BBC Radio 4's daily news magazine 'PM' became a stand-in presenter for the Andrew Marr show following Marr's stroke? |
JOHN KERRY | Who became U.S. Secretary of State early in 2013, replacing Hilary Clinton? |
JULIA DONALDSON | Who wrote the children's book The Gruffalo? |
THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN | Which famous landmark is found on Mount Lee? |
THE NORTH DOWNS WAY | What 153 mile footpath goes from Farnham to Dover? |
EDWARD II | Which English King fought at the battle of Bannockburn? |
CORSICA | Which was the only French metropolitan department never visited by the Tour de France, prior to the 100th tour in 2013? |
IGGY POP | Born James Newell Osterberg Jr. in 1947, which pop star fronted a TV campaign for car insurance in 2009? |
TINTIN | First published in 1929, for which character is Belgian George Remi best known? |
BLACK PUDDING | In The Goodies TV series a martial art form known as 'Eckythump' was practised using which foodstuff as a weapon? |
THE ROLLING STONES | Which group performed the first ever song in the first episode of Top of the Pops in 1964? |
GARETH THOMAS | Which Welsh professional Rugby player, who was capped 100 times for his country, became the first openly gay rugby playerin 2009? |
BOB CROW | Under whose leadership did the RMT become one of Britain's fastest growing Trade Unions between 2002 and 2008? |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER | Who is known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the middle ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Comer of Westminster Abbey? |
PIETA | Which word describes a painting or sculpture of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead Christ? |
JURA | Which range of mountains in France and Switzerland gives its name to the middle period of the Mesozoic era? |
POLO | The supermodel Jodie Kidd represented England at which sport? |
MICK JONES | Which former member of the Clash formed the Justice Tonight Band to promote awareness of the Hillsborough Justice campaign? |
MASSACRE | A targeted group of assassinations in France on St Bartholomew's Day in 1572 led to which word entering the English language? |
MENORAH | What name is given to the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning? |
ARISTOPHANES | The concept of 'cloud-cuckoo land' originated with which Ancient Greek playwright? |
BIRDS | John James Audubon is famous for his paintings of what? |
ANDORRA | The President of France and the Bishop of Urgell are the joint rulers of which country? |
PILGRIMS | Which group of medieval people traditionally wore the emblem of a cockleshell in their hats? |
PUNCH | Which mixed drink, popular at parties, takes its name from the Hindi or Sanskrit word for 'five'? |
HENRY I | Who was on the British throne 1100-1135? |
KIGALI | What is the capital city of Rwanda? |
WORKS HARD FOR A LIVING | If Monday's child is fair of face what is Saturday's child? |
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR | In which Shakespeare play are the following characters, Mistress Margaret Page and Master George Page? |
JOHN McCLANE | Name the character played by Bruce Willis in the 'Die Hard' films? |
NEPTUNE | Which is the coldest planet? |
ZN | What is the chemical symbol for Zinc? |
BEING ALONE | Monophobia is a fear of what? |
BASIC INSTINCT | Name the film where a knickerless Sharon Stone crosses her legs. |
FIRST DETECTIVE NOVEL | The 'Notting Hill Mystery' is aometimes claimed to be what? |
JOHN | Who was on the British throne 1199-1216? |
W. G. GRACE | Who holds the record as the longest serving county cricket captain? |
MANAMA | What is the capital city of Bahrain? |
NIMROD | Name the ship on the voyage in 1907 in which Ernest Shackleton located the magnetic South Pole? |
OREGON | California is bordered by 3 states, Arizona and Nevada are two name the third, |
NEBULA | What is a cloud of gas and dust called in space? |
IF | 'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you' is the first line of which piece of work by Rudyard Kipling? |
INDIA | In which country was the actress Julie Christie born? |
W | What is the chemical symbol for Tungsten? |
GRAHAM KERR | Who had the nickname the Galloping Gourmet? |
DOGS | If your phobia is cynophobia what is your fear? |
MEDINA | On whish river does Newport (Isle of Wight) stand? |
BRIGADOON | Name the film where a Scottish Village awakens only once every hundred years? |
EDWARD VIII | Who was the first British monarch to abdicate? |
CALAMITY JANE | Which film did the Oscar winning song 'Secret Love' come from? |
ONION | Which fruit or vegetable is an Autumn Queen? |
THE PRESS | The Lord Temporal, The Lord Spiritual and the House of Commons are known as the 3 estates, what is the fourth? |
PAUL CEZANNE | Which artist painted 'The Cardplayers'? |
STANDARDS | In the acronym OFSTED, what one word do the letters ST represent? |
JOSEPH | In the Bible who as the 11th son of Jacob? |
NORMAN HUNTER | Who, in 1974, was the first PFA Player's Players of the Year? |
WILLIAM T SHERMAN | 'Whoever controls the Ohio and Mississippi rivers controls the continent' which American Civil War general said this? |
KELLERMANS | What was the name of the resort in the film 'Dirty Dancing'? |
THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA | Which sea battle was the first in which aircraft carriers engaged each other and also the first in which the opposing ships never directly saw each other? |
TURANDOT | Which Puccini opera contains the aria 'Nessun Donna'? |
SIR FRANCIS DRAKE | Buckland Abbey was the home of which historical figure? |
HERBERT HOOVER | If Calvin Coolidge was number 30, who was number 31? |
HENRY V | The Lollard uprising and the Battle of Agincourt took place in the reign of which English monarch? |
MARTIN FREEMAN | Who played the young Bilbo Baggins off to adventure in the 2012 film 'The Hobbit - an Unexpected Journey'? |
THOR'S HAMMER | In Norse mythology who or what was Mjollnir? |
SIRIUS | What is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major? |
DEBORAH | Who was the only female judge in the Bible? |
THE WYE | Symond's Yat is a high rock outcrop on the bend of which British river? |
X-FACTOR | James Arthur was the winner of which TV reality programme in December 2012? |
HIGH FORCE | Which major waterfall lies on the River Tees at Forest-in-Teesdale? |
2004 | In which year did Michael Owen leave Liverpool FC to move to Real Madrid? |
AARON COPLAND | 'Rodeo', 'Billy the Kid' and 'Fanfare for the Common Man' are all works by which composer? |
JACKSON POLLOCK | No.5, 1948 was the world's second most expensive painting (after 'The Card Players') when it was sold in 2006. Who was the American artist? |
HALIFAX | What is the provincial capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia? |
EMELI SANDE | Who, in 2013, released the hit album 'Our Version of Events'? |
ARIADNE | In Greek mythology who gave Theseus the ball of thread so he could find his way out of the Minotaur's Labyrinth? |
CANADIAN | What nationality is Yann Martel who won the Mann-Booker prize in 2002 for 'Life of Pi'? |
SURAS | The Koran contains 114 sections; by that name are these usually known? |
THE POTTER'S FIELD | In the Bible what was bought with the 30 pieces of silver returned to the Chief Priests by Judas? |
STEVEN GERRARD | Which England player was sent off during the England/Ukraine game in September 2012? |
PROTOCOL | In computing for what does the P stand in the term http? |
WILTSHIRE | In which English country is the Neolithic henge monument of Avebury? |
BULL RUN | The American Civil War battle known as Manassas by the Confederacy was more widely known by that other name? |
LUCY LIU | Who plays Dr Joan Watson in the TV series Elementary? |
9 IMPERIAL GALLONS | In terms of English brewery cast units, how many gallons are in a beer firkin? |
SHEFFIELD | Which English city is said, like Rome, to be built on seven hills? |
NORMAN SCHWARTZKOPF | Which American general commanded the allied forces in the first Gulf War in 1991? |
GENERAL MONTCALM | In 1759 two generals died as a result of the battle of Quebec, General Wolfe was one, name the other. |
BOB DIAMOND | Who in the summer of 2012 resigned as CEO of Barclays? |
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