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BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI | In which 1957 film did Alec Guinness win an Oscar for his portrayal of an English officer? |
GRAYSON PERRY | 'The Walthamstow Tapestry', measuring 15 metres by 3 metres, is a 2009 work by which Turner Prize winner? |
JAMES CALLAGHAN | Who is the only man in the 20th century to have held the offices of Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary before becoming Prime Minister? |
CARMELITE | The origin of which religious order can be traced to a mountain in Palestine where it was established near the fountain of Elijah in the 12th century? |
UGANDA | John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, was born in 1949 in which country? |
KEVIN WHATELY | On television which actor played Neville Hope in 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet' and Robbie Lewis in 'Morse'? |
THE CRUCIBLE | Which 1953 play by Arthur Miller is based on the Salem witch trials? |
CHINA | Which country's national anthem is known in English as 'The March of the Volunteers'? |
LION | In art, Saint Jerome is often shown with which animal? |
WALTER CRONKITE | Who announced the death of President Kennedy on American TV? |
Cameron Diaz | Name the actress who played the title role in the 1998 film 'There's Something about Mary'. |
Gothenburg | In which Scandinavian city are the headquarters of the Volvo manufacturing company? |
Suspicious Minds | Which 1969 Elvis Presley hit was also a hit for the group Fine Young Cannibals in 1985? |
Apollo | Which Greek god is the son of Zeus and Leto and twin brother of Artemis? |
Borneo | The Sultanate of Brunei forms part of which island? |
Eddie | What was the name of the son in the TV series 'The Munsters' played by Butch Patrick? |
Turin | In which European city are the headquarters of the Fiat manufacturing company? |
Sissy Spacek | Name the actress who played the title role in the 1976 film 'Carrie'. |
Carl Perkins | Who wrote and recorded the original version of the song Blue Suede Shoes which was a hit single for Elvis Presley in 1955? |
Constantine | Which King of Greece flew to Rome in exile following a 1967 military coup? |
Hispaniola | Which island comprises the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic? |
Pugsley | What was the name of the son in the TV series 'The Addams Family' played by Ken Weatherwax? |
1968 Grenoble | Give either the year or the venue when Jean Claude Killy won 3 Olympic Alpine Skiing Gold medals. |
Marsupial | Native to Australia, what type of creature is a pademelon? |
Norfolk | In which county is Fakenham racecourse? |
Jamaica | Ackee and saltfish is widely considered as the national dish of which island? |
Elaine | In Arthurian legend Lancelot was the father of Galahad - but who was his mother? |
Stephen Sondheim | Leonard Bernstein wrote the music for the musical 'West Side Story'. Who wrote the lyrics? |
Snake | Native to Australia, what type of creature is a bandy-bandy? |
(East) Sussex | In which county is Plumpton racecourse? |
Hawaii | A Luau is a traditional feast or party celebrated on which islands? |
Bedivere | In Arthurian legend who threw the sword Excalibur into the lake, at Arthur's request, after his death? |
F Murray Abraham | Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 1984 film 'Amadeus'? |
Quebec | Which is the largest Canadian province in terms of area? |
Mnemonic | "Which word means a device to aid memory e.g. ""Richard of York gave battle in vain""?" |
Sir Len Hutton | Which England cricketer holds the record for the highest individual score for his country - 364 versus Australia in 1938? |
Bad Manners | Buster Bloodvessel was the lead singer of which pop group - popular in the early 1980s? |
Screwdriver | Which cocktail allegedly gets its name from the practice of 1950's American engineers stirring vodka into their cans of orange juice with this tool? |
Prince Edward Island | Which is the smallest Canadian province in terms of area? |
Sean Penn | Who won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in the 2008 film 'Milk'? |
Holly Johnson | Which singer was lead singer with band Frankie Goes to Hollywood in the mid 1980s? |
Patrick Viera | Who was the Arsenal captain when they won the 2005 FA Cup -on penalties against Manchester United? |
Dukes of Norfolk | Arundel Castle in Sussex is the family seat of which Dukes? |
Twin Peaks | Kyle MacLachlan played agent Dale Cooper in which early 1990s US TV series? |
Salman Rushdie | Name the author of the novel 'Shame', shortlisted for the 1983 Booker Prize. |
Nikola Tesla | Which naturalised American electrical/mechanical engineer and inventor (1856-1943) has given his name to the SI unit of magnetic flux density? |
David Seaman | Who was the Arsenal captain when they won the 2003 FA Cup - beating Southampton 1-0? |
Blenheim Palace | Name the family seat of the Dukes of Marlborough. |
Gath | In the Bible, which Philistine city was the home of Goliath? |
The League of Gentlemen | Steve Pemberton played shopkeeper Tulip 'Tubbs' Tattsyrup in which British TV series which ended in 2002? |
Greenland | Which island is referred to by its inhabitants as Kalaalit Nunaat? |
40 | After how many years is a Ruby wedding anniversary celebrated? |
Bergamo | in which city do the football team Atalanta of the Italian league play their home games? |
Jeremiah | In the Bible, which prophet is usually accepted as the author of the book of Lamentations? |
Matilda | Members of the Wormwood family are some of the leading characters in which 2011 musical that won an Olivier award? |
Keith Vaz | Which Labour MP has been Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee since 2007? |
Johannes Kepler | Which scientist first described the laws of planetary motion between 1609 - 1612? |
Ceres | Which celestial body is the only dwarf planet and largest asteroid found in the inner solar system? |
George II | Which is the last British monarch to have been born outside the British Isles? |
Ken Follett | Who wrote the best selling books Pillars of the Earth and World Without End? |
Piano | Which musical instrument is associated with Lang Lang? |
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King | Which is the only film of the fantasy genre ever to win the best picture Oscar - full name required? |
Zeno | Which philosopher is famous for his paradoxes, most notably Achilles and the tortoise? |
1984 | In which year was the Bhopal disaster at the Union Carbide India Ltd. pesticide plant, the privatisation of British Telecom and the Queen opened the Thames Flood barrier? |
Edouard Manet | The painting 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergere' c1882 displayed at the Cortauld Gallery, London is by which artist? |
Coriolanus | Which Shakespeare play takes place in the first years of the newly established Roman Republic? |
Kate Bush | Which British artist active since the 1970's has released albums entitled Never for Ever and Aerial? |
Gelsenkirchen | In which city do German football team Schalke 04 play their home games? |
1265 | In what year did the Battle of Evesham take place in Britain? |
Rum | Which spirit is used as the base for a Mai Tai cocktail? |
Joshua | In the Christian Old Testament of the Bible, which book immediately follows the Pentateuch? |
The Producers | Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock are two of the leading characters in which 2001 musical that won an Olivier award? |
Joyous Gard | In Arthurian legend, what is the name of Lancelot's castle? |
James Clark Maxwell | Which British scientist formulated a set of equations that describe electricity, magnetism and optics as manifestations of the same phenomenon, namely the electromagnetic field, in 1873? |
Kuiper Belt | What name is given to the region of the solar system that lies immediately beyond Neptune but inside the scattered disc region? |
Stephen Fry | Who narrated the English version of the Spanish animated children's series Pocoyo? |
Freckles | On a human body, what are known medically as ephelides? |
Alexander Pope | Who wrote the narrative poem The Rape of the Lock between 1712 1717? |
Blue | What colour is the 'artist's colour' called cerulean? |
Belarus | Which country's flag is a horizontal bicolour of red over green in a 2:1 ratio with a red ornamental pattern on a white vertical stripe at the hoist? |
Carrot | Which vegetable Daucus spp has varieties called Autumn King and Pamex? |
Unforgiven | What was the last film in the western genre to win a best picture Oscar? |
Blaise Pascal | Which philosopher is famous for his wager that states though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a person should 'wager' as though God exists, because so living has everything to gain, and nothing to lose? |
Lemur | What type of primate is a sifaka? |
Edward VII | Which British monarch is the only one to have been born at Buckingham Palace? |
Richard Arkwright | Who built the first cotton spinning factory in Derbyshire in 1771? |
William of Ockham | Although a term coined many centuries after his death, which philosopher is famous for his 'razor'? |
GADOLINIUM | Gd is the chemical symbol for which element? |
FRANKLIN PIERCE | Who was the 14th President of the United States from 1853-1857? |
TURPENTINE | To do with medicine what was extracted from a terebinth tree? |
PORTUGAL | Which country was actor Leslie Howard travelling from when his plane was shot down? |
1964 | In which year was the Palestine Liberation Organisation formed? |
WILTSHIRE | The village of Castle Combe used in the filming of Dr Doolittle is in which English county? |
HAROLD LLOYD | """The Sin of Harold Diddleback"", 1947 was the last film of which silent film star?" |
CEPHALOPOD | Squids, cuttlefish and octopus belong to which class of marine mollusc? |
DIONYSUS | What is the Greek name for Bacchus the god of wine and revelry? |
JAMES TAYLOR | Which singer/songwriter released the 1972 album 'One Man Dog'? |
FRANZ VON WERRA | The book 'The one that got away' is a book about which WWII pilot? |
1995 | In what year did Finland become a member of the EU? |
NEW ZEALAND | Brendan and Nathan McCullum play international cricket for which country? |
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