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INVERNESS | The Battle of Culloden in 1746 was fought near which Scottish city? |
CHRIS PINE | Who plays Captain Kirk in the 2013 Star Trek film? |
CROW | The bird genus corvidae consists mainly of what commonly known bird? |
STRONTIUM | Sr is the symbol for which element? |
THANATOS | In psychoanalysis what word describes the 'death instinct'? |
GREGOR MENDEL | Who is known as the founder of the science of genetics? |
HENRY VII | Lady Jane Grey was great granddaughter of which English king? |
1981 | The SDP (Social Democratic Party) was formed in which year? |
9 | In Greek Mythology the Hydra had how many heads? |
HONEYSUCKLE | The lonicera plant is more commonly known as what? |
KATHRYN BIGELOW | Who directed the 2009 film 'The Hurt Locker'? |
HIPPOCAMPUS | In the brain what area is especially associated with memory? |
LADY GAGA | The singer Stefani Germanotta is better known as who? |
ELIZABETH I | Who was the last Tudor Monarch? |
J M SYNGE | Who wrote the play 'The Playboy of the Western World? |
WORCESTER | Who plays cricket at the New Road County Ground? |
REBECCA | Who in the Bible was the mother of Jacob and Esau? |
1953 | Watson and Crick discovered DNA in what year? |
BATTLE OF WORCESTER | What was the last battle of the English Civil War? |
HAROLD PINTER | "Who wrote the play ""The Homecoming""?" |
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE | In cricket Allan Lamb played for which county? |
India | Which is the only country to be listed in the NATO phonetic alphabet? |
Daniel Day-Lewis | Who played the title character in the 2012 film 'Lincoln'? |
Dambusters Raid | Which World War 2 event of May 1943 was called Operation Chastise? |
Marquis | Which rank of the peerage is directly below a duke? |
Maryland, Virginia | Name either of the US states bordering Chesapeake Bay? |
Mansion House | Which building is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London? |
Waveney | For most of its length which river forms a natural boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk? |
Finland | In World War 2, in which country was the Mannerheim Line built? |
1958 | In which year did all four of the home nations qualify for the football world cup? |
Mark Haddon | Who wrote the 2003 novel 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time' later made into a play, winning the best new play award in 2013? |
Hugh Jackman | In the 2012 film 'Les Miserables', who plays Jean Valjean? |
Patti Boyd | About whom did Eric Clayton write Layla? |
Sheppey | Which island is separated from the mainland by The Swale? |
Argon | Which is the third most abundant elemental gas found in the Earth's atmosphere? |
Swaziland | Which is the last absolute monarchy in Africa? |
Bragg | What was the surname of the father and son who were joint winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915 for their work on crystal structures? |
Tosca | In an opera, whose lover was Cavaradossi? |
Charles Rennie Mackintosh | Which Glasgow born architect designed the Glasgow School of Art, built between 1897 and 1909? |
Royal Assent | In the passing of a Government Bill which stage follows after the bill has had a Third Reading in both Houses? |
Connecticut, Massachusetts | Name either of the US states having land borders with Rhode Island? |
Lambeth Palace | Which building is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury? |
Thailand | The longest reigning living monarch is Rama 9th, ascending to the throne in June 1946, of which country is he king? |
Alexander Louis | Give either of the middle names of Prince George of Cambridge? |
James Thomson | Who wrote the poem 'Rule, Britannia!' set to music by Thomas Arne? |
Unst | Which is the most northerly inhabited island in the British Isles? |
Portsea | Portsmouth is the UK's only island city, on which island does it stand? |
1927 | In which year did Charles Lindbergh make the first solo flight across the Atlantic? |
Clarice Cliff | Which prolific Art Deco ceramics designer created a range named 'Bizarre'? |
Nicholas Nickleby | In which Dickens' novel does Mr Crummie's Acting Company appear? |
James I | The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to kill which king of England? |
Burkina Faso | What is the present name of the country formerly known as Upper Volta? |
Wren | What bird appeared on the reverse of the farthing from 1937 to 1960? |
Erebus | In Greek myth who is the god of darkness? |
The Artist | Which silent film won the 2011 Oscar for Best Film? |
Pedro Alvares Cabral | Who in April 1500 discovered Brazil for Portugal? |
Mornay | What is the sauce made from adding cheese to a Bechamel sauce? |
Hiawatha | Which poetic eponymous character lived by the Gitchee, Gummee River? |
Estonia | Which European country's flag consists of 3 horizontal bands of blue, black and white? |
Cape of Good Hope | In legend, Vanderveken and his ship The Flying Dutchman are condemned to sail until the Day of Judgement off which headland? |
Husky | What codename was given to the Allied invasion of Sicily in WW2? |
Sabre Tooth Tiger | By what name is the pre-historic animal the smilodon better known? |
Japan | Mount Aso has the world's largest active volcanic crater. In which country is it situated? |
20 | How many fluid ounces in a UK pint? |
Meteorology | The WMO is an agency of the UN dealing with what? |
Charles 2 | The Rye House Plot was a plot against which king of England? |
Elizabeth | What is the forename of Captain Mainwaring's wife in the TV series Dad's Army? |
Beach Boys | Which group was originally called the Pendletones and made one album as Carl and the Passions? |
Anchors | Of what are grapnel, bower and stockless all types? |
Gourd | The loofah is the skeleton of a plant from which family? |
Dick Tracy | Who is the most famous cartoon creation of Chester Gould? |
Fortuna | Who is the Roman goddess of chance? |
St Petersburg | In which European city is the Peter Paul fortress? |
Walt Whitman | Which US poet wrote a collection of poems called Leaves of Grass, first published in 1855? |
(David) Garrick | "Which actor's name is missing in this title of Hogarth's? ""
. in the character of Richard the Third""; it is to be found in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool." |
Italy | During World War 2 in which country was the Gothic defensive line? |
Indonesia | In what country are the most active volcanoes? |
Jacob Schick | Who patented the electric razor in 1931? |
Plum | Mirabelle and Victoria are varieties of which fruit? |
The Philadelphia Story | "On which earlier film of 1940 was the 1956 musical ""High Society"" based?" |
Fish | What kind of creature is an alewife? |
The Banana Splits | In the US children's TV show, 1968-1970, as what were Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky known? |
Skye | Portree is the largest town of which island? |
Brest | Which port in Brittany is the base of the French Naval Atlantic fleet? |
Archbishop of Canterbury | What office did Stephen Langton hold at the time of the Magna Carta? |
Egypt | In which country is the Qattara Depression? |
Neighbours | Which TV soap centres around the residents of Ramsay Street? |
River Danube | Which major river has its source at the confluence of the rivers Brigach and Breg in the Black Forest? |
The thin red line | At the Battle of Balaclava, how were the 93rd Highlanders described by the Times war correspondent William H. Russell? |
Irving Berlin | "Who composed the song ""Alexander's Ragtime Band"" in 1911?" |
Co. Antrim | In which Northern Ireland county is the Giant's Causeway? |
Breakfast at Tiffanys | In which 1961 film did Audrey Hepburn appear as the character Holly Golightly? |
Ice Hockey | The Stanley Cup is contested in which sport? |
Edinburgh | In which Scottish city is Arthur's Seat? |
Ronseal | Which DIY product originated the slogan 'does exactly what it says on the tin', in 1994? |
Caribbean | In which sea is the island of Martinique? |
Queen Victoria | Who was the first reigning British monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace? |
Chinook | What make of helicopter, manufactured by Boeing, is named after a wind originating in the Pacific, northwest of the United States? |
George Gershwin | Who composed the orchestral work Rhapsody in Blue in 1924? |
Bruce Wayne | In the comic books, what is Batman's real identity? |
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