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Calf's Head
Mock turtle soup is generally made from what?
Sainsbury's
'Live well for less' is the slogan of which supermarket chain?
Italy
Mascarpone cheese originated in which country?
Larch
The Scottish caber is usually made from what tree?
1964
Name the year: Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck; The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show; Radio Caroline first broadcast .
Sussex
The Bluebell Railway and Arundel Castle are in which English county?
Curling
Which mainly Scottish game has the nickname 'Chess on Ice'?
Gloves
Yeovil, Somerset, was once noted for the manufacture of what item of clothing?
Coffee
The Mexican drink Kahlua has a distinct taste of what?
The Head '
Where in the human body are the temporal bones?
SDP
The Limehouse Declaration formed the basis of which political party?
(Republic of) Yemen
Which Asian country has Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the east?
Gloucestershire
The River Thames has its source in which county?
Vodka
The cocktail 'blue lagoon' includes what alcoholic spirit?
Every Little Helps
What is Tesco's main advertising slogan?
Kingsley Amis
"Who wrote ""Colonel Sun"", a James Bond continuation?"
Ben Affleck
"The 2012 film ""Argo"" was directed by which US-born actor?"
Gibbs SR Toothpaste
What was the first advert shown on commercial TV in September, 1955?
Mozambique
The flag of which Commonwealth country includes an AK-47 rifle?
Sri Lanka
Which island is known as The Pearl of the Indian Ocean'?
New York Giants
Which US football team is based in East Rutherford, New Jersey?
Pandora
According to Greek mythology, who was the first woman?
Juniper
Which berries are the main flavouring used in gin?
Robin Williams
Which actor made his film debut in the title role of the 1981 film Popeye?
Pan American Highway
What network of roads, with a small break in the middle, runs from Fairbanks, Alaska to Quellon, Chile?
Cadillac
Which American car is named after the founder of Detroit?
Shaft
Richard Roundtree played the part of which detective in three films in the 1970s?
Red Dragon
In which novel does the character Hannibal Lecter first appear?
Good Intentions
According to the proverb, the road to hell is paved with what?
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Which sculptor is famous for designing the Statue of Liberty?
Chisholm Trail
What was the name of the cattle route from Texas to the rail head in Kansas?
The Hobby
What is the common name of the bird with the Latin name 'Falco Subbuteo'?
Kevin
"According to the title of the 2011 film and the book by Lionel Shriver, ""We Need To Talk About …."", who?"
Sergeant York
In which film did Gary Cooper play a farmer who became a war hero?
Hieronymus Bosch
Who painted 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'?
Nicaragua
In which country did Sandinista rebels overthrow the government in 1979?
Bombay Duck
Which savoury dish is made with the dried Bummalo fish?
Dombey & Son
Which Dickens' novel features Captain Cuttle, Mr Toots and Carker?
Michael O'Leary
Who is chief executive of Ryanair?
Anne of Cleves
To which of his wives did Henry 8th have the shortest marriage?
Mercia
In 7th century Britain, which kingdom stretched from the Welsh border across the Midlands to the North Sea?
Tequila
Which spirit is produced from the fermented juice of the Blue Agave plant?
Rumspringa
In the Amish culture young people are allowed to leave the strict life for a time in order to decide on their faith, what is this period called?
Hugh Dowding
Who was the head of RAF fighter command during the Battle of Britain?
Yorktown
General Cornwallis was defeated at which battle, the final battle of the American War of Independence?
Bardsey
Which island lies two miles off the tip of the Lleyn Peninsula?
Miss Jean Brodie
In a book and film, which title character taught at the 'Marcia Blane School for Girls'?
William Wallace
Who was defeated at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298 and later captured and executed in 1305?
Ronseal
Which product 'does exactly what it says on the tin'?
Steppenwolf
What name connects a novel by Herman Hesse and a 1970s rock band?
(Heart) Pacemaker
Dr Wilson Greatbatch died in 2011; he was responsible for the development of which device, inserted into the human body to aid survival?
Henning Mankel
Which Swede writes the Inspector Wallender series of novels?
Salvador Dali
Which artist designed the 'Chupa Chups' logo?
Deep Throat
W. Mark Felt was revealed in 2005 to have been which mysterious character more than 30 years earlier?
Impedance
What name is given in electrical engineering to the opposition that is presented by a circuit to the flow of alternating current?
Elastic
What name is given in physics to a collision in which no kinetic energy is lost?
Persephone
Which daughter of Zeus and Demeter became Queen of Hades?
Diphtheria
The Schick Test indicates susceptibility or immunity to which disease?
Sony
Which company introduced the CV2000, the first practical home video recorder in the 1960s?
Cairnryan
The ferry terminal at Stranraer has now been transferred a few miles north to which small port on the eastern coast of Loch Ryan?
Joseph Lister
In June 1867 who performed the first operation under antiseptic conditions on his sister Isabella?
Apollo
In Greek Mythology which god was the brother of Artemis?
Dragonfly
The Devil's Darning Needle is a country name for which insect of the odonata order?
Islay
Bowmore is the largest town on which Scottish island?
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Which member of the royal family was the most famous owner of the house Broadlands, in Hampshire?
ALBANIA
The great all round sportsman and polymath C B Fry was once reputedly asked to, and turned down, the opportunity to be King of which country in the 1920's?
ISAAC PITMAN
Who invented the system of shorthand writing?
MONTGOMERY
Which military leader had a spaniel called Rommel?
GEORGE
What was the first name of Captain Mainwaring in the TV Series Dad's Army?
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Tim Curry played Dr Frank-N-Furter in which 1978 musical film?
THE CARPATHIA
What was the name of the ship that picked up over 700 survivors from the Titanic?
JIM LAKER
Which English bowler has taken the most wickets (46) in an Ashes series?
OSCAR WILDE
Who lived under the name of Sebastian Melmoth at the Hotel d'Alsace?
JERUSALEM
The Jaffa Gate or Bab al-Khalil is an entrance to which famous city?
URANUS
Juliet, Cupid and Desdemona are moons of which planet?
THOUSAND ISLAND
Which salad dressing is named after an archipelago in the St Lawrence River?
THE BELLS OF LONDON
In the pantomime, what told Dick Whittington to turn again?
ANNE FRANK
Whose diary was first published in 1947 under the title 'Het Achterhuis'?
WRESTLING
In what sport would participants perform a vertical suplex?
FAMILY FORTUNES
Which TV show has been presented by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis?
BARRY MANILOW
Under what name is the American singer/songwriter Barry Alan Pincus better known?
BOB DIAMOND
Which former Chief Executive of Barclays Bank did Peter Mandelson call 'The Unacceptable Face of Banking'?
THE CASUAL VACANCY
What was the title of J. K. Rowling's first novel for adults, - following the Harry Potter series?
ROME
The Poet's Percy Shelley and John Keats are both buried in which European capital's Protestant cemetery?
ALBERT EINSTEIN
Who was voted Time Magazine person of the century in 1999?
HENRY COOPER
Only 3 sportsmen have won BBC's Sports Personality of the Year twice. Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill are two, who is the other, winning in 1967 and 1970?
ISRAEL
In 1952 Albert Einstein was offered, and turned down, the Presidency of which country?
SALISBURY
Which English cathedral has the world's oldest medieval clock?
QUEENSTOWN
Now known as Cobh, which Irish town was the Titanic's last port of call?
ADOLF HITLER
Which 20th century leader had an Alsatian called Blondi?
PIERCE
What was the surname of the US Medical Corp Army Captain nicknamed Hawkeye in the TV Series MASH?
OH CALCUTTA
The drama critic Kenneth Tynan devised which controversial 1969 musical revue?
SENEGAL
Dakar is the capital city of which African country?
LEN HUTTON
Which English batsman holds the record for the highest score in an Ashes Test Match (364)?
GOLDA MEIR
Who has been Israel's only female Prime Minister?
T. E. LAWRENCE
Who lived under the name of Private Thomas Shaw at Clouds Hill, Dorset, where he eventually died following a motorcycle accident in 1935?
EMERALD
What precious stone would you associate with the cities of Seattle, Sydney and Wichita?
INDONESIA
Which Asian Country is an archipelago of 17,504 islands?
BABES IN THE WOOD
In which pantomime does the character Maid Marian appear?
YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED
Which TV show has been presented by Jeremy Beadle, Lisa Riley and Jonathan Wilkes?