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Malaysia | Which country elects a monarch every five years? |
1829 | To within three years, in which year was the Metropolitan Police Act passed, forming the first official police force? |
Nauru | Which independent Commonwealth state is the smallest republic in the world? |
Le Duc Tho | Who is the only person to refuse a Nobel Peace prize (in 1973)? |
Simon Hughes | Which name is shared by the former Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party and MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark and the Channel 5 TV cricket analyst and former Middlesex and Durham player? |
The Weather Girls | Which group were one hit wonders with the 1983 hit 'It's Raining Men'? |
Mathematics | Which is 'Queen of the Sciences'? |
WOLFSBURG | Which German City is home to the headquarters of the Volkswagen car manufacturer? |
VISCOCITY | Stokes' Law describes the force on objects passing through a fluid. It includes which property of the fluid usually represented by the Greek letter eta? |
CLARE BALDING | Alice Arnold is the lifetime partner of which other broadcaster? |
GUTZON BORGLUM | Who designed the Mount Rushmore monument in the U.S.A. to four presidents? |
SONNY LISTON | The image of which boxer appears on the cover of the Beatles 'Sergeant Pepper' album? |
LORD HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM | Who in 1588, commanded the English fleet that confronted the Spanish Armada? |
BOB HOPE | "Who played the role of U.S. Vaudeville artist Eddie Foy in the 1955 biographical movie ""The Seven Little Foys""?" |
THE B52's | Which group sharing its name with a military aircraft had hits with 'Rock Lobster and 'The Love Shack'? |
FIREMAN SAM | On children's television, which character lives in the fictional town of Pontypandy? |
A WOODPECKER | According to legend Romulus and Remus, founders of the city of Rome, were raised by a she-wolf and fed by what bird? |
NECKAR | On which river in Germany does Heidelberg stand? |
HASTINGS | Of the original Cinque Ports, which was the only one not in Kent? |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | Mary Todd became the wife of which President of the U.S.A.? |
EDWARD III | Which English monarch was on the throne at the beginning of the Hundred Years War? |
1960 | Name the year Russia shoots down U2 spy plane; France becomes the world's 4th nuclear power and Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Israelis in Buenos Aires. |
THOMAS ARNE | Which English composer produced the operas 'Artaxerxes', 'Love in a Village' and the 'Fairy Prince' in the decade 1761 to 1771? |
BIG BROTHER | Marcus Bentley provides the voice-over for which TV show? |
JOHN CONTEH | Which boxer's image appeared on the cover of the Band on the Run album? |
GUMMO | Which Marx Brother didn't appear in any of their films? |
ARK ROYAL | What was the name of the flagship of the English Commander, Lord Howard of Effingham, which faced the Spanish Armada? |
TEN COMMANDMENTS | In religion, by what name is the Decalogue better known? |
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND | Bella Wilfer is a character in which of Charles Dickens' books? |
The NATIONAL THEATRE | Which London building was completed in 1977 from a design by Denys Lasdun? |
HENRY PURCELL | Which English composer wrote the opera Dido and Aeneas, whose first public performance was in 1684? |
1967 | Name the year: the U.S. Draft Board refuses Muhammed Ali's exemption, the Boston Strangler is sentenced to life imprisonment and three astronauts perish in the Apollo I fire. |
WILLIAM III | Who was the ruler of England when the War of the Spanish Succession began in 1701? |
TONY ABBOTT | Succeeding Kevin Rudd in 2013, who is the current Prime Minister of Australia? |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | Whose image was depicted on the first U.S. postage stamp? |
REFRACTIVE INDEX | Usually represented by lower case n, which optical property is the ratio of the velocities of light in two adjacent media? |
MILWAUKEE | Which U.S. city saw the foundation in 1903 of the Harley-Davidson motor cycle manufacturer? |
78 feet | In feet, what is the length of a tennis court? |
GEORGE WASHINGTON | Martha Dandridge was the 1st lady of which American President? |
EPSOM | Which town in Surrey gives its name to the common form of Hydrated Magnesium Sulphate? |
PLAYSCHOOL | Which B.B.C. children's television programme featured the dolls Hamble and Jemima? |
WESER | Which river of Germany flows to the North Sea at Bremerhaven? |
YEMEN | Mocha, a blend of chocolate and coffee made into a drink, originated in which country? |
Lilac | What is the common name of the flowering shrub/tree Syringa? |
Antarctic | The Weddell Sea is part of which ocean? |
Florence Nightingale | Who, in 1907, was the first woman to become a member of the Order of Merit? |
Washington | In which US state are the cities of Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima? |
Dacia | Which Romanian car manufacturer was bought by Renault in 1999? |
Warsaw Concerto | Richard Addinsell's most famous piece of music was used in the 1941 film 'Dangerous Moonlight', what is its title? |
Dirham | The currency units of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates share which name? |
H | In physics, which letter is used to represent Planck's Constant? |
Keane | Which group recorded the 2008 album 'Perfect Symmetry'? |
Justin Rose | In 2013 who became the first Englishman since Tony Jacklin in 1970, to win The US Open Golf Championship? |
Harry S Truman | Which US President authorised the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? |
Skye | Talisker whisky is produced on which island? |
Hercule Poirot | Inspector Japp is found in some novels featuring which detective? |
SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff | Since 2000, three British cricket grounds have hosted their first test matches, two of them are the Riverside in Chester-Le-Street and the Rose Bowl in Southampton, name the third. |
Hong Kong | Which former British colony stands on the delta of the Pearl River? |
Larkspur | What is the common name of the flowering plant Delphinium? |
Saturn | Kronos (or Cronus) was the Greek equivalent of which Roman god? |
Montana | In which US state are the cities of Billings, Great Falls and Missoula? |
Dwight D Eisenhower | Which US President was a former World War 2 supreme commander? |
Daewoo | Which South Korean car company was bought by General Motors in 2001, its cars then being produced under the Chevrolet badge? |
Terravision | What is the name of the Italian owned bus company that specialises in transfers from airports such as Liverpool, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Rome's airports, Fiumicino and Ciampino in to the city centres? |
Rial | The currency units of Iran, Oman and Yemen share which name? |
Iron Man | Tony Stark is the alter ego of which comic book (and film) superhero? |
Essex | Tendring District Council is in which English county? - |
Campbeltown | Which of the traditional Scotch whisky producing areas is on the Kintyre peninsula although only three distilleries survive, Glen Scotia, Glengyle and Springbank? |
Ceres | Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter? |
Paris | The first council meeting of the League of Nations was held in January 1920, in which city? |
A Village Romeo and Juliet | How are the lovers Vrechen and Sali described in the title of a 1906 opera by Delius? |
Indonesia | Makassar (the source of hair oil) is an alternative name of the port Ujung Pandang, in which country is it? |
Silent Night | In 1818, the Austrian Franz Gruber composed his only published work, the music to a poem by the curate of his church; by what name do we know this Christmas carol? |
Walt Disney | Tom Hanks co-stars with Emma Thompson in Saving Mr Banks, what part does he play? |
Van Morrison | Who recorded the 1968 album 'Astral Weeks'? |
Catwoman | Selina Kyle is the alter ego of which comic book (and film) super heroine? |
UKIP | The Anti-Federalist League was the fore-runner of which political party? |
John McCrae | Who wrote the 1915 poem 'In Flanders Fields'? |
Wilson Pickett | Who was the singer who had big hits with 'In The Midnight Hour' and 'Mustang Sally'? |
Booker T and the MGs | Which famous group, that have had several instrumental hits in their own name, were Wilson Pickett's backing group in the 1960s? |
Wooden | How is the Prince described in the title of a ballet by Bela Bartok first performed in 1917? |
Taurus | In which zodiacal constellation is the bright star Aldebaran? |
Magnesium | Which element, atomic number 12, is named after a district in Greece? |
Burton-on-Trent | Poundland started in 1990 as a single store, in which Midlands town? |
West Sussex | In which county is Ford Open Prison? |
Dragonfly | The yellow-Winged Darter is a species of which insect? |
STANLEY KUBRICK | Who directed the film Dr. Strangelove? |
BRANISLAV IVANOVIC | Who was the Premier League player bitten by Luis Suarez? |
BRAZIL | In which country was the 1950 Football World Cup held? |
MARTIN SHAW | Who plays Inspector George Gently on the TV? |
JANE AUSTEN | Which author lived at 'Chawton'? |
THE DONG | What is the currency of Vietnam? |
VENICE | In which City is La Fenice Opera House? |
GOOGLE | Which company did Larry Page co-found? |
CANIS MAJOR | In which constellation is the star Sirius? |
ENVER HOXHA | Who was the leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985? |
WELFORD ROAD | Where do Leicester Tigers R.U. side play home games? |
CECIL DAY LEWIS | Which poet wrote novels using the pseudonym Nicholas Blake? |
ALEC ISSIGONIS | Who designed the Mini Car? |
PRIMO CARNERA | Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Ambling Alp'? |
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