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UPPER VOLTA
How was Burkino Faso previously known?
KUALA LUMPUR
In which city are the Petronas Twin Towers?
THE MUSIC MAN
From which musical was the song '76 Trombones'?
FENN STREET
What was the name of the school in the TV sitcom 'Please Sir'?
LYON
Where is the H.Q. of Interpol?
J B PRIESTLEY
"Who wrote the novel 'The Good Companions""?"
MARTIN SCORSESE
Who directed the film 'The Aviator'?
NAPOLI
Which football team does Rafael Benitez manage?
THE DOORS
With which band did Ray Manzarek play keyboards?
PROMETHEUS
Who stole fire from The Gods?
BARCELONA
In which city is the Liceu Opera House?
THE CO-OPERATIVE BANK
With which bank was Paul Flowers associated?
ALL SAINTS
With which group did Melanie Blatt achieve fame?
SAHARA
Which is the largest desert in the World?
LIBREVILLE
What is the capital of Gabon?
ALASKA
Which American State has as a nickname 'The Last Frontier'?
KING ZOG
Who was the ruler of Albania from 1928 to 1939?
ETON
Which school did Captain Hook, from Peter Pan attend?
BARACK OBAMA
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?
HYDROGEN
Which is the lightest naturally occurring element?
SPENCER PERCEVAL
Which politician did John Bellingham assassinate?
GRAHAM KERR
Who was the 'Galloping Gourmet'?
NEIL SEDAKA
Who, together with Howard Greenfield, co-wrote the song 'Is this the way to Amarillo'?
DAN BROWN
Who created the character Robert Langdon?
RICHARD DAWKINS
Who wrote 'The Selfish Gene'?
Eid
What festival marks the end of Ramadan in the Muslim religion?
Elizabeth
What name was shared by the wives of the English kings Edward IV and Henry VII?
Mike Gatting
"Cricket. Who was the batsman when Shane Warne bowled the so-called ""ball of the century"" on 4th June 1993?"
Paris
Which city's name is given to symphonies 82 to 87 inclusive by Haydn?
Cambridgeshire
Newmarket racecourse straddles the border of Suffolk and which other county?
Henry VI Part 1)
Which Shakespeare play of 1591 opens with the funeral of King Henry V?
German
In which language was the Communist Manifesto by Marx/Engels first published, in 1848?
Earls Court
The present building opened in 1937-which London venue was used to stage the 2012 Olympic volleyball competition?
Hamlet
At the Academy Awards, what was the first British film ever to win the Oscar for Best Film?
50 mph
In the 1994 film Speed, what is the minimum speed at which the bus must travel before the bomb on board is detonated?
One
How many time zones are there in China?
Rhodes
Popular with young British people, on which Mediterranean island is the resort of Faliraki located?
Rene Magritte
Which surrealist artist, 1898-1967, featured bowler hats in many of his paintings?
Dick Dastardly
"Which TV cartoon character had the catchphrase ""Drat and double drat""?"
Limestone
The Rock of Gibraltar is made of what type of rock?
Margarita
"1 Which cocktail consisting of tequila and triple sac and lemon or lime juice has a name which means ""daisy"" in Spanish?"
Knutsford
Which Cheshire town is thought to take its name from the fact if was considered a suitable location for crossing a river there by King Canute in 1017?
South Africa
Which country's national anthem has verses sung{ in five different languages?
50
According to the 1975 hit Paul Simon song, how many different ways are there to leave your lover?
Infra-Draw
Widely promoted on Radio Luxembourg in the late '50s and early 1960s, what was the name of the system, devised by Horace Batchelor, which increased your chances. of winning large sums of money on the football pools?
Tenerife
In terms of both population and area, which is the largest of the Canary Islands?
Tin
What metal is mined in a stannary?
Hamlet
"""Neither a borrower nor a lender be' is a line from which of Shakespeare's plays?"
Saudi Arabia
An athlete wearing the initials KSA on his vest is representing which country?
French
In which language did Samuel Beckett originally write and publish the play 'Waiting for Godot'?
Blue Moon
A second full moon in a single calendar month is now commonly given what name?
Greenwich Park
Which London park staged the 2012 Olympic equestrian events?
Dragons Den
Shark Tank is the US version of which reality TV series?
London
Which city links Haydn's symphony number 104 and Vaughan Williams' symphony number 2?
Sandstone
Ayers Rock (Uluru) in Australia is made of what type of rock?
Peas
"What single word completes the title of Marie Lloyd's famous music hall song ""She sits among the cabbages and . . . ""?"
March
Which Cambridgeshire town shares its name with a month of the year?
MARY ROBINSON
Who was the first female president of the Republic of Ireland, elected in 1990?
BEAR
Which animal features on the Coat of Arms of Berlin?
GRYFFINDOR
Which house did Harry Potter belong to in Hogwarts School?
BLACKPOOL
In football, Emlyn Hughes joined Liverpool and Alan Ball joined Everton from which club?
RAG TRADE
Only two horses beat Red Rum in the Grand National - L'Escargot and which other?
BLACKCURRANT
Cassis is a syrup made from which fruit?
THE MOVE
Which Birmingham-based pop group had the first record played on BBC Radio One (`Flowers in the Rain') and evolved into the Electric Light Orchestra?
CASABLANCA
In which film of the early 1940s were the main supporting characters Ilsa Lund, Victor Laszlo and Captain Louis Renault?
SRI LANKA
On which island is the mountain Adam's Peak?
OLIVER TWIST
Which Dickens character was the illegitimate child of Edwin Leeford and Agnes Fleming?
JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
"Who painted ""Bubbles"" in I 886, the picture used to advertise Pears soap?"
FOLIC ACID
What is the common name of Vitamin B9, which is given to pregnant women?
1966
In which year was the Aberfan Disaster?
SURINAME
Paramaribo is the capital of which republic in South America?
FERN KINNEY
"Who had a number I hit in 1980 with ""Together We Are Beautiful""?"
NICK GRIMSHAW
Who is the current presenter of the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show?
TRAMPOLINE
In 1936 George Nissen developed which item of sports equipment that still bears his name?
MARK SELBY
Who won the World Snooker Championship in May 2014?
SEAMAN
What was the original profession of the novelist Joseph Conrad?
GRIFFON
What type of Rolls Royce engine was used to power the later makes of Spitfire?
SYNGMAN RHEE
Who was president of South Korea during the Korean War?
INDIANA
Four US states border Lake Michigan - Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and which other?
EUGENE O'NEIL
"Whose written works include ""Strange Interlude"" and ""Mourning Becomes Electra?"
VITAMIN D
Which is the only vitamin that the human body can synthesize?
1974
In which year did Richard Nixon resign as US President?
JOHNNY LOGAN
"Who had a number 1 hit in 1980 with ""What's. Another Year""?"
LANTERNE ROUGE
What two-word French term is given to the last competitor during each stage of the Tour de France?
ALBERT CAMUS
Which French novelist and philosopher won the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature and played in goal as a junior footballer?
MERRIE ENGLAND
What is the title of the comic opera by Edward German set in the court of Queen Elizabeth I?
BUBBA WATSON
Which golfer won the US Masters Tournament in April 2014?
HAYDOCK
Lester Piggott rode his first and last winners at which racecourse?
POMEGRANATE
Grenadine is a syrup made from which fruit?
WATERLOO
In a song by the Kinks, by which London station did Terry meet July at sunset?
THE MALTESE FALCON
In which film starring Humphrey Bogart did Peter Lorre play Joel Cairo and Sydney Greenstreet play Kasper Gutman?
16th CENTURY
In which century did Ivan the Terrible live?
ADELAIDE
Winch Australian state capital is on the River Torrens?
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Hero is a heroine in which Shakespeare play?
BETTY BOOTHROYD
Who was the first woman to be elected in 1992 as Speaker of the House of Commons?
DOGS
Which animals feature on the Coat of Arms of the Canary Islands?
SLYTHERIN
During his time of Hogwart's to which house did the villain Voldemort belong?
PLUM
What type of fruit is a bullace?
LEICESTER CITY
In football, Emile Heskey joined Liverpool and Gary Linker joined Everton from which club?
HURRICANES
The Saffir-Simpson scale is used to measure which natural occurrence?