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CATS
Which Lloyd Webber musical is based on a book written by T S Eliot?
TERI HATCHER
In Desperate Housewives, who played Susan Mayer?
LITTLE STICK OF BLACKPOOL ROCK
"-When George Formby sang the lines ""It may be sticky, but I never complain; It's nice to have a nibble at it now and again"", to what was he referring?"
CACTUSVILLE
In which town does Desperate Dan live?
THETIS
In Greek mythology Achilles was the son of Peleus and whom?
CRAB
The Norfolk town of Cromer is particularly famed for which seafood?
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Cleeve Hill is the highest point in which English county?
CHIPPY
What was the nickname of Arsenal and Republic of Ireland footballer Liam Brady?
DINAH WASHINGTON
Ruth Lee Jones was the real name of which American singer, popular in the. 1950s who died in 1963 aged 39?
ANDREW IRVINE
Which other climber disappeared with George Mallory on Mount Everest in June 1924?
PEGGY LEE
Which American singer, songwriter and actress had the real name Norma Deloris Egstrom?
SHROPSHIRE
Brown Clee Hill is the highest point in which English county?
LOVE ME TENDER
What was the title of the first film that Elvis Presley appeared in?
WATERCRESS LINE
By what name is the heritage Mid-Hants Railway known, taken from the salad plant that used to be transported on it to London?
BOXING
Anthony Joshua and Nicola Adams both won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in which sport?
EDWARD II
Which future king was the first Englishman to be given the title of Prince of Wales?
TONGA
Which country in the Pacific was also known as The Friendly Islands?
ALEXEY LEONOV
Who in 1965 became the first man to walk in space?
RENZO PIANO
Which architect designed the 87-storey Shard Building in London?
KING OF THE HILL
What is the title of the American adult animated sitcom, based in the fictional town of Arlen, Texas?
BUDDY HOLLY
Which singer was the first artist to have a posthumous UK number one single?
J K ROWLING
Robert Galbraith is the pen name of which famous novelist?
GOLDEN LION
What is the name of the prize awarded for the best film at the Venice Film Festival
JOHN DRYDEN
The title of Poet Laureate as a royal office was first conferred on which poet in 1670?
HMS COMPASS ROSE
What was the name of the fictional ship featured in the 1953 film The Cruel Sea?
GLAMORGAN
Which county cricket team has its headquarters at the SWALEC Stadium in Sophia Gardens?
LEICESTERSHIRE
Which county cricket club is based at Grace Road?
WINONA RYDER
Which American actress was named after a city in Minnesota?
WESTLIFE
Apart from The Beatles, which other group topped the UK singles charts on seven consecutive occasions?
THE GOLDEN BEAR
What is the highest prize awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival?
STEPHEN KING
Richard Bachman is the pen name of which famous author?
ARTURO
What was the Christian name of Italian conductor Toscanini?
JOHN GALLIANO
Which fashion designer was sacked by Dior in 2011 after being found guilty of making anti-Semitic comments?
DISCWORLD
'The Colour of Magic' is the first novel in which comic fantasy book series?
SERGEI VASILIEVICH
Give either Christian name of Russian composer, pianist and conductor Rachmaninoff?
FABRICE MUAMBA
What is the name of the footballer whose heart stopped during a match between Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur in March 2012?
PARRAMATTA
What river, meaning 'plenty of eels', flows through Sydney, Australia?
CHARLES HAWTREY
Which comedy actor played Charlie Bind in the 1964 film Carry on Spying?
SHEEP
Romney Marsh, Suffolk and Clun Forest, are all breeds of which animal?
9
Which number completes the dialling code for Newcastle upon Tyne - 01 1?
THE HOLLIES
With which English band did Graham Nash make his name, before going on to greater success with Crosby, Stills and Nash?
GYPSUM
What name, derived from the Greek word for chalk, is given to hydrated calcium sulphate?
FIFTEEN
How many players are there in each team in a game of Gaelic Football?
KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND
Which chart-topping American band was fronted by Harry Wayne Casey?
KARST
What term for an area of characteristic limestone scenery is named after a region of Slovenia?
JIMMY MCGOVERN
Which BAFTA award-winning scriptwriter created the TV series The Street, Accused, The Lakes and Cracker?
ANDREW VOLSTEAD
Made law by the Senate in 1919, the National Prohibition Act is informally named after which Congressman who is considered to be its author?
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport is the largest city in which New England state?
SALLY WAINWRIGHT
Which BAFTA-nominated television writer has created the series Scott & Bailey. At Home with the Braithwaites for ITV and Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley for the BBC?
BEER
What is known as 'lättöl' in Scandinavia and `pivo' in most of the Balkan countries?
MICHAEL DUKAKIS
Which Democrat did George Bush defeat in order to become President in 1988?
ONION
If a dish is cooked a la soubise, the sauce primarily contains which vegetable?
CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA
The New York borough of Queens is named after which British Queen consort?
ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
In which building is the Duke of Wellington buried?
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Who, is buried in Westminster Abbey, not because he was a poet but because lie was clerk of works to the Palace of Westminster?
HUFFLEPUFF
Which of the four houses in Hogwarts has a badger as mascot?
GLENCORA
What was the first name of the wife of Plantaganet Palliser in the 1974 series The Pallisers recently repeated on BBC Two?
JOHN LAURIE
Born in 1897, who was the only future Dad's Army cast member to serve in the Home Guard.?
LUCERNE
The Swiss Transport Museum is in which Swiss city?
KOH-I-NOOR
Which diamond, given by the Sikh ruler of the Punjab to Sir John Lawrence became the prize exhibit at the Great Exhibition?
ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT
Which island home of the St Aubyn family in the South West is accessed by a causeway at high tide?
ARGO
The constellation Carina is supposed to represent the keel of which mythical ship?
PEACOCK
The constellation Pavo represents which bird?
PRINCE ANDREW
Which member of the Royal family also has the title Earl of Inverness?
JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
Which artist painted Lizzie Siddal floating in a bath as Ophelia?
BOOTS
What to the Inuit people are mukluks?
JACOB EPSTEIN
Who sculpted the Space Age Angel on the tomb of Oscar Wilde in 1912?
POLAR BEAR
What to the Inuit people is a Nanook?
JOHN BETJEMAN
Archibald Ormsby-Gore was the teddy bear of which author?
JOHANNESBURG
What is the capital city of the South African province of Gauteng?
KYUSHU
On which island is the city of Nagasaki in Japan?
T
In Morse code what letter is represented by one dash?
THE ANDERTON (BOAT) LIFT
What is the name of the device used to raise boats from the River Weaver in Cheshire to the canal system?
6
How many dots are used to make up each letter in the Braille system?
DANCING IN THE DARK
In 1984 which Bruce Springsteen song was the first to win a Grammy for him? (He has won 20 in all)
THE CHESHIRE RING
Peak Forest, Macclesfield and Bridgewater are some of the canals that make up what network?
DIAMOND
What is the traditional birth stone for April?
EMERALD
What is the traditional birthstone for May?
IAN HOLLOWAY
Who has managed Leicester City, Blackpool and Crystal Palace football clubs since 2007?
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Which children's novel published in 1865 was written by a Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford?
LOHENGRIN
Which Wagnerian hero was the son of Parsifal?
MYSTERY MACHINE
What was the name of the gang's van in the Scooby-Doo TV series?
THE FLOWER DRUM SONG
Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical first performed on Broadway in 1958 tells of the conflicts of a Chinese Immigrant family in San Francisco?
36
How many gallons of beer are in an English barrel?
HONEY BADGER
The animal the ratel is better known by what other name?
QUEEN VICTORIA
Which British monarch made Leamington Spa royal?
GUMBO
What is the name of the thick soup popular in the southern states of the U.S.A. (One of the main ingredients is okra which gives the dish its smooth silky texture)?
SPLEEN
Where in the human body are the 'Billroth Cords'?
THE DAMBUSTERS
In World War II what was the British Operation 'Chastise' which took place in May 1943?
WISCONSIN
Milwaukie is the largest city by population in which state of America?
ELF OWL
What name, that of a mythological creature, is given to the smallest species of owl?
JOHN HANNING SPEKE
Which British explorer discovered the source of the River Nile in 1862?
RICKY TOMLINSON
Who starred in the TV series `Nice Guy Eddie' as a Liverpool Private Investigator?
LEONARD
What was the first name of Labour politician James Callaghan?
CALAMITY JANE
Which 1953 film musical tells the romanticised story of frontiers woman Martha Jane Canary?
SHAUN OF THE DEAD
Which 2004 film was released with the advertising tag line 'A romantic comedy with zombies'?
PATRICK STEWART
Who was the voice of Mr Wormsworth in the film Chicken Little?
HEREFORD
Which football club replaced Barrow in the football league after the 1971-1972 season?
THE BIG TOE
What part of the human body is known to doctors as the hallux?
MATTHEW FLINDERS
Between 1795 and 1799, which English navigator surveyed the coast of Australia?