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Francisco de Goya
Which Spanish painter died in Bordeaux in April 1928?
Minerva
Athena is the Greek counterpart of which Roman goddess?
Jon Pertwee
Which actor starred as Dr Who in the 1st colour episode?
Superlambanana
What is the most well-known creation of the Japanese artist Taro Chiezo?
Torah
In the Jewish religion, by what name are the first five books of the Tanakh collectively known?
Malaysia
In which Asian country are the car manufacturers Proton and Perodua based?
Dolmades
From the Turkish for .stuffed', what name is given to a dish of stuffed vine leaves?
Hull City
'Based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, which football club is owned by Assem Allam?
Travel
What kind of books are published by Frommer's?
1939
In which year did Sigmund Freud die?
Trevor
What is Jamie Oliver's middle name?
Sand
What does an arenophile collect?
Pineapple
Which fruit has varieties called Smooth Cayenne, Red Spanish and Sugarloaf?
Mayo
In which county is the newest Irish National Park at Ballycroy?
Benito Mussolini
Who was best man at the inventor Marconi's wedding in 1927?
Wells
Which English cathedral, dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, has a famous scissor arch?
Pliny
Which Roman writer, best known for his Natural History (Naturalis Historic), died during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD?
Cygnus
The white supergiant star, Deneb, lies in which constellation?
William Morris
Who produced the design, seen on textiles and wallpaper, known as 'The Strawberry Thief?
Puccini
Who composed the opera The Girl of the Golden West?
Mexico
Ecatapec and Merida are cities in which country in the Americas?
Apollo
The roof of which London theatre collapsed during a performance in December 2013?
The Hunger Games
Coriolanus Snow, Peeta Mellark and Haymitch Abernathy are characters in which series of books?
Duck
Gadwell, Garganey and Scaup are all species of which bird?
Lord Guildford
Who was the husband of Lady Jane Grey, the 9 days queen?
David Jason
By what name is actor and comedian Sir David John White better known?
Demeter
Ceres is the Roman counterpart of which Greek goddess?
Fowey
On which river does the Cornish town of Lostwithiel stand?
"""Play On"""
"Which two words immediately follow ""if music be the food of love...."" in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night?"
Cardiff City FC
In 2012 Vincent Tan rebranded which football club, changing its home colours?
Bloomsbury
Which English publishing company, founded in 1986 owes much of its success to the popularity of the Harry Potter books?
Phil Vickery
What name is shared by a former England rugby union player and a TV chef?
Clare
In which county is the smallest Irish National Park, The Burren?
Dorothy L Sayers
Who wrote Five Red Herrings and The Nine Tailors?
Sheep
What kind of animal is a Corriedale?
Blenheim Palace
Which stately home near Woodstock is a UNESCO World Heritage site?
Gladstone
Who was the oldest person to be appointed Prime Minister of the UK?
Winston Churchill
Who was Chancellor for the 1925 budget which revived the 'gold standard'?
Spain
Who won the Euro 2012 soccer tournament, beating Italy 4-0 in Kiev?
Thrift Store
What is the American equivalent of a UK charity shop?
Marvin
Name the paranoid android in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.
Oxford Street
In Monopoly, which street completes the green set of Bond Street and Regent Street?
Charles M Schultz
Who created the Charlie Brown and Snoopy comic strip characters in 1948?
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
b What is the full name of the international organisation known as UNESCO?
Knot
What is the nautical measurement of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour?
Tiger
In the cartoon series Calvin and Hobbes, Hobbes is a stuffed toy creature of what type?
(Modest) Mussorgsky
'Boris Godunov' was the only completed opera of which composer?
Mistle Thrush
Which bird is also known as the Stormcock?
Belize
A top tourist attraction, a 150 mile long barrier reef, is off the coast of which Central American country?
Henry James
'Outcry' was the last completed novel by which writer, published in 1911?
Malaria
Sir Ronald Ross was the first British winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1902 for his research in combating which disease?
Ceres
Who was the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain and crops?
Permian
Name the last period of the Palaeozoic era.
M90
Name the most northerly motorway in Britain.
Sir John Vanbrugh
Name the dramatist, 1664-1726, who designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard.
Absinthe
Which highly alcoholic spirit is flavoured with wormwood leaves?
Red
Traditionally what is the dominant colour of a Hindu bride's wedding dress?
Jean Harlow
Which film star was born Harlean Carpenter in 1911 in Kansas City, Missouri?
Billie Holliday
Which American jazz singer was known as 'Lady Day'?
New Zealand
The Silver Fern is the national emblem of which country?
Computer Aided Design
In the field of technology, what is meant by the acronym CAD?
Ronald Searle
Who created the fictional St Trinian's Boarding School, in 1941?
Ewart
What was Prime Minister William Gladstone's middle name?
Pike
Which fish belong to the genus 'Esox'?
The Flintstones
The Daily Slate,The Daily Slab and the Daily Granite are newspapers featured in which TV cartoon series?
Iron
What is the traditional material used to make the Chinese cooking utensil the wok?
Golda Meir
Who was Israel's Prime Minister at the time of the Yom Kippur War of 1973?
Karl Pilkington
Who presents the TV travel series `An Idiot Abroad'?
Julia Bradbury
Who was the main female presenter of BBC N's 'Country File' from 2004-2014?
Marston
Which Burton on Trent brewery- produces Pedigree Ales?
Greene King
Which Suffolk brewery produces Abbot Ale?
Kevin McCloud
Who presents the Channel 4 property programme 'Grand Designs'?
Tim Martin
Who is the founder and Chairman of Wetherspoon plc, the British pub chain?
St Helena
Jamestown is the capital of which British overseas territory?
Michael Connelly
Which author created the detective Harry Bosch?
Jo Nesbo
Which author created the detective Harry Hole (pronounced Holy)?
kennet and avon canal
Which canal links Bristol, Bath and Reading?
Severn Valley Railway
Which railway runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster?
Treaty of Utrecht
Which series of 1713 peace treaties ceded Gibraltar and Minorca to Britain?
Clio
In Greek mythology - who was the muse of history and lyre playing?
CLAIRE BALDING
Which TV Presenter originated Mo Farrah's famous `MOBOT' celebration?
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Which English County is known as 'Robin Hood's County'?
CORNELIUS RYAN
Who was the author of the book 'A Bridge Too Far'?
WOOMERA
What is the name of the aboriginal spear thrower that also gave its name to a missile testing site?
VICKY PRICE
What is the name of disgraced MP Chris Huhne's wife who was jailed at the same time as him?
REFUGEES
The UN Organisation UNHCR is concerned with which type of people?
RED BULL
According to the advert - which drink gives you wings?
YEW
From which wood were longbows made?
CROCODILE
The Egyptian God Sobek had the head of which creature?
NICK PARK
Who was the creator of Wallace and Gromit?
TEN
When Leroy Rosenior was appointed as manager of Torquay for the second time for how many minutes did he last?
YABBY
In Australia what name is given to a crayfish?
DAVID STIRLING
Who founded the SAS in 1941?
BLACK SMOKERS
What name is given to the chimneys of volcanic waste that have been found in the Pacific Ocean?
AU
What is Australia's internet prefix?
NISSAN
Which motor company's first electric car is called the Leaf?
GLINDA
According to L Frank Baum what was the name of the Good Witch of the South?
NEW YORK STATE
In which U.S. State is the area called The Hampton found?
BLUE PETER
Before Yvette Fielding presented most haunted on which children's TV program was she also a presenter?
BALACLAVA
At which battle in the Crimean War was the phrase The Thin Red Line first mentioned?