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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? |
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