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VICKERS VIMY | In what type of aircraft did Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic crossing? |
1994 | In which year was the Channel Tunnel opened? |
JANE LEEVES | In the TV series Frasier who played the part of Daphne Moon? |
WAYNE | What is the middle name of Australian cricketer John Hastings who played for Durham in 2014? He is nicknamed The Duke. |
HORSES | In Scottish legend kelpies are water spirits in the shape of which animals? |
FLEDGLING | What word describes a young bird which has just learned to fly? |
CANBERRA | Which was the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic non-stop? |
MONT BLANC | Which road tunnel, the world?s longest between 1965 and 1978, links France and Italy? |
TIFFANY | What is the first name of the young witch, heroine of The Wee Free Men and A Hat Full of Sky books in the Discworld series? |
JEREMY HUNT | Which member of the cabinet is MP for South West Surrey? |
TOMMY COOPER | Who had a hit single in 1961 with Don't Jump Off The Roof, Dad? |
HELEN MIRREN | Which actress appeared in the film Calendar Girls and the remake of Brighton Rock? |
RUGBY UNION | What sport is the Bledisloe Cup awarded annually? |
THE MOUNT OF OLIVES | According to the Acts of the Apostles what peak was the location for the ascension of Jesus? |
RALPH FIENNES | Which actor became M in the Bond film Skyfall? |
ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS | In 1960 who became President of the newly independent Cyprus? |
AQUITAINE | Bordeaux is the capital of which French region? |
ANGLESEY | Ynys Mon is the Welsh name for which part of the Principality? |
DAVID WALLIAMS | The Boy in The Dress and Gangsta Granny are books written by which actor/writer? |
ARTHUR BALFOUR | Edward Heath was the second bachelor Prime Minister of the UK in the twentieth century. Who was the first? |
AUSTRALIA | Comic and presenter Adam Hills comes from which country? |
PULSES | Kidney beans, runner beans and garden peas fall into which vegetable group? |
MRS MERTON | Which pensioner is played by Caroline Aherne? |
STEVE CARRELL | Which actor provides the voice for Gru in the film Despicable Me? |
HONG KONG | Where would you fine The Happy Valley Racecourse? |
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON | Who wrote the fairy tale The Princess and the Pea? |
CHINA | Which country contains the greatest number of cable stay bridges? |
TOLEDO | British Leyland and Seat have both produce a model of car with which name? |
BERGAMO | In which Italian town do the team Atalanta play? |
ANGRY BIRDS | Which is the most famous collection of games produced by Rovio Entertainment Limits? |
1947 | In what year were British Coal Mines nationalised? |
TOMMY ATKINS | World War I soldiers were called Tommies from which longer name did it originate? |
ROY THINNES | Who played David Vincent in the TV series The Invaders? |
FRENCH | In which language was the book Babar The Elephant originally written? |
NEW YORK | Where would you find the Aqueduct Racecourse? |
FLUFF | By what nickname was DJ Alan Freeman known? |
NEW ZEALAND | For which country did Daniel Vettori play cricket? |
NORTH AMERICA | The mastodon, which was similar to the mammoth, was found on which continent? |
BILL RODGERS | Which is the missing name from this list Roy Jenkins, David Owen and Shirley Williams? |
A DRAGON | Which mythical creature is on the flag of Bhutan? |
SUPERNANNY | In which TV series does Jo Frost appear? |
BERNARD CORNWELL | Who wrote The Sharpe Series of novels? |
COCA COLA | Which prototype drink recipe was formulated at Pemberton's Eagle Drug and Chemical House? |
CORSAIR | Which car model had the same name as a ship used by pirates or privateers? |
TITANIC | The Wilhelm Gustloft which sank in the Baltic in 1945 was compared to which other ship because of the loss of lives? |
AMERICA | In which country are the headquarters of Amazon.com? |
1988 | In which year were the Liberal Democrats formed? |
1983 | In which year was Breakfast TV first broadcast on the BBC? |
AJAX | Which club team is regarded as the first to have pioneered the concept of total football? |
PHOTOGRAPHY | In which field of the arts would you find Mario Testino? |
MAGNUS MAGNUSSON | Who was the original presenter of Mastermind? |
HERMAN WOUK | Who was the author of the book The Winds of War? |
AUGUSTINIAN | Which order of monks inhabited Bolton Priory? |
ICELAND | From which country does the singer Bjork come? |
SPIKE MILLIGAN | Who wrote and starred in the TV series Q7 and Q8? |
CATHERINE COOKSON | Who wrote the Mallens series of books? |
HMS Belfast | Which former Royal Navy ship, launched in 1938, is now moored in London and is a now a museum ship operated by the Imperial War Museum? |
Incus | Taking its name from the Latin for anvil, which is the smallest bone in the human body? |
The Big Bang Theory | The California Institute of Technology (Cal-tech) features in which TV comedy series? |
Piedmont | The name of which Italian region means Foot of the Mountain? |
Surrey | Which type of four-wheeled open carriage shares its name with an English county? |
Hector Berlioz | Who composed the Symphonie Fantastique? |
Barbados | Which island country's flag depicts the head of Neptune's trident on its national flag? |
Madrid | Which city was the first to supply both finalists in a European Cup or Champions League Final? |
Uruguay | Which country's national flag features the Sun of May in a white canton (not in the centre of the flag)? |
Newark | In which Midlands town will the National Civil War Centre open in Spring 2015? |
Baden-Powell | Who was the commander of the besieged British troops at the Siege of Mafeking in May 1900? |
USS Missouri | Name the last battleship commissioned by the USA, it is now a museum ship in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii? |
Extremadura | The name of which Spanish region means ?very hard?? |
Tombstone, Arizona | In which town did the Gunfight at the OK Corral take place? |
Ladysmith | After a 118 day siege, which town was relieved by General Buller on February 28th/March 1st 1900? |
Earth | In the activity known as BASE jumping, for what does the E stand? |
James Nesbitt | Who played the lead role of Dr Gabriel Monroe in the TV series Monroe? |
(Earl of) Beaconsfield | What was former Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli's hereditary title? |
Japan | Which country celebrates National Foundation Day on 11th February, the anniversary of the coronation of the first emperor, Jimmu, in 660BC? |
The Yardbirds | Keith Relf was the singer with which 1960s group, three of their guitarists are some of the most famous in rock music? |
Norfolk | In which English county is the town of Wells-next-the-Sea? |
Getafix | In the Asterix stories, what is the name of the druid who brews the magic potion? |
2001 | Name the year in which Gladiator won the Best Picture Oscar, George W Bush was sworn in as US President and Dennis Tito became the first space tourist? |
Boyle's Law | Which Law of Physics defines the relationship between the pressure and volume of an ideal gas? |
Vitalstatistix | In the Asterix stories, what is the name of the portly chief? |
Nicholas Nickleby | Which eponymous Dickens character married Madeline Bray? |
Richard Burton | In Jeff Wayne's original musical version of 'War of the Worlds', which famous actor played the part of the Journalist? |
Wallis Simpson | The first woman to win Time Magazine's Man of the Year was in 1936, she was an American who became much better known in the UK, who was she? |
Pinocchio | The Blue Fairy is a character in which Disney classic? |
Connecticut | Which US state is known as ?The Constitution State? as it was first to have a constitution in 1638-39? |
Wiltshire | In which English county is the town of Marlborough? |
Martin Chuzzlewit | Which eponymous Dickens character married Mary Graham? |
(Baron Wilson of) Rievaulx | What was former Prime Minister Harold Wilson's title when he became a peer? |
The Herd | Prior to forming the rock group Humble Pie, Peter Frampton had top ten 1960s hits with which group? |
The Lion King | Mufasa, Nala and Pumbaa are characters in which Disney film? |
Robert Carlyle | Who played Scottish policeman Hamish Macbeth on TV? |
Sea of Marmara | The Dardanelles in north-western Turkey connect the Aegean Sea to which other sea? |
Eusebio | Who won the Golden Boot at the 1966 World Cup, scoring 9 goals? |
The Queen | Who owned Estimate, the winner of the Ascot Gold Cup in 2013? |
Jamie Cullum | Writer and model, Sophie Dahl is married to which musician? |
L B Johnson | Who was the Vice President to US President John F Kennedy? |
Prime Minister of Australia | Tony Abbott was elected to which office in 2013? |
Rosetta | Name the spacecraft launched in 2004 by the European Space Agency to chase the comet 67P Churuyumov-Gerasimenko? |
Appleby | Which was the county town of Westmoreland? |
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