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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?