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Malmo | The Oresund Bridge connects Copenhagen to which Swedish city? |
Kauto Star | Which racehorse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2007 and 2009, the first to win in non-consecutive years and the King George VI Chase five times? |
African National Congress | The flag of South Africa has six colours. Red, white and blue are on the old South African flag. Green, yellow and black are the colours of which South African political organisation? |
Accordion | Weird Al Yankovic, Phil Cunningham, Benny Andersson of Abba and Sharon Shannon are all noted exponents of what musical instrument? |
Titania | Named for a Shakespearean queen, which is the largest of the moons of Uranus? |
Tom Hooper | Who is the English film director of The King's Speech and Les Miserables? |
Spain | Which EU member country's national anthem has no words? |
Valley | As in Neandertal, the German word tal translates as what word in English? |
Rusty Nail | Which cocktail is made by adding drambuie to scotch whisky served on the rocks in a stemmed glass? |
Shoreline | Where do littoral creatures live? |
Twilight | Twihards are Twitter followers of which movie franchsie based on a series of novels? |
St Michael | Coventry Cathedra! is dedicated to which Saint? |
Dingle | Which station was the southern terminal of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and the only underground? |
Seaforth Sands | Which station was the northern terminal of the Liverpool Overhead Railway? |
1877 | In which year did the following occur: first cricket test match, first Wimbledon tennis championships and the University boat race is uniquely a dead heat? |
Banjo | Bela Fleck, Earl Scruggs, Barney MacKenna of The Dubliners and Pete Seeger are all noted exponents of what musical instrument? |
Denmark | Which country joined the European Common Market with the UK and Ireland in 1973? |
Heel | In professional wrestling, an audience favourite is referred to as 'a face'', but what name, also a body part, is given to a cheating, hated performer, whose every move is usually booed? |
Goldilocks | Which classic fairy tale was first published in written form by Poet Laureate Robert Southey in 1837? |
Universities | The Russell Group comprises 24 leading members of what institutions? |
Amazon | In 1500, Vicente Yanez Pinzon, became the first European to explore what river? |
ONE DIRECTION | Zayn Malik left which boy band in March 2015? |
WHITBY | Which North Sea port lies at the mouth of the Riyer Esk? |
JUPITER | Which planet in the solar system has a mass which is 318 times that of the earth? |
OXFORD | To which university did Elias Ashmole donate his ‘cabinet of curiosities’ in 1677? |
PEQUOD | What is the name of Captain Ahab’s ship in Moby Dick? |
WINSTON GRAHAM | Who wrote the Poldark series of historical novels? |
BASKETBALL | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 seasons in which sport? |
CARDINAL RICHELIEU | How was Frenchman Armand Jean du Plessis (1585-1642) known more familiarly? |
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE | Whose philosophical ideal of ubermensch or superman was adopted and distorted by the Nazis? |
CUBA | Which is the largest island in the Greater Antilles? |
(SAINT) AUGUSTINE | Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury? |
GARY BROOKER | Who is the lead singer with Procol Harum? |
LIBYA | The flag of which African country, adopted on the fall of the government in 2011, is that used when the country was a kingdom from 1951 to 1969? |
NICOLA BENEDETTI | Fantasie released in 2009 was the fourth studio album by which Scottish violinist? |
BEIJING | Which city has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games? ; |
LEICESTER | Which Earldom was common to to Simon de Montfort and Robert Dudley, the favourite of Elizabeth I? |
MATHEMATICS | In August 2014 Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal. For work is which discipline is the Fields Medal awarded? |
LOUIS XIII | Cardinal Richelieu was Chief Minister of the French King from 1624 to 1642. Which king (name and regnal number)? |
DANISH | What nationality was the philosopher and religious thinker Soren Kierkegaard? |
CABO VERDE | Which island republic off the coast of West Africa gained independence from Portugal in 1975? |
KUALA LUMPUR | In 1998 which was the first Asian city to host the Commonwealth Games? |
MERIONETH | Which Welsh earldom does Prince Philip hold? |
SPANISH CIVIL WAR | The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was set during which war? |
JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER | Romantic Cello Concertos is a 2009 CD by which English cellist? |
TRITIUM | Which isotope of hydrogen with a half-life of 12.32 years has a nucleus that contains one proton and two neutrons? |
NISSAN | Infiniti is the luxury brand of which car maker? |
ANTHONY TROLLOPE | Who wrote the Palliser series of novels? |
GEORGE COLE | Who played Flash Harry in the St Trinians films of the 1950s and 1960s? |
QUARTERBACK | Dan Marino played 17 seasons for the Miami Dolphins in which position? |
YORK | Minster FM is a local radio station based in which English city? |
ECONOMICS | Psychology Professor Daniel Kahneman, author of the 2011 book Thinking, Fast and Slow jointly won which Nobel Prize in 2002? |
GEOFFREY FISHER | Which Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation? |
MARTI PELLOW | Who is the lead singer with Wet Wet Wet? |
SWIMMING | In 2011 Prince Albert II of Monaco married Charlene Wittstock who represented South Africa at which sport? |
HISPANIOLA | What is the name of the ship that sails to the island in Treasure Island? |
MIKE MYERS | Who plays Dr Evil the nemesis of Austin Powers in the Austin Powers series of films? |
ABERDEEN | Which Scottish football team plays home games at Pittodrie? |
BUSTED | The band McFly formed a supergroup in 2013 with members of which other band? |
EDEN | Which river flows through Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth? |
VENUS | Which planet in the solar system has an equatorial diameter closest to that of the earth? |
MCWHIRTER | What is the surname of the twin brothers who founded The Guinness Book of Records? |
SAINT | Of what is hagiology the study? |
Russell Davies | Who is the current question master on Radio 4's 'Brain of Britain? |
Tort | In law, what name is given to a civil wrong causing loss or harm, enabling legal action against the party who carried out the act? |
Belgium | Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet who signed for Liverpool in 2013 has international caps for which country? |
Towton | Which 1461 battle of the Wars of the Roses, the bloodiest fought on English soil, took place between Leeds and York? |
Leinster House | Which building is the home of the Irish parliament? |
Farewell | What name is usually given to symphony no. 45 by Joseph Haydn, from the musicians gradually leaving the concert platform during the final movement? |
South Korea | Samsung Electronics was established in 1938 in which modern day country, in which it still has its international HQ? |
Ken Bruce | On whose BBC Radio 2 show could you take part in the 'Pop Master' quiz game? |
Cambridge. | Founded in 1816 the Fitzwilliam Museum of art and antiquities is in which English city? |
Darien Scheme | In 1699, William Paterson (the founder of the Bank of England) promoted what scheme, a trading colony in Panama, for the people of Scotland? It proved to be a ruinous failure for the Scottish economy, giving eventual rise to the Act of Union in 1707, |
(Gnaeus Julius) Agricola | Name the governor of Roman Britain 77-85 AD and commander of the 20th legion, who subdued much of northern Britain and encouraged leading Britons to adopt Roman customs and language? |
Home Secretary | Which office of state has been held at various times since 1992 by the constituency MPs for Blackburn, Redditch, Rushcliffe and Maidenhead? |
The Last Ship | What is the name of the Broadway musical, written by Sting, which closed early in 2015 after a short run, in which Sting himself replaced Jimmy Nail in the lead role in a bid to increase sales? |
Margate | Turner Contemporary, a gallery and visual arts centre, is situated in which British town, the birthplace of Tracy Emin? |
Atlas | Which mountain range stretches for 1600 miles and has Mount Toubkal as its highest point at 13,671 feet? |
Hannah Montana | Miley Cyrus came to prominence playing which title role on TV as a teenager who leads a double life as a singer? |
Cameroon | Striker Samuel Eto'o who signed for Everton in 2014 has represented which country in the FIFA World Cup? |
Guido Fawkes | Paul Staines blogs about 'parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy' under what name, that of the real name of an historically significant plotter? |
Strictly Ballroom | The title of TV show Strictly Come Dancing is based upon the name of a previous BBC show and which 1993 Baz Luhrman film? |
Tony Awards | What is the better known name of the Antoinette Perry Awards? |
Portuguese | From which language do we take the words commando and marmalade? |
Fishbourne | Which palatial villa, located just over a mile west of Chichester, is believed to have been the residence of king Cogidubnus, a 1st century ally of the Romans? |
Northampton Town | After a dispute about rent, Coventry City moved from the Ricoh Arena in 2013 to share with which Football League club? |
Hirohito | The Emperor Showa was known by what name during his lifetime? |
Stacy | Whose mother was the subject of a boy's infatuation in a top 20 hit single by the Fountains of Wayne in 2003? |
Assassins | Between 1090-1273, which Nizali Ismailis sect of Muslims operated as terrorists, renowned for tracking and killing targeted individual leaders? |
Bulgaria | Plovdiv and Varna are respectively the second and third biggest cities in which European country? |
Romania | Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara are respectively the second and third biggest cities in which European country? |
Thomas E Dewey | Chicago Tribune newspaper headlines wrongly trumpeted which candidate's victory over Truman in the 1948 US Presidential election? |
Trinity College | In which Irish institution is the Book of Kells normally exhibited? |
Canberra | The name of which Australian city is a word that means meeting place in aboriginal? |
Clock | What nickname is usually given to symphony no. 101 by Joseph Haydn? The name alludes to the metronomic qualities of the opening movement. |
James Cameron | Writer and film director Kathryn Bigelow was married between 1989-91 to which film director, a winner of the Oscar for Best Director? |
Dresden | Which German city is the state capital of Saxony? Its famous Frauenkirche celebrates the 10th anniversary of its restoration in 2015. |
Yugoslavia | In which country was singer and 'The Voice' presenter Rita Ora born? Either its name at the time or now is acceptable. |
Wall E | Which 2008 Pixar film is about a robot left abandoned on an uninhabited Earth to deal with the waste and rubbish that caused mankind to leave? |
Kingston | Premier league footballer Raheem Sterling was born in which city? |
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