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(Bottled) WATER | What type of product was the failed brand Dasani? |
MONKEY | The Chinese Year commencing in February 2016 is the year of which creature? |
Live and Let Die | "Jane Seymour played the character ""Solitaire"" in which Bond Film?" |
Cicero | """Marcus Tullius"" are the forenames of which Roman lawyer, politician and philosopher, killed during the power-struggle after the murder of Julius Caesar?" |
Carousel | "From which Rogers and Hammerstein musical, filmed in 1956, do the songs ""If I loved you"" and ""June is bustin' out all over"" come?" |
Dominicans | "Which order of friars is also known as the ""Black Friars""?" |
Vindaloo | Taking its name from a Portuguese dish of meat, garlic and wine, which hot curry originated in Goa? |
Thomas Jefferson | John Adams and which other American president died on the Fourth of July 1826? |
Graham Greene | The characters James Wormold, Charles Fortnum, Holly Martins and Pinkie Brown were created by which British author, who died in Switzerland in 1991? |
Virgil | "The Hector Berlioz opera ""Les Troyens"" is based on a poem written by whom?" |
Swiss Army Knife | Which multi purpose tool was first produced in 1891 by Karl Elsener, founder of the company Victorinox? |
Last | The device shaped like a human foot, which cobblers use to make and repair shoes is called what? |
New Zealand | Steinlager comes from which Commonwealth country? |
Ford's | Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in which theatre in April 1865? |
Mice and Rats | Of what animais are musophobes afraid? |
Much Ado About Nothing | "The Hector Beriioz opera ""Beatrice et Benedict"" is based on which of Shakespeare's plays?" |
John Suchet | Who presents three hours of music on Classic FM, on weekdays between 10.00 am and 1 pm? |
Wetherspoon’s | What pub chain was founded by Tim Martin in 1975? |
Thunder | Of what does someone suffering from brontophobia have an irrational fear? |
Fairport Convention | With which long running folk-rock band have fiddlers Dave Swarbrick and Ric Sanders been associated? |
Alan Titchmarsh | On Classic FM, Saturday morning music, 9.00 am to 12.00 noon, is in the hands of which presenter? |
The Camden Town Group | In which artistic movement, formed in 1911 and taking its name from the London district forming the subject of many of their works, was Walter Sickert a leading figure? |
Sydney Opera House | Completed in 1973 and made into a World Heritage site in 2007, which building was designed by Jorn Utzon on Bennelong Point? |
Rocky | "The Survivor song ""Eye of the Tiger"" was the theme tune to which film?" |
Bengali | "The word ""jute"", describing the fibre used in the making of canvas, gunny and similar materials, is derived from which Asian language?" |
Bratislava | What is the capital city of Slovakia? |
Auks | To which family of birds do the Razorbill and the Guillemot belong? |
Citroen | Which motor manufacturer produces the Berlingo MPV and van? |
John Singer Sargent | Ellen Terry was painted by Lady Macbeth in a celebrated work by which artist? |
The River Tay | Perth, in Scotland, stands on the banks of which river? |
Absolute Beginners | In which 1986 film did Patsy Kensit star alongside Eddie O'Connell? |
Charles Kingsley | "Who wrote the novel ""The Water Babies""?" |
Javanese | "From what Asian language is the word ""batik"", to describe a means of dyeing cloth using wax to shield certain areas from the process, derived?" |
Michelangelo | "Now in the ""Galleria dell'Accademia"" in Florence, the Renaissance masterpiece, 'The Statue of David"" is by which sculptor?" |
Kenneth Williams | "Which actor has appeared in the most ""Carry On"" films making a total of 26 appearances?" |
The Battle of the Alma | Which battle, the first major engagement of the Crimean War took place on 20th September 1854? |
The River Eden | After rising near Mallerstang in the Yorkshire Dales, which river flows through Kirkby Stephen arc Appleby-in-Westmoreland on its way to the sea? |
Bacchus | In mythology, the Maenads {pronounced 'my-nads') were frenzied followers of which god or goddess? |
Anthony Trollope | "Who wrote the novel ""Barchester Towers""?" |
Brigadier | What commissioned rank in the British Army is equivalent to that of Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force? |
The Little Mermaid | Designed by Edvard Eriksen, which bronze statue in Copenhagen is based on a Hans Christian Andersen character? |
The Guarani | What is the principal currency unit of Paraguay? |
Sons of the Desert | What is the name of the international appreciation society of Laurel and Hardy? |
The Tale of Pigling Bland | """Mr Tom Piperson"" features in which of Beatrix Potter's stories?" |
Preston | Near which northern town, now a city, did the last battle of the English Civil War take place, in 1648? |
Bluebell Girls | Which dancing troupe was founded by irishwoman Margaret Kelly at the Folies Bergere, France in 1932? |
Psyche | "In a tale from Apuleius's ""The Golden Ass"", who did Cupid fall in love with and eventually marry?" |
Aristotle | Which philosopher was a tutor to Alexander the Great? |
Guatemala | The Quetzal is the principal unit of currency of which country? |
High Society | "The songs 'Too darn hot"" and ""True love"" come from which Cole Porter musical which was filmed in 1956 starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly?" |
David Tennant | Which actor was born David McDonald in Scotland in 1971, taking his stage name from a member of the Pet Shop Boys? |
Diamond | What is traditionally given to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary in the UK? |
Benedict Cumberbatch | Which film and TV actor is the son of actress Wanda Ventham? |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | More famous for a series of crime stories, who wrote the 1891 adventure story ‘The White Company’? |
Tom Hanks | Who played Captain Phillips in the 2013 film of that name? |
Columbia | In 1981, which was the first Space Shuttle to be launched into orbit? |
Bat | A flittermouse is an archaic name for which animal? |
Will Hay | Graham Moffatt played Albert alongside which comedian in a series of films in the 1930s? |
Saracens | For which Rugby Union club does Owen Farrell play? |
Hydrogen | Protium and tritium are isotopes of which element? |
Nicolas Sarkozy | Who did Francois Hollande succeed as French President in 2012? |
Twenty | In Hans Anderson’s tale, the princess could feel the presence of a pea under how many mattresses? |
James A Garfield | Charles Guiteau assassinated which US President in 1881? |
Rigoletto | What is the name of the eponymous hunch-backed court jester in Verdi’s opera of 1851? |
Bofors | What is the name of the Swedish arms manufacturing company formed in 1646 and located in Karlskoga? |
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air | The late James Avery played Uncle Phil in which 1990s US TV series? |
Denmark | Which European country has had four kings named Valdemar in the Middle Ages? |
San Antonio | In which US city is the Alamo, the site of the 1836 battle and siege located? |
Graphene | What form of carbon was first isolated by Dr Andire Geim and Kostya Novoselov of Manchester University - ts development earned them a Nobel Prize in 2010? |
Kuala Lumpur | In Malay it means muddy estuary; what is the capital of Malaysia? |
Rachel Stirling | Which film and TV actress is the daughter of Dame Diana Rigg? |
Alexandre Dumas | Which French author wrote the 1850 adventure story The Black Tulip ? |
Job | In the Bible who was “comforted” by Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar? |
Angles | In surveying, what is measured by a goniometer? |
Colin Firth | In the 2013 film, who played The Railway Man’ of the title? |
Atlantis | What was the last Space Shuttle to orbit the Earth, doing so on the 21st July 2011? |
Sergio Mendes | Who was the leader and pianist of the group ‘Brasil 66’? |
Bakewell | Which town is on the A6 almost midway between Buxton and Matlock? |
Toulon | For which Rugby Union club does Leigh Halfpenny play? |
Richard III | According to Shakespeare which king rode a horse called ‘White Surrey’? |
Three | How many atoms make up one molecule of ozone? |
Carla Bruni | Which French singer/songwriter and former model is married to Nicolas Sarkozy and was romantically linked to Mick Jagger in the early 1990s? |
Twenty | In the Washington Irving short story, for how many years did Rip van Winkle sleep in the Catskill Mountains? |
William McKinley | Leon Frank Czolgosz assassinated which US president in 1901? |
Lee Enfield | Which company -whose factory was in North London-made the standard 303 British Army issue rifle? |
Alex Kingston | On television who played Dr Elizabeth Corday in the medical drama ER, and River Song in Dr Who? |
Auric | What was the Christian name of the Bond villain Goldfinger? |
South Korea | Which country will stage the 2018 Winter Olympic Games? |
Foghorn Leghorn | Appearing for the first time in 1946, who, l say who, was the rooster featured in a series of Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies cartoons? |
Bourbon | Henri IV was the first French king of which House in 1589? |
Carbon | Buckminster-Fullerene, made up of spheres of 60 atoms is an allotrope of which element? |
Little Red Rooster | Which Rolling Stones 1964 No.1 hit was a cover of a 1956 blues recording made by Howlin’ Wolf? |
Cirrostratus | Which cloud formation is abbreviated to Cs? |
The Valley of Fear | There are 4 novels (as opposed to short stories) featuring Sherlock Holmes; A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles and which other? |
LYNN FREDERICK | David Frost was once married to which of Peter Sellers four wives? |
RILEY | What was B.B. Kings real first name? |
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | Go Set a Watchman is a sequel to which famous book? |
MOROCCO | The Canary Islands lie due west of which African Country? |
THE EAGLES | Which group in 1994 released the live Album “Hell Freezes Over”? |
PEPSI COLA | In January 1984 Michael Jackson suffered 2nd degree burns whilst making a commercial for which company? |
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