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Big Bang Theory | Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, Howard and Penny are characters in which US sitcom? |
Aulus Plautius | Who was the commander of the Roman legions during the invasion of Britain in 43 AD and the first governor of the new province from 43 to 47? |
Nigel Farage | Kirsten Mehr is the German bom wife of which prominent British politician? |
Rwanda | Which country was the last to join the Commonwealth, doing so in 2009? |
Canterbury | Henry 4th is the only King of England to be buried in which cathedral? |
Whistl | The company TNT Post has changed its operating name in Britain to what? |
Hornbeam | Which tree provides the very hard wood from which chopping blocks and shoe lasts are made, it is also used in parquet flooring? |
Happy Valley | Sarah Lancashire plays Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood and Steve Pemberton plays accountant Kevin Weatherill in which BBC TV drama about a kidnapping in West Yorkshire? |
Cara(c)tacus | Who led the resistance to the Roman invasion of Britain and was captured in 51 AD, sentenced to death but spared by Emperor Claudius? |
Greenland | Cape Farewell is the southernmost point of which large island? |
(Edwin) Hubble | The Law concerning the distance and relative speeds of celestial bodies and said to confirm the Big Bang Theory is named after which American astronomer? |
Tin | Bronze is an alloy of copper and which other metal? |
Trombone | With which instrument do you associate the jazz musician Kid Ory? |
Eugene Delacroix | "Which French Romantic artist painted ""Liberty Leading The People"" in 1830?" |
Princes In the Tower | """The Daughter of Time"" a novel by Josephine Tey, features an investigation into which real life historical mystery?" |
Mexico | The Zimmerman telegram of 1917 was intended for which country? |
James I | Which king was Prince Rupert of the Rhine's grandfather? |
Lead | Pewter is an alloy of tin and which other metal? |
1984 | In what year did Indian troops storm the Golden Temple at Amritsar and Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov die? |
American War of Independence | The Battle of Brandywine took place during which war? |
Lansing | What is the capital of the US state Michigan? |
Brother Cadfael | in popular literature who is the most well known herbalist in Shrewsbury? |
Trumpet | With which instrument do you associate jazz musician Freddie Hubbard? |
St. Petersburg | In which Russian city is the Summer Palace? |
The Minch | What name is given to the stretch of water between the west coast of Scotland and the Outer Hebrides? |
90,000 | To the nearest 5000, what is the crowd capacity of the new Wembley Stadium? |
Burnley | In which town is Moorhouse's brewery? |
Don Powell | Who was the drummer of the pop group Slade? |
The Hun | "In Kipling's poem "" For all we have and are"", who is at the gate?" |
Jon Pertwee | Which actor played the third Dr Who on television? |
Oswestry | In which English town was Wilfred Owen born? |
Gold Coast | What was the name of Ghana before it gained independence? |
The Blue Rider | Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc were prominent members of which German Expressionist Art movement based in Berlin? |
The Four Pennies | "Who had a UK hit in the 1960s with the song"" Juliet""?" |
CSS Alabama | Name the Confederate warship built at Birkenhead and sunk off Cherbourg. |
Shrewsbury | in which battle of 1403 was Harry Hotspur killed? |
Anarchy in the UK | What was the title of the Sex Pistol's first UK single? |
Michael Redgrave | Which actor played Barnes Wallis in the film The Dambusters? |
Onions | "If a dish is described as ""A La Lyonaisse"" what must it contain?" |
15,000 | To the nearest 1000, what is the crowd capacity on Centre Court at Wimbiedon? |
Angela Douglas | "Which actress played Annie Oakley in the film ""Carry on Cowboy""?" |
Scrabble | Alfred Butts created which board game in 1938? |
Titograd | Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, was known by what name when it was part of Yugoslavia? |
Stoke-on-Trent | In which English town or city is the Titanic brewery? |
Moby Dick | With a character in which novel does Starbuck's coffee chain share its name? |
Olympus Mons | Situated on Mars, what is the name of the iargest volcano in the Solar System? |
Birmingham | In which English city would you find Chamberlain Square and the Rotunda? |
Freddie Mercury | By what name was pop and rock singer Larry Lurex better known? |
Tonkin | What is the name of the Gulf separating the coast of northern Vietnam from China and into which the Red River flows? |
CHICAGO | Which US city was ravaged by a Great Fire in 1871 that left thousands homeless? |
TRIANGULATION | Many British hill tops have a trig point placed by the Ordnance Survey. What is the word 'trig' short for? |
TOM STOPPARD | Who wrote the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead? |
CLACTON | Which constituency returned Douglas Carswell as the first UKIP MP in October 2014? |
BERYLLIUM | Which chemical element comes next in order of atomic number: hydrogen, helium, lithium, ............? |
RUSSIAN | What nationality was composer Alexander Borodin? |
DJANGO REINHARDT | Who was the gypsy guitarist who became a jazz virtuoso in the 1930s with the Quintette du Hot Club de France? |
HAN SOLO | What character did Harrison Ford play in the Star Wars films? |
MOTHER TERESA | Which Missionaries of Charity founder was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979? |
WILLIAM GLADSTONE | Which British Prime Minister said, on first taking office, 'My mission is to pacify Ireland'? |
BIRNAM | According to Shakespeare, which wood moved to defeat Macbeth? |
ALBERT SPEER | Who was the personal architect of Hitler and Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during the Second World War? |
OASIS | Paul Arthurs and Tony McCarroll were members of which Manchester group? |
JANE CAMPION | Who directed the film The Piano released in 1993? |
BUTTERFLY EFFECT | In the early 1960s, US meteorologist Edward Lorenz worked on computer models of weather systems. What term did he use to describe the variations found? |
MARK WILLIAMS | Who presents the TV quiz The Link? |
CATHERINE DE' MEDICI | Which Italian noblewoman was queen of France between 1547 and 1559, and ruled as regent in the years afterwards (full name needed)? |
DAHOMEY | What was the name until 1975 of the country now called Benin? |
NEW ZEALAND | Who did Australia beat in the final of the 2015 ICC World Cup? |
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF | According to Shakespeare, to who does the line 'Banish plump Jack and banish all the world' refer? |
ENGELBERT DOLLFUSS | Who was the Austrian Chancellor assassinated in 1934 by Nazis? |
WUTHERING HEIGHTS | Catherine Earnshaw and Edgar Linton appear in which book by one of the Brontë sisters? |
OSCAR PETERSON | Who was the Canadian jazz pianist (1925-2007), winner of eight Grammy Awards who released over 200 recordings? |
HAL | What was the name of the computer in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey? |
ARAMAIC | Supposedly spoken by Jesus and his disciples, which Semitic language formed large parts of the Book of Daniel, the Talmud and the Dead Sea Scrolls? |
GEORGIA | In the American Civil War General Sherman led the so-called 'March to the Sea' through which US state? |
SISSINGHURST | At which site did Vita Sackville-West create her 'White Garden'? |
(EPISTLE TO THE) ROMANS | Which is the sixth book of the New Testament? |
THE SMITHS | Which Manchester band had Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke as members? |
LENI RIEFENSTAHL | Who directed the film Olympia premiered at Adolf Hitler?s 49th birthday celebrations? |
SHEFFIELD | In 1864, the Dale Dyke Dam burst while being filled, leading to the death of 240 people in which British city? |
CLOUGH | What is the family name of a former England footballer until recently managing Sheffield United and his father, a European-cup-winning manager? |
ALAN AYCKBOURN | Who wrote the play A Chorus of Disapproval? |
POLISH | What nationality was composer Frédéric Chopin? |
NEW JERSEY | Rock musician Bruce Springsteen and the TV crime family The Sopranos hail from which US state? |
ARSENAL | Which team won the FA Cup in 2015? |
FRENCH | The original version of the play Waiting for Godot was written in which language? |
THE PENNINE WAY | What stretches 267 miles from Edale in Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders (or vice versa)? |
SWEDEN | Heroes sung by Måns Zelmerlöw won the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest representing which country? |
ON THE TITANIC | Where did former first-class cricketer John Thayer die on April 15th, 1912? |
FRANZ FERDINAND | FFS performed at Glastonbury this year. They are a collaboration between Sparks and which band? |
DRESDEN | Which city, called the Florence of the Elbe, stands 200 km from Berlin and 150 km from Prague? |
HULL CITY | In the season 2014-15 Queens Park Rangers and Burnley were relegated from the Premier League. Which was the other team to be relegated? |
THOMAS CROMWELL | Who is the central character of Hilary Mantel?s Booker Prize winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies? |
FRANKIE DETTORI | Which jockey won the Derby at Epsom in 2015 for the second time? |
GAIL | What is the first name of the Coronation Street character who has had surnames Potter, McIntyre and Rodwell among others? |
80 | How many threepenny bits were in a pound? |
TRUMPET(S) | Which instrument appears in a Mexican Mariachi band, alongside guitars and violins? |
CHAD | Which African country is bordered by six countries including to the North by Libya, to the East by Sudan, to the South by The Central African Republic and to the West by Niger? |
ADLAI STEVENSON | Who was the losing presidential candidate to Dwight D Eisenhower in 1956? |
SHEFFIELD | In which city were Jessica Ennis and Naseem Hamed born? |
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