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PUNCH | Which magazine was also known as the London Charivari? |
READER’S DIGEST | Which general interest magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace? |
BOULDER CITY | Which town, later a city, was created to house the workers of the Hoover Dam project? |
DUNNOCK | The hedge sparrow is another common name for which bird? |
MICROWAVE OVEN | In which household item would you find a magnetron? |
VERA | Which ITV crime drama series stars Brenda Blethyn as a Detective Chief Inspector in the fictional Northumberland and City Police? |
ANDY COULSON | Who was Editor of the News of the World from 2003 to 2007? |
HELMUT KOHL | Who was the Chancellor during German reunification in 1990? |
CHEEK BONE | The zygomatic bone is the medical name for which bone of the human body? |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA | In which country did the 1989 Velvet Revolution take place? |
UKRAINE | In which country did the Orange Revolution take place in 2004-2005? |
BEETLE | Whirligig and Longhorn are types of which creature? |
BARBADIAN | What is the nationality of singer Rihanna? |
PIERS MORGAN | Who was Editor of the Daily Mirror from 1996 to 2004? |
GEORGE GENTLY | John Bacchus played by Lee Ingleby is the sergeant to which TV police inspector? |
PERICARDIUM | What is the medical name for the membrane that surrounds the heart? |
JOHN MAJOR | Which former Prime Minister is a member of the Order of the Garter? |
Leicester | Joe Orton, Sue Townsend and the Elephant Man were all born in which English city? |
Edward III | Which English king was the father of King John? |
Giotto | In 1986, what was the name of the European data gathering spacecraft that intercepted the path of Halley's Comet? |
Simon & Garfunkel | Which pop duo were originally called Tom and Jerry? |
Coventry City | Which English Football League club was originally founded as Singers FC? |
Pease Pudding | Which English dish consists of soaked and boiled split peas, usually served with ham or pork? |
Guy Mannering | The Dandie Dinmont is a dog breed named after a character from which novel by Sir Walter Scott? |
The Pennine Way | Opened in 1965, which is the oldest of Britain's long-distance footpaths? |
Oliver Twist | In which Dickens' novel do the characters Aunt Rose, Charley Bates and Toby Crackit appear? |
Operation Shingle | In World War II, what was the allies' code name for the Anzio Landings? |
Cybil Shepherd | Which actress took the role originally played by Margaret Lockwood in the 1979 remake of the film The Lady Vanishes? |
Winchester | Where is the administrative centre of Hampshire? |
Thomas Gainsborough | Which English painter was born in Bury St, Edmonds, Suffolk in 1727? |
Charlotte Brew | Who was the first woman to ride in the Grand National? |
Pequod | What is the name of the whaleship in Melville's novel Moby Dick? |
Lavrentiy Beria | Which former head of NKVD (The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs) in USSR was executed in 1953 for treason after the death of Stalin? |
Bright Eyes | In which film of the 1930's did child star Shirley Temple sing On the Good Ship Lollipop? |
Pomelo | Looking like a large grapefruit, which citrus fruit was once known as a shaddock? |
Tippi Hedren | Who is the actress mother of Melanie Griffith? |
James II | Which English king was the father of Queen Anne? |
Rosetta | In November 2014, a European Space consortium succeeded in landing a vehicle on a comet after a 10 year journey. What was the name of the mission? |
Kent | Kendal stands on a river that shares its name with which English county? |
Carlisle United | Shaddongate United was the original name of which English Football League club? |
Anne Heche | Which actress took the role originally played by Janet Leigh in the 1998 re-make of Psycho? |
Frances O'Grady | Who, in January 2013, became the General Secretary of the TUC? |
John Constable | Which English painter was born in East Bergholt, Suffolk in 1776? |
Brenda Lee | Which singer was known as 'Little Miss Dynamite'? |
Flute | The name of which type of wine glass is also the name of a musical instrument? |
Alex Greaves | Who was the first woman to ride in the Epsom Derby in 1996? |
Queequeg | Who was the chief harpooner on Captain Ahab's whaleship? |
Sergei Kirov | The assassination of which Soviet politician in 1934 triggered Stalin's purge of the Communist Party? |
Spike Milligan | Who wrote the sketch The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town for The Two Ronnies TV show? |
Curly Top | In which of her films did Shirley Temple sing Animal Crackers in my Soup? |
Tangelo | Which fruit is a cross between a grapefruit and a tangerine? |
John Parrott | Stephen Hendry was the World Snooker Champion every year between 1990 and 1996 except for 1991. Who won the title in 1991? |
Birmingham | TV's Peaky Blinders is set in which UK city? |
Carry On Jack | In which Carry On film does Kenneth Williams play Captain Fearless and Bernard Cribbins Midshipman Albert Poopdecker? |
Wisconsin | Milwaukee is the largest city of which US state? |
Belgium | "In which modern day country was the ""Battle of Waterloo"" fought in 1815?" |
Diana Ross | "With whom did Lionel Ritchie duet on the 1981 hit ""Endless Love""?" |
Ajax | From which club did Tottenham Hotspur sign Christian Eriksen in 2013? |
Renault | The Kadjar and Twizy models of cars are produced by which company? |
Maryland | Baltimore is the largest city of which US state? |
General Wolfe | Which British general commanded the forces who defeated the French at Quebec in 1759 led by The Marquis de Montcalm? |
Van Morrison | "Which northern Irish singer-songwriters only UK top 20 hit was a duet with Cliff Richard, entitled ""Whenever God Shines His Light""?" |
Santos | From which club did FC Barcelona sign Neymar in 2013? |
Haddock | Which fish is used in an Arbroath Smokie? |
The Battle of Plassey | Which battle of 23 June, 1757, was a major victory for the British East India Company's troops over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies? |
Fox | "The adjective ""vulpine"", appertains to which animal?" |
Martin Scorsese | "Who directed Robert De Niro in the film ""Taxi Driver""?" |
Hastings Banda | Who was president of Malawi from 1966 to 1994? |
Barry Hines | "Who wrote the 1968 novel ""A Kestrel for a Knave""?" |
Melpomene | In Greco-Roman mythology, who is the Muse of Tragic Poetry? |
Pancreas | In which organ of the body can the Islets of Langerhans be found? |
The Wiz | Which 1978 film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson was an African - American adaptation of a 1939 film starring Judy Garland? |
Burgundy | Chablis is a white wine from which wine growing region of France? |
Colonel Gadhafi | Who deposed King Idris in a coup in Libya in 1969? |
Caractacus Potts | "In the novel of the same name, the car ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"", was built and driven by whom?" |
Calliope | The foremost of the Nine Muses, according to Hesiod, who was the muse of epic poetry? |
Tagus | Which is the main river flowing through the Portuguese capital of Lisbon? |
Beaujolais | Brouilly, Morgon, Fleurie and Julienas are among the better classifications of wine from which popular wine-growing area of France? |
Franz Lehar | "Who wrote the operetta, ""The Merry Widow"", first performed in 1905?" |
Sirius Black | "In ""The Prisoner of Azkaban"" who was Harry Potter's godfather?" |
Lights going on and off | In 2001 Martin Creed notoriously won the Turner Prize, for an installation consisting of an empty room, with what happening every five seconds? |
Bootes | In which constellation is Arcturus, the fifth brightest star in the night sky, located? |
Audrey Hepburn | "Who played Eliza Doolittle in the 1964 film ""My Fair Lady""?" |
Swindon | Since 1843, in which town of southern England has Arkell's brewery been located? |
Umberto Eco | "Who is the author of the books ""Foucault's Pendulum"" and ""The Island of the Day Before""?" |
The River Rhine | On which river do Basle, Strasbourg and Cologne stand? |
A Shark | "Damien Hirst's ""The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living"", consisted of which creature preserved in formaldehyde?" |
Sydney | In which city is Kingsford Smith airport? |
Singin' in the Rain | Which 1952 musical about the introduction of talkies, has a title song which was once parodied by Morecambe and Wise? |
Beatrice et Benedict | "Which of Hector Berlioz's operas is based on ""Much Ado About Nothing”?" |
The John Galsworthy | "The winner of the Nobel prize for Literature in 1932, who wrote ""Forsyte Saga""?" |
Bathsheba | According to the Holy Bible, in order to marry which woman did King David send her husband, Uriah the Hittite, to meet his death in battle? |
Laurel and Hardy | "The ""Sons of the Desert"" is the international appreciation society of which cinematic duo?" |
64 | How many cards are used in the card game Bezique? |
Himself | Who crowned Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, in 1804? |
Riyadh | King Khalid international airport serves which capital city? |
Die Fledermaus | Prince Orlofsky, the maid Rosalinde, Dr Falke and the jailer Frosch, are all characters in which operetta, first performed in 1874? |
Lulu | "Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film ""The Man with the Golden Gun""?" |
Duccio | By what one-word name is the painter, born around 1260 in Siena with the surname di Buoninsegna, usually known? |
Robert Shaw | "Who played King Henry the Eighth opposite Paul Scofield's ""Sir Thomas More"" in the 1966 film, ""A Man for all Seasons""?" |
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