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Red and Yellow | What two colours are used on semaphore flags? |
Bouncing Bomb | During World War Two, Operation Upkeep was the codename given by the Allies to the trials and testing of which weapon? |
Wendy Turnbull | Which Australian tennis player twice partnered Britain’s John Lloyd to win the mixed doubles at Wimbledon/ |
Smoke | Capnomancy is an attempt to foretell future events by studying the patterns made by what? |
Duke of Somerset | Seymour is the family name of which English duke? |
Bernard Langer | Besides Sandy Lyle, which other European golfer won a first ever major in 1985? |
Auriga | Containing the bright star Capella, which constellation is known as “The Charioteer”? |
Tuvalu | Meaning “cluster of eight” in the local language, what did the Ellice Islands change their name to upon gaining independence? |
The Ventures | Which American instrumental group had top 20 hit singles in the 60’s with “Perfidia” and “Walk Don’t Run”? |
Clumber | Which type of spaniel takes its name from a stately home in Nottinghamshire? |
Giraffe | Which African animal has types called Kordofan, Nubian and Reticulated? |
Barry Appleby | Who created the newspaper strip cartoon The Gambols? |
Oldham | Which English football league club were once known as Pine Villa? |
Clockwise | In which 1986 film did John Cleese play a schoolteacher anxiously trying to get to Norwich? |
Royal Assent | In the passing of a government bill, which stage follows the third reading? |
Hunter’s Moon | What name is given to the full moon after a Harvest Moon? |
Ed Asner | Working for the Los Angeles Tribune, who played Lou Grant in the TV series of the same name? |
French | What nationality was 16th century astrologer Nostradamus? |
Brandy | What is the main alcoholic ingredient of a Sidecar cocktail? |
Loch Ryan | The Scottish coastal town of Stranraer stands at the head of which loch? |
12 | How many players are there on a Shinty team? |
TORTOISE | What sort of creature was Lonesome George who died on Pinta Island in the Galapagos in 2012? |
DENIS HEALEY | Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from March 1974 until May 1979? |
NOAH | In the Bible whose sons were Ham, Japheth and Shem? |
TANZANIA | In which African country are Serengeti and Kilimanjaro National Parks? |
ATOMIC KITTEN | The original line-up of which girl band included Kerry Katona and Liz McClarnon? |
LES DENNIS | Who plays Michael Rodwell in Coronation Street? |
SOLIDUS | What seven-letter word can be a gold coin, a forward slash, or the line between the numerator and denominator of a fraction? |
SIX | How many Brandenburg Concertos did Johann Sebastian Bach compose? |
ETHEL | By what first name was the actress sister of John and Lionel Barrymore known? |
DETROIT | The Red Wings play in the National Hockey League at the Joe Louis Arena in which city? |
OBERON | Titania is the largest moon of Uranus by diameter. Which is the second largest? |
ADVANTAGE | What is the name of the loyalty card launched by Boots in 1997? |
WARRINGTON | Which rugby league club has been coached by Ces Mountford, Alex Murphy and Brian Johnson? |
A A MILNE | Who wrote the collections of poems When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927)? |
EDVARD GRIEG | Which composer's Piano Concerto was famously conducted by Andre Previn on the 1971 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show? |
THE IMITATION GAME | In which recent film does Benedict Cumberbatch play Alan Turing? |
MADAGASCAR | The aye-aye, a small mammal with a thin extended middle finger used to find food, is a native of which island country? |
SOUTH AFRICA | .za is the internet code for which country? |
MADE IN DAGENHAM | Rita O'Grady is the leading character in which film, made into a musical that opened in London last year starring Gemma Arterton? |
THE CASUAL VACANCY | Which recent BBC TV drama set in Pagford opens with the death of a parish councillor? |
NEBRASKA | Which US state lies immediately to the south of South Dakota? |
BLACKBIRD | By what one-word name is the Lockheed SR-71 aircraft known? |
A PORTUGAL | The king of which country lived in London from 1910 when the monarchy was abolished until his death in 1932? |
QUEEN VICTORIA | Who is the subject of the poem The Widow at Windsor, part of the Barrack-Room Ballads, by Rudyard Kipling published in 1892? |
MORRISONS | Which supermarket issues the Match & More card? |
NORTHUMBERLAND | The Battle of Flodden took place in September 1513 in which English county? |
SURREY | Which county cricket club has been captained by Percy Fender, Peter May and Micky Stewart? |
FLYING FORTRESS | By what two-word name was the Boeing B-17 aircraft known? |
VICTOR EMMANUEL (III) | Who was King of Italy from 1900 until 1946 - regnal number not required? |
HUGH LAURIE | Which actor, comedian, writer and musician rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 Boat Race? |
MANDALAY | """An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!"" is the last line of the chorus of which of Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads?" |
SOLENOID | Which word that begins 'sol' is a coil of wire that acts as a magnet when an electric current flows through it? |
COLCESTRIAN | What name is given to a resident of Colchester? |
LOST HORIZON | In which novel did James Hilton describe the 'mystical, harmonious valley' of Shangri-La? |
GANYMEDE | Three of the Galilean moons of Jupiter are Io, Europa and Callisto. Which is the fourth? |
SAVOY | The Allied forces at the 1704 Battle of Blenheim were led by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of where? |
THE X FACTOR | """Can't Sing!"" - a musical comedy written by Harry Hill that lasted 6 weeks and 3 days in London last year, was based on which TV reality show?" |
SILENT WITNESS | In which BBC TV drama is Doctor Thomas Chamberlain the Head of the Lyell Centre supported by pathologist Nikki Alexander and forensic scientist Jack Hodgson? |
VORTICISM | Wyndham Lewis was a major figure in which short-lived British avant-garde Art movement which had its only exhibition in 1915? |
VIRGINIA | Which US state lies immediately to the north of North Carolina? |
PEER GYNT | In the Hall of the Mountain King was composed by Edvard Grieg as part of which play by Henrik Ibsen? |
ALAN RUSBRIDGER | Which newspaper editor was played by Peter Capaldi in the film The Fifth Estate? |
INDONESIA | Brooks's dyak, Keast's tube-nosed and Sulawesi naked-backed are fruit bats native to which country, an archipelago of thousands of islands? |
DASHWOOD | What is the surname of sisters Elinor, Margaret and Marianne in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility? |
JAMES CALLAGHAN | Two twentieth century Prime Ministers were Home Secretary before they were Premier. One was Winston Churchill. Who was the other? |
NEPHEW | In the Bible what relation was Lot to Abraham? |
MOZAMBIQUE | Three African countries have a shoreline on Lake Malawi - Tanzania, Malawi and which other? |
THE BANGLES | Atomic Kitten's second Number One was Eternal Flame, a cover of the 1989 Number One by which band? |
TIMOTHY WEST | Who joined the cast of East Enders last year playing Stan Carter? |
KENT | In which county is Borstal which gave its name to a youth prison? |
TBILISI | What is the capital of the former Russian state of Georgia? |
MALCOLM MCLAREN | Who was the manager of 'The Sex Pistols'? |
SERVER | What is a computer called that controls access to a network, as well as acting as a file storage device? |
TIGERS | Castleford Rugby League team are known by the name of which animal? |
FALLOW DEER | Which animal has the scientific name 'dama dama'? |
BRADFORD | Which English city has districts called Manningham, Horton and Heaton? |
MARTIN CREED | Who won the 2001 Turner Prize for his exhibit of empty gallery space with lights turned on and off? |
THREE DAYS | In the Bible, how long was Jonah in the belly of the whale? |
TIMOTHY EVANS | Who was pardoned 12 years after his execution for murders carried out by John Christie? |
FEDERICO FELLINI | Which film director fist applied the word 'Paparazzi' to persistent newsmen? |
DEREK BENTLEY | "Who was hanged for the murder of a policeman because his cry of ""Let him have it"" was ambiguous?" |
ANNE BANCROFT | "Who won Best Actress 'Oscar' for the 1962 film ""The Miracle Worker""?" |
ARC DE TRIOMPHE | Which Paris landmark has 282 steps, and was planned as a monument to the military success of Napoleon I? |
THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR | "Which historical event is illustrated by the Victorian painting ""And When Did You Last See Your Father""?" |
DE HAVILLAND 'COMET' | The 'Nimrod' used by the RAF for search and early warning purposes, was developed from which airliner? |
LAWRENCE LLEWELLYN- BOWEN | "Who co-presents BBC TV's ""Home Front"" with Diarmuid Gavin?" |
URIC ACID | An excess of which acid in the body causes 'gout'? |
CHARLES' LAW | "Whose law states that ""the volume of a gas varies in proportion to its (Kelvin) temperature at a constant pressure?" |
GREY SQUIRREL | Which animal has the scientific name 'Sciurus carolinensis'? |
LESLEY ASH | Who is the wife of retired footballer Lee Chapman? |
LEICESTER | Which English city has districts named Belgrave, Stoneygate and Aylestone? |
SUBARU | Which car manufacturer produces a model called then 'Forester'? |
AVRO MANCHESTER | The 'Lancaster' bomber of World War II was developed from which other aircraft? |
BOYLE'S LAW | "The principle that ""the volume of a given quantity of gas varies inversely with the pressure when the temperature is constant"", is whose law?" |
SIDNEY POITIER | "Who won Best Actor 'Oscar' for the 1963 film ""Lilies Of The Field""?" |
MARCO POLO | After whom is the international airport at Venice named? |
LES INVALIDES | In which Paris landmark is the tomb of Napoleon I? |
DANIEL | In the Bible, who was asked to interpret the 'writing on the wall'? |
REREDOS | What is the architectural term for a carved screen behind an altar? |
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