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'SPARKS' | Musically, how are brothers Ron and Russell Mael known? |
'EMERGENCY - WARD 10' | Which 1950's/60's ITV series was set in the fictional 'Oxbridge General Hospital'? |
'WAR CRY' | Founded in 1879, what is the official news publication of the Salvation Army? |
'ANIMAL FARM' | "Which fictional work features the 'Seven Commandments', which are summarised by the statement ""four legs good, two legs bad""?" |
LINDSAY HOYLE | The principal Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons has the official title Chairman of Ways and Means. Who is the current holder of the post, the MP for Chorley? |
LEICESTERSHIRE | Which English county has districts called Blaby, Charnwood and Melton? |
NANETTE NEWMAN | In the 1978 film 'International Velvet', who plays the character 'Velvet Brown'? |
SWITZERLAND | Valencia was the venue for the 2007 and 2010 America's Cup, as the defending yacht was from which landlocked country? |
ORGAN | Nigel Ogden presents a BBC Radio Two programme featuring music played on which instrument? |
DUDLEY JUNIOR | Give either of the first names of Blackpool footballer DJ Campbell? |
'CAMELOT' | Which Lerner and Lowe musical is based on the TH White novel 'The Once And Future King'? |
TIGER | In the comic strip 'Calvin and Hobbs', what sort of animal is 'Hobbs'? |
LEAM | On which river, a tributary of the Avon, does the town of Leamington Spa stand? |
LEO X | Which Pope made Henry VIII 'Defender of the Faith' in 1521? |
WARRINGTON | In which town was the first 'Ikea' store in the UK opened |
'MONS MEG' | Sent as a gift to King James II of Scotland in 1457, what is the alliterative name of the medieval bombard siege gun located outside of Edinburgh Castle? |
GREECE | Traditionally, athletes from which country lead the parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games? |
'HUGO' | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, which 2011 drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese, tells the story of a boy who lives alone in a Paris railway station? |
'MENCAP' | The 'Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults' is a British charity better known by what acronym? |
FAY WELDON | "Which English author famously helped to create the ""Go to work on an egg"" advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950's?" |
'DESERT ISLAND DISCS' | Eric Coates' light orchestral serenade 'By The Sleepy Lagoon' is the appropriately titled introductory music to which long running radio show? |
CHLOROPLASTS | Capturing light energy to conserve free energy in the form of ATP, which organelles found in plant cells conduct photosynthesis? |
BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL | The final plate of William Hogarth's 'A Rake's Progress' series depicts a scene inside which institution, founded in London in 1247? |
LETO | According to Greek mythology, who was the mother of the twins Apollo and Artemis? |
RIBOSOMES | Consisting of several RNA and protein molecules arranged into two subunits, which component of cells coordinate synthesis by reading the messenger RNA copy of the DNA and assembling the appropriate amino |
JULIAN OF NORWICH | Which female East Anglian mystic wrote 'Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love', a 14th century work documenting a series of intense visions of Jesus Christ experienced during a severe illness? |
SHEFFIELD F.C | Which English football club, who currently play in the Northern Premier League Division One South, are the world's oldest football club, having been founded in 1857? |
LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN | What is the name given to the botanical gardens near Mevagissey in Cornwall that were created by members of the Cornish Tremayne family, over a period from the mid-18th century up to the beginning of the 20th century? |
JOHN VANBRUGH | Which restoration dramatist was also responsible for designing Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard? |
WILLIAM PERRY | Which American Football player, who played for the 'Chicago Bears' between 1985 and 1993, was nicknamed 'The Refrigerator'? |
THE MAZE | What was the popular name of the prison, close in 2000, that was situated in the former Royal Air Force station of Long Kesh, on the outskirts of Lisburn? |
STRONTIUM | Which chemical element is named after the Scottish village in which it was discovered in 1787? |
PHILIP LARKIN | Ted Hughes was appointed Poet Laureate in 1984 on the refusal of which prominent poet? |
TEARS | In the human body, what do the lachrymal glands produce? |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | Which American statesman and scientist almost killed himself whilst demonstrating the electrical nature of lightening by flying a kite in a thunderstorm? |
PERU | In which country would you find the ruins of the ancient Inca city known as Machu Picchu? |
"""WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT""" | In 1844, Samuel Morse used which four-word Biblical quote when he sent the world's first public telegraph message? |
OLD MAN OF HOY | First climbed by Chris Bonnington in 1966, what is the name of the 449ft. high sea stack off the coast of the Orkney Islands? |
MATT LUCAS | Prior to gaining enormous success in his own right, which comedian played 'George Dawes', the scorekeeping baby, in the t.v. comedy series 'Shooting Stars'? |
IGRAINE | She is the mother of Morgan le Fay by her first husband Gorlois and mother of King Arthur by her second husband Uther Pendragon. What is her name? |
AARON BURR | Which American Vice-President killed his political rival, Alexander Hamilton. in a duel in 1804? |
QUAESTOR | Today a senior Police rank in both Italy and Romania, what name was given to the public official in the Roman Republic's Cursus honorum system, who supervised financial affairs? |
BORIS III | Who was the King of Bulgaria who, during World War II, declared a symbolic war against the UK and the USA but, much to Hitler's annoyance, refused to declare war against the Soviet Union? |
MARY SURRAT | A distant relative of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who was the American boarding house owner who became the first woman executed by the United States federal government after her conviction for taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln? |
KATY PERRY | Which American singer, songwriter and actress was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California in 1984? |
H.M.S. CONQUEROR | What was the name of the Royal Navy submarine responsible for the sinking of the General Belgrano during the Falklands War? |
ALNWICK CASTLE | Which castle is the official residence of the Duke of Northumberland? |
LEVESON ENQUIRY | What is the name, after its chairman, of the ongoing public enquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal? |
MUNICH | In which city did Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff launch the unsuccessful 'Beer Hall Putsch' in 1923? |
TEETH | The periodontal ligaments are the supporting tissue for which parts of the human body? |
POMPEY | Which famous Roman was assassinated in 48 BC by two men named Achillas and Septimus who were acting upon the orders of King Ptolemy XIII's chief eunuch Pothinus? |
OTTOMAN EMPIRE | From the 14th to the 19th centuries, the 'Janissaries' were the infantry units that formed the household troops and bodyguards of the Sultans of which Empire? |
STORNOWAY | The third largest town in the Scottish Highlands, which burgh on the Isle of Lewis is also home to one third of the population of the Western Isles? |
STEVE COOGAN | Which actor and comedian played 'Phileas Fogg' in the 2004 film 'Around The World In Eighty Days'? |
BERGEN | In terms of population, Oslo is the largest city in Norway. Which is the second largest? |
JAMES DEWAR | Which Scottish chemist and physicist invented the vacuum flask? |
Alexander Pope | Which poet wrote “A little learning is a dangerous thing”? |
Wilde | Which 1997 film starred Stephen Fry, Jude Law, Vanessa Redgrave and Jennifer Ehle? |
Feeling Good | Which song was a top 40 hit for both Nina Simone in 1974 and Muse in 2001? |
Somerset | In which English county are the Quantock Hills? |
Helium | Which chemical element is named after the Greek word for the sun? |
South Africa | In which country did the Battle of Majuba Hill take place in 1881? |
The Maldives | To highlight global warming, which country held a cabinet meeting underwater in 2009? |
Los Angeles | The heist in the 2003 remake of “The Italian Job” takes place in which US City? |
Japanese Knotweed | Fallopia japonica is a pernicious weed spreading through roots and tubers found in various wild places, particularly damp ones, in the UK. What is its more common name? |
Giant Hogweed | Heraclium mantegazzianum is a weed thought to be the largest in western Europe. What is its common name? |
Pete Seeger | Who wrote the song “Where have all the flowers gone”? |
Oscar and Lucinda | Which novel by Peter Carey won the Booker Prize in 1988? |
Kirk Douglas | Which actor was born Issur Danielovich? |
Kings Cross | Which London underground station was gutted by fire in 1987? |
Charlton Heston | By what name is the actor born John Carter better known? |
Mendips | In which hills are the Cheddar Caves? |
Darkness | What is Nyctophobia the fear of? |
Amman (Jordan) | Which Middle Eastern city is served by Queen Alia airport? |
The Amber Spyglass | Which book by Phillip Pullman was awarded the 2001 Whitbread Prize for Literature? |
Judas | In the TV series Red Dwarf, one character was called Arnold J Rimmer. For what did the “J” stand? |
Ireland | In which country did the Battle of Vinegar Hill take place in 1798? |
North Carolina | Which US state is known as the “Tar-heel” state? |
Black Sabbath | Which group of the 1970’s featured Tony Iommi on guitar, “Geezer” Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums? |
The Clash | Which group of the 1970-80’s featured Mick Jones on guitar, Paul Simonon on bass and Nicky “Topper” Headon on drums? |
Gods and Monsters | Which 1998 film, starring Lynn Redgrave, Ian McKellan and Brendan Fraser centred on the life of film director James Whale? |
New South Wales | In which Australian state is the town of Wagga Wagga? |
Matilda | In which classic book and film does the character Miss Trunchbull appear? |
George Eastman | Who, in 1884, invented the flexible film roll for cameras? |
Alfred Lord Tennyson | Which poet wrote “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”? |
William Butler Yeats | Which Irish poet’s epitaph ends “Cast a cold eye, on life, on death. Horseman pass by”? |
Melvyn Hayes | In the 1974 TV comedy “It Ain’t Half Hot Mum”, who played the part of Gunner Beaumont? |
Robert Browning | Who wrote “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”? |
Liz Taylor | Which famous actress provided the voice of Maggie in “The Simpsons” when she uttered her first word? |
Lake Garda | Which is the largest of the Italian lakes? |
The Black Prince | By what nicknames was Edward, eldest son of Edward III known? |
PARAGUAY | Which South American country has borders with Bolivia, Brazil and Argentina? |
FIVE | How wide, in feet, is a table tennis table? |
EDWARD ELIZABETH HITLER | What was the name of the character played by Ade Edmondson in the 1990s sitcom ‘Bottom’? |
TRACEY EMIN | Who created the artwork Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 which was destroyed in the 2004 Momart London warehouse fire? |
WIFE | Complete the title of one of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales – ‘The _________ of Bath’s Tale’. |
PAUL MCCARTNEY | Whose Liverpool Oratorio released in 1991 was composed in collaboration with Carl Davis? |
THIRTY YEARS’ WAR | The Battle of Rain, or Lech, on April 15th 1632 in which the Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus beat the forces of the Holy Roman Empire was part of which war? |
ALASKA | Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, the largest in North America, is in which US state? |
LEEDS | The Reading Festival held over the August Bank Holiday weekend shares its line-up with which other Festival? |
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