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NEIL SIMON | Who wrote the plays The Sunshine Boys and The Odd Couple? |
TROMBONE | The name of which musical instrument is a French word for ‘paperclip’? |
HENRY V | In which 1944 film does Felix Aylmer play the Archbishop of Canterbury, Max Adrian play the Dauphin and John Laurie play Jamy, a Scottish Captain in the English Army? |
YEOVIL TOWN | The smallest ground in the Football League Championship Huish Park is home to which club? |
MMXIV | What is 2014 in Roman numerals? |
BEATRICE | What was the first name of the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria, in 1944 the last of her children to die? |
BRIDGEWATER | Which canal passes through the centre of Lymm in Cheshire? |
HELGA | Who is the wife of cartoon character Hagar the Horrible? |
BLACK LACE | Which duo had a Number Two hit in 1984 with Agadoo? |
DRESDEN | Which city in the German state of Saxony has the largest population? |
VENUS | Which planet in the Solar System has diameter nearest to that of Earth? |
FRANK COUSINS | Who was appointed the first Minister of Technology in 1964 – he was General Secretary of the TGWU at the time? |
GENOA | What is the capital city of the Italian region of Liguria? |
CARBON DIOXIDE | Which gas makes up about 96% of the atmosphere of the planet Mars? |
REG COX | Who was found dead in the first episode of ‘East Enders’? |
SNOWY | What is the English name of Tintin’s dog? |
HERO | Complete the title of the 1976 Number One by Paper Lace - Billy, don’t be a _______ . |
ZADIE SMITH | The Guardian Fiction Prize was replaced in 1999 by the Guardian First Book award. Whose novel White Teeth was the second winner? |
MY LEFT FOOT | Ray McAnally won a posthumous BAFTA in 1990 for his role as Paddy Brown in which film, his last, released the previous year? |
AYE-AYE | What is the hyphenated name of the lemur, Daubentonia madagascariensis, the world’s largest nocturnal primate? |
ABRAHAM LINCOLN | Who died in the Petersen House at 516 10th Street NW in Washington DC on April 15th 1865? |
BARENTS SEA | The Russian port of Murmansk lies on Kola Bay, an inlet of which sea? |
SPAIN | Victoria Eugenie the daughter of Princess Beatrice married the King of which European country in 1906? |
CH | What is the two-letter postcode for addresses in Birkenhead and Wallasey? |
THE MUSIC MAN | ‘Seventy-Six Trombones’ is a song from which Meredith Wilson musical? |
KEN DODD | Who plays Yorick in the 1996 film version of ‘Hamlet’, played in flashback? |
PRIAM | In Greek myth who was the father of Hector? |
STONE | In ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ what is the surname of the character with given names Eurydice Colette Clytemnestra Dido Bathsheba Rabelais Patricia Cocteau, known as Patsy? |
THE KNIGHT’S TALE | Which of The Canterbury Tales, the first, features cousins Arcite and Palamon and their pursuit of Emily? |
FALKLAND ISLANDS | Where was the ship SS Great Britain from 1886 until 1970, when it was returned to Bristol? |
ERITREA | Which African country has land borders with Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti? |
ERNŐ GOLDFINGER | 2 Willow Road is part of a terrace of three houses in Hampstead London designed by which architect with the same surname as a Bond villain – Ian Fleming was one of those who objected to the demolition of the previous properties on the site? |
PETER | Westminster Abbey is dedicated to which Saint? |
INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE | The International New York Times was known by what title until last October? |
ELEPHANT | In American politics, what is the symbol of the Republican Party? |
NORTHERN TERRITORY | In which Australian state is one of the southern hemisphere's most remarkable sites, Ayers Rock? |
FIVE FURLONGS | In British horse racing, what is the minimum distance over which a 'flat race' is run? |
DONKEY | What is the symbol of the democratic Party in American politics? |
A JUDGE | "Now only used in the Isle of Man, a ""deemster"" is an old name for what?" |
TEES | Britain's highest waterfall, Cauldron Snout, lies on a river that rises in the north Pennines. Which river? |
1966 | In which year did France withdraw from NATO, and Indira Ghandi become Prime Minister of India? |
1959 | Which year saw Castro create the communist state of Cuba, and Makarios elected President of the newly independent Cyprus? |
GAIL DEVERS | Which runner took the 100 metres gold at the Atlanta Olympics, only a year after she overcame Grave's Disease |
MIGUEL INDURAIN | After failing to win his sixth Tour de France, who made up for his disappointment by winning the inaugural Olympic road time trial in 1996? |
ANTHONY BURGESS | Who wrote 'Earthly Powers', a long and ambitious first- person novel, narrated by an octogenarian homosexual? |
GALILEO | After whom is the international airport at Pisa in Italy, named? |
NATALIE WOOD | Who played the leading roles in both 'Rebel Without A Cause' and 'West Side Story'? |
CHLORINE | Which greenish-yellow gas was discovered by Humphry Davy in 1810? |
IRIS MURDOCH | 'The Sea, The Sea' a 1978 novel about a theatre director and his childhood love, was by which authoress |
NITROGEN | Which colourless and odourless gas was discovered by Daniel Rutherford in 1772? |
HUMAN LEAGUE | Whose only UK chart-topping single was called 'Don't You Want Me'? |
USSR | In football's European Championships, which was the first country to appear in two successive finals? |
ALICE COOPER | 'School's Out' was the only UK number one single for whom? |
'BARNABY RUDGE' | Which of Dicken's' novels features 'Sir John and Edward Chester'? |
CAPYBARA | What large, South American rodent is sometimes known as the 'water hog'? |
FRIGATE BIRD | Which huge seabird of the 'Tropics' is also known as the 'man-o-war bird'? |
ESTONIAN | What nationality is reigning Olympic decathlon champion, Erki Nool? |
ETHIOPIAN | The reigning Olympic 5000 metres champion is Mamo Wolde. What nationality is he? |
SUPERIOR | "Which is the most northerly of America's ""Great Lakes""?" |
ONTARIO | "Which of America's ""Great Lakes"" has the smallest surface area?" |
MUSHROOMS | What is the main ingredient of Duxelles sauce or Duxelles stuffing? |
QUEEN ANNE | William, Duke of Gloucester, was the only one of which monarch's twelve children to survive infancy? |
CINNAMON | 'Masala Chai' is an Indian tea flavoured with which sweet spice? |
LEAH | Which daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, bore him twelve sons? |
MARTHA | Which sister of Lazarus and Mary gave Jesus hospitality at her home in Bethany? |
CATHERINE HOWARD | "In 1542, whose last words were supposedly, ""I die a queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpepper""?" |
CHILE | If the currency is the Peso, copper the major export and Valparaiso the major port, what is the country? |
THE TIP | Which area of the human tongue is sensitive to sweet taste? |
ALAN RICKMAN | In the film 'Die Hard', the last view of which actor, was of him falling from a tower block with a gun in his hand? |
5 | How many lumber vertebrae are there in the human spine? |
7 | The human spine includes how many cervical vertebrae? |
MIKHAEL GORBACHEV | Which world leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990? |
SOUTH GEORGIA | Much in the news during the 'Falklands Crisis', on which island is Wideawake Airfield? |
PAIN | "What is meant by the suffix ""-algia"", as in neuralgia?" |
SCULPTURE | Which branch of the arts was Barbara Hepworth famous for? |
SAGITTARIUS | Which is the ninth sign of the Zodiac? |
MUSHROOM | 'Chantrelle' and 'Porcini' are both well-known varieties of which foodstuff? |
SHELLEY DUVALL | Who played 'Olive Oyl' in the 1980 film 'Popeye'? |
dk | What two letters make up the Internet Country Code for Denmark? |
ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) | Which Africancapital city is served by 'Bole Airport'? |
ESTONIA | Which European country's national flag is a horizontal tricolour: Blue, Black and White? |
COMMUNITY CHEST | In 'Monopoly', what is situated between 'Old Kent Road'and 'Whitechapel Road'? |
TOBAGO | Scarborough is the capital of which West Indian island? |
JOHANNESBURG | Which was the only 'Live 8' venue that was in the southern hemisphere? |
THE EAR | 'Meniere's Disease' affects which part of the human body? |
SERGEI | What was the christian name of the classical composer Rachmaninov? |
UZBEKISTAN | Name the country is Asia which is double landlocked (surrounded by landlocked countries)? |
MARK HADDON | Who wrote the bestseller 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time'? |
'SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS' | In which musical does the song 'Bless Your Beautiful Hide', appear? |
THE CHIMERA | Which fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology was killed by Bellerophon? |
'JELLY ROLL' MORTON | How was musician Ferdinand Joseph Lamothe better known? |
HARROGATE | The Great Yorkshire Show has been held where since 1952? |
CHESTNUTS | In France, which food is 'Marrons Glaces'? |
BARRY McGUIRE | Which American singer-songwriter's only British hit was in 1965 with the song'Eve Of Destruction'? |
COLIN COWDREY | Who was the first cricketer to play 100 ''Test Matches' for England? |
SURREY | In which county is Bisley, home of the National Shooting Centre? |
CYBERMEN | In 'Doctor Who', who came from the planet 'Mondas'? |
LINCOLNSHIRE | In which English county is the resort of Skegness? |
CONNECTICUT | The US University of Yale is in which state? |
LEONID BREZHNEV | Who was the first man to be general Secretary and President of the USSR? |
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