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RICHARD ROGERS | Which architect designed the 'Millenium Dome'? |
JAMES J. BRADDOCK | Which heavyweight boxer was known as the 'Cinderella Man'? |
BURY ST. EDMUNDS | The 'Greene King brewery' is based in which English town or city? |
SUZUKI | Which car company produces the four-wheel-drive 'Vitara'? |
NISSAN | Which car company produces the four-wheel-drive Terrano? |
DISCOVERY | "What was the name of the spacecraft in Stanley Kubrick's classic science-fiction film ""2001: A Space Odyssey""?" |
'THE MERRY WIDOW' | How is Hanna Glawari described in the title of the operetta of her fictionalised life? |
GOLDIE HAWN | 'Oscar' nominated actress Kate Hudson is the daughter of which actress? |
1980 | In which year did the London Evening News merge into the Evening Standard? |
S CLUB (7) | With which pop group do you associate Jo O'Meara and Rachel Stevens? |
SOILS | Pedology is the science of what? |
THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR | The capitulation of Marshal Bazaine's force at Metz was the last critical action of which war? |
VIRGINIA WOOLF | "Whose 1923 essay ""Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown"" attacked the literary realism of Arnold Bennett?" |
DERREN BROWN | Name the illusionist who played 'Russian Roulette' on television? |
SILURIAN | Which geological period followed the 'Devonian Period' but preceded the 'Ordovician'? |
A NEWSPAPER | "What was the 'Asahi Shimbun', first produced 24th, September 1980, and advertised as ""untouched by human hand""?" |
ON THE CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL | At which specific location could you see 'The Brazen Serpent', 'The Punishment Of Haman' and 'David Slaying Goliath'? |
STEN GUN | R.V. Shepherd and H.J. Turpin invented which light sub- machine gun? |
ALAN PRICE | Who played the part of 'Alfie' in the 1975 film 'Alfie Darling'? |
ADRIEN BRODY | In March 2003, which 29 year-old became the youngest ever recipient of the Best Actor 'Oscar'? |
ZENEDINE ZIDANE | Who was voted FIFA 'Footballer Of The Year' 2003? |
1967 | In which year did the 'Torrey Canyon' sink, Donald Campbell was killed and the 'Colonels' seized power in Greece? |
1963 | "In which year was the 'Great Train Robbery' the 'Profumo Affair' hit the headlines and Martin Luther King made his ""I have a dream"" speech?" |
ASSEMBLAGE | Picasso's 'Still Life With Chair Caning' in which strips of oilcloth in imitation of chair caning are stuck onto the surface of the work, is an example of which artistic technique? |
JORN UTSON | Which architect designed the Sydney Opera House? |
COINS | What historically were hatpieces, leopards, cartwheels and unicorns? |
WALTER MATHAU | Who played 'Mister Wilson' in the 1994 film 'Denis'? |
CHARLES INGRAM | What was the name of the Army Major found guilty of cheating his way to £1million on the TV show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'? |
THE BEE HUMMINGBIRD | What is the smallest bird in the world? |
JOE E BROWN | Which actor sped off with Jack Lemmon in a speedboat at the end of the film 'Some Like It Hot'? |
CHARLES (Hardin Holley) | What was Buddy Holly's real first name? |
SPEEDWAY | On 29th July 2000, Martin Dugard of Eastbourne became the first-ever winner of the British Grand Prix - in which sport? |
CAT STEVENS | Which former pop singer is now known as Yusuf Islam? |
THAMES | 'The Nore' is a sandbank at the mouth of which British river? |
HENRY VIII | With which English king did Pope Clement VII have a dispute? |
MALI | Bamako is the capital of which country? |
PARSEC | What is the astronomical terminology fro 3.26 light years? |
'THE HATTERS' | Both Luton Town and Stockport County football clubs have the same nickname. What is it? |
OCTOBER | In which month is United Nations day? |
TIRPITZ | With virtually the same tonnage and outline, in World War II, what was the sister ship of the Bismark? |
AQUAVIT | What is the name of the grain or potato based Scandinavian spirit flavoured with Caraway seeds? |
GECKO | Which creature may be described as a lizard, with adhesive toes allowing it to walk up walls and across ceilings? |
60 | What will be the middle two numbers of a car registered in September 2010? |
KEVIN WHATELY | Who played the part of 'Neville Hope' in 'Auf Wiedershen, Pet'? |
DAVID NIVEN | Which iconic English actor,born in 1910, died in 1983 of Motor Neurone Disisease? |
NAPOLEON | Who surrendered formally to the British onboard HMSBellerephon? |
'1984' | In which book was Britain called 'Airstrip One'? |
'STOCKHOLM SYNDROME' | What is the psychological term for the process of bonding that sometimes occurs between prisoners and their captors? |
MATCHLESS | AJS motorcycles were produced identically under which otherbrand name? |
GEMINI | Which sign of the zodiac represents the period May 21st. to June 21st.? |
CAIRNGORMS | What is the name of Britain's largest National Park? |
'DAVID VINCENT' | What was Roy Thinnes' character name in 'The Invaders'? |
SANDRA RIVETT | In 1975 lord Lucan was convicted in his absence of murdering his children's nanny. What was her name? |
WILLIAM IV | Who was on the throne immediately before Queen Victoria? |
DEUTERONOMY | Two books of the Bible list the Ten Commandments.Exodus is one, which is the other? |
M25 | On which motorway is 'Clacket Lane Service Station'? |
SHEEP | Which animal is mentioned most frequently in the Bible? |
'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM' | "From which Shakespeare play doesthe quotation, ""Lord what fools these mortals be"", come?" |
RUDYARD KIPLING | "Who wrote ""East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet""" |
'LA BOHEME' | 'Marcello', 'Musetta', and 'Mimi' are characters in which opera? |
TERRA NOVA | What was the name of Scott's ship on his ill- fated Antarctic expedition of 1910-12? |
MASTER OF THE QUEEN'S MUSIC | What position is currently held by Peter Maxwell Davies? |
GEORGE SEWELL | In the TV comedy 'The Detectives', who played the part of 'Superintendent Frank Cottam'? |
THE EARTH | Which body is on average, 150 million kilometres from the Sun? |
NIGER | Niamey is the capital of which country? |
JULY | In which month is Orangeman's Day? |
BUTT | What is the name of the container used to hold either 108 gallons of beer or 126 gallons of wine? |
'BOXER' | What was the name of the horse in Orewell's 'Animal Farm'? |
'SCOTCH CORNER' | The junction of the A66 and the A1 is colloquially known as what? |
ITALIAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE | In which conflict was the 'Battle of Solferino' in 1859? |
KANDINSKY | Which Russian painter, who died in 1944, founded the 'Blau Reiter' group? |
TROMBONE | Which instrument used to be called a 'Sackbut'? |
STRAVINSKY | Who wrote the music for the ballet 'Petrushka'? |
TERRY PRATCHETT | Who wrote 'The Carpet People', 'Hogfather', 'The Last Continent', 'Men At Arms', and 'Mote'? |
SWALE | Richmond in Yorkshire, lies on which river? |
WATFORD | Which English soccer team are nicknamed 'The Hornets'? |
H.M.S. HERMES | In the Falklands War, which ship was the flagship of the Royal Navy Task Force? |
ELIZABETH ARDEN | Catherine Zeta Jones has a million pound per year contract with which cosmetics company? |
HUDSON | Into which river did a US airliner crash land in January of this year (2009)? |
'TOUCH' | What was the former name of 'The Spice Girls'? |
REED | What is the name of the mouthpiece on most woodwind instruments? |
SILICON | Which element-atomic number 14-is the second most abundant element in the earth's crust? |
MANDIBLE | What is the medical name for the lower jaw? |
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM | Which London museum occupies part of the old Bethlehem Royal Hospital? |
LENNOX LEWIS | Who was the last World Heavyweight Boxing champion born in Great Britain? |
MEXICO | Which country is the world's largest producer of silver? |
LULU | Which pop singer played the part of 'Pauline Mole' in 'The Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole'? |
ALEXANDRA PALACE | Which 'palace' is located in Muswell Hill, London? |
'EL GORDO' | What is the name of the Spanish National Lottery? |
URTICARIA | What is the medical namefor hives, or nettle rash? |
WILLIAM DOBSON | Which English portrait painter, who lived from 1610 to 1646, succeeded Van Dyck as Court Painterto the exiled Charles II? |
UNION PACIFIC | In America, which 'UP' is the largest freight railroad company? |
'THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA' | Which 1954 film starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart, was about a Spanish dancer who becomes a Hollywood film star? |
CLINT EASTWOOD | Lee Marvin had a number one hit record with 'Wanderin' Star' in 1970, but which actor had a minor hit with the flipside - 'I Talk To The Trees'? |
ST. MARY'S | What is the name of Southampton FC's home ground? |
LIME | What is the alternative name of the Linden tree? |
BOEING B-29 SUPERFORTRESS | What type of bomber dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945? |
JEAN MILLET | Which French realist painter, who lived from 1814 - 1875, specialised in peasant life? |
'IRMA LA DOUCE' | Which 1963 film starring Shirley Maclaine and Jack Lemmon was about a Paris policeman who falls in love with a prostitute, and becomes her minder? |
RONALD REAGAN | "Which politician said of Margaret Thatcher, ""She's the best man in England""?" |
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