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ARTEMIS | Her Roman equivalent was Diana, but who was the Greek goddess who was the virgin goddess of hunting? |
A3 | Which 'A-road' connects London and Portsmouth? |
WEST HAM | The 'Inter City Firm' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which London club? |
SCOTLAND | In which country is Cape wrath? |
'SHADOWFAX' | What is the name of 'Gandalf's' horse in the 'Lord Of The Rings' trilogy? |
1976 | In which year did actor Sid James die? |
'THE GREAT GATSBY' | In which novel is 'Nick Carroway' the narrator? |
The Comedy of Errors | The first two speakers in which Shakespeare play are Aegeon, a merchant of Syracuse, and Solinus, Duke of Ephesus? |
Camile Saint-Saens | Who composed the orchestral work “Danse Macabre”? |
Rupert | What was the first name of Rigsby in Rising Damp? |
Monster Raving Loony Party | For which party did Lan “Howling Laud” Hope receive 197 votes in the recent South Shields by-election? |
Henry VI | Which English king was crowned king of France in 1431? |
Chemistry | Which Nobel Prize has been won by William Ramsay, Fritz Haber and Otto Hahn? |
Hawthorn | The badge of West Bromwich Albion FC contains a bird together with the fruit and leaves of which shrub or small tree? |
Tom Hooper | Who directed the 2012 film Les Miserables? |
Lincolnshire | The Isle of Axholme, now crossed by the M180 motorway, is part of which traditional English county? |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Burl Ives played “Big Daddy” in the original 1955 Broadway cast of which play? |
A Book at Bedtime | Which programme is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 10.45pm and 11.00pm each weekday evening? |
Rory McGrath | Which co-founder of Hat-Trick Productions and a regular pundit on “They Think It’s All Over” wrote the 2008 book “Bearded Tit”? |
Grosvenor | What is the family name of the Dukes of Westminster? |
Houston | Which city is home to the Texans NFL team? |
Edward I | Harlech Castle was built during the reign of which king? |
Jan Vermeer | Born in Delft in 1632, he painted small detailed domestic scenes notable for their treatment of various tones of daylight. Who was he? |
Gulliver’s Travels | “A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms” is the fourth part of which literary work? |
Elbow | Guy Garvey is the lead vocalist of which band? |
Orion | In which constellation is Rigel the brightest star? |
Washington DC | Which US city is home to the Nationals MLB team? |
Paul Gaugin | Born in Paris in 1848, he pained many pictures of Polynesian life and died in the Marquesas Islands in 1903. Who was he? |
You and Yours | What is the name of the consumer affairs programme broadcast on Radio 4 from 12.04pm each weekday? |
The Wash | Into which body of water does the River Nene drain? |
Mirrors | Justin Timberlake has spent three weeks at number one this year with which song from the album “The 20/20 Experience”? |
Helena Bonham Carter | Who plays Madame Thenardier in the 2012 film Les Miserables? |
Valois | Charles VI, who ruled France from 1380 until his death in 1422, was a member of which royal house? |
New Zealand | In which country were Nobel Prize winners Alan MacDiarmid, Maurice Wilkins and Ernest Rutherford born? |
Neptunium | Which element is between Uranium and Plutonium in the Periodic Table? |
Percy | What is the family name of the Duke of Northumberland? |
Redfoo | Stefan Gordy, a son of the founder of Motown Records, is known by which colourful stage name? |
The Tempest | The first two speakers in which Shakespeare play are a shipmaster and a boatswain? |
Christchurch | Which is the main city in the New Zealand region of Canterbury? |
Seven Years’ War | Spain ceded Florida to Britain in the 1763 Treaty of Paris which ended which war? (The name by which it is known in Britain is required) |
Oldham | The first by-election of this Parliament was in January 2011 in …….. East and Saddleworth. Which town completes the name of the constituency? |
Greg Norman | In 1993, who was the last Australian golfer to win the Open Championship? |
Ghana | In which African country does 100 pesetas equal 1 cedi? |
Oscar Wilde | Whose statue in Merrion Square, Dublin is known to irreverent Dubliners as “The Fag on the Crag”? |
Tuscany | Firenze (Florence) is the capital city of which Italian region? |
Nicholas Nickleby | Madeline Bray married which eponymous character in a Charles Dickens novel? |
Vitamin E | Which vitamin is also known as Alpha Tocopherol? |
Stephen Foster | Who composed the songs “Old Folks at Home” and “Beautiful Dreamer”? |
Leeds | In which city was the actor and playwright Alan Bennett born? |
Gold Sovereign | Which British coin, first minted in 1817, is still being minted and is still legal tender but nowadays is minted for the Indian market? |
Lobster | If you ordered Homard in a French restaurant what shellfish would you be served? |
Belfast | In which British city is Great Victoria Street station? |
Paddy Ashdown | Which former leader of the Lib Dems was the MP for Yeovil? |
Tainted Love | Which song was a top 40 hit for Soft Cell in 1981 and for Marilyn Manson in 2002? |
Ventnor | In which Isle of Wight town can you find the History of Smuggling Museum/ |
Jerry Hall | Who said on splitting from Mick Jagger “I’m sure he can find someone else to be unfaithful to soon”? |
Without You | Which song was a hit for both Nilsson in 1972 and Maria Carey in 1994? |
Staffordshire | The town of Leek is situated in which English county? |
North Carolina | Charlotte is the largest city in which US State? |
1976 | Name the year – James Callaghan becomes PM; Britain and Iceland end the C od War; 21st Olympic Games begin in Montreal. |
Richard II | Which king did Henry Bolingbroke depose and then succees as Henry IV in 1399? |
Brighton | In which British city is Preston Park railway station? |
Bee Hummingbird | What name is given to the smallest species of hummingbird, it being names after the insect it is closest in size to? |
Gold | South Africa is the world’s largest producer of what? |
Empty Tomb | What is the meaning of the word Cenotaph? |
Menzies Campbell | Which former leader of the Lib Dems is the MP for North East Fife? |
Hereward the Wake | Known as “England’s Darling”, who led resistance against William the Conqueror on the isle of Ely in 1070? |
Sergeant Troy | In “Far from the Madding Crowd” who became Bathsheba Everdene’s first Husband? |
Oslo | Which European city was called Christiania frm 1624-1925? |
Mickey Rooney | Which US actor was born Joe Yule Jr? |
Florida | Jacksonville is the largest city in which US state? |
Claudius | Who was King of Denmark in Shakespeare’s Hamlet? |
Shropshire | The town of Oswestry is in which English county? |
Ricky Tomlinson | Who starred in the TV series “Nice Guy Eddie” as a Liverpool private investigator? |
1969 | Name the year: Yasser Arafat new leader of the PLO; Dwight D Eisenhower dies; US Mariner 6 spacecraft launched to Mars. |
Forget-me-not | What is thye common name of the plant Myosotis? |
David Mitchell | Which comedian and actor presents the Radio 4 programme “The Unbelievable Truth”? |
Chennai | By what name is the city of Madras now known? |
Comino | Which is the third inhabited island in the group with Malta and Gozo? |
Nunavut | What name is given to Canada’s newest territory, created in 1999 , offering some self-determination to the Inuit people? |
Punjab | Which former province of North West India has the tributaries Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej? |
DEUTERONOMY | Which book of the Old Testament, other than Exodus, includes the story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments? |
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH | Which striking building in the Manchester area has been designed by architect Daniel Libeskind? |
AMIENS | What is the capital of the French region of Picardy? |
IS | What is the motor-car international registration forIceland? |
KEVIN SPACEY | Who played the roles of 'Verbal Klint' and 'Kaiser Sauzer'in the film 'The Usual Suspects'? |
BREAD | What is produced by the Chorleywood Process? |
SAMUEL L. JACKSON | Who played the role of 'Jools' in the film 'Pulp Fiction'? |
ELKIE BROOKS | Who partnered Robert Palmer as lead vocalist in the 1970'sband 'Vinegar Joe'? |
ANNE STALLYBRASS | Who played the part of 'Mrs. Onedin' in the TV series 'The Onedin Line'? |
CAPITAL | What is the architectural term for the head or top of a column? |
WASHINGTON | In which American city do the 'Wizards' play Basketball? |
CHILE | Which country has the international car registration plate RCH? |
LYMINGTON | At which port on the British mainland would you land if you caught a ferry at Yarmouth, I.O.W.? |
DENMARK | The airline 'Maersk Air' are based in which European city? |
29th SEPTEMBER | The quarter day Michaelmas occurs on which date of the year? |
SHEFFIELD | In which north of Englandcity is 'Hallam FM' radio station situated? |
YELLOW | 'Jonquil' is a shade of which colour? |
YITZHAK RABIN | Which Israeli Prime Minister was assassinated in Tel Aviv in 1995? |
STARLING | What is the common name for the bird Sturnus vulgaris? |
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