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Paul McGinley
Which golfer is the captain of the European team in 2014 Ryder cup?
You Only Live Twice
To which James Bond film did Nancy Sinatra sing the theme tune?
Gil Favor
What was the name of the trail boss in TV series Rawhide?
Barnsley
Which town is the administrative centre of South Yorkshire?
Sheila Buckley
Who was the secretary and mistress of disgraced MP John Stonehouse?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Who wrote the classic novel ""Uncle Tom's Cabin""?"
Hephaistos
In mythology who was the Greek equivalent of Vulcan?
The Man With The Golden Gun
Lulu sang the theme tune to which James Bond film?
Dorneywood
Which stately home in Buckinghamshire is the official residence of the chancellor of the exchequer?
Major Seth Adams
"Who was the original wagon-master in the classic TV western series “Wagon Train""?"
Sea Empress
Which tanker was in the news when it ran aground off the Pembrokeshire coast in 1996?
Fishing Nets
Purse, seine and drift are all types of what?
Errol Flynn
"Which Hollywood star's last film was ""Cuban Rebel Girls"" in 1959"
Montana
Which American state is known as the treasure state?
Gilbert Keith
Give either Christian name of the novelist GK Chesterton.
Blue Cross
"Founded in 1897, which animal welfare charity was formerly known As ""Our Dumb Friends League""?"
Daily Mirror
The old codgers were a fictional pair who answered readers' letters for 54 years in which newspaper?
Northanger Abbey
Catherine Norland is the central female character of which novel by Jane Austen?
Charles Ingram
"What was the name of the ""major"" at the centre of the 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"" controversy?"
Mistle Thrush
The stormcock is an alternative name for which bird?
Trowbridge
Which town is the administrative centre of Wiltshire?
Calvin Coolidge
Who was the president of America for the majority of the 1920's?
Lyra
Vega is the brightest star of which zodiacal constellation?
Scamper
What was the name of the dog in the secret seven books by Enid Blyton?
Reinhardt Heydrich
In world war two who was successfully targeted by the allies in operation Anthropoid?
Thorax
Bearing the legs and wings what name is given to the intermediate division of an insect?
Ed White
In June 1965 who became the first American to walk in space?
Loch Ness
Urquhart castle in Scotland overlooks which famous stretch of water?
One Thousand
How many years in a chiliad?
Al Martino
Who had the first ever Christmas number one single in the British charts?
Worcester
Which English city has stations called Shrub Hill and Foregate Street?
Alfred Noyes
"Who wrote the poem ""The Highwayman""?"
The Bar
What name is given to the central division of a backgammon board?
Poodle
"Which breed of dog derives its name from the German for ""splash""?"
Santander
What is the capital city of the Spanish autonomous community of Cantabria
Amy
Which of the March sisters from Little Women by Louisa M Alcott is missing - Meg, Jo, Beth and?
McEnroe
Complete the partnership who won seven Grand Slam doubles titles from 1979 to 1984 including four at Wimbledon — Fleming and?
Judge John Deed
Which legal drama starring Martin Shaw ran for six series on BBC TV from 2001?
Toothache
What is the common name of odontalgia?
Henry James
The opera The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten is based on whose novella
Manchester
The Bet Lynch Mob and the Rainy City Roller Girls are roller derby teams from which city
Margaret Thatcher
Which character played by Janet Brown appears at the end of the Bond film For Your Eyes Only?
Mumbai
In which city is the Gateway to India, built to commemorate the visit of George V in 1911
Hadrian
Who succeeded Trajan as Roman Emperor in 117 AD
Arran
Goat Fell is the highest point on which Scottish island?
Gustav Klimt
Who painted Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer in 1907, sold in 2006 for $135 million?
Black Forest Gateau
What is the English name for the German dessert Schwarzwalder Kirschtorte?
Utrecht
Under which treaty of 1713 was control of Gibraltar ceded to Britain?
Plymouth
Drake Circus is a shopping centre opened in 2006 in which English city?
Eris
Which of the five dwarf planets begins with the letter E?
Bradley Walsh
Who plays Brutus, a bar owner, in the recent BBC comedy Sun Trap?
Rihanna
Pon de Replay in 2005, and SOS and Unfaithful in 2006 all reached Number Two in the UK singles chart for which singer before she had her first Number One?
Lord Byron
Which poet played for Harrow in the first Eton v Harrow cricket match in 1805?
A
Retinol is one of the animal forms of which vitamin?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The titles of whose later symphonies (1778-1791) include Paris, Linz and Prague?
Theo Walcott
Who was the only English player to score in the 2015 FA Cup Final?
Weta
Workshop and Digital are visual effects companies named after which large insects native to New Zealand?
Adele
Chasing Pavements in 2008 and Rolling in the Deep in 2010 both reached Number Two in the UK singles chart for which singer before she had her first Number One?
Henry Newbolt
Who wrote the poem that begins: There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night Ten to make and the match to win A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in.?
D
The predominant cause of rickets is a deficiency of which vitamin?
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Which football team won the Scottish Cup in 2015?
Libya
In which modem day African country was Roman Emperor Septimius Severus born?
Munro
What is the name given to a mountain in Scotland with a height that is over 3000 feet?
Harmsworth
What was the family name of the first Viscount Rothermere and his brother the first Viscount Northcliffe, founders of the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror?
EM Forster
Which novelist (1879-1980) wrote the libretto for the Benjamin Britten opera Billy Budd with Eric Crozier?
Deansgate
The Great City Games is an athletics event in Manchester with a track laid on which thoroughfare?
Jim Broadbent
Who plays Denis Thatcher in the 2011 film The Iron Lady?
Shah Jahan
Which Mughal Emperor commissioned the building of the Red Fort in Delhi when he moved his capital from Agra to Delhi?
Nigel Farage
The Purple Revolution: The Year That Changed Everything is a memoir by which current politician
The Seven Years' War
The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended which war, known in North America as the French and Indian War
Bob Hope
In November 1982 Eltham Little Theatre in London was renamed after which performer born in Eltham in 1903 who raised funds for the theatre?
Ceres
Which of the five dwarf planets is in the asteroid belt?
Henry Campbell- Bannerman
Who was simultaneously Father of the House and Prime Minister from May 1907 until shortly before his death in April 1908?
Lampedusa
Recently in the news, which is the largest of the Italian Pelagie islands in the Mediterranean Sea
Sarajevo
In which city did Torvill and Dean win their Olympic Gold in 1984
Crossroads
Which ITV soap that ran from 1964 to 1988 made a comeback in 2001 (lasting until 2003)?
Eye
Where in the body is the Hyaloid canal?
Bilbao
Brittany Ferries run services from Portsmouth to Santander and which other city in Spain
Alexandria
Which city lies at the west side of the Nile delta?
The Kinks
Waterloo Sunset was a 1967 hit for which band?
Hamlet
King Claudius and Queen Gertrude appear in which Shakespeare play?
Dawlish
D WL is the code of which railway station in Devon?
THE BEECH (tree)
What is the common name of Fagus sylvatica?
'THE TOUGH OF THE TRACK'
By what nickname was the comic book character 'Alf Tupper' known?
BILLY RAY CYRUS
Who had a top ten hit in 1992, with the song 'Achy, Breaky Heart'?
'HULK HOGAN'
Terry Gene Bollea is the real name of which wrestler turned actor?
NORTH YORKSHIRE
In which English county is the Lightwater Valley Theme Park?
ANAHEIM
In which town in California is Disneyland?
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
Which French Impressionist painter, famed in later life for his portraits of nudes, was born in Limoges in 1841, and died in Cagnes in the south of France in 1919?
'ASHES TO ASHES'
In which BBC crime series did the characters 'Ray Carling', 'Chris Skelton' and 'Alex Drake' appear?
DAMASCUS
To where was Saul heading when he had a vision from God, thus becoming St. Paul?
FRANK ZAPPA
Which pop star called of his children Moon Unit?
DUNDEE
Which Scottish city isserved by 'Riverside Airport'?
BLACK SEPTEMBER
Which terrorist group were responsible for the killing the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics?
SNOWDROP
How is Galanthus nivalis better known?
BEDFORD
In which town or city is Charles Wells beer brewed?
RECIPROCAL
The result of dividing a number into one is called the what, of that number?
COFFEE (Maxwell House)
"Which product was advertised with the slogan ""Good to the last drop""?"
'THE ROCK'
Dwayne Johnson is the real name of which wrestler turned actor?
EDOUARD MANET
Which French Impressionist painter, famed for his portrait 'The Bar At The Folie Bergere', was born in Paris in 1832, and died of a gangrenous leg in 1883?