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