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Ode to a Nightingale	"From which poem by Keats did F Scott Fitzgerald get the title of his 1934 book ""Tender is the Night""?"
Alberta	Dinosaur National Park is a World Heritage Site in the Canadian Badlands, in which Province is it?
Air Commodore	What is the comparative rank in the RAF of a Brigadier in the army?
The Pilgrimage of Grace	What name was given to the religious and social rebellion against Henry VIII in 1536?
Henry Wood	Who founded The Promenade Concerts in 1895?
Roentgenium	Rg is the chemical symbol for which element, named after a Nobel Prize winner for Physics?
Pain	Algophobia is the fear of what?
Polaris	What is the brightest star in Ursa Minor?
Subaru	"Which car manufacturer's logo has one big star and five small stars on its badge, its name translating as ""Pleiades""?"
Australia	Macadamia trees are indigenous to which country?
The Eurovision Song Contest	Which annual event was first held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano in 1956?
Banana	What fruit has the Latin name Musa sapientum?
Blott on the Landscape	Which 1985 TV series starred David Suchet in the title role about the proposed construction of a motorway through Cleeve Gorge it also starred George Cole, Julie McKenzie and Simon Cadell?
Northumberland	"In which county are the towns of ""Rothbury"", ""Seahouses"" and ""Wooler""?"
Shutter Island	The Ashcliffe hospital for the criminally insane is the setting for which 2010 Martin Scorsese film?
Valkyrie	What was the codename for the planned uprising to follow the failed) assassination of Hitler in July 1944?
Roald Dahl	"Actress Patricia Neal, who won a best actress Oscar for her role in ""Hud"" in 1963, was married to which famous writer?"
1923	Name the year - Adolf Hitler's beer hall putsch fails; President Warren Harding dies in office and Bolton beat West Ham in the first Wembley FA cup final?
Chile	Rapa Nui National Park is a world heritage site belonging to which country?
Ben Sherman	Arthur Sugarman founded which clothing company in 1963 initially becoming fashionable for the mods?
Alligator Pear	We call the fruit an Avocado, what do the American's call it?
Stratosphere	"In which layer of the atmosphere would you find ""The Ozone Layer?"
Canterbury	"In which Cathedral is the tomb of the ""Black Prince""?"
Lizard	"""Galliwasp"" and ""Horned toad"" are types of which creature?"
British Chambers of Commerce	Of which organisation was John Longworth Director General when he was suspended for suggesting Britain would be better off outside the EU (he later resigned in March 2016)?
The Tale of Tsar Saltan	"""The flight of the Bumblebee"" comes from which Opera?"
Columbia	Which film company's logo is a lady with a torch?
The Medina	Newport on the Isle of Wight stands on which river?
South Sudan	Which country is the most recent to join the United Nations - in July 2011?
Ryde	The hovercraft service across the Solent is between Southsea and which Isle of Wight town?
Coldplay	Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion are three members of which band formed in 1996?
Four	How many faces does a tetrahedron have?
20	How many rugby union teams took part in the 2015 Rugby World Cup?
Dipsy	Which of the Teletubbies is missing - Tinky-Winky, Laa-Laa, Po and ?
Brave New World	Which novel is set in the seventh century AF (After Ford) - 632 years after the birth of the inventor of the model T?
1587	In which year was Mary, Queen of Scots executed and Sir Francis Drake 'Singed the King of Spain's Beard'?
Midnight	What is the first word of the song Memory from the musical Cats?
Malcolm Turnbull	Who took over as Prime Minister of Australia in September last year?
Beehive	What word can be a hairstyle, a wing of the New Zealand parliament buildings, and a nickname of the state of Utah?
The Revenant	In which recent film does Leonardo DiCaprio play Hugh Glass and Tom Hardy play John Fitzgerald?
Rudyard Kipling	"Who wrote the fantasy book ""Puck of Pook's"" Hill published in 1906?"
Ben Stokes	Which England cricketer scored 258 against South Africa in the second test in January?
Bloody Sunday	What is the two-word title of the 2002 Paul Greengrass directed film set in Derry in 1972
Deuteronomy	Which book of the Old Testament consists of speeches by Moses to the Israelites shortly before they enter the Promised Land?
Epsilon	Which letter comes between delta and zeta in the Greek alphabet?
Dennis Gabor	Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for the invention of holography?
Bradford	In which city was the Independent Labour Party founded in 1893?
World War Two	"The 1998 Terrence Malick directed film ""The Thin Red Line"" is set during which war?"
Sigma	Which letter comes between rho and tau in the Greek alphabet?
Just So Stories	"What is the collective name for the stories by Kipling that includes ""How the Camel Got His Hump"" and ""How the Leopard Got His Spots""?"
Blue	Cobalt is a shade of what colour?
Lehman Brothers	Which bank, the fourth largest investment bank in the USA, filed for bankruptcy on September 15th 2008?
Preston North End	Bill Shankly played for Carlisle United from 1932 to 1933. Which club did he play for from 1933 to 1949?
Magnum (PI)	Robin's Nest, owned by Robin Masters, is a beach front estate in which US crime drama of the 1980s?
Lord Howard of Effingham	Who commanded the English fleet against the Spanish Armada?
Morocco	The Hassan II Mosque, opened in 1993, with the world's tallest minaret, is in which country?
Brian Blessed	Who played Old Deuteronomy and Bustopher Jones in the original London production of Cats in 1981?
Bette Midler	Which singer and actress is known as The Divine Miss M?
Keystone	What word can be part of an arch, part of the description of a team of incompetent policeman and a nickname of the state of Pennsylvania?
William IV	Which Hanoverian King was married to Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen?
Robin Hood Airport	What is the name of the international airport with IATA code DSA built on the site of the former RAF Finningley?
Respect	Which party did George Galloway represent as MP for Bradford West from 2012 to 2015?
Joseph Paxton	A bust of which architect and gardener by William Woodington is in Crystal Palace Park in London?
Pakistan	Two countries joined the United Nations in September 1947 - Yemen and which other, one month after its creation?
U2	Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr are three members of which band formed in 1976?
50	Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl in February. This was the first time that the tradition of naming each game using Roman numerals was not used. So this game was Super Bowl what number?
The Tweenies	The children Bella, Fizz, Jake and Milo are characters in which children's TV series?
Delia Smith	Who wrote How to Cheat at Cooking published in 1971?
Robert Wagner	Who was twice married to actress Natalie Wood?
Angola	Which African country has the Kwanza as its currency?
Islay	The Laphroaig & Bowmore whisky distilleries are found on which Scottish island?
Huddersfield Town	At which Yorkshire football club was Bill Shankly manager between 1956 and 1959, before he left to begin his legendary tenure at Liverpool?
Charon	In Greek Mythology who was the ferryman who carried the dead to the underworld across the River Styx?
(Maureen) Connolly	In tennis, who was the first woman to win all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in the same year?
Rose	The Raspberry, Blueberry and Dewberry all belong to which family of plants?
Portugal	Coimbra is the oldest university in which European country?
Carlisle	Luguvalium was the Roman name for which North Western English city?
(Peter) Falk	Which actor portrayed the fictional detective Columbo on screen?
John Wilkes Boothe	On this day in 1865, which murderous actor was shot dead by Boston Corbett, a Union soldier in Port Royal, Virginia U.S.A.?
Benetton	For which formula one team was Michael Schumacher driving when he first won the drivers’ championship?
Indian Ocean	In which ocean are the Seychelles located?
Coypu	Nutria is the name given to the fur of which semi aquatic rodent?
1957	In which year was the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 launched?
Euphemism	What word is given to the figure of speech in which an unpleasant or offensive term is described by another milder term?
(Sonny-Bill) Williams	Which New Zealand Rugby player also has a professional boxing record of 7 wins 0 losses and 3 knockouts as a heavyweight professional boxer?
The Likes of Us	Which was the first musical to be penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice?
Brazil	Dilma Rousseff has been under a political cloud recently after allegations of finance tampering have led to a clamour for her impeachment, at the time of writing (20/4) of which country is she president?
Ichthyology	What is the scientific name for the study of fish?
Sandstorm	Meteorologically speaking, what is a haboob?
Sauvignon Blanc	The French white wine Sancerre is made from which grape?
The Virgin Mary	In the Bible which prominent figure is the chid of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim?
King John	Which King of England was nicknamed Softsword and Lackland?
The Wolf of Wall Street	How is Jordan Belfort described in the tittle of a 2013 film biopic of his turbulent life?
Italy	The Tarantella is a form of folk music and a ballroom dance originating from which country?
Singapore	The straits of Johor separate which island from the Malay Peninsula?
Indonesia	The Riau Islands are a province of which country?
Fantasia	Which Disney film features the Greek god Bacchus and his little pet donkey Jacchus?
Eos	In Greek myth who was goddess of the dawn?
India	Tiranga is the name given to which country’s national flag?
(Leo) Delibes	Who composed the opera Lakmé?

Ode to a Nightingale

"From which poem by Keats did F Scott Fitzgerald get the title of his 1934 book ""Tender is the Night""?"

Alberta

Dinosaur National Park is a World Heritage Site in the Canadian Badlands, in which Province is it?

Air Commodore

What is the comparative rank in the RAF of a Brigadier in the army?

The Pilgrimage of Grace

What name was given to the religious and social rebellion against Henry VIII in 1536?

Henry Wood

Who founded The Promenade Concerts in 1895?

Roentgenium

Rg is the chemical symbol for which element, named after a Nobel Prize winner for Physics?

Pain

Algophobia is the fear of what?

Polaris

What is the brightest star in Ursa Minor?

Subaru

"Which car manufacturer's logo has one big star and five small stars on its badge, its name translating as ""Pleiades""?"

Australia

Macadamia trees are indigenous to which country?

The Eurovision Song Contest

Which annual event was first held at the Teatro Kursaal in Lugano in 1956?

Banana

What fruit has the Latin name Musa sapientum?

Blott on the Landscape

Which 1985 TV series starred David Suchet in the title role about the proposed construction of a motorway through Cleeve Gorge it also starred George Cole, Julie McKenzie and Simon Cadell?

Northumberland

"In which county are the towns of ""Rothbury"", ""Seahouses"" and ""Wooler""?"

Shutter Island

The Ashcliffe hospital for the criminally insane is the setting for which 2010 Martin Scorsese film?

Valkyrie

What was the codename for the planned uprising to follow the failed) assassination of Hitler in July 1944?

Roald Dahl

"Actress Patricia Neal, who won a best actress Oscar for her role in ""Hud"" in 1963, was married to which famous writer?"

1923

Name the year - Adolf Hitler's beer hall putsch fails; President Warren Harding dies in office and Bolton beat West Ham in the first Wembley FA cup final?

Chile

Rapa Nui National Park is a world heritage site belonging to which country?

Ben Sherman

Arthur Sugarman founded which clothing company in 1963 initially becoming fashionable for the mods?

Alligator Pear

We call the fruit an Avocado, what do the American's call it?

Stratosphere

"In which layer of the atmosphere would you find ""The Ozone Layer?"

Canterbury

"In which Cathedral is the tomb of the ""Black Prince""?"

Lizard

"""Galliwasp"" and ""Horned toad"" are types of which creature?"

British Chambers of Commerce

Of which organisation was John Longworth Director General when he was suspended for suggesting Britain would be better off outside the EU (he later resigned in March 2016)?

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

"""The flight of the Bumblebee"" comes from which Opera?"

Columbia

Which film company's logo is a lady with a torch?

The Medina

Newport on the Isle of Wight stands on which river?

South Sudan

Which country is the most recent to join the United Nations - in July 2011?

Ryde

The hovercraft service across the Solent is between Southsea and which Isle of Wight town?

Coldplay

Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion are three members of which band formed in 1996?

Four

How many faces does a tetrahedron have?

20

How many rugby union teams took part in the 2015 Rugby World Cup?

Dipsy

Which of the Teletubbies is missing - Tinky-Winky, Laa-Laa, Po and ?

Brave New World

Which novel is set in the seventh century AF (After Ford) - 632 years after the birth of the inventor of the model T?

1587

In which year was Mary, Queen of Scots executed and Sir Francis Drake 'Singed the King of Spain's Beard'?

Midnight

What is the first word of the song Memory from the musical Cats?

Malcolm Turnbull

Who took over as Prime Minister of Australia in September last year?

Beehive

What word can be a hairstyle, a wing of the New Zealand parliament buildings, and a nickname of the state of Utah?

The Revenant

In which recent film does Leonardo DiCaprio play Hugh Glass and Tom Hardy play John Fitzgerald?

Rudyard Kipling

"Who wrote the fantasy book ""Puck of Pook's"" Hill published in 1906?"

Ben Stokes

Which England cricketer scored 258 against South Africa in the second test in January?

Bloody Sunday

What is the two-word title of the 2002 Paul Greengrass directed film set in Derry in 1972

Deuteronomy

Which book of the Old Testament consists of speeches by Moses to the Israelites shortly before they enter the Promised Land?

Epsilon

Which letter comes between delta and zeta in the Greek alphabet?

Dennis Gabor

Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for the invention of holography?

Bradford

In which city was the Independent Labour Party founded in 1893?

World War Two

"The 1998 Terrence Malick directed film ""The Thin Red Line"" is set during which war?"

Sigma

Which letter comes between rho and tau in the Greek alphabet?

Just So Stories

"What is the collective name for the stories by Kipling that includes ""How the Camel Got His Hump"" and ""How the Leopard Got His Spots""?"

Blue

Cobalt is a shade of what colour?

Lehman Brothers

Which bank, the fourth largest investment bank in the USA, filed for bankruptcy on September 15th 2008?

Preston North End

Bill Shankly played for Carlisle United from 1932 to 1933. Which club did he play for from 1933 to 1949?

Magnum (PI)

Robin's Nest, owned by Robin Masters, is a beach front estate in which US crime drama of the 1980s?

Lord Howard of Effingham

Who commanded the English fleet against the Spanish Armada?

Morocco

The Hassan II Mosque, opened in 1993, with the world's tallest minaret, is in which country?

Brian Blessed

Who played Old Deuteronomy and Bustopher Jones in the original London production of Cats in 1981?

Bette Midler

Which singer and actress is known as The Divine Miss M?

Keystone

What word can be part of an arch, part of the description of a team of incompetent policeman and a nickname of the state of Pennsylvania?

William IV

Which Hanoverian King was married to Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen?

Robin Hood Airport

What is the name of the international airport with IATA code DSA built on the site of the former RAF Finningley?

Respect

Which party did George Galloway represent as MP for Bradford West from 2012 to 2015?

Joseph Paxton

A bust of which architect and gardener by William Woodington is in Crystal Palace Park in London?

Pakistan

Two countries joined the United Nations in September 1947 - Yemen and which other, one month after its creation?

U2

Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullen Jr are three members of which band formed in 1976?

50

Denver Broncos won the Super Bowl in February. This was the first time that the tradition of naming each game using Roman numerals was not used. So this game was Super Bowl what number?

The Tweenies

The children Bella, Fizz, Jake and Milo are characters in which children's TV series?

Delia Smith

Who wrote How to Cheat at Cooking published in 1971?

Robert Wagner

Who was twice married to actress Natalie Wood?

Angola

Which African country has the Kwanza as its currency?

Islay

The Laphroaig & Bowmore whisky distilleries are found on which Scottish island?

Huddersfield Town

At which Yorkshire football club was Bill Shankly manager between 1956 and 1959, before he left to begin his legendary tenure at Liverpool?

Charon

In Greek Mythology who was the ferryman who carried the dead to the underworld across the River Styx?

(Maureen) Connolly

In tennis, who was the first woman to win all 4 Grand Slam tournaments in the same year?

Rose

The Raspberry, Blueberry and Dewberry all belong to which family of plants?

Portugal

Coimbra is the oldest university in which European country?

Carlisle

Luguvalium was the Roman name for which North Western English city?

(Peter) Falk

Which actor portrayed the fictional detective Columbo on screen?

John Wilkes Boothe

On this day in 1865, which murderous actor was shot dead by Boston Corbett, a Union soldier in Port Royal, Virginia U.S.A.?

Benetton

For which formula one team was Michael Schumacher driving when he first won the drivers’ championship?

Indian Ocean

In which ocean are the Seychelles located?

Coypu

Nutria is the name given to the fur of which semi aquatic rodent?

1957

In which year was the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik 1 launched?

Euphemism

What word is given to the figure of speech in which an unpleasant or offensive term is described by another milder term?

(Sonny-Bill) Williams

Which New Zealand Rugby player also has a professional boxing record of 7 wins 0 losses and 3 knockouts as a heavyweight professional boxer?

The Likes of Us

Which was the first musical to be penned by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice?

Brazil

Dilma Rousseff has been under a political cloud recently after allegations of finance tampering have led to a clamour for her impeachment, at the time of writing (20/4) of which country is she president?

Ichthyology

What is the scientific name for the study of fish?

Sandstorm

Meteorologically speaking, what is a haboob?

Sauvignon Blanc

The French white wine Sancerre is made from which grape?

The Virgin Mary

In the Bible which prominent figure is the chid of Saint Anne and Saint Joachim?

King John

Which King of England was nicknamed Softsword and Lackland?

The Wolf of Wall Street

How is Jordan Belfort described in the tittle of a 2013 film biopic of his turbulent life?

Italy

The Tarantella is a form of folk music and a ballroom dance originating from which country?

Singapore

The straits of Johor separate which island from the Malay Peninsula?

Indonesia

The Riau Islands are a province of which country?

Fantasia

Which Disney film features the Greek god Bacchus and his little pet donkey Jacchus?

Eos

In Greek myth who was goddess of the dawn?

India

Tiranga is the name given to which country’s national flag?

(Leo) Delibes

Who composed the opera Lakmé?