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(Che) Guevara	Who was executed in the Bolivian village of La Higuera on October 9th 1967?
Batman	Which comic hero was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger in 1939?
Heart	Dr. Christian Barnard was the first person to successfully perform which type of human to human transplant?
(Compton) Mackenzie	Which novelist wrote The Monarch of the Glen and Whisky Galore?
Incas	Viracocha is the creator god in the mythology of which ancient people?
Sheep	Clun Forest, Romney and Bluefaced Leicester are all breeds of which animal?
Barnaby Rudge	Which eponymous Dickens character has a pet raven named Grip?
Badminton	Which Gloucestershire country estate is the ancestral home of the Duke of Beaufort is famous for annual trials held there?
Facebook	Which internet based company has its headquarters at 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California?
An E-Number	What is given to a food additive approved for use in the European Union?
(Jean) Valjean	Which fictional Frenchman was prisoner 24601?
Ebay	Pierre Omidyar founded which company in 1995?
Danny Devito	Who played the Penguin in the 1992 film Batman Returns?
Mexico	The World Heritage site Cichén Itzá is in which country?
Memphis Mafia	What was the name of Elvis Presley’s entourage?
THE POPE (Francis I)	How is Jorge Mario Bergoglio better known today?
WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT	Which pre-Raphaelite painted The Light of the World which shows Jesus preparing to knock on an overgrown and long-unopened door?
ROBERT SOUTHEY	Who was Poet Laureate between Henry James Pye and William Wordsworth?
ONE DIRECTION	Which boy band released their first studio album Up All Night in 2011?
SAMUEL CROMPTON	Who invented the spinning mule that built on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright?
THIRTY YEARS’ WAR	Which War was ended by the 1648 Peace of Westphalia?
BRISTOL	The work of graffiti artist Banksy was first seen in which English city?
TIRPITZ	Two battleships of the Bismarck class were built for the German Navy. The first was Bismarck. What was the name of the second?
PLUMED	Which word completes the title of the 1926 D H Lawrence novel - The ______ Serpent?
TWINS	In which 1988 film did Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito play Julius and Vincent Benedict?
HALIFAX	Which rugby league club played at Thrum Hall between 1886 and 1998?
CHARLES	What was the first name of the hymn-writing younger brother of John Wesley?
PAKISTAN	Which Asian country has the fourth largest population after China, India and Indonesia?
RHEA	Which word can be a flightless bird, a Greek goddess or the second largest moon of Saturn?
WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON	Which cartoonist and illustrator who made complicated drawings of simple machines was born on this day in 1872?
POSTAGE STAMP	What name is given to the shortest hole on the Old Course at Royal Troon Golf Club?
LADY PENELOPE	Creighton-Ward is the surname of which character in a TV puppet series set between 2065 and 2067?
RECONCILED	What is the last word of the fourth line of the hymn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – the last word of the third line is ‘mild’?
COLOMBIA	Which country in the Americas has the fourth largest population after U S A, Brazil and Mexico?
TERRY WAITE	Which negotiator who was held hostage in Beirut from 1987 to 1991 was born on this day in 1939?
ROYAL ASCOT	At which meeting will a race renamed for 2016 as the Gold Cup in Honour of The Queen’s 90th Birthday be run on June 16th?
HAMLET	The play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard expands on two characters from which Shakespeare play?
FOUR FEATHER FALLS	Of which Kansas town was Tex Tucker the sheriff in a Gerry Anderson T V puppet show?
BELGIUM	Racing driver Jacky Ickx and athlete Ivo Van Damme have both been Sports Personality of the Year in which country?
THE SCAPEGOAT	What is the title of the painting by William Holman Hunt which features an animal with a red cloth wrapped around its horns on the Day of Atonement?
FRANK CARSON	Which Belfast born comedian, resident in Blackpool for many years, had a catchphrase ‘It’s the way I tell ‘em’?
JLS	Which boy band, active from 2008 to 2013, included Marvin Humes and Aston Merrygold?
BRADFORD	Manningham, Tong and Wyke are wards in which Metropolitan Borough Council?
STETHOSCOPE	Which medical instrument was invented by René Laennec at the Necker Hospital in Paris in 1816?
PONT-NEUF	The Bulgarian born artist Christo is associated with wrapping buildings including the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995 and which Paris bridge in 1985?
617	Tirpitz was sunk on November 1944 during Operation Catechism by bombers from Number 9 Squadron and which other numbered squadron, well known from Operation Chastise the previous year?
FRANZ LISZT	The Hungarian Rhapsodies is a set of 19 piano pieces based on folk themes by which composer?
TOM HARDY	Who plays both of the Kray twins in the 2015 film Legend?
BRAMALL LANE	Only two grounds have hosted England football internationals, an England test match and an FA Cup Final replay. One is the Oval. Which ground is the other?
FIBONACCI (NUMBERS)	What name is given to the sequence of numbers that begins 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13?
FOUNDLING	Which word completes the full title of the novel by Henry Fielding - The History of Tom Jones, a ______?
DEATH IN PARADISE	In the first two series of which TV comedy drama did Ben Miller play D I Richard Poole?
GREEN	What colour is the head of an adult male mallard?
SPIRO T AGNEW	In office from 1969 to 1973 who was Richard Nixon’s first Vice President?
ANGLIA	What name is shared by a Ford car produced from 1939 to 1967 and an ITV company established in 1959?
Mickey Mouse	In the Disney film Fantasia, who takes the role of the sorcerer's apprentice?
Watford	It was announced last month that Walter Mazzarri is to take over from Quique Sanchez Flores as manager of which Premiership football team for the 2016/17 season?
Glad All Over	Which song title links a 1957 single release by Carl Perkins and a 1963 single by the Dave Clark Five?
(Arthur C.) Clarke	Which English born author and inventor was a Radar instructor during world war two, pioneered the science of geostationary satellite orbiting in the late 1940's, discovered underwater ruins while scuba diving off Sri Lanka in 1956 and was knighted by the Queen in 1998, 10 years before his death?
The Regular Show	A blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby are the main protagonists of which Cartoon Network series, first broadcast in 2010, other appearing characters include Skips, a yeti who works as a groundskeeper, voiced by Mark Hamill?
Entwistle	Sadly veteran actor Burt Kwouk OBE left us last month at the age of 85, what was the name of the character he played in Last of the Summer Wine?
Motor Racing Circuits	German engineer and architect Hermann Tilke is best known for his design of over 25 what around the world?
Calliope	Who is the Greek Muse of epic poetry?
The Damned	Dave Vanian, Brian James and Rat Scabies were three of the original four members of which punk band?
(Rachel) Riley	Who replaced Carol Vorderman as the numbers expert on Countdown in January 2009?
Neptune	Despina and Proteus are moons orbiting which planet of the solar system?
M.A.S.H.	The last episode of which long running T.V. series was entitled Goodbye, Farewell and Amen?
(Andrew) Jackson	In 1830 which US president signed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the forced removal of Native Americans from land?
Handley-Page	Which company manufactured the 'Halifax' bomber, a mainstay of the RAF during WW2?
Polo	Smith's Lawn is a famed venue in which sport?
Michelin Man	Bibendum is the real name of which famous advertising mascot?
Bangkok	Which Asian capital city stands on the Chao Phraya River?
(Ken)Loach	"Who directed this year's Cannes Palme D'or winning film ""I, Daniel Blake""?"
(Dame Evelyn) Glennie	Which Scottish woman, profoundly deaf from the age of 12, has become due to her 'sensing* the vibration of music, a noted solo percussionist? She studied at the London Royal Academy and appeared at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games?
License to Kill	Which James Bond film was the first to be released in the U.K. with an age restricting classification rating?
Viz	Roger Mellie, Finbarr Saunders & Buster Gonad are all regular comic strip characters appearing in which publication?
Dice	Crown and Anchor, a gambling game traditionally played by sailors, is played using what equipment?
Kabul	What is the capital city of Afghanistan?
The Minch	Which strait in north-west Scotland separates the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides, from Lewis and Harris in the Outer 1 Hebrides?
Andorra	Together the holders of the posts of President of France and Bishop of Urgel become the co-princes of where?
(Giuseppe) Verdi	Which composer wrote the opera Falstaff which premiered in 1893 just before their 70th birthday?
(Trevor) Berbick	Which boxer did Mike Tyson defeat in 1986 to win his first professional world title?
Buddhism	Theravada and Malayana are the 2 main schools of which religion?
Edward	What is the real first name of current Chief Scout, Bear Grylls?
Crimean War	The 1856 Treaty of Paris brought an end to which conflict?
Louis CK	What is the stage name of US comedian Louis Szekely?
Turkey	The electronics and white goods brand Beko originated, and is still based in which country?
The Knees	In a suit of armour what body part do pieces called poleyns protect?
(Jean-Paul) Sartre	Who wrote Nausea, Troubled Sleep and The Age of Reason?
Eyelids	A blepharoplasty is a cosmetic surgical procedure to remove skin from where?
(Thora) Hird	Which Actress was the mother of the actress Janette Scott?
Odysseus	The mythological Cyclops Polyphemus was blinded by which hero?
Reflex	In geometry what name is given to an angle between 180 and 360 degrees?
Beadle	What name links: an old time parish official, actor William Holden's real surname and a 1980's and 90's TV practical joker?
Arms and the Man	"""The Chocolate Soldier"" an operetta by Oscar Straus was based on which play by George Bernard Shaw?"
Heat	What does a Calorimeter measure?
Chianti	"In ""Silence of the Lambs"" what did Hannibal Lector drink with his Fava Beans and Liver?"
1963	Name the year: Lawrence of Arabia wins Oscar for best picture; Harold Wilson becomes Leader of the Labour Party and writer C.S. Lewis dies?
Everton	On which Premier League football clubs badge would you find Prince Rupert's Tower?
D'Artagnan	How was Charles Ogier De Batz better known in an Alexandre Dumas novel of 1844?

(Che) Guevara

Who was executed in the Bolivian village of La Higuera on October 9th 1967?

Batman

Which comic hero was created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger in 1939?

Heart

Dr. Christian Barnard was the first person to successfully perform which type of human to human transplant?

(Compton) Mackenzie

Which novelist wrote The Monarch of the Glen and Whisky Galore?

Incas

Viracocha is the creator god in the mythology of which ancient people?

Sheep

Clun Forest, Romney and Bluefaced Leicester are all breeds of which animal?

Barnaby Rudge

Which eponymous Dickens character has a pet raven named Grip?

Badminton

Which Gloucestershire country estate is the ancestral home of the Duke of Beaufort is famous for annual trials held there?

Facebook

Which internet based company has its headquarters at 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California?

An E-Number

What is given to a food additive approved for use in the European Union?

(Jean) Valjean

Which fictional Frenchman was prisoner 24601?

Ebay

Pierre Omidyar founded which company in 1995?

Danny Devito

Who played the Penguin in the 1992 film Batman Returns?

Mexico

The World Heritage site Cichén Itzá is in which country?

Memphis Mafia

What was the name of Elvis Presley’s entourage?

THE POPE (Francis I)

How is Jorge Mario Bergoglio better known today?

WILLIAM HOLMAN HUNT

Which pre-Raphaelite painted The Light of the World which shows Jesus preparing to knock on an overgrown and long-unopened door?

ROBERT SOUTHEY

Who was Poet Laureate between Henry James Pye and William Wordsworth?

ONE DIRECTION

Which boy band released their first studio album Up All Night in 2011?

SAMUEL CROMPTON

Who invented the spinning mule that built on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright?

THIRTY YEARS’ WAR

Which War was ended by the 1648 Peace of Westphalia?

BRISTOL

The work of graffiti artist Banksy was first seen in which English city?

TIRPITZ

Two battleships of the Bismarck class were built for the German Navy. The first was Bismarck. What was the name of the second?

PLUMED

Which word completes the title of the 1926 D H Lawrence novel - The ______ Serpent?

TWINS

In which 1988 film did Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito play Julius and Vincent Benedict?

HALIFAX

Which rugby league club played at Thrum Hall between 1886 and 1998?

CHARLES

What was the first name of the hymn-writing younger brother of John Wesley?

PAKISTAN

Which Asian country has the fourth largest population after China, India and Indonesia?

RHEA

Which word can be a flightless bird, a Greek goddess or the second largest moon of Saturn?

WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON

Which cartoonist and illustrator who made complicated drawings of simple machines was born on this day in 1872?

POSTAGE STAMP

What name is given to the shortest hole on the Old Course at Royal Troon Golf Club?

LADY PENELOPE

Creighton-Ward is the surname of which character in a TV puppet series set between 2065 and 2067?

RECONCILED

What is the last word of the fourth line of the hymn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – the last word of the third line is ‘mild’?

COLOMBIA

Which country in the Americas has the fourth largest population after U S A, Brazil and Mexico?

TERRY WAITE

Which negotiator who was held hostage in Beirut from 1987 to 1991 was born on this day in 1939?

ROYAL ASCOT

At which meeting will a race renamed for 2016 as the Gold Cup in Honour of The Queen’s 90th Birthday be run on June 16th?

HAMLET

The play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard expands on two characters from which Shakespeare play?

FOUR FEATHER FALLS

Of which Kansas town was Tex Tucker the sheriff in a Gerry Anderson T V puppet show?

BELGIUM

Racing driver Jacky Ickx and athlete Ivo Van Damme have both been Sports Personality of the Year in which country?

THE SCAPEGOAT

What is the title of the painting by William Holman Hunt which features an animal with a red cloth wrapped around its horns on the Day of Atonement?

FRANK CARSON

Which Belfast born comedian, resident in Blackpool for many years, had a catchphrase ‘It’s the way I tell ‘em’?

JLS

Which boy band, active from 2008 to 2013, included Marvin Humes and Aston Merrygold?

BRADFORD

Manningham, Tong and Wyke are wards in which Metropolitan Borough Council?

STETHOSCOPE

Which medical instrument was invented by René Laennec at the Necker Hospital in Paris in 1816?

PONT-NEUF

The Bulgarian born artist Christo is associated with wrapping buildings including the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995 and which Paris bridge in 1985?

617

Tirpitz was sunk on November 1944 during Operation Catechism by bombers from Number 9 Squadron and which other numbered squadron, well known from Operation Chastise the previous year?

FRANZ LISZT

The Hungarian Rhapsodies is a set of 19 piano pieces based on folk themes by which composer?

TOM HARDY

Who plays both of the Kray twins in the 2015 film Legend?

BRAMALL LANE

Only two grounds have hosted England football internationals, an England test match and an FA Cup Final replay. One is the Oval. Which ground is the other?

FIBONACCI (NUMBERS)

What name is given to the sequence of numbers that begins 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13?

FOUNDLING

Which word completes the full title of the novel by Henry Fielding - The History of Tom Jones, a ______?

DEATH IN PARADISE

In the first two series of which TV comedy drama did Ben Miller play D I Richard Poole?

GREEN

What colour is the head of an adult male mallard?

SPIRO T AGNEW

In office from 1969 to 1973 who was Richard Nixon’s first Vice President?

ANGLIA

What name is shared by a Ford car produced from 1939 to 1967 and an ITV company established in 1959?

Mickey Mouse

In the Disney film Fantasia, who takes the role of the sorcerer's apprentice?

Watford

It was announced last month that Walter Mazzarri is to take over from Quique Sanchez Flores as manager of which Premiership football team for the 2016/17 season?

Glad All Over

Which song title links a 1957 single release by Carl Perkins and a 1963 single by the Dave Clark Five?

(Arthur C.) Clarke

Which English born author and inventor was a Radar instructor during world war two, pioneered the science of geostationary satellite orbiting in the late 1940's, discovered underwater ruins while scuba diving off Sri Lanka in 1956 and was knighted by the Queen in 1998, 10 years before his death?

The Regular Show

A blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby are the main protagonists of which Cartoon Network series, first broadcast in 2010, other appearing characters include Skips, a yeti who works as a groundskeeper, voiced by Mark Hamill?

Entwistle

Sadly veteran actor Burt Kwouk OBE left us last month at the age of 85, what was the name of the character he played in Last of the Summer Wine?

Motor Racing Circuits

German engineer and architect Hermann Tilke is best known for his design of over 25 what around the world?

Calliope

Who is the Greek Muse of epic poetry?

The Damned

Dave Vanian, Brian James and Rat Scabies were three of the original four members of which punk band?

(Rachel) Riley

Who replaced Carol Vorderman as the numbers expert on Countdown in January 2009?

Neptune

Despina and Proteus are moons orbiting which planet of the solar system?

M.A.S.H.

The last episode of which long running T.V. series was entitled Goodbye, Farewell and Amen?

(Andrew) Jackson

In 1830 which US president signed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the forced removal of Native Americans from land?

Handley-Page

Which company manufactured the 'Halifax' bomber, a mainstay of the RAF during WW2?

Polo

Smith's Lawn is a famed venue in which sport?

Michelin Man

Bibendum is the real name of which famous advertising mascot?

Bangkok

Which Asian capital city stands on the Chao Phraya River?

(Ken)Loach

"Who directed this year's Cannes Palme D'or winning film ""I, Daniel Blake""?"

(Dame Evelyn) Glennie

Which Scottish woman, profoundly deaf from the age of 12, has become due to her 'sensing* the vibration of music, a noted solo percussionist? She studied at the London Royal Academy and appeared at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games?

License to Kill

Which James Bond film was the first to be released in the U.K. with an age restricting classification rating?

Viz

Roger Mellie, Finbarr Saunders & Buster Gonad are all regular comic strip characters appearing in which publication?

Dice

Crown and Anchor, a gambling game traditionally played by sailors, is played using what equipment?

Kabul

What is the capital city of Afghanistan?

The Minch

Which strait in north-west Scotland separates the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides, from Lewis and Harris in the Outer 1 Hebrides?

Andorra

Together the holders of the posts of President of France and Bishop of Urgel become the co-princes of where?

(Giuseppe) Verdi

Which composer wrote the opera Falstaff which premiered in 1893 just before their 70th birthday?

(Trevor) Berbick

Which boxer did Mike Tyson defeat in 1986 to win his first professional world title?

Buddhism

Theravada and Malayana are the 2 main schools of which religion?

Edward

What is the real first name of current Chief Scout, Bear Grylls?

Crimean War

The 1856 Treaty of Paris brought an end to which conflict?

Louis CK

What is the stage name of US comedian Louis Szekely?

Turkey

The electronics and white goods brand Beko originated, and is still based in which country?

The Knees

In a suit of armour what body part do pieces called poleyns protect?

(Jean-Paul) Sartre

Who wrote Nausea, Troubled Sleep and The Age of Reason?

Eyelids

A blepharoplasty is a cosmetic surgical procedure to remove skin from where?

(Thora) Hird

Which Actress was the mother of the actress Janette Scott?

Odysseus

The mythological Cyclops Polyphemus was blinded by which hero?

Reflex

In geometry what name is given to an angle between 180 and 360 degrees?

Beadle

What name links: an old time parish official, actor William Holden's real surname and a 1980's and 90's TV practical joker?

Arms and the Man

"""The Chocolate Soldier"" an operetta by Oscar Straus was based on which play by George Bernard Shaw?"

Heat

What does a Calorimeter measure?

Chianti

"In ""Silence of the Lambs"" what did Hannibal Lector drink with his Fava Beans and Liver?"

1963

Name the year: Lawrence of Arabia wins Oscar for best picture; Harold Wilson becomes Leader of the Labour Party and writer C.S. Lewis dies?

Everton

On which Premier League football clubs badge would you find Prince Rupert's Tower?

D'Artagnan

How was Charles Ogier De Batz better known in an Alexandre Dumas novel of 1844?