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'THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE'	"""Theirs not to reason why"" is a line from which poem?"
'HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN'	Which Sir Walter Scott novel has the same name as a Scottish football team?
MUSTIQUE	On which island in the Caribbean did Princess Margaret have a home?
'MADE IN AMERICA'	Which 1993 film starring Whoopie Goldberg and Ted Danson, was about a black teenager conceived by artificial insemination, who discovers her father is a white car salesman?
BRAHMS	Which 19th century composer shares his surname with a character from the TV show 'Are You Being Served'?
BROS	Which group had their only UK number one with 'I Owe You Nothing'?
NOTRE DAME	Which is the most famous building on the Ile de la Cite in Paris?
'CHARLES BRONSON'	Lord Longford was the best man at the wedding of which criminal, whose real name is Michael Gordon Peterson?
112	How many pounds are there in a hundredweight?
'A FEW GOOD MEN'	Which film starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson is about a lawyer defending two Marines on a charge of murder?
TERRY NATION	Who created the 'Daleks' in 'Dr. Who' as well as the science fiction series 'Blakes's Seven'? He died in 1997.
ST. CRISPIN	Which saint, whose feast day is on October 25th., was made even more famous in a speech by Shakespeare's king 'Henry V'?
LANCASTER	Dr. Buck Ruxton, who distributed the body parts of his murdered victims throughout Scotland, practiced in which city?
ARMENIA	Yerevan is the capital of which country?
FFOS LAS	Which new racecourse in Wales opened in June 2009?
BELGIAN	What nationality is fashion designer Raf Simons?
GOATS	What sort of creatures may be described as 'Caprine'?
LORD PALMERSTON	Henry John Temple was better known as which Prime Minister?
CLIMBING PLANTS	What type of plants are 'Scandents'?
PRINCE ANDREW	Which member of the Royal Family has the title 'Earl of Inverness'?
W.E. GLADSTONE	Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain at the start of the first Boer War?
ASTRONOMER ROYAL	What position is currently held by Martin Lees, Baron Lees of Ludlow?
TITUS	Alphabetically, which is the last book of the New Testament?
'WESTLIFE'	Who had a number one hit 2001 with 'Queen Of My Heart'?
660	How many feet are there in a 'Furlong'?
H.M.S. CUMBERLAND	Following the Battle of the River Plate, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles blockaded the estuary of the river. Which Royal Navy warship subsequently joined them?
18	In total, how many toes do most cats have?
1964	Brezhnev and Kosygin take over from Kruschev, Southern Rhodesia becomes Zambia, Roger Emerson wins the Men's Singles at Wimbledon. Which year?
'HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS'	What was the name of the second 'Harry Potter' film?
YELLOW	What colour of flowers does the 'Fennel' plant have?
1986	Seven crew are killed when the space shuttle Challenger explodes, US Air Force bombers attack Libya, Castleford win the Rugby League Challenge Cup. Which year?
FEBRUARY	The pheasant shooting season finishes on the first of which month?
HONOURABLE	What courtesy title is given to the sons and daughters of the peerage?
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS	What was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879?
FINLAND	In which country is Tampere?
CAMBRIDGE	Girton College is part of which University?
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	The Battle of Naseby took place in which English county?
'THE TROGGS'	Which group had a UK hit in August 1966 with the song 'With A Girl Like You'?
WILD CAT	What kind of creature is a 'Serval'?
HARARE	What is the capital of Zimbabwe?
SYDNEY POLLACK	Who directed thee 1982 film 'Tootsie'?
TURKEY	In which country are the Taurus Mountains?
'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'	In which Shakespeare play do the characters 'Beatrice' and 'Benedick' appear?
WAGNER	Who composed the music for the opera 'Parsifal'?
FRIENDSHIP 7	What was the name of the craft in which John Glenn first orbited the Earth in 1962?
INDIA	In which country is the mountain range, the Western Ghats?
JOHN SULLIVAN	Who devised the TV series 'Citizen Smith'?
AGNES	What was the real first name of Mother Teresa?
JAMES CAMERON	Who directed the 1997 film 'Titanic'?
ROY CLARKE	Who devised the TV series 'Last Of The Summer Wine'?
'THE MERCHANT OF VENICE'	'Launcelot Gobbo', the clown, features in which Shakespeare play?
DONIZETTI	Who composed the music for the opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'?
LINCOLN	After St. Paul's and York Minster which is the third largest cathedral in England?
SPEKE HALL	Where in Merseyside would you find two large Yew trees nicknamed 'Adam & Eve'?
APOLLO 17	What was the name of the last manned mission to the Moon?
LUSAKA	What is the capital of Zambia?
THE DARDANELLES	Which stretch of water joins the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmera?
STEVEN SPEILBERG	Who directed the 1982 film 'E.T.'?
MEL GIBSON	Who directed the 1995 film 'Braveheart'?
CALCUTTA	Which city did Delhi replace as capital of India in 1912?
HAROLD PINTER	Which playwright wrote the screenplay for the 1982 film 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'?
THE WILD BEASTS	What does the name of the art group 'Les Fauves' translate into English?
VIENNA	In which city are the headquarters of OPEC, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
PAT RAFTER	Which Australian tennis player did Goran Ivanisevic defeat in the 2001 Wimbledon final?
LORD BYRON	Which of the Romantic poets wrote the epic semi- autobiographical poem 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'?
FRANKFURT	In which city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank?
ALEXANDER BORODIN	Which Russian composer wrote the opera 'Prince Igor'?
INDIA	In which country did the 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857 take place?
PERU	The independentist forces led by Antonio Jose de Sucre, which country's independence was won at the 1824 'Battle of Ayacucho '?
'ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA'	Playing on the title of another of the director's films, which 1984 movie starred Robert de Niro and James Woods as Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organised crime?
LATVIA	Anatolijs Gorbunovs became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1990?
PHILIPPINES	The day in 1896 that he was executed is now a national holiday. Jose Rizal was a nationalist and polymath and a national hero of which country?
UKRAINE	Leonid Kravchuk became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1991?
RHIZOME	What name is given to a plant that has a stem that grows horizontally below the surface of the soil?
DORSET	The 'Cerne Abbas Giant' is a 180 foot high carved hill figure located in which county?
BRITISH COLUMBIA	Kimberley and Vancouver are cities in which Canadian province?
CEDRIC PIOLINE	Which French tennis player did Pete Sampras defeat in the 1997 Wimbledon final?
OXFORDSHIRE	The 'Uffington White Horse' is a 370 foot-long prehistoric hill figure located in which county?
ALBERTA	Calgary and Medicine Hat are cities in which Canadian province?
ALAN AYCKBOURN	Which dramatist wrote the trilogy of plays known collectively as 'The Norman Conquests'?
MERCIA	During the eighth century, of which kingdom was Offa the king?
WILLOW	Salix babylonica is the Latin name for which British tree?
FRANCE	From which country does 'Kronenbourg' lager originate?
ST. CHRISTOPHER	Who is the patron saint of travellers?
ASH	Which common British tree has the Latin name Fraxinus excelsior?
'CANNED HEAT'	Which Californian blues-influenced boogie rock band of the 1960's took their name from the title of a Tommy Johnson blues hit of 1928 that told the story of an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking cooking fuel?
'BEN HUR'	Although best known for his novels and essays, Gore Vidal, who died in 2012, also co-wrote the screenplay for which extremely successful film of the 1950's?
MOUNT MARCY	Teddy Roosevelt was climbing this mountain when William McKinley died (and had therefore become President). Which mountain is both the highest in the Adirondacks and the highest in New York State?
MALAGA	This summer, Arsenal signed Santi Cazorla for £16 million from which Spanish football club?
BORUSSIA DORTMUND	This summer, Manchester United signed Shinji Kagawa for £17 million from which German side?
NEW JERSEY	In which American state is the successful t.v. drama series 'Boardwalk Empire' set?
MONTEZUMA	Who was the Emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest?
'GETAFIX'	In the English translations of the 'Asterix' comics, what is the name of the village Druid with a white gown and red cloak, usually seen carrying a golden sickle?
'FOO FIGHTERS'	What was the name of the rock group formed by former 'Nirvana' drummer Dave Grohl that had hits with 'This Is A Call', 'Learn To Fly' and 'The Pretender'?
DEBBIE REYNOLDS	Which 'Oscar'-nominated actress is the mother of Carrie Fisher?
MIAMI	In which city was Gianni Versace murdered in 1997?
ANTHONY GORMLEY	Who won the Turner Prize in 1994 with his cast-iron work entitled 'Testing A World View'?
GILBERT & GEORGE	Which duo won the Turner Prize in 1986 with a photo- piece entitled 'Coming'?
NEW ZEALAND	To which country do the Chatham Islands belong?
HOB	What name is given to a male Ferret?

'THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE'

"""Theirs not to reason why"" is a line from which poem?"

'HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN'

Which Sir Walter Scott novel has the same name as a Scottish football team?

MUSTIQUE

On which island in the Caribbean did Princess Margaret have a home?

'MADE IN AMERICA'

Which 1993 film starring Whoopie Goldberg and Ted Danson, was about a black teenager conceived by artificial insemination, who discovers her father is a white car salesman?

BRAHMS

Which 19th century composer shares his surname with a character from the TV show 'Are You Being Served'?

BROS

Which group had their only UK number one with 'I Owe You Nothing'?

NOTRE DAME

Which is the most famous building on the Ile de la Cite in Paris?

'CHARLES BRONSON'

Lord Longford was the best man at the wedding of which criminal, whose real name is Michael Gordon Peterson?

112

How many pounds are there in a hundredweight?

'A FEW GOOD MEN'

Which film starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson is about a lawyer defending two Marines on a charge of murder?

TERRY NATION

Who created the 'Daleks' in 'Dr. Who' as well as the science fiction series 'Blakes's Seven'? He died in 1997.

ST. CRISPIN

Which saint, whose feast day is on October 25th., was made even more famous in a speech by Shakespeare's king 'Henry V'?

LANCASTER

Dr. Buck Ruxton, who distributed the body parts of his murdered victims throughout Scotland, practiced in which city?

ARMENIA

Yerevan is the capital of which country?

FFOS LAS

Which new racecourse in Wales opened in June 2009?

BELGIAN

What nationality is fashion designer Raf Simons?

GOATS

What sort of creatures may be described as 'Caprine'?

LORD PALMERSTON

Henry John Temple was better known as which Prime Minister?

CLIMBING PLANTS

What type of plants are 'Scandents'?

PRINCE ANDREW

Which member of the Royal Family has the title 'Earl of Inverness'?

W.E. GLADSTONE

Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain at the start of the first Boer War?

ASTRONOMER ROYAL

What position is currently held by Martin Lees, Baron Lees of Ludlow?

TITUS

Alphabetically, which is the last book of the New Testament?

'WESTLIFE'

Who had a number one hit 2001 with 'Queen Of My Heart'?

660

How many feet are there in a 'Furlong'?

H.M.S. CUMBERLAND

Following the Battle of the River Plate, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles blockaded the estuary of the river. Which Royal Navy warship subsequently joined them?

18

In total, how many toes do most cats have?

1964

Brezhnev and Kosygin take over from Kruschev, Southern Rhodesia becomes Zambia, Roger Emerson wins the Men's Singles at Wimbledon. Which year?

'HARRY POTTER & THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS'

What was the name of the second 'Harry Potter' film?

YELLOW

What colour of flowers does the 'Fennel' plant have?

1986

Seven crew are killed when the space shuttle Challenger explodes, US Air Force bombers attack Libya, Castleford win the Rugby League Challenge Cup. Which year?

FEBRUARY

The pheasant shooting season finishes on the first of which month?

HONOURABLE

What courtesy title is given to the sons and daughters of the peerage?

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS

What was founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879?

FINLAND

In which country is Tampere?

CAMBRIDGE

Girton College is part of which University?

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

The Battle of Naseby took place in which English county?

'THE TROGGS'

Which group had a UK hit in August 1966 with the song 'With A Girl Like You'?

WILD CAT

What kind of creature is a 'Serval'?

HARARE

What is the capital of Zimbabwe?

SYDNEY POLLACK

Who directed thee 1982 film 'Tootsie'?

TURKEY

In which country are the Taurus Mountains?

'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'

In which Shakespeare play do the characters 'Beatrice' and 'Benedick' appear?

WAGNER

Who composed the music for the opera 'Parsifal'?

FRIENDSHIP 7

What was the name of the craft in which John Glenn first orbited the Earth in 1962?

INDIA

In which country is the mountain range, the Western Ghats?

JOHN SULLIVAN

Who devised the TV series 'Citizen Smith'?

AGNES

What was the real first name of Mother Teresa?

JAMES CAMERON

Who directed the 1997 film 'Titanic'?

ROY CLARKE

Who devised the TV series 'Last Of The Summer Wine'?

'THE MERCHANT OF VENICE'

'Launcelot Gobbo', the clown, features in which Shakespeare play?

DONIZETTI

Who composed the music for the opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'?

LINCOLN

After St. Paul's and York Minster which is the third largest cathedral in England?

SPEKE HALL

Where in Merseyside would you find two large Yew trees nicknamed 'Adam & Eve'?

APOLLO 17

What was the name of the last manned mission to the Moon?

LUSAKA

What is the capital of Zambia?

THE DARDANELLES

Which stretch of water joins the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmera?

STEVEN SPEILBERG

Who directed the 1982 film 'E.T.'?

MEL GIBSON

Who directed the 1995 film 'Braveheart'?

CALCUTTA

Which city did Delhi replace as capital of India in 1912?

HAROLD PINTER

Which playwright wrote the screenplay for the 1982 film 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'?

THE WILD BEASTS

What does the name of the art group 'Les Fauves' translate into English?

VIENNA

In which city are the headquarters of OPEC, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries?

PAT RAFTER

Which Australian tennis player did Goran Ivanisevic defeat in the 2001 Wimbledon final?

LORD BYRON

Which of the Romantic poets wrote the epic semi- autobiographical poem 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage'?

FRANKFURT

In which city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank?

ALEXANDER BORODIN

Which Russian composer wrote the opera 'Prince Igor'?

INDIA

In which country did the 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857 take place?

PERU

The independentist forces led by Antonio Jose de Sucre, which country's independence was won at the 1824 'Battle of Ayacucho '?

'ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA'

Playing on the title of another of the director's films, which 1984 movie starred Robert de Niro and James Woods as Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organised crime?

LATVIA

Anatolijs Gorbunovs became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1990?

PHILIPPINES

The day in 1896 that he was executed is now a national holiday. Jose Rizal was a nationalist and polymath and a national hero of which country?

UKRAINE

Leonid Kravchuk became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1991?

RHIZOME

What name is given to a plant that has a stem that grows horizontally below the surface of the soil?

DORSET

The 'Cerne Abbas Giant' is a 180 foot high carved hill figure located in which county?

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Kimberley and Vancouver are cities in which Canadian province?

CEDRIC PIOLINE

Which French tennis player did Pete Sampras defeat in the 1997 Wimbledon final?

OXFORDSHIRE

The 'Uffington White Horse' is a 370 foot-long prehistoric hill figure located in which county?

ALBERTA

Calgary and Medicine Hat are cities in which Canadian province?

ALAN AYCKBOURN

Which dramatist wrote the trilogy of plays known collectively as 'The Norman Conquests'?

MERCIA

During the eighth century, of which kingdom was Offa the king?

WILLOW

Salix babylonica is the Latin name for which British tree?

FRANCE

From which country does 'Kronenbourg' lager originate?

ST. CHRISTOPHER

Who is the patron saint of travellers?

ASH

Which common British tree has the Latin name Fraxinus excelsior?

'CANNED HEAT'

Which Californian blues-influenced boogie rock band of the 1960's took their name from the title of a Tommy Johnson blues hit of 1928 that told the story of an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking cooking fuel?

'BEN HUR'

Although best known for his novels and essays, Gore Vidal, who died in 2012, also co-wrote the screenplay for which extremely successful film of the 1950's?

MOUNT MARCY

Teddy Roosevelt was climbing this mountain when William McKinley died (and had therefore become President). Which mountain is both the highest in the Adirondacks and the highest in New York State?

MALAGA

This summer, Arsenal signed Santi Cazorla for £16 million from which Spanish football club?

BORUSSIA DORTMUND

This summer, Manchester United signed Shinji Kagawa for £17 million from which German side?

NEW JERSEY

In which American state is the successful t.v. drama series 'Boardwalk Empire' set?

MONTEZUMA

Who was the Emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest?

'GETAFIX'

In the English translations of the 'Asterix' comics, what is the name of the village Druid with a white gown and red cloak, usually seen carrying a golden sickle?

'FOO FIGHTERS'

What was the name of the rock group formed by former 'Nirvana' drummer Dave Grohl that had hits with 'This Is A Call', 'Learn To Fly' and 'The Pretender'?

DEBBIE REYNOLDS

Which 'Oscar'-nominated actress is the mother of Carrie Fisher?

MIAMI

In which city was Gianni Versace murdered in 1997?

ANTHONY GORMLEY

Who won the Turner Prize in 1994 with his cast-iron work entitled 'Testing A World View'?

GILBERT & GEORGE

Which duo won the Turner Prize in 1986 with a photo- piece entitled 'Coming'?

NEW ZEALAND

To which country do the Chatham Islands belong?

HOB

What name is given to a male Ferret?