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'AEROSMITH'	Which rock group had a hit album in 1975 with 'Toys In The Attic'?
YEMEN	Socotra is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean belonging to which country?
West Is West	What is the title of the 2010 film that is the sequel to the 1999 film East is East?
Athletics	In which sport did Liberal Democrat MP Menzies Campbell compete in the 1964 Olympics
South Korea	Which country did Pope Francis visit in August?
Cargoes	Which poem by John Masefield begins 'Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine'?
Hull	The Spurn Lightship is a museum in which city
The Prostrate Years	Published in 2009 and set in 2006-2007 complete the title of the last book in the series Adrian Mole:
Khartoum	Which city lies at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile?
Bombay Bicycle Club	The album So Long, See You Tomorrow, based on the novel of the same name by William Maxwell, was a number one earlier this year for which band? Their name sounds like they could be a sports group from India.
Adam Hills	Who hosted the celebrity version of Fifteen to One which had one episode last September and four in June this year?
12	In the English version of Scrabble there are 100 tiles. The letter E has most tiles. How many
Saffron	Which spice is obtained from the plant Crocus sativus
Petra Kvitova	Who won the Ladies' Singles Championship at Wimbledon this year?
Waterloo	Which Bridge in Central London, completed in 1945, is often referred to as 'The Ladies' Bridge'
Ninth	Ramadan is which number month of the Islamic calendar
Neil Simon	Who wrote the three plays known as the Eugene Trilogy - Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound?
California	Leland Stanford, Earl Warren and Pat Brown (father of the current holder) have held the position of Governor of which US state?
June	The James Joyce novel Ulysses is set on one day in Dublin in 1904 in which month
Nigel Mansell	Which British driver has 31 Formula One victories, the most by a Briton?
A Minor	The music key signature C Major has no sharps or flats. What is the equivalent minor key?
Fantastic Mr Fox	Boggis, Bunce and Bean are three wealthy fanners who are the targets of the title character in which Roald Dahl novel filmed in 2009?
Watercress	Which salad plant has the scientific name Nasturtium officinale
Sergio Garcia	Which European golfer was joint runner-up in the 2014 Open Golf Championship?
The Comedy of Errors	The Boys from Syracuse is a musical based on which Shakespeare play?
Cardinal Richelieu	Which character was played by Peter Capaldi in the recent TV drama The Musketeers?
Alexandria	Cleopatra's Needle in London had stood in which Egyptian city since 12 BC
March	In which month is the Feast of the Annunciation in the Christian church
John Betjeman	Author Candida Lycett Green died in August. Which poet was her father
Bridget Jones	Published in 2013 Mad About the Boy is the third book about which character who is then 51 and a widow with two children?
London Grammar	The album If You Wait reached number two last year for which band? Their name sounds like it could be the name of a school in the capital.
G	Which is the only letter in an English Scrabble set which has 3 tiles
Chevrolet	The logo of which General Motors car brand is on the shirts of Manchester United FC
Walter Mondale	Who was the Democratic candidate in the 1984 US Presidential Election?
Mrs Dalloway	Clarissa is the eponymous protagonist of which Virginia Woolf novel set on one day in post World War One London?
Earth	The six elements including Beryllium and Magnesium are described in the periodic table as 'alkaline (what) metals'?
Dave Grohl	Who was the drummer for the band Nirvana before founding the Foo Fighters?
Belgium	Where was cartographer Gerardus Mercator born - the modern name of the country where he was born?
Wu	What was the name of the only female emperor of China (690 to 705) to rule the country in her own right?
Sunderland	In which city is Monkwearmouth Station Museum?
Aberdeen	In 1985 which was the last non-Glasgow team to win the Scottish Football League title
Birmingham	In which English city is the arts and media centre called The Custard Factory
Archbishop Of Canterbury	Which post was held by Reginald Pole from 1556 to 1558
(What Do You Want To Make Those) Eyes (At Me For?)	Emile Ford and the Checkmates had a UK number one in 1959 with a song whose title included which parts of the body?
€500	What is the highest value Euro banknote?
London Broncos	Which Rugby League club play their home games at the Hive Stadium?
New Zealand	The tui and the weka are birds native to which country?
William Golding	Who wrote the 1980 Booker Prize winner Rites of Passage!
AS Byatt	Who wrote the 1990 Booker Prize winner Possession?
High Wycombe	Rugby Union club London Wasps play their home games at Adams Park in which town?
'DEEPWATER HORIZON'	What is the name of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico subjected to an explosion in April this year?
COLOMBIAN	What nationality is the singer Shakira?
'BERTIE WOOSTER'	'Bingo Little', 'Gussie Fink-Nottle' and 'Catsmeat Potter- Pirbright' are friends of which fictional character?
14th	In which century did the plague known as 'The Black Death' occur?
SETTLE TO CARLISLE	Aisgill Summit is the highest point on which railway line?
GEORGES CLEMENCEAU	Who was the French Prime Minister at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 which led to the Treaty of Versailles?
CHRISTCHURCH	Which New Zealand city lies on the River Avon?
BASKETBALL	Which sport did Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain and 'Magic' Johnson play?
10	The logo of Cancer Research UK has a pattern of dots in the shape of a triangle. How many dots are there?
'HAMLET'	The Tom Stoppard play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' is based on characters from which play by Shakespeare?
'KELSEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL'	At which Grammar School is 'Mr. Cleaves' a bizarre teacher, in the first series of 'Little Britain'?
BENNY HILL	Who played computer expert 'Professor Simon Peach' in the 1969 film 'The Italian Job'?
RALPH VAUGHAN- WILLIAMS	Who composed 'The Lark Ascending'?
ASTLEY GREEN	Located between the A580 and the Bridgewater Canal, at which former colliery now a museum, is the only surviving pit headgear and engine house in the Lancashire coalfield?
ACTIUM	At which decisive battle in 31 BC did the forces of Octavian defeat the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra?
SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN	Which is the northernmost German state, with capital Kiel and bordering Denmark?
'ORION'S BELT'	How are the bright stars 'Alnitak', 'Alnilam' and 'Mintaka' known collectively?
'THE DUKES OF HAZZARD'	In which TV series did cousins 'Bo' and 'Luke' drive a car called the 'General Lee'?
JOHANNA SPYRI	Who wrote the children's book 'Heidi'?
EDINBURGH GAZETTE	In which newspaper are official notices relating to matters of state, Parliament, planning, transport and public finance, as well as insolvency and bankruptcy published in Scotland ?
RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR	Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation leading to the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended which war?
HOOGHLY	The city of Kolkata lies on which river?
HOCKEY	Which sport did Ian Taylor, Martyn Grimley and Sean Kerly play?
'THE A-TEAM'	In which 2010 film are the main characters played by Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson and Sharlto Copley?
'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'	'Beatrice et Benedict' is an opera by Berlioz, based on which play by Shakespeare?
'CEMENT POND'	In 'The Beverley Hillbillies', what did 'Granny' call the swimming pool?
YORKSHIRE POST	What is the name of the daily broadsheet newspaper published in Leeds?
FREDERICK DELIUS	Who composed 'On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring'?
BORNEO	On which island is the country of Brunei?
SUTTON MANOR	The sculpture 'Dream' by Jaume Plensa, which overlooks the M62, is sited at which former colliery?
CANNAE	At which major battle in 216 BC did the army of Carthage under Hannibal defeat the Romans under the command of consuls Varro and Paullus?
EXXON VALDEZ	Which ship suffered an oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989?
RIVER TEES	Which river flows over High Force Waterfall, one of the highest in England?
HUGH LAURIE	Which actor rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 Boat Race?
'ANDY PANDY'	In 2002 'Miss Hissy' a snake, 'Tiffo' a dog, 'Bilbo' a sailor, and 'Orbie' a yellow-and-blue ball joined the original three characters in which children's TV series originally made in the 1950's?
HENRY NEWBOLT	Who wrote the 1897 poem 'Drake's Drum'?
PEACE	Which Nobel Prize did Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams win in 1976?
'FAMILY FORTUNES'	Which TV Game Show has been presented by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis?
'THE PRICE IS RIGHT'	Which TV Game Show has been presented by Leslie Crowther, Bruce Forsyth and Joe Pasquale?
OSPREYS	Which Rugby Union team plays home games at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea?
CHARING CROSS	In London, trains cross Hungerford Bridge in to which station north of the River Thames?
LEHMAN BROTHERS	Which US bank filed for bankruptcy on September 15th 2008?
BERNARD MADOFF	Which US stockbroker was arrested in December 2008 charged with securities fraud and later jailed for 150 years?
PORTSMOUTH	In which English city was the Spinnaker Tower opened in 2005?
CADIZ	Which Spanish naval base was subjected to a siege by the French from February 1810 to August 1812?
NORFOLK	Stephen Fry played the title role in the television series 'Kingdom', in which English county was the series set?
YEADON	Which airport serves the Leeds/Bradford area?
WORCESTERSHIRE	Which Cricket county's Twenty20 team are known as the 'Royals'?
LANSING	What is the state capital of Michigan, USA?
BEETROOT	Which vegetable has the following varieties: 'Boltardy', 'Cylindra' and 'Forono'?

'AEROSMITH'

Which rock group had a hit album in 1975 with 'Toys In The Attic'?

YEMEN

Socotra is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean belonging to which country?

West Is West

What is the title of the 2010 film that is the sequel to the 1999 film East is East?

Athletics

In which sport did Liberal Democrat MP Menzies Campbell compete in the 1964 Olympics

South Korea

Which country did Pope Francis visit in August?

Cargoes

Which poem by John Masefield begins 'Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine'?

Hull

The Spurn Lightship is a museum in which city

The Prostrate Years

Published in 2009 and set in 2006-2007 complete the title of the last book in the series Adrian Mole:

Khartoum

Which city lies at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile?

Bombay Bicycle Club

The album So Long, See You Tomorrow, based on the novel of the same name by William Maxwell, was a number one earlier this year for which band? Their name sounds like they could be a sports group from India.

Adam Hills

Who hosted the celebrity version of Fifteen to One which had one episode last September and four in June this year?

12

In the English version of Scrabble there are 100 tiles. The letter E has most tiles. How many

Saffron

Which spice is obtained from the plant Crocus sativus

Petra Kvitova

Who won the Ladies' Singles Championship at Wimbledon this year?

Waterloo

Which Bridge in Central London, completed in 1945, is often referred to as 'The Ladies' Bridge'

Ninth

Ramadan is which number month of the Islamic calendar

Neil Simon

Who wrote the three plays known as the Eugene Trilogy - Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues and Broadway Bound?

California

Leland Stanford, Earl Warren and Pat Brown (father of the current holder) have held the position of Governor of which US state?

June

The James Joyce novel Ulysses is set on one day in Dublin in 1904 in which month

Nigel Mansell

Which British driver has 31 Formula One victories, the most by a Briton?

A Minor

The music key signature C Major has no sharps or flats. What is the equivalent minor key?

Fantastic Mr Fox

Boggis, Bunce and Bean are three wealthy fanners who are the targets of the title character in which Roald Dahl novel filmed in 2009?

Watercress

Which salad plant has the scientific name Nasturtium officinale

Sergio Garcia

Which European golfer was joint runner-up in the 2014 Open Golf Championship?

The Comedy of Errors

The Boys from Syracuse is a musical based on which Shakespeare play?

Cardinal Richelieu

Which character was played by Peter Capaldi in the recent TV drama The Musketeers?

Alexandria

Cleopatra's Needle in London had stood in which Egyptian city since 12 BC

March

In which month is the Feast of the Annunciation in the Christian church

John Betjeman

Author Candida Lycett Green died in August. Which poet was her father

Bridget Jones

Published in 2013 Mad About the Boy is the third book about which character who is then 51 and a widow with two children?

London Grammar

The album If You Wait reached number two last year for which band? Their name sounds like it could be the name of a school in the capital.

G

Which is the only letter in an English Scrabble set which has 3 tiles

Chevrolet

The logo of which General Motors car brand is on the shirts of Manchester United FC

Walter Mondale

Who was the Democratic candidate in the 1984 US Presidential Election?

Mrs Dalloway

Clarissa is the eponymous protagonist of which Virginia Woolf novel set on one day in post World War One London?

Earth

The six elements including Beryllium and Magnesium are described in the periodic table as 'alkaline (what) metals'?

Dave Grohl

Who was the drummer for the band Nirvana before founding the Foo Fighters?

Belgium

Where was cartographer Gerardus Mercator born - the modern name of the country where he was born?

Wu

What was the name of the only female emperor of China (690 to 705) to rule the country in her own right?

Sunderland

In which city is Monkwearmouth Station Museum?

Aberdeen

In 1985 which was the last non-Glasgow team to win the Scottish Football League title

Birmingham

In which English city is the arts and media centre called The Custard Factory

Archbishop Of Canterbury

Which post was held by Reginald Pole from 1556 to 1558

(What Do You Want To Make Those) Eyes (At Me For?)

Emile Ford and the Checkmates had a UK number one in 1959 with a song whose title included which parts of the body?

€500

What is the highest value Euro banknote?

London Broncos

Which Rugby League club play their home games at the Hive Stadium?

New Zealand

The tui and the weka are birds native to which country?

William Golding

Who wrote the 1980 Booker Prize winner Rites of Passage!

AS Byatt

Who wrote the 1990 Booker Prize winner Possession?

High Wycombe

Rugby Union club London Wasps play their home games at Adams Park in which town?

'DEEPWATER HORIZON'

What is the name of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico subjected to an explosion in April this year?

COLOMBIAN

What nationality is the singer Shakira?

'BERTIE WOOSTER'

'Bingo Little', 'Gussie Fink-Nottle' and 'Catsmeat Potter- Pirbright' are friends of which fictional character?

14th

In which century did the plague known as 'The Black Death' occur?

SETTLE TO CARLISLE

Aisgill Summit is the highest point on which railway line?

GEORGES CLEMENCEAU

Who was the French Prime Minister at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 which led to the Treaty of Versailles?

CHRISTCHURCH

Which New Zealand city lies on the River Avon?

BASKETBALL

Which sport did Larry Bird, Wilt Chamberlain and 'Magic' Johnson play?

10

The logo of Cancer Research UK has a pattern of dots in the shape of a triangle. How many dots are there?

'HAMLET'

The Tom Stoppard play 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' is based on characters from which play by Shakespeare?

'KELSEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL'

At which Grammar School is 'Mr. Cleaves' a bizarre teacher, in the first series of 'Little Britain'?

BENNY HILL

Who played computer expert 'Professor Simon Peach' in the 1969 film 'The Italian Job'?

RALPH VAUGHAN- WILLIAMS

Who composed 'The Lark Ascending'?

ASTLEY GREEN

Located between the A580 and the Bridgewater Canal, at which former colliery now a museum, is the only surviving pit headgear and engine house in the Lancashire coalfield?

ACTIUM

At which decisive battle in 31 BC did the forces of Octavian defeat the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra?

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN

Which is the northernmost German state, with capital Kiel and bordering Denmark?

'ORION'S BELT'

How are the bright stars 'Alnitak', 'Alnilam' and 'Mintaka' known collectively?

'THE DUKES OF HAZZARD'

In which TV series did cousins 'Bo' and 'Luke' drive a car called the 'General Lee'?

JOHANNA SPYRI

Who wrote the children's book 'Heidi'?

EDINBURGH GAZETTE

In which newspaper are official notices relating to matters of state, Parliament, planning, transport and public finance, as well as insolvency and bankruptcy published in Scotland ?

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation leading to the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended which war?

HOOGHLY

The city of Kolkata lies on which river?

HOCKEY

Which sport did Ian Taylor, Martyn Grimley and Sean Kerly play?

'THE A-TEAM'

In which 2010 film are the main characters played by Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson and Sharlto Copley?

'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'

'Beatrice et Benedict' is an opera by Berlioz, based on which play by Shakespeare?

'CEMENT POND'

In 'The Beverley Hillbillies', what did 'Granny' call the swimming pool?

YORKSHIRE POST

What is the name of the daily broadsheet newspaper published in Leeds?

FREDERICK DELIUS

Who composed 'On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring'?

BORNEO

On which island is the country of Brunei?

SUTTON MANOR

The sculpture 'Dream' by Jaume Plensa, which overlooks the M62, is sited at which former colliery?

CANNAE

At which major battle in 216 BC did the army of Carthage under Hannibal defeat the Romans under the command of consuls Varro and Paullus?

EXXON VALDEZ

Which ship suffered an oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989?

RIVER TEES

Which river flows over High Force Waterfall, one of the highest in England?

HUGH LAURIE

Which actor rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 Boat Race?

'ANDY PANDY'

In 2002 'Miss Hissy' a snake, 'Tiffo' a dog, 'Bilbo' a sailor, and 'Orbie' a yellow-and-blue ball joined the original three characters in which children's TV series originally made in the 1950's?

HENRY NEWBOLT

Who wrote the 1897 poem 'Drake's Drum'?

PEACE

Which Nobel Prize did Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams win in 1976?

'FAMILY FORTUNES'

Which TV Game Show has been presented by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis?

'THE PRICE IS RIGHT'

Which TV Game Show has been presented by Leslie Crowther, Bruce Forsyth and Joe Pasquale?

OSPREYS

Which Rugby Union team plays home games at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea?

CHARING CROSS

In London, trains cross Hungerford Bridge in to which station north of the River Thames?

LEHMAN BROTHERS

Which US bank filed for bankruptcy on September 15th 2008?

BERNARD MADOFF

Which US stockbroker was arrested in December 2008 charged with securities fraud and later jailed for 150 years?

PORTSMOUTH

In which English city was the Spinnaker Tower opened in 2005?

CADIZ

Which Spanish naval base was subjected to a siege by the French from February 1810 to August 1812?

NORFOLK

Stephen Fry played the title role in the television series 'Kingdom', in which English county was the series set?

YEADON

Which airport serves the Leeds/Bradford area?

WORCESTERSHIRE

Which Cricket county's Twenty20 team are known as the 'Royals'?

LANSING

What is the state capital of Michigan, USA?

BEETROOT

Which vegetable has the following varieties: 'Boltardy', 'Cylindra' and 'Forono'?