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Led Zeppelin
Which super group were originally called the 'New Yardbirds'
Dannii Minogue
Which former soap star had a hit in 1993 with This Is It
Male
What is the capital of the Maldive islands
Maldives
With an average ground level of 1.5 meters above sea level, what Asian island nation is the lowest country in the world
Greenland
Cape Farewell is the southern tip of which island
Corfu
How is the England island of Kerkira better known to holiday makers
Ten
How many chains are there in a furlong
Zinc
What bluish white element is used in battery electrodes
Longleat
In 1949 which became the first stately home in England to open to the public
Duke of Westminster
Eaton Hall in Cheshire has been the seat of which ducal family since the 1440's
Devon
Powderham Castle is the seat of the earls of which county
Anthony Minghella
Who won the Oscar for best director for the 1996 film The English Patient
A green frog
What is the emblem of the Rainforest Alliance, which promotes and certifies sustainable rainforest business globally
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Who wrote the poems Kublai Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Barack Obama
What US politician's 1996 autobiography was called 'Dreams From my Father'
Bananarama
Which all girl group had top ten hits in the eighties with Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Me Goodbye and Venus
The Taming Of The Shrew
Which Shakespeare play was the musical Kiss Me Kate based on
Debbie Harry
Which female singer had a top ten hit in 1986 with French Kissing In The USA
Antelope
What type of animal is a dibitag
Seals
What is the main diet of polar bears
His own
Whose record did Babe Ruth break when he hit 60 home runs in 1927
Amazon
What is the main river of Brazil
Pacific
In which ocean can one find Pentecost Island
Berlin
In which European capital city is the famous Hotel Kempinski
Paul Gaugin
Which artist painted the picture Tahitian Women
Yorkshire
Of which English county is a white rose the emblem
Photofit
What replaced the identikit method of finding criminals
Spirit of Chartwel
What was the name of the barge that carried the Queen during the river pageant in June 2012
Upper thigh
What part of the body would be protected by a piece of armour called a tasset
Zinc
Spelter is another name for which metal
With praise
What does the Latin phrase cum laude mean
Forced labour camp
What is meant in Australia by a Gulag
Windsor Davies
Who played Oliver Smallbridge in the eighties Australia sitcom Never The Twain
You Can Leave Your Hat On
To which song did the guys finally strip in The Full Monty
Zion
What is the name of the underground city in the Matrix films
The Singing Detective
For which Australia series did Michael Gambon win a Best Actor BAFTA in 1987
Clay
What are the targets in skeet or trap shooting made of
Basketball
What sport is played by the Indiana Pacers
Radius
What word is used to describe any straight line from the centre of a circle to the circumference
Equilateral triangle
What is a triangle called that has three equal sides and three equal angles
Cosine
In trigonometry, what is calculated by the adjacent over the hypotenuse
Red
What colour are the French Michelin Guides
Sword
What type of weapon is a tulwar
Netherlands
Utrecht is a province and provincial capital city in which country
Seal
What was the original purpose of a signet ring
Dolphin
What kind of animal is Olivia Newton John riding on the cover of her Physical album
Animals
Battersea Power Station in London appears on the cover of which Pink Floyd album
Ringo
Which Beatle holds a trumpet on the Sergeant Pepper album cover
Be Here Now
Which Oasis album cover shows a Rolls Royce in a swimming pool
Sir Isaac Newton
Who named the colours of the rainbow
The Iceman
The American contract Killer Richard Leonard Kulinski was known by what cold sounding name
Primrose
What was the name of the wife of convicted serial killer Dr Harold Shipman, who murdered over 200 OAP's in his home town of Hyde in Cheshire
Ted Bundy
Which serial killer was known as The Lady Killer
Dr Julius No
Joseph Wiseman played which James Bond villain
Ben Miller
Who is Alexander Armstrong's comedy partner, who also starred in the first series of TV show Death In Paradise
The Bunkers
Which fictional TV family lived at 704 Hauser Street, Queen's, New York
Anthony Hopkins
Who won the Best Actor BAFTA in 1993 for his part in Shadowlands
Michael Winner
Who directed the 1972 film the Mechanic starring Charles Bronson
Pisces
Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by a fish
Show
What word prefixes business, room, and case, to produce three other words
Venice
In which city is the Rialto Bridge
Ullswater
Glenridding and Pooley Bridge stand at opposite ends of which lake in the Lake District
Top Hat
From which musical did the Oscar winning song Cheek To Cheek appear
Woman in Love
What was the first UK number one for Barbra Streisand
Stevie Wonder
Who played harmonica on Chaka Khan's hit I Feel For You
Tim Witherspoon
Who did Frank Bruno first fight for the Heavyweight Title of the World
Carrow Road
At which football league ground can you sit in the Geoffrey Watling Stand
Be Prepared
What is the motto of the Girl Guides
Moon River
What was Andy Williams theme song
Group X
What was the original name of seventies group Hawkwind
Ring of Fire
What was the name of the disastrous musical based on the life of Johnny Cash that ended on Broadway after only a month
White dwarf
What is the name given to a small hot dying star
Able and Baker
What were the names of the first two monkeys to return from space
Neptune
Which planet in the Solar System has a great dark spot
Algebra
What is the study of symbols and the rules for manipulating symbols in mathematics called
Derby winners
What is the link between Blue Peter, Pearl Diver and Sir Peter Teazle
Cottage
In place names such as Coatbridge what does coat mean
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Calais Coach was the American title of which novel
James Fenimore Cooper
Who wrote the novel The Last of the Mohicans, first published in 1820
Hannibal
What was the sequel of the book The Silence of the Lambs
Len Deighton
Who wrote The Ipcress File
Aylesbury
Near which town is the famous Stoke Mandeville hospital
Eye
In what part of the body would you suffer from Nystagmus
Scarlet fever
What disease is known by the symptoms of a rash and a strawberry coloured tongue
The Luvvers
What was the name of Lulu's backing group
War chariot
What was the first fighting vehicle
Moraine
What is the debris deposited by a glacier called
Atoll
What is the geographical term for a ring-shaped coral island
White Anglo Saxon Protestant
An acronym used in the USA what is a W.A.S.P.
Baseball
Southpaw to us means a boxer who leads with his right hand; but in which sport did the term originate
New Zealand
In which country is the Shell Trophy played for at cricket
Frankfurt
In which city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank
Six
How many of Shakespeare's signatures are known to exist
Alexander Dubcek
Who led Czechoslovakia before the 1968 Soviet invasion
Isle of Man
Tynwald Day is celebrated on which island in July
Nine
How many lives does each contestant start with in The Cube
Alex Polizzi
What is the name of the Hotel Inspector in the Channel 5 TV series
Sound effects
Seen on the credits of TV and films what is the function of a Foley Artist
Woody Allen
Who directed the film Hannah and her Sisters
The come out
In craps what is the first throw of the dice called