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Lionel Richie
Which singer went solo after performing with the Commodores?
The Police
In 1979 who sang about Walking on the Moon?
Stevie Wonder
Who had his first solo number one hit in the UK with 'I just called to say I love you'?
Marc Bolan
Who was the lead singer with T-Rex?
Wannabe
What was the name of the Spice Girls first No 1 single?
Lulu
Who sang with Take That on their 1993 UK No 1 single, 'Relight My Fire'?
It Takes Two
Name the 1980's hit sung by Tina Turner and Rod Stewart?
The Smiths
With which group was Morrissey the lead singer?
The Vandellas
Which group backed Martha Reeves?
Annie Lennox
Who had a 1993 album called 'Diva'?
Agoraphobia
What word is used to describe the fear of open spaces?
Cirrhosis
Beginning with a 'C', what word is used to describe 'a disease of the liver'?
Perceptible
What word beginning with a 'P' means 'noticeable and recognizable'?
Counterespionage
What word describes 'Spying on or exposing enemy spies'?
The English 'Alphabet'
'The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog', uses every letter of what?
The Orkney Islands
Where would you find the port and waters of 'Scapa Flow'?
Epsom racecourse
At which racecourse would you watch both the 'Oaks' and the 'Derby'?
17
How many 'double-score' squares are there on a standard scrabble board?
Florida
In which US state will you find 'The Everglades'?
Mickey Spillane
Which crime writer created 'Mike Hammer'?
Halifax
What is the capital of Nova Scotia?
Polynesia
What is the name of Dr. Dolittles parrot?
Mississippi
What is the name of the US river which flows between St. Paul and Minneapolis?
Idlewild
What was the name of John F Kennedy Airport before it was re-named?
Tiger Lily
What is the name of the Indian girl recued by Peter Pan?
Staffa
On which island will you find 'Fingal's Cave'?
Roman Catholic
What religion was Adolph Hitler?
8
How many engines are there on a B-52 bomber?
Brazil
Which country has the largest area, Australia or Brazil?
Sherlock Holmes
Which fictional detective retired to keep bees?
Michelangelo
Which Renaissance artist's life was fictionalised in the book 'The Agony and the Ecstasy' subsequently made into a film?
Norman Rockwell
Which artist and illustrator painted a portrait of John F. Kennedy in 1960 that was later published on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post after his assassination?
Sepia
What is the name of the toning that produces brown and white photographs?
He shot himself
How did Van Gogh commit suicide?
Pablo Picasso
'Glass of Absinthe' is a sculpture by which 20th century artist?
Pablo Picasso
With which other painter would you associate painter Francoise Gilot?
Paul Gauguin
"On whose life is Somerset Maugham's ""The Moon and Sixpence"" based on?"
Hans Holbein the Younger
What was the name of the painter who was the son of Hans Holbein the Senior?
The National Gallery
Which museum houses Velazquez's only painting of nude buttocks?
Man Ray
Emanuel Radinsky was born in Philadelphia in 1890 and died in Paris in 1976. He was a surrealist painter and photographer. By which name is he better known?
Salvador Dali
Which famous artist designed the Chupa Chups logo?
Tempera
What type of paint was made out of pigment and egg yolk?
Henri Rousseau
What's the name of the Postimpressionist artist known as 'Le Douanier'?
22
How many balls are on the table (including the cue ball) at the start of a snooker game?
Quakers
What are the 'Society of Friends' commonly called?
Manchester United
Which was the first English football club to win the European Cup?
Q and Z
Name the two tiles with the highest score in Scrabble?
Greece
The Pindus is the main mountain range in what country?
Mickey Rooney
Joe Yule Jr born 1920 became famous as who?
Laurence of Arabia
Albert Finney turned down which role that won Peter O Toole an Oscar?
Mouse
In computing, Douglas Engelbart invented what device for input?
Actor
Hans Christian Andersen had what job before writing?
Magenta
What colour is named after a battle fought in Italy in 1859?
Yellow
On the London Underground map, what colour is the 'Circle Line?
Rome
The 1960 Summer Olympic Games were held in which city?
Lauren Bacall
Which 19 year old actress made her debut with Humphrey Bogart in the film 'To Have and Have Not'?
Slate
What stone is used to make the flat bed of a snooker table?
Alaska
What is the largest state in the USA?
Pluto
What is the name of Mickey Mouse's dog?
Ilie Nastase
Who was beaten by Bjorn Borg in his first Wimbledon title?
Anne Boleyn
Who was Elizabeth the first's mother?
Germany
John McEnroe was born in which country?
Whitcomb Judson
Who patented the 'Zip fastener' in 1893?
40
What age was John Lennon when he was killed?
Jimmy White
Who became the youngest ever 'Amateur World Snooker Champion in 1980?
David Copperfield
Which Dickens novel features the character 'Uriah Heep'?
Chopsticks
What is the English word for the Japanese word 'Otemoto'?
Pastry
What is wrapped around a fillet steak to make 'Beef Wellington'?
St Louis
What is the largest city on the Mississippi?
Golf
What was the subject of Bob Hope's book 'Confessions of a Hooker'?
3
How many 'G' letters are there in a Scrabble game?
Mike Newell
Who directed the movie 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'?
Citroen
Which motor car company produced the first front wheel drive car in 1934?
Otis Redding
Which soul singer was 'Sittin on the Dock of the Bay'?
Colleen McCullough
Who wrote the best selling book 'The Thorn Birds'?
Dog
In China, in a restaurant, what are you ordering if you ask for 'fragrant meat'?
J.M Barrie
Who wrote the following books: 'Peter Pan, The Little Minister and Window in Thrums'?
Cornwall
Which English county lies to the west of Devon?
Roald Dahl
Who wrote the children's book 'George's Marvellous Medicine'?
Orkney Islands
to which group of Scottish islands do 'Auskerry, Burray and Cava' belong?
Silk
Dupion, Habotai and Noil are three types of what fabric?
Boris Pasternak
Who was the author of the novel 'Doctor Zhivago'?
1973
In what year was the World Snooker Championship first televised?
Cloves
The oil of which spice is traditionally used to ease the pain of toothache?
Wellington
Which New Zealand city is known as the windy city?
Wrestling
In which sport could a competitor perform a 'Hiplock' or a 'Flying Mare'?
Roy Plomley
Who presented the long-running radio programme 'Desert Island Discs' until his death in 1985?
The Battle of Bannockburn.
Which Scottish battle took place in 1314?
Jane Seymour
Edward VI, who ruled from 1547-1553 was the son of Henry VIII by which wife?
1966
In what year did Indira Gandhi become Prime Minister of India?
London
Which city is the birthplace of US TV presenter 'Jerry Springer'?
'twenty pressed men'
Complete this English proverb, 'A volunteer is worth'?
1996
Dolly the Sheep was successfully cloned in Scotland in what year?
Cars
Which 2006 animated Disney film featured the characters 'Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson and Fillmore'?
Red and white.
What two colours make up the national flag of Singapore?
Fraser island
What is the worlds largest sand island northeast of Brisbane?
Nikkei
FT (London) Dow Jones (USA) what is Japans Share Index called?
Police
"What pop group had a ""Message in a Bottle""?"
The Spy Who Loved Me
Nobody Does it Better was sung in which Bond film?
Kingfisher
Halcyon is the poetic name for which bird?