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Cameron descends from King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan through their illegitimate daughter Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence	From which member of the Royal Family is David Cameron (British PM) directly descended?
Australia	During 1951, who did the English football team beat 17 - 0?
Cry Freedom	Which 1987 film, set in South Africa, starred Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington?
Ben Kingsley	Who played the leading role in the 1982 film 'Gandhi'?
Earl Mountbatten	Who was the last Viceroy of India prior to India gaining independence?
1923	In what year did Ankara become capital of Turkey?
1931	In what year did RAF hero Douglas Bader lose his legs?
Antonio Fargas	What's the name of the actor who played 'Huggy Bear' in the Starsky and Hutch TV series?
Paris	In which European city did Oscar Wilde die in 1900?
Cornwall	In which English county was the 1970's TV series 'Poldark' set?
William Hartnell	Who was the first actor to play Doctor Who?
Lennard Pearce	Who played the original 'Granddad' in Only Fools and Horses?
Hayley Mills	Which child actress starred in Tiger Bay (1959), Pollyanna (1960) and The Parent Trap (1961)?
Pam Ferris	Can you name the actress who links 'The Darling Buds of May' and 'Rosemary and Thyme'?
Jeremy Irons	In the 'Disney' film the Lion King, who provided the voice of the evil lion 'Scar'?
Queen	Which band recorded the soundtrack to the 1986 film, 'Highlander'?
World War I	Which war was said to be 'The war to end all wars'?
Romeo and Juliet	A tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families?
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward	After appearing in 11 films together, including: The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) From the Terrace (1960) Paris Blues (1961) A New Kind of Love (1963) What a Way to Go! (1964), the couple lived their private life together away from Hollywood's glare?
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan	A British married couple who are both television presenters and columnists. They are well known for presenting the daytime television programme This Morning from 1988 until 2001 and are still regulars on our screen?
Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899- June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995)	This couple were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 - 1949. They made a total of 10 movies?
The Quakers	The 'Society of Friends' are more commonly known as what?
Kiki Dee	Who sang 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' with Elton John?
Oscar Wilde	Who wrote the play containing the mythical 'Bunbury'?
Nicholas Nickleby	What's the Charles Dickens novel in which you would find the character 'Smike'?
Lake Maggiore,	What is the name of the Italian lake with the town of Stresa on it's shores?
Warren Beatty	A film star/director who won an Oscar for 'Reds' - Who is he?
The Taming of the Shrew	Kiss Me Kate is a musical version of which of Shakespeare's works?
Horse Chestnut	What tree produces 'Conkers' each autumn (fall)?
Mein Kampf	What is the German name of Hitler's book about his life?
Yom Kippur	What is the Hebrew name for the 'Jewish Day of Atonement?
1958	During which year did the BBC 'Panorama' series first hit our screens?
Kensington Palace.	From where did the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales start?
1919	'The League of Nations', the forerunner to the 'United Nations' was founded in what year?
Bay City Rollers	Eric Faukner; Derek Longmuir and Les McKeown were members of which 70's pop group?
Mackenzie King	Who was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1921?
Charlie Chaplin	Who starred in 'A Countess From Hong Kong', his last film, in 1966?
Francois Mitterand	Who succeeded Giscard D'Estaing in the French Presidential election of 1981?
Jersey Joe Walcott	Who did Rocky Marciano beat to take the world heavyweight championship in 1952?
1918	In what year did British women first get the vote?
My Ding-a-Ling	The bells were ringing for Chuck Berry when this song made it to No1. His first and only British No. 1. What song?
Liverpool	Which English football club won the league title the most during the 1980s?
The Troggs	For which well known 60s pop group did Reg Presley sing?
1906	In what year did the 'Vauxhall Bridge', crossing the Thames, open?
Louis Bleriot	Who piloted the first aeroplane to cross the English Channel from Calais to Dover in 1909?
Dartmouth	In what town was the Royal Navy College founded in 1903?
Rupert Murdoch	Who became the owner of The Times newspaper in 1981?
1954	In what year did Sir Gordon Richards become the first jockey to be knighted?
London	Which city should have hosted the 'cancelled' Summer Olympics, in 1944?
1997	Martin Bell was among those who defined the term 'war correspondent'. He later stole the show in the ** election campaign with his anti-sleaze battle against MP Neil Hamilton. ** What year?
Melanie Chisholm	Many of us know of 'Mel C' or Sporty Spice. What's her real name?
1086	In what year was 'The Domesday Book' completed?
Switzerland	Which country hosted the 1954 World Cup?
Real Madrid	Which team held on to the European Cup for the fifth consecutive year in 1960?
Aberdeen	Which British club had the first all seater stadium?
Bolton Wanderers	Who plays at Burnden Park?
Barnsley	Which English football team are known as the Tykes?
Pele	Name the 17 year old player who scored two goals in the 1958 World Cup Final?
Kilbowie Park	What is the name of the home of Clydebank?
Paris	Which city hosted the 1975 European Cup Final?
Prime Minister	What other title is given to 'The First Lord of the Treasury'?
West Ham	England World Cup trio: Bobby Moore; Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, came from which team?
To Catch a Thief	Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier whilst filming which movie in Monaco?
Casino Royale	In which novel was James Bond first introduced?
Rio de Janeiro	In which city would you find 'Copacabana Beach' and 'Ipanema'?
Irene	Which character was played by Nyree Dawn Porter in 'The Forsyte Saga'?
Argentina	What country hosted the 1978 Football World Cup?
Martin Shaw	Who played 'Doyle' in the TV series The Professionals?
Audrey Hepburn	Who played 'Holly Golightly' in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Thames	Pocahontas is buried alongside which river?
White	In a game of chess, which colour is moved first?
Brazil	What is the largest country in South America?
American Football	In which sport would you see a Redskin or a Dolphin score three points for a field goal?
64	How many squares are there on a chessboard?
Show Jumping	In which equestrian event would you compete in the puissance?
3	In golf, if you get an eagle on a par-5 hole, how many shots did you take?
On the putting green	On a golf course, what is normally the only place you would be allowed to mark, lift and clean your ball?
Queens Park Rangers	Which London football club installed an artificial pitch, which was later banned, in the 1980s?
Clay	What surface is the French Open tennis tournament played on?
Ace	Which word is given to a winning tennis serve that the opponent can’t return?
1994	In what year did legendary British jockey Lester Piggott ride his last winner?
17	How old was footballer 'Pele' when he scored two goals in the final of the 1958 World Cup giving Brazil victory over hosts Sweden?
Arsenal	At which football club did Tony Adams spend his entire playing career?
Peter Snell	Name the New Zealand middle distance runner who claimed both the 800m and 1500 m Gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?
Mark Spitz	Who was the US swimmer who won 7 gold medals and created a new world record for each event at the Munich Olympics in 1972?
Joe Frazier	Boxing 1975. Who did Muhammad Ali beat in the 'Thrilla in Manila'?
Devon Loch	Name the Dick Francis mount that collapsed approaching the finishing line in the 1956 'Grand National'?
Zara Phillips	Which 'Royal' won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2006?
Henry Cooper	Who was the first man to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year twice?
Mister Softee	On which horse did David Broome win the 1966 King George V Gold Cup?
Piccadilly	On which London Underground line would you find 'Heathrow Airport?
Schutz-Staffel	What was the full name of the infamous German 'SS'?
Barbra Streisand	Which actress starred in 'Funny Girl'?
Squash	Jonah Barrington is famous for which sport?
Amsterdam	I which European city will you find 'Dam Square'?
George Orwell	Featuring a pig named Napoleon! Who wrote 'Animal Farm?
Godspell	Name the 1972 musical starring David Essex as Jesus Christ?
The Marx Brothers	Who starred in the 1933 comedy satire film 'Duck Soup'?
Will Kane	What character was played by Gary Cooper in 'High Noon'?
Arthur Miller	Which playwright did Marilyn Monroe marry?

Cameron descends from King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan through their illegitimate daughter Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence

From which member of the Royal Family is David Cameron (British PM) directly descended?

Australia

During 1951, who did the English football team beat 17 - 0?

Cry Freedom

Which 1987 film, set in South Africa, starred Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington?

Ben Kingsley

Who played the leading role in the 1982 film 'Gandhi'?

Earl Mountbatten

Who was the last Viceroy of India prior to India gaining independence?

1923

In what year did Ankara become capital of Turkey?

1931

In what year did RAF hero Douglas Bader lose his legs?

Antonio Fargas

What's the name of the actor who played 'Huggy Bear' in the Starsky and Hutch TV series?

Paris

In which European city did Oscar Wilde die in 1900?

Cornwall

In which English county was the 1970's TV series 'Poldark' set?

William Hartnell

Who was the first actor to play Doctor Who?

Lennard Pearce

Who played the original 'Granddad' in Only Fools and Horses?

Hayley Mills

Which child actress starred in Tiger Bay (1959), Pollyanna (1960) and The Parent Trap (1961)?

Pam Ferris

Can you name the actress who links 'The Darling Buds of May' and 'Rosemary and Thyme'?

Jeremy Irons

In the 'Disney' film the Lion King, who provided the voice of the evil lion 'Scar'?

Queen

Which band recorded the soundtrack to the 1986 film, 'Highlander'?

World War I

Which war was said to be 'The war to end all wars'?

Romeo and Juliet

A tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families?

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

After appearing in 11 films together, including: The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) From the Terrace (1960) Paris Blues (1961) A New Kind of Love (1963) What a Way to Go! (1964), the couple lived their private life together away from Hollywood's glare?

Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan

A British married couple who are both television presenters and columnists. They are well known for presenting the daytime television programme This Morning from 1988 until 2001 and are still regulars on our screen?

Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899- June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995)

This couple were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 - 1949. They made a total of 10 movies?

The Quakers

The 'Society of Friends' are more commonly known as what?

Kiki Dee

Who sang 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' with Elton John?

Oscar Wilde

Who wrote the play containing the mythical 'Bunbury'?

Nicholas Nickleby

What's the Charles Dickens novel in which you would find the character 'Smike'?

Lake Maggiore,

What is the name of the Italian lake with the town of Stresa on it's shores?

Warren Beatty

A film star/director who won an Oscar for 'Reds' - Who is he?

The Taming of the Shrew

Kiss Me Kate is a musical version of which of Shakespeare's works?

Horse Chestnut

What tree produces 'Conkers' each autumn (fall)?

Mein Kampf

What is the German name of Hitler's book about his life?

Yom Kippur

What is the Hebrew name for the 'Jewish Day of Atonement?

1958

During which year did the BBC 'Panorama' series first hit our screens?

Kensington Palace.

From where did the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales start?

1919

'The League of Nations', the forerunner to the 'United Nations' was founded in what year?

Bay City Rollers

Eric Faukner; Derek Longmuir and Les McKeown were members of which 70's pop group?

Mackenzie King

Who was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1921?

Charlie Chaplin

Who starred in 'A Countess From Hong Kong', his last film, in 1966?

Francois Mitterand

Who succeeded Giscard D'Estaing in the French Presidential election of 1981?

Jersey Joe Walcott

Who did Rocky Marciano beat to take the world heavyweight championship in 1952?

1918

In what year did British women first get the vote?

My Ding-a-Ling

The bells were ringing for Chuck Berry when this song made it to No1. His first and only British No. 1. What song?

Liverpool

Which English football club won the league title the most during the 1980s?

The Troggs

For which well known 60s pop group did Reg Presley sing?

1906

In what year did the 'Vauxhall Bridge', crossing the Thames, open?

Louis Bleriot

Who piloted the first aeroplane to cross the English Channel from Calais to Dover in 1909?

Dartmouth

In what town was the Royal Navy College founded in 1903?

Rupert Murdoch

Who became the owner of The Times newspaper in 1981?

1954

In what year did Sir Gordon Richards become the first jockey to be knighted?

London

Which city should have hosted the 'cancelled' Summer Olympics, in 1944?

1997

Martin Bell was among those who defined the term 'war correspondent'. He later stole the show in the **** election campaign with his anti-sleaze battle against MP Neil Hamilton. **** What year?

Melanie Chisholm

Many of us know of 'Mel C' or Sporty Spice. What's her real name?

1086

In what year was 'The Domesday Book' completed?

Switzerland

Which country hosted the 1954 World Cup?

Real Madrid

Which team held on to the European Cup for the fifth consecutive year in 1960?

Aberdeen

Which British club had the first all seater stadium?

Bolton Wanderers

Who plays at Burnden Park?

Barnsley

Which English football team are known as the Tykes?

Pele

Name the 17 year old player who scored two goals in the 1958 World Cup Final?

Kilbowie Park

What is the name of the home of Clydebank?

Paris

Which city hosted the 1975 European Cup Final?

Prime Minister

What other title is given to 'The First Lord of the Treasury'?

West Ham

England World Cup trio: Bobby Moore; Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, came from which team?

To Catch a Thief

Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier whilst filming which movie in Monaco?

Casino Royale

In which novel was James Bond first introduced?

Rio de Janeiro

In which city would you find 'Copacabana Beach' and 'Ipanema'?

Irene

Which character was played by Nyree Dawn Porter in 'The Forsyte Saga'?

Argentina

What country hosted the 1978 Football World Cup?

Martin Shaw

Who played 'Doyle' in the TV series The Professionals?

Audrey Hepburn

Who played 'Holly Golightly' in Breakfast at Tiffany's?

Thames

Pocahontas is buried alongside which river?

White

In a game of chess, which colour is moved first?

Brazil

What is the largest country in South America?

American Football

In which sport would you see a Redskin or a Dolphin score three points for a field goal?

64

How many squares are there on a chessboard?

Show Jumping

In which equestrian event would you compete in the puissance?

3

In golf, if you get an eagle on a par-5 hole, how many shots did you take?

On the putting green

On a golf course, what is normally the only place you would be allowed to mark, lift and clean your ball?

Queens Park Rangers

Which London football club installed an artificial pitch, which was later banned, in the 1980s?

Clay

What surface is the French Open tennis tournament played on?

Ace

Which word is given to a winning tennis serve that the opponent can’t return?

1994

In what year did legendary British jockey Lester Piggott ride his last winner?

17

How old was footballer 'Pele' when he scored two goals in the final of the 1958 World Cup giving Brazil victory over hosts Sweden?

Arsenal

At which football club did Tony Adams spend his entire playing career?

Peter Snell

Name the New Zealand middle distance runner who claimed both the 800m and 1500 m Gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?

Mark Spitz

Who was the US swimmer who won 7 gold medals and created a new world record for each event at the Munich Olympics in 1972?

Joe Frazier

Boxing 1975. Who did Muhammad Ali beat in the 'Thrilla in Manila'?

Devon Loch

Name the Dick Francis mount that collapsed approaching the finishing line in the 1956 'Grand National'?

Zara Phillips

Which 'Royal' won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2006?

Henry Cooper

Who was the first man to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year twice?

Mister Softee

On which horse did David Broome win the 1966 King George V Gold Cup?

Piccadilly

On which London Underground line would you find 'Heathrow Airport?

Schutz-Staffel

What was the full name of the infamous German 'SS'?

Barbra Streisand

Which actress starred in 'Funny Girl'?

Squash

Jonah Barrington is famous for which sport?

Amsterdam

I which European city will you find 'Dam Square'?

George Orwell

Featuring a pig named Napoleon! Who wrote 'Animal Farm?

Godspell

Name the 1972 musical starring David Essex as Jesus Christ?

The Marx Brothers

Who starred in the 1933 comedy satire film 'Duck Soup'?

Will Kane

What character was played by Gary Cooper in 'High Noon'?

Arthur Miller

Which playwright did Marilyn Monroe marry?