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Apothecaries	Which society cared for the 'Plague Victims' when the physicians left 1665?
El Greco	Who was Domenikos Theotocopoulos better known as?
-Arthur Jefferson	What was Stan Laurel's real name?
St Denis	Who is the Patron Saint of France?
Kent	Which English county is known as the Garden of England?
Goat	What type of animal is an Ibex?
Crocus	The spice saffron is made from the dried stigmas of which flower?
The Road to Hong Kong	Which was the last of the seven 'Road' films starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?
April	In which month is St George's Day?
First World War	In which war was the Battle of the Somme?
Berlin	In which European city would you have found Checkpoint Charlie?
Love Me Tender	What was Elvis Presley's first film?
(Smoked) Herring	What sort of fish is a kipper?
Spain	Where in Europe are the Cantabrian Mountains?
Cat	What type of animal is an ocelot?
Percy LeBaron Spencer	Who invented the Microwave Oven in 1945 in USA?
-St Linus	Who was the second Pope after St. Peter?
The Lost Weekend	What 1945 film won best picture, actor and director at the Oscars ?
The Body	What is studied in the science of somatology ?
The Law	Famous composer, Handel, originally studied what?
The Dutch	What European nation was the first to drink tea ?
Puffin	What bird is the symbol of Children's Penguin books ?
United States	ABC and NBC are TV networks in which country ?
Marmalade	What is Paddington Bear?s favourite sandwich filling?
Grease	Which 1978 film featured gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies?
24	In which series does Kiefer Sutherland play CTU agent Jack Bauer?
Jim Morrison	Who did Val Kilmer portray in the film The Doors?
Adam Sandler	Who played the title role in the 2002 film, Mr Deeds?
Pilchard	What is the name of Bob the Builder?s cat?
Julie Walters	Who plays Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques?
Battlestar Galactica	In which sci-fi TV series did Dirk Benedict play Lieutenant Starbuck?
Woodstock	Which legendary music festival took place in 1969?
New Zealander	What nationality is actor Russell Crowe?
Out of Africa	Which film starring Meryl Streep in 1985, won 7 Oscars?
Humphrey Bogart	Name the male lead in the 1946 film The Big Sleep?
Middlesex Street	20, In London, what is the 'actual name' of the street 'known as' Petticoat Lane?
Hobbits	What kind of creatures are Sam, Merry and Pippin in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?
The Munsters	How are Eddie, Lily, Herman, Grandpa and Marilyn collectively known?
Amsterdam	In which city did Van Der Valk do his detecting?
Clint Eastwood	Who directed the Oscar nominated film Mystic River?
Jamie Foxx	Who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray?
Warner Brothers	Which film studio released the first ever 'talkie'?
The Manchurian Candidate	Which 1962 film starring Frank Sinatra was remade in 2004 starring Denzel Washington?
Mad Max	Which film has had sequels entitled The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome?
The Flintstones	The Pebbles and Bam Bam Show is a spin-off from which animated series?
Coca Cola	The record ?I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing? was used to advertise which soft drink?
Ben Kingsley	Who played 'Gandhi' in the film of the same name?
Anita Dobson	Which actress played the part of Angie in EastEnders?
Ulysses S. Grant	Who was the 18th President of the USA from 1869 - 1877?
Welland Ship Canal	What is the name of the canal linking Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in Canada?
The Tasman Sea	What name is given to the sea stretching from Australia to New Zealand?
Lord Palmerston	Which British Prime Minister died whilst in office in 1865 aged 80 years?
Boy George	Who fronted the band Culture Club?
High Tea	Which is more substantial, Afternoon Tea or High Tea?
Cloud	What is an Alto Cumulus?
Italy	In which European country would you find Tuscany?
Dover	Which is the busiest passenger ferry port in England?
Swords	What weapons are used in fencing?
Jack Nicklaus	Which golfer Jack was nicknamed 'The Golden Bear'?
Glasgow	In which Scottish City would you find Sauchiehall Street?
Louis Armstrong	Which musician was known as 'Satchmo'?
Princess Margaret	Which royal was once married to Lord Snowden?
Gold	What was discovered in Klondike, Canada, in 1896?
Commander-in-Chief, Middle East	What wartime position did General Montgomery assume in 1942?
A nuclear power station	What began operating at Calder Hall in 1956?
The Mona Lisa	What famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911?
The Civil War	What nation-wide event took place in England, starting in 1642?
1839	Hong Kong was taken by the British in which year?
1940	In which year did the Blitz on London start?
Julius Caesar	Which Roman landed in Britain in 55 BC?
York	In which English city was Dick Turpin hanged?
Treaty of Rome	Which treaty in 1957 led to the creation of the EEC?
Beirut	In which city was Terry Waite taken hostage in 1987?
Sydney 2000	Which Olympic Games first featured women's weightlifting?
23	What was the number of Michael Jordan's baseball shirt?
2001	In what year did the UK government ban 'Fox Hunting'?
Surfing	American 'Kelly Slater' is best known for which sport?
Abe Mitchell	Who is depicted atop the Ryder Cup trophy (golf)?
Joe Frazier	Which boxer LOST the 'Thrilla in Manila'?
Ken Norton	Which boxer broke Muhammad Ali's jaw in 1973?
22	In snooker, how many balls are on the table at the start of a game?
1954	In what year did Roger Bannister break the 4 minute mile barrier?
Germany	Tennis star Steffi Graf was born in which country?
Muhammad Ali	By what name was the heavyweight fighter, Cassius Clay, better known?
Joseph McCarthy	In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were 'card carrying communists'?
Andy Warhol	Which US pop artist created ?100 Campbells Soup Cans??
Rudolf Nureyev	In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?
Orson Welles	Whose controversial radio broadcast of H. G. Wells The War of The Worlds (1938) caused widespread panic in the US?
Tax evasion	For what crime was Al Capone finally convicted?
Anton Chekhov	Whose plays include Uncle Vanya and The Three Sisters?
Mary Baker Eddy	Who founded the Christian Science Church?
P. G. Wodehouse	Which writer created the character of 'Jeeves'?
The Yongle Dadian	What is the largest known encyclopaedia, made up of 22,877 volumes in 11,095 books?
David Trezeguet	Who missed the penalty for France in the 2006 World Cup final?
Eton	In JM Barrie's Peter Pan, what school did the fictional character Captain Hook attend?
Rosalind Franklin	Who failed to receive a posthumous Nobel Prize in 1962 despite her contribution to building a model of DNA?
Robert Louis Stevenson	Which author wrote a series of essays called Virginibus Puerisque?
Plato.	Who wrote Republic and Phaedo?
Grease	Which 1978 movie featured two gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies?
Val Kilmer	Who played Jim Morrison in the film The Doors?

Apothecaries

Which society cared for the 'Plague Victims' when the physicians left 1665?

El Greco

Who was Domenikos Theotocopoulos better known as?

-Arthur Jefferson

What was Stan Laurel's real name?

St Denis

Who is the Patron Saint of France?

Kent

Which English county is known as the Garden of England?

Goat

What type of animal is an Ibex?

Crocus

The spice saffron is made from the dried stigmas of which flower?

The Road to Hong Kong

Which was the last of the seven 'Road' films starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?

April

In which month is St George's Day?

First World War

In which war was the Battle of the Somme?

Berlin

In which European city would you have found Checkpoint Charlie?

Love Me Tender

What was Elvis Presley's first film?

(Smoked) Herring

What sort of fish is a kipper?

Spain

Where in Europe are the Cantabrian Mountains?

Cat

What type of animal is an ocelot?

Percy LeBaron Spencer

Who invented the Microwave Oven in 1945 in USA?

-St Linus

Who was the second Pope after St. Peter?

The Lost Weekend

What 1945 film won best picture, actor and director at the Oscars ?

The Body

What is studied in the science of somatology ?

The Law

Famous composer, Handel, originally studied what?

The Dutch

What European nation was the first to drink tea ?

Puffin

What bird is the symbol of Children's Penguin books ?

United States

ABC and NBC are TV networks in which country ?

Marmalade

What is Paddington Bear?s favourite sandwich filling?

Grease

Which 1978 film featured gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies?

24

In which series does Kiefer Sutherland play CTU agent Jack Bauer?

Jim Morrison

Who did Val Kilmer portray in the film The Doors?

Adam Sandler

Who played the title role in the 2002 film, Mr Deeds?

Pilchard

What is the name of Bob the Builder?s cat?

Julie Walters

Who plays Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques?

Battlestar Galactica

In which sci-fi TV series did Dirk Benedict play Lieutenant Starbuck?

Woodstock

Which legendary music festival took place in 1969?

New Zealander

What nationality is actor Russell Crowe?

Out of Africa

Which film starring Meryl Streep in 1985, won 7 Oscars?

Humphrey Bogart

Name the male lead in the 1946 film The Big Sleep?

Middlesex Street

20, In London, what is the 'actual name' of the street 'known as' Petticoat Lane?

Hobbits

What kind of creatures are Sam, Merry and Pippin in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

The Munsters

How are Eddie, Lily, Herman, Grandpa and Marilyn collectively known?

Amsterdam

In which city did Van Der Valk do his detecting?

Clint Eastwood

Who directed the Oscar nominated film Mystic River?

Jamie Foxx

Who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray?

Warner Brothers

Which film studio released the first ever 'talkie'?

The Manchurian Candidate

Which 1962 film starring Frank Sinatra was remade in 2004 starring Denzel Washington?

Mad Max

Which film has had sequels entitled The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome?

The Flintstones

The Pebbles and Bam Bam Show is a spin-off from which animated series?

Coca Cola

The record ?I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing? was used to advertise which soft drink?

Ben Kingsley

Who played 'Gandhi' in the film of the same name?

Anita Dobson

Which actress played the part of Angie in EastEnders?

Ulysses S. Grant

Who was the 18th President of the USA from 1869 - 1877?

Welland Ship Canal

What is the name of the canal linking Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in Canada?

The Tasman Sea

What name is given to the sea stretching from Australia to New Zealand?

Lord Palmerston

Which British Prime Minister died whilst in office in 1865 aged 80 years?

Boy George

Who fronted the band Culture Club?

High Tea

Which is more substantial, Afternoon Tea or High Tea?

Cloud

What is an Alto Cumulus?

Italy

In which European country would you find Tuscany?

Dover

Which is the busiest passenger ferry port in England?

Swords

What weapons are used in fencing?

Jack Nicklaus

Which golfer Jack was nicknamed 'The Golden Bear'?

Glasgow

In which Scottish City would you find Sauchiehall Street?

Louis Armstrong

Which musician was known as 'Satchmo'?

Princess Margaret

Which royal was once married to Lord Snowden?

Gold

What was discovered in Klondike, Canada, in 1896?

Commander-in-Chief, Middle East

What wartime position did General Montgomery assume in 1942?

A nuclear power station

What began operating at Calder Hall in 1956?

The Mona Lisa

What famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911?

The Civil War

What nation-wide event took place in England, starting in 1642?

1839

Hong Kong was taken by the British in which year?

1940

In which year did the Blitz on London start?

Julius Caesar

Which Roman landed in Britain in 55 BC?

York

In which English city was Dick Turpin hanged?

Treaty of Rome

Which treaty in 1957 led to the creation of the EEC?

Beirut

In which city was Terry Waite taken hostage in 1987?

Sydney 2000

Which Olympic Games first featured women's weightlifting?

23

What was the number of Michael Jordan's baseball shirt?

2001

In what year did the UK government ban 'Fox Hunting'?

Surfing

American 'Kelly Slater' is best known for which sport?

Abe Mitchell

Who is depicted atop the Ryder Cup trophy (golf)?

Joe Frazier

Which boxer LOST the 'Thrilla in Manila'?

Ken Norton

Which boxer broke Muhammad Ali's jaw in 1973?

22

In snooker, how many balls are on the table at the start of a game?

1954

In what year did Roger Bannister break the 4 minute mile barrier?

Germany

Tennis star Steffi Graf was born in which country?

Muhammad Ali

By what name was the heavyweight fighter, Cassius Clay, better known?

Joseph McCarthy

In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were 'card carrying communists'?

Andy Warhol

Which US pop artist created ?100 Campbells Soup Cans??

Rudolf Nureyev

In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris?

Orson Welles

Whose controversial radio broadcast of H. G. Wells The War of The Worlds (1938) caused widespread panic in the US?

Tax evasion

For what crime was Al Capone finally convicted?

Anton Chekhov

Whose plays include Uncle Vanya and The Three Sisters?

Mary Baker Eddy

Who founded the Christian Science Church?

P. G. Wodehouse

Which writer created the character of 'Jeeves'?

The Yongle Dadian

What is the largest known encyclopaedia, made up of 22,877 volumes in 11,095 books?

David Trezeguet

Who missed the penalty for France in the 2006 World Cup final?

Eton

In JM Barrie's Peter Pan, what school did the fictional character Captain Hook attend?

Rosalind Franklin

Who failed to receive a posthumous Nobel Prize in 1962 despite her contribution to building a model of DNA?

Robert Louis Stevenson

Which author wrote a series of essays called Virginibus Puerisque?

Plato.

Who wrote Republic and Phaedo?

Grease

Which 1978 movie featured two gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies?

Val Kilmer

Who played Jim Morrison in the film The Doors?