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1977	Elvis Presley died in which year?
1978	Ray Reardon won his last World Snooker Championship in what year?
Martina Navratilova	Who was the most prolific Wimbledon Women's singles champion in the 1980s?
Jimmy Saville	Who presented the first ever 'Top of the Pops'?
England	Which country was called 'Albion' by the Romans?
West Ham United	Which English football team plays ay Upton Park?
1997	"In what year did Magnus Magnusson say ""I've started, now I've finished""?"
Liverpool	Where in England would you find' Lime Street Station'?
True	Dick Turpin was hanged in York. True or false?
Sleep	Hypnophobia is the fear of what?
Honor'e de Balzac	Who was the French novelist - nearly 100 books all La Comedie Humaine?
Uncle Remus	Joel Chandler Harris wrote which series of stories?
Suicide	Shakespeare - Antony, Romeo, Othello - what did the characters all have in common?
Enid Blyton	Which author published 59 new books in 1955?
Sweden	The Three Crowns is the national ice hockey team which country?
Pigs	What animals make up the Suidae family?
Cagney and Lacey	In which cop show did Petrie and Isbecki appear?
Wedge	In golf the no 10 iron is usually called what?
Olive Oil	What did the ancient Greeks use instead of soap?
Thomas Harris	Name the author who created Hannibal Lecter?
Very Mighty Ruler	What does the name Ghengis Khan mean?
Robin and the 7 Hoods	In what movie did Sinatra sing My Kind of Town?
Sir John MacDonald	Who was Canada's first prime minister?
MC Hammer	Stanley Burrell became famous as who?
Drones	PG Woodhouse books Bertie Wooster used what London Club?
Babylonians	Marduk was the creator of the world to what ancient people?
Cassius Clay	What was Mohammad Ali's birth name?
Anne Robinson	Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link?
John Cleese	Who played Basil Fawlty in 'Fawlty Towers'?
Knight	In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces?
Epsom	At which racecourse is the Derby and the Oaks traditionally run?
Elton John	Who had a hit single with 'Crocodile Rock`'n 1972?
Winnie the Pooh	A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear?
Real Madrid	The name of which football club is an anagram of 'Red Admiral'?
Barcelona	In the TV show 'Fawlty Towers' from which city does the waiter Manuel hail?
Pluto	What is the furthest planet from the sun?
15	How many red balls are used in a game of snooker?
The iris	What is the name of the coloured part of an eye?
The Wizard Of Oz	In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale?
4	How many strings are on a violin?
Amelia Earhart	A recent announcement of the discovery of a possible finger bone on tiny island of Nikumaroro is thought to be associate with whom, who was officially declared dead on January 5, 1939, having first gone missing on July 2, 1937?
Cambodia	Which country was known as Democratic Kampuchea when it was ruled by the Khmer Rouge From 1975 to 1990?
Medal of Honor	The nations highest military decoration, what medal is awarded to members of the armed forces, who ho distinguish themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in a action against an enemy of the United States."
Hanging	January 5, 1993 saw the execution of total asshat, serial killer Westley Allan Dodd, the last man to be executed by what means?
Teddy Roosevelt	A day of perpetual mourning, January 6, 1919 saw the death of what former US President, the 26th, whom the BSA gave the title of Chief Scout Citizen, the only such person to hold that honor, shortly before his death?
World War II	Signed on Sept 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco officially ended what?
Harlem Globetrotters	Which basketball team played its first game on January 7, 1927, having lost a total of 345 games out of the 22,000+ that they've played?
Richard M. Nixon	January 2nd, saw the enactment of a bill mandating the lowering of the national speed limit to 55 mph, in an attempt to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. Who was the president that signed the bill?
Schoolhouse Rock	What TV staple, introduced on Jan 6, 1973, featured such episodes as: My Hero, Zero, Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here, I'm Just a Bill, and Inter-planet Janet?
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Which U.S. president introduced a recovery plan popularly known as The New Deal?
Tears	What is the common name for the liquid secreted by your lacrimal glands?
Zero	In Scrabble, whats the value of the blank tile?
Poliomyelitis	January 3, 1938 saw Franklin D. Roosevelt found the charity March of Dimes. What epidemic disease was it targeting?
Bob Cratchit	What is the name of Tiny Tim’s father in the story, ‘A Christmas Carol’?
Caribou	In the world of ungulates, if it's called a reindeer in Europe, what is it called in North America?
Paris, France	In the classic holiday movie Home Alone, where is the McCallister family heading for vacation?
Ostrich	What did the cowboy ride on the Island of Misfit Toys in the 1964 classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
Rudolph	Who's missing: Hermey; Yukon Cornelius; King Moonracer; Clarice; Bumble
Clause	In grammar, what word is used to describe a pair or group of words that consist of a subject and a predicate?
Santa Claus	The world's first themed amusement park, Holiday World, originally called Santa Claus Land, is located in what aptly named Indiana town?
Bedford Falls	What is the name of the town that is host to It's a Wonderful Life?
NORAD	What US Defense Department agency is responsible for tracking Santa each Christmas eve?
Remington electric shaver	What product uses the advertising slogan "I liked it so much, I bought the company!"?
The Salvation Army	Blood and Fire is the motto of what international movement, quasi-military in structure, that focuses on evangelical, social and charitable work?
Turkey	In what country did the real St Nicholas live?
Washington Dulles International Airport	In the film 'Die Hard 2', which airport did the terrorist take over on Christmas Eve?
Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Dino, and The Great Gazoo	For a point each, name the characters in a bottle of Flintstones Chewable Vitamins.
Marriage	Hymen is the Greek god of what?
Mary Poppins	Which nanny did Julie Andrews win an Oscar for playing?
Robocop	Which character was described as part man, part machine, all cop?
King Kong	What legendary Universal Studios horror star, the Eighth Wonder of the World, had his home on Skull Island before filmmaker Carl Denham drags his hairy ass back to New York?
175 years	What anniversary is celebrated with a demisemiseptcentennial?
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish	What are the 6 official documental languages of the UN?
South Park	Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You bastards! is frequently heard on what tv classic?
Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival	Name the artist and song title: Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans, But I never saw the good side of the city, Until I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.
Igor Sikorsky	Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter?
Popeye	Bluto is the arch enemy of what animated character?
Igor	What was the name of the cliched hunchback assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein, tasked with fetching a brain for the good doctors creation?
Joust	In what 80s arcade game were you armed with a lance and mounted upon an ostrich or a stork?
Crossword puzzles	What does a cruciverbalist like doing?
Jimmy Carter	Minnesotan Walter "Fritz" Mondale, born on Jan 5, 1928, was the vice president for which US President?
Gillette	What product is advertised with the slogan: "The best a man can get"?
Dubai, U.A.E.	January 4, 2010 saw the official opening of the worlds tallest building, at 2717 feet (828 meters). In what country is it built?
Fruit	What is the preferred food type of a frugivore?
Jenny	If a male ass is a jack, what is a female called?
Axis Sally	The counterpart to Tokoyo Rose, what was the common name given to Mildred Gillars, the American born radio personality who broadcast propaganda for the Germans during WWII?
A Nurse	In the nursery rhyme “The Farmer in the Dell,” what does the child take?
10	According to the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, the group that determines the elegibility of subjects to be commemorated on a stamp, how long must a person be dead before they can be honored on a stamp (and then only the anniversary of their
Jim Mora	Who's missing: Greg Knapp; Bill Lazor; Kasey Dunn; Robert Prince; Mike DeBord; Mike Solari; Chris Beake
Crips	Executed in 2005, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley “Tookie” Williams co-founded what L. A. gang?
Burkina Faso	Jan 4, 1966 saw a military coup take place in the African country Upper Volta. By what name do we know the country now?
The Rose Bowl	What college football bowl is known as The Grandaddy of them all, having been continuously played since 1916?
John Boehner	Who is the current Speaker of the House?
The Green Hornet	Newspaper editor Britt Reid, along with his sidekick Kato and their well appointed car Black Beauty, dons a mask and fights crime under what name?
Aluminum	What is the most abundant metallic element in Earths crust?
Brain	What part of your body is inflamed if you have encephalitis?
Carmen San Diego	In the TV and computer game franchise, ACME detective agency members are always asking the question "Where in the World/Time/Earth is" who?
Green Bay Packers	January 15, 1967 saw the first ever Super Bowl as the Kansas City Chiefs lost to whom, by a score of 35-10?
John Wayne	Who starred along side Glen Campbell in the 1969 movie True Grit, based on a 1968 novel by Charles Portis?
Little Orphan Annie	What comic strip character’s favorite interjection was “leapin’ lizards!”?

1977

Elvis Presley died in which year?

1978

Ray Reardon won his last World Snooker Championship in what year?

Martina Navratilova

Who was the most prolific Wimbledon Women's singles champion in the 1980s?

Jimmy Saville

Who presented the first ever 'Top of the Pops'?

England

Which country was called 'Albion' by the Romans?

West Ham United

Which English football team plays ay Upton Park?

1997

"In what year did Magnus Magnusson say ""I've started, now I've finished""?"

Liverpool

Where in England would you find' Lime Street Station'?

True

Dick Turpin was hanged in York. True or false?

Sleep

Hypnophobia is the fear of what?

Honor'e de Balzac

Who was the French novelist - nearly 100 books all La Comedie Humaine?

Uncle Remus

Joel Chandler Harris wrote which series of stories?

Suicide

Shakespeare - Antony, Romeo, Othello - what did the characters all have in common?

Enid Blyton

Which author published 59 new books in 1955?

Sweden

The Three Crowns is the national ice hockey team which country?

Pigs

What animals make up the Suidae family?

Cagney and Lacey

In which cop show did Petrie and Isbecki appear?

Wedge

In golf the no 10 iron is usually called what?

Olive Oil

What did the ancient Greeks use instead of soap?

Thomas Harris

Name the author who created Hannibal Lecter?

Very Mighty Ruler

What does the name Ghengis Khan mean?

Robin and the 7 Hoods

In what movie did Sinatra sing My Kind of Town?

Sir John MacDonald

Who was Canada's first prime minister?

MC Hammer

Stanley Burrell became famous as who?

Drones

PG Woodhouse books Bertie Wooster used what London Club?

Babylonians

Marduk was the creator of the world to what ancient people?

Cassius Clay

What was Mohammad Ali's birth name?

Anne Robinson

Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link?

John Cleese

Who played Basil Fawlty in 'Fawlty Towers'?

Knight

In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces?

Epsom

At which racecourse is the Derby and the Oaks traditionally run?

Elton John

Who had a hit single with 'Crocodile Rock`'n 1972?

Winnie the Pooh

A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear?

Real Madrid

The name of which football club is an anagram of 'Red Admiral'?

Barcelona

In the TV show 'Fawlty Towers' from which city does the waiter Manuel hail?

Pluto

What is the furthest planet from the sun?

15

How many red balls are used in a game of snooker?

The iris

What is the name of the coloured part of an eye?

The Wizard Of Oz

In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale?

4

How many strings are on a violin?

Amelia Earhart

A recent announcement of the discovery of a possible finger bone on tiny island of Nikumaroro is thought to be associate with whom, who was officially declared dead on January 5, 1939, having first gone missing on July 2, 1937?

Cambodia

Which country was known as Democratic Kampuchea when it was ruled by the Khmer Rouge From 1975 to 1990?

Medal of Honor

The nations highest military decoration, what medal is awarded to members of the armed forces, who ho distinguish themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in a action against an enemy of the United States."

Hanging

January 5, 1993 saw the execution of total asshat, serial killer Westley Allan Dodd, the last man to be executed by what means?

Teddy Roosevelt

A day of perpetual mourning, January 6, 1919 saw the death of what former US President, the 26th, whom the BSA gave the title of Chief Scout Citizen, the only such person to hold that honor, shortly before his death?

World War II

Signed on Sept 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco officially ended what?

Harlem Globetrotters

Which basketball team played its first game on January 7, 1927, having lost a total of 345 games out of the 22,000+ that they've played?

Richard M. Nixon

January 2nd, saw the enactment of a bill mandating the lowering of the national speed limit to 55 mph, in an attempt to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. Who was the president that signed the bill?

Schoolhouse Rock

What TV staple, introduced on Jan 6, 1973, featured such episodes as: My Hero, Zero, Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here, I'm Just a Bill, and Inter-planet Janet?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which U.S. president introduced a recovery plan popularly known as The New Deal?

Tears

What is the common name for the liquid secreted by your lacrimal glands?

Zero

In Scrabble, whats the value of the blank tile?

Poliomyelitis

January 3, 1938 saw Franklin D. Roosevelt found the charity March of Dimes. What epidemic disease was it targeting?

Bob Cratchit

What is the name of Tiny Tim’s father in the story, ‘A Christmas Carol’?

Caribou

In the world of ungulates, if it's called a reindeer in Europe, what is it called in North America?

Paris, France

In the classic holiday movie Home Alone, where is the McCallister family heading for vacation?

Ostrich

What did the cowboy ride on the Island of Misfit Toys in the 1964 classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

Rudolph

Who's missing: Hermey; Yukon Cornelius; King Moonracer; Clarice; Bumble

Clause

In grammar, what word is used to describe a pair or group of words that consist of a subject and a predicate?

Santa Claus

The world's first themed amusement park, Holiday World, originally called Santa Claus Land, is located in what aptly named Indiana town?

Bedford Falls

What is the name of the town that is host to It's a Wonderful Life?

NORAD

What US Defense Department agency is responsible for tracking Santa each Christmas eve?

Remington electric shaver

What product uses the advertising slogan "I liked it so much, I bought the company!"?

The Salvation Army

Blood and Fire is the motto of what international movement, quasi-military in structure, that focuses on evangelical, social and charitable work?

Turkey

In what country did the real St Nicholas live?

Washington Dulles International Airport

In the film 'Die Hard 2', which airport did the terrorist take over on Christmas Eve?

Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Dino, and The Great Gazoo

For a point each, name the characters in a bottle of Flintstones Chewable Vitamins.

Marriage

Hymen is the Greek god of what?

Mary Poppins

Which nanny did Julie Andrews win an Oscar for playing?

Robocop

Which character was described as part man, part machine, all cop?

King Kong

What legendary Universal Studios horror star, the Eighth Wonder of the World, had his home on Skull Island before filmmaker Carl Denham drags his hairy ass back to New York?

175 years

What anniversary is celebrated with a demisemiseptcentennial?

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

What are the 6 official documental languages of the UN?

South Park

Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You bastards! is frequently heard on what tv classic?

Proud Mary by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Name the artist and song title: Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans, But I never saw the good side of the city, Until I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.

Igor Sikorsky

Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter?

Popeye

Bluto is the arch enemy of what animated character?

Igor

What was the name of the cliched hunchback assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein, tasked with fetching a brain for the good doctors creation?

Joust

In what 80s arcade game were you armed with a lance and mounted upon an ostrich or a stork?

Crossword puzzles

What does a cruciverbalist like doing?

Jimmy Carter

Minnesotan Walter "Fritz" Mondale, born on Jan 5, 1928, was the vice president for which US President?

Gillette

What product is advertised with the slogan: "The best a man can get"?

Dubai, U.A.E.

January 4, 2010 saw the official opening of the worlds tallest building, at 2717 feet (828 meters). In what country is it built?

Fruit

What is the preferred food type of a frugivore?

Jenny

If a male ass is a jack, what is a female called?

Axis Sally

The counterpart to Tokoyo Rose, what was the common name given to Mildred Gillars, the American born radio personality who broadcast propaganda for the Germans during WWII?

A Nurse

In the nursery rhyme “The Farmer in the Dell,” what does the child take?

10

According to the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, the group that determines the elegibility of subjects to be commemorated on a stamp, how long must a person be dead before they can be honored on a stamp (and then only the anniversary of their

Jim Mora

Who's missing: Greg Knapp; Bill Lazor; Kasey Dunn; Robert Prince; Mike DeBord; Mike Solari; Chris Beake

Crips

Executed in 2005, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Stanley “Tookie” Williams co-founded what L. A. gang?

Burkina Faso

Jan 4, 1966 saw a military coup take place in the African country Upper Volta. By what name do we know the country now?

The Rose Bowl

What college football bowl is known as The Grandaddy of them all, having been continuously played since 1916?

John Boehner

Who is the current Speaker of the House?

The Green Hornet

Newspaper editor Britt Reid, along with his sidekick Kato and their well appointed car Black Beauty, dons a mask and fights crime under what name?

Aluminum

What is the most abundant metallic element in Earths crust?

Brain

What part of your body is inflamed if you have encephalitis?

Carmen San Diego

In the TV and computer game franchise, ACME detective agency members are always asking the question "Where in the World/Time/Earth is" who?

Green Bay Packers

January 15, 1967 saw the first ever Super Bowl as the Kansas City Chiefs lost to whom, by a score of 35-10?

John Wayne

Who starred along side Glen Campbell in the 1969 movie True Grit, based on a 1968 novel by Charles Portis?

Little Orphan Annie

What comic strip character’s favorite interjection was “leapin’ lizards!”?