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Which is the only 20th century British monarch not to have had children? |
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Edward VIII |
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Sticking with the monarchy, who was the father of Edward VII? |
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Prince Albert |
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Name either of the 19th century composers buried at Bayreuth (by–roit) in Germany. |
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Liszt or Wagner |
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In racing, at what age does a filly become a mare? |
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4 years |
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Which 20th century US president wasn't elected? |
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Gerald Ford |
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Which bishop signs his name "Norvic"? |
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Norwich |
7 |
In cricket, what fielding position lies between point and the slips? |
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Gully |
8 |
The Camargue region of France is famous for which animals? |
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Wild horses |
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9 |
In which game might you employ the Blackwood and Stayman conventions? |
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Bridge |
10 |
Which dog breed is a cross between a collie and a greyhound? |
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Lurcher |
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In which year were betting shops made legal in the UK? |
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1961 |
12 |
Which fictional character did Snowy White assist in his adventures? |
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Dick Barton |
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Whose alter ego is Sir Les Patterson? |
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Barry Humphries |
14 |
Which British spider has a skull on the top of its abdomen? |
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The false widow |
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Which French car's name translates as 'two steam horses'? |
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Citröen 2CV ("deux chevaux–vapeur") |
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On which street in London do Fortnum & Mason, Burlington House and the Ritz Hotel stand? |
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Piccadilly |
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Much in the news recently, what does the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution provide for? |
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The removal of the President if deemed unfit for office. |
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What name is given to the payments made to counsel during a court case in addition to the original brief fee? |
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A refresher |
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Which two initials link a character from The Fall and Rise of Reggie Perrin and Pamela Anderson's
character in Baywatch? |
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CJ |
20 |
Which branch of Protestantism is predominant in Germany? |
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Lutherism |
21 |
Which future prime minister introduced Premium Bonds in 1956? |
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Harold Macmillan |
22 |
According to the Highway Code, what does a car with a flashing green light on top signify? |
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A doctor on an emergency call |
23 |
First performed in 1973, who wrote the opera Owen Wingrave? |
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Benjamin Britten |
24 |
What do sericulturists breed? |
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Silkworms |
25 |
In which London park was the 1851 Great Exhibition staged? |
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Hyde Park |
26 |
Best known for its adverts at sporting events, what does Liqui Moly make? |
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Oils and lubricants |
27 |
Which motorway links London with Basingstoke? |
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M3 |
28 |
In what capacity on the world stage does Karen Pierce serve the UK? |
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Ambassador to the United Nations |
29 |
Someone with the letters FZS after their name indicates membership of what? |
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The Zoological Society |
30 |
Who is the only real person named in Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody? |
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Galileo |
31 |
Who made his directorial debut with Hamlet in 1948? |
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Sir Lawrence Olivier |
32 |
What is the more common name for the medical condition hemicrania? |
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Migraine |
33 |
Under which British river do the Kingsway and Queensway road tunnels run? |
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The Mersey |
34 |
In what capacity did Sir Bernard Ingham serve Margaret Thatcher for 11 years? |
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Press Secretary |
35 |
ROI is the abbreviation for which economic term? |
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Return on investment |
36 |
In which Dickens novel does the hero sail to America to seek his fortune as an architect? |
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Martin Chuzzlewitt |
37 |
The Roman amphitheatre in El Djem is in which country? |
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Tunisia |
38 |
Which Protestant scholar was executed in Vilvoorde in 1536 for translating the Bible into English? |
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William Tyndale |
39 |
In weather forecasting, what unit is generally used to express atmospheric pressure? |
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The millibar (accept bar) |
40 |
In which English county would you find Cromer? |
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Norfolk |
41 |
In 1994, which country converted its currency from the cruzeiro to the real? |
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Brazil |
42 |
King David was Solomon's father. Who was his mother? |
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Bathsheba |
43 |
Which Roman emperor is the subject of two books by Robert Graves? |
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Claudius (I, Claudius and Claudius the God) |
44 |
In biological classification, species is the lowest order of ranking. What's the highest? |
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Kingdom |
45 |
What is the name given to modern Persian, the language spoken in Iran? |
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Farsi |
46 |
What form of government is called a stratocracy? |
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Military rule |
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Which chess piece always stays on its own colour squares? |
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The bishop |
48 |
Which anti–catholic riots took place in London in 1780? |
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The Gordon riots |
49 |
Which parable begins "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves"? |
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The parable of the Good Samaritan |
50 |
In the field of education, what are Fulbright and Rhodes? |
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Scholarships |
51 |
At which racecourse is the National Hunt Festival held in March each year? |
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Cheltenham |
52 |
On the outskirts of which city is the University of Warwick based? |
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Coventry |
53 |
The term Right Honourable, when applied to someone other than a peer of the realm, indicates what? |
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They're a
member of the Privy Council |
54 |
What massive wheeled vehicle takes its name from a Hindu god? |
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Juggernaut |
55 |
In literature, who taught at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls? |
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Miss Jean Brodie |
56 |
Which is the longest, deepest, and highest canal tunnel in the UK? |
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Standedge Tunnel – on the
Huddersfield Narrow Canal |
57 |
What term is used to describe the upward thrust of a body immersed in a fluid? |
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Buoyancy |
58 |
In the film, who played Zorba the Greek? |
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Anthony Quinn |
59 |
What Latin name is given to people looking after children instead of their parents? |
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In loco
parentis ("In place of a parent") |
60 |
What is the name for the arrangement of gears that allows the two wheels on an axle to rotate at different speeds when cornering? |
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A differential |
61 |
What did Swaziland change its name to in 2018? |
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Eswatini |
62 |
Which band are "Going to be out of our heads tonight" according to their latest single? |
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Take That |
63 |
Radio 2's PopMaster changed its name for one day in November 2018 ... to what? |
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PodMaster – it was broadcast from the London Eye to
celebrate the BBC Sounds app |
64 |
In 1668 John Dryden became the first holder of which post? |
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Poet Laureate |
65 |
Fingal O'Flahertie Wills were the middle names of which Irish writer? |
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Oscar Wilde |
66 |
What is the highest rank in the Royal Navy? |
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Admiral of the Fleet |
67 |
In what year did rationing end in the UK after World War 2? (There is no leeway.) |
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1954 |
68 |
What starsign would you be if you were born on Valentine's Day (14 February)? |
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Aquarius |
69 |
Which comedy group provided the voices for the children's TV show Bananaman? |
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The Goodies |
70 |
What is the longest river in South Africa? |
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The Orange River |
71 |
What is the name of the professional baseball team in Cincinnati? |
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The Reds |
72 |
Two actors have played DI John Rebus on television. John Hannah is one; who is the other? |
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Ken Stott |
73 |
Which famous singer/actor is the father of film director Duncan Jones? |
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David Bowie |
74 |
Which of the twelve disciples was the brother of John? |
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James |
75 |
In which country did the so–called Velvet Revolution take place? |
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Czechoslovakia |
76 |
In a circus, what would a funambulist do? |
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Tight rope walker |
77 |
The band Heaven 17 took their name from which dystopian novel? |
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A Clockwork Orange (by Anthony Burgess) |
78 |
Fashion designer Yves St. Laurent and author Albert Camus were both born in which country? |
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Algeria |
79 |
Which superhero's real name is Norrin Radd? |
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The Silver Surfer |
80 |
Hi Ho Silver by Jim Diamond was the theme tune to which 1980s TV drama? |
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Boon |
81 |
Which train gave its name to a 1976 film starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor? |
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The Silver Streak |
82 |
What is the Carassius auratus auratus more commonly known as? |
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The goldfish |
83 |
In which sport do teams compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy? |
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American football (accept Gridiron) |
84 |
Which science fiction writer created the Scientology movement? |
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L. Ron Hubbard |
85 |
A gerontocracy is ruled by which section of society? |
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The old |
86 |
What school did Billy Bunter attend? |
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Greyfriars |
87 |
Which infamous girls' school was invented by Ronald Searle? |
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St. Trinians |
88 |
The dried meat known as 'biltong' originates from which country? |
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South Africa |
89 |
Which East London thoroughfare is also the name of a novel by Monica Ali? |
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Brick Lane |
90 |
Victoria Beckham's nickname in the Spice Girls is also the nickname of which English football league club? |
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Peterborough United |
91 |
Which 1980s comedy series featured Scumbag College on University Challenge? |
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The Young Ones |
92 |
Up to the 11th of November, which ministerial post is currently held by Damian Hinds? |
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Secretary of State for Education |
93 |
Up to the 11th of November, Macclesfield Town have only won one League game in the current season. Which team did
they beat? |
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Carlisle United |
94 |
In which year did the Battle of Prestonpans take place? |
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1745 |
95 |
In which 2006 film would you find the characters of Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks? |
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Cars |
97 |
What is Donald Duck's middle name? |
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Fauntleroy |
98 |
Which is the only band to have played on every continent on Earth? |
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Metallica |
99 |
Galileo and Scaramouche are characters in which musical? |
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We Will Rock You |
100 |
Ribes nigrum is the Latin name for which fruit? |
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Blackberry |
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101 |
What is the pen name of the Belgian writer Georges Remi? |
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Hergé herge |
102 |
The atmosphere of Mars is composed primarily of which gas? |
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Carbon dioxide |
103 |
Which Cretan artist, active in the Spanish Renaissance, painted Saint Martin and the Beggar? |
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El Greco |
104 |
Which American general accepted the Japanese surrender to end World War II? |
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General Douglas MacArthur |
105 |
In the TV detective series Columbo, what was the name of his dog? |
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Dog |
106 |
The tomb of King John is in which English city? |
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Worcester |
107 |
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra is from which country? |
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Venezuela |
108 |
On which London underground line would you find the stations Tooting Broadway, Oval and Archway? |
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Northern |
109 |
At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga wore a dress made out of what? |
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Meat |
110 |
What medical condition is also called Daltonism? |
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Colour blindness |
111 |
A puree of which fruit is used in a Bellini cocktail? |
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Peach |
112 |
Charles Zafon Ruiz's novel The Shadow of the Wind is set in which country? |
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Spain |
113 |
A Varsovian is a person from which city? |
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Warsaw |
114 |
Who resigned as chairman of BSkyB in 2012? |
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James Murdoch |
115 |
In Greek mythology, how many eyes did Argus have? |
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100 |
116 |
What is the name of the main character in The Da Vinci Code and Origin? |
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Robert Langdon (both names required) |
117 |
In what year did Adolf Hitler become Chancellor of Germany? |
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1933 |
118 |
Apiphobia is the fear of what kind of creature? |
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Bee |
119 |
The Brownlow Medal is awarded to the best player in which sport? |
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Australian rules football |
120 |
Which constellation appears on Van Gogh's painting Starry Night Over The Rhone? |
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The Plough (accept Big Dipper) |