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2017–18 Season
Week 3: 31 October 2017

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2017–18 Season: Week 3 – 31 October 2017

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Specialist Rounds

Round 1: Arts & Entertainment

1 Which French artist, born in 1834, was best known for his paintings of ballet dancers and racehorses?
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2 Which famous British artist is sometimes said to have had himself tied to a mast of a ship so that he could paint a storm? Click for more information
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Which sitcom, set in World War II, featured Rene and Edith Artois?
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4 In the TV series The Likely Lads, who did Bob marry? (first name only required) Comments on the question
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5 What book contains the line "It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done"?
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6 Who wrote The Female Eunuch in 1970?
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7 Which Bond film shares its name with Ian Fleming's home in Jamaica?
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8 What was Mel Gibson's job in the 1997 thriller Conspiracy Theory?
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Supplementaries:

1 Who wrote the wistful line "Oh, to be in England now that April's there"?
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2 Who wrote the book A Song of Ice and Fire, upon which the very successful Games Of Thrones series is based? Comments on the question
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Round 2: Geography

1 In which English county is Sizewell nuclear power station?
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2 Listing all the 15 independent countries that were once the Soviet Union, in alphabetical order, which country comes last?
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3 In which city would you find Phoenix Park?
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4 Which UK seaside resort has a network of narrow shop–lined lanes, known as The Lanes?
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5 Mount McKinley is the highest peak in the USA. In which state is it?
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6 The second highest mountain above sea level in the world, K2, is located on the border between two countries, name either of them?
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7 Where in California is the lowest mainland point of the western hemisphere? Comments on the question
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8 Which is the only US State named after an English county?
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1 In which country would you find the Atacama desert?
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2 What is the capital of Madeira?
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Round 3: Sport

1 Which Strictly Come Dancing contestant of 2016 recently won a bronze medal in Montreal at the World Gymnastic Championships on the Floor Exercise?
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2 Name the GB swimmer who won two individual gold medals and one silver medal in a medley relay at the World Championships in Budapest in July this year?
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3 Which country's team took the gold medal in the men's 4 by 100m relay at the World Athletics Championships in London this summer?
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4 In rugby league, which team won the Super League Grand Final earlier this month at old Trafford?
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5 Which animal is found on the top of Rugby Union's Calcutta Cup?
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6 In which US State is golf's first major, the US Masters, played in the first full week of April?
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7 In horse racing, in which month does the Cheltenham Festival take place?
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8 At which Test cricket ground could you bowl from the Radcliffe Road end?
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1 Which country's Grand Prix returned in 2015 after a 13 year gap, having previously been held there from 1963 to 1970 and from 1986 to 1992? Comments on the question
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2 In 1988, who became the first boxer to have won world championships at five different weight categories?
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Round 4: Pen and Ink

All answers contain either the letters PEN or the letters INK in that order.

1 What was the name of Beatrix Potter's hedgehog laundress?
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2 In which European city would you find the statue of "The Little Mermaid"?
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3 What do we call a small personal ornament of no great value?
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4 Which word means "salary" particularly when applied to a clergyman?
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5 Who was the first man to win the World Professional Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 1977?
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6 Name the man born in Scotland who founded a National Detective Agency in the USA in 1850?
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7 Who had top ten hits with Goodbye To Love, Top of the World and Only Yesterday?
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8 Which firms security warehouse at Heathrow Airport was robbed in November 1983?
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1 Which song, from the musical Sweet Charity, has become strongly associated with Shirley Bassey?
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2 Which group's first top ten hit, in 1967, was entitled See Emily Play?
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Round 5: Phonetic Alphabet

In this round a word from the NATO phonetic alphabet will appear in either the question or answer. A full answer is required.

1 What is the first name of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
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2 Who was the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion?
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3 The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, in 1759, led to the surrender of which city?
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4 Who is the only person with the first name Oscar to have won an Oscar?
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5 Which country's national flower is the lotus?
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6 Which song opens with the line "On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair"
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7 In which novel and film would you find the characters Mr. Salt, Arthur Slugworth, Grandpa Joe and Mike Teavee?
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8 In which TV series running from 1980 to 1985 did Stephanie Turner star in the lead role Jean Darblay? Click for more information
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1 Two mountain ranges, in California and Spain, share what name?
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2 In Greek mythology, who was only able to speak the last few words spoken to her, as a result of enduring Hera's wrath?
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Round 6: Science

1 Discovered in 1950 and named after an American college which element has the symbol Bk? Comments on the question
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2 What has the formula C2 H5 OH?
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3 Approximately what percentage of human blood is water (some leeway)?
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4 How many bones are there in the human hand (some leeway)?
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5 Name either of the two planets in our solar system that rotate clockwise on their axis? Comments on the question
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6 Who was Soyuz TM–12's British passenger in 1991?
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7 What Danish scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his work in atomic structure and quantum theory?
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8 What is the boiling point of water on the Kelvin temperature scale?
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1 What name is given to the elements in Group 0 (zero) of the Periodic Table? Comments on the question
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2 Which Belgian priest and astronomer first put forward the Big Bang Theory for the origin of the universe, which he called his "hypothesis of the primeval atom" or the Cosmic Egg?
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Round 7: History

1 What famous American building was burnt by British troops in 1812? Comments on the question
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2 Queen Victoria had twelve Prime Ministers during her reign. Viscount Melbourne was her first; who was her last?
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3 Which London landmark marks the start of the Great Fire Of London?
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4 Which wife of Henry VIII was married four times? Click for more information
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5 In which country did the former Edward VIII marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson?
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6 Who succeeded James Callaghan as leader of the Labour Party?
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7 Who commanded the Charge Of The Light Brigade during the Crimean War?
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8 Who was the first female President of Ireland?
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1 To make financial gain with little or no effort or by trickery is often referred to as "money for old rope". From which act does this everyday phrase originate? Comments on the question
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2 How many children did Queen Victoria have?
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Round 8: Browned Off!

1 Who wrote the stories about a school boy named William Brown?
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2 The novel Tom Brown's School Days, written by Thomas Hughes and illustrated by E. H. Shepard, is set at which school?
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3 Errol Brown was the lead singer with which group popular in the 1970s?
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4 Who wrote and first performed the hit song Brown Eyed Girl in March 1967?
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5 In which city is the NFL team "The Browns" based?
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6 In boxing who was named the Brown Bomber?
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7 In 1981, Susan Brown became the first female competitor in which annual sporting event?
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8 Brown Willy, at 1,378 feet, is the highest peak in which English county?
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1 Which song by James Brown includes the lyric "It don't mean nothing without a woman or a girl"?
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2 Which cabinet position did George Brown hold between 1966 and 1968?
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General Knowledge

1 What is the longest nerve in the human body?
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2 On May 6th 2017 the old £5 note ceased to be legal tender replaced by our first "plastic money". A picture of whom was found on the reverse of the old £5 note?
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3 Barry Allen is the Alter Ego of which Marvel comic super hero?
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4 Who played Professor Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films?
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5 Which post was first appointed to John Kendrick in 1694, and is currently held by Victoria Cleland?
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6 Which footballer scored the first English football premiership hat–trick for Leeds United in their  5–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on 25th August 1992?
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7 Who recently won the Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo?
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8 Who plays Prince Albert alongside Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria in the recent television series Victoria?
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9 What is used to celebrate 70 years of marriage?
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10 In golf who is the captain of the European Team for the 2018 Ryder Cup?
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11 Who is the only US Vice President and President to hold both offices without being elected to either of them?
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12 Which novel takes place in Dublin on 16th June 1904?
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13 Which weather phenomenon translates from the Spanish for 'little boy'?
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14 What was the name of the plane that dropped the first atom bomb named 'Little Boy' on Hiroshima on the 6th August 1945?
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15 How many pieces does each player start a game of draughts with?
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16 How many stones does each player start a game of backgammon with?
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17 In which modern country is the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus, who first proposed that the earth orbited the sun?
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18 What was Operation Chastise in WWII?
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19 During the allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944 what name was given to temporary portable harbours developed to facilitate the rapid offloading of cargo onto beaches?
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20 What links Stanley Matthews in 1951, George Formby in 1953, Red Rum in 1977, Peter Kay in 2014 and Barbara Windsor in 2016, amongst others?
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21 Which city has been awarded the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, which will be 100 years since they were last staged there?
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22 At the 2017 World Athletics Championships held in London what was the name of the mascot that caused so much hilarity attempting several of the events before the athletes did?
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23 In the 1975 film Jaws by Steven Spielberg, the film crew members gave the model shark what name?
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24 Who was the last prisoner of Spandau Prison?
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25 Who has replaced Mary Berry as one of the judges on the TV show "The Great British Bake Off"?
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26 In which country in Africa is the Skeleton Coast?
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27 The Royal Mile in Edinburgh runs from the entrance of Edinburgh Castle to the gates of which building?
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28 Beyoncé rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of which girl–group?
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29 What is the nickname of Cardiff City Football Club?
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30 Obsidian, a naturally occurring volcanic glass, is what colour?
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31 Kerry Katona is a member of which girl–group? 
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32 Which charity was founded in 1942 by a group of concerned citizens, including Canon Theodore Milford and Professor Gilbert Murray? Comments on the question
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33 Seven oak trees were planted in 1902 on the north side of The Vine cricket ground in Sevenoaks, to commemorate what event? Click for more information
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34 Which famous person died on December 5th 2013, the same day as a Royal Premier in London of a film about his life? Comments on the question
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35 What old English unit of area was originally the size that a yoke of oxen could plough in a day?
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36 In the nursery rhyme Who Killed Cock Robin, who buried him?
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37 What position in Government was held by Theresa May immediately before she became Prime Minister?
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38 As of 22nd October 2017, who is the current Secretary for Transport?
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39 Which English composer of symphonies, chamber music, choral music and opera was born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire in 1872 and is related to both Josiah Wedgwood and Charles Darwin? Click for more information
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40 Reggatta de Blanc, Zenyatta Mondatta and Ghost in the Machine are among the albums released by which band of the late 70s and early 80s?
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41 The 'alligator pear' is another name for which fruit?
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42 How many small squares are there on the outside of a Rubik cube?
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43 Who will be taking over on TV as the 13th Doctor Who next year?
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44 In a car collision what gas is released to inflate the emergency air bags?
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45 In Shakespeare's The Tempest, what is the name of the sprite who serves the magician Prospero who rescued him from imprisonment by the witch Sycorax?
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46 What is the name of the jester who appears in Shakespeare's As You Like It?
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47 What is the capital of Madagascar?
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48 The 1962 film The Longest Day refers to which particular day in history?
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49 Who was the first woman elected to the House of Commons, in 1918, although she did not take her seat? Click for more information
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50 Who sings the theme song to the Bond film Die Another Day, staring Pierce Brosnan as 007?
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51 What name is given to one of the earliest and strategically most important Roman roads of the ancient republic that connected Rome to Brindisi?
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52 What was the first named British storm for the year 2017/2018?
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53 What was the first product made and sold by Heinz in 1869? Comments on the question
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54 What fish are used in the making of Worcestershire Sauce?
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55 James Hoban, an Irish architect, is best known for designing which famous building?
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56 How is the villain Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, who appeared in American comic books published by DC Comics, more commonly known?
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57 What is the Christian name of Dame Edna Everage's husband?
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58 Which famous Australian actress, after her divorce, said "At least I can wear high heels now"
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59 What was the name of Elvis Presley's backing band between 1956 and 1962?
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60 Dating back to the mid 19th century, what event takes place from the top of Rome's Gianicolo hill at noon every day? Comments on the question
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61 What Italian city is served by Cristoforo Colombo airport?
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62 Which country's principal airport is Changi airport?
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63 Which value would you get in scrabble for the word QUIZ without any bonuses used?
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64 Which American city is nicknamed "the windy city"?
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65 Rumble–de–thumps is a Scottish dish comprising mainly of potato, onions and what else?
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66 Blutwurst is the German equivalent of which British delicacy?
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67 What is the characteristic feature of the New Zealand birds the Kakapo (owl parrot) and Weka (wood hen)? 
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68 As PLC follows British Company names to indicate that they are a limited company or corporation which two letters denote the equivalent for a Swedish company?
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69 The novel War and Peace, written by Leo Tolstoy, is set during which war?
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70 The novel For Whom The Bell Tolls written by Ernest Hemingway, is set during which war?
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71 In which sport would you perform Randy's, Rudy's and Randolphs?
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72 In which sport would your balls be yellow & pink and your opponent's balls black & blue?
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73 Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the assassination of John F Kennedy?
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74 What service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in February 2005?
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75 Which alkaloid found in the leaves of the tobacco plant has the chemical formula C10H14N2?
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76 What name is given to a small elevator (or lift) intended to carry objects rather than people up several floors, commonly found in restaurants, hospitals, retirement homes etc. with the lift generally terminating in a kitchen?
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77 The majority of the moons of Uranus are named after Shakespearian characters. However three of the 27 moons - Ariel, Umbriel and Belinda - are named after characters from a poem by which English poet?
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78 George Crum, an American chef, is credited with inventing what in the 1850s?
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79 Tesco's "fashionable" clothes line is called F and F. What do the Fs stand for? (either will do)
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80 Amber and Velma Von Tussle and Edna and Wilbur Turnblad are characters who appear in which musical?
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81 Nellie Forbush, Emile de Becque and Bloody Mary are the main characters who appear in which musical?
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82 What is the alcoholic ingredient in a Bloody Mary?
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83 What name is given to the cocktail made from Drambuie and Scotch whisky?
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84 Name the space shuttle that went on the very last space shuttle mission (STS 135 ) on July 21st 2011?
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85 Michael Stipe is the lead singer with which US band from Athens Georgia formed in 1980?
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86 What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
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87 What is the women's equivalent of the Ryder Cup? 
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88 How far apart are the goal posts in association football?
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89 As of 22nd October 2017, who is the current US Secretary Of State?
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90 Which small tree with bright yellow flowers is sometimes called the Golden Chain or Golden Rain tree?
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91 Which organisation was founded in 1905 after a meeting at London's Pinoli's Restaurant? Its motto, Indocilis Privata Loqui, translates as "not apt to disclose secrets"
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92 Lyme disease is an infectious disease caused by bacteria spread by which insects? 
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93 Which British monarch was described as 'the Wisest Fool In Christendom'?
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94 Who hosts the daytime TV quiz game show Alphabetical?
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95 Who hosts the daytime TV quiz game show Impossible?
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96 Which British Monarch was known as 'the Merry Monarch'?
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1 In which city does the Great South Run take place in October each year?
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2 What is the name of Bart Simpson's best friend?
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3 What colour is Roger Hargreaves's Mr. Tickle?
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4 When the Beatles played at the Royal Variety Show in 1963 what words followed John Lennon saying "For our last number, I'd like to ask for your help ... "
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5 What do actors Kelsey Grammer and Dennis Waterman have in common?
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6 Which was the last Bond film in which Roger Moore played 007?
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7 Which bird is also known as the windhover?
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8 What is the name of the bone in the upper arm?
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