Round 1
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1
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Which African
country lies directly south of Gibraltar?
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MOROCCO
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2
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What are salmon usually
called during the first two years of their life?
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PARR
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3
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Alice Perrers was the
mistress of which English king?
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EDWARD III
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4
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Which boy's name, according
to website BabyCenter, is the most globally popular for the
eigth year in a row?
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AIDEN
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5
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What were first used in the
UK at the Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket in 1965?
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STARTING STALLS
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6
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Reggae superstar Bob Marley
died in which year?
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1981
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7
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Which breakfast food is named
after the Roman goddess of corn and agriculture?
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CEREAL (after Ceres)
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8
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What name is given to the
painting medium that uses eggs?
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TEMPERA
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9
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Give the title of the first
UK No 1 hit single of the group 'Take That'?
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PRAY (1993)
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10
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Who wrote the novel 'The Girl
With The Dragon Tattoo'?
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STIEG LARSON
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Round 2
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11
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Rabbinic and Sephardic are
denominations of which religion?
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JUDAISM
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12
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The Minoan civilisation was
based on which island?
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CRETE
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13
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What's the third book in the
Fifty Shades trilogy by E.L.James/
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FIFTY SHADES FREED
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14
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Americans call them
scallions; what do we call them?
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SPRING ONIONS
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15
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In which town will you find
the Black Sheep brewery?
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MASHAM
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16
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What role was played by
Doreen Mantle in TV's One
Foot In The Grave?
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MRS WARBOYS
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17
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Which American newspaper is
associated with the slogan "All the news that's fit to
print"?
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NEW YOUR TIMES
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18
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What is the name of the
strait which divides the city of Istanbul?
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BOSPOROUS
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19
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Which freshwater fish, native
to Britain has the nickname 'little Jack Sharp'?
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STICKLEBACK
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20
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In which film did the
Frankenstein monster sing 'Puttin on the Ritz'?
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
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Round 3
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21
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By what name is Oil of
Vitriol known today?
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SULPHURIC ACID
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22
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Which group had a number one
hit in 2009 with 'I Gotta Feeling'?
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BLACK EYED PEAS
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23
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Cathay is a poetic name for
which far eastern country?
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CHINA
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24
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Which metaphysical poet
famously wrote 'No man is an island'?
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JOHN DONNE
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25
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According to research carried
out by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which country will
be the best to be born into in 2013?
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SWITZERLAND
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26
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Blue vitriol is the sulphate
of which metal?
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COPER
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27
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In 1983, Lady Donaldson was
the first woman to be elected as what?
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LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
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28
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A Shadoof is a device used to
raise what?
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WATER
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29
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Which asian country has the
Kip as its main unit of currency?
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LAOS
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30
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How many canonical gospels
are there in the New Testament?
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FOUR
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Round 4
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31
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Who composed Night on a Bare Mountain?
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MUSSORGSKY
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32
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What was the work of a 'dhobi
wallah'?
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LAUNDRY
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33
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In which Scottish castle was
Mary Stuart crowned Queen of Scots in 1543?
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STIRLING
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34
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What in Italy is the ferroviaria?
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RAILWAY
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35
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At which place in Devon will
you find the Britannia Royal Naval College?
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DARTMOUTH
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36
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Russia's TU-144 plane was the
broad equivalent of which western airliner?
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CONCORDE
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37
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An incident in the life of
naval cadet George Archer-Shee was the main inspiration for
which play by Terence Rattigan?
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THE WINSLOW BOY
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38
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Which former 'Have I Got News
For You' presenter made an occassional appearance as Patrick
in 'One Foot In The Grave'?
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ANGUS DEAYTON
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39
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Which pre-Euro German coin
was one hundreth of a mark?
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PFENNIG
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40
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Which wading bird is also
known as a peewit due to its shrill call?
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LAPWING or PLOVER
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Round 5
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41
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'Doodlebug' was a colloquial
name for which type of World War II missile?
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V-1 / FLYING BOMB
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42
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Which singer, along with
Buddy Holly and 'The Big Bopper' was killed in a plane crash
in 1959?
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RITCHIE VALENS
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43
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Nominated by Bill Clinton,
who, in 1993, became the first female Attorney General of
the USA?
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JANET RENO
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44
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In which city was Guy Fawkes
born?
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YORK
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45
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Who invented the Steam Hammer
in the nineteenth century?
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(James) NAISMITH
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46
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What is depicted in a
stretched out form at the bottom of Holbein's painting The Ambassadors?
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A SKULL
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47
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Who is said to have designed
the maze in which the mythical Minotaur was confined?
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DAEDALUS
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48
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Moneymaker, beefsteak and
plum are varieties of which fruit?
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TOMATO
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49
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Which iconic U.S. detective
agency used the motto 'We Never Sleep'?
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PINKERTONS
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50
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Which stagework, the most
performed of all Arthur Miller's plays, was inspired by the
so-called McCarthy witchhunts in 1950's America?
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THE CRUCIBLE
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Round 6
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51
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What type of foliage is used
for the fences on the Grand National course at Aintree?
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SPRUCE
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52
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A British father and son won
the Nobel Prize for Physics; the father in 1906 and the son
in 1837. What was their surname?
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THOMPSON
(Joseph and George)
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53
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Which is the only African
capital city to have an underground railway system?
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CAIRO
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54
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Which British military
institution has the motto; "Serve To Lead"?
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SANDHURST
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55
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In which town or city are the
hadquarters of CAMRA - the Campaign For Real Ale?
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SAINT ALBANS
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56
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Which poet wrote the 1817
poem 'So We'll Go No More A-Roving'?
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BYRON
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57
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Said to be the fastest
creature on the planet, which is Britain's largest Falcon?
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PEREGRINE
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58
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Who composed the tone poem The Sorcerer's Apprentice?
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DUKAS
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59
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Which English Queen married
her brother-in-law?
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CATHERINE OF ARAGON
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60
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What is the name of the Nazi
musical featured in the film The Producers?
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SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER
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SPARE
QUESTIONS
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1
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In an
electrical context, what do the initials LED stand for?
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LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
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2
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Which 1979
science fiction film was at one time going to be called Star Beast?
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ALIEN
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3
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Whic is the
most northerly racecourse in the UK?
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PERTH
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