1. What was the nickname of the 70’s Tv cook Graham Kerr ?
2. In what decade did the Sun newspaper launch in Britain?
3. What’s the only battle to have been the one word title of a No 1. ?
4. A 1997 phenomena Hale-Bop was a type of what?
5. What were sea borne refugees fleeing Vietnam known as ?
6. ‘ Brown eyed handsome man ‘ was a hit for which singer after his death ?
7. Which ‘soap’ from down under was created to rival ‘ Neighbours ‘ ?
8. In which decade was the last execution at the Tower of London ‘ ?
9. Where was actor Tom Conti born?
10. Who was famous for his impersonations of Harold Wilson and Edward Heath?
11. What was the name of the low fat burger launched by Mc Donalds ? (think about it)
12. Which building society became a bank in 1997 with members receiving a windfall?
13. What on earth did Georgy Porgy do to make the girls cry?
14. Who were Eric Clapton’s backing group when recorded under the name Derek ?
15. Which household furnishing is associated with the town of Kidderminster?
16. What are the bars on a xylophone made from ?
17. Name the largest living tree?
18. According to the proverb, what happens if you spare the rod ?
19. Jerez in Spain is famous for what ?
20. What is mixed with half a pound of treacle in Pop goes the Weasel ?
21. In which British city was the International Garden Show held in 1984 ?
22. What was Diana’s nickname for Camilla ?
23. On which H.G.Wells novel is ‘ Half a Sixpence’ based?
24. How many American universities are in the Ivy League ? 6, 7 or 8.
25. Who wrote ‘ A Farewell to Arms ‘ ?
26. Who narrated the Tv series ‘ A World at War ‘ ?
27. The sinking of which ship prompted the Sun’s ‘ Gotcha ‘ headline?
28. What is the official language of Haiti ?
29. What was the first black owned record company in the USA ?
30. What dance is the Bossa Nova a type of?
31. Where would you find a transept?
32. Which word describes architecture dating from the time of James the First ?
33. In Greek mythology who is the God of Love?
34. What colour jersey is worn by the leader in the Tour De France ?
35. Which Pacific Islands share their name with a wise man in the Bible?
36. Which character did Clark Gable play in ‘ Gone with the Wind’ ?
37. The USSR annexed 3 Baltic States in 1940. Latvia and Lithuania were two; what was the third?
38. Which line goes before “ and I’ll cry if I want to “ ?
39. A plant produced by crossing different species is known as what?
40. Which Tv policeman called people ‘ pussycat’ ?
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