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What transport industry was Nationalised in 1948? |
The Railways |
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Are what age was Lord Denning on his Death? |
100 |
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Name the late |
[River]
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Without looking, what is Britannia holding in her right hand on a 50 p piece? |
A trident |
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What is the worlds largest office complex. |
The pentagon |
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"Or" is the heraldic name for which colour? |
Gold or yellow |
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Which is the largest city in |
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Which of the Road films lead to a place beginning with 'Z'? |
Road to
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What is a kissing gourami? |
Tropical fish |
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Name the principal flavouring of brandy snap.? |
Ginger |
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11 |
Pearse Bronson is currently working for the new bond
movie, "The World is not Enough", in which |
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Willie Gallagher and Phil Piratin were the last two MPs from which political party. |
communist [1945-50] |
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The |
American football |
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What number took singer Paul Hardcastle to number one? |
Nineteen |
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What name is given to a person who makes barrels and casks? |
A cooper |
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Who won the 1988 Olympic 100 mtrs. sprint only to be later disqualified? |
Ben Johnson |
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What did the American settlers caller British troops during the War of Independence? |
Redcoats |
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Steve Bennet is used Formby Stands in |
3 (3000) |
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What is the Russian word for the fortress area in old
Russian cities such as |
Kremlin |
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In the same year that Jimmy Hendrix died the Beatles broke up, what was it? |
1970 |
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Which breed of long, crooked legged dog was originally bred for badgering.? |
The Dachshund |
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Who won the award of European Tour Player of the year for 98? |
Lee Westwood |
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Who is the patron saint of the worlds oldest profession? Clue, One of his good deed involved putting gold pieces into leggings. |
Saint Nicholas |
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With what type of music is buddy Greco associated |
Jazz [piano] |
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Who invented the safety razor in 1895. |
(King C.) Gillette. |
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According to the bible what is the final battle between god and Satan.? |
Armageddon |
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In chess, what name is given to a draw or tie? |
Stalemate |
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Give the order of change of colours of traffic lights? |
Red; red and amber; green; amber; red. |
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What is the national emblem of |
Maple leaf |
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Who did Randolph Turpin beat to became World
Middleweight Champion at |
Sugar Ray Robinson |
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Which wild life park is found in Bedfordshire,
north-west of |
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In which soap is sausage production at Bridge Farm an issue? |
The Archers |
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Which English artist who's works include "The Rakes Progress" & "Marriage a la Mode" died in 1764? |
William Hogarth |
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Which is the largest type of living reptile? |
[Sea water or Estuarine] Crocodile |
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How many times did Bjorn Borg win the men's single title at Wimbledon.? |
Five times |
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The Julian calendar is the forerunner of which type, in use today? |
The Gregorian |
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Thunderbirds |
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What was the principal profession of Capability Brown ? |
A Landscape Gardener |
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In the pied piper story why weren't all the children taken away from Hamelin |
one was lame and couldn't keep up |
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What is the formula for finding the area of a circle? |
Pi R squared |
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According to the rhyme when was Solomon Grundy married. |
Wednesday |
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Dunkery Becon is the highest point of Exmoor, in which county is it? |
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Which is not the nickname of a football team: swans doves owls or peacocks. |
Doves:[ |
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Which is |
Mount Kilimanjaro, 19,340 feet |
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What do Samuel Pepys, Francis Kilvert and John Evelyn have in common? |
They all wrote famous diaries |
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In which Century was Sir Francis Drake born ? |
Fifteenth |
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Which ex Man U soccer star is being linked to a £5M sex and rolex gifts bibery scandel? |
Jesper Olsen |
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How is 12 months travelling at 186,000 miles per second better known? |
A Light Year |
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Which robot won last nights Robo Wars? |
Panic Attack |
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The Beckem baby has been lumbered with the name Brooklin, what was the reason given for this? |
Where Posh Spice found out she was pregnant |
Spare
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SP1 |
At what major sporting event are the diamond challenge sculls competed for.? |
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Cleopatra's ancestors came from which country. |
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Tie-Break
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A grey seal named Jacob has been recorded as having the longest life of a seal in captivity, dying in 1942, how old was it in years? |
41 years |
ART AND LITERATURE
What nationality was Chopin? (Polish)
What's the best-known artificial international language? (esperanto)
Who lived at 221B,
Who cut off Van Gogh's ear? (he did)
Where did Salvador Dali live? (Figueras)
Who painted the Mona Lisa? (Da Vinci)
What Spanish artist said he would eat his wife when she died? (Dali)
Who wrote Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Hamlet? (Shakespeare)
Who wrote Lazarillo de Tormes? (anonymous)
What did the crocodile swallow in Peter Pan? (alarm clock)
Where was Lope de Vega born? (
What are the first three words of the bible? (In the beginning)
What did the 7 dwarves do for a job? (miners)
Who painted the Sistine Chapel? (Michelangelo)
Who wrote La Colmena? (Cela)
Name a famous detective who smoked a pipe and played the violin. (Sherlock
Holmes)
How many people went onto Noah's
What was the name of Don Quijote's horse? (Rocinante)
Who was Robin Hood's girlfriend? (Maid Marian)
Who wrote the James Bond books? (Ian Fleming)
Who wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Who said, "I think, therefore I am"? (Descartes)
Who wrote the Ugly Duckling? (Hans Christian Andersen)
Where was El Greco born? (
What's the Hungarian word for pepper? (paprika)
Which painter did the group Mecano write a song about? (Dali)
Who wrote the Satanic Verses? (Salman Rushdie)
What was the first theatre play in
What's the most important book in the Moslem religion? (Koran)
ENTERTAINMENT
When was Elvis' first ever concert? (1954)
Who sang "My Way"? (Frank Sinatra)
Who as the main actor in "Cocktail"? (Tom Cruise)
Who was the main actor in Superman 2? (Christopher Reeve)
Who did Madonna marry? (Sean Penn)
Who sang, "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas"? (Bing Crosby)
Name the two main actors in "The Sting". (Paul Newman and Robert
Redford)
What year did Elvis Presley die? (1977)
What film star who was in 9& ½ weeks is now a boxer? (Mickey Rourke)
Who were the two main actors in "Pretty Woman"? (Julia Roberts and
Richard Gere)
Name two actors who played James Bond. (Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy
Dalton, Pierce Brosnan)
Who was the director of the film "Psycho"? (Alfred Hitchcock)
In which city is
Who did John Lennon marry? (Yoko Ono)
Name three of the beatles (Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George
Harrison)
Which 2 actors were in "Gone with the wind"?(Clark Gable and Vivien
Leigh)
Who wrote the song "Johnny be good"? (Chuck Berry)
What was the first film with sound? (the Jazz Singer)
How many oscars did Alfred Hitchcock win? (none)
Which film about
What year did the drummer of Def Lepperd loose his arm? (1984)
GEOGRAPHY
Where are the Dolomites? (
What's the capital of
Which is the largest ocean? (Pacific)
What's the capital of
What's the capital of
What's the capital of
What's the smallest country in the world? (
What is the capital of
What's the largest city in
How many avenues radiate from the Arc de Triomphe in
What's the capital of
What's the capital of
Which river goes through
What's the highest mountain in
What's the capital of
Where is
How many states are there in the
Which river passes through
Which German city is famous for the perfume it produces? (
What's the capital of
Which is
What is 15 metres high, 8 metres wide and 240 kilometers long? (
What's the highest mountain in the world? (Everest)
What's the capital of
Which country has the largest area:
Where are the
Which mountains are between
Which is the smallest ocean? (Artic)
HISTORY
How many wives did Henry the Eighth have? (six)
Where was General Franco born? (Teruel)
When did the first man go into space? (1961)
Who was the first man in space? (Gagarin)
Where did the first atomic bomb explode for the first time in
Who said, "Vini, vidi, vici"? (Caesar)
What year did Christopher Columbus go to
Who did Lady Diana Spencer marry? (Prince Charles)
Who did Prince Rainier of
What year did the Spanish Civil War end? (1939)
When did the First World War start? (1914)
When did the Second World War end? (1945)
Can Queen Elizabeth the Second vote? (no)
Who was the first president of
Who did General Franco designate as his successor in 1969? (Juan Carlos)
How many fingers did Ann Boleyn have? (11)
Who was Felipe el Hermoso's wife? (Juana la Loca)
Did Neil Armstrong put his left or his right foot on the moon first? (left)
What year did King Juan Carlos get married? (1962)
In what decade was the last execution at the
When did the Americans leave
Who was the first man on the moon? (Neil Armstrong)
What religion was Adolf Hitler? (Catholic)
Where was Marco Polo's home town? (
Which Italian leader was terribly afraid of the evil eye? (Mussolini)
How many children has Queen Elizabeth the Second got? (4)
What's the real name of Siddartha Gautama? (Buddha)
What's the name of the famous big clock in
Where was Christopher Columbus born? (
When did the American Civil War end? (1865)
What country gave
Who gave his name to the month of July? (Julius Caesar)
What did the Montgolfier brothers invent? (the balloon)
Who is the president of
When was President Kennedy killed? (1963)
What stopped in
What nationality was Marco Polo? (Italian)
SPORT AND LEISURE
Who won a gold medal for
Who is the tallest basketball player in the world? (Manute Boll - 2.31m)
What do you use to take a cork out of a bottle? (a corkscrew)
What language has the most words? (English)
What's the name of the main airport in
What money do they use in
What year did Paquirri die? (1984 or 1985)
Where does the American president live? (The White House)
What is the first letter on a typewriter? (Q)
What do the opposite sides of a dice add up to? (7)
Which fast food restaurants were established by Ray Kroc? (McDondalds)
How long is a round in boxing? (3 minutes)
Who is the Prime Minister of Britain? (Tony Blair)
What's the highest score in a gymnastics exercise? (10)
What time do the pubs normally close in
How many months have 31 days? (7)
How many eyes are there on a pack of 52 cards? (42)
What is the main language in
What's the fastest passenger plane in the world? (concorde)
What are the Sun, the Independent and the Guardian? (newspapers)
How many coloured balls are there in billiards? (15)
What's the longest word in Spanish? (superextraordinarissimo)
How many players are there in a basketball team? (5)
Which is the most spoken language? (Chinese)
How many lanes does an olympic swimming pool have? (8)
In what language does "obrigado" mean "thank you"?
(Portuguese)
How many squares are there on a chess board? (64)
How many prongs are there on a fork? (4)
Who starts first in chess? (white)
How many events are there in the decathlon? (10)
What activity other than jumping are kangaroos good at? (boxing)
How many players are there in a volleyball team? (6)
What are the five colours of the Olympic rings? (red, yellow, green, blue black)
Where are the most expensive seats at a bullfight? (in the shade)
Who named a perfume for her fashion shows on the 5th day of the month? (Chanel)
How many dots are there on two dice? (42)
What horoscope sign has a crab? (cancer)
In which shop can you buy books in
Where does the British Prime Minister live? (10,
How long is the compulsory military service in
SCIENCE AND NATURE
What does the female praying mantis do after she's made love? (she eats the
male)
How many colours are there in a rainbow? (7)
How many legs has a spider got? (8)
What are the three primary colours? (red, blue and yellow)
What type of elephant has got the biggest ears? (African)
Who invented the electric light bulb? (Thomas Edison)
Who invented the telephone? (
Which nail grows fastest? (middle)
What temperature does water boil at? (100 degrees C)
Who discovered penicillin? (Fleming)
What did Joseph Priesley discover in 1774? (Oxygen)
Where is the smallest bone in the body? (ear)
Which is the only mammal that can't jump? (elephant)
What does the roman numeral C represent? (100)
What colour is a panda? (black and white)
What's the smallest type of tree in the world? (Bonsai)
Who invented television? (John Logie Baird)
Who said E=mc2 (Einstein)
Which planet is nearest the sun? (Mercury)
What colours make purple? (red and blue)
What's the hardest rock? (diamond)
How much does a litre of water weigh? (1kg)