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2017–18 Season
Week 10

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2017–18 Season: Week 10 – 16 January 2018

Specialist Rounds

Set by the Cock Inn.

Round 1: Arts & Entertainment

1 Who composed the Clock Symphony? Click for more information
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2 Name the choral finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, now commonly associated with a discredited political institution. Comments on the question
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3 Who was Pink Floyd's original lead singer and songwriter?
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4 Who was Fleetwood Mac's original lead singer and guitarist?
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5 The aria When I Am Laid in Earth comes from which opera by Henry Purcell? Click for more information
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6 The hymn I Vow to Thee, My Country is sung to a partial adaptation of which orchestral work by Gustav Holst?
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7 Who wrote Closing Time, the sequel to the more famous novel which has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice?
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8 Matt Groening created which cartoon character, beloved of nuclear power station operators? More about the answer
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Supplementaries

1 What is the is the world's longest–running radio soap opera?
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2 What was the soap Coronation Street originally intended to be titled?
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Round 2: Geography

1 In which Canadian province is Ottawa?
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2 Which river flows through Wakefield?
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3 What is the capital of St. Lucia?
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4 In which Canadian province is St. John's? More about the answer
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5 Which river flows through Droitwich?
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6 What is the capital of Mali?
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7 Which is the highest mountain in Austria?
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8 In which mountain range is Elbrus?
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Supplementaries

1 Which sea lies between the Gulf of Genoa and Corsica?
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2 What is the state capital of Colorado?
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Round 3: Science

1 The Pareto Principle is better known as what? Comments on the question
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2 In nuclear physics, what is a half–life? Comments on the question
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3 Diamond and graphite are allotropes of which element?
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4 In chemistry what does a catalyst do?
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5 What is pitchblende?
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6 Ga is the symbol of which element?
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7 Rosalind Franklin demonstrated the existence of what, yet did not receive the Nobel Prize? Comments on the question
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8 Janet Parker died in 1978 from which disease, despite it having been eradicated worldwide the year before? Click for more information
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Supplementaries

1 What is likely to supplement if not replace, the Hubble telescope in 2019?
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8 What is the most common element in the Earth by mass?
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Round 4: History

1 Queen Alexandra was the wife of which British King?
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2 What type of clock was invented in 1656 by Christian Huygens?
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3 Who was Britain's last Viceroy of India?
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4 Which American President proposed a League of Nations in 1919?
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5 In which decade was London's Crystal Palace destroyed by fire?
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6 Which war ended in 1902 with the Treaty of Vereeniging?
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7 In a hit song of 1939, where was the washing going to be hung out?
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8 Indira Ghandi was the daughter of which Indian Prime Minister?
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1 Which two countries signed a peace agreement at Camp David in 1978? Comments on the question
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2 Which city was the residence of Holy Roman Emperors from 1558 to 1806?
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In which year did Charles Lindbergh make his solo Atlantic crossing?
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Round 5: Creatures – Fact and Fiction

1 What was the name of the first Blue Peter dog?
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2 In the film 101 Dalmatians, Pongo was the 'father'; what was the name of the 'mother'?
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3 What is a dik–dik?
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4 What is the collective noun for a group of crocodiles?
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5 In Disney's The Jungle Book, which creatures sang That's What Friends Are For?
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6 In the film The Lion King, what kind of animal is Pumba?
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7 What was the name of Ross's monkey in the US comedy Friends?
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8 What is the name of Fred Flintstone's pet dinosaur?
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Supplementaries

1 Cynophobia is the fear of which animals?
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2 What type of fish is Nemo in the film Finding Nemo?
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3 What were the first living creatures that were intentionally sent into space in 1946? Comments on the question
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Round 6: Sport

1 In which US city is the baseball team, the Orioles, based?
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2 At the 1948 Olympics, which Dutch woman won four gold medals in athletics?
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3 American, Paul Anderson was a multi–medal winning athlete in which sport?
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4 Where were the 2014 Winter Olympics held?
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5 For which team did Michael Schummacher make his earliest appearances in Formula One?
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6 In gymnastics, how wide is the beam? More about the answer
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7 In the Central Asian region horseback sport of Buzkashi, what is traditionally fought over by two teams?
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8 What is the name of the world's longest official ski run at Morren in Switzerland? Comments on the question
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Supplementaries

1 In 1957, who became the first black woman to win the US tennis open? Comments on the question
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2 Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for scoring 100 points in single game, in which sport?
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3 Excluding Antarctica, which is the only continent never to have hosted the Olympic Games?
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Round 7: Literature – Books, Plays and Poets

1 In which Russian novel are Tania Gromyko and Lara Antipova the wife and lover (respectively) of the title character?
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2 In which book do we first meet the characters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy?
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3 Who wrote A Clockwork Orange?
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4 Who was Thornton Hall's mad inhabitant in the novel Jane Eyre?
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5 Which poet drowned in the Mediterranean near Viareggio in 1822?
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6 What is the name of Bertie Wooster's club?
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7 In which book do a group of pilgrims meet at the Tabard Inn in Southwark?
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8 In literature, which character is told that he "shall never vanquish'd be, until Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill shall come against him"?
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Supplementaries

1 In Samuel Beckett's play, what are Estragon and Vladimir doing?
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2 Which poet laureate wrote about the religious troubles of his teddy bear? Comments on the question
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Round 8: Food and Drink

1 What name is given to a cocktail made with gin, cointreau and lemon juice?
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2 What would you find in the middle of a Sussex pond pudding? Click for more information
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3 What is a calzone?
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4 Which Australian ballerina gave her name to a pudding?
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5 What is the minimum age for a malt whisky? Comments on the question
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6 What type of citrus fruit is a shamouti? Click for more information
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7 In which decade did sliced bread first appear? Comments on the question
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8 What type of food did Adolf Hitler ban on the day he proclaimed the Third Reich? Comments on the question
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Supplementaries

1 Who "invented" the breakfast cereal? Comments on the question
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2 What is Marmite? Comments on the question
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General Knowledge

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1 A picture taken by Hugh Gray on 12 November 1933 began a long standing search for who or what? Click for more information
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2 Who composed the opera Boris Godunov?
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3 Ujiji, where Stanley met Livingstone, is in which modern country?
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4 What is the name of the body of water between the island of Lewis and the North West Scottish mainland?
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5 What in degrees is the total of the internal angles of a hexagon?
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6 How many chains are there in a mile? Click for more information
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7 Which author wrote the novels Blott on the Landscape and Porterhouse Blue?
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8 In which country is the state of Tabasco?
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9 For which film did Colin Welland win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay?
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10 Which European country is known in its native language as Hrvatska?
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11 In Dickens's story A Christmas Carol, what was the name of Scrooge's clerk?
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12 From which country did Madagascar gain independence in 1960?
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13 Who wrote the novel on which the 1993 movie Jurassic Park was based?
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14 Which country does Jarlsberg cheese come from?
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15 Who was the last British Governor of Hong Kong?
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16 In which English city would you find De Montfort University?
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17 Which was the first British royal wedding to be televised?
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18 To which notes are the top and bottom strings tuned, on a standard–tuned six–stringed guitar?
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19 The lack of which vitamin gives rise to beri–beri?
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20 Who composed the opera Porgy and Bess?
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21 Which is the only country never to have lost a football match against Brazil, including friendlies?
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22 Which European Golfer won the 2017 Masters tournament at Augusta National golf club?
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23 In which year did Alliot Verdon Roe and his brother found the aircraft company Avro? Click for more information
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24 Which motor car company once made a model called the Interceptor?
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25 Which motor car company once made a model called the Scimitar?
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26 The Acton Swing Bridge in Cheshire spans which river?
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27 What nationality is the pop singer Sia?
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28 In science, which test discovers whether a solution is acidic or basic?
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29 Who wrote the novels Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls, where the main character is Detective Alex Cross?
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30 Which UK city is to be the next UK city of Culture (in 2021)?
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31 In Norse mythology, which female figures choose those who may die in battle and those who may live?
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32 What major crop fruit, informally called a cherry, contains one or two seeds with outer 'parchment coat' and inner 'silver skin'? Click for more information
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33 Which planet in our Solar System is known as the Horned Planet? Click for more information
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34 In which area of the Moon did the first manned lunar landing take place on 20 July 1969? Click for more information
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35 In which US state was George Washington (the American soldier and statesman) born?
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36 Bacchus is the Roman God of fertility and wine, who was his Greek counterpart?
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37 Who wrote the music for the ballet The Rite of Spring?
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38 Which actress appeared on the cover and centre pages in the first edition of Playboy magazine, in 1953?
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39 What is the maximum number of dots used to portray a single letter in the Braille alphabet? Comments on the question
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40 In Western Christianity, what name is given to the first day of Lent?
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41 In which English town, which became a city in 2000, were Britain's first three–colour traffic lights put into operation in 1927?
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42 How did London's Fleet Street get its name?
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43 Amritsar is a holy city for followers of which religion?
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44 According to the famous book, where did Bram Stoker say Dracula landed in England?
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45 Under what stage name does the world better know the legendary Hollywood comic actor who was born Arthur Jefferson in Ulverston, Cumbria?
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46 Which legendary British TV comedy character was created by the comedy writer David Nobbs?
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47 Comedian and actor Billy Connolly is a former member of which late 1960's/early 1970's Scottish band? Click for more information
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48 According to the Bible, what was the former job of the Apostle and Evangelist Matthew?
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49 What's the name of the ground where Brighton & Hove Albion play football?
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50 Which British car company was founded in 1878 by John Starley and William Sutton?
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51 What is the stage name of the comedian and actor Jim Moir?
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52 What's the name of the stadium where Bournemouth play football?
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53 What kind of animal is a coney?
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54 Around which French town is the champagne industry centred?
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55 Bouillabaisse (bwee–a–base) is what kind of fish dish?
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56 How is Brassica oleracea better known?
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57 By what nickname does the world know the Russian entertainer Nikolai Poliakoff?
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58 By what nickname does the world know the American outlaw gang member Harry Alonso Longabaugh – born in 1867, died in 1908? Comments on the question
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59 The French cathedral of Chartres is specifically famous for which feature?
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60 The male of which animal species is known as a cob? Comments on the question
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61 Divali is a day of major celebration for which religion?
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62 Donnerstag is the German name for which day of the week?
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63 Bell metal is an alloy of two metals. Copper is one; what is other? Comments on the question
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64 During which battle, in 1854, did the Light Brigade launch their famous charge?
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65 Which musical includes the song It Ain't Necessarily So? Comments on the question
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66 In which decade was Oliver Cromwell born?
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67 Name the former FBI Director who was appointed in 2013 and fired by Donald Trump in 2017.
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68 1970s pop icon David Cassidy died in November 2017. In which year was he born?
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69 In The Archers, to which saint is the parish church dedicated? Comments on the question
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70 Four US States border Lake Michigan. Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are three of them. Which is the fourth?
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71 How many players are there in a men's lacrosse team? Click for more information
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72 Which city in New Zealand is nicknamed 'the Edinburgh of the South'? Click for more information
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73 Which is the highest mountain in India? Click for more information
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74 What cheese is made in the Yorkshire town of Hawes? Click for more information
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75 Which Indie group from Sheffield recorded the fastest–selling debut album in the UK in 2006? Click for more information
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76 Who, in 1781, discovered the planet Uranus?
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77 In which year was the Manchester Ship Canal finished? Click for more information
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78 Who wrote the novel The Bostonians, first published as a serial in 1885–6?
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79 What was the name of Jane Austen's only sister?
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80 Brazilian Mario Bueno won the Women's Championship at Wimbledon three times. In which decade was her first win? Click for more information
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81 Who won the 2017 Turner Prize?
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82 Who is the current Taoiseach (tee–shock) of the Irish Republic?
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83 Where in the human body is pepsin produced? Click for more information
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84 Who played the part of Scrooge in the Muppets' 1992 version of A Christmas Carol?
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85 Which Second World War aeroplane was known as 'the Cadillac of the Skies'? Comments on the question
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86 What's the official name of the German WWII airplane that was nicknamed 'the Stuka'? Click for more information
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87 In the UK Government, who is the current Secretary of State for International Trade?
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88 What was the surname of the Indian brothers with whom Peter Mandelson was involved over passports in 2001, leading to his resignation?
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89 Which internet song swapping service was closed in July 2001 by a Californian court? Click for more information
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90  Which Dutch city gave its name to the 1992 treaty that established the European Union?
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91 Which country withdrew from NATO in 1966? Comments on the question
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92 In astronomy, what is measured in light years?
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93 Which unit of length is defined as a millionth of a meter?
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94 In physics, who is credited with inventing the cloud chamber? Click for more information
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95 In physics, who is credited with inventing the barometer?
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96 What was the name of the North Sea oil platform that blew up in 1988?
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1 What was the name of the ~235,000 ton oil tanker that sank off Brittany in 1978?
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2 Where in the UK was the De Lorean car manufactured?
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3 Which river flows through Winchester?
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4 What was Elvis Presley's first UK no.1 single – entering the charts in June 1957 and reaching No. 1 on 12 July?
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5 According to someone else's diary entry, who said on 17 March 1912, "I am just going outside and may be some time"?
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6 Which cocktail is made with Tia Maria, vodka and Coke? Comments on the question
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