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2021–2 Season
Week 8

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2021–2 Season: Week 8 – 8 February 2022

Specialist Questions

Set by the Pack Horse Bowling Club.

1British History 2Books and their Authors
3Sport 4Tall Tales and Misdemeanours
5Fun and Games 6Science
7Geography 8Arts and Entertainment

Round 1: British History

1 Who, in 1745, came to Macclesfield on his way to London to claim the British throne?
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2 Charles Darwin's famous voyage, which helped him formulate the Origin of the Species, was aboard which ship?
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3 What did Winston Churchill refer to as "the geese who laid the golden egg but never cackled"?
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4 Which British Prime Minister became the 1st Earl of Beaconsfield?
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5 Which publication, by the Normans, has been called "the most comprehensive survey of any human society before the 19th century"?
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6 Give the code name of one of the three beaches assaulted by British troops on D–Day (in 1944). Comments on the question
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7 Who described the Battle of Waterloo as "a damned nice thing – the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life"?
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8 The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during which 19th–century battle?
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1 Whose body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, more than two years after his death, to be 'posthumously executed' for treason?
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2 When did the last Romans allegedly leave Britain? Comments on the question
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Round 2: Books and their Authors

You'll be given the title of a book; please give the name of the author.

1 In Cold Blood
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2 The Jungle Book
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3 The Silmarillion
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4 Goldfinger
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5 Crime and Punishment
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6 Watership Down
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7 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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8 Les Misérables
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1 A Dance to the Music of Time
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2 The Life of Pi
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Round 3: Sport

1 Why has businesswoman Amanda Staveley been in the sports news recently?
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2 Who won the Women's Singles in the Australian Open last month – so becoming the first home–grown champion since 1978?
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3 Who scored England's goal in the first few minutes of the Euro 2020 final versus Italy (held in July 2021)?
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4 Name the captain of either Team Europe or Team USA at the 2021 Ryder Cup, held at Whistling Straits, Wisconsin.
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5 What's the name for the target area in curling?
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6 In darts, what's meant by the slang term 'the madhouse'?
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7 In snooker, the winner of the Masters tournament receives a trophy named after which former player, who died in 2006 at the age of 27?
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8 What's the name of the new Manchester United manager? Comments on the question
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Supplementaries:

1 What's the series title of Amazon Prime's 'access all areas' documentaries focusing on a professional sports team throughout an entire season?
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2 Name the cricketer at centre of recent race claims against Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
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Round 4: Tall Tales and Misdemeanours

This round is about political scandals, excuses and cover–ups.

1 During the trial of Stephen Ward in 1963, what did Mandy Rice–Davies famously say when it was put to her that Lord Astor denied an affair or even having met her?
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2 The Jeremy Thorpe scandal of the 1970s is sometimes referred to as 'Rinkagate'. Who or what was Rinka?
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3 During his now infamous Newsnight interview, Prince Andrew defended himself by stating that on one of the nights in question he was actually at a Pizza Express in which town?
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4 The Starr Report, published in 1998, looked predominantly into which scandal?
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5 Name the civil servant carrying out the investigation into parties held at Downing Street during lockdown.
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6 Name the Downing Street Press Secretary who resigned in December after video emerged of her fielding mock questions about parties held at Downing Street during lockdown. Comments on the question
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7 Which US President had a sign on his desk reading "The Buck Stops Here!"
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8 Which Conservative politician said "All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure"?
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Supplementaries:

1 Jacob Rees–Mogg, after recently being cleared by the parliamentary standards committee, tweeted the following quote from Shakespeare. Please give either the play or the character: "Who steals my purse steals trash ... But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed."
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2 Name the interior designer who has managed to get caught up in two of Boris Johnson's recent issues – carrying out the redecoration of the Downing Street flat and being one of the attendees at his lockdown birthday party.
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Round 5: Fun and Games

1 In the game of chess, what's the maximum number of squares that a knight can move to (if positioned on a central square)?
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2 How many counters does each player have at the start of a game of backgammon?
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3 How many tiles make up a set of dominoes? Comments on the question
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4 In Scrabble, which is the only letter that's worth five points?
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5 What do the letter RPG stand for in the world of computer gaming?
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6 Which computer games character first appeared in the game Donkey Kong, as Jumpman?
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7 What name is given to the activity where GPS technology is used to locate small items hidden by other participants and where finds are recorded on a website?
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8 What are you playing if you cross–wire your opponents balls?
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1 Which games company's name translates as 'leave luck to heaven'? Comments on the question
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2 How many points were awarded for each dot that Pac–man swallowed?
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Round 6: Science

1 What was the surname of the brothers who built the first hot air balloons?
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2 In the abbreviation 'PVC', what does the C stand for?
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3 What is Helix aspersa, a pest in the garden because of its liking for green vegetation? Comments on the question
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4 What's the chemical symbol for lead?
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5 What's the SI unit of illumination?Comments on the question
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6 Brass is an alloy of copper and which other metal?
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7 Who discovered X–rays?
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8 What useful tool did Charles Moncke invent? Comments on the question
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1 What shape is the piston in a Wankel engine? Comments on the question
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2 What disease takes its name from medieval Italian words for 'bad air'? Comments on the question
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Round 7: Geography

1 What is the name of Hamburg's red light district?
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2 Which area of London is believed to be named after an ancient hunting cry?
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3 Which city offers the opportunity to cross the Bridge of Sighs and shop in the Rows? Comments on the question
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4 Which bridge over the River Thames has the shortest name?
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5 Silbury Hill, in Wiltshire, is Europe's largest example of what?
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6 Which cross–channel ferry port shares its name with the capital of the US state of Delaware?
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7 The flag of Monaco matches that of which European country, but with the colours reversed?
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8 Which valuable commodity is taken from Trinidad's Pitch Lake?
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1 Brown Willy is the highest point on which moor?
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2 Which town in East Devon is at the westernmost end of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site?
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Round 8: Arts & Entertainment

1 Who is the subject of Sting's song An Englishman in New York?
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2 Which movie gave Julia Roberts the chance to explain to Hugh Grant "I'm just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her"?
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3 To whose memory is the movie Gladiator dedicated?
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4 In which TV programme did Squidward the octopus live in an Easter Island head?
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5 Who provided the voice for Maggie Simpson's first word – which none of her family heard her say?
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6 Which celebrity won 2021's Strictly Come Dancing?
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7 Who took the lead character in the 1958 movie King Creole that had originally been offered to James Dean? Comments on the question
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8 Which band rewrote the lyrics to their song Shiny Happy People – changing it to Furry Happy People when they appeared on Sesame Street?
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1 What colourful rock duo claimed to be brother and sister but were actually a divorced couple? Click for more information
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2 Which major pop star is credited as co–writer and backing singer for David Bowie's song Fame?
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General Knowledge

Set by Waters Green Lemmings.

1 What was the name of the ranch in the TV series Bonanza?
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2 John Denver's Take Me Home Country Roads is about which state?
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3 What's the name of the pub featured in Emmerdale?
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4 Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived – who was Henry VIII's last wife?
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5 O'Hare airport serves which US city?
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6 Who plays 'Delboy' Trotter in Only Fools and Horses?
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7 In the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, who does the wolf dress up as?
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8 In which US state is the city of Nashville?
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9 In which part of the body would you find the cruciate ligament?
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10 Which tennis grand slam is played on clay?
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11 What was the old name for a Snickers bar before 1990?
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12 In what year did Tony Blair become British Prime Minister?
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13 Which product was advertised by Douglas, a trombonist made of butter?
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14 Starring Iain Armitage, what's the title of the prequel to The Big Bang Theory?
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15 Which Shakespeare title character dies in the first half of the play?
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16 Whose death is the first to be recorded in the Bible?
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17 In which decade was the Battle of the Boyne?
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18 In The Sound of Music, who is described as "a flibbergibbet, a will–o'–the–whisp, a clown"?
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19 Which Italian word is used in music to mean 'lively' or 'fast'? Comments on the question
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20 Epernay in northern France calls itself the capital of which drink?
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21 The name of which fabric literally means 'hairy caterpillar' in French? Comments on the question
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22 What's the name of a straight line joining any two points on a circle's circumference? Comments on the question
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23 The Clarence Hotel in Dublin is co–owned by members of which band?
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24 In 2004, artist Sam Taylor Wood created a video of which sportsman sleeping?
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25 Name the act that had the UK's No. 1 single in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Comments on the question
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26 In Greek legend, who was the first Queen of Carthage?
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27 The company Manganese Bronze was famous for making which iconic London vehicles? Comments on the question
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28 How many legs does a lobster have? Comments on the question
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29 In the Julia Donaldson story, which creature confronts the Gruffalo?
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30 In the children's book, what does the Very Hungry Caterpillar eat first?
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31 How many pints are there in a firkin? Comments on the question
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32 In which English county is The Darling Buds of May set?
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33 Italy's longest international border is with which country?
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34 The Bhagavad Gita is the sacred text of which religion? Comments on the question
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35 In 2012, a pet called Tardar Sauce became an internet sensation under which name?
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36 What name is given to a second full moon occurring in a single month? Comments on the question
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37 In geometry, shapes with the same size and shape are said to be what?
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38 François Nars is a professional what?
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39 Which scientist gives his name to a constant, a cage and a law?
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40 Which skin condition is known medically as pruritis?
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41 Bring Him Home and Master of the House are songs from which musical?
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42 Which two–word phrase links "I haven't A Clue" and "I'll Read That Again"?
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43 In which forest would you find Sandy Balls?Click for more information
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44 On a Monopoly board, which colour properties have the lowest rents?
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45 Which Beatle was barefoot on the cover of Abbey Road?
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46 What mode of transport is a felucca?
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47 Modern Life Is Rubbish was which band's second album?
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48 What kind of clothing is a Dolly Varden?
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49 In music, which type of note is followed by a symbol resembling the lower–case letter 'b'?
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50 Which child's toy was originally designed as a wallpaper cleaner? Click for more information
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51 In which sport might you perform Randolphs and Rudolphs?
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52 What name s given to the act of shaping a pot on a wheel?
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53 In the sitcom The Young Ones, who played Neil the hippy?
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54 Established in 1866, what does the Howard League campaign for?
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55 Which section of an orchestra is also known as the 'kitchen sink'?
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56 Which instrument is nicknamed 'the clown of the orchestra'?
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57 When he was 12 years old, Fidel Castro sent a letter to president Franklin Roosevelt asking for what?
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58 If you had a graphospasm, from what would you suffer?
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59 What name is given to the two promontories at the eastern end of the Straits of Gibraltar?
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60 An image of which mountain is on packets of Toblerone?
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61 What kind of pet is a Mexican Hairless?Click for more information
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62 In the Hergé cartoons, what style of trousers does Tintin wear?
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63 The name of which non–metallic element can precede neutral, footprint and dating?
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64 In which year did the USA enter World War I?
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65 Name either of the two cities between which the Royal Mail train that was robbed in the 1966 Great Train Robbery was travelling.
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66 Which 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten is set in the East Suffolk market town of Loxford?
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67 Which Russian submarine sank to the bottom of the Bering Sea on the 12th of August 2000?
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68 What colour are the seats in the House of Commons?
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69 In which year did Elvis Presley die?
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70 What's the name of Wendy's dog in Peter Pan?
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71 What's the name of Sir Keir Starmer's constituency? Comments on the question
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72 In what year was the Chernobyl disaster?
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73 In which century did Leonardo da Vinci paint The Last Supper? Comments on the question
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74 Which fictional detective lived in the village of St. Mary Mead?
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75 How many teeth does an adult human have? Comments on the question
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76 Which is the largest landlocked county in the UK? Comments on the question
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77 What's the state capital of Alaska?
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78 What is the Japanese drink Sake made from?
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79 Born in 1954, by what name is the singer Declan McManus better known?
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80 On which date is St. Andrew's Day?
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81 Whose face (apart from the Queen's) appears on the current £10 note?
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82 Which is Britain's oldest Sunday newspaper, having been first published in 1791?
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83 In which country did the first Football World Cup take place (in 1930)?
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84 What was the most downloaded app of 2020?
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85 In which year was the Football Premier League started?
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86 Who is currently the Vice President of the United States?
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87 Who did Queen Elizabeth II surpass as Britain's longest–serving monarch in September 2015?
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88 Who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia?
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89 Which art movement is Salvador Dali associated with?
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90 In which year did Princess Diana die?
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91 Who killed the Minotaur?Comments on the question
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92 What is the pseudonym of Allen Stewart Konigsberg?
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93 On which island is the city of Palermo?
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94 From which cactus plant is tequila made?
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95 How many strings does a violin have?
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96 In which year was the Berlin Wall built?
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1 Which animal features on the Porsche logo? Comments on the question
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2 Which hockey team did Wayne Gretzky play for in the 1980s?
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3 Where are the Petronas Towers?
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4 Born in 1954, by what name is the singer Declan McManus better known? Comments on the question
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5 Who is the subject of the 2005 film Cinderella Man?
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6 Which sportsman is the subject of the book Wink, published in 2004?
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