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Questions - 21st April 2008
Who was the only President of the Confederate States of the USA?
What is Polyandry?
What is the capital of Madeira?
Name the Chris Tarrant game show in which hapless male contestants try to avoid being pushed in the swimming pool
Name the three films which have won Oscars for Nick Parks
Questions - 14th April 2008
Apart from the UK, which 3 other countries in Europe keep Greenwich Mean Time? Ireland, Portugal & Iceland
How many, and of what, did Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman, eat for a bet? 50 Hard Boiled Eggs
With which organisation would you associate Tom Champagne? Readers' Digest (He is/was the Prize Draw Manager)
Who was the last actor to play Dangerfield? Nigel Havers
The SS Great Britain ran aground on its maiden voyage, in Dundrum Bay, Co.Down, in what year? 1846
Questions - 7th April 2008
In what country was Christmas banned from 1960 until 1997 when it was reinstated to commemorate a Papal visit? Cuba
Who was married to Queen Celeste of the Elephants? Barbar
What is the nickname for Santa Clara County in California? Silicon Valley
Which 1951 Alfred Hitchcock film is about a tennis player who is framed for the murder of his wife? Strangers on a Train
Which Frenchman deciphered the Rosetta Stone? Jean Champollion
Questions - 31st March 2008
What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten Islands off Northern Norway? A word now used in English Maelstrom
Who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Anita in the 1961 film West Side Story? Rita Moreno
Which son of Ethelred The Unready was the penultimate Anglo Saxon King of England, reigning from 1042 - 1066? Edward The Confessor
Whose TV show in the '90s was called The Man From Auntie? Ben Elton
Who was the Brazilian electrician killed by the Metropolitan Police at Stockwell tube station? Jean Charles de Menezes
Questions - 24th March 2008
Name either of the Aircraft Carriers scheduled to enter service with the Royal Navy in 2012 and 2015 HMS Queen Elizabeth & HMS Prince Of Wales
Which Afro-American super model, TV personality and singer hosts the TV show "America's Next Top Model" and has her own daytime TV chat show? Tyra Banks
Name the two Democratic Republics which existed by 1800 France, USA
In the 2005 remake of the film King Kong who played the part of Ann Darrow, originally played by Fay Wray? Naomi Watts
The Mason-Dixon Line forms a boundary between two US states - name them Maryland & Pennsylvania
Questions - 17th March 2008
Approximately half the population of Alaska lives in which town? Anchorage
Who played Mother in the original Avengers on TV? Patrick Newall
In which city does Judge Dredd work? Mega City 1
Which 1988 film told the story of Dr Stephen Ward and the Profumo affair? Scandal
Anne Hyde (1st wife of James II) Mwas the mother of two English Queens - Name them Queen Mary II & Queen Anne
Questions - 10th March 2007
Cauldron Snout, Britains highest waterfall, is on which river? River Tees
Colin Firth swam in the lake - What is the real name of the house used for the location of Pride and Prejudice? Belton House, Lincolnshire
The term 'Veteran' refers to cars made up to the end of which year? 1918
Which actor appeared in Dr Strangelove and Blazing Saddles? Slim Pickens
Who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire? Constantine The Great
Questions - 3rd March 2008
In which English county is the National Nature Reserve of Barton Hills? Bedfordshire
Who directed the film Crash? David Kronenberg
The Queen Mother was the first British born consort of a monarch since which wife of Henry VIII? Catherine Parr
Who wrote the first series of Black Adder WITH Rowan Atkinson? Richard Curtis
The word ARAF painted on the road surface in Wales means what in English? Slow
Questions - 25th February 2008
Which Norwegian port is the most northerly town in Europe? Hammerfest
Complete the name of Gordon Brown's constituency, Kirkaldy & .....? Cowdenbeath
In TV's Heartbeat, Geoffrey Hughes plays which character? Vernon Scripps
Give any year in which Macbeth was King of Scotland 1040 - 1057
In the film Aviator, which three Hollywood stars were played by Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale and Gwen Stefani? Katherine Hepburn, Ava Gardner & Jean Harlow?
Questions - 18th February 2008
What is the Christian name of 'Dr Quinn:Medicine Woman'? Michaela
Bujumbura is the capital of which country? Burundi?
Which deceased British TV start featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey? Leonard Rossiter
In what year did Roald Amundsen reach the South Pole for the first time? 1911
Which post-WWII US President achieved the highest grade in the Boy Scouts? Gerald Ford
Questions - 11th February 2008
Which river forms part of the frontier between Spain and Portugal? The Guadiana
Who played Gregory's Girl in a 1981 film? Dee Hepburn
Who began his quest for the British throne at Torbay on November 5th, 1688? William III
Which sports commentator presents The world's Strongest Man on TV? John Inverdale
Who opened his first store in Utica, New York, in 1879? Frank Winfield Woolworth
Questions - 4th February 2008
What is the name of the news company in Drop The Dead Donkey? Globe Link
The Riot Act was in force for 260 years. To within 2 years, name the year it was passed or the year it was repealed 1713 (11-13), 1973 (71-75)
What was the real name of the Western character Calamity Jane? Martha Jane Canary
In the film Groundhog Day, which song wakes Bill Murrey at 6.00am on each repeated day? I Got You Babe
The District of Columbia was created from land on either side of the Potomac River, from which two states? Maryland, Virginia
Questions - 28th January 2008
Who was nanny to Princes William and Harry Tiggy Legge-Bourke
What is the name of the cataract of water on the Canadian side of the Niagara Falls? The Horseshoe Falls
In what year did Abba win Eurovision for Waterloo? 1974
In which year did The Rocket' win the Rainhill Trials; Andrew Jackson succeed John Quincy Adams; the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race was first run? 1829
Who played Ernst Stavro Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service? Telly Savalas
Questions - 21st January 2008
Which character was played by Malcolm McDowell in the 1972 Stanley Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange? Alex de Large
Which active volcano is known as the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean? Stromboli
Why was the death of Bryan Budd in the news in December 2006? Posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross after being killed in Afghanistan, the last British soldier to be awarded the honour
Who was the last man to walk on the moon in December 1972? Eugene Cernan
On TV, how is Granny Smith better known? Supergran
Questions - 14th January 2008
In which year was Mata Hari arrested; the Battle of Cambrai fought; King George the Fifth changed the Royal Family surname to Windsor? 1917
Who played The Artful Dodger on film and co-wrote the song "Goldfinger"? Anthony Newley
Who is Secretary-General of the United Nations? Ban Ki-Moon
Who featured in and presented the TV documentary The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive? Stephen Fry
Gomera and Hierro are part of which island group? The Canaries
Questions - 7th January 2008
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first English woman doctor in 1866 and the first English woman what in 1908? Lord Mayor (Aldeburgh, Suffolk)
Which is the biggest selling movie soundtrack of all time? Saturday Night Fever
The Yeoman of the Gaurd traditionally perform which task before the State Opening of Parliament? Search the cellars
Who plays the part of Inspector Lynley in the TV series adapted from the novels of Elizabeth George? Nathaniel Parker
Plus or minus 2, how many countries now comprise the United Nations? 192 (190-194)
Questions - 17th December 2007
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The mother and son of which King of England were both beheaded? James I
Thomas the Tank Engine lives in a big station on which island? Sodor
The Neander Valley, from where Neanderthal Man gets the name, is in which country? Germany (Dusseldorf)
Edward E Nigma is better known as who? The Riddler
In which town or city is the headquarters of Scoda cars? Pilsen
Questions - 10th December 2007
Hathor, the Egyptian Goddess of Love, etc, is represented as having the head of which animal? Cow
Who directed the film The Day of the Jackal in 1973? Fred Zinnemann
The River Orinoco runs for almost the whole of its length through which South American country? Venezuela
Which actress played the part of Valerie Barlow in Coronation Street and also Jean in Dinner Ladies? Anne Reid
Which Lancashire town lost 700 of its men in an afternoon in the Battle of the Somme in World War One? Accrington
Questions - 3rd December 2007
In the International Maritime Code of Signals what does "OSCAR" signify? Man Overboard
Which TV show featured The Dove from Above? Shooting Stars
In which decade did Francis Drake begin his voyage around the world? 1570s (1577)
Which classic film coined the line "Round up the usual suspects"? Casablanca
Which two English Cathedrals have three spires each? Lichfield & Truro
Questions - 26th November 2007
In which city was the first Boy Scout troop registered? Glasgow
Who, in M*A*S*H, tries to get a discharge from the army by wearing women's clothes? Corporal Maxwell Klinger
The Pindus are the principal mountain range of which country? Greece
Which two Queen albums had the same name as Marx Brothers films? A Night at the Opera & A Day at the Races
Within 5 years, in whatyear did the Montgolfier brothers first fly in an hot air balloon? 1783 (1778 - 1788)
Questions - 19th November 2007
Which is the fourth largest of the Balearic Islands? Formentera
Where is the fictional Bayview Retirement Home? Bournemouth
What is a perfect diamond of 100 carats or more called? A Paragon
In which film did Al Pacino play Frank Slade? Scent of a Woman
Within 10 years, in what year did James Cook arrive in Botany Bay? 1770 (1760-1780)
Questions 12th November 2007
What is the collective name for a group of Bishops? A Bench
For which film did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar as Director? Schindler's List
Which Derbyshire village lost most of its population to plague in 1665 but prevented the spread of the disease? Eyam
Who was ditched by Dame Edna on her show with an ejector seat for being boring? Sir Cliff Richard
What is the largest city and leading seaport of Cameroon? Douala
Questions - 5th November 2007
Whose funeral was upset by flooding in Maidenhead in 1852? The Duke of Wellington
Which two newsreaders sat on a protesting lesbian during the 6 o'clock news in 1988 and continued to read the news? Nicholas Witchell & Sue Lawley
What is the capital of Malawi? Lilongwe
Kevin Kline played the role of which real life South African journalist in 'Cry Freedom'? Donald Woods
Under which London landmark are buried a razor, cigars and a portrait of Queen Victoria? Cleopatra's Needle