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In Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, which dragon did Harry have to defeat?

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Hungarian Horntail

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House Of Faith

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Brideshead Revisited (by Evelyn Waugh)

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The Sea Cook

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Treasure Island (by Robert Louis Stevenson)

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The Novel Without A Hero: Pen And Pencil Sketches Of English Society

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Vanity Fair (by William Makepeace Thackeray)

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5
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For three men the Civil War wasn’t hell. It was practice!”

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)

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They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.”

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The Blues Brothers (1980)

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Romance is a lot like baseball. It’s not whether you win or lose. It’s how you play the game.”

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Bull Durham (1988)

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8
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This is the weekend they didn’t play golf.”

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Deliverance (1972)

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9
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You don’t assign him to murder cases. You just turn him loose.”

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Dirty Harry (1971)

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10
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What two names has Barbara Gordon been better known by?

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Bat Girl and The Oracle

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Whose arch nemisis is the Red Skull?

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Captain America’s

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Who played Nick Fury in the made for TV movie of the same name?

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David Hasselhoff

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What is the name of the cardboard holder used to carry hot coffee paper cups?

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A Zarf

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The Bible tells of 3 wise men visiting Jesus after his birth, but in which of the Gospels does this appear?

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Matthew (it’s the first one!)

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What is the name of the home planet of the Transformers?

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Cybertron

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Droids was a animated TV series that was a spin off of which movie franchise?

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Star Wars

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Brent Spiner played which character in Star Trek: The Next Generation?

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Lieutenant Commander Data

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In what year did Superman appear in Action Comics for the first time?

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1938

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In which year did Pope Gelasius declare February 14th to be St. Valentine’s Day?

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498 A.D.

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What is the second most common word in written English?

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Of

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21
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How many different ways are there to make change of a dollar? 111, 293 or 487?

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293

22
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What is a bezoar?

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A stone from the stomach of a goat

23
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Who played Hutch in the TV series ‘Starsky and Hutch’?

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David Soul

Paul Michael Glasser played Dave Starsky

24
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Originally made in a drugstore in Waco, Texas and still enjoyed today, what is America’s oldest soft drink?

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Dr. Pepper

25
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Where in London would you find the Grave of the Unknown Warrior?

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Westminster Abbey

26
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In the 1975 film “The Day Of The Locust”, Donald Sutherland plays a character called Homer Simpson?

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True

27
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In France it is illegal to sell dolls which do not have human faces?

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True

28
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There are more players in a polo team than there are in a water polo team?

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False

29
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Mozart’s opera, which was a continuation of “The Barber Of Seville”, was called “The Marriage Of …” who?

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Figaro

30
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How many calories are in a pint of Guinness?

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198

31
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When was St. Patrick born? 347, 741 or 1374?

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347

32
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Which 4 letters have a tile value of 3 in Scrabble?

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B, C, M and P

33
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Scrooge 1951

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Alastair Sim

34
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In music, which group named themselves after the main character in the 1984 film “Paris, Texas”?

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Travis

35
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At which athletics event did American Mike Powell break the world record in 1991, a record which had stood for almost 33 years?

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Long Jump

36
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Which three films are tied for winning the most Academy Awards, with 11 Oscars each?
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Ben-Hur”, “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”

37
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In what year was the first ever Academy Awards ceremony held?

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1929

38
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As it 2006, who is the most nominated male actor in Oscar history?

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Jack Nicholson

39
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What is the running length of “War And Peace”, the 1968 Best Foreign Language Film winner and the longest film to win an Oscar?

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7 hours 33 minutes

40
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Zola Budd was blamed for the fall of which fellow athlete as they ran together in the 3000 metres final at the 1984 Olympic Games?

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Mary Decker

41
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Which character did Hugo Weaving play in the film “The Matrix”?

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Agent Smith

42
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What name is given to a baby marsupial?

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Joey

43
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Who dated actress Elizabeth Hurley between 2000 and 2001 and denied he was the father of her son born in 2002 before a DNA test proved otherwise?

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Stephen Bing

44
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Morocco Mole was the sidekick of which cartoon character?

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Secret Squirrel

45
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In what year were the first commercial Christmas cards commissioned?

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1843

46
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Nelson Mandela was one of two men who were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for their role in ending apartheid in South Africa. Who was the other one?

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Frederik Willem De Clerk

47
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In golf, there are four “major” tournaments. The Masters, the US Open and the UK Open Championship are three of them, but what is the other one?

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The PGA Championship

48
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Politician, most noted for abolishing the slave trade in the early 19th century

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William Wilberforce

49
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What was the surname of the lead character in the ‘Dirty Harry’ series of movies?

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Harry Callahan

50
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What is the real name of Actor/Comedian Robbie Coltrane?

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Anthony McMillan

51
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What is the sixth planet in our Solar System?

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Saturn

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What is the popular name of Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony?

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The “Pastoral” Symphony

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