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1
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UK Prime Ministers in
chronological order. 1st Winston Churchill, 3rd Harold Macmillan

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Anthony Eden

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Of the 5 inhabited Channel
Islands, Jersey & Guernsey are biggest. The remaining 3 are 1st Alderney, 3rd Herm

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Sark

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Jim Corr is the eldest member of The Corrs. His 3 sisters are 1st Caroline, 3rd Andrea

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2nd Sharon

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As of April 2024, how many cities in England contain the word HAM?

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FIVE - Birmingham, Durham, Nottingham, Southampton and Wolverhampton

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In which TV series did Officers
Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello
fight crime between 1977 and 1983?

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CHIPS

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Who played Obi-wan Kenobi in the original 1977 Star Wars film?

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ALEC GUINNESS

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Who played Obi-wan Kenobi in the original 1977 Star Wars film?

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ALEC GUINNESS

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The Battle of Pork Chop Hill

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Korean War

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‘It started with a kiss’ was a 1982 song released by which artist?

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HOT CHOCOLATE

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10 Who played Dr Frank-N-Furter in the 1973 film ‘The Rocky Horror
Picture Show’?

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TIM CURRY

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11
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For what movie did Steven
Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?

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Schindler’s List

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Who is the only actor to receive an Oscar nomination for acting in a Lord of the Rings movie?

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Sir lan McKellen

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In Beauty and the Beast, which wing of the castle is Belle forbidden from visiting?

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The West Wing

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Name the film which boasts the famous line: “You can’t handle the truth!”

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A Few Good Men

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Which Scottish actor played the
10th Doctor in Doctor Who?

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David Tennant

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16
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Who plays the Prime Minister in
Love Actually?

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Hugh Grant

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The first episode of Downton
Abbey is set on the same day as which real historic event?

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The titanic sinking

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In which James Bond movie did
Madonna have a cameo-role playing a fencing instructor?

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Die Another Day

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Comedian in King Kong (2005) A greedy film producer assembles a team of moviemakers and sets out for the infamous Skull Island

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Jack Black

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Dreamgirls (2006) A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way. who plays the raucous performer
Jimmy Early

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Eddie Murphy

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21
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Limelight (1952) A fading comedian and a despondent
ballet dancer look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

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Charlie Chaplin

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The King of Comedy (1982)
Rupert Pupkin (Robert de Niro) is an unsuccessful comic who craves to be in the spotlight so he stalks and kidnaps his idol.

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Jerry Lewis

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Who played the role of Arya
Stark?

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Maisie Williams

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What is the name of the series of novels that the TV series Game Of Thrones is based on?

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A Song of Ice and Fire

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Which London-born actress played the role of Daenerys

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Emilia Clarke

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26
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Rockafella Skank (1998)

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Fat Boy Slim

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27
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Rock and Roll (1971)

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Led Zeppelin

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28
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1 am a Rock (1966)

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Simon & Garfunkel

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29
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Rock the Casbah (1982)

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The Clash

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30
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Ford first produced this car family in 1962. It went through many changes over the years, the last version, the Mark IV, finally ended it’s production in 1982.

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Cortina

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31
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Name the Ferrari produced in 2008 named after a US state.

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California

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32
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Reliant produced the Regal, as seen in Only Fools And Horses, but what other three-wheel vehicle did they produce 1982-1998 that was named after an area of Venice?

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Rialto

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33
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Cadillac produced a “compact” car (by US standards!), and used what name for four models 1975 to 2004?

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Seville

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34
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Named atter an Italian city, what is the model of car driven in Starsky and Hutch?

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(Ford) Gran Torino (named after Turin)

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According to Ferrari, which of their cars takes its name “from one of the most charming villages on the Italian Riviera, an eponym for stylish elegance”?

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Portofino

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36
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And now you do what they told ya

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Killing In The Name (Rage
Against The Machine)

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37
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I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around, turned you into someone new

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Don’t You Want Me (The Human
League)

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38
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Went to school and I was very nervous, no one knew me, no one knew me

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Mad World (Michael Andrews and Gary Jules)

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39
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Bryan Adams, “(Everything | Do) |
Do It For You” (1991)

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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

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40
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Seal, “Kiss From A Rose” (1995)

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Batman Forever

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41
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A character created by Beatrix
Potter for the Peter Rabbit books.

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Mr McGregor (gardener)

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42
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The southernmost navigable body of water in the world, used by cargo ships as a supply route for Antarctic researchers.

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McMurdo Sound

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43
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What name is given to a point on the right side of the abdomen, used to locate the appendix.

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McBurney’s Point

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44
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What name was given the political persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of alleged Soviet influence on American institutions in the 1940s & 50s.

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McCarthyism

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45
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1974 movie starring John Wayne
as police detective.

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MCQ

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46
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Joni Mitchell

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Big Yellow Taxi

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47
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Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx

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Gold Digger

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48
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The process by which plants use the energy from sunlight (13)

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Photosynthesis

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49
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Breathes in (7)

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Inhales

50
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What do you get if you cut a third into 3 equal parts (6)

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Ninths

51
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To make somebody interested and energised in a subject (7)

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Enthuse

52
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Mythological spirits of nature imagined as a beautiful maidens inhabiting rivers & woods (6)

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Nymphs

53
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UK city in the northwest of the country (10)

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Manchester

54
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Imperial unit of length (plural) (6)

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Inches

55
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Songs of devotion or loyalty, particularly to a country (7)

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Anthems

56
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A pair of attachments to the sole of a boots, used for walking in wintery conditions (9)

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Snowshoes

57
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Improves something, or to makes something better than it was (8)

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Enhances

58
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Board game that uses square tiles to form words

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CRAB (Scrabble)

59
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One of the world’s largest dams, built across the Nile in the 1960s

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SWAN (Aswan)

60
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Muppet Show character known for being the backstage manager and general all-around “gofer”

A

COOT (Scooter)

61
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British male singer, had a hit with
“Kiss From a Rose” in 1994

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SEAL (Seal)

62
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Name given to a mighty animal described in the Bible as an example of the power of God, having monstrous size, power and appearance.

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MOTH (Behemoth)

63
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A geographical term for a steep slope or long cliff that separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.

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CARP (Escarpment)

64
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New Zealand born movie actor, starred in A Beautiful Mind &
Gladiator

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CROW (Russell Crowe)

65
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The hecklers on the Muppet Show

A

Statler and Waldorf

66
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1991 movie that sees two women become fugitives

A

Thelma and Louise

67
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Cartoon series featuring two socially awkward, rock-metal-loving teenage delinquents

A

Beavis and Butthead

68
Q

Name the tools used by blind people to write Braille text, one to
“punch” the dot, the other to guide.

A

Slate & Stylus

69
Q

The water that cascades down
Niagara Falls comes from which lake, and goes into which lake

A

Erie into Ontario

70
Q

Us outlaws, surnames Parker and Barrow

A

Bonnie and Clyde

71
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P G Woodhouse characters in a series of funny novels and short stories

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Jeeves and Wooster

72
Q

Name the twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah in the Bible

A

Jacob and Esau

73
Q

Fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm
(1812) named after siblings

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Hansel and Gretel

74
Q

father of the atomic bomb”

A

J. Robert Oppenheimer

75
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American filmmaker, died 1959.
He made multi movies in the silent era, & went on to produce Cleopatra (1934) & Samson &
Delilah (1949)

A

Cecil B DeMille

76
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Australian-British writer, died
1996. Wrote Mary Poppins

A

PL Travers

77
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Author of War of the Worlds (1898)

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H G Wells

78
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American banker, died 1913. He founded a bank, now the biggest in the US which bears his name.

A

JP Morgan

79
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British author, died 2008. Wrote multiple science fiction novels and short stories. Credited with the idea of geostationary satellites (rotate with the Earth).
This orbit now bears his name.

A

Arthur C Clarke

80
Q

American sportsman, actor and armed robber

A

O J Simpson

81
Q

American rapper, singer and record producer. He was the lead member of the hip hop group
Black Eyed Peas

A

Will I am

82
Q

Dusty Springfield song, released
1969

A

Son of a Preacher Man

83
Q

Which relative does Paddington
Bear quote numerous times in his stories? She stayed in Peru but sent him to Britain.

A

Aunt Lucy

84
Q

Written in 1852, name the anti-slavery novel by American author
Harriet Beecher Stowe

A

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

85
Q

Located farthest back (8, 3)

A

Rearmost - ARM

86
Q

A bed for a baby (4,3)

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Crib - RIB

87
Q

Traditional gift for a 30th wedding anniversary (5)

A

Pearl - EAR

88
Q

Olympia is the capital of which US
state (10, 4)

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Washington - SHIN

89
Q

Name given to one thousand-millionth of a second (10, 4)

A

Nanosecond - NOSE

90
Q

Vote that blocks a decision
(plural) (6, 3)

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Vetoes - TOE

91
Q

To ascend a mountain (5,4)

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Climb - LIMB

92
Q

10 To jump or dive into water (6, 4)

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Plunge - LUNG

93
Q

Orly

A

Paris

94
Q

Fiumicino

A

Rome

95
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Schiphol

A

Amsterdam

96
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Marco Polo

A

Venice

97
Q

Sheremetyevo

A

Moscow

98
Q

Kenya

A

Shilling

99
Q

Guinea (Guinean)

A

Franc

100
Q

Brazil

A

Real

101
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South Africa

A

Rand

102
Q

Malaysia

A

Ringgit

103
Q

Saudi Arabia

A

Riyal

104
Q

The Tokapi Palace

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Turkey. (Ottoman Sultan palace for 300 years, now a tourist attraction)

105
Q

Machu Picchu

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Peru.

106
Q

Mount Sinai

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Egypt. (Mountain on the Sinai
Peninsula of Egypt)

107
Q

Mesopotamia

A

Iraq.

108
Q

The film location of many Star Wars desert scenes, including Luke Skywalker’s home, and the planet Tatooine. Now a tourist attraction.

A

Tunisia.

109
Q

Angel Falls (the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall)

A

Venezuela

110
Q

Academy winning American actress, starred opposite
Humphrey Bogart in In A Lonely Place (1950), & achieved her highest profile with Sudden Fear
(1952) & The Big Heat (1953)

A

Gloria Grahame

111
Q

7 Italian actor who played René
Mathis in the Bond films Casino
Royale and Quantum of Solace

A

Giancarlo giannini

112
Q

American composer and pianist, who, with his brother, wrote orchestral compositions
Rhapsody in Blue (1924) & An American in Paris (1928)

A

George Gershwin

113
Q

Which two bones connect as ball & socket to form the shoulder joint.

A

Humerus (upper arm bone) and scapula (shoulder blade)

114
Q

Which is the only US state capital with “Saint” in it’s name?

A

Saint Paul (Minnesota)

115
Q

What is the name of the smallest
Uk sovereign state in the Western Hemisphere, located in the Caribbean.

A

Saint Kitts & Nevis

116
Q

What are the Christian names of the US actress (surname Saint) who starred in On The Waterfront and North by Northwest

A

Eva Marie Saint

117
Q

Jamie Oliver’s wife.

A

Juliette Norton

118
Q

Country bordered by Guinea and
Liberia.

A

Sierra Leonine

119
Q

Starred in Raiders of the Lost Ark

A

John Rhys-Davis

120
Q

British model & actress, appeared in Mad Max: Fury Road

A

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

121
Q

Won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Amadeus (1984)

A

F Murray Abrahams

122
Q

“The Muppet Movie” was released in 1979. Who produced the movie, and was the Muppet creator & chief puppeteer.

A

Jim Hens en

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