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1
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What is the birthstone for the month of January?

A

Garnet

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2
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After how many years of marriage would you celebrate your crystal wedding anniversary?

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15 years

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3
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After how many years would you celebrate your leather anniversary?

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Three years

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4
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Emerald is the birthstone for which month?

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May

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5
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Cassis is made from which fruit?

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Blackcurrant

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6
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Which anniversary would you celebrate after 35 years of marriage?

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Coral

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7
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Which horse had three grand national wins in the 1970s?

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Red rum

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Which actor played Alex in the clockwork Orange?

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Malcolm McDowell

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9
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US TV soap opera in the 1960s during Mia Farrow

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Peyton Place

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10
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What was the name of the clerical detective created by GK Chesterton?

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Father Brown

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11
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Name the nine circles of hell and Dante’s Inferno

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The first Circle is for the unbaptized
The second Circle is for the lustful the third Circle is for The gluttonous
The fourth Circle is for the greedy
The fifth Circle is for the angry
The six Circle is for the heretical
The seventh Circle is for the violent
The eighth Circle is for the fraudulent
The ninth Circle is for the treacherous
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12
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Who played the evil magician Profion in the 2000 film Dungeons and Dragons?

A

Jeremy Irons

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13
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Admiral Horatio Nelson’s ship?

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H.M.S. Victory

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14
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Ship name of Benjamin Briggs?

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Mary Celeste. 1800s found abandoned. Mystery

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15
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Who is the first lady of the United States during World War II?

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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16
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What was the name of the character played by Shannon Doherty on the show Charmed?

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Prue

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17
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Which character has a niece named Penny and a dog named brain?

A

Inspector gadget

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18
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Which city has a team called the Giants in baseball?

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San Francisco

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The film the Crimson Tide starred which two Hollywood actors?

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Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington

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20
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The battle of Brandy Station is associated with which war?

A

The Civil War

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21
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The battle of Agincourt is associated with which war?

A

The 100 years war

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22
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Kevin Bacon played an invisible character in which film from the year 2000?

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Hollow man

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23
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In Norse mythology what is the dwelling place of the gods called?

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Asgard

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24
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In which country did the World War II battle of Vimy Ridge take place?

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France

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25
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Anzac day celebrates which battle?

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Gallipoli

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26
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The postwar conference for world war one took place in which city?

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Versailles

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27
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What was Radar’s name in MASH and who played him?

A

Actor Gary Burghoff played Corporal Walter Eugene “Radar” O’Reilly in the film MAS*H, as well as the TV series.

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28
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Lenina Crowne is a character from which novel?

A

Brave New World by Aldus Huxley

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29
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Who is the Greek muse of dance?

A

Terpsichore

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30
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What is Mr. Burns’s real name in the Simpsons?

A

Charles Montgomery Burns

31
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Who discovered to time common in 1922?

A

George Herbert and Howard Carter

32
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Who wrote the novel Trainspotting on which the film was based?

A

Irvine Welsh

33
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Who wrote the portrait of an artist as a young dog?

A

Dylan Thomas

34
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Which band name is taken from an implement in the naked lunch by William S Burroughs?

A

Steely Dan

35
Q

What is the longest book in the Bible?

A

Psalms

36
Q

Which planet has the longest day?

A

Venus

37
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What is Voltair’s real name?

A

Francois-Marie Arouet

38
Q

Who is the Egyptian guardian of the dead?

A

Anubis who has the face of the jackal

39
Q

What is the name of Odin’s spider horse?

A

Sleipnir

40
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Who is the Roman goddess of hearth and home?

A

Vesta (Greek Hestia)

41
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In Greek mythology who killed the Chimera?

A

Bellerophon riding Pegasus

42
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Who wrote the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie?

A

Muriel spark

43
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What flower is traditionally given for Easter?

A

The Lily

44
Q

Who played Spartacus?

A

Kirk Douglas

45
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What is the name of the detective in the pink panther?

A

Inspector Clouseau

46
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What is the name of the cop in the west side story?

A

Krupke

47
Q

What is the second largest city in Portugal starting with O and ending with 0

A

Oporto

48
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What river in South America begins with an O and ends with an O?

A

Orinoco

49
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What novel by Virginia Woolf begins with an O and ends with an O?

A

Orlando

50
Q

Who wrote the poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas?

A

Clement Clarke Moore

51
Q

Which profession would use a last?

A

Shoemaker

52
Q

Who wrote the play the three sisters?

A

Anton Chekov

53
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Who are the sisters in Louisa May Alcott’s little women?

A

Meg, Amy, Joe, Beth March

54
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In which 1975 Stephen King book does Ben return home to find out that everyone’s become vampires?

A

Salem’s Lot

55
Q

Which popular character did Robert L May create in 1939?

A

Rudolph the red nose reindeer

56
Q

Which famous actor was born Carlos Irwin Estevez?

A

Charlie Sheen

57
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Which actor was cast as the leading male role in the film Fifty Shades of Grey?

A

Charlie Hunnam

58
Q

Which actor was in the film the fighter along with Mark Wahlberg?

A

Christian Bale

59
Q

Who wrote Bridget Jones’s diary?

A

Helen fielding

60
Q

Which Japanese martial art is fought with wooden swords?

A

Kendo

61
Q

What is a flight of geese called?

A

A skein

62
Q

Who killed Emperor Claudius?

A

His wife Agrippina

63
Q

Who wrote the owl and the pussycat?

A

Edward Lear

64
Q

Who wrote Moon River in 1961?

A

Andy Williams

65
Q

On what river is Niagara Falls?

A

Niagara River

66
Q

In which area of London did Jack the Ripper murder?

A

Whitechapel

67
Q

Who is the headmaster at Dotheboys Hall in Nicholas Nickleby?

A

Wackford Squeers

68
Q

Who wrote the play school for scandal?

A

Richard Sheridan

69
Q

Which drink was originally called Brad’s Drink?

A

Pepsi

70
Q

Pogonophobia is the fear of what?

A

Beards

71
Q

What is the Japanese train system called?

A

Shinkansen

72
Q

In what year did the film airplane come out?

A

1980

73
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What trophy is awarded to the winner of the Super Bowl?

A

The Vince Lombardi trophy

74
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Which team won the very first Super Bowl in 1967?

A

The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs

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