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Which Scottish Musician is the lead vocalist for the band Garbage?

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Shirley Manson

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Which Croatian tennis player won her only Grand Slam at French Open 1997?

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Iva Majoli

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What is the womens equivalent of the Davis Cup? It was formerly known as the Fed Cup

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Billie Jean King Cup

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Release in 2019, which Terminator sequel stars Mackenzie Davis?

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Dark Fate

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Released in 2015
5, which Terminator sequel stars Emilia Clarke?

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Genisys

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Release in 2009, which Terminator sequel stars Christian Bale?

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Salvation

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Released in 2003, which Terminator sequel stars Nick Stahl?

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Rise of the Machines

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Who directed Jennifer’s Body and Destroyer?

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Karyn Kusama

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What does Gnocchi translate as in English?

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Knots in Wood

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Edward Elgars Cello Concerto is associated with which British Cellist?

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Jacqueline Du Pre

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At the notorious Sensation exhibition in the late 90s, whose Holy Virgin Mary painting incorporated elephant dung?

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Chris Ofili

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Which YBA artists caused concern with their lewd child mannequin sculptures?

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Jake and Dinos Chapman

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Which YBA artist caused controversy with his painting Myra?

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Marcus Harvey

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Which fire festival is held annually in Shetland to mark the end of the Yule season?

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Up Helly Aa

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Which 1962 Ray Bradbury novel takes its name from a line in Macbeth?

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Which Welsh screenwriter created Blakes 7 and Survivor as well as the Daleks of Dr Who?

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Terry Nation

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At the 2018 Winter Olympics, Pyeongchang, the flag bearer was which skeleton racer. She won gold in 2014 Sochi and this games.

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Lizzy Yarnold

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Who won gold in female skeleton in Winter Olympics 2010 Vancouver?

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Amy Williams

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Which MCU TV series stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany?

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Wandavision

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Which F1 track in the UAE, is the home of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?

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Yas Marina Circuit

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The Lambeth Walk was a song and dance craze from which 1937 Noel Gay musical?

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Me and My Girl

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Shuggie Bain is a 2020 Booker Prize winning novel by which author?

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Douglas Stuart

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Which Gaelic festival takes place in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, traditionally involving bonfires?

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Beltane

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Who was GBE flag bearer at 2012 Olympics?

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Chris Hoy

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Despacito was a song by whom?

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Luis Fonsi (feat Daddy Yankee and Bieber)

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Which popular singing duo sang Run Rabbit Run?

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Allan and Flanagan

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Who sang the Dad’s Army theme?

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Bud Flanagan

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Which Japanese Grand Prix circuit has been the venue since 2009?

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Suzuka

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Prior to 2009, the Japanese Grand Prix alternated between Suzuka and which circuit?

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Fuji Speedway

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Which famous American Cellist performed at the inaugurations of Obama and Biden?

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Yo Yo Ma

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Which writing partnership helped write Hancocks Half Hour and Steptoe and Son?

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Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

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Who starred as Steptoe and Son?

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Wilfred Brambell and Harry H Corbett

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Arancini translates as what in English?

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Little Oranges

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Which Russian Tennis player won her only slam at French Open 2004? The first Russian female to win a major.

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Anastasia Mysinka

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What is the final novel in Mantels Cromwell trilogy?

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The Mirror and The Light

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Who is the lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins?

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Billy Corgan

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Which MCU series stars Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan as the titular characters?

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Falcon and Winter Soldier

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Which singer represented UK at Eurovision 2021? And had been due to at cancelled 2020 edition?
He won a Brit award for Rudimental ‘Waiting All Night’

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James Newman

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Who is the dog in Garfield?

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Odie

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Jess Glynnes 2018 album is…

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Always in Between

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Home to works such as Yeames’ ‘and when did you last see your father’, where is the Walker Art Gallery?

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Liverpool

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Which Burmese martial art sees fighters compete bare knuckled? It’s known for being brutal.

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Lethwei

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Brazlian dance fighting goes by what name?

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Capoeira

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44
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Who directed Nomadland?

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Chloe Zao

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Finbarr Saunders and Sid the Sexist are from what British comic strip?

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Viz

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Which World War 2 Pie was a ministry of food recipe featuring vegetables and named after the British Minister for Food himself?

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Woolton Pie

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Who played Angel and starred in Bones?

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David Boreanaz

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Nicknamed Supermex, which golfer won consecutive Opens in 71 and 72, and a further four majors?

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Lee Trevino

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Italian fashion designer Ricardo Tisci has been chief designer of which fashion house from 2018?

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Burberry

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Who was Burberrys chief creative officer from 2009 to 2018

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Christopher Bailey

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Who was Burberrys chief creative officer from 2009 to 2018

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Christopher Bailey

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52
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Who wrote Where The Wild Things Are?

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Maurice Sendak

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Who wrote Where The Wild Things Are?

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Maurice Sendak

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54
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Whose dairy farm hosted Woodstock?

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Max Yasgur

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55
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What does SR stand for in cricket

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Strike Rate

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56
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Bristol City plays there home matches at…

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Ashton Gate

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Who directed A Hard Days Night?

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Richard Lester

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The first in his Paranoia trilogy, which Alan J Pakula film stars Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda?

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Klute

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Anthony Vaccarello was creative director of which fashion house?

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YSL

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60
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Which town was Woodstock festival held?

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Bethel/White Lake

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Which British golfer won consecutive masters in 89 and 90?

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Nick Faldo

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Who directed the father?

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Florian Zeller

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63
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Richard Lester also directed which other Beatles musical with a one word title?

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Help!

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64
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Montero Lamar Hill is the real name of which rapper?

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Lil Nas X

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65
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Home to Jacob Epsteins Genesis sculpture, the Whitworth Art Gallery is in which city?

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Manchester

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Home to Jacob Epsteins Genesis sculpture, the Whitworth Art Gallery is in which city?

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Manchester

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The second film in Alan J Pakulas paranoia trilogy is which Warren Beatty film about political assassination?

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The Parallax View

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Preston North Ends stadium is…

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Deepdale

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Which company owns TikTok

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ByteDance

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Said to be made by Women’s Land Army during WW2, which pastry dish of veg topped with cheese is sometimes called Devon Pie?

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Homity Pie

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Who played the title role in Netflix Sabrina reboot?

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Kiernan Shipka

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In cricket what does M stand for in a bowlers stats?

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Maidens

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73
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Who hosts a weekday breakfast show on LBC (2021)

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Nick Ferrari

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Which French climber was known as French Spider Man due to scaling skyscrapers with no equipment…

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Alain Robert

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Which documentary film and feature film both chronicle Philippe Petits high wire walk between the Twin Towers?

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Man On Wire and The Walk

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Which actress, who later appeared in Eastenders, played the role of Olive in the British sitcom On The Buses?

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Anna KAREN

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Sharing his surname with a Scottish town, which American abstract expressionist is well-known for a series of
paintings entitled Elegy to the Spanish Republic?

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Robert MOTHERWELL

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Anne Hathaway plays which character in Les Mis?

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Fantine

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Who is the lead singer of Talk Talk

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Mark Hollis

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Which Nigerian is a two-time UFC Middleweight champion from 2019-2022 and for a brief period in 2023?

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Israel Adesanya

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What is the name of Derbyshire’s limited overs cricket team in reference to the bird that nests on Derby
cathedral

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Falcons

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Former Apprentice star Karren Brady is married to which former professional footballer? The man in question
played for numerous English league clubs, including Birmingham City and Derby County during his career from
1989 to 2009.

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Paul PESCHISOLIDO

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Which man, who was Australian Prime Minister from 1983 to 1991, set a world record for downing a yard of
ale during his time at Oxford University?

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Bob HAWKE

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Which country music star won the Academy of Country Music award for ‘Top Vocal Duo’ four times between
1971 and 1976 for his work with Loretta Lynn? The man in question’s biggest country hit was the 1970 release
Hello Darlin.

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Conway TWITTY

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Which town in Cumbria gives its name to a peppermint confection popular with climbers and mountaineers?

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Kendal

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Now a listed building, which National Trust property in Devon was home to Agatha Christie between 1938
and her death in 1976?

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Greenway Estate

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What is the name of Nottinghamshire’s limited overs cricket team in reference to the county’s association
with Robin Hood?

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Outlaws

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Which country music star broke Conway Twitty’s record for most number-one hits on Billboard’s Country
Chart when he achieved his 44th number one in 2009? He came to fame in 1980 with his song Unwound.

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George Strait

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Sharing his surname with an American state, which American pop artist is best-known for a famous print in
which the letters of the word ‘love’ are arranged in a square?

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Robert Indiana

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What was the title of the musical play adapted by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill from Gay’s The Beggar’s
Opera?

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Threepenny Opera

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Which American former shot putter held the outdoor world record for the event from 1990 to 2021. He won silver at the 1988 Olympics and gold at the 1996 Olympics.

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Randy Barnes

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As of June 2024, who still holds the British record for the shot put? He twice won the title of World’s Strongest Man.

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Geoff Capes

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Which actor, who later appeared in The Last of The Summer Wine, played the role of Blakey in the British
sitcom On The Buses?

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Stephen LEWIS

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93
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“This is the Day” and “Uncertain Smile” are among the best-known songs of which repetitively-named band
fronted by Matt Johnson?

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The THE

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Which word for an overly-intellectual but socially awkward person was first used by Dr Seuss as the name of
an imaginary creature in his book If I Ran the Zoo?

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NERD

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Which Cameroonian UFC fighter was Heavyweight Champ from 2021-23

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Francis Ngannou

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Who was the first man to win UFC Heavyweight Title three times?

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Randy Couture

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One of the greatest ever athletes from New Zealand, which horseman won Individual eventing gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics? He also won four gold medals at the Badminton Horse Trials.

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Mark TODD

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“(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star” was a solo single by which former bass player for the Rolling Stones?

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Bill Wyman

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One of the greatest ever athletes from New Zealand, which middle distance runner won gold medals in both
the 800 and 1500 metres at the 1964 Olympics?

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Peter Snell

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100
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The 1970s US sitcom Laverne & Shirley was a spin-off from which other successful series?

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Happy Days

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101
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The albums ‘Marry Me’, ‘Actor’ and ‘Masseducation’ are critically-acclaimed albums by which alternative American
singer, whose real name is Annie Clark?

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St Vincent

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102
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Which Jamaican athlete won gold in the women’s 200 metres at the both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics?

A

Veronica CAMPBELL(-
Brown)

103
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The song ‘Wellerman’, a 2021 UK number one hit for Nathan Evans, is generally regarded as an example of which
particular traditional music style that has seen a renaissance in recent months?

A

Sea Shanty

104
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Which defender, who played 300 games for Arsenal, captained the England Women’s football team for 10 years
between 2002-2012, making her the Lioness’s longest-serving captain?

A

Faye WHITE

105
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Denise Coates, the highest-paid CEO in the UK, is the founder and majority shareholder of which online gambling
company based in Stoke on Trent?

A

Bet365

106
Q

Who won the Turner Prize in 1999 for the video ‘Deadpan’, which depicted re-enactments of a stunt from the Buster
Keaton movie ‘Steamboat Bill, Jr’?

A

Steve McQueen

107
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The Kaji family from Texas are the hosts of which YouTube channel, the content of which is chiefly videos of their
son reviewing various toys? One of the channel’s videos, ‘Huge Eggs Surprise Toys Challenge’, has over 2 billion views.

A

Ryans World

108
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Which midfielder, best known for her time at Everton between 2004-2012, is England’s most capped footballer,
having played 172 games for the international team?

A

Farah Williams

109
Q

Based in Sunderland and sharing its name with a traditional raffle-style game, what is the UK’s top online bingo
website, with more players than any other company?

A

Tombola

110
Q

What is the name of the popular male singing group who specialise in sea shanties that was formed in Cornwall in
1995? A romantic comedy film based on their story was released in 2019.

A

Fishermans Friends

111
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Which artist won the Turner Prize in 1997 for the video ‘60 Minutes of Silence’, which featured actors dressed as
police officers who had to stand still for an hour?

A

Gillian Wearing

112
Q

Combat Evolved and Guardians are instalments of which classic ‘first-person shooter’ computer game franchise,
which was first released in 2001?

A

Halo

113
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The albums ‘The Greatest’, ‘Sun’ and ‘Wanderer’ are critically-acclaimed albums by which alternative American singer,
whose real name is Chan Marshall?

A

Cat Power

114
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Based on a series of books by Ann Cleeves, which TV drama series stars Douglas Henshall as a detective in the far north of
Scotland?

A

Shetland

115
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Which Jamaican athlete won gold in the women’s 100 metres at the both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics?

A

Shelley-Ann FRASER(-
Pryce)

116
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Founded in 1984, the world-wide cosmetics brand M.A.C is now
a subsidiary of Estée lauder companies as of 1996, but what
does it stand for?

A

MakeUp Art Cosmetics

117
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Which company released Pokemon Go?

A

Niantic

118
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Directed by the Dardenne Brothers, which film won the 1999
Palme d’Or? The film follows the life of a teenager trying to
secure a job so she can leave the caravan park in which she lives
with her alcoholic mother

A

Rosetta

119
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“Through the Fire and Flames” is the best-known record from
which British power metal band?

A

Dragon Force

120
Q

The Abraj Al Bait is a complex of seven skyscraper hotels in
which Asian city? The central tower has the world’s largest clock
face as well as being the third tallest building in the world.

A

Mecca
(Accept Makkah OR Makkah alMakurramah)

121
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Home of the Atlanta Falcons, which stadium hosts the Peach Bowl?

A

Mercedez-Benz Stadium

122
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Home of the Miami Dolphins, which stadium hosts the Orange Bowl?

A

Hard Rock Stadium

123
Q

Which stadium in Pasadena, California hosts a New Year’s Day college football game known as the grandaddy of them all?

A

Rose Bowl

124
Q

Home of the New Orleans Saints, which stadium hosts the Sugar Bowl?

A

Caesars Superdome

125
Q

Which stadium at the University of El Paso is known as one of the College Bowl NY6?

A

Sun Bowl

126
Q

Which stadium is home to the Dallas Cowboys and the Cotton Bowl Classic?

A

AT&T Stadium

127
Q

Arizona’s Fiesta Bowl is played at what stadium, the home of Arizona Cardinals?

A

State Farm Stadium

128
Q

What is the name of the UK restaurant chain in which you can
take advantage of the unlimited salad bar? Despite their name
relating to autumn and their logo consisting of three wheat
heads you can go there all year round.

A

Harvester

129
Q

What is the stage name of Neneh Cherry’s daughter? She has
had top 10 hits in 2020 with “Boyfriend” & “West Ten”

A

Mabel

130
Q

Which Irish boxer is the women’s WBA, WBC, IBF &
WBO Lightweight world champion since 2019? On top of her 2012 Olympic
Gold medal, she was once a footballer?

A

Katie Taylor

131
Q

Founded by Whitney Wolf Herd in 2014, which six letter word
dating app prompts female users to make the first move in
heterosexual matches? In same-sex matches either person can
send a message first.

A

Bumble

132
Q

Rupert Rigsby is a landlord of a run-down Victorian townhouse
who rents out his shabby bedsits to a variety of tenants in which
television series that was originally broadcast between 1974 and
1978?

A

Rising Damp

133
Q

Who created Rising Damp

A

Eric Chappell

134
Q

Madame Maxine actress who starred as Ruth Jones in Rising Damp?

A

Frances de la tour

135
Q

Who played Philip Smith in Rising Damp and also had a part in Death in Paradise?

A

Don Warrington

136
Q

The Lakhta Center skyscraper is the tallest building in Europe
and can be located in which city?

A

St Petersburg

137
Q

Bus driver Stan Butler along with conductor Jack Harper both
work for the Luxton and District Traction Company in which
television series that was originally broadcast between 1969 and
1973?

A

ON The Buses

138
Q

Who created On The Buses?

A

Ronald Chesney and Wolfe

139
Q

Who played Stan Butler in On The Buses

A

Reg Varney

140
Q

Who played Jack Harper in On The Buses?

A

Bob Grant

141
Q

Which American boxer has been a women’s WBA, WBC & IBF
Middleweight world champion? Winning gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games?

A

Claressa Shields

142
Q

Founded in Leeds in 2001, G.H.D is market leader in the hair
styling industry, but what does it stand for?

A

Good Hair Day

143
Q

Founded by Justin McLeod in 2012, which five letter dating app
focuses on its “designed to be deleted” theme, with its mascot
getting encased in an ice freezer or run over by a cab when two
users fall in love?

A

Hinge

144
Q

What is the furry mascot of Hinge

A

Hingie

145
Q

Directed by Gus Van Sant, which film won the 2003 Palme d’Or.
The film follows a high school shooting in Oregon which is based
in part on the real 1999 Columbine High School massacre.

A

Elephant

146
Q

Which former UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion and two-time UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion is the first and only woman to become a two-division UFC champion?

A

Amanda Nunes

147
Q

Jack Ma is best known for being one of the co-founders of which Chinese multinational technology company?

A

ALIBABA

148
Q

Nicknamed “The King”, which racing driver was the first driver to win the NASCAR Cup Series seven timeswinning his titles between 1964-1979? He is also the winningest driver in NASCAR history and has won the
Daytona 500 a record 7 times.

A

Richard Petty

149
Q

Which 1922 Robert J. Flaherty silent documentary film captures the struggles of an Inuk man and his family in
the Canadian arctic?

A

Nanook of The North

150
Q

Billy Gibbons is the primary vocalist of which rock band that had hits such as “La Grange” and “Sharp Dressed
Man”?

A

ZZ TOP

151
Q

Michael Goff was the first editor and president of which American LGBTQ fashion, news and lifestyle
magazine? The magazine publishes an annual list of the most “influential and impactful LGBTQ+ people”.

A

OUT

152
Q

The eternal derby is a name given to one of the most fierce rivalries in Serbian football, the game takes place
between Red Star Belgrade and which other team from the city of Belgrade?

A

Partizan Belgrade

153
Q

Olly Alexander starred as the lead role of Richie Tozer in which 2021 Channel 4 miniseries that is set in London
between 1981 and 1991 and focuses on the AIDS crisis?

A

Its A SIN

154
Q

Which American broadcast television and radio network has an iconic eye logo?

A

CBS

155
Q

The songs “Blinded By Your Grace, Pt.1”, “Big for Your Boots” and “Shut Up” all appear on which debut studio
album by Stormzy?

A

Gang Signs & Prayer

156
Q

Excluding a short loan spell at Somerset, former England test cricket captain Andrew Strauss spent his entire
career at which county?

A

Middlesex

157
Q

Nicknamed “The Intimidator”, which racing driver won the NASCAR Cup series seven times between 1980 and
1994? He died during a last-lap crash at the 2001 Daytona 500.

A

Dale Earnhardt Senior

158
Q

Larry Ellison is best known for being one of the co-founders and chairman of which American multinational
technology company?

A

Oracle

159
Q

Benjamin Cohen founded which UK-based online newspaper that is marketed to LGBTQ people in the UK and
worldwide? The paper has an annual awards ceremony held at Westminster.

A

Pink News

160
Q

John Fogerty was the lead vocalist of which rock band that had hits such as “Fortunate Son” and “Bad Moon
Rising”?

A

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

161
Q

Who sang You’re The Voice?

A

John Farnham

162
Q

The eternal derby is a name given to one of the most fierce rivalries in Croatian football, the game takes place
between Dinamo Zagreb and which team from the city of Split?

A

Hajduk Split

163
Q

Which 1929 Dziga Vertov silent documentary film captures urban life in the Soviet cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and
Odessa?

A

MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA

164
Q

Which guitarist of The Stone Roses released a duet album with Liam Gallagher in 2024?

A

John Squire

165
Q

Which 2019 song became Stormzy’s first UK number one single? It was the lead track from his album Heavy Is
the Head?

A

Vossi Bop

166
Q

Former England test cricket captain Alastair Cook has spent his entire career with which county?

A

Essex

167
Q

Which Bahamian athlete won gold in the women’s 400 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics?

A

Shaunae Miller

168
Q

Which Grenadian athlete won gold in the men’s 400 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics?

A

Kirani James

169
Q

Which of the seven breed categories at the Crufts dog show
includes the breeds Irish Setter, Labrador Retriever and the Sussex
Spaniel?

A

Gundog

170
Q

Which spirit is the main alcoholic ingredient in the cocktails White
Lady, French 75 and Aviation?

A

Gin

171
Q

What is the title of John Grisham’s 1989 debut novel that was
adapted into a 1996 legal thriller film that starred Samuel L. Jackson,
Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock?

A

A Time TO Kill

172
Q

The daughter of an actress who has had a continuous role in a
British soap opera since 1986, which actress plays the role of Daphne,
the Duchess of Hastings in the 2020 Netflix period drama “Bridgerton”?

A

Phoebe DYNEVOR

173
Q

Who plays Sally Webster on Corrie?

A

Sally Dynevor

174
Q

A sporting first from last weekend – Who became the first male
Japanese golfer to win a Major when he took victory at the 2021 US
Masters

A

Hideki Matsuyama

175
Q

Which of the seven breed categories at the Crufts dog show
includes the breeds Old English Sheepdog, Border Collie and Corgi?

A

PASTORAL

176
Q

Following much media hype, which song taken as the lead single
from the album “The Great Escape” helped Blur to beat Oasis to the
UK number 1 spot in August 1995?

A

COUNTRY HOUSE

177
Q

What is the name of the series of crime novels written by James
Patterson that include entries such as ‘1st to Die’ ‘6th Target’ ‘11th
WOMENS MURDER CLUB
Hour’ and ‘17th Subject’?
4a: What brand of virtual real

A

Womens Murder CLub

178
Q

What brand of virtual reality headsets did the Facebook
corporation acquire for $2.3 billion in March 2014?

A

Oculus Vr

179
Q

Which British pop group that achieved two UK number 1 hit
singles in the 1970s finished second in the 1972 Eurovision Song
Contest with the song “Beg, Steal Or Borrow”?

A

The NEW SEEKERS

180
Q

Judith Durham and Keith Potger formed which Australian band with hits such as “I’ll Never Find Another You”, “A World of Our Own”, “Morningtown Ride”, “Someday, One Day”, “Georgy Girl”?

A

The Seekers

181
Q

What is the only racecourse located in the English county of
Shropshire?

A

Ludlow

182
Q

Which informal term for the English cricket team’s style of play comes from the Test team coach Brendon McCullum’s nickname?

A

Bazball

183
Q

What anti-obesity medication is sold under under the brand names Ozempic and Rybelsus for diabetes, and under the brand name Wegovy for weight loss?

A

semaglutide

184
Q

What one word appears in the title of all sixteen of Peter James’
detective novels to feature Detective Superintendent Roy Grace to
date?

A

DEAD

185
Q

Which BBC comedy-drama series that first aired in April 2019,
stars Daisy Haggard as Miri Matterson, a woman who returns to her
hometown in Kent after serving an eighteen-year prison sentence?

A

Back To Life

186
Q

Which song, taken as the second single from the album “What
The Story Morning Glory” lost out in the “Battle of the Bands”
between Blur and Oasis in August 1995, stalling at number 2?

A

Roll With It

187
Q

Which British rock group that achieved five UK number 1 hit
singles in the 1960s finished second in the 1975 Eurovision Song
Contest with the song “Let Me Be The One”?

A

The Shadows

188
Q

First airing on Sky One in March 2020 and now in its second
series, which sitcom co-stars Daisy Haggard and Martin Freeman as
Ally and Paul, an unmarried couple struggling with bringing up their
two children?

A

Breeders

189
Q

First contested in 1957, the Uber Cup is a world team competition for
female participants usually played biennially in which indoor sport?

A

Badminton

190
Q

The Phoenix in Clapham, The Cat’s Back in Stockwell and the Royal
Oak in Southwark are all London pubs owned by which independent
brewery that was founded in Lewes, East Sussex in 1790?

A

Harveys

191
Q

Which 1988 film, based on the 1930 French play The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau, brought Spanish
filmmaker Pedro Almodovar to international acclaim? In the film, TV actress Pepa Marcos is depressed
because her boyfriend Iván has left her.

A

WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

192
Q

Americanah and half a yellow sun are novels by whom…

A

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

193
Q

In which 2D role-playing video game, created by Toby Fox, does the player control a child who has fallen into
the Underground: a large, secluded region under the surface of the Earth, separated by a magic barrier. The
player then meets various monsters during the journey back to the surface?

A

UNDERTALE

194
Q

Who is the star of 1917?

A

George MacKay

195
Q

Hall of fame NFL Quarterback John Elway played his entire career at which franchise?

A

Denver Broncos

196
Q

What is the stage name of the British rapper who was nominated for the Mercury Prize for her 2019 studio
album “Grey Area”?

A

Little Simz

197
Q

In the children’s TV show ‘Bob The Builder’ what is the name of the blue crane, who lacks confidence and
tends to get scared easily?

A

Lofty

198
Q

Manuela, an Argentine nurse who oversees donor organ transplants at a Madrid hospital, is the central
character of which 1999 Pedro Almodovar film? The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language
film

A

All about My Mother

199
Q

“Ho, Why Is You Here?” was the 2020 debut album of which American rapper? She rose to fame after her
songs “Beef FloMix” and “In The Party” went viral on TikTok

A

FLo Milla

200
Q

Who sang man in finance?

A

Megan Boni/ Girl On COuch

201
Q

Which actress, who played the role of Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis in the sitcom ‘Full House’, was jailed in
2020 for her role in a nationwide college admissions bribery cheating scandal in America?

A

Lori Loughlin

202
Q

Hall of fame NFL Quarterback Dan Marino played his entire career at which franchise?

A

Miami DOlphins

203
Q

In the children’s TV show ‘Bob The Builder’ what is the name of the impulsive red tracked bulldozer, who
often acts before thinking and subsequently gets in trouble for it?

A

Muck

204
Q

In which 2016 simulation role-playing game developed by Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone and released for
Windows in February 2016, do players take the role of a character who takes over their deceased
grandfather’s dilapidated farm in the titular location?

A

STARDEW VALLEY

205
Q

Which Welshman became PDC World Darts champion in 2021, defeating Gary Anderson in the final?

A

Gerwyn Price

206
Q

Currently rated 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, in which 2012 film does Eddie Murphy star as Jack McCall, a talkative
literary agent who is cursed by a spiritual guru?

A

A thousand words

207
Q

Gerwyn Price replaced which Scotsman as PDC World Darts champion? The man in question beat Michael Van
Gerwen in the 2020 final.

A

Peter Wright

208
Q

Which bespectacled Greek singer famous for singing in many
languages has only ever appeared once in the UK Singles chart
when ‘Only Love’ reached Number 2 in 1986?

A

Nana Mouskouri

209
Q

With a title suggestion she was not scared, on which 2008 Taylor
Swift Album did the song ‘Love Story’ first appear?

A

Fearless

210
Q

Cheese is added to which sauce to make it a Mornay Sauce?

A

Bechemel

211
Q

Who spent 4 weeks at number 1 in the charts with the song ‘My
Old Man’s a Dustman’?

A

Lonnie Donegan

212
Q

Between 1984-2007 who was the male presenter on the TV show
Crimewatch?

A

Nick Ross

213
Q

Which Cyclist from Kazakhstan won the Men’s Road Race at the
2012 London Olympics? Since 2013 he has been General
Manager of the Astana Cycling Team?

A

Vinokourov

214
Q

The 2020 Sophie Hannah novel ‘The Killings at Kingfisher Hill’
is her 4th novel featuring which detective whom she did not
originally create?

A

POIROT

215
Q

Which Cyclist from the Netherlands won the Women’s Road
Race at the 2012 London Olympics? She has been nicknamed the
Cannibal due to her many victories over all terrains &
disciplines.

A

MArianne Vos

216
Q

In a 1926 classic novel by Agatha Christie that featured Hercule
Poirot, what is the name of the country squire murdered in
King’s Abbot who appears in the title of the novel? (both names
required)

A

Roger Ackroyd

217
Q

Who sang streets of london?

A

Ralph McTell

218
Q

Who won an Oscar for best actor for his role as a defence lawyer
in the 1961 Courtroom Drama ‘Judgement at Nuremburg’?

A

Maximillian Schell

219
Q

Complete the title of a 1980 children’s book by Prince Charles ‘
The Old Man of _______?

A

Lochnagar

220
Q

Which bearded Greek singer first entered the UK Singles chart in
1975 with the song ‘Happy to be on an Island in the Sun’?

A

Demis ROussos

221
Q

On which numerically named 2014 Taylor Swift album did the
song ‘Shake it Off’ first appear?

A

1989

222
Q

Between 1984-95 who was the female presenter on the TV show Crimewatch

A

Sue Cook

223
Q

On which 2017 Taylor Swift Album did the song ‘Look what
you made me do’ first appear?

A

Reputation

224
Q

The top-selling video game designed specifically for virtual reality technology is which 2019 rhythm game, released
originally on PS4 and Windows, in which players must hit coloured blocks using illuminated swords?

A

Beat Saber

225
Q

What name of French origin is given to the deep-fried sugar-dusted choux pastries, commonly eaten as breakfast
items but also popular as desserts, which form an ubiquitous part of the cuisine of New Orleans?

A

BEIGNET

226
Q

Regarded by anime fans as one of the “Big Three”, which globally popular anime series, based on a manga and first
broadcast in 2002, revolves around the efforts of a young blonde-haired ninja-in-training who seeks to become
respected in his village of Konohagakure?

A

Naruto

227
Q

The headline performer at the 2020 Blackpool Illuminations switch-on ceremony was Mel C of the Spice Girls. What
is her surname, for which the ‘C’ stands?

A

Chisholm

228
Q

The 1952 film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ featured which actress as Lady
Bracknell? Her delivery of the line “A handbag?” has become famous

A

Edith Evans

229
Q

What is the Duolingo Owl called?

A

Duo

230
Q

What is the Reddit Robot called

A

Noo

231
Q

Discord logo name:

A

Clyde

232
Q

Regarded by anime fans as one of the “Big Three”, which globally popular anime series, based on a manga and first
broadcast in 2004, revolves around the exploits of the orange-haired teenager Ichigo Kurosaki, who reluctantly takes
on the role of Soul Reaper in Karakura Town?

A

Bleach

233
Q

Who plays Rimmer in red Dwarf?

A

Chris Barrie

234
Q

Who plays Kryten in Red Dwarf?

A

Robert Lleweyn

235
Q

Who plays Cat in Red Dwarf

A

Danny John Jules

236
Q

What name of Yiddish origin is given to the crescent-rolled pastries, usually made with cream cheese and often filled
with fruit and nuts, which form a ubiquitous part of Israeli cuisine and are popular among the Jewish diaspora
worldwide?

A

Rugelach

237
Q

The 1947 film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘An Ideal Husband’ starred which actor as Viscount Arthur Goring? He
also starred in the Alfred Hitchcock films ‘Stage Fright’ and ‘Under Capricorn’, and was the second husband of
Elizabeth Taylor.

A

Michael Wilding

238
Q

Which American theater and film producer, celebrated for his 1956 Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture was Liz Taylors Third Husband? He died in a plane crash.

A

Mike Todd

239
Q

Which heir to a hotel business was Liz Taylor’s first husband?

A

Conrad Hilton Jr

240
Q

Who was Liz Taylor’s 6th husband, a US Secretary of The Navy?

A

John Warner

241
Q

The 1898 short story ‘The Ides of March’ by E. W. Hornung introduced which popular literary character, an
archetypical ‘gentleman thief’ who leads a double life?

A

Arthur J Raffles

242
Q

Who has Liz Taylor’s final and 7th husband? An American construction worker

A

Larry Fortensky

243
Q

In which exploration video game, originally released on PS4 and Windows in 2016, can players theoretically visit
over 18 quintillion planets? The subsequent implementation of virtual reality technology has helped improve the
game’s initially poor reputation

A

No Mans Sky

244
Q

Since 1988, the shortest-distance swimming event at the Summer Olympic Games has been a freestyle race over what
distance?

A

50m

245
Q

Four years after her previous studio album, which singer topped the album charts in 2020 with the album
‘Chromatica’? It included the singles ‘Rain on Me’ and ‘Stupid Love’

A

Lady Gaga

246
Q

Which British impressionist and voice actor is best known for his impression of Margaret Thatcher, which he
performed throughout the original run of the satirical TV series Spitting Image?

A

Steve Nallon

247
Q

Who played Cagney in Cagney and Lacy?

A

Sharon Gless

248
Q

Who played Lacy in Cagney and Lacy?

A

Tyne Daly

249
Q

Who plays Tubbs in Miami Vice

A

Phillip Michael THomas

250
Q

Who played Starsky in Starsky and Hutch?

A

Paul Michael Glaser

251
Q

Who played Hutch in Starsky and Hutch?

A

David Soul

252
Q

Who played Huggy Bear in Starsky and Hutch?

A

Antonio Fargas

253
Q

Who played Kelly in original Charlies Angels?

A

Jaqueline Smith

254
Q

Who played Jill in original Charlies Angels?

A

Farrah Fawcett

255
Q

Who played Sabrina in original Charlies Angels?

A

Kate Jackson

256
Q

Who replaced Farrah Fawcett after on season on Charlies Angels?

A

Cheryl Ladd

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