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The river Han flows through which capital city? Seoul
(South Korea, or the Republic of Korea)
Who was the president of Yugoslavia, 1953-80? Tito
(Josip Broz Tito, 1892-1980)
James Mason played Sir Randolph Nettleby which 1984 film?
The Shooting Party
The St Leger is run at which English racecourse?
Doncaster (first run in 1776, named after Major General Anthony St
Leger, MP and racing man, who proposed the idea of the new race)
Which popular Welsh entertainer wrote the First World War song
Keep the Home Fires Burning? Ivor Novello (1893-1951)
What is the largest island in the Mediterranean?
Sicily
Yellowstone National Park is in which US state? Wyoming
(the first area to be designated a national park in the USA, in 1872)
Who became the chairman of Watford Football Club in 1977?
Elton John
Jenards Likely Lad of Lardhams was better known as which famous
animal? The Dulux Dog (the original Old English Sheepdog used in the
Dulux paint adverts)
What is the fourth book of the Bible's Old Testament?
Numbers
Who played Elliot Ness in the 1987 film The Untouchables?
Kevin Costner
What did a cordwainer make? Shoes
Who was America named after? Amerigo Vespucci (Italian
explorer, 1454-1512)
The Merciless Parliament convicted of treason the entire court
of which British monarch? Richard the Second (in 1388)
A Pearmain is what type of fruit? Apple
Which British boxer and past world middleweight champion
committed suicide in his flat in Leamington Spa in 1966? Randolph
Turpin
Who was the last King of Iraq? Faisal the Second
(1935-58 - he reigned from 1939 until his death)
Where was the first British Grand Prix motor race held?
Brooklands (1926)
What was Lily Munster's maiden name? Dracula
What is the main ingredient of the dish Borscht?
Beetroot
What is the US state capital of Virginia? Richmond
A salpingectomy is the surgical removal of which part of the
body? Fallopian tubes
What does private health insurance BUPA stand for? British
United Provident Association (founded in 1947)
What is the generally accepted collective term for a group of
starlings? Murmuration
In which year was the Channel Tunnel (between England and
France) opened? 1994
What was the name of Napoleon's horse at Waterloo?
Marengo
A 2007 film celebrated the 50th anniversary of which typeface?
Helvetica
If something is bicephalous it has two what? Heads
Which famous fashion emporium was started by Barbara Hulanicki
in London in 1964? Biba
Who wrote the ballet The Firebird? Igor Stravinsky
(1910)
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