(1)
What is a misanthrope?
A hater of mankind.
(2)
The birth of which musical genius was celebrated in 2006?
Mozart.
(3)
Where is the Jorvik centre?
York.
(4)
Who was the principal communications officer on the Starship
Enterprise?
Sergeant Uhuru.
(5)
In which English county are the Quantocks?
Somerset.
(6)
What colour was Rupert Bear's face in early books and annuals?
Brown or white.
(7)
Which office block is located at the junction of Charing Cross Road
and Tottenham Court Road?
Centrepoint.
(8)
What is the collective name for a group of bears?
A sleuth.
(9)
Who had a No 1 with "The Long and Winding Road" coupled with
"Suspicious Minds"?
Gareth Gates.
(10)
In which American city did the world's first controlled nuclear reaction
take place in 1942?
Chicago.
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(11)
What is the collective noun for geese?
Gaggle.
(12)
What is the side away from the wind called on a ship?
The leeside.
(13)
In which city did Molly Malone wheel her wheelbarrow?
Dublin.
(14)
Who was Don Quixote's sidekick?
Sancho Panza.
(15)
In which country did a cultural revolution take place during 1966-69?
China.
(16)
Who ordered the building of the Pavilion at Brighton?
George IV, as Price Regent.
(17)
How are the Elliot Brothers better known?
Chuckle Brothers.
(18)
In what year was the final episode of "Dad's Army" originally
screened?
1977.
(19)
What nationality was the first non-US, non-Soviet spaceman?
Czech.
(20)
What have Tunbridge Wells, Windsor and Kensington & Chelsea got in
common?
They are all royal boroughs.
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(21)
What was Mozart's middle name?
Amadeus.
(22)
In the USA, where is the President's official country home?
Camp David, Maryland.
(23)
What is the postcode of Albert Square?
E20.
(24)
Which king was known as "Silly Billy"?
William IV.
(25)
The "General Belgrano" was sunk in which conflict?
Falklands War.
(26)
What was Elvis Presley's middle name?
Aron.
(27)
In which part of the human skeleton are the metatarsels?
Foot.
(28)
Where in Italy was Mussolini executed?
Como.
(29)
Which Pulp single title is also the name of a charity?
Help the Aged.
(30)
Which President of the USA had Walter Mondaie as Vice President?
Jimmy Carter.
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(31)
Is the Kandahar a region in the north or south of Afghanistan?
South.
(32)
What was the trade of Charles Lewis Tiffany?
Jeweller.
(33)
A sea containing many islands is called what?
Archipelago.
(34)
Who opened the Royal Albert Hall?
Queen Victoria.
(35)
On which TV show did the group Hear’ Say achieve fame?
Popstars.
(36)
In which country was Mariella Frostrup born?
Norway.
(37)
Who succeeded Queen Victoria?
Edward VII.
(38)
In the children’s TV show Rainbow, which character is pink?
George.
(39)
Presenter Claudia Winkleman is the daughter of which former
newspaper editor?
Eve Pollard.
(40)
The Bass Strait lies between which two islands?
Australia and Tasmania.
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