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How much does a ‘stitch in time’ save?
How many pennies are there in an old style English pound?
In which Scottish lake is a monster said to live?
How many people would normally make up a jury in England and
Wales?
What nationality was the composer Frederick Chopin?
What were commuters urged to go to work on in the 1960’s?
What is the RAF’s famous aerobatic display team called?
Which English city is familiarly known as ‘Brum’?
What is the plural of ‘dwarf’?
If you had ‘tinnitus’ what would you be suffering from?
What is the world’s best selling perfume?
Scorpions are immune to their own poison. True or False?
In a hit song of 1939, where was the washing going to be hung out?
What colour is a Harrods carrier bag?
Which of Henry VIII’s wives was mother of Queen Elizabeth 1?
Where in London did ‘The Wombles’ live?
What sport are Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci famous?
Dietary deficiency of vitamin C gives rise to which disease?
What is the newspaper of the Salvation Army called?
What was the name of the frog who appeared in ‘The Muppet Show’?
What is the most mentioned animal in the Bible?
What was the nickname of the German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel?
If an egg floats in water is it fresh or stale?
What number do we associate with James Bond?
If you don’t have a napkin, is it OK to use the tablecloth?
A cricket umpire holds both arms straight up to indicate what?
The Monument in London commemorates what?
What country is sometimes known as ‘Blighty’?
What product was originally marketed as ‘liquid beef’?
What is the 19th hole of a golf course?
‘Allegro’ is a musical direction to play how?
How many men did the ‘Grand Old Duke of York’ have?
Who wrote ‘All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a
pretty girl’?
What is Uri Geller famous for?
Who or what is ‘the old lady of Threadneedle Street’?
What does three squared equal?
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Loch Ness
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Polish
An egg
The Red Arrows
Birmingham
Dwarfs
A ringing in the ears
Chanel No.5
FALSE
On the Seigfried line
Green
Anne Boleyn
Wimbledon
Gymnastics
Scurvy
The War Cry
Kermit
Sheep
The desert fox
Stale
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No!
Six runs
The place where the Great Fire of
London started
England
Bovril
The bar of the club house!
Lively, fast
10,000
Charlie Chaplin
Bending spoons
The Bank of England
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Which Olympic event begins with the words ‘en garde’?
What do the initials ‘K.F.C.’ stand for?
Who was known as ‘the lady of the lamp’?
What is the name of the Australian wind instrument made famous by
Rolf Harris?
According to the Bible, who did God give the Ten Commandments to?
Who first broadcast ‘A Letter From America’ in 1946?
What do the initials ‘F.B.I.’ stand for?
What does the Queen hand out on the Thursday before Easter?
Which one has a tail, chimpanzee, baboon or gorilla?
What in World War 2 was a ‘stuka’?
What colour is a Spanish post box?
According to the proverb, what should you not wash in public?
Who wrote ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ and ‘Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea’?
What is the maximum number of times a piece of paper can be folded
in half?
What kind of spoon featured in Edward Lear’s ‘The Owl and the
Pussycat’?
In 1971 East Pakistan became which independent nation?
How many pounds (in money) is a ‘monkey’?
How are you travelling if you are travelling ‘as the crow flies’?
In which county is the River Medway?
What ingredient is used with sugar to make meringue?
What is the name of Muslim’s holy book?
In what year was Hong Kong returned to China?
In Bottecelli’s famous painting ‘The Birth of Venus’, what object is
Venus standing on?
In which year did the pound note stop being legal tender?
How many legs has a ‘Bombay duck’ got?
In Beatrix Potter’s book, what kind of animal is Jeremy Fisher?
From which city does Coleman’s mustard originate?
Who wrote the opera ‘The Marriage of Figaro’?
What did Peter Piper pick?
In which sport did Steve Redgrave win gold medals at five consecutive
Olympics?
What is a ‘busman’s holiday’?
What type of fish is used in the making of Worcestershire sauce?
What type of creature is a ‘hammerhead’?
Which is the only country that shares a border with Portugal?
What stone does an engagement ring usually contain?
In which musical would you hear the song
‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’?
Which US state is known as the’ Sunshine State’?
What did Cinderella loose at the ball?
What team has won the world cup in football more than any other?
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Fencing
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Florence Nightingale
Digeridoo
Moses
Alistair Cooke
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Maundy money
Baboon
A German dive-bombing aircraft
Yellow
Your dirty linen
Jules Verne
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A runcible spoon
Bangladesh
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In a straight line
Kent
Egg white
The Koran
1997
A clam
1988
None, it’s a fish
A frog
Norwich
Mozart
A peck of pickled pepper
Rowing
Doing the same thing on holiday as
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Anchovy
Shark
Spain
Diamond
Mary Poppins
Florida
Her glass slipper
Brazil
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‘Bertie Bassett’ was used in the advertising of which sweets?
What according to Lady Macbeth would not sweeten her little hand?
What is 11 X 12?
From which British sitcom did the phrase ‘lovely jubbly’ come?
What was the name of Queen Elizabeth when she married the Duke
of York in 1923?
In English folklore, what was the name of Robin Hood’s chaplain?
Which insect’s bite can spread malaria?
In cockney rhyming slang, what does ‘apples and pears’ mean?
What is the square root of 100?
What kind of music did Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington play?
Whose birthday is celebrated throughout the world on January 25th?
What natural structure in central Australia is known by Aboriginies as
'Uluru'?
What two things do bees collect?
What is the only substance capable of cutting a diamond?
Which instrument is James Galway famous for playing?
Which country is Santiago the capital of?
In 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' where did the little boy live?
What is the maximum weight for a flyweight boxer?
What is the name of the afternoon nap traditionally taken in hot
countries?
What is the emblem of Ireland?
What are you wearing if you are in your birthday suit?
Where is the ocean of storms?
What turns blue cheese blue?
What kind of animal is Beatrix Potter's character Mrs. Tiggywinkle?
What was the world's highest mountain before Everest was
discovered?
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Liquorice alsorts
All the perfumes in Arabia
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Only Fools and Horses
Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon
Friar Tuck
Mosquito
Stairs
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Jazz
Robert Burns
Ayers Rock
Nectar and pollen
Another diamond
Flute
Chile
Down the lane
8 stone
Siesta
Shamrock
Nothing!
On the moon
Bacteria
A hedgehog
Everest!