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1. Which colour links Tom Jones, Booker T and the MGs, REM, and Henry VIII?
2. Which is the oldest of the London Gentleman's Clubs, founded in 1693?
3. In which film did Angela Lansbury play opposite Elvis Presley, as his
mother?
4. Which band were formed in 1967 by Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler?
5. What was the name of Stan's sister in On The Buses?
Name the war these battles were a part of
6. Fort Sumter
7. Naseby
8. Passchendaele
9. Crecy
10. Guadalcanal
11. Which country has the highest Jewish population?
12. Which country has the most people with Spanish as their mother tongue?
13. Which of the world's English language daily newspapers has the highest
circulation?
14. Which chocolate bar has the highest sales in the UK?
15. Which country spends the most per person on healthcare?
16. Which instrumental track, originally released in 1961, has spend a total
of 55 weeks in the UK charts?
17. Which musical ran for almost 9000 performances in the UK between 1981 and
2002?
18. On which classic album cover can you see a VW Beetle with the
registration no. LMW 281F?
19. Who had her first British number one for four years this week with
'Toxic'?
20. Who had a hit with Devil Gate Drive in 1974??
21. Who wrote the Commonsense Book of Baby and Child Care?
22. The first line of the novel ``Paul Clifford'' by Edward George Bulwer-
Lytton has come to symbolise bad writing. What is it?
23. In which comic did Dan Dare most famously appear?
24. Which magazine shares its name with a William Thackeray novel?
25. Whose autobiography, translated into English, begins "Today it seems to
be providential that Fate should have chosen Braunau on the Inn as my
birthplace"
26. Which film used the most extras - around 300,000 of them?
27. Which actor played Dick Turpin, Henry VIII, and Marc Antony in films?
28. What is the only item of clothing usually worn by Bugs Bunny?
29. Which actor's name is an anagram of Genuine Class?
30. Who played Bert in Mary Poppins?
31. Which event drew the highest ever audience of 39m for a TV programme in
the UK?
32. Who played Rocky Cassidy in Boon?
33. In which seaside town was Fawlty Towers set?
34. Which classic British sit-com was originally to be titled 'The Fighting
Tigers'?
35. What was the name of the revolutionary group was lead by Wolfie Smith?
36. Which of the current English Premiership teams has been in the top
division for the longest consecutive number of seasons?
37. Other than France, which country has had the most Tour De France winners?
38. Which team knocked Man United out of Europe this week?
39. Which Three-Day Eventer won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971?
40. In which sport did Chris Finnegan win a gold medal for Britain in the
1968 Olympics
41. What type of animal does mohair wool usually come from?
42. Which knighted actor narrated Paddington Bear?
43. What is emetophobia the fear of?
44. What term is used to denote the fineness of silk or nylon?
45. How was Aircraftman Thomas Edward Shaw better known?
46. According to legend, why did the residents of Hartlepool hang a monkey?
47. What links the following: Denmark, Parliament, Lavender, Primrose, Tower
and Forest?
48. What's next in this sequence - Joe, Don, Ron, Bobby, Graham, Terry?
49. What are briar, bobble, shell, and puff types of?
50. Which liquer gets its name from the Gaelic for ``the drink that
satisfies''?
51. How were Apollo C Vermouth, Dr Winston O'Boogie, L'Angelo Misterioso and
Billy Shears collectively better known?
52. Holly, HAL, and Deep Thought were names of fictional whats?
53. Which gas is named after the Greek word for the Sun?
54. What ran from Stettin on the Baltic, to Trieste on the Adriatic?
55. Daphne Blake, Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley, Norville Rogers - who's missing?
56. A Snellen Chart is usually found where?
57. What is the nickname of the 7th Armoured Brigade?
58. Shirley, Betty, Wilberforce, James, Ernest, Steven and Cuthbert. What
company do they work for?
59. Where did Butlins open their first holiday camp?
60. What was the name of the author of a book on Fly Fishing, in the Yellow
Pages advert?
--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"They've got to be protected
All their rights respected
Until somebody we like can be elected"
1. Which colour links Tom Jones, Booker T and the MGs, REM, and Henry VIII?
2. Which is the oldest of the London Gentleman's Clubs, founded in 1693?
3. In which film did Angela Lansbury play opposite Elvis Presley, as his
mother?
4. Which band were formed in 1967 by Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler?
5. What was the name of Stan's sister in On The Buses?
Name the war these battles were a part of
6. Fort Sumter
7. Naseby
8. Passchendaele
9. Crecy
10. Guadalcanal
11. Which country has the highest Jewish population?
12. Which country has the most people with Spanish as their mother tongue?
13. Which of the world's English language daily newspapers has the highest
circulation?
14. Which chocolate bar has the highest sales in the UK?
15. Which country spends the most per person on healthcare?
16. Which instrumental track, originally released in 1961, has spend a total
of 55 weeks in the UK charts?
17. Which musical ran for almost 9000 performances in the UK between 1981 and
2002?
18. On which classic album cover can you see a VW Beetle with the
registration no. LMW 281F?
19. Who had her first British number one for four years this week with
'Toxic'?
20. Who had a hit with Devil Gate Drive in 1974??
21. Who wrote the Commonsense Book of Baby and Child Care?
22. The first line of the novel ``Paul Clifford'' by Edward George Bulwer-
Lytton has come to symbolise bad writing. What is it?
23. In which comic did Dan Dare most famously appear?
24. Which magazine shares its name with a William Thackeray novel?
25. Whose autobiography, translated into English, begins "Today it seems to
be providential that Fate should have chosen Braunau on the Inn as my
birthplace"
26. Which film used the most extras - around 300,000 of them?
27. Which actor played Dick Turpin, Henry VIII, and Marc Antony in films?
28. What is the only item of clothing usually worn by Bugs Bunny?
29. Which actor's name is an anagram of Genuine Class?
30. Who played Bert in Mary Poppins?
31. Which event drew the highest ever audience of 39m for a TV programme in
the UK?
32. Who played Rocky Cassidy in Boon?
33. In which seaside town was Fawlty Towers set?
34. Which classic British sit-com was originally to be titled 'The Fighting
Tigers'?
35. What was the name of the revolutionary group was lead by Wolfie Smith?
36. Which of the current English Premiership teams has been in the top
division for the longest consecutive number of seasons?
37. Other than France, which country has had the most Tour De France winners?
38. Which team knocked Man United out of Europe this week?
39. Which Three-Day Eventer won BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1971?
40. In which sport did Chris Finnegan win a gold medal for Britain in the
1968 Olympics
41. What type of animal does mohair wool usually come from?
42. Which knighted actor narrated Paddington Bear?
43. What is emetophobia the fear of?
44. What term is used to denote the fineness of silk or nylon?
45. How was Aircraftman Thomas Edward Shaw better known?
46. According to legend, why did the residents of Hartlepool hang a monkey?
47. What links the following: Denmark, Parliament, Lavender, Primrose, Tower
and Forest?
48. What's next in this sequence - Joe, Don, Ron, Bobby, Graham, Terry?
49. What are briar, bobble, shell, and puff types of?
50. Which liquer gets its name from the Gaelic for ``the drink that
satisfies''?
51. How were Apollo C Vermouth, Dr Winston O'Boogie, L'Angelo Misterioso and
Billy Shears collectively better known?
52. Holly, HAL, and Deep Thought were names of fictional whats?
53. Which gas is named after the Greek word for the Sun?
54. What ran from Stettin on the Baltic, to Trieste on the Adriatic?
55. Daphne Blake, Fred Jones, Velma Dinkley, Norville Rogers - who's missing?
56. A Snellen Chart is usually found where?
57. What is the nickname of the 7th Armoured Brigade?
58. Shirley, Betty, Wilberforce, James, Ernest, Steven and Cuthbert. What
company do they work for?
59. Where did Butlins open their first holiday camp?
60. What was the name of the author of a book on Fly Fishing, in the Yellow
Pages advert?
--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"They've got to be protected
All their rights respected
Until somebody we like can be elected"
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