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Questions
- Which animal is not a Chinese year?
- Who was the first wife of King Henry VIII?
- Which English Monarch succeeded James I?
- The press coined which famous pilot 'The Flying Fool' in 1927?
- In which country did an earthquake kill an estimated 250,000 people in 1976?
- The Gregorian Calendar was adopted by which country in 1912?
- Iceland and the United Kingdom were caught up in which war?
- Which country was not a Portugese colony?
- Which word from the first inaugural address by Barack Obama was cut out of the speech whilst being broadcast in China?
- King William the Bastard was also known by which other name?
- What was the name of the Duke of Wellington's horse?
- Punch editor A. P. Herbert once wrote a cheque on the side of a what?
- Florence Nightingale achieved fame during which war?
- Which animal is not a Chinese year?
- Of which country was Greenland a colony until 1981?
- The USA bought the Virgin islands from which country?
- Which city was never the capital of the USA?
- Which animal is not a Chinese year?
- The patron saint of England is famous for killing which type of creature?
- Tollbooth was an infamous 18th century prison in which city?
- Which English King died in 1553 at the age of 15?
- William Kemmler, back in 1890, was the first person to be killed using what lethal method?
- Which queen at one time banned the use of mirrors?
- The crown of which New York City landmark was originally built as an airship dock?
- How often does Airforce One undergo a complete overhaul or D-Check?
- In the 1930s, what was the 'Falange'?
- What country declared war on NAZI Germany on 3 March 1945 retroactive to 15 September 1944?
- What was special about Louise Brown, born July 25, 1978 in England?
- What was the 1969 war between El Salvador and Honduras called?
- What did the Roman Catholic church condemned in the 16th century?
- Off the coast of which country did the Amoco Cadiz sink in 1978?
- The Roman province Aquitania was found in which modern day country?
- Which explorer first entered San Francisco Bay in 1579?
- Which English King bought Buckingham Palace?
- Which US President said "I cannot tell a lie"?
- While being unpopular in Great Britain due to his supposed inability to speak English which language did King George I speak?
- Which King Harold died during the battle of Hastings?
- Which ancient world wonder was found in Giza?
- Baby Doc Duvalier was the dictator of which country until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in 1986?
- What was the Hungarian-born American illusionist and stunt performer, Ehrich Weiss better known as?
- On which island was Captain Cook killed in 1779?
- Herodotus is known as the father of what?
- During the second world war in Germany it was forbidden to give a horse which name?
- The falsely accused WW I spy Mata Hari was from which country?
- Which country did not found a West India Company?
- Between which two countries was the 1969 'Football War'?
- Off the coast of which country did the RMS Queen Elizabeth sink?
- Which ship and the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy sank in the Denmark Strait?
- Diana was the Roman goddess of what?
- What country provided the birthplace of Christopher Columbus?
- Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald?
- Which English Monarch was the first from the House of Stuart?
- Which English Monarch succeeded Charles II?
- Which English Monarch was succeeded by William III of Orange?
- Which country invented Venetian Blinds?
- Who was the captain of PT 109?
- What was the first name of the US President known by the nickname JFK?
- Who hosted the The Perfumed Garden, a late-night music programme on the British pirate radio station, Radio London?
- Soviet leader Joseph Stalin according to some sources twice ordered the KGB to assassinate which US actor?
- The Mau Mau were terrorists in which country late 50s early 60s?
- Who was William Shatner's best man at his fourth wedding?
- Which magazine first published photos of a human embryo in 1965?
- What was the name of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
- Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
- Which Prime Minister played a role in the development of soft ice cream?
- What species were Benjy and Laska, who were sent into space in 1958?
- Which famous outlaws last words were reportedly "Such is life" or "That's life"?
- Which European country is ruled by The House of Orange?
- Botany Bay was the first penal colony in which Australian state?
- What was the name of Christopher Columbus' smallest ship?
- What nationality was Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole?
- In which month of 1987 was weatherman Michael Fish embarrassed for failing to give warning of severe gales?
- In what industry did John Davidson Rockefeller get rich?
- Which English Monarch was also known as Old Noll and Old Ironsides?
- Which kind of animal, named Athena did Florence Nightingale often carry around in her pocket?
- From which country did Bangladesh claim its independence?
- Who was Pakistan's President from 2001-2008?
- Where did the Thirty Years' War start and finish?
- Which member of the British Royal Family was made Deputy Sheriff of Harris County, Texas in 1960?
- Which is the oldest airline in the English-speaking world?
- Who directly succeeded King Edward VI as Monarch of England?
- What kind of animal was the germanic goddess of the spring sometimes depicted as?
- Seti I was the father of which Egyptian?
- Between 1807 and 1821 the capital of Portugal was found in which city?
- Who was Australia's longest serving Prime Minister with 18 years of office duty?
- Who was the first man to claim he reached the North Pole in 1909?
- Julius Caesar said "The die is cast" after crossing which river?
- The crossing of which river started a civil war in 49 BC?
- What kind of march did Gandhi lead?
- Which city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1906?
- The Roman province Lusitania was found in Spain and which modern day country?
- What was the name of the flu that killed an estimated 40 million people in 1918?
- Which Sunday newspaper, in 1924, published the first crossword to appear in a British Newspaper?
- Olof Palme was assassinated in 1986. Of which country was he the prime minister?
- What was sometimes used as currency in 18th century Siberia?
- Which Prime Minister helped invent soft ice-cream?
- What was TIME magazines man of the year in 1982?
- What did Captain Cook call the Islands of Tonga?
- Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was found in Halicarnassus?
- Which of these radio programmes did John Peel once present?
- Which organisation was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1917, 1944, and 1963?
- Which major British newspaper closed down for almost a year in 1978?
- What was 10th century English king Æthelred II's nickname?
- Queen Elizabeth I of England was also known by which name?
- Which ancient world wonder was found in Alexandria?
- What weather phenomenon was the Norse god Thor thought to control?
- The Rainbow Warrior was what form of transport?
- King Henry VII of England was a member of which royal house?
- What was the name of the cat that reportedly survived the sinking of the Bismark, HMS Cossack and the HMS Ark Royal in WW II ?
- Off the coast of which country did the USS Arizona sink?
- Marco Polo was a citizen of which city?
- What name did the Vikings give to present day Newfoundland?
- Which US state did Sir Walter Raleigh name?
- Which Swedish motor vehicle manufacturer acquired the Dutch company DAF in the mid-1970s?
- Where did Napoleon Bonaparte suffer his last defeat?
- Which animal is not a traditional Chinese year?
- Who was Ronald Reagan's best man at his wedding?
- Which Thomas was executed alongside Guy Fawkes in November 1605?
- Which general defeated the French in Canada?
- In history, the highwayman Dick Turpin was hanged in which city?
- How many Bronte sisters were there?
- How many children were in Enid Blytons the famous five?
- How many ghosts visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?
- How many tasks did Hercules have to fulfill?
- How many rode into Tennyson's 'valley of death'?
- Winston Smith is the central character in which book?
- How old was Adrian Mole, the fictional protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend?
- How long did Robinson Crusoe spend on the island?
- What was the name of the inn in Treasure Island?
- Who is by some said to have wrote "don't count your chickens before they are hatched"?
- Which of the following is the second best-selling fiction author of all time?
- Who wrote 'The Count of Monte Christo'?
- Which female novelist wrote the book Black Beauty?
- Who wrote 'a clockwork orange'?
- Who was 'The Once and Future King'?
- Which sport is referred to in ‘Antony and Cleopatra’?
- What was the name of Roy Rogers' pet dog?
- Which C is not a Steven King book?
- Who is not one of King Lears daughters?
- Which book begins with the line "These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr Bucket..."?
- Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was banned in which country because it featured talking animals?
- Which of the following is not visited by Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels?
- Which book begins with the line "Most motorcars are conglomerations...." ?
- Which book begins with the line "Not too long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock..." ?
- Who wrote the novel telling the life of the eponymous 'Moll Flanders'?
- In which Dickens novel does Mr. Micawber appear?
- Who wrote the book "The Moon's a Balloon"?
- Who wrote "In The Beginning I Used To Be An Animal But I'm Alright Now"?
- What is the complete title of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?
- Who wrote 'Pygmalion'?
- Which of these writers died in 1400?
- What was Mary Ann Evans pen name?
- What was Eric Blair’s pen name?
- What was Casanova's first name?
- What was the name of the dog of UK's Dennis the Menace, not to be confused with the US name-a-like?
- In which book would one find the character named 'Pip'?
- Which novel begins with the line "My father's family name being Pirrip...."?
- What is the name of the cat in Shakespeare's Macbeth?
- Which is the longest of Shakespeare’s plays?
- Which of the following is not a Romance author?
- What well-known Johanna Spyri story is about a girl who lives in the Alps?
- Who wrote 'The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'?
- Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel "Brave New World" was banned in which country?
- Who wrote the fixup novel of science fiction short stories titled 'I, Robot'?
- Who was Rowena's husband?
- Who wrote 'Peter Pan'?
- Who wrote the book "The Last Of The Mohicans"?
- Who wrote 'Finnegan's Wake'?
- What are the names of the two main characters in Diana Gabaldon's highland saga novels?
- In which month did Samuel Pepys begin his famous diary?
- Which book begins with the line " The great fish moved silently..." ?
- Who wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'?
- Who wrote 'The Day of the Triffids'?
- Mother Raksha is a character in which childrens book?
- Which book begins with the line "I will begin the story of my adventures...." ?
- Uther Pendragon was which mans father?
- At which railway station does one board the 'Hogwarts Express'?
- Oliver Mellors is a central character in which novel?
- Totally Frank is which Frank's autobiography?
- Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code was banned in which country?
- Who wrote the popular Simon Templar books?
- What were the cities in Dickens’s "A Tale of two Cities"?
- Who is a bat in the Jungle Book?
- Who wrote 'The Mists of Avalon'?
- What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens pen name?
- What was the name of the paranoid android in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?
- The Count of Monte Christo was in love with which woman?
- Which of the following was not a childrens author?
- Which book begins with the line "Even in high summer, Tintagel was a haunted place..." ?
- What are the cannibalistic beasts called in H.G. Wells book "The Time Machine"?
- Who lives at number four Privat Drive?
- What was the name of Sherlock Holmes house keeper?
- Whose autobiography was entitled 'The Long Walk to Freedom'?
- Who does Mr. Brownlow rescue?
- Michael Bond was the creator of which bear?
- What is the name of the man servant in 'Around the World in Eighty Days'?
- What is the name of the ship in 'Moby-Dick'?
- Which book begins with the line "All children except one, grow up...." ?
- Carlo Collodi created which famous children's character?
- Whose nose grew when he told a lie?