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- In heraldry, what is an escutcheon?
- Which city is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world?
- Which famous equation is a often used to estimate the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy?
- Which country is the most populous country located entirely south of the equator? (Hint: it's in Africa)
- A term originating from two incidents in history, defenestration is the act of throwing someone out of a what?
- What is the traditional name of a short nail with a thick head used to increase the durability of boot soles?
- What phrase meaning a confusing language, is also an 18th century West African god?
- What was founded in Queensland on 16 November 1920 by Paul McGinness and Hudson Fysh?
- Hildr is one of the what in Norse mythology?
- By what name is deuterium oxide better known?
- Monkfish is affectionately known as the "poor man's" what?
- What word originally coined by French theologian John Calvin means a person devoid of most moral principles?
- Joan Collins' husband, Percy Gibson, was born and raised in which South American country?
- Also known as the "Kingdom of the Sky", which is the only country in the world to lie entirely over one thousand metres above sea level?
- Comprising of 224 linked steps, where would Victorians have gone to experience London's first escalator in 1898?
- American actress and writer Connie Booth was the first wife of which British actor and comedian?
- The Hay Wain painting by John Constable is a rural scene on which river?
- What links Paul McCartney, Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, and Meghan Markle?
- In 1972, the Duke of Bedford had the idea of building the largest what in Europe with partners from America?
- The aardvark is the first animal in the dictionary. What is the second?
- With many uncanny similarities, which European city has been dubbed the San Francisco of Europe?
- As of 2022, what is the most popular radio station in the United Kingdom?
- Which area of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames was the setting for George and Mildred and is Cockney rhyming slang for 'dick'?
- To the nearest mile, the annual Boat Race is over what distance?
- What is located in the wooded hills of Catoctin Mountain Park, in Frederick County, Maryland?
- What was the first two names of the English author who is the only child of author A. A. Milne?
- American real estate developer Mary Anderson is credited with inventing which operational device in 1903?
- Who, with the catchphrase "I wanna tell you a story", is known for the 1958 hit version of Tulips from Amsterdam?
- What was Goldfinger's first name?
- Paphos is a city on the southwest coast of which country?
- Which Germanic tribe sacked Rome in 455?
- Which Strictly Come Dancing judge descended from the roof of the stadium at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics?
- Name the element with the chemical symbol Sb?
- The Cassini division is the largest gap in what?
- In 60 BC, which Roman general and statesman joined Crassus and Caesar in the political alliance known as the First Triumvirate?
- A young Albert Einstein studied for both his bachelor's degree and PhD in which country?
- Which hill in Somerset is reputedly the steepest main road in England?
- Colemanballs was a term coined by which magazine to describe verbal gaffes?
- Who wrote: "'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."?
- What name is given to a heat in rowing or fencing, in which eliminated competitors have another chance to qualify for the next round?
- Which animal links the Grange Hill them tune with the last private occupant of 10 Downing Street?
Answers
- A shield (that forms the focal element in a court of arms)
- Sao Paulo
- The Drake equation
- Tanzania
- A window
- Hobnail
- Mumbo jumbo
- Qantas airline
- Valkyries
- Heavy water
- Lobster - "poor man's lobster"
- Libertine
- Peru
- Lesotho
- Harrods
- John Cleese
- River Stour
- They are all known by their middle names (James Paul McCartney, William Bradley Pitt, Walter Bruce Willis, Rachel Meghan Markle)
- Safari Park
- Aardwolf
- Lisbon (Portugal)
- BBC Radio 2
- Hampton Wick
- 4 miles (4.2 miles)
- Camp David (the country retreat for the President of the USA)
- Christopher Robin
- Windscreen wiper (or windshield wiper)
- Max Bygraves
- Auric (based on the Latin “aurum” for gold)
- Cyprus
- Vandals
- Darcey Bussell
- Antimony
- Saturn's rings
- Pompey
- Switzerland (Zurich)
- Porlock Hill
- Private Eye
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Repechage
- Chicken (theme tune is 'Chicken Man' and the last occupant was a Mr Chicken)