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Questions I
- To which part of the British Isles was Victor Hugo exiled to by Napoleon III (he wrote Les Miserables while living there)?
- There are only four words in common use ending in 'dous', three are tremendous, horrendous and hazardous, what is the remaining one?
- The characters 'Billy the Fish' and 'Sid the Sexist' have appeared in which comic?
- Which infamous Nazi parachuted into Scotland in 1941?
- Which leader of the moement to abolish the slave trade is buried in Westminster Abbey, close to his friend William Pitt?
- What metal is commonly used in the manufacture of playing darts?
- David slays Goliath in which book of the Bible?
- Lord Snooty was a fictional character in which comic?
- Which country has the largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
- Who did actress Jessica Biel marry in Italy in 2012?
- Which magazine has been advertised with the slogan: 'I never knew it had so much in it'?
- Which actor keeps his name for the character he plays in the sitcom Porridge?
- What company was co-founded by Adrian Dalsey, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn?
- In Canada and Greenland, the term 'Eskimo' has fallen out of favour and has been widely replaced by which term?
- Which photocopier company took its name from a Greek word meaning dry?
Answers:
- Guernsey (in the Channel Islands)
- Stupendous
- Viz
- Rudolf Hess
- William Wilberforce
- Tungsten
- Samuel
- The Beano
- Italy
- Justin Timberlake
- T.V. Times
- Fulton MacKay (plays Principal Officer Mr MacKay)
- DHL
- Inuit
- Xerox
Questions II
- What kind of number is equal to the sum of all the numbers it can be divided by, excluding the number itself?
- Which British island did the Romans call Mona?
- How old was Victoria upon becoming Queen in 1837?
- Which UK national newspaper was first published in 1785 and switched from broadsheet to tabloid size in 2004?
- What was located on the fictional island of Isla Nublar?
- If Eugene Cernan was the last, who was the first?
- What is a nulliparous woman missing?
- How is Mr. Clifton, husband of Sara and father of Julian, better known?
- What is Nessa's middle name in the sitcom Gavin and Stacey?
- What name is shared by the biblical tyrant that built the Tower of Babel and a maritime reconnaissance aircraft that entered operational service with the RAF in 1969?
- Which religious festival day is celebrated on the 6th January?
- The novel Moonfleet is based on the local geography and villages of which English county?
- Who was the first U.S. President to visit China?
- Who designed the Italian flag?
- Which English novelist and poet wrote I Claudius?
Answers:
- A perfect number
- Anglesey
- 18
- The Times
- Jurassic Park
- Neil Armstrong
- Children
- Postman Pat
- Shanessa
- Nimrod
- Epiphany
- Dorset
- Richard Nixon (in 1962)
- Napoleon
- Robert Graves
Questions III
- What popular name is given to the secret military base near Roswell, New Mexico, which is associated with UFO sightings?
- Name the seaport city that is a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea?
- What was created in the late 1870s and early 1880s by Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof?
- In which country is the Bird's Nest stadium?
- What disease was carried back to Europe from the Americas by Christopher Columbus's crewmen?
- What is the stage name of singer Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta?
- Which actress was married to Simon MacCorkindale until his death in 2010?
- How many wings does a bee have?
- What is the official language of Andorra?
- Bird’s Nest Soup is made from the nest of which bird?
Answers:
- Area 51
- Kaliningrad
- Esperanto (a constructed language)
- China
- Syphilis
- Lady Gaga
- Susan George
- Four
- Catalan
- Swift
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