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1. In which TV program did Francis Urquhart issue his famous line that : " You might very well think that. I of course couldn't possibly comment". ?
2. On landing at José Marti Airport, you have arrived in which country ?
3. The World Drivers Championship in Formula One was instituted in which decade of the 20th. Century ?
4. By what name is the Russian Parliament known ?
5. Which department store chain was started in Holland by two German brothers, has its present headquarters in
Brussels, and has 500 stores throughout Europe ? However, it withdrew from Britain in 2001.
6. Which was the first cathedral build specifically for the Church of England ?
7. A SWIFT number (or BIC number) is used in which area of activity ?
8. Which David Jason role was a character created by H. E. Bates ?
9. Where did Johnny Cash record his hit song - A Boy Named Sue ?
10. The electoral struggle between which two candidates was described in a British newspaper as 'Dumbo versus
Pinocchio' ?
1. House of Cards 2. Cuba 3. 1950 s 4. Duma 5. C & A 6. St. Paul’s 7. Banking 8. Pop Larkin 9. St.
Quentin 10. Bush versus Gore
1. In which country was Audrey Hepburn born ?
2. Who won the first Olympic Marathon for women ?
3. What is also known as Queen Matilda’s Tapestry ?
4. The ill fortune of which once-famous football club is related by Michael Palin in his 'Ripping Yarns' ?
5. Which Rugby League club upped roots and moved to Springfield and then Chorley ?
6. What was the name of the report which appeared in July 2004 and dealt with intelligence reports of Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq ?
7. Who does Private Eye magazine refer to as 'Beardie' ?
8. Whose promotion in the British Navy appears to have suffered as a result of a report he presented on the death of Captain Cook which was critical of some fellow officers (probably with reason) ?
9. Which city was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, in the shape of an aircraft ?
10. Which is the only borough of New York City to lie on the American mainland ?
1. Belgium 2. Joan Benoit 3. Bayeux Tapestry 4. Barnstoneworth 5. Blackpool Borough 6. Butler Report 7.
Richard Branson 8. William Bligh 9. Brasilia 10. Bronx

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1. Which province of France was centered on Le Mans and was a continual area of struggle between Normans and French ?
2. Which ship was built on the River Mersey for the Confederate Navy but was sunk by a US ship off Cherbourg
?
3. What is the name of the monastery in Ceredigion, Wales, now in ruins but once the foremost monastery in
Wales ? It has a two word name, the first word being Strata
4. On the banks of which river did Olivia Newton John take a walk ?
5. Who wrote the books 'To the Lighthouse' and ‘Mrs Dalloway’ ?
6. Which new town was built to the west of Sunderland and has now been incorporated into Sunderland itself ?
7. Which dish consists of hard ice cream on a bed of sponge cake, the whole thing being covered with meringue
? The meringue is heated before serving
8. Who are Sharleen Spiteri, Johnny McElhone, Tony McGovern, Eddie Campbell and
Ally McErlaine ?
9. Big Daddy and Blanche DuBois were creations of which playwright ?
10. What was the name of the Eagles’ sixth album
1. Maine 2. Alabama 3. Strata Florida 4. Ohio 5. Virginia Woolf 6. Washington 7. Baked Alaska 8. Texas
9. Tennessee Williams 10. Hotel California
1. Which was the first football club from Eastern Europe to win a major European trophy ?
2. Whose best friend is Obelix ?
3. Which reviled royal perogative court was abolished in 1641 ?
4. Which mathematical expression is equal to the opposite over adjacent of a right-angled triangle ?
5. Who has the motto 'Nil Satis, Nisi Optimum' ?
6. Where was it (geographically) that John Prescott hit a man during the 2001 Election Campaign ?
7. In which town was a bridge classified as a World Heritage Site destroyed in 1993-it was rebuilt by 2004 ?
8. Which country was the first to have two successive elected female heads of state ?
9. Delia Smith is associated particularly with which football club ?
10. Bram Stoker wrote about Jonathon Harker's dealings with which European nobleman ?
1. Magdeburg 2. Asterix 3. Star Chamber 4. Tangent 5. Everton F.C. 6. Rhyl 7. Mostar 8. Ireland 9. Norwich
10. Dracula

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1. Which Brazilian footballer scored the goal which knocked Wales out of the 1958 World Cup ?
2. Which town was known as Newbridge when it was a Welsh-speaking town, but now has a Welsh name despite becoming an English-speaking town ?
3. In 1839, the British Army shot dead over 20 people in Newport belonging to which protest group ?
4. By virtue of a spell with Juventus, which footballer was continuously hailed as a hero in Torino while remaining fairly unknown in his later hometown of Leeds ?
5. Which film of 1968 used the lower slopes of Snowdon as a location, a wooden gate being built across a path to represent the extent of British India ?
6. Which town did Dylan Thomas describe as an 'ugly, lovely town' ?
7. Which seaside resort is sandwiched between the Great Orme and the Little Orme ?
8. Which is the earliest geological age in whose rocks multi-cellular organisms are to be found ?
9. Until recently, the army of which country used the Castlemartin base in Pembrokeshire to train their tank crews
?
10. Who took Swansea from the Fourth Division to the First Division in succesive seasons ?
1. Pele 2. Pontypridd 3. Chartists 4. John Charles 5. Carry on up the Khyber 6. Swansea 7. Llandudno 8.
Cambrian 9. Germany 10. John Toshack
1. Which prison officer was portrayed by Brian Wilde ?
2. In 1844, who was granted a patent for vulcanized rubber ?
3. Buxton, Matlock and Kinder Scout are located in which county ?
4. A famous square in the center of Berlin is named after which Russian Czar ?
5. What is the capital of Arizona ?
6. What is the current name of Idlewild Airport ?
7. Who in partnership with fellow Australian John Newcombe has won a record 12 doubles championships in
Grand Slam tennis competitions ?
8. ‘Tie A Yellow Ribbon’ was recorded by Tony Orlando and ….. ?
9. ‘Fungus the Bogeyman’ and ‘When The Wind Blows’ were written by whom ?
10. Which is the softest of the hard English cheeses although it tends to taste very acidy when sold in supermarkets ?
1. Barraclough 2. (Charles) Goodyear 3. Derbyshire 4. Alexander 5. Phoenix 6. Kennedy 7. (Tony) Roche 8.
Dawn 9. (Raymond) Briggs 10. Lancashire (all names of Coronation Street actors)
Tie Break Qn (if required) : What is the length of the Channel Tunnel to the nearest meter? 50.450 km

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360 degrees equals how many radians?
Blaenau Ffestiniog is known for the mining of what?
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Which African country has a flag resembling the American flag?
The comment ‘C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre’ is associated with which event?
A legal claim for a small amount of money would go through which court?
Which plant is used as a symbol by the Encyclopaedia
Britannica?
What is the phase of the Moon during a Lunar Eclipse?
When did England make their first appearance in the World
Cup?
Wild Canaries live on islands in which ocean?
The Chilean port of Antofagusta previously belonged to which country immediately before Chile?
Which Prime Minister lived at Hawarden Castle, outside
Chester?
What was the name the owner of the cheese-shop with no cheese in the Monty Python sketch?
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Gold
Libya
Battle of Somme
Crown Court
Marigold
First Quarter
1938
Atlantic
Peru
Gladstone
Roquefort
B
2π
Coal
Zaire
Charge of the
Light Brigade
County Court
Daffodil
Full Moon
1950
Pacific
Argentina
Disraeli
Stilton
C
π/2
Slate
Sierra Leone
D
π/3
Battle of Waterloo World Cup Final 2006
Magistrates Court
Rose
Last Quarter
1954
Indian
Bolivia
Baldwin
Cheshire
Granite
Liberia
High Court
Thistle
New Moon
1962
Arctic
Spain
Lloyd-George
Wensleydale
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Slate
Liberia
Charge of Light Brigade
County Court
Thistle
Full Moon
1950
Atlantic
Bolivia
Gladstone
Wensleydale