| 5201. |
Which is milder: American mustard or Dijon mustard ?
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1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5202. |
With type of dish would you use lemon balm as a flavouring ? Fish and...p******
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1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5203. |
In the Middle East, cardamom is used in coffee and in Europe it flavours cakes. In France and the United States, its oil is used for a purpose unconnected with cookery. What do they use it for ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5204. |
With what type of food are juniper berries most often used ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5205. |
Which herb sends cats into ecstacies ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5206. |
What type of flavour does the vegetable fennel have ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5207. |
Camomile is often used in herbal tea. What is it said to promote ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5208. |
The curry plant has a very spicy aroma and silver leaves. What colour are the flowers of the plant ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5209. |
Which of the following is not a herb or spice, savoury, soapwort, soy, sassafras ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5210. |
At the climax of North by Northwest, the hero and heroine climb across the faces of American presidents on a famous monument. Name it.
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5211. |
What nationality was Alfred Hitchcock ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5212. |
Which film has a sequel in which Norman Bates is released from a mental institution ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5213. |
Jessica Tandy played the hero's mother in 'The Birds'. For which film did the elderly actress win an academy award in 1989 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5214. |
What was Hitchcock's last film, made in 1976 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5215. |
From 1955 to 1961 Hitchcock introduced a series of mystery stories on television. What was the series called ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5216. |
Whom did filmstar Grace Kelly marry in 1956 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5217. |
Queen Victoria proposed marriage to her cousin Prince Albert at Windsor in 1839. What nationality was he ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5218. |
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton fell passionately in love when they were filming a motion picture epic. What was the film ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5219. |
Who was known as the cinema screen's first 'great lover', star of The Sheikh ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5220. |
Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart were known as a devoted couple. Her friends have always called her by her given name, rather than by the glamorous 'Lauren'. What is it?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5221. |
The man reputed to be the greatest lover of all time lived in the 18th century and his name has passed into the language. Who was he ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5222. |
Who was the love of the Emperor Napoleon's life ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5223. |
Which two royal lovers, parents of the young Princes William and Harry, announced their seperation in 1992 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5224. |
Who did assassinated president John F. Kennedy's widow marry in 1968 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5225. |
Which film actress fed her image as a blonde sex symbol with lines like 'Come up and see me sometime'?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5226. |
What is the name of the village in Scotland where runaway English couples were once married over the blacksmith's anvil ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5227. |
Who is the patron saint of lovers ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5228. |
Name the well-known singer who is Andrew Lloyd Webber's second wife, and who starred in Phantom of the Opera.
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5229. |
Of which French King was Madame de Pompadour the influential mistress ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5230. |
Which group of people were associated with the saying 'Make love, not war' ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5231. |
Which world famous baseball star married Marilyn Monroe in 1954 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5232. |
Which city was said to have been founded by Romulus and Remus ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5233. |
Name the race of warrior women, famed for their exploits in the Trojan war and ruled by a queen ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5234. |
The Muses were the goddesses of poetry and song. How many Muses were there ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5235. |
Poseidon was the Greek god of the sea. What did the Romans call him ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5236. |
Orpheus went down to Hades to rescue his wife. What was her name ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5237. |
What is the usual occupation of the leprechaun of Irish Legend ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5238. |
Where did the Greek Gods live ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5239. |
Who led the Argonauts in search of the golden fleece ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5240. |
Which Arabian princess saved her life by telling stories for 1001 nights ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5241. |
What nationality was the legendary hero William Tell, who shot an apple from his son's head ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5242. |
Which Roman god gave his name to the month of January ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5243. |
Which hero killed the Gorgon, Medusa ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5244. |
The beauty of a woman, the daughter of Zeus, led to a war between Greece and Troy, so her face was said to have 'launched a thousand ships'. What was her name ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5245. |
What was the name of the one-eyed giant of Greek mythology ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5246. |
Who was the ancient Egyptian god of the sun ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5247. |
Which character in Greek mythology died when he flew to close to the sun and melted his wings ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5248. |
The Greeks called the goddess of the hunt Artemis. What was the Roman name for this goddess ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5249. |
Where in the body is the labyrinth ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5250. |
What is the common name for ascorbic acid ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5251. |
Americans call it a faucet. What do the British call it ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5252. |
How are the first five books of the bible know collectively ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5253. |
Who designed the dome of St. Peter's, Rome ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5254. |
What is the unit of currency in Poland ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5255. |
Which two elements make up water ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5256. |
Who was the captain of the Pequod in Moby Dick ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5257. |
What colour is a New York taxi ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5258. |
Which two letters are worth ten points in the board game Scrabble ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5259. |
Which useful household item is made from naphthalene ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5260. |
What is measured on the Beaufort scale ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5261. |
Which creatures live in a formicary ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5262. |
Which bandleader died in an air crash over the English Channel during World War II ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5263. |
What is the other name for the Jewish day of Atonement ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5264. |
What was writer Charles Dodgson's pseudonym ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5265. |
If an American footballer talked about his 'zippers' what would he mean ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5266. |
Where would you find the 'ocean of storms' ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5267. |
What is the pirate's flag with the skull and cross-bones called ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5268. |
Where is the original Harris tweed spun and woven ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5269. |
What do climbers call a peak higher the 914 m (3,000 ft) ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5270. |
The famous Gurka soldiers are known for carrying a particular type of large knife. What is this knife called ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5271. |
Which bird is the international symbol of happiness ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5272. |
What is the centuries old art of clipping hedges into various ornamental shapes traditionally called ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5273. |
What was the nationality of Adolf Hitler ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5274. |
Which American President ordered the dropping of the first atomic bomb ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5275. |
Who wrote his thoughts in a little red book ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5276. |
Who has been in power in Cuba since declaring the country a socialist nation over 30 years ago ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5277. |
Which British Prime Minister said, 'You've never had it so good' and spoke of the 'wind of change' ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5278. |
Who was the first woman President of Isreal ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5279. |
Who said, 'Je suis la France' ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5280. |
What was British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's maiden name ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5281. |
Which Iraqi leader ordered the invasion of Kuwait ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5282. |
By what name was Indian political leader Mohandas Gandhi better known ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5283. |
Who declared war on Britain and France in June 1940 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5284. |
Which African leader emerged from prison after 27 years to lead his party again ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5285. |
Which President of the Soviet Union died in 1953, aged 73 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5286. |
What political position did Ronald Reagan hold before becoming President of the United States ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5287. |
Which wartime leader said, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few' ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5288. |
By what military rank is the President of Libya known ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5289. |
In 1941, the Deputy Chancellor of Germany flew to Britain to try to sue for peace. He was later imprisoned in Spandau prison. Who was he ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5290. |
Richard M. Nixon was President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. What does 'M' stand for ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5291. |
Which Third world leader was assassinated by members of her bodyguard in 1984 ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5292. |
Which Russian leader introduced glasnost and perestroika ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5293. |
Which British Prime Minister said, 'A week is a long time in politics' ?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5294. |
World War II started with The German invasion of Poland in this year
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5295. |
Adolf Hitler's aborted plan to invade Great Britain was called:
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5296. |
This man was head of Germany's Luftwaffe:
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5297. |
The United States equipped some of its serviemen with BAR Guns. BAR stood for:
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5298. |
What German ship was lost in the Battle of the River Plate?
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5299. |
This was the first naval battle fought solely between aircraft carriers: 2 words
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 5300. |
This last battle of World War II was fought on this island:
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1 |
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100 |