| 89701. |
What name is given to the staff or crook of a bishop
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| 89702. |
How many tricks must be won to make game in 'No trumps' in Contract Bridge
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| 89703. |
Which fast food chain did Chris Waddle, Stuart Pearce and Gareth Southgate promote in TV adverts
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| 89704. |
In which North-West town or city is Rylands Library
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| 89705. |
Who composed the opera 'Eugene Onegin'
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| 89706. |
What type of clothing is a filibeg
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| 89707. |
In which region of Italy is the wine Chianti produced
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| 89708. |
Which is the lowest ranking suit in Contract Bridge
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| 89709. |
Which Athletics world record was held by cricketer C B Fry
|
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| 89710. |
Who was known as 'The Railway King'
|
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| 89711. |
Who was reputedly the father of Cleopatra's first child
|
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| 89712. |
In Egyptian Mythology which goddess was the mother of Horus
|
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| 89713. |
In which TV soap would you find Reverend Ashley Thomas
|
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100 |
| 89714. |
What was the nationality of the composer Arnold Schoenberg
|
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100 |
| 89715. |
Mold is in which now restored Welsh county
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| 89716. |
Whose most recent book is called 'The White House Connection'
|
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100 |
| 89717. |
Who was known as 'America's Sweetheart'
|
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100 |
| 89718. |
Which Roman emperor was reputedly poisoned by his wife Agrippina
|
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| 89719. |
Ruthin is in which now restored Welsh county
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| 89720. |
In Coronation Street, who has been revealed as the father of Ashley Peacock
|
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100 |
| 89721. |
What was the nationality of the composer Cesar Franck
|
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1 |
100 |
| 89722. |
In Mathematics what name is given to a pair of angles whose sum is 90 degrees
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89723. |
What is the common name of the plant Impatiens
|
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1 |
100 |
| 89724. |
What colour is the star on the flag of Vietnam
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89725. |
In the Book of Judges who delivered Israel from the Midianites
|
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1 |
100 |
| 89726. |
Which astronomical unit is equal to 3.26 light years
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89727. |
Whose most recent book is called 'The Brethren'
|
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1 |
100 |
| 89728. |
In the Bible, who was Sarah's Egyptian servant, the mother of Ishmael
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89729. |
Which unit is defined as the power necessary to lift 33,000 pounds a distance of 1 foot in 1 minute
|
1 |
1 |
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| 89730. |
On a music score what name is given to the key and meter (or time) signs at the beginning of a composition
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89731. |
What colour is the circle on the flag of Bangladesh
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89732. |
Which school of architecture was founded in Weimar in 1919
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89733. |
In which 1999 film was Anna Scott the world's most famous film star in London when she met bookseller William Thacker
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89734. |
Where on TV would you find guests Major Gowen and Miss Tibbs
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89735. |
From which language does the word 'alcohol' come, originally
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89736. |
Santa Cruz is the capital of which holiday island
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89737. |
Freddie Marsden was the drummer in which group that had three number one hits in the UK in 1963
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89738. |
In golf the Americans call it a double eagle. What do we call it
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89739. |
Which British motor manufacturer produced a model called the 'Hunter'
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89740. |
In 1974 which heiress was kidnapped by the Simbionese Liberation Army
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89741. |
Which psychologist and psychiatrist introduced the term 'inferiority complex'
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89742. |
Who established the Presbyterian form of Protestantism in Switzerland
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89743. |
In which county were Charles Dickens and Jane Austen born
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89744. |
Carthusians are old boys of which school
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89745. |
What was the name of Ian Fleming's Caribbean retreat
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89746. |
In which unusual place did Sarah Bernhardt take to sleeping
|
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1 |
100 |
| 89747. |
Who played Dennis Potter's "Singing Detective" on TV in 1986
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89748. |
Which Briton won the gold medal in the 100 metres in Moscow in 1980
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89749. |
As what was the 19th century Prime Minister Arthur Wellesley better known
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89750. |
In which Shakespeare play do Katherine and her sister Bianca appear
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89751. |
Which major river flooded York in November 2000
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89752. |
Sir Robert Watson-Watt was a pioneer in which field during WW2
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89753. |
What does the prefix mega mean when it's used precisely in science
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89754. |
The town of Montelimar in France is famous for producing what
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89755. |
Which large marsh, once thought bottomless, lies between Liverpool and Manchester
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89756. |
What was the Oregon Pine renamed to honour its discoverer, a Scottish botanist
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89757. |
Whose book "Hannibal" became a paperback best-seller in 2000
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89758. |
Which duo did well with "Bye Bye Love" in 1957
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89759. |
In which British comedy film did Kevin Kline win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1988
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89760. |
What useful device was invented and marketed by Charles Moncky
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89761. |
Which former Marine published the first volume of his diaries in 2000
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89762. |
Which British film, set in the north of England during the miners' strike, had a massive release in the U.S.A. in November 2000
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89763. |
Which genus of redwood conifers was named to commemorate a great Cherokee Indian
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89764. |
Edward III did well between 1346 and 1356. But what catastrophe cast a terrible blight over that decade
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89765. |
Which country's highest mountain is named after a Polish patriot who never went there
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89766. |
Which country improbably beat England in the 1950 World Cup - at Belo Horizonte in Brazil
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89767. |
How many wooden objects are normally in full view on a cricket field during play
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89768. |
Which Cuban heavyweight won his third consecutive gold medal in Moscow in 1980
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89769. |
Which composer originally dedicated his third symphony to Napoleon, but changed his mind when his hero declared himself Emperor
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89770. |
Which continent's highest mountain is made up of three extinct volcanoes, Mawensi, Shira, and Kibo, the youngest and highest
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89771. |
Sir Archibald MacIndoe was a pioneer in which field during WW2
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89772. |
How does Tracy Emin make her living
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89773. |
How does Darcy Bussell make her living
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89774. |
Who was Paul Bradley's biography "The Stately Homo", published in 2000, about
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89775. |
Which major river flooded and cut all rail links to Derby in November 2000
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89776. |
With which British film did Brenda FrIcker break out of "Casualty" and win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1989
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89777. |
"The tumult and the shouting dies" is a line from the poem "Recessional". Who wrote it
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89778. |
Which extravagant and insensitive Austrian widow was guillotined in 1793
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89779. |
By what name was the 19th century sporting eccentric John Sholto Douglas better known He won a famous libel case in 1895
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89780. |
Who, as at November 28th 2000, is still the manager of Middlesbrough Football Club
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89781. |
Which outlaw is the favourite subject of the artist Sidney Nolan
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89782. |
Which composer dedicated his first symphony to Harriet Smithson and later married her
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89783. |
Which song from the 1942 film "Holiday Inn" has achieved the greatest sales of any record ever
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89784. |
In which Shakespeare play do Toby Belch and Andrew Aguecheek appear
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89785. |
Which large marsh, once a haunt of smugglers, lies between Hythe and Rye on the south coast
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89786. |
Which new M.P. for Oldham entered Parliament in 1900, the year his first novel was published
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89787. |
Who played Jack Ford in "When The Boat Comes In" on TV in 1975
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89788. |
What improbable instrument does Finland's current pop star Kimmo Pohjanen play
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89789. |
Which detective-story/thriller writer's no. 1 best-seller "The Testament" came out in paperback in 2000
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89790. |
What were the favourite subjects of Victorian artist Edwin Landseer
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89791. |
Which kitchen device contains a magnetron
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89792. |
Who appeared regularly on "Just a Minute" on Radio 4 until he died, usually coming last
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89793. |
Which tatty TV series which started in 1977 has been filmed with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu playing the title roles
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89794. |
The murderer Dr. Crippen was medically qualified, but what was he in London
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89795. |
"What passing bells for these who die as cattle
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89796. |
Gladys Knight and the Pips sold a million copies of "I heard it through the grapevine" in the US in 1967, whose version got to no. 1 in 1969
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89797. |
Who is no longer the manager of Chelsea, having been sacked in 2000
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89798. |
Which sea-green incorruptible was guillotined in 1794
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89799. |
The town of Grasse in France is famous for producing what
|
1 |
1 |
100 |
| 89800. |
Which lachrymose character teaches Alice to sing "The Lobster Quadrille"
|
1 |
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100 |