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| 01 |
Let
It Bleed, Black and Blue and Beggar's Banquet - all Rolling Stones
albums and also books by which British crime writer? |
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Prince Charles has known Camilla Parker Bowles since they were both in their teens. What was her surname when they first met? |
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He
founded Auto Trader magazine and made a fortune, then bought a football club, built
it a new stadium and named it after himself. Who is he? |
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What
was grumpy old man Victor Meldrew's job for the 26 years before
he retired? |
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In which London restaurant did Boris Becker have his famous brief,
but expensive, 'affair' in a broom cupboard? |
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| 06 |
What is the one place where a US flag flies 24 hours a day and is
never raised, lowered or saluted? |
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| 07 |
The French racing driver, a veteran of Le Mans called Charlotte
Verney, competed in the 1982 Paris - Dakar Rally. Who was her
co-driver? |
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| 08 |
Which hit song from July 1979 was inspired by the doings of one
Brenda Spencer on 29th January that year? |
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| 09 |
Which book sold 100,000 copies in Britain within 12 hours of its
publication in October 1992? |
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| 10 |
A poisoned chalice. Who gave Tony Blair a half-case of Chateau Mouton
Rothschild for his 50th birthday? Government rules on the acceptance
of presents meant that Mr Blair had to pay £900 to keep
it. |
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One of the crossword setters in The Guardian is called Araucaria. This is the Latin name of a tree. Which tree? |
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| 12 |
You
are competing in the Iditarod, an annual sporting event in the
USA. What equipment do you need? |
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Which fictional newspaper was owned by Mrs Margaret Pynchon? |
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| 14 |
Which
Cabinet post has been held by only two men in the past 25 years? |
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| 15 |
In
1973, singer Clare Torry appeared on a major best-selling
album without actually singing a word. Which album? |
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| 16 |
One
female competitor at the 1976 Olympic Games was excused a sex
test, who? |
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| 17 |
He
invented the electric guitar and methods of multi-track recording
and had many hit records, mostly with his wife Mary Ford. Who
was he? |
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| 18 |
Who
was photographed in 1995 in Los Angeles holding the number BK
4454813 OG 2795? |
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| 19 |
Darren
Kroll of Australia goes first, followed by Petit of Canada.
Who comes next in this sporting competition? |
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| 20 |
Which
six countries were described by George Bush and his White House
cohorts in 2002 as the so-called 'Axis of Evil'? |
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| 21 |
What
would be your occupation if you used MIG and TIG in your job? |
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| 22 |
Gerald
was the youngest, he had brothers called Larry and Leslie and
a sister called Margot. What was their surname? |
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| 23 |
In
athletics, who was the first man to hold the World Record in
his event at the same time as being Olympic, World and Commonwealth
champion? |
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| 24 |
Who,
when he went on it in 1976, became the youngest person ever
to have appeared on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions? |
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| 25 |
In
which pastime would you have a use for a substance called 'Rubby-Dubby'? |
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| 26 |
What
did Bjorn Borg never do during Wimbledon, because of a superstition? |
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| 27 |
Which
annual reference book is edited by Mr Jack Rollin and his daughter
Glenda? |
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| 28 |
An
image of an eagle perched on a cactus while eating a snake is
to be found on the national flag of which country? |
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| 29 |
On
Thursday 13th August 1964, Peter Allen and John Walby were the
last two men in the UK to have what happen to them? |
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| 30 |
It
is made from the melted down coins that were the funds of a
British overseas garrison. Which sporting trophy is this? |
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| 31 |
Who
is the only US president to have been seen in a Nazi uniform? |
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| 32 |
Which
classic US TV police show gets its name from an event that took
place in 1959? |
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| 33 |
Which
game did its inventor, a birdwatcher called Peter Adolph, name
after the Latin name for the bird of prey called the hobby? |
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| 34 |
Which
celebrity cook appeared in several episodes of Eastenders? |
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| 35 |
The
Euskadi football team is a sort of national side. It represents
which people? |
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| 36 |
Which
group had Jerry Hall looking very uncomfortable as a siren on
the rocks on the cover of their 1975 album Siren? |
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| 37 |
The
scientist Joseph Priestly called it 'dephlogisticated air',
fellow scientist Antoine Lavoisier called it something else,
what? |
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| 38 |
What
event in the Muslim calendar is celebrated by the festival of
Eid al-Fitr, more commonly known as Eid? |
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| 39 |
What
kind of tool can be a ball pein, claw or club? |
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| 40 |
During
the programme's thirty year life there have been six presenters
of the BBC's TV show Call My Bluff,
can you name them? |
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