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What do the British call the vegetables that Americans call zucchini?
Who was the first black player to captain England's soccer team?
Which mountain overlooks Rio De Janeiro and its harbour?
How have vegetables been cut which are served Julienne?
Which actor appeared to have a wooden leg in the 1956 film Moby Dick?
Who had a 1985 hit with Saving All My Love For You?
What is an otter's home called?
In which Dickens novel was Miss Havisham jilted on her wedding day?
KAR120C was the registration of a yellow Lotus 7, in which 1960s cult UK TV series?
Which Cornish village claims to be the birthplace of King Arthur?
Which British general was killed at Khartoum?
What is the most northerly cricket ground at which a Test Match can (as at 2009) be played?
In which bay is Alcatraz?
In Roman mythology, Neptune is the equivalent to which Greek god?
Which actor appeared in Papillion and The Great Escape and died in 1980?
Who composed the music entitled Wedding March?
What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard?
In literature, who was the best known pupil of Greyfriar's School?
What was the character name of TV's 'The Saint'?
Which Latin term, usually applied to legal evidence, means 'at first sight'?
Which 17th century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco?
Alan Minter was undisputed World boxing champion at which weight?
What in Cornwall is the most southerly point of mainland Britain?
How many gallons of beer are in a firkin?
In which film did Roger Moore first play James Bond?
Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'?
Which musical featured the song They Called The Wind Mariah?
Which Dickens' character was always 'expecting something to turn up'?
Who hosted UK TV's 'Family Fortunes' after Bob Monkhouse and before Les Dennis?
UNHCR is the United Nation's High Commission for what?
Who was the female member of the SDP's 'Gang Of Four'?
What is the colour of the bull of an archery target?
Which hills divide England from Scotland?
'Mace is one of the spices obtained from the tree Myristica Fragrams - what is the other?
Which Bond villain has been played by Telly Savalas, Donald Pleasance, Charles Gray, and Max Von Sydow?
Which is the smallest member of the flute family?
What is Canada's national animal?
Robin Hood & Friar Tuck appear in which well-known novel, by Sir Walter Scott?
Which DJ had a UK Top Ten hit with the song Snot Rap?
How old is a horse when it changes from a filly to a mare?
In which war was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought?
Complete the name of the American Football team: 'Washington ...........'?
In which State would you find the city of Birmingham?
What is the name given to a locked case in which decanters can be seen but not used?
What make of car was the time-machine in the film Back To The Future?
Who had a 1960s hit with Let's Go To San Francisco?
What is the other name for Wildebeest?
Which playwright wrote The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard?
Which TV character said, 'Live long and prosper'?
What is the only English language single word anagram of the word crouton?
Which river forms the eastern section of the border between England and Scotland?
In which city was Martin Luther King assassinated in 1968?
Who is the only man (at 2009) to have won motorbike and F1 car World Championships?
Which is the financial centre and main city of Switzerland?
For which fruit is the US state of Georgia famous?
For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?
In the song, Heartbreak Hotel is on which street?
If cats are feline, what are sheep?
Name the two families in Romeo and Juliet?
TV commercials for Campari launched the career of which actress?
What is the national game of the Basques?
In what year was Prince Andrew born?
Which Briton won an ice-skating Gold at the Lake Placid Olympics?
In which county is the UK prime minister's official country residence Chequers?
What is converted into alcohol during brewing?
Characters Charlie Allnut and Rosie Sayer appeared in which classic 1951 movie?
Which reggae singing star died 11th May 1981?
How many arms/tentacles/limbs does a squid have?
Which children's classic book was written by Anna Sewell?
On TV, who did the character Lurch work for?
Consecrated in 1962, where is the Cathedral Church of St Michael?
At which battle of 1314 did Robert The Bruce defeat the English forces?
In which year did Foinavon win the Grand National?
Which American state is nearest to the former Soviet Union?
Vodka, Galliano and orange juice are used to make which classic cocktail?
Who captained Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus?
What is infant whale commonly called?
Also the title of a famous literary work, who were Mrs Page and Mrs Ford?
In UK TV's 'Noel Edmund's House Party', the 'house' was situated near to which village?
In knitting, what is meant by the initials 'psso'?
At which town did Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp?
The Sheffield Shield is competed for in which sport?
The Shatt-el-Arab (River of Arabia) is the confluence of which two other rivers?
What have been cooked in syrup and glazed to make the sweetmeat Marrons Glaces?
In which 1979 film was the spaceship called Nostromo?
Which guitarist is known as Slowhand?
The llama belongs to the family of animals commonly called what?
Which singer joined Mel Gibson in the movie Mad Max: Beyond The Thunderdome?
Who was Radio 1's first female DJ?
What does a numismatist study or collect?
In which country did the Mau Mau uprising (1952-60) occur?
Who won six consecutive Wimbledon singles titles in the 1980s?
What is the third major Balearic Island with Majorca and Minorca?
What liqueur bearing the letters D.O.M. on the bottle label was developed at Fecamp, France, in the 16th century?
In the 1963 film The Great Escape, what names were given to the three tunnels?
Which TV programme's theme tune was called Hit and Miss?
What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female?
What is the policeman's name in Noddy stories?
Who created the UK TV spoof 007 character Basildon Bond?

Questions & Answers

What do the British call the vegetables that Americans call zucchini?

COURGETTES
Who was the first black player to captain England's soccer team?

PAUL INCE
Which mountain overlooks Rio De Janeiro and its harbour?

SUGAR LOAF
How have vegetables been cut which are served Julienne?

THIN STRIPS (or shreds or sliced lengthways)
Which actor appeared to have a wooden leg in the 1956 film Moby Dick?

GREGORY PECK (Captain Ahab)
Who had a 1985 hit with Saving All My Love For You?

WHITNEY HOUSTON
What is an otter's home called?

HOLT
In which Dickens novel was Miss Havisham jilted on her wedding day?

GREAT EXPECTATIONS
KAR120C was the registration of a yellow Lotus 7, in which 1960s cult UK TV series?

THE PRISONER
Which Cornish village claims to be the birthplace of King Arthur?

TINTAGEL
Which British general was killed at Khartoum?

CHARLES GORDON
What is the most northerly cricket ground at which a Test Match can (as at 2009) be played?

RIVERSIDE (CHESTER-LE-STREET, DURHAM)
In which bay is Alcatraz?

SAN FRANCISCO BAY
In Roman mythology, Neptune is the equivalent to which Greek god?

POSEIDON
Which actor appeared in Papillion and The Great Escape and died in 1980?

STEVE MCQUEEN
Who composed the music entitled Wedding March?

FELIX MENDELSSHON (in many parts of the world Richard Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus' ['Here comes the Bride..'] is commonly played with Mendelsshon's Wedding March, and is loosely called a/the wedding march, and so lenient quizmasters may accept Wagner as correct too, although the music entitled 'Wedding March' is by Mendelsshon - Note also that other compositions may also be loosely called 'a wedding march', hence for strict adjudication the Mendelsshon answer is technically the only correct one)
What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard?

PANTHER
In literature, who was the best known pupil of Greyfriar's School?

BILLY BUNTER
What was the character name of TV's 'The Saint'?

SIMON TEMPLAR
Which Latin term, usually applied to legal evidence, means 'at first sight'?

PRIMA FACIE
Which 17th century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco?

SIR WALTER RALEIGH
Alan Minter was undisputed World boxing champion at which weight?

MIDDLEWEIGHT
What in Cornwall is the most southerly point of mainland Britain?

LIZARD POINT
How many gallons of beer are in a firkin?

NINE
In which film did Roger Moore first play James Bond?

LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'?

FENN STREET
Which musical featured the song They Called The Wind Mariah?

PAINT YOUR WAGON
Which Dickens' character was always 'expecting something to turn up'?

MR MICAWBER (David Copperfield)
Who hosted UK TV's 'Family Fortunes' after Bob Monkhouse and before Les Dennis?

MAX BYGRAVES
UNHCR is the United Nation's High Commission for what?

REFUGEES
Who was the female member of the SDP's 'Gang Of Four'?

SHIRLEY WILLIAMS (SDP = Social Democratic Party)
What is the colour of the bull of an archery target?

GOLD
Which hills divide England from Scotland?

CHEVIOTS
'Mace is one of the spices obtained from the tree Myristica Fragrams - what is the other?

NUTMEG
Which Bond villain has been played by Telly Savalas, Donald Pleasance, Charles Gray, and Max Von Sydow?

BLOFELD (ERNST STAVRO)
Which is the smallest member of the flute family?

PICCOLO
What is Canada's national animal?

BEAVER
Robin Hood & Friar Tuck appear in which well-known novel, by Sir Walter Scott?

IVANHOE
Which DJ had a UK Top Ten hit with the song Snot Rap?

KENNY EVERETT
How old is a horse when it changes from a filly to a mare?

FOUR YEARS
In which war was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought?

AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
Complete the name of the American Football team: 'Washington ...........'?

REDSKINS
In which State would you find the city of Birmingham?

ALABAMA (or MICHIGAN, which has a smaller city of that name)
What is the name given to a locked case in which decanters can be seen but not used?

TANTALUS
What make of car was the time-machine in the film Back To The Future?

DE LOREAN
Who had a 1960s hit with Let's Go To San Francisco?

FLOWERPOT MEN
What is the other name for Wildebeest?

GNU
Which playwright wrote The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard?

ANTON CHEKOV
Which TV character said, 'Live long and prosper'?

MR SPOCK (Star Trek)
What is the only English language single word anagram of the word crouton?

CONTOUR
Which river forms the eastern section of the border between England and Scotland?

TWEED
In which city was Martin Luther King assassinated in 1968?

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
Who is the only man (at 2009) to have won motorbike and F1 car World Championships?

JOHN SURTEES
Which is the financial centre and main city of Switzerland?

ZURICH
For which fruit is the US state of Georgia famous?

PEACH
For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar?

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
In the song, Heartbreak Hotel is on which street?

LONELY STREET
If cats are feline, what are sheep?

OVINE
Name the two families in Romeo and Juliet?

MONTAGUE & CAPULET
TV commercials for Campari launched the career of which actress?

LORRAINE CHASE
What is the national game of the Basques?

PELOTA (a form of tennis using racket or hand with a net or against a wall)
In what year was Prince Andrew born?

1960 (19th February)
Which Briton won an ice-skating Gold at the Lake Placid Olympics?

ROBIN COUSINS
In which county is the UK prime minister's official country residence Chequers?

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
What is converted into alcohol during brewing?

SUGAR
Characters Charlie Allnut and Rosie Sayer appeared in which classic 1951 movie?

THE AFRICAN QUEEN (Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn)
Which reggae singing star died 11th May 1981?

BOB MARLEY
How many arms/tentacles/limbs does a squid have?

TEN (there are varying definitions of tentacles/arms for squids - generally a squid is considered to have two tentacles and eight arms - whatever, there are ten of them in total)
Which children's classic book was written by Anna Sewell?

BLACK BEAUTY
On TV, who did the character Lurch work for?

ADDAMS FAMILY
Consecrated in 1962, where is the Cathedral Church of St Michael?

COVENTRY
At which battle of 1314 did Robert The Bruce defeat the English forces?

BANNOCKBURN
In which year did Foinavon win the Grand National?

1967
Which American state is nearest to the former Soviet Union?

ALASKA
Vodka, Galliano and orange juice are used to make which classic cocktail?

HARVEY WALLBANGER
Who captained Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus?

CAPTAIN NEMO
What is infant whale commonly called?

CALF
Also the title of a famous literary work, who were Mrs Page and Mrs Ford?

MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
In UK TV's 'Noel Edmund's House Party', the 'house' was situated near to which village?

CRINKLEY BOTTOM
In knitting, what is meant by the initials 'psso'?

PASS SLIPPED STITCH OVER
At which town did Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp?

SKEGNESS (1936)
The Sheffield Shield is competed for in which sport?

CRICKET (Australia)
The Shatt-el-Arab (River of Arabia) is the confluence of which two other rivers?

TIGRIS and EUPHRATES
What have been cooked in syrup and glazed to make the sweetmeat Marrons Glaces?

SWEET CHESTNUTS
In which 1979 film was the spaceship called Nostromo?

ALIEN
Which guitarist is known as Slowhand?

ERIC CLAPTON
The llama belongs to the family of animals commonly called what?

CAMELS
Which singer joined Mel Gibson in the movie Mad Max: Beyond The Thunderdome?

TINA TURNER
Who was Radio 1's first female DJ?

ANNE NIGHTINGALE
What does a numismatist study or collect?

COINS (and/or Medals)
In which country did the Mau Mau uprising (1952-60) occur?

KENYA
Who won six consecutive Wimbledon singles titles in the 1980s?

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1982-87, also 1978, 79, 90)
What is the third major Balearic Island with Majorca and Minorca?

IBIZA
What liqueur bearing the letters D.O.M. on the bottle label was developed at Fecamp, France, in the 16th century?

BENEDICTINE (DOM = Deo Optimo Maximo = To God, most good, most great.)
In the 1963 film The Great Escape, what names were given to the three tunnels?

TOM, DICK, HARRY
Which TV programme's theme tune was called Hit and Miss?

JUKE BOX JURY
What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female?

HERMAPHRODITE
What is the policeman's name in Noddy stories?

PC PLOD
Who created the UK TV spoof 007 character Basildon Bond?

RUSS ABBOTT

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