initials MCC?
12 What is the name of Claudio’s beloved in Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing?
13 What word can refer to both faith and a holding fund?
14 Which poem by Keats begins “Oh what can ail thee, knight-at-arms”?
15 By what name is Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor better known?
16 Which sporting activity features in the film Touching the Void?
17 In which decade of the 20th century was Joan Baez born?
18 What type of craft was HMS Victorious (1939-68)?
19 With which group did comedians Baddiel and Skinner produce the football anthem Three Lions?
20 Portadown and Lurgan lie in which Northern Irish county?
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1 Which King of England died from eating too many lampreys at a banquet in France?
2 Which Native American language was used as a code in WWII?
3 In May 1497, who sailed across the Atlantic from Bristol in the Matthew and landed in Newfoundland?
4 Which country was invaded by US troops in December 1989?
5 What was the name of the spacecraft that Yuri Gagarin travelled in when he became the first man in space?
6 Who was the first Soviet statesman to hold the posts of general secretary and president simultaneously?
7 In which war was the Battle of Ebro River?
8 Which major figure of Russian history was born in Ulyanovsk on the Volga?
9 In WWI which countries made up the Triple Entente?
10 Who opened the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894?
11 Where did Martin Luther nail The 95 Theses to a church door?
12 In which city was Checkpoint Charlie?
13 What was the name of the judge who presided over the 17th-century Bloody Assizes?
14 Which US president won a Nobel Prize in 1906?
15 At which battle in 1513 was James IV of Scotland killed?
16 What was the title formerly carried by princes and archbishops of the Holy Roman Empire, who appointed the emperor?
17 Garibaldi’s followers wore what colour shirts?
18 In which year was VAT introduced in Britain?
19 Whose inaugural Presidential address stated: “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”?
20 In which century was religious reformer John Calvin born?
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1 What number lies between 15 and 17 on a standard dartboard?
2 How many degrees Centigrade is 50 degrees Fahrenheit?
3 What are the irregularly shaped bodies in blood that help to make it clot?
4 Which is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet?
5 Arundel Castle is the seat of which Duke?
6 Who invented corrugated iron?
7 What are latkes made from?
8 In the TV series Family Guy, who has provided the voice of Meg Griffin since the second series?
9 What protein is found in egg-whites?
10 What type of creature is a Scotch Argus?
11 What was the name of the fictional corporation who made RoboCop in the film of the same name?
12 In the popular Nintendo® video games franchise, what is the name of Mario’s green dinosaur friend?
13 In Morse code what letter is represented by two dots?
14 How is the vegetable Allium porrum better known?
15 In which game might you employ the Sicilian Defence?
16 Who starred as Captain Nolan in the 1977 film Orca?
17 What colour is a sorrel horse?
18 What is the diameter in inches of a standard competition dartboard?
19 In the TV series Top Gear, what was the first make and model of the car used in the segment “Star in a Reasonably Priced Car”?
20 To which country do the Galapagos Islands belong?
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