14 Of which play did a critic once write: “this is a play in which nothing happens, twice”?
15 Who wrote the Gormenghast trilogy?
16 Which New Zealand city is the principal city of Otago province?
17 A Rusty Nail cocktail is a mixture of Scotch and which other alcoholic drink?
18 Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film GoldenEye?
19 Which team plays at The Hawthorns?
20 Who was Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011?
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1 Which actress was Oscar-nominated for her starring role in the 1997 film Mrs Brown?
2 Where was Queen Victoria born…?
3 …and in which year?
4 In which year did Queen Victoria die…?
5 …and where was she buried?
6 What was Queen Victoria’s birth name?
7 How old was Victoria when she became Queen?
8 Who was Victoria’s first Prime Minister and mentor?
9 Which actress portrayed Queen Victoria in the ITV drama Victoria?
10 How many children did Queen Victoria have?
11 What was the name of her youngest child?
12 What was the name of her firstborn child?
13 Which Prime Minister made Victoria Empress of India…?
14 …and in which year?
15 What was the name of the king who preceded Queen Victoria?
16 The Victoria Cross for gallantry was instituted during which war?
17 Which Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha did Queen Victoria marry?
18 What was the name of her residence on the Isle of Wight?
19 Who was her eldest son and successor?
20 Which form of transport did she first use in 1842?
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1 Which actress starred in the film Baby Boom?
2 Who is the husband of Sita, in a Hindu epic poem?
3 An unpredictable but high-impact event is given the name of which bird?
4 In which city was Robert Scott’s vessel, Discovery, built?
5 Which decade saw the first FA Cup Final at Wembley?
6 Subtitled “a radio parlour game”, which show was hosted by Stewart MacPherson, Gilbert Harding and finally Kenneth Horne?
7 What Latin name is given to a dark round room for projecting a landscape?
8 Who wrote the 1947 novel Whisky Galore?
9 In which city is Europe’s oldest university?
10 What is the common term for calcium oxide?
11 What French term is given to a fatal blow?
12 In which English village is the Fox Talbot museum?
13 By what name is singer Stuart Goddard better known?
14 Boston Crab is a term used in which sport?
15 What is a blintze?
16 Of what is Sinology the study?
17 Who wrote the 1912 play Androcles and the Lion?
18 Which West African country has a name that means “land of honest men”?
19 Which body of water surrounds the island of Heligoland?
20 Who had a hit in 1983 with Love of the Common People?
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1 What name is given to the visible electric discharge seen at a plane’s wingtips or around the tops of ships’ masts, caused by static electricity in the atmosphere?
2 Which UK airport was the first to have its own railway station?
3 What is the name of the junction on London’s A406 North Circular Road with the A5 Edgware Road?
4 What is the name of the Australian transcontinental rail service which runs between Perth and Sydney?
5 Which airport has the code HND?
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