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| 39271 | Capital Of The United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | |
| 39272 | The Letter Denoting A Link In Html (Webpage) Code Typically Followed By 'Href' | A | |
| 39273 | The Word For The Weight On The End Of A Pendulum | Bob | |
| 39274 | Maureen Lipman's Onomatopaeic Character Name In Bt's Tv Adverts | Beattie | |
| 39275 | Composer Of The Eroica, Pastoral And Choral Symphonies | Beethoven | |
| 39276 | The Initials Bcc On A Memo Or Email Stand For A 'What' Carbon Copy | Blind | |
| 39277 | The Meaning Of B In The Marketing Abbreviation B2b | Business (to Business) | |
| 39278 | The British Queens To Georges Ii And Iv, With Respective Titles Of Ansbach And Brunswick | Caroline | |
| 39279 | Addictive Product Produced In A British Factory First By Robert Gloag In 1856 | Cigarettes | |
| 39280 | Tragically Misunderstood Daughter Of Shakespeare's King Lear | Cordelia | |
| 39281 | The Spanish Word For A Hundred | Cien | |
| 39282 | Sri Lanka's Previous Name | Ceylon | |
| 39283 | From Which Seeds Is Tahini Made | Sesame | |
| 39284 | What Is The Human Ailment Epistaxis Better Known As | Nosebleed | |
| 39285 | The Kariba Dam Is On Which River | Zambezi | |
| 39286 | What Does The B Stand For In Lyndon B Johnson | Baines (Lyndon B Johnson, 1908-73 | |
| 39287 | How Many Stars Are On The Flag Of The European Union | Twelve | |
| 39288 | What Item Of Attire Is A Leghorn | Hat (made of straw) | |
| 39289 | What Does An Oologist Collect | Birds' eggs | |
| 39290 | The Neanderthal Museum Is In Which Country | Germany | |
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| 39291 | In Which Country Is The European Court Of Human Rights | France | |
| 39292 | In British History A Cavalier Was A Supporter Of Which King | Charles I | |
| 39293 | Leporine Relates To Which Animal | Hare | |
| 39294 | In Greek Mythology Who Was Apollo's Twin Sister | Artemis | |
| 39295 | Born Henry John Deutschendorf Junior, Which American Singer Died When His Light Aircraft Crashed Into The Sea Off California In 1997 | John Denver ( took name capital of Colorado) | |
| 39296 | Assassinated In 1965, Who Was Malcolm Little Better Known As | Malcolm X (1925-65) | |
| 39297 | What Was The Name Of Ernest Shackleton's Ship Which Became Stuck In Antarctic Ice In 1915 | HMS Endurance | |
| 39298 | By What Name Was Dutch Dancer Margarethe Zelle Better Known | Mata Hari (1876-1917) | |
| 39299 | Which Famous Us Lawman Had Brothers Called Morgan And Virgil | Wyatt Earp | |
| 39300 | What Was The Name Of The Cruise Ship Seized By Hijackers In The Mediterranean In 1985 | Achille Lauro | |
| 39301 | Which Playwright Was Once Secretary To James Joyce, 1969 Nobel Prizewinner For Literature, And Wrote His Most Famous Play Originally In French, Titled En Attendant Godot | Samuel Beckett (1906-89) | |
| 39302 | What Is The Latin Term Used In Referencing Which Means 'In The Same Place' | Ib. (or 'Ibid.' from the full Latin word 'ibidem') | |
| 39303 | Astana Is The Capital Of Which Country | Kazakhstan (Astana means 'capital city' in Kazakh) | |
| 39304 | What Is The Flap Which Covers The Human Windpipe When Swallowing (Derived From Greek Epi Meaning On, And Glossa Meaning Tongue) | Epiglotis | |
| 39305 | What Type Of Creature Is An Amberjack | Fish | |
| 39306 | Who Is Fifth In Line To The British Throne (As At Aug 2007) | Princess Beatrice | |
| 39307 | In 1968 Which Us Artist And Film Maker Was Shot And Wounded By Actress Valerie Solanas | Andy Warhol | |
| 39308 | Quinsy Is An Inflammation Of Which Part Of The Body | Throat | |
| 39309 | Flagged What Is The Capital Of Croatia | Zagreb | |
| 39310 | What Colour Is The Letter L In The Standard Google Logo | Green | |
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| 39311 | Convict Robert Franklin Stroud Was Better Known As Whom | The Birdman of Alcatraz (1890-1963) | |
| 39312 | The Original 'Wendy House' Was Built For Which Fictional Character | Wendy Darling | |
| 39313 | Who Was Assassinated By Hugh De Merville, William De Tracy, Reginald Fitzhurse And Richard Le Breton | Thomas Becket | |
| 39314 | In 1902 The Treaty Of Vereeniging Brought Which War To An End | The Second Boer War | |
| 39315 | Carambola Is Another Name For Which Fruit | Star fruit | |
| 39316 | What Is The International Distress Signal One Level Below And Less Serious Than A 'Mayday' Call | Pan-pan | |
| 39317 | What Scientist And Inventor Was Responsible For The Decibel Unit Of Measurement | Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) | |
| 39318 | Little Big Horn, The Scene Of Custer's Last Stand, Is In Which Us State | Montana (25-26 June 1876) | |
| 39319 | Which City Is Known As Auld Reekie And Also Athens Of The North | Edinburgh | |
| 39320 | In 1865 What Significant Event Happened At Ford's Theatre In Washington Dc | Abraham Lincoln's assassination | |
| 39321 | The French Slang 'Capote Anglaise' Meaning English Hood, Or English Overcoat Refers To What | A condom | |
| 39322 | Maris Piper Is A Variety Of Which Vegetable | Potato | |
| 39323 | Dame Peggy Ashcroft Won An Oscar For Her Role In Which 1984 Film | A Passage to India | |
| 39324 | Which Is The Lightest Element | Hydrogen | |
| 39325 | Who Wrote The Poem Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard | Thomas Gray (1716-71) | |
| 39326 | Which Year Was The Death Penalty For Murder Abolished In Britain | 1965 | |
| 39327 | What Clash, In 1746, Was The Last Major Battle To Be Fought On Mainland Britain | The Battle of Culloden | |
| 39328 | An Epithalamium Is A Song Or Poem Celebrating What | Marriage (or a wedding) | |
| 39329 | What Does Unesco Stand For | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization | |
| 39330 | Who Painted The Blue Boy In 1779 | Thomas Gainsborough | |
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| 39331 | Which English King Abdicated In 1936 | Edward VIII | |
| 39332 | British Publisher Ludvik Hoch Was Better Known By Which Name | Robert Maxwell | |
| 39333 | What Is The Line Called On A Ship Which Is The Limit To Which It May Be Loaded Plimsoll.) | Plimsoll line (aka International load line - it was brought into force in 1876 by coal merchant and politician Samuel | |
| 39334 | Which London Emporium Opened In Picadilly 1707 | Fortnum and Mason's | |
| 39335 | Which Calendar Was Devised In 1582 | Gregorian Calendar (by Aloysius Lilius - it is the calendar that most of the world uses today) | |
| 39336 | In What Year, Generally Regarded As Marking The End Of The Cold War, Did The Berlin Wall Come Down | 1989 (9 November) | |
| 39337 | In 1926, 19 Year-Old Gertrude Ederle Became The First Woman To Do What | Swim the English Channel | |
| 39338 | Which Planet Was Discovered By William Herschel 1781 | Uranus | |
| 39339 | In What Year Did India And Pakistan Become Independent Nations And Free From British Rule | 1947 (15 August India, and 14 August Pakistan) | |
| 39340 | Which Mountain Was Climbed For The First Time In 1786 | Mont Blanc ( Jacques Balmant & Michel-Gabriel Paccard | |
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