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| # | Question | Answer | |
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| 39691 | Which Us Actress's Real Name Is Mary Cathleen Collins | Bo Derek | |
| 39692 | In Which Body Of Water Are The Balearic Islands | Mediterranean Sea | |
| 39693 | Who Was Hanged In Edinburgh In 1829 For Multiple Murder In Supplying Doctors With Corpses For Dissection | William Burke | |
| 39694 | Mariolatry Is The Idolatrous Worship Of Whom | The Virgin Mary | |
| 39695 | Who Said In A Radio Broadcast In 1939, (I Cannot Forecast To You The Action Of Russia) | Winston Churchill | |
| 39696 | What Is Zurich's Main River | Limmat | |
| 39697 | What Colour Is Stephanie's Hair In The Children's Tv Series Lazytown | Pink | |
| 39698 | What Is The Collective Term For A Group Of Woodpeckers | Descent | |
| 39699 | What Is The Name Of The Cambridge University College That Was Originally For Women Only | Girton | |
| 39700 | Who Was King Of Egypt From 1936-52 | Farouk | |
| 39701 | Who Played Daisy Duke In The 2005 Film The Dukes Of Hazzard | Jessica Simpson (Catherine Bach played Daisy in the 1979-85 original TV show, and Waylon Jennings sang the TV theme song) | |
| 39702 | The Creation Of What Famous And Anthemic Song Is Officially Attributed To Banjo Paterson And Christina Macpherson | Waltzing Matilda | |
| 39703 | Which Actor's Real Name Was William Henry Pratt | Boris Karloff (1887-1969) | |
| 39704 | In Which Year Was The Battle Of Waterloo | 1815 (on 18 June, Wellington's defeat of Napoleon ended the Napoleonic Wars - Waterloo is in Belgium, close to Brussells) | |
| 39705 | Marron Glac Is What, Preserved And Coated In Sugar | Chestnut | |
| 39706 | Which Argentine Leader Was Deposed In 1982 | General Galtieri | |
| 39707 | In Which London Building Was The Funeral Of Diana Princess Of Wales Held In 1997 | Westminster Abbey | |
| 39708 | Who Invented The Jet Engine | Frank Whittle (it was patented in 1930) | |
| 39709 | Kenneth Kaunda Was The First President Of Which African Country | Zambia | |
| 39710 | Who Discovered And Opened Tutankhamun's Tomb In 1922 | Howard Carter | |
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| 39711 | What Significant Member Of The British Government Drowned When Hms Hampshire Was Sunk By A Mine Off Orkney In 1916 | Lord Kitchener | |
| 39712 | What Plant Was Traditionally Cultivated In Europe For Its Unique Blue Dye | Woad | |
| 39713 | What Is The Common Word For The Monosaccharide Substance Found In Certain Fruit, Flower Nectar And Honey, With The Chemical Formula C6h12o6 | Fructose (From the Latin word fructus, meaning fruit.) | |
| 39714 | What Is The Medical Condition Icterus Commonly Called | Jaundice | |
| 39715 | Which Horse Won The Epsom Derby In 1989 | Nashwan (owned by Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ridden by Willie Carson, odds were 5/4, winning distance was five lengths) | |
| 39716 | Who Wrote The Ballad Of Reading Gaol In 1898 | Oscar Wilde | |
| 39717 | The Cult Tv Series Lost Which Began In 2004 Features 'Oceanic Flight ...' What | 815 | |
| 39718 | Who Was The Second President Of The Usa | John Adams (president from 1797-1801) | |
| 39719 | Which Bird Is Generally Considered To Have The Best Sense Of Smell | Kiwi | |
| 39720 | What Is The Capital Of Jordan | Amman | |
| 39721 | Who Won 'The Battle Of The Sexes' Tennis Match At The Houston Astrodome In 1973 | Billie Jean King (King beat 1940's men's champion Bobby Riggs in three straight sets. | |
| 39722 | Whose Last Work Entitled The Transfiguration Was Unfinished When He Died In 1520 | Rafael | |
| 39723 | The First Atomic Bomb Explosion Was Carried Out In Which Us State | New Mexico (1945) | |
| 39724 | What Type Of Natural Substance Is Caoutchouc (Pronounced Kachook) | Rubber (or latex) | |
| 39725 | What Name Is Given To The Uncut Locks Of Hair Worn On The Sides Of The Head By Orthodox Male Jews | Payess | |
| 39726 | What Are The Padded High-Waisted Trousers With Shoulder Straps Worn For Skiiing Called | Salopettes | |
| 39727 | What Are The Little Discs Of Waste Called That Are Produced By A Paper Or Card Hole-Punch | Chad (or chads) | |
| 39728 | In Greek Mythology What Is The Name Of The River Whose Water When Drunk Caused Complete Forgetfulness And Made The Souls Of The Dead Forget Their Life On Earth | Lethe (also referred to as the 'river of oblivion') | |
| 39729 | The World Trade Organization Was Founded In 1995 In Which European City | Geneva (replacing GATT - the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade established in 1947) | |
| 39730 | In Numerology A Tern Is A Set Of How Many | Three | |
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| 39731 | Brunswick, Lancastrian And Pearl Pickler Are Types Of Which Vegetable | Onion | |
| 39732 | Eamon De Valera Founded Which Irish Political Party In 1926 | Fianna Fail | |
| 39733 | What Is The Name Of The Carnival Held In Some Countries On Shrove Tuesday | Mardi Gras (literally 'Fat Tuesday') | |
| 39734 | Who Was The First Reigning British Monarch To Make An Official Visit To The Usa | George the Sixth (in 1939) | |
| 39735 | For Which Film Did Henry Fonda Win His Best Actor Oscar | On Golden Pond | |
| 39736 | Brn Is The International Vehicle Registration For Which Country | Bahrain | |
| 39737 | The Billionnaire Barclay Twins' Long-Running Disputes About Their Private Island Brecqhou (Or Brechou) Are With Which Channel Island | Sark | |
| 39738 | Who Released A 1975 Album Entitled Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy | Elton John | |
| 39739 | Tom Cruise Plays A Naval Lawyer In Which 1992 Film | A Few Good Men | |
| 39740 | Which Football Team Does Postman Pat Support | Pencaster United | |
| 39741 | The Kiel Canal In Germany, Officially Opened In 1895, Connects Which Two Seas | North Sea and Baltic Sea | |
| 39742 | Who In 1963 Murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, The Assassin (According To Official Accounts) Of Us President John F Kennedy | Jack Ruby | |
| 39743 | Marjorie Robb, Who Died In Boston Usa In 1992 Aged 103, Barbara Dainton, Millvina Dean And Lillian Asplund, Achieved Notoriety For Being Among The Last Living Survivors Of What | The Sinking Of The Titanic In 1912 | |
| 39744 | French King Louis Xiv (1638-1715) Was The Longest Reigning European Monarch - How Long Did He Reign | 72 years (from 1643-1715) | |
| 39745 | Who Became Us President After Herbert Hoover | Franklin D Roosevelt (1933) | |
| 39746 | Which Scottish Athlete Refused To Run On A Sunday At The 1924 Paris Olympic Games | Eric Liddle (Liddle, 1902-45 | |
| 39747 | In Which Year Did French Queen Marie Antoinette Go The Guillotine | 1793 | |
| 39748 | In 1803 Who Started Shipping Portions Of The Sculpted Frieze From The Parthenon In Greece To England | Lord Elgin (Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin | |
| 39749 | Which Country Gained Its Independence From Denmark In 1944 | Iceland | |
| 39750 | What Was The Name Of The World's First Man-Made Satellite Launched By The Ussr In 1957 | Sputnik I | |
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| 39751 | What Was The Nationality Of The First Non-Italian Pope Since 1523 | Polish (Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II, Pope from 1978-2005) | |
| 39752 | In Which Year Was Nelson Mandela Released From Prison | 1990 | |
| 39753 | What Was The Name Of The English Farmer Who Invented The Seed-Planting Drill In 1701 | Jethro Tull | |
| 39754 | What Was The Name Of The Ship On Which The Pilgrims Travelled To North America In 1620 | The Mayflower | |
| 39755 | What Took Place On Griffin's Wharf In America In 1773 | The Boston Tea Party | |
| 39756 | What Is The Offspring Of A Male Lion And A Tigress Called (Apart From Very Dangerous) | Liger | |
| 39757 | Who Spoke The Only Word In The 1976 Film Silent Movie | Marcel Marceau French mime artist - said, (Non) | |
| 39758 | Who Did Deidre Langton Marry In Coronation Street In 1981 | Ken Barlow | |
| 39759 | Which Actor Played Bruce Wayne In The 2005 Film Batman Begins | Christian Bale | |
| 39760 | Which Singer And Actress Was Born Julia Elizabeth Wells In 1935 | Julie Andrews | |
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