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| 701 | Who was the first U.S. president to reside in the White House? | John Adams | |
| 702 | How many stars were there on the Confederate flag? | 13 | |
| 703 | What links Akagi, Hiryu, Kaga, Shokaku, Soryu and Zuikaku? | They were the Japanese aircraft carriers that attacked Pearl Harbour | |
| 704 | How many funnels did Titanic have? | 4 | |
| 705 | In 1949, which city became the capital of West Germany? | Bonn | |
| 706 | What did Britain`s roads first acquire in 1914? | White Lines | |
| 707 | Who was the second ever member of the Royal Family to divorce? | Princess Margaret | |
| 708 | Aboard which ship did Captain Scott sail to the Antarctic in 1901? | The Discovery | |
| 709 | Which company opened the first Burger Restaurant in Britain in 1954? | Wimpey | |
| 710 | Which century saw the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire? | 19th | |
| 711 | Known as The Jersey Lily, actress Lily Langtry was the mistress of which King? | Edward VII | |
| 712 | Before becoming President of the United States, Bill Clinton was govenor of which state? | Arkansas | |
| 713 | What is the significance of the dates August 9th 1902, June 23rd 1911, May 12th 1937 and June 2nd 1953? | They`re Coronation dates | |
| 714 | What was the name of England`s wartime code breaking station? | Bletchley Park | |
| 715 | For what invention is Robert Oppenheimer famous? | The atomic bomb | |
| 716 | Which country has been ruled by the Grimaldi dynasty for over 700 years? | Monaco | |
| 717 | What was the operational squadron number of the Dambusters? | 617 Squadron | |
| 718 | Which World War II action had the code name Operation Chastise? | The Dambusters Raid | |
| 719 | Colonel James Doolittle led the first bombing raid on which city during World War II? | Tokyo | |
| 720 | Born in 1599, who coined the phrase `warts and all` while sitting for a portrait? | Oliver Cromwell | |
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| 721 | In which year did the English Civil War start? | 1642 | |
| 722 | Who did Clementine Ogilvy Hozier marry in 1908? | Winston Churchill | |
| 723 | Who invented the piano? | Bartolomeo Cristofori | |
| 724 | Who was the oldest to be elected president of the United States? | Ronald Reagan | |
| 725 | Before becoming President of the United States, George W Bush was govenor of which state? | Texas | |
| 726 | Who is the only British Prime Minister to be born overseas? | Andrew Bonar Law | |
| 727 | What Viking is said to have discovered America? | Eric the Red | |
| 728 | What was Ghandi`s real first name? | Mohandas | |
| 729 | Other than Scapa Flow, where was much of the British fleet protected during World War 2? | Loch Ewe | |
| 730 | What was the name of the Duke of Wellingtons horse at the Battle of Waterloo? | Copenhagen | |
| 731 | Which US president was the first to reside in the White House? | John Adams | |
| 732 | Who was the first person to sail around the world? | Ferdinand Magellan | |
| 733 | In which decade did America last have four presidents? 1850s, 1880s or 1910s? | 1880s | |
| 734 | In what year did the United States enter the First World War? | 1917 | |
| 735 | In Roman mythology, who was the ruler of the Gods? | Jupiter | |
| 736 | In Norse mythology, what name was given to the female warriors who carried the bodies of heroes from the battlefield to feast in Valhalla? | Valkyrie | |
| 737 | Which famous Greek was a student of Plato and teacher to Alexander the Great? | Aristotle | |
| 738 | By what name is Edward Teach better known? | Blackbeard | |
| 739 | Who is the only US president to have served more than two terms in office? | Franklin D Roosevelt | |
| 740 | Who invented the ball-point pen? | Laszlo Biro | |
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| 741 | What was the profession of Wyatt Earp`s sidekick Doc Holiday? | Dentist | |
| 742 | With what did the CIA reputedly try to assassinate Fidel Castro? | An exploding cigar | |
| 743 | What was Blackbeard's origanal name? | Edward Teach | |
| 744 | In which city were the 1916 Olympic Games scheduled to take place before being cancelled due to the war? | Berlin | |
| 745 | Who was the command module pilot for Apollo 11 in 1969? | Michael Collins | |
| 746 | Which famous sailor was born in 1758 at Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk? | Horatio Nelson. | |
| 747 | Which rebellion was defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685? | The Monmouth Rebellion | |
| 748 | To which country did Tanzania belong before becoming a British mandate? | Germany | |
| 749 | During World War II, how was William Joyce better known? | Lord Haw-Haw | |
| 750 | Who was British Prime Minister on V-J Day? | Clement Attlee | |
| 751 | In which British city did the Peterloo massacre take place in 1819? | Manchester | |
| 752 | In a competition in 1829, what beat Cycloped, Novelty, Perseverance and Sans Pareil? | Stephenson's Rocket (Rainhill Trials) | |
| 753 | Which monarch held her nerve in the Bedchamber Crisis? | Queen Victoria | |
| 754 | Who had a two ounce stone cut from his bladder in 1658? | Samuel Pepys | |
| 755 | Who overthrew King Idris in 1969? | Colonel Gaddafi (in Libya) | |
| 756 | What was the name of the rocket used by Yuri Gagarin for the first manned space flight? | Vostok 1 | |
| 757 | What name was given to the Samuri code of honour? | Bushido | |
| 758 | What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? | The whip | |
| 759 | Who`s last words were translated as `You too, Brutus`? | Julius Caesar | |
| 760 | What did Russia sell to America in 1867? | Alaska | |
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| 761 | In which century did the ship the Mayflower begin it`s epic voyage? | 17th (year 1620) | |
| 762 | Who did John Francis attempt to assassinate in 1842? John Constable, Charles Dickens or Queen Victoria? | Queen Victoria | |
| 763 | Which of the following religions was organized most recently? Islam, Hinduism or Christianity? | Islam | |
| 764 | What was the surname of both the 9th and 23rd Presidents of the USA? | Harrison | |
| 765 | Which king was killed from getting hit by an arrow in his eye? | King Harold | |
| 766 | For how many years was Queen Victoria queen of the United Kingdom? 51, 64 or 76? | 64 | |
| 767 | What was the name of the volcano that erupted in the year A.D. 79 and destroyed the city of Pompeii? | Vesuvius | |
| 768 | In 1961, the East German bricklayer Peter Fechter became the first to die doing what? | Crossing the Berlin Wall | |
| 769 | Who was British Prime Minister at the time of Elizabeth II’s Coronation? | Winston Churchill | |
| 770 | Which prison was built on the Isle of Wight in 1830? | Parkhurst | |
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