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| 1051 | Whose last words were `Et tu, Brute`? | Julius Caesar`s | |
| 1052 | Great Britain declared war on Germany after they invaded which country in 1939? | Poland | |
| 1053 | Which US President was forced to resign because of the Watergate scandal? | Richard Nixon | |
| 1054 | Which of the following occurred most recently? The Iron Age or The Bronze Age? | Iron Age | |
| 1055 | Who invented the telephone? | Alexander Graham Bell | |
| 1056 | What was the first animal to be sent into space? | A dog | |
| 1057 | Which famous person in history rode a horse called Black Bess? | Dick Turpin | |
| 1058 | What was the hunchback of Notre Dame`s name? | Quasimodo | |
| 1059 | In which month of 1929 did the St Valentines Day massacre take place? | February | |
| 1060 | How many wives did Henry VIII have? | 6 | |
| 1061 | Who was known as the Maid of Orleans? | Joan of Arc | |
| 1062 | Who invented the Hovercraft ? | Sir Christopher Cockerell | |
| 1063 | How many Christmas trees are produced by Nova Scotia anually | 1 | |
| 1064 | What was the name of the first nuclear powered submarine? | Nautilus | |
| 1065 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Reggatta de Blanc | The Police | |
| 1066 | Which was the first Chinese dynasty? | Shang | |
| 1067 | In which English town was William Shakespeare born? | Stratford-Upon-Avon | |
| 1068 | What contribution to our Christmas heritage did Ralph E. Morris make in 1895? | Christmas Lights | |
| 1069 | He was the U.S. president during the Civil War. | Abraham Lincoln | |
| 1070 | The 14th July 1789 marked the start of what ? | French Revolution | |
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| 1071 | Who Was President Of The USA In 1952 A) Harry Truman, B) Dwight Eisenhower, C= Lyndon Johnson | A= Harry Truman | |
| 1072 | What show was 'Whatcha talkin' 'bout Willis?' a standard catch phrase? | Different Strokes | |
| 1073 | To which island was Napoleon exiled, after his loss at Waterloo ? | St Helena | |
| 1074 | Where was the big British pop festival held in 1969? | The isle of wight | |
| 1075 | Who died three days after Elvis Presley? | Groucho Marx | |
| 1076 | When The Conservative Party Were Known As Tories Who Were Their Chief Opponents? | The Whigs | |
| 1077 | Which Australian cricketer, playing for New South Wales against Queensland, scored a then world record first-class innings of 452 not out? | Donald Bradman | |
| 1078 | In the 17th century which country started taxing beards ? | Russia | |
| 1079 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Cosmo's Factory | Creedence Clearwater Revival | |
| 1080 | Which Queen Of England Was Known As Bloody Mary? | Mary I | |
| 1081 | U.S. President, John Quincy ________. | Adams | |
| 1082 | What Office Did Churchill Hold For The Longest Continous Period? | Prime Minister | |
| 1083 | Which 1976 Movie features the character 'Travis Bickle'' | Taxi Driver | |
| 1084 | Who developed the first nuclear submarine? | Soviet Union | |
| 1085 | Who received the nobel peace prize in 1964 for civil rights leadership? | Martin Luther King Jr | |
| 1086 | Who was the second to set foot on the moon | Buz aldrin | |
| 1087 | Who popularized the Christmas tree in Britain and the U.S.? | Queen Victoria | |
| 1088 | At Christmas, it is customary to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of which plant? | Missletoe | |
| 1089 | For what country did Columbus make his historic voyage | Spain | |
| 1090 | Xavier Roberts was the name associated with which eighties toy? | Cabbage Patch Kids | |
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| 1091 | Who was "The Mad Monk" | Rasputin | |
| 1092 | Who rode naked through the streets of Coventry? | Lady Godiva | |
| 1093 | *What was the name of the computer in TV's Wonder Woman?* | IRAC | |
| 1094 | In which Hitchcock classic does James Stewart play a man hired to follow Kim Novak? | Vertigo | |
| 1095 | When does Santa deliver presents? | Christmas Day | |
| 1096 | Which Islands In The Indian Ocean Gained Their Independence From Britain In 1976 | The Seychelles | |
| 1097 | In 1979 which English art historian was exposed as a one-time Soviet spy and stripped of his knighthood? | Anthony Blunt | |
| 1098 | Who died three days before Groucho Marx? | Elvis Presley | |
| 1099 | "On the Single "" Do They Know It's Christmas "" Only One Person Performed On Both The Original And The 20 Year Remake Band Aid 20, Who Was It?" | Bono / U2 | |
| 1100 | Who Had An 80's Hit With The Song 'Paranomia,' | Art of Noise feat Max Headroom | |
| 1101 | Which best selling American writer wrote and directed the sci-fi film Westworld ? | Michael Crichton | |
| 1102 | Which country was first to operate an old age pension scheme? | Germany (1891) | |
| 1103 | What Tax Was Levied Between 1695 & 1851? | Window Tax | |
| 1104 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Aja | Steely Dan | |
| 1105 | The 1954 movie White Christmas was the first to be made using what new Paramount film format? | VistaVision | |
| 1106 | Where Was The German Fleet Scuppered At The End Of World War I? | Scapa Flow | |
| 1107 | Who led the mongols? | Genghis Khan | |
| 1108 | Who Wrote 'Auld Lang Syne' | Robery Burn / Henry Viii | |
| 1109 | Who was the first man to reach the North Pole ? | Robert Edwin Peary | |
| 1110 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Arrival | ABBA | |
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| 1111 | Who Made The First Non-Stop Transatlantic Crossing In An Aeroplane? | Alcock & Brown | |
| 1112 | Which comedy trio made a 'Daft Noise For Christmas'' | The Goodies | |
| 1113 | In Which Year Was Joan Of Arc Burned At The Stake? | 1431 | |
| 1114 | What did Regan due to the striking air traffic controllers? | Fired them | |
| 1115 | Why did Richard John Bingham make the news in the 1970s? | Lord Lucan | |
| 1116 | What is the nickname of the ship's computer in the 1979 film _Alien_? | Mother | |
| 1117 | In the 'Twelve days of christmas', how many items in total are sent by 'my true love'? | 78 | |
| 1118 | In the 1855 Russian War, what were used to transport Torpedos ? | Kites | |
| 1119 | Who was the cult leader of the Waco Siege in 1993? | David Koresh | |
| 1120 | Who was the mother of James I of England (VI of Scotland )? | Mary Queen Of Scots | |
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