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| # | Question | Answer |
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| 1401 | What country was formerly known as Siam? | Thailand |
| 1402 | What was the name of the man who pioneered the above method of freezing food? | Clarence Birdseye |
| 1403 | What was the name of Garfield's vet? | Liz |
| 1404 | Who Preceded Mao Tse-Tung? | Chiang Kai-Chek |
| 1405 | Who was the first woman to be shot by the FBI? | Bonnie Parker (of Bonnie and Clyde fame) |
| 1406 | According to the UK National Meteorological Office what year (prior to 2007) was the last White Christmas in Britain? | 2004 |
| 1407 | What Scary Movie Takes Place At The Overlook Hotel | The Shining |
| 1408 | What did Francis Crick and James Watson build a molecular model of in 1953? | DNA |
| 1409 | Who Became President Of France After Charles De Gaulle? | Georges Pompidou |
| 1410 | What caused the computer in Electric Dreams to become alive? | Spilled Champagne |
| 1411 | If you found a button in your Christmas pudding what would it symbolize Good luck, Poverty, Bachelor, Famous | A Bachelor |
| 1412 | In which Fox TV show did Johnny Dep play an undercover cop in high school? | 21 Jump Street |
| 1413 | In which country do people wear masks to burn on December 31 to drive away bad luck? | Ecuador |
| 1414 | How old would Elvis have been on his birthday January 8, 2000? A=55, B=60, C=65 | C=65 |
| 1415 | In what year did England's lease on Hong Kong expire | 1997 |
| 1416 | In which country was Greenpeace founded in 1971? | Canada |
| 1417 | "What Did My True Love Give To Me On The ""Second"" Day Of Christmas" | 2 Turtle Doves |
| 1418 | Which popular 60s film took place in and around 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, in 1910 ? | Mary Poppins |
| 1419 | Who were Balthazar, Melchior and Caspar | The 3 Wise Men |
| 1420 | Who advocated planting peanuts and sweet potatoes to replace cotton and tobacco? | George Washington Carver |
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| 1421 | He shot Lee Harvy Oswald. | Ruby |
| 1422 | Which TV Family Adopted A Greyhound For Christmas? | The Simpsons |
| 1423 | Which movie had a device known as a flux-capacitor? | Back to the Future |
| 1424 | Good King Wenceslas was a 12th Century king of which country | Bohemia |
| 1425 | Who led the attack on the Alamo? | Santa Ana |
| 1426 | What was name of the Titanic's sister ship? | Lucitania |
| 1427 | Which US Singer Duetted With Donna Summer On The US Number One 'No More Tears'' | Barbara Streisand |
| 1428 | Which Musical Opened On Broadway In 1956 And Starred Julie Andrews | My Fair Lady |
| 1429 | He is a pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decoratively carved. Twelve Letters | Jack O' Lantern |
| 1430 | What was the nickname of President Duvalier of Haiti, who died in 1971? | Papa Doc |
| 1431 | Who Had An 80's Hit With The Song 'Never Say Never,' | Romeo Void |
| 1432 | Who Said (Will No-One Rid Me Of This Turbulent Priest)? | Henry II |
| 1433 | With Which Band Did The Jimi Hendrix Experience 's Record Producer/Manager Chas Chadler Make His Name | The Animals |
| 1434 | Which French Port Belonged To England Between 1347 & 1558? | Calais |
| 1435 | What was the name of Plato's school | Academy |
| 1436 | One who fought professionally in Roman arenas was a(n) ____________. | Gladiator |
| 1437 | Who was the first woman in space? | Valentina Tereshkova |
| 1438 | Who is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson? | Emma Hamilton |
| 1439 | Who Invented The Spinning Frame In 1769? | Sir Richard Arkwright |
| 1440 | The world was declared safe from which virus in 1979, after it had killed more than 1 billion people? | Smallpox |
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| 1441 | How many gifts are given in total in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas? | 364 |
| 1442 | Who is known as the high priest of revenge? | Philip Seldon |
| 1443 | *Arnold Schwarzenegger made his film debut in 1974 In What Movie * | *Pumping Iron.* |
| 1444 | Which black athelete's successes at the Berlin Olympics caused Hitler to storm out of the stadium? | Jesse Owens |
| 1445 | "In the song ""The Twelve Days Of Christmas"", what did my true love give to me on the 12th day?" | 12 Drummers Drumming |
| 1446 | Who Directed Terence Stamp In His First Starring Role In The Film Billy Budd In 1962 | Peter Ustinov |
| 1447 | Which popular Christmas carol was originally a piece written by King Henry VIII? A= God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, B= We 3 Kings Of Orient Are, C= What Child Is This, D=Good King Wenceslas | C= What Child Is This |
| 1448 | What was the name of Spandau's only prisoner | Leslie Joseph |
| 1449 | Neil Armstrong And Buzz Aldrin Landed On The Moon But Who Stayed Behind In The Command Capsule? | Michael Collins |
| 1450 | What was the name of the B_29 used at Hiroshima to drop the bomb | Enola gay |
| 1451 | In 1956, Tunisia gained independence from which country? | France |
| 1452 | In Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol, who was Scrooge's dead business partner? | Jacob Marley |
| 1453 | Which theatre, that `never closed', closed in the sixties for good? | The Windmill |
| 1454 | Which Revolution Began In 1789 | The French Revolution |
| 1455 | "In The Movie ""Miracle On 34 th Street"" Kris Kringle Is Hired To Play Santa Claus In Which Department Store Is It FAO Swartz, Marshall Field's, Macy's Or Gimble's?" | Macy's |
| 1456 | Which Law Was Passed At The End Of The Eighteenth Century Making Trade Unions Illegal? | The Combination Acts |
| 1457 | "In Which year Was The Band Aid Single ""Feed The World Released for The 2nd Time""" | 1989 |
| 1458 | Which silent film star was awarded a Knighthood in 1975? | Charlie Chaplin |
| 1459 | Which Form Of Transport Was Used For The First Time By The British Police In 1967 | Helicopters |
| 1460 | The Greek army under Leonides was annihilated here by Persians in 480BC. | Thermopylae |
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| 1461 | If a turkey evades the oven, what is its normal lifespan | 12 Years |
| 1462 | What Nationality Was Hannibal? | Carthaginian |
| 1463 | U.S. President: Calvin _________. | Coolidge |
| 1464 | The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date? | 24th December |
| 1465 | Old superstition Wearing socks inside out protection from what | Witches |
| 1466 | Which Welsh actor won Christ's Robe in a dice game in The Robe? | Richard Burton |
| 1467 | Which English King Was Given The Title Defender Of The Faith By Pope Leo X? | Henry VIII |
| 1468 | Which 1988 film saw Bruce Willis battling against a group of terrorists that crudely interrupted a Christmas party | Die Hard'' |
| 1469 | When was D-day? | June 6th, 1944 |
| 1470 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Lark's Tongue in Aspic | King Crimson |
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