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| 1891 | What was the last Port of call for the Titanic? | Queenstown |
| 1892 | Halloween is celebrated on the eve of what Christian holiday is it A All Saints Day B St Swithins Day or C Feast of the Tabernacle | A = All Saints Day |
| 1893 | The Devonian Period is also known as the Age of __________. | Fish |
| 1894 | In which 1984 film does the character of Billy Peltzer bring Christmas chaos to the town of Kingston Falls, when he inadvertently feeds someone he shouldn't after midnight | Gremlins |
| 1895 | Who Was Shot In Dallas On 24 th November 1963 | Lee Harvey Oswald |
| 1896 | Who Lead The British Labour Party Before Harold Wilson? | Hugh Gaitskell |
| 1897 | Which island was Napoleon from? | Corsica |
| 1898 | What was the name of the multi-colored cube you had to re-organize? | Rubik Cube |
| 1899 | Who played the lead role in the 1960 Hammer production The Curse of the Werewolf | Oliver Reed |
| 1900 | In 1968 Which Country Did The USSR Invade To Stamp Out Liberal Reform | Czechoslovakia |
| 1901 | Who wanted to make a coat out of 101 Dalmatians | Cruella Devil |
| 1902 | What Christmas delicacy has blue veins running through it and tastes cheesy'? | Stilton Cheese |
| 1903 | Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in what year? 1878,1895, 1903, 1907 | 1895 |
| 1904 | What movie featured Reece's Pieces as part of the story, because the director couldn't obtain the rights to use M&M's? | E.T. |
| 1905 | Who starred in the 1954 Musical remake of 'A star is born' ? | Judy Garland |
| 1906 | Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? | Christmas Past, Present, Yet to Come, and Jacob Marley |
| 1907 | The official song and anthem of the state of oklahoma is ___,composed and written by richard rodgers and oscar hammerstein | Oklahoma |
| 1908 | James Dean died during the filming of which film in 1955? | Giant |
| 1909 | Which Christmas Carol, tells the tale of a 10th Century Duke of Bohemia | Good King Wenceslas |
| 1910 | Which Group Had 3 Consecutive Christmas Number One's In 1996,1997,1998 | The Spice Girls |
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| 1911 | What did pre-Christian pagans call Xmas time | Yule |
| 1912 | What was the fight between Argentina and Great Britan over? | Falkland Islands |
| 1913 | In What Year Did India Gain Independence Marking The Start Of Decolonisation | 1947 |
| 1914 | Who was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn? | George A. Custer |
| 1915 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Machine Gun Etiquette | The Damned |
| 1916 | Who had a Message To Rudy? | The Specials |
| 1917 | Who Brought Back Tobacco And Potatoes From The Americas? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| 1918 | The Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879 featured in which war? | Zulu War (or Zulu Wars). |
| 1919 | After years of flirtation, the U.S. began direct military involvement in Vietnam in what year? | 1964 |
| 1920 | "The carol 'Silent Night' was first played on what instrument? ""Harpsichord,Guitar,Pipe Organ, Piano""" | Guitar |
| 1921 | What Was The Name Of Scotland's First King? | Kenneth |
| 1922 | Who Had An 80's Hit With The Song 'Funky Cold Medina,' | Tone Loc |
| 1923 | He taught Alexander the Great. | Aristotle |
| 1924 | How Long Did The 100 Years War Last | 116 Years |
| 1925 | In What Us City Was President John F Kennedy Assasinated In 1963 | Dallas / Texas |
| 1926 | Who created an 86-letter syllabary for the cherokee language | Sequoyah |
| 1927 | What did Erik Rotheim invent in 1926? | Aerosol |
| 1928 | What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas? | Panettone |
| 1929 | He is identified with the expression, "Eureka". | Archimedes |
| 1930 | What country did Abel Tasman discover in 1642 ? | New Zealand |
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| 1931 | Who sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy for his 45th? | Marilyn Monroe |
| 1932 | What is the name of Tiny Tim's father in the story, 'A Christmas Carol'? | Bob Crachit |
| 1933 | The Christmas story is only told in two of the four gospels, Luke is one which is the other | Matthew |
| 1934 | Which horror film star was portrayed by Martin Landau in Tim Burtons 1994 film about cult film maker Ed Wood | Bela Lugosi |
| 1935 | What's the resting place of those buried at sea | Davey jones's locker |
| 1936 | Who Played The Title Role In The 1965 British Film The Nanny | Bette Davis |
| 1937 | From what did Alexander the Great suffer? | Epilepsy |
| 1938 | What did Victorian women bathe in to try to enlarge their breasts? | Strawberries |
| 1939 | What type of natural disaster hit the American Midwest in 1935? | Dust Storms |
| 1940 | Which James Bond Film Featured A Bond Girl Called Doctor Christmas Jones | The World Is Not Enough |
| 1941 | What Was Introduced Into The UK First, The Christmas Card Or The Christmas Tree | Christmas Cards |
| 1942 | Where Was Thomas Becket Murdered? | Canterbury Cathedral |
| 1943 | After who was Mickey Mouse named? | Mickey Rooney |
| 1944 | Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation? | George the Fifth (in 1932) |
| 1945 | This fearsome creature lived on Grympen Myre and was the principal character in which book | The Hound Of The Baskervilles |
| 1946 | This F.B.I agent headed the investigation of Al Capone. | Elliot ness |
| 1947 | What type of shoes were favored by skateboarders? (Hint, it's 4 letterslong) | Vans |
| 1948 | Is A Pumpkin A Vegetable Or A Fruit | A Fruit It Grows On Vines |
| 1949 | Whose army did Admiral Nelson defeat at the battle of Trafalgar? | Napoleon |
| 1950 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Blood on the Tracks | Bob Dylan |
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| 1951 | During Which Monarch's Reigns Did Shakespeare Live? | Elizabeth I & James I |
| 1952 | Which directors films included Shivers, Videodrome and The Fly | David Cronenberg |
| 1953 | Who was George Washington's vice_president | Adams |
| 1954 | What Is The Name Of The Cake Traditionally Eaten In Italy At Christmas Time | Panettone |
| 1955 | What is the former name of Sri Lanka? | Ceylon |
| 1956 | Which War Involving The UK Began In 1982 | The Falklands War |
| 1957 | In the movie 'Home Alone', Macaulay Culkin plays a boy who is accidentally left alone at Christmas. What is the name of this character? | Kevin |
| 1958 | Which movie is the line 'Snakes, I hate snakes' from? | Raiders Of The Lost Ark |
| 1959 | What was the first newspaper produced in the United States ? | Publick Occurences |
| 1960 | Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of gold for the baby Jesus? | Melchior |
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