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| # | Question | Answer |
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| 1961 | Which president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase? | Jefferson |
| 1962 | The Romans built these to convey water. | Aqueduct |
| 1963 | "Who played the elf called Patch in the film 'Santa Claus: The Movie'? ""Danny De Vito"" - ""Michael J Fox"" - ""Bob Hoskins"" - ""Dudley Moore"" " | Dudley Moore |
| 1964 | Three of the names of Santa's reindeer begin with the letter 'D'', name two of them | Dancer, Dasher, Donner |
| 1965 | Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War? | Neville Chamberlain |
| 1966 | In which country was Adolf Hitler born | Austria |
| 1967 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Layla & other assorted love songs | Derek and the Dominos |
| 1968 | Who first conceived the idea of a Christmas tree | Prince Albert |
| 1969 | What Space Rocket Was Destroyed During Ground Tests At Cape Canaveral In 1967 | Apollo 1 |
| 1970 | Which re-released Queen anthem topped the Christmas charts in 1991 | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 1971 | What American city was called New Amsterdam in the early 17th century? | New York |
| 1972 | Composer George Gershwin died in1937 at the age of 38. How did he die? | Brain Tumour |
| 1973 | He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his civil rights leadership. | Martin luther king jr |
| 1974 | Where were numerous French nuclear tests conducted? | Muraroa Atoll |
| 1975 | Who was captain of 'The Mayflower'? | Miles Standish |
| 1976 | In What Year Was The Tomb Of Tutankhamen Discovered | 1922 |
| 1977 | What did Louis Cartier invent? | Wristwatch |
| 1978 | Which gangster died on the 25th January 1947 ? | Al Capone |
| 1979 | What is an assembly of witches called | A Coven |
| 1980 | In What Year Was The Old Age Pension Introduced In The UK | 1908 |
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| 1981 | What liqueur goes into making a 'snowball' cocktail? | Advocaat |
| 1982 | Oklahoma comes from two choctaw words, okla and humma, and literally means what | Red people |
| 1983 | Who, in 1909, became the first man to fly across the English Channel | Louis Bleriot |
| 1984 | Where did the bayonet originate? | Bayonne, France |
| 1985 | Where Was Napoleon Bonaparte Born? | Corsica |
| 1986 | Which Famous Horror Actor Provided The Narration to Michael Jacksons Song & Short Mobie 'Thriller' | Vincent Price |
| 1987 | In Which Tv Show Might You Encounter 'The Mystery Machine' | Scooby Doo |
| 1988 | Who was the first u.s president born outside the orginal 13 states | Abraham lincoln |
| 1989 | Which band had a 1977 summer No 1 hit with `So You Win Again'? | Hot Chocolate |
| 1990 | Where was Napoleon defeated? | Waterloo |
| 1991 | In What Year Was Queen Elizabeth The I Born | 1533 |
| 1992 | Frankish ruler Charles the Great is better known as _________. | Charlemagne |
| 1993 | On what day of the week did Solomon Grundy die? | Saturday |
| 1994 | Who Sang El Condor Pasa (If I Could) | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 1995 | In England Children Traditionally Put Out A Christmas Stocking For Santa, But In Holland What Do Dutch Children Traditionally Put Out For Santa To Fill | A Clogs Or Sabots |
| 1996 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Rumours | Fleetwood Mac |
| 1997 | In which 1971 Oscar winning film is the main character a tough, no nonsense, pork pie hat wearing New York City detective ? | The French Connection |
| 1998 | Who Was Henry VIII's Third Wife? | Jane Seymour |
| 1999 | In the year 2000 which companies CEO was the worlds second richest man ? | Oracle |
| 2000 | He was stabbed by Cassius. | Julius caesar |
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| 2001 | Who played Jack Nicholsons wife in The Shining | Shelley Duvall |
| 2002 | Who played the younger scrooge in the Classic with Alistair Sim? | George Cole |
| 2003 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled All Mod Cons | The Jam |
| 2004 | What was named after Amerigo Vespucci? | America |
| 2005 | What do the five rings on the Olympic flag represent | 5 Continents |
| 2006 | Another plane crash, on February 3rd 1959, resulted in the deaths of which three rock stars of the day | Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Richie Valens |
| 2007 | Who was the first (and last) catholic president? | John Fitzerald Kennedy |
| 2008 | Name the female comedy star who once had a show on Fox, that had a pop hit in the early eighties | Tracy Ullman |
| 2009 | Which is the oldest University in the USA? | Harvard (founded 1636, in Cambridge Massachusetts) |
| 2010 | What was the first game show on Mtv? | Remote Control |
| 2011 | The Inquisition forced him to recant his belief in the Copernican Theory. | Galileo |
| 2012 | Which traditional song contains the lines 'He's making a list, He's checking it twice, Gonna find out whose naughty or nice'' | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |
| 2013 | What Did The Bank Of England Issue For The First Time In 1791? | Banknotes |
| 2014 | Who was the first woman elected to lead a european democracy | Margaret thatcher |
| 2015 | Which 20th century American icons died on Halloween | River Phoenix |
| 2016 | How in the world of music is Richard Starkey more commonly known? | Ringo Starr |
| 2017 | Where did the battle of Waterloo take place? | Belgium |
| 2018 | Of What Tribe Was Boadicea The Head? | The Iceni |
| 2019 | Which Series Of Horror Movies Were Greatly Influenced By A Painting By Norwegian Artist Edvard Munch | Scream |
| 2020 | Good King Wenceslas Was The Duke & Later King Of Where? | Bohemia |
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| 2021 | What was the instrument of execution during the "Reign of Terror" | Guillotine |
| 2022 | Who started the second Punic war? | Carthage |
| 2023 | Which song was a Christmas No 1 in both 1975 and 1991 | Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 2024 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Parallel Lines | Blondie |
| 2025 | What was Marilyn Monroe's last film? | The Misfits |
| 2026 | December 26th is known as Boxing Day but it is also which Saints Holy Day | St. Stephen |
| 2027 | Born on Christmas Day 1899, which actor starred in 'Casablanca'' and 'The Big Sleep'' | Humphrey Bogart |
| 2028 | In What Year Was The United Nations Organisation Formed | 1945 |
| 2029 | Southern Rhodesia became what country in 1980? | Zimbabwe (Independent Nation of Zimbabwe) |
| 2030 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled 2112 | Rush |
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