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71 Who is known as 'The Big Yin'? Billy Connolly 
72 In Which State Is Fort Knox, The Location Of The USA's Gold Reserves To Be Found? Kentucky 
73 What Do You Call A Person From Manchester Mancunion 
74 Who Made A Controversioal Speach Concerning 'Rivers Of Blood' Enoch Powell 
75 In Which African Country Is The Seaport Of Banana The Democratic Republic Of Congo , Formally Zaire 
76 About Whom Did President Eisenhower Say 'I Just Will Not, I Refuse To Get Into The Gutter With That Guy' Senator Joseph McCarthy 
77 Who was elected as the Conservative MP for Henley in 2001? Boris Johnson 
78 According To Marilyn Monroe What Was The Only Thing She Wore In Bed? Chanel No.5 
79 Who Was Sent Off In Both Opening Premiership Games Of The 2000 Season Patrick Vieira 
80 In Which Couuntry Was The Playwright Tom Stoppard Born Czechoslovakia 
81 Albert Einstein Was Born On The 14 th March 1879 In Germany He Was Educated In Austria And Then Eventually Moved To Switzerland But In Which Country Did He Die America 
82 By what name is Arthur Leech better known as? Cary Grant
83 What Part Of Betty Grable Was Insured For Over A Million Dollars Her Legs 
84 In Whose Car Did Mary Jo Kopechne Die At Chappaquidick Edward Kennedy 
85 In 1995 Which Comedien Dissapeared For Several Days After Receiving Adverse Reviews Stephen Fry 
86 What Is The Most Common British Surname Smith 
87 Who Was The Director General Of The BBC In 1995 Lord Reith 
88 Who Was The First Player To Be Sent Off In An FA Cup Final Moran 
89 Who Was The First Woman To Fly Solo Accross The Atlantic ? Amelia Earheart 
90 Which Movies Star Was Famous For The Phrase 'You Dirty Rat'' James Cagney 
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91 Who Became Archbishop Of Caterbury in 1980 Robert Runcie 
92 Who was known as the 'Maid Of Orleans'? Joan Of Arc 
93 What Was Air Chief Marshall Arthur Harris Called Bomber Harris 
94 Who Was Banned In Germany, Italy & The USSR In The 1930's Mickey Mouse 
95 Who Wrote A personal cheque for $23,000,000 when buying RKO ? Howard Hughes 
96 Where Do Sinhalese People Come Frome Sri Lanka 
97 Which Hollywood Actress Was Convicted Of Shop Lifting In 2002? Winona Ryder 
98 Which Famous London Landmark Was Designed by Sir Norman Foster The Millenium Bridge 
99 Which Former Python Traavlled Round The World Micheal Palin 
100 Who Invented The Electric Light Bulb Thomas Edison 
101 In Which UK City Was Dick Turpin Hanged? York 
102 Who Was Eric Sykes On Screen Sister Hattie Jaques 
103 What Is The Only American State That Starts With The Letter 'A' But Doesn't End With The Letter 'A' Arkansas 
104 Which US University is in the city of Cambridge? Harvard 
105 Who Broke Into The Queens Bedroom For A Chat Micheal Fagan 
106 Which Author Had A 'Fatwa' Issued Against Him Salman Rushdie 
107 Whose Real Name Is 'Paul Hewson' Bono 
108 Whose Nickname Was Satchmo Louis Armstrong 
109 Which Former Goodie Is Into Bird Watching Bill Oddie 
110 Who Said Of Touring Pakistan 'I Wouldn't Even Send My Mother In Law There' Ian Botham 
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111 Whose Catchphrase Was 'Here's Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Me Into' Oliver Hardy 
112 Which Tory MP Made Multiple BT Share Applications Keith Best 
113 Which Engineer's Statue Watches Over The Trains At Paddington Station In London? Isambard Kingdom Brunel 
114 What Was The Name Of The Australian Outlaw Who Wore Metal Body Armour Ned Kelly 
115 Whose final film as director was Eyes Wide Shut? Stanley Kubrick 
116 Which President Of America Was A Peanut Farmer Jimmy Carter 
117 Which Comedian Wore A Huge Banana Shaped Shoes On Stage In The 1970's Billy Connolly 
118 Which writer caused a massive stir in 1926 when she went missing for eleven days? Agatha Christie 
119 Who Was The Joan Collins Fan Club Julian Clarey 
120 Who Wrote A Diary About Her Attempts To Avoid The Nazi's Anne Frank 
121 Where is Sir Herbert Baker buried? Westminster Abbey
122 Who Was Maradona Playing For When He Was First Caught Taking Cocaine Napoli 
123 Which cosmetic magnate died in 2004 at the age of 97? Estee Lauder 
124 Who Replaced Betty Boothroyd As Speaker Of The House Of Commons Michael Martin 
125 In Which Ocean Is The Island Group The Maldives Indian 
126 Who Was The First Ever Man Seen On Channel 4? Richard Whitely 
127 This Person Voiced The Muppet Characters Fozzie Bear & Kermit The Frog He Also Supplied The Voice To Yoda In The Star Wars Movies What was His Name? Frank Oz 
128 Where Do Moaris Come From ? New Zealand 
129 Which British Director Attempted To Appear In All The Films He Directed? Alfred Hitchcock 
130 Who is Ashton Kutcher Famous Older woman wife? Demi Moore 
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131 Who is Julie Andrews Married To Blake Edwards 
132 Who Was Caught On Film Kissing The Duchess Of Yorks Toes John Bryan 
133 By what name is Richard Starkey better known as? Ringo Starr
134 Who Was The First American Chess Champion ? Bobby Fischer 
135 Where Might You Come Across Walloons Belgium 
136 What Did Al Capone Die From Syphilis 
137 Which singer won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999? Charlotte Nilsson 
138 By what name is Allen Konigsberg better known? Woody Allen
139 Of What Were Lee Bowyer & Jonathan Woodgate Of Leads Accused A Racial Assault 
140 Name The Playwright Who Was Born On And Who Died On 23rd April Shakespeare 
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