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If Something Is Bicephalous It Has Two What
Heads
 
A 2007 Film Celebrated The 50th Anniversary Of Which Typeface
Helvetica
 
What Was The Name Of Napoleon's Horse At Waterloo
Marengo
 
Who Played Elliot Ness In The 1987 Film The Untouchables
Kevin Costner
 
Which Popular Welsh Entertainer Wrote The First World War Song Keep The Home Fires Burning
Ivor Novello (1893-1951)
 
Jenards Likely Lad Of Lardhams Was Better Known As Which Famous Animal
The Dulux Dog (the original Old English Sheepdog used in the Dulux paint adverts)
 
What Is The Fourth Book Of The Bible's Old Testament
Numbers
 
Yellowstone National Park Is In Which Us State
Wyoming (the first area to be designated a national park in the USA, in 1872)
 
Who Became The Chairman Of Watford Football Club In 1977
Elton John
 
What Is The Largest Island In The Mediterranean
Sicily
 
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The St Leger Is Run At Which English Racecourse
Doncaster (first run in 1776)
 
Who Was The President Of Yugoslavia, 1953-80
Tito (Josip Broz Tito, 1892-1980)
 
The River Han Flows Through Which Capital City
Seoul (South Korea, or the Republic of Korea)
 
James Mason Played Sir Randolph Nettleby Which 1984 Film
The Shooting Party
 
With What Is A 'Carpetbag Steak' Stuffed
Oysters
 
In Language A Paronomasia Is More Commonly Known As What
Pun (A word with two meanings)
 
Which Early Charles Dickens Novel Features The Characters Wackford And Fanny Squeers, Smike, Newman Noggs And The Cheeryble Brothers
Nicholas Nickleby
 
What Is The Flap Which Covers The Human Windpipe When Swallowing
Epiglotis
 
James Earl Ray Was Arrested At Heathrow Airport In 1968 And Subsequently Convicted Of Whose Assassination
Martin Luther King
 
Who Was The Famous Wife Of Leofric, Earl Of Mercia
Lady Godiva (Leofric and Godiva were important figures in early 11th England, but Lady Godiva's naked ride on horseback through Coventry to persuade her husband to lower people's taxes is not historically reliable, and probably legend based on her convent
 
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Finishing In Paris After Nearly 10,000 Miles, From Which City Did Racers Begin The First Long Distance Car Rally In 1907
Peking (now Beijing)
 
The Town Of Fray Bentos, After Which The Meat Products Brand Was Named, Is In What Country
Uruguay (close to the border with Argentina, about 100 miles north of Buenos Aires - the original Fray Bentos was apparently a priest)
 
Cedi Is The Basic Monetary Unit Of Which African Country
Ghana (Cedi = 100 pesewas)
 
Henry Sewell Led The First Government Of Which Country In 1856
New Zealand (he held office as premier for just two weeks)
 
What Is The (Traditionally Wooden) Housing Or Stand Which Contains A Ship's Compass
Binnacle (ultimately derived from Latin habitare, meaning to dwell, in which the T sound evolved to an N sound while the word transferred through French to English.)
 
What, Loosely Translating As 'Self-Boiler', Is A Traditional Metal Russian Tea Urn Called
Samovar (derived from sam meaning self and varit meaning to boil, from Old Slavic variti meaning to cook)
 
Barack Obama's Best Selling Book Is Called 'The Audacity Of..' What
Hope
 
What Was The Name Of The Ship On Which Charles Darwin Set Sail On His Voyage Around The World In 1831
HMS Beagle
 
Graham Vivian Sutherland's Official Portrait Of Which Prime Minister Was Destroyed By The Subject's Wife Because She Hated It
Sir Winston Churchill (painted in 1954 and destroyed sometime after Churchill's death in 1965)
 
Who Was The First Woman To Win A Nobel Prize
Marie Curie (1903 for Physics - she also won in 1911 for Chemistry)
 
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