13 What nationality was explorer Vasco da Gama?
14 William of Orange was married to which queen?
15 Who was the longest-reigning British king?
16 In which century was Christopher Columbus born?
17 What was East Germany’s official name?
18 The Getty family made their fortune from which commodity?
19 Who was victorious at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314?
20 Which was the first complete motorway to be built in Britain?
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1 What is the currency of Australia?
2 In 2010, who took over the Radio 2 breakfast show from Sir Terry Wogan?
3 Which Christmas food has the Latin name Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera?
4 Who was the author of the second Gospel?
5 Which strategy game is played on a board in the shape of a six-pointed star?
6 In which century was Leonardo da Vinci born?
7 Who topped the charts in 2000 with Life Is a Rollercoaster?
8 In Scrabble®, how many points is the letter J worth?
9 Which African country lies immediately north of Sudan and east of Libya?
10 The zodiac sign Virgo covers which two calendar months?
11 Which colour of snooker ball has the second highest points value?
12 How many feet are there in a dozen yards?
13 Of what is graphology the study?
14 Who starred as Caractacus Potts in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
15 Which TV quiz show is hosted by Jeremy Vine?
16 Hibernia was the Roman name for which country?
17 Who was the last viceroy of India?
18 What is an ampersand used to mean?
19 Which biblical character demanded the head of John the Baptist as a reward for her dancing?
20 What type of creature is a sika?
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1 Maastricht airport is in which country?
2 Which French phrase in English means a road closed at one end?
3 What do Americans call a sidewalk?
4 What is the name given to the key of a map?
5 If you were arriving at Piccadilly mainline railway station, where would you be?
6 How is a footpath indicated on a map?
7 The Clacket Lane services are on which motorway?
8 El Al is the national airline of which country?
9 What nationality was the airline entrepreneur Sir Freddie Laker?
10 Which American train service connects many US states and several Canadian cities?
11 What is the nickname of London’s public transport system which is mostly underground?
12 A juggernaut is what type of vehicle?
13 Which railway service makes exclusive use of the Channel Tunnel?
14 What name is given to the noisy line that warns a driver of the edge of the road?
15 What term describes a stretch of road where stopping is not allowed?
16 In internal combustion engines, which device produces the mix of air and petrol?
17 Which country does a car come from if it has the international registration letter D?
18 What would you be travelling in if you were in a Pullman?
19 Which car company has the Corolla range?
20 Galileo Galilei airport is in which country?
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1 Which German bacteriologist gave his name to a dish used in laboratories?
2 In the radio phonetic alphabet, what is the code word for the first vowel?
3 What is the capital of Tasmania?
4 How is the midwinter described in the title of a well-known carol?
5 What is the former name of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City?
6 Whom did Muhammad Ali beat in the “Rumble in the Jungle”?
7 Which ten-letter word for a colour combines two words to do with water?
8 My Sweet Lord was a 1971 hit for which member of the Beatles?
9 In which century was Abraham Lincoln born?
10 What kind of creature is an anchovy?
11 What does the initial “E” in E-number stand for?
12 In the painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, what is the goddess standing on?
13 Which ship was crushed by pack ice in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915?
14 Which former name of an Israeli port is spelt like a land measurement?