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What is the name of Postman Pat’s cat?

      11 What name is given to the longest side of a right-angled triangle?

      12 In the name of the Ferrari, what does Testarossa mean in English?

      13 In Sex and the City, which actress played Miranda Hobbes?

      14 Which country left the Commonwealth in 1961, then rejoined it in 1994?

      15 On which island is The Durrells set?

      16 Which airline company has its largest hub at Toronto Pearson International Airport?

      17 In the film Jerry Maguire, who played Tom Cruise’s love interest?

      18 Who was the sixth actor to play the starring role in Doctor Who on television?

      19 What name is given to the bluish-green coating sometimes seen on brass and copper?

      20 What is a dotterel?

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      1 Which small Russian buckwheat pancakes are traditionally served with soured cream?

      2 What name is given to a preserved, sweetened cherry, often soaked in a suspension of food colouring?

      3 Beauty of Bath and Discovery are types of which fruit?

      4 How is wine described as “chambré” served?

      5 A nectarine is a smooth-skinned variety of which fruit?

      6 Which part of the mint plant is used to make mint sauce?

      7 How is beef prepared to turn it into Beef Wellington?

      8 What is the flavour of Grand Marnier®?

      9 The kumquat belongs to which family of fruit?

      10 What is the flavour of aioli sauce?

      11 Which term meaning “out of date” is also a cocktail made from whisky, bitters, water and sugar?

      12 Which Italian pasta sauce is made with a variety of spring vegetables?

      13 What is converted into alcohol during brewing?

      14 Mulligatawny is what type of food?

      15 In the abbreviation VSOP that appears on some bottles of alcohol, for what do the letters OP stand?

      16 Which ingredient of beer is made by steeping barley in water?

      17 Rollmops are made from which fish?

      18 What are the main ingredients of colcannon?

      19 Which country does Tokay come from?

      20 Which almond-flavoured paste is used to coat a Christmas cake?

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      1 Who starred as Fitz in the TV series Cracker?

      2 Which king is supposed to have hidden in a tree after the Battle of Worcester?

      3 Which is the most common human blood group?

      4 If something is described as Cantonese, from which country does it originate?

      5 Which song begins, “They asked me how I knew, my true love was true”?

      6 How many wheels are there normally on a skateboard?

      7 Alphabetically, which is the last of the calendar months?

      8 The Battle of Waterloo was fought in which country?

      9 In Morse Code, what letter is represented by three dashes?

      10 From which country does the cheese Camembert originate?

      11 What was the title of the first Lassie film?

      12 Sine, cosine and tangent are words associated with which branch of mathematics?

      13 Which 20th-century novelist used a Suffolk river as a pen name?

      14 In which country do the rulers sit on the Chrysanthemum Throne?

      15 Which country, capital Sofia, is bordered by Turkey, Romania and Macedonia?

      16 In which US state is JFK airport?

      17 Which American rodent builds dams and fells trees?

      18 What term is given to an inactive element such as neon or argon?

      19 What type of nut is a marron glacé?

      20 In the TV series Casualty, what is the name of the hospital?

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      1 In greyhound racing, what is the number of the trap corresponding to the orange jacket?

      2 In a standard edition of Trivial PursuitTM, what subject is coloured orange?

      3 Which airline company’s logo is white on an orange background?

      4 Which type of Japanese porcelain shares its name with a citrus fruit?

      5 The House of Orange-Nassau rules which country?

      6 What orange variety is also a language of Asia?

      7 Orange and lemon make what flavouring?

      8 The Orange Revolution took place in which European country in 2004-05?

      9 In classic cuisine, what is served a l’orange?

      10 Which orange-coloured mild cheese is named after a city in the East Midlands?

      11 What does an