5 In which century did the Duke of Marlborough win the Battle of Blenheim?
6 What word can be used to describe both a TV station and a body of water?
7 In the context of religion in England and Wales, what do the initials URC stand for?
8 Which actress was the subject of the book/film Mommie Dearest?
9 Who played Mick Shipman in the TV series Gavin & Stacey?
10 What was the occupation of Dom Pierre Perignon who developed the champagne process?
11 What does a neuroscientist study?
12 DCI Gene Hunt first appeared in which TV series?
13 “And that’s all I have to say about that …” is a line that appeared in which film?
14 What type of transport is a BMX?
15 What type of clothing is a doublet?
16 In which country did potato blight lead to a famine from 1845 to 1852?
17 What word can refer both to a building for a horse and a steady state?
18 What name is given to the theatre platform that extends in front of the curtain?
19 Which singer won the Eurovison Song Contest in 1970 with All Kinds of Everything?
20 Which fabric window covering that can be gathered up into ruches takes its name from a European country?
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1 Which term for a software program that translates one programming language into another can also be used to describe a crossword setter?
2 What was the name of the small magnetic storage disks that were used as external storage for personal computers?
3 Which fruit do Macintosh computers use as a logo?
4 In the Nintendo® game what is Mario’s job?
5 What is the name of Amazon’s virtual assistant?
6 What does GPS stand for?
7 Who was the principal founder of Microsoft®?
8 Developed by Adobe®, what is the name of the graphics editor that is now used as a verb to describe editing images?
9 What is the name of Facebook’s™ communications app?
10 What term is given to part of a computer’s memory that has its program permanently fixed?
11 SMS is a communication system that originated on what device?
12 What popular web mapping service was launched in February 2005?
13 What do the initials CPU stand for in relation to computers?
14 Which company managed to land and then relaunch its Falcon 9 orbital rocket in 2017?
15 The letter S is on which row of a keyboard?
16 Which games company created Sonic the Hedgehog?
17 The binary system operates using which two digits?
18 In which decade did IBM launch their personal computer?
19 How was the early programming language Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code usually referred to?
20 In computing terms, what does PDF stand for?
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1 “I went to a party at the local county jail” are the opening words to which 10cc song?
2 What term is given to the study of viruses?
3 Whom did Henry II appoint Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162?
4 What is vitamin B2 also known as?
5 What is toasted Italian bread with olive oil and tomatoes called?
6 If you wrote down in words the digits from one to ten, which vowel would be missing?
7 What is the English translation of Magna Carta?
8 How is the Irish House of Deputies more commonly referred to?
9 Which painter (d.2008) was known for her pictures of portly people?
10 How many days are there in Lent?
11 What was the name of Barbara’s mother in The Royle Family?
12 In which country would you find the Great Sandy Desert?
13 Who played Robert Baratheon in the TV series Game of Thrones?
14 Who is Vic Reeves’ comedy partner?
15 Which family of birds do the jackdaw and magpie belong to?
16 Mike Myers created which “international man of mystery”?
17 Which Spanish author wrote Don Quixote?
18 With which branch of treatment is Mesmer associated?
19 What name, meaning “that can be directed”, is applied to a navigable airship?
20 In which mountain range is Everest located?
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1 In which city do Aston Villa FC play their home games?
2 How many players are there in a field hockey team?
3 From which country were the bobsleigh team immortalised in the Hollywood