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      1 A Burmese python is usually what colour?

      2 Where on a horse is the coffin joint?

      3 A pangolin is what type of creature?

      4 Which crab moves forward instead of sideways?

      5 What type of animal is a Scottish Blackface?

      6 How many chambers are there in a crocodile’s heart?

      7 What do frogs have in their mouths that toads do not?

      8 The phalanger is another name for which marsupial?

      9 What is the collective noun for a group of foxes?

      10 Which is the largest land carnivore in Britain?

      11 What kind of creature is a Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing?

      12 In October 1999, the frozen body of what kind of extinct creature was discovered in Siberia?

      13 Which fish has the scientific name Xiphias gladius?

      14 Beetles belong to which order of insect?

      15 Which birds of the genus Motacilla have a characteristic bobbing movement?

      16 What is the only variety of porpoise native to British waters?

      17 What is a male alligator called?

      18 The Kodiak bear is found in which US state?

      19 Which non-native rodent began breeding in the wild in Britain after a number escaped from a private collection in Tring in the early 1900s?

      20 In the animal kingdom, what are the four groups that make up the ape family?

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      1 Which king of England was married twice, both times to countesses called Isabella?

      2 Which airport is located at Yeadon?

      3 Who wrote the 1994 novel Disclosure?

      4 Who were beaten by Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the 1996 men’s Olympics doubles?

      5 Which constellation is named after Andromeda’s mother?

      6 The character of Magwitch features in which 1861 novel?

      7 What is the official language of Benin?

      8 What is a simple Indian loincloth associated with Gandhi?

      9 At what age did Janet Jackson release her first album?

      10 Who succeeded Warren G Harding as US president?

      11 What was the value of a Rugby Union try prior to 1971?

      12 What is the English translation of the Italian word vespa?

      13 In which city were the 1960 Olympic Games held?

      14 Of which play did a critic once write: “this is a play in which nothing happens, twice”?

      15 Who wrote the Gormenghast trilogy?

      16 Which New Zealand city is the principal city of Otago province?

      17 A Rusty Nail cocktail is a mixture of Scotch and which other alcoholic drink?

      18 Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film GoldenEye?

      19 Which team plays at The Hawthorns?

      20 Who was Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011?

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      1 Which actress was Oscar-nominated for her starring role in the 1997 film Mrs Brown?

      2 Where was Queen Victoria born…?

      3 …and in which year?

      4 In which year did Queen Victoria die…?

      5 …and where was she buried?

      6 What was Queen Victoria’s birth name?

      7 How old was Victoria when she became Queen?

      8 Who was Victoria’s first Prime Minister and mentor?

      9 Which actress portrayed Queen Victoria in the ITV drama Victoria?

      10 How many children did Queen Victoria have?

      11 What was the name of her youngest child?

      12 What was the name of her firstborn child?

      13 Which Prime Minister made Victoria Empress of India…?

      14 …and in which year?

      15 What was the name of the king who preceded Queen Victoria?

      16 The Victoria Cross for gallantry was instituted during which war?

      17 Which Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha did Queen Victoria marry?

      18 What was the name of her residence on the Isle of Wight?

      19 Who was her eldest son and successor?

      20 Which form of transport did she first use in 1842?

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      1 Which actress starred in the film Baby Boom?