8 Ballet Shoes was a 1936 novel by which author?
9 Cardamom belongs to which family of spices?
10 Amharic is an official language of which country?
11 Benedict Cumberbatch starred in a 2018 TV adaptation of which series of novels by Edward St Aubyn?
12 Caligula succeeded which Roman emperor?
13 Actaeon was turned into what type of creature, in Greek mythology?
14 Benghazi is the second-largest city in which country?
15 Chamonix hosted the Winter Olympics in which year?
16 Alchemists tried to turn what substances into gold?
17 Bergamot is what type of fruit?
18 Chattanooga is in which US state?
19 Almira (1705) was the first opera by which composer?
20 Byron Bay is a coastal town in which country?
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1 What was the title of the spin-off from the TV series Bewitched, the name of Darrin and Samantha’s daughter?
2 On an Ordnance Survey map (Explorer and Landranger series), what is the interval between contour lines?
3 Which bird became extinct in 1681?
4 In which decade of the 20th century was Jack Nicklaus born?
5 What type of fabric is corduroy?
6 What is the name of the pink Nintendo® game character who has the ability to inhale enemies and gain their abilities?
7 Who wrote the screenplay for 2001: A Space Odyssey?
8 In 1962, which sports car model was introduced by Lotus?
9 Who was the best-selling author of Patriot Games and The Hunt for Red October?
10 Who is the Roman deity of beginnings and endings?
11 Bonnie Tyler’s Holding Out for a Hero featured on the soundtrack to which 1984 film?
12 Carillon is a popular branch of what pursuit?
13 What is a cheongsam?
14 Who directed the 1980 film Raging Bull?
15 Of what is hypnophobia a fear?
16 In which alphabet is the Bulgarian language written?
17 What kind of nut is used to make noisette?
18 Panama has a land border with which South American country?
19 Concorde and Louise Bonne are types of which fruit?
20 Which 2013-15 sci-fi series starring Dean Norris was based on a book by Stephen King?
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1 Who began his first term as Ireland’s Taoiseach in 1979?
2 In which year did the National Theatre open on the South Bank?
3 Introduced in 1972, what was the Sinclair Executive?
4 Which actor (b.1889) died on Christmas Day in 1977?
5 In the US, who served as both Vice President and President in the 1970s without being elected to either office?
6 On which date in 1971 did decimalisation happen in the UK?
7 In 1971, which car manufacturer was put into liquidation?
8 Who was appointed “Minister for Drought” in 1976?
9 Which board game first sold in 1970 also went by the name Which Witch?, with a later version being called Ghost Castle?
10 Which British golfer won the US Open in 1970?
11 Who was made Poet Laureate in 1972?
12 The Soviet Union invaded which country in 1979?
13 In 1971, workers in which sector went on strike in the UK for the first time?
14 Which chain opened its first UK restaurant in Woolwich in November 1974?
15 Which team won the FA cup in 1976?
16 Who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1974?
17 In which year was the first of the Star Wars films released?
18 What was heard on Radio 4 for the first time in the UK in June 1975?
19 Which former monarch died on May 28, 1972?
20 Why did the Cambridge crew lose the Boat Race in 1978?
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1 What is added to icing sugar to make royal icing?
2 Who is the patron saint of tax officials?
3 Destiny Hope are the real first names of which singer (b.1992)?
4 What is the English translation of the name of the city of Buenos Aires?
5 Whose law states that the pressure and volume of a gas are inversely proportional at constant temperature?
6 Which famous sporting venue has the postcode M16 0RA?
7 Which North Kent coastal resort is located approximately eight miles north of Canterbury?
8 Glen Cova and Malling Joy are types of which fruit?