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Britpop band had a 1994 hit with Parklife?

      19 Which group topped the charts in 1966 with Paperback Writer?

      20 What cry for help has been a hit for both Abba and Rihanna?

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      1 With which town is Brighton joined to make an official city name?

      2 What was Archimedes’ famous cry of discovery?

      3 Which band had a hit in 1982 with Save a Prayer?

      4 Of which country is Damascus the capital?

      5 Which engineer built the Great Western Railway?

      6 What is a young lion called?

      7 Who played Gordon Gekko in the Wall Street films?

      8 Of which English county is Chelmsford the county town?

      9 Which figure of Greek myth flew too close to the Sun?

      10 Which misnamed war lasted from 1337 until 1453?

      11 Which disorder is marked by difficulty in recognising written words?

      12 What is the principal ingredient of chow mein?

      13 Lex Luthor is the enemy of which comic-book hero?

      14 What is the capital of the US state of Georgia?

      15 Who composed the 1812 Overture?

      16 What term is given to two under par for a hole in golf?

      17 Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal starred in which 2004 disaster film?

      18 What is the name of the slender tower on a mosque?

      19 Which is the largest continent?

      20 What is the name of the dog in Peter Pan?

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      1 Which soft-bodied crustacean lives in the empty shells of other molluscs such as whelks?

      2 Which Australian marsupial feeds on eucalyptus leaves?

      3 Which type of elephant has the largest ears?

      4 How many limbs do squid have?

      5 What term is used to describe the vast treeless plains of the Arctic?

      6 Which fish is associated with the Sargasso Sea?

      7 What type of creature lives in a holt?

      8 Which flower yields digitalis?

      9 Which chemical element is found in kelp?

      10 Which is the world’s largest antelope, native to South Africa?

      11 Zephyr, sirocco and chinook are all types of what?

      12 Which oil, derived from flax, is used in putty?

      13 Which type of lizard has the ability to change its colour?

      14 What is an insect called in the early stage of development?

      15 What is “Old Faithful” in Yellowstone National Park?

      16 Which African carnivore has a call that sounds like laughter?

      17 Which type of amphibian has varieties including crested, fire belly and spotted?

      18 In which direction does the sun rise?

      19 Which wild cat has tufts on its ear tips?

      20 Which river runs through America’s Grand Canyon?

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      1 What is a level or grade in judo called?

      2 Which fish has varieties including brown and rainbow?

      3 Who directed the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire?

      4 What was the title of ABBA’s first UK chart-topper?

      5 What is the French word for “thank you”?

      6 What title is given to the supreme commander of the British navy?

      7 Dinnerladies was created by and starred which comedienne?

      8 What does the Richter scale measure?

      9 Which vitamin is most abundant in carrots?

      10 What is a baby swan called?

      11 Which Womble was named after a Siberian city?

      12 Proverbially, which reptile cries insincere tears?

      13 In which county is Bexhill?

      14 What is the American term for a holiday?

      15 What familiar short name is used for London’s police force?

      16 Which retired athlete’s autobiography is entitled Faster than Lightning?

      17 What is the Flying Scotsman?

      18 Which animated pair had A Grand Day Out in 1989?

      19 Which river flows through Stoke?

      20 Who wrote the play The Winter’s Tale?

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