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Making its debut mission in 1992 which was the last space shuttle to be built by NASA?

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Endeavour

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Played by Tony Shalhoub what is the forename of the TV detective with the surname Monk?

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Adrian

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Welwyn and Letchworth are Hertfordshire examples of what method of urban planning devised by Ebenezer Howard?

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Garden city

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Often called Mr Boddy in the US version of the game who is the victim in the British version of the board game Cluedo?

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Dr Black

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What is the name of the man who has organised the Glastonbury Festival of Music & Arts at his farm Worthy Farm since its foundation?

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Michael Eavis

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What name do Mars give to their collection which consists of miniature versions of popular Mars chocolate bars such as Maltesers Bounty and Twix?

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Celebrations

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Ian Maclaren S.R. Crockett and J.M. Barrie were associated with which Scottish school of fiction which took a more sentimental and idealised approach to Scottish life than earlier writers had done?

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Kailyard School

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Also known as the Lucayans which group of indigenous Caribbean peoples were the principal inhabitants of Cuba Trinidad Jamaica and Hispanola at the time of first European contact in the late 15th century?

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Taino

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Which South American country has the co-official languages Quechua and Aymara and the Sol as its currency unit?

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Peru

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Which current Tottenham Hotspur player was exempted from compulsory military service after he helped South Korea win the football tournament at 2018 Asian Games?

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Son Heung-Min

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Its six-letter name consists of two identical three-letter sequences. Beginning with B what passerine songbird is the national bird of Bahrain and Liberia?

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Bulbul

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The 1980 film Breaker Morant starring Edward Woodward in the title role takes place during which war?

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Second Boer War

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Which American pop art sculptor is known for his installations involving everyday objects such as Trowel I and Lipstick (Ascending) On Caterpillar Tracks?

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Claes Oldenburg

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Which former slave gave a speech 1852 in Rochester New York now known as The Hypocrisy of American Slavery?

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Frederick Douglass

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Which nation has won the Eurovision Song Contest a record seven times including a hat-trick of wins between 1992 and 1994?

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Republic of Ireland

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Introduced as part of the set of new 10p coins in March 2018 depicting aspects of British life what food dish represents the letter F?

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Fish and chips

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Also known as the perfect closed or standard cadence what name is given to a harmonic progression from the dominant to the tonic resulting in a sense of resolution and finality? It is heard at the end of many pieces of baroque classical and romantic music.

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Authentic cadence

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La Vie Est Belle is a popular perfume created by which French fashion house founded in 1935 by Guillaume d’Ornano and Armand Petitjean?

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Lancôme

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The novels July’s People; Waiting for the Barbarians and Cry The Beloved Country were all written by novelists from which African nation?

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South Africa

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Which Anglo-Saxon nobleman who led a revolt against the Normans in the marshy region of Ely was betrayed by the local monks in 1071 but escaped arrest and was never heard of again?

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Hereward the Wake

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Sharing its name with American automotive battery and solar panel manufacturer which SI derived unit of magnetic flux density is named after a Serbian-born engineer?

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Tesla

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In 2018 it was announced that which broadcaster would step down from hosting the Radio 2 breakfast show in 2019 having performed that role since 2010?

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Chris Evans

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What was the forename of the nine-month old boy with the epithet Little who learnt to fear a white rat as a result of classical conditioning in an experiment carried out by psychologist John B. Watson?

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Albert

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Who won Britain’s first ever Olympic skiing medal a bronze in women’s slopestyle at the 2018 Winter Olympics?

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Izzy Atkin

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Which allegorical painting by William Holman Hunt depicts Christ knocking at an overgrown door which has no handle said by the painter to represent the obstinately shut mind?
The Light of the World
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In 1521 which assembly of the Holy Roman Empire issued an edict declaring Martin Luther an outlaw and a heretic?
Diet of Worms
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On which 1982 album by Yazoo could you hear the tracks Situation Don't Go and Only You?
Upstairs at Eric’s
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The actress Rebecca Humphries dumped which comedian in October 2018 via Twitter after pictures were published of him kissing his dance partner on Strictly Come Dancing?
Seann Walsh
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The most southerly point of mainland South America is not Cape Horn which is on Tierra del Fuego but which cape in Chile forming the southern tip of the Brunswick peninsula?
Cape Froward
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Which Belgian middle-distance runner finished second in the 800 and 1500 metres at the 1976 Montreal Olympics aged just 22 before being killed in a car accident later that year?
Ivo van Damme
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Boron silicon and germanium are commonly regarded as what type of chemical element which has properties typical of both metals and non-metals?
Metalloid
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In the 1989 sci-fi comedy Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Keanu Reeves played Ted. Which actor played Bill?
Alex Winter
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What was the forename of the five year-old boy with the epithet Little whose fear of horses was analysed in Sigmund Freud's Analysis of a Phobia in a Five Year-Old Boy?
Hans
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Played by Michael C Hall what is the surname of the forensic technician and serial killer with the forename Dexter?
Morgan
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Sharing its name with a car and equipment rental service what is the SI derived unit of frequency?
Hertz
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Which decree of 1598 ended the French Wars of Religion by giving Protestants substantial rights?
Edict of Nantes
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The novels The Palm-wine Drinkard Anthills of the Savannah and Half of a Yellow Sun were all written by novelists from which African nation?
Nigeria
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Introduced as a rival to Mars' Celebrations what name to Cadbury give to their equivalent collection which contains the likes of Wispa Twirl and Crème Egg?
Heroes
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Another important cadence also known as the imperfect or semi-cadence gives a weaker sense of resolution than the authentic as it finishes on the dominant of the music's key. What is it usually called?
Half cadence
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Which American middle and long distance runner held American records in seven different track events before being killed aged just 24 in a car accident in Oregon in 1975?
Steve Prefontaine
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Which brittle silver-white element with atomic number 52 has the highest atomic number of the six elements commonly recognised as metalloid? It derives its name from the Latin for earth.
Tellurium
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Which Prince of Wales instigated the Welsh Revolt against Henry IV in 1400 but disappeared after the revolt was defeated never to be heard of again?
Owain Glyndwr
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The most southerly point of South American is not Cape Horn but which small group of Chilean islands to the south of Tierra del Fuego which include Isla Bartolomé and Isla Gonzalo?
Diego Ramirez Islands
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The film and novel The Last of the Mohicans take place during which war?
Seven Year’s War (accept French and Indian War)
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On which 1985 album by Tears for Fears could you hear the tracks Everybody Wants to Rule the World Head Over Heels and Shout?
Songs from the Big Chair
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Which British skeleton racer won a bronze medal in the men's event at the 2018 Winter Olympics the first for a British male in that event since 1948?
Dom Parsons
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Which painting by William Holman Hunt depicts a creature which in the Book of Leviticus is driven into the desert in an attempt to carry away the sins of the community?
The scapegoat
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Introduced as part of the set of new 10p coins in March 2018 depicting aspects of British life which iconic film and literary character represents the letter B? His surname begins with that letter.
James Bond
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Which Scottish poet journalist and essayist formed and led the Scottish Renaissance as a reaction against the Kailyard School?
Hugh MacDiarmid (accept Christopher Murray Grieve)
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Anais Anais is a popular perfume created by which French fashion house founded in 1962 by Jean Bousquet?
Cacharel
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The Glastonbury Festival despite its name is not held in Glastonbury: instead it is held on Worthy Farm in which village six miles outside Glastonbury?
Pilton
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Which former Manchester United and QPR player was exempted from compulsory military service for his role in helping South Korea reach the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup?
Park Ji-Sung
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Hemel Hempstead and Stevenage are Hertfordshire examples of what type of settlement constructed in the wake of a namesake 1946 Act of Parliament?
New town
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Chris Evans' predecessor as host of the Radio 2 breakfast show was which broadcaster who performed the role from 1993 to 2010 and died in 2016?
Terry Wogan
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The second-to-last to be built which space shuttle which made its debut mission in 1985 became in 2011 the last to be used on a mission to space?
Atlantis
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Which lawyer and politician gave a speech in 1896 at the Chicago Coliseum now known as the Cross of Gold speech?
William Jennings Bryan
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Which singer is known as Mr Eurovision having performed two of Ireland's winning songs What's Another Year and Hold Me Now and written a third Why Me?
Johnny Logan
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Often called Boddy Manor or Boddy Mansion in the US version of the game and renamed Arlington Grange in a linked TV series in which country house does the murder occur in the British version of the board game Cluedo?
Tudor Mansion (accept Tudor Close or Tudor Hall)
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Which American pop artist's interest in commercial graphics is exemplified by his book of photos Twenty Six Gasoline Stations which as its title implies contains photos of 26 gas stations?
Ed Ruscha
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Which Russian Strictly Come Dancing star was Seann Walsh photographed kissing in October 2018?
Katya Jones
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Its six-letter name consists of two identical three-letter sequences. Beginning with M which near-passerine bird is the national bird of El Salvador and Nicaragua?
Motmot
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What name was given to the aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands who were ethnically absorbed by the Spaniards? Some of their customs such as the whistled Silbo language used on La Gomera survive.
Guanches
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Which African country has Amharic as its official language and the Birr as its unit of currency?
Ethiopia
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What was the name of the sequel to Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure released in 1991?
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
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In physics jerk is the first derivative of which quantity itself the first derivative of velocity?
Acceleration
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Which word referring to external decoration of a certain part of the female anatomy was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2012?
Vajazzle
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What name is given to the practice of arranging voting districts to favour one candidate or party above another?
Gerrymandering
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Which mountain range is home to seven of the ten highest mountains in Africa?
Rwenzori

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