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Velazquez’s acclaimed painting Las Meninas can be visited at which European art gallery?

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Museo del Prado

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Founded in 1939 by a Hungarian businessman Nicholas Kove initially to manufacture inflatable rubber toys which UK manufacturer owned by Hornby is synonymous with plastic models of cars planes or tanks?

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Airfix

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The Chilean folk acts Victor Jara and Inti-Illimani are associated with which social movement and music genre which developed in Iberian and Latin America in the 1960s and was associated with revolutionary movements?

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Nueva canción (accept new song)

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IAA is the most common naturally occurring example of what class of plant hormones which co-ordinate many growth processes in the life of a plant?

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Auxins

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Mitsui Mitsubishi and Sumitomo are examples of the big six of which large Japanese business groups which dominate that economy? They are distinct from the earlier zaibatsu which dominated before World War II.

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Keiretsu

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Conservative Home Secretary Reginald Maudling resigned in 1972 because of his links with which corrupt architect and businessman who was subsequently imprisoned for fraud?

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John Poulson

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Marshall Matt Dillon was the lead character in which longest-running western TV series of all time which ran from 1955 to 1975?

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Gunsmoke

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In the first game of the Civilization computer game franchise which person is the leader of the Greek people?

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Alexander the Great (accept Alexander of Macedon)

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Which 29 year old British singer topped the UK albums chart in October 2018 with Always In Between? Her first album was I Cry When I Laugh.

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Jess Glynne

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Sharing its name with a cranial bone what name is given to the smallest of the four main lobes in the mammalian brain? It is located in the rear-most part of the brain and contains the brain’s visual processing centre.

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Occipital lobe

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The title character of which 1981 Stephen King novel is a friendly Saint Bernard dog who becomes murderous after contracting rabies from a bat bite?

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Cujo

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In a 1968 Daily Mail poll the ninth most admired person by teenagers was the Burmese Secretary General of the United Nations. Who was he?

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U Thant

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Complete the punchline of this joke voted the funniest of the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe: My dad suggested I register for a donor card he’s a man after…?

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My own heart

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What is the surname of brothers Greg and Jonny who won gold medals for GB in the coxed pairs rowing event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics?

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Searle

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The area of Nottinghamshire southwest of Workshop is known as the Dukeries because it was home to four ducal residences. Which of those residences still standing was home to the Dukes of Portland?

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Welbeck Abbey

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Which English translator who co-translated the Asterix comics with Derek Hockridge among many other works died aged 82 in October 2018?

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Anthea Bell

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The low-cost airline Wizz Air is based in which EU Member State?

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Hungary

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Juvenal Hab•yari•mana and the incumbent Paul Kagame have served as President of which African country?

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Rwanda

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Who plays the title character Saul Goodman (also known as Jimmy McGill) in the Breaking Bad spin-off series Better Call Saul which has been broadcast since 2015?

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Bob Odenkirk

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Which English rugby winger currently playing for Sale Sharks is known for a swallow-dive celebration upon scoring? His dive was brought out when scoring a hat-trick for Barbarians against England in 2018.

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Chris Ashton

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The modernist house at 203 North Chautauqua Boulevard in Pacific Palisades Los Angeles is named after which husband-and-wife architect team who designed and built it?

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Charles and Ray Eames

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What eight-letter name for the water in which legumes such as beans have been cooked was added the official Scrabble dictionary in 2018?

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Aquafaba

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The classical works The Trout Quintet and Hungarian Rhapsodies were composed by men with what forename?

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Franz

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In statistics what type of frequency distribution named after a French mathematician describes the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time?

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Poisson distribution

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In which 2010 Sofia Coppola movie which won the Venice Golden Lion does Stephen Dorff play a Hollywood A-lister suffering from an existential crisis while recovering from a minor injury at the Chateau Marmont?
Somewhere
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Born in 1938 who was the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500 qualifying in three races in a row between 1977 and 1979?
Janet Guthrie
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The Palk Strait separates India from which island nation?
Sri Lanka
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Which British Field Marshal commanded the British Expeditionary Forces from 1915 to 1918 since earning the soubriquet Butcher for his role in overseeing two million British casualties?
Douglas Haig
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Which 1960s band formed of two members of the folk rock band The Mugwumps had a hit with Monday Monday?
The Mamas and the Papas
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Orpiment and realgar are minerals made of sulfur and which element with atomic number 33?
Arsenic
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In Greek mythology the Titan Cronus fathered the first generation of Olympian gods and goddesses. Their mother was which daughter of Gaia and Uranus?
Rhea
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Associated with bold retro-style prints which Irish designer announced in 2018 that her namesake retail business was to cease trading?
Orla Kiely
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The classical works Love for Three Oranges and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini were composed by men with what forename?
Sergei
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The brand is currently owned by Hornby: which brand of slot cars and slot car racing sets which first appeared in the late 1950s was invented by Fred Francis?
Scalextric
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The modernist house at Prins Hendriklaan 50 Utrecht Netherlands is partly named after which Dutch architect of the De Stijl movement who built it for his client Mrs Schroeder?
Gerrit Rietveld
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Born in 1936 who was the first woman to compete solo in an Isle of Man TT race doing so in 1962? After an outcry women were then banned from the race until 1978.
Beryl Swain (accept Beryl Tolman)
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Who pLayed the title character in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin off television series Angel which ran from 1999 to 2004? Their more recent roles include Seeley Booth on Bones.
David Boreanaz
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In 195 Churchill's agriculture minister Sir Thomas Dugdale resigned over a scandal involving the compulsory purchase of some Dorset farmland. What was this land and the resultant scandal called?
Crichel Down
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The low-cost airline Vueling is based in which EU Member State?
Spain
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Sphalerite and marmatite are minerals made of sulfur and which element with atomic number 30?
Zinc
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In Greek mythology which goddess of the hearth was the oldest of the children of Cronus and Rhea and also the first to be devoured by Cronus?
Hestia
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Which England and Saracens fly-half locks a finger in each hand together upon scoring points? The gesture is designed to raise awareness for a charity.
Owen Farrell
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Which 1960s band formed of two members of the folk rock band The Mugwumps had a hit with Summer In The City?
The Lovin' Spoonful
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In the same Daily Mail poll that rated U Thant highly the teenagers of 1968 placed a man who had just become the first person to sail round the world single-handedly as the third most admired person. What was his name?
Francis Chichester
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The Mozambique channel separates that nation from which island nation?
Madagascar
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In statistics the bell curve is an informal term for which very common continuous probability distribution? Two answers are acceptable one which references a German mathematician.
Normal distribution (accept Gaussian distribution)
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In which 2013 Sofia Coppola movie based on a Vanity Fair article entitled The Suspects Wore Louboutins is Emma Watson one of the members of the titular criminal gang?
The Bling Ring
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Which English philosopher an expert on ethics and animal rights who wrote her first book Beast and Man while in her fifties died aged 99 in October 2018?
Mary Midgley
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The Cartwright family who lived on the Ponderosa ranch were the central characters in which second-longest running western TV series of all time which ran from 1959 to 1973?
Bonanza
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Olusegun Obasanjo and the incumbent Muhammudu Buhari have served as President of which African country?
Nigeria
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Samsung Hyundai and LG are examples of which large South Korean business groups which dominate that economy?
Chaebol
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Sharing its name with a cranial bone which lobe in the mammalian brain is positioned above the occipital lobe and receives sensory information from the skin? It also plays an important role in language processing.
Parietal lobe
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Which musician of the nueva canción movement is known for her song Gracias a la Vida one of the most recorded Latin American songs in history which has been recorded by acts like Joan Baez and Michael Bublé?
Violetta Parra
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What eight-letter name for the Korean dish consisting of rice topped with cooked vegetables chilli paste and soy sauce was added to the official Scrabble dictionary in 2018?
Bibimbap
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Which European museum is home to the Rembrandt painting best known by the title The Night Watch?
Rijksmuseum
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What is the surname of brothers John and Michael who won silver medals for GB as part of the team show jumping event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics?
Whitaker
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Which of the four ducal residences which together comprise the Dukeries was home to the Dukes of Newcastle? It was demolished in 1938 but its grounds are open as a park owned by the National Trust.
Clumber Park
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Probably the most abundant enzyme on earth which enzyme catalyses the carboxylation of ribulose-5-biphosphate and thus plays a critical role in the first stage of carbon fixation?
RuBisCO
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Complete the punchline of this joke voted the funniest of the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe: I'm not a fan of the new pound coin but then again I hate all....?
Change
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Which British soldier later a Field Marshal but then a Lieutenant-General succeeded Claude Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army and in 1942 led them to victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein? His nickname was a shortened form of his ten letter surname
Bernard Montgomery
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The title character of which 1983 Stephen King novel is a 1958 Plymouth Fury car which becomes possessed by supernatural forces?
Christine
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In the first game of the Civilization computer game franchise which person is the leader of the Indian people?
Mahatma (Mohandas) Gandhi
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Which 25 year old American singer topped the UK album chart in August 2018 with Sweetener? Her previous album was Dangerous Woman.
Arianna Grande
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Which British fashion designer was declared bankrupt in 2017 after a dispute with the Icelandic bank which had owned her namesake retail chain prevented her using her name to launch a new brand? She also owed HMRC some £6 million.
Karen Millen
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Which English historian published The Origins of the Second World War in 1961?
A.J.P. Taylor
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Which midrange clothing company founded by Vincent dePaul Draddy is named after a London tailor who produced bespoke shirts and created the Windsor tie-knot for King George V?
Izod
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Which southern hemisphere capital city is home to a branch of Harrods founded in 1914?
Buenos Aires
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Simone Biles is currently a leading figure in which sport?
Gymnastics

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