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Which of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia the penultimate to be written is regarded by Lewis’ readership and by publishers Harper Collins as the first chronologically?

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The Magician’s Nephew

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Which French composer’s film scores include The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water?

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Alexandre Desplat

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One of the city’s most popular attractions and reputed to be the largest daytime market in Europe which open-air market in Amsterdam is named after a 17th century painter?

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Albert Cuyp Market

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What name is given to the triangular hat made from sheep’s wool which is popular in Afghanistan and was worn by Hamid Karzai?

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Karakul

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Captain James Cook was killed by natives in which island group in 1779?

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Hawaii (accept Sandwich Islands)

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Petrology is a branch of geology studying what items and how they form?

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Rocks

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Hosting 53 Test Matches since 1930 the Kensington Oval is a cricket venue situated in which Caribbean capital city?

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Bridgetown Barbados

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The name of which calico textile with a name derived from Hindi is one of the few English six-letter words all of the letters of which are in alphabetical order?

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Chintz

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Which port city is found at the western terminus of the M62 Motorway?

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Liverpool

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In Wikipedia what 14 letter word is used for a page which lists a number of topics that all relate to a single word e.g. listing the element planet and god below the heading Mercury?

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Disambiguation

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The artist’s model and muse born Alice Prin was better known as Kiki de … which Parisian artistic district on the left bank of the Seine whose name is a translation of the name of the home of the Muses in Greek mythology?

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Montparnasse (accept Mount Parnassus but prompt on Parnassus)

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Which 1988 documentary by Errol Morris concerns the story of the unjustly convicted death row prisoner Randall Dale Adams and is named after a phrase for the police? The name contains four words the first of which is The.

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The Thin Blue Line

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Spain won the 2010 FIFA World Cup but which European team who were knocked out in the group stages beat them in their first match in the tournament?

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Switzerland

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What colour is the a in the eBay logo and the second o in the Google logo?

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Yellow (accept orange)

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The decisive battle of Alexander the Great’s invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire what was the name of the battle of 331 BC which took place near modern-day Erbil in Kurdistan?

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Gaugamela (accept Arbela)

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An influence on Werner von Braun which German-Romanian rocket scientist wrote The Rocket into Interplanetary Space and Ways to Spaceflight?

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Hermann Oberth

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Ratified in 1865 what number amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery?

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13th

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In cell biology which component of the cell contains the material within a living cell excluding the cell nucleus?

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Cytoplasm

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Since it was reintroduced to the Olympics in 1988 which player is the only male player to win back to back Olympic gold medals in the men’s single tennis doing so in 2012 and 2016?

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Andy Murray

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A Kachera is a special undergarment which is one of the Five Ks which form articles of faith of which religion?

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Sikhism

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The religious works The Protecting Veil and Song for Athene and the cantata The Whale are works by which British composer (1944-2013)?

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John Tavener

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Often considered one of the worst UK sitcoms of all time what was the name of the series which ran from 1984 to 1985 and featured Robin Askwith as a randy milkman?

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Bottle Boys

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What name was given to the Native American belief system that developed in the 19th century and claimed that the title activity would reunite the living with the spirits of the dead?

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Ghost Dance (accept Nanissaanah)

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A classic Mornay sauce is made by adding gruyere cheese to which of the mother sauces of French cuisine?

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Bechamel sauce

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Doing so in 1971 for the Dallas Cowboys who is the only player to win the American Football Superbowl MVP while playing on the losing side?
Chuck Howley
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Which American popular mathematics writer (1914-2010) authored Scientific American's Mathematical Games column for 25 years as well as writing over 100 books on maths and puzzles?
Martin Gardner
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Taking place in Sussex Jack Cade led a popular revolt against the government of England during the reign of which King? Name and regnal number are needed.
Henry VI
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On the periodic table chromium and tungsten are located directly above and below which element beginning with M?
Molybdenum
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The flag of which historic county of England depicts a white bear holding a ragged staff on a red background?
Warwickshire
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The evocative 1973 boy on a bike advert for Hovis depicted a boy wheeling his bicycle down Gold Hill in which Dorset village?
Shaftesbury
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The cruel slave-owner Simon Legree is the principal antagonist of which 1852 American classic novel?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin or Life Among the Lowly
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Taking their name from a German city which American band’s only UK number one was Take My Breath Away?
Berlin
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It sounds rather like a legal term but has a different derivation: what name is given to an event in which Australian Aborigines interact with the Dreamtime (their religious elief system) through dance music and costume?
Corroboree
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Which Canadian composer's film scores include The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit?
Howard Shore
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The operas The Exterminating Angel The Tempest and Powder Her Face are works by which British composer (1971-)?
Thomas Adès
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Which American cognitive scientist (1945- ) took over Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games column in 1981 renaming it Metamagical Themas (an anagram of Mathematical Games)?
Douglas Hofstadter
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In 1988 which tennis player became the only person to win a Golden Slam when they won all four Grand Slam events as well as the Olympic women’s gold medal?
Steffi Graf
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Pedology is a branch of geology studying what substance and how it forms? Edaphology is another branch of geology studying the same substance.
Soil
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Ratified in 1933 what number amendment to the US Constitution abolished prohibition?
21st
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Which film director directed the 1973 boy on a bike advert for Hovis? His other advertising work includes the famous 1984 advert for Apple Macintosh.
Ridley Scott
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Ahab the demented captain of the Pequod is the principal antagonist of which 1851 American classic novel?
Moby-Dick
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Temple garments are special undergarments worn by adherents of which religion founded by Joseph Smith in the 1820s?
Mormonism (accept Latter Day Saints)
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The flag of which historic county of England depicts three black pears on a shield against a wavy green and blue background?
Worcestershire
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Which 2003 documentary by Errol Morris is subtitled Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. Macnamara and is named after a military phrase depicting the difficulty of making decisions in combat? The name contains four words the first of which is The.
The Fog of War
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Taking place in Norfolk Robert Kett led a popular revolt largely against the enclosure of land during the reign of which King? Name and regnal number are needed.
Edward VI
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A classic Supreme sauce is made by adding reduced mushroom liquor to which of the mother sauces of French cuisine?
Velouté sauce
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Doing so in 1960 for the New York Yankees who is the only player to win the Baseball World Series MVP while playing on the losing side?
Bobby Richardson
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An influence on Sergei Korolev which Russian rocket scientist wrote the influential article Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices?
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
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Hosting 61 Test Matches since 1930 the Queens Park Oval is a cricket venue situated in which Caribbean capital city?
Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago
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In cell biology which organelle is called the powerhouse of the cell and produces 90% of the chemical energy that cells need to survive?
Mitochondrion (accept Mitochondria)
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Ferdinand Magellan was killed in a battle on the island of Mactan in which island group and modern day nation in 1521?
Philippines
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In Wikipedia what 8 letter word precedes needed in request by an editor for a statement in an article to be verified by reference to an external source?
Citation
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One of the city's most popular attractions which large park in Amsterdam contains an open-air theatre and is named after a 17th century Dutch playwright?
Vondelpark
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Often considered one of the worst UK sitcoms of all time what was the name of the series which ran from 1983 and 1985 which featured Jim Davison as an apparently loveable omanising rogue? It went on to spawn the spin off Home James.
Up The Elephant and Around the Castle
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Bree who can talk and Shasta are the title characters of which of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia which like The Magician's Nephew was written out of chronological order?
The Horse and His Boy
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What colour is the y in the eBay logo and the l in the Google logo?
Green
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Alexander the Great defeated King Porus of the Paurava Kingdom at which 326 BC battle fought on the banks of the river nowadays known as the Jhelum?
The Hydaspes
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Which cap in the shape of a truncated cone is commonly worn in Indonesia and Malaysia including by leaders such as Sukarno?
Songkok (accept peci or kopiah)
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Due to Spain losing to Switzerland which southern hemisphere team who were eliminated in the group stages having drawn all their games thus became the only country to not lose a match in the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
New Zealand
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On the periodic table zinc and mercury are located directly above and below which element beginning with C?
Cadmium
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Kiki de Montparnasse modelled for the 1924 work Ingres' Violin by which artist and photographer?
Man Ray (accept Emmanuel Radnitzky)
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The name of which medical procedure involving the extraction of cells from tissue to determine the presence or extent of disease is one of the few English six-letter words all of the letters of which are in alphabetical order?
Biopsy
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Which city on the Humber is found at the eastern terminus of the M62 motorway?
Kingston-upon-Hull
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Taking their name from a continent which Swedish band’s only UK number one was The Final Countdown?
Europe
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Which alkali metal with atomic number 3 is the lightest metal and lightest solid?
Lithium
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Which 1989 US comedy film starred Robert de Niro and Sean Penn as two escaped convicts who hide in a monastery? It was a remake of a 1955 Michael Curtiz film.
We’re No Angels
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In a classical concerto there is often a point where the orchestra stops playing and the soloist plays alone in free time often improvising on the themes of the piece. What name is given to this section?
Cadenza
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Doing so in only the 1999 season what is the only club from north east England to play in the rugby league Super League?
Gateshead Thunder

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