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21
In the nursery rhyme 'Hey Diddle Diddle', what did the cow jump over?
The moon
What is the name of the special chess move in which the king and a rook move in the same turn?
Castling
How many players take part in a standard game of contract bridge?
4
What was the name of Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805?
HMS Victory
What is the card game patience usually called in the United States?
Solitaire
What did Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prizes, invent?
Dynamite
Which American won the 1972 World Chess Championship match in Reykjavik?
Bobby Fischer
Which knot forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope and is often called the 'king of knots'?
Bowline
In the Gregorian calendar, a century year such as 1900 is only a leap year if it divides exactly by which number?
400
Who played the title role in the 1964 film Mary Poppins?
Julie Andrews
Which actor won Best Actor Oscars for both the 1993 film Philadelphia and the 1994 film Forrest Gump?
Tom Hanks
Who sang the title song of the 2012 Bond film Skyfall?
Adele
Who played Ellen Ripley in the 1979 film Alien?
Sigourney Weaver
In which city is the 2016 musical film La La Land set?
Los Angeles
In what year was Steven Spielberg's film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial released?
1982
Who composed the score for Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King?
Hans Zimmer
In what year was James Cameron's film Avatar first released?
2009
Which chariot-racing epic, released in 1959, won the Academy Award for Best Picture?
Ben-Hur
In what year was Steven Spielberg's shark film Jaws released?
1975
What is the name of the small four-stringed instrument from Hawaii that resembles a tiny guitar?
Ukulele
Who released the 1998 debut single '...Baby One More Time'?
Britney Spears
Which group released the 1996 debut single 'Wannabe'?
Spice Girls
Which 1965 film musical starred Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp?
The Sound of Music
Who released the 1989 single 'Like a Prayer'?
Madonna
Which band had a 1955 US number one hit with 'Rock Around the Clock'?
Bill Haley & His Comets
Which group won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest for the UK with 'Making Your Mind Up'?
Bucks Fizz
Which American band released the 2004 debut album 'Hot Fuss'?
The Killers
Which Baroque keyboard instrument produces sound by plucking its strings with small quills?
Harpsichord
Who won the first series of the UK TV talent show 'Pop Idol' in 2002?
Will Young
Which country won the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar?
Argentina
In which city is the Australian Open tennis tournament played?
Melbourne
Who kicked the winning drop goal in extra time of the 2003 Rugby World Cup final?
Jonny Wilkinson
Which American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics?
Jesse Owens
Which Swedish player won five consecutive Wimbledon men's singles titles from 1976 to 1980?
Bjorn Borg
What name is given to a full-length cricket delivery aimed at the batter's feet, designed to go under the bat?
Yorker
What is the name of the trophy awarded to the winners of the men's Rugby World Cup?
Webb Ellis Cup
In 1988, which player won all four Grand Slam singles titles and Olympic gold, completing a Golden Slam?
Steffi Graf
How many events make up a heptathlon?
7
Which country both hosted and won the 1995 Rugby World Cup?
South Africa
Which ocean surrounds Antarctica?
Southern Ocean
The Gobi Desert lies in China and which other country?
Mongolia
What name is given to the wide tidal mouth of a river, where fresh water mixes with the sea?
Estuary
Which mountain range runs down the length of the Italian peninsula?
Apennines
Which desert covers much of Botswana?
Kalahari
Which river plunges over Victoria Falls?
Zambezi
Which strait connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara?
Bosphorus
Which US state shares a border with only one other state?
Maine
Which channel separates Madagascar from the African mainland?
Mozambique Channel
What is the longest river in Europe?
Volga
Which Argentine-born revolutionary fought alongside Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution?
Che Guevara
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
Nicholas II
Who was the Bolshevik leader who became head of the first Soviet government in 1917?
Vladimir Lenin
Which battle began on 1 July 1916 with the heaviest single-day losses in British Army history?
Battle of the Somme
Which country was unified in the 19th century through a movement known as the Risorgimento?
Italy
Which 1803 deal saw the United States buy a vast territory from Napoleon's France?
Louisiana Purchase
Which French city gave its name to the long 1916 battle in which the slogan 'They shall not pass' was used?
Verdun
In which year did the United States enter the First World War?
1917
Which King of the Belgians personally owned the Congo Free State?
Leopold II
Who was the first Prime Minister of Israel?
David Ben-Gurion
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
What is a person trained to travel into space called, especially in the USA?
Astronaut
What is the name of the star at the centre of our Solar System?
The Sun
Which space telescope was launched in 1990 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery?
Hubble Space Telescope
What is the nearest large spiral galaxy to the Milky Way?
Andromeda
Which English astronomer predicted that the comet seen in 1682 would return in 1758?
Edmond Halley
Which German-born British astronomer discovered the planet Uranus in 1781?
William Herschel
What name is given to the invisible matter detected only through its gravitational effects on galaxies?
Dark matter
What informal term is often used for a Chinese astronaut?
Taikonaut
What type of galaxy, classified E0 to E7 in Hubble's scheme, has a smooth oval shape?
Elliptical
Matcha is a fine powder made from which drink's leaves?
Green tea
Coronation chicken was devised in 1953 for the coronation of which monarch?
Elizabeth II
Darjeeling tea is grown in which country?
India
Which meringue dessert is named after a Russian ballerina?
Pavlova
Which hot green paste, related to horseradish, is traditionally served with sushi?
Wasabi
From which continent was the potato brought to Europe?
South America
Pumpernickel is a dense dark bread made mainly from which grain?
Rye
Polenta is made from which ground grain?
Maize
What is the term for briefly plunging vegetables into boiling water and then into iced water?
Blanching
Couscous is traditionally made from semolina of which grain?
Wheat
What kind of animal is Duggee in the CBeebies cartoon Hey Duggee, which began in 2014?
Dog
Who played Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, which began in 1981?
David Jason
Which royal event of 1953 led many British families to buy their first television set?
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
In which city was the bar in the sitcom Cheers, which began in 1982, located?
Boston
In what year was EastEnders first broadcast?
1985
Which Beatle narrated the first series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends in 1984?
Ringo Starr
Who played Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders, which began in 2013?
Cillian Murphy
Which Hampshire stately home was used as the main filming location for Downton Abbey (2010)?
Highclere Castle
Which 2009 cartoon was a spin-off from Family Guy?
The Cleveland Show
Who played J.R. Ewing in Dallas, which began in 1978?
Larry Hagman
What is a baby kangaroo called?
Joey
Frogs, toads and newts belong to which class of animals?
Amphibians
Which big cat, with thick pale grey fur, lives high in the mountains of Central Asia, including the Himalayas?
Snow leopard
Which large flightless bird appears alongside the kangaroo on Australia's coat of arms?
Emu
Lemurs are native to which large island off the south-east coast of Africa?
Madagascar
Which crustacean protects its soft body by living in an empty snail shell?
Hermit crab
The Goliath birdeater is a species of which type of spider?
Tarantula
What is the scientific study of insects called?
Entomology
Which large fish-eating dinosaur had a tall sail along its back?
Spinosaurus
The laughing kookaburra of Australia is a large member of which bird family?
Kingfisher
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