1. Which horror movie star was born William Henry Pratt?
  2. In which sport is the Lugano trophy awarded?
  3. Name the first two Roman Emperors.
  4. Which TV programme began on 11th November 1953?
  5. What is the fourth largest planet in our solar system?
  6. K is the international vehicle letter for which country?
  7. Who was Sherlock Holmes’ housekeeper?
  8. Who was the first Scotsman to captain England at cricket?
  9. What is the only nation in Africa never to have been rules by a foreign power?
  10. Which married couple starred in the 1946 film ‘The Big Sleep’?
  11. Which English king was nicknamed ‘Bluff King Hal’?
  12. Which Kenny Everett had the catchphrase ‘it’s all done in the best possible taste’?
  13. What name is given to the horizontal lines and spaces on which music is written?
  14. What type of animal can be described as ‘vulpine’?
  15. What were Petula Clark’s two No.1 singles in the sixties?
  16. What area of water is called ‘Mittelmeer’ in German?
  17. Which jockey won his first Derby on ‘Never Say Die’?
  18. In which city was the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica published?
  19. Established in 1919, what is the world’s oldest surviving airline?
  20. Who were the Scottish captain and the Scottish goalkeeper when they beat England 3-2 at Wembley in 1967?
  21. Name the year: two Boeing 747 jets crash in Tenerife, Liverpool lift the European Cup in Rome and Virginia Wade win the Ladies’ Wimbledon Singles title.
  22. Name two of the three Labour leaders defeated by Margaret Thatcher.
  23. Club 18-30 was a spin-off from whichtravel company?
  24. St. David’s, St Ives or St. Just: which is the most westerly town in England?
  25. To which of his wives was Henry VIII married for the shortest time?
  26. Who were the last British winners of the Eurovision song contest and in which year?
  27. What name is given to the imaginary lines running north to south on a map?
  28. Who were the male and female stars of the 1967 film ‘Bonnie and Clyde’?
  29. What colour is nearest to the flagpole on the national flag of Belgium?
  30. Name two of the three scorers in Scotland’s 3-2 win over England at Wembley in 1967.
  31. Which English cathedral city stands on the River Stour?
  32. Which British bank was the first to use machine cash dispensers?
  33. In pop music, whose backing group was ‘The Checkmates’?
  34. With what form of transport was IgorSikorsky associated?
  35. Which team became the first team from Fife to win the Scottish Junior Cup in 1912/13?
  36. Who did not set foot on the moon during the 1969 landing?
  37. Name the two Everly Brothers U. K. No.1 singles that had a girls name in the title.
  38. What single letter describes a soft lead pencil?
  39. What is the largest city in Brazil by population?
  40. What support group was founded in Ohio in the U. S. A. in 1935?

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