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Question: 1: Declan Brooks, who has won a bronze medal for GB in the Tokyo Olympics in the BMX Freestyle, appeared in which 2018 film ?

Answer: Mary Poppins Returns

Question: 2: Which of these famous people was not born in the 50th state of America ?

Answer: Jack Lord

Question: 3: How many Olympic medals has the lady pictured above won in total from the three Olympic Games she has competed in ?

Answer: 6

Question: 4: What is the atomic number of the element in the periodic table that is named after a Scottish village ?

Answer: 38

Question: 5: The 13 year old pictured above has won a bronze medal for GB in the Tokyo Olympics. What is the first name of her brother ?

Answer: Ocean

Question: 6: Which one of these ladies was not featured in the collection of Brooke Bond Picture Cards of Famous People 1869-1969 ?

Answer: Marie Stopes

Question: 7: The lady pictured above has which professional qualification ?

Answer: Vet

Question: 8: In which team event did the daughter of the man pictured above win a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics ?

Answer: Showjumping

Question: 9: From which European capital city did a bat weighing just 8g fly over 1,250 miles to Russia, before being killed by a cat ?

Answer: London

Question: 10: This man was expelled from Westminster School and Harrow and later became a Tory MP after offering voters £10 notes. He once tried to cure his hiccups by setting fire to his shirt. His ghost is said to appear annually on his birthday on 30th September at a hotel just outside Shropshire's county town. What name was he known by ?

Answer: Mad Jack

Question: 11: The man pictured above has just agreed a two-year deal to join a French football club. Which of these former players has not previously played for that same French club ?

Answer: David Platt

Question: 12: The name of the book pictured above came from when the author was convalescing at a nursing home in which coastal town ?

Answer: Broadstairs

Question: 13: Una Stubbs has sadly died at the age of 84. Which of these TV programmes did she not appear in ?

Answer: Last of the Summer Wine

Question: 14: Which of these celebrities is not due to take part in Strictly Come Dancing due to start next month ?

Answer: David Mitchell

Question: 15: Sixty nine years ago tonight in which English village and surrounding hamlets was there a flash flood that claimed 34 lives ?

Answer: Lynmouth

Question: 16: In the UK after the end of the Second World War the rationing of which of these commodities did not end until 1954 ?

Answer: Meat and bacon

Question: 17: At which London tube station is there a plaque in memory of the man pictured above ?

Answer: Mornington Crescent

Question: 18: In Phileas Fogg’s journey Around the World in 80 Days which of these legs of the journey took the longest time to complete ?

Answer: Yokohama to San Francisco

Question: 19: An extinct prehistoric mammal recently discovered in the USA has been named after which character from The Hobbit ?

Answer: Beorn

Question: 20: Which of these is not a Shakespearean character ?

Answer: Numpty

Question: 21: The lady pictured above is Britain’s most successful female Paralympian, having won how many gold medals prior to Tokyo 2020 ?

Answer: 14

Question: 22: Listed below are five pairings of a car number plate and the name of a film. Four of the five pairings correctly match the number plate with the film that it appears in but which one is incorrect ?

Answer: SPOOK 1 and Ghostbusters

Question: 23: Don Everly of the Everly Brothers has sadly died aged 84. Which of these songs was not a number one hit single in the UK for the Everly Brothers ?

Answer: Wake Up Little Susie

Question: 24: Which David presented This Is Your Life when the subject was Eamonn Andrews in 1974 ?

Answer: David Nixon,

Question: 25: 146 years ago today the man pictured above achieved a notable first. In an earlier year he was the first recipient of which medal ?

Answer: Stanhope Medal

Question: 26: In a game of Quidditch how many points are scored for catching the Golden Snitch ?

Answer: 150

Question: 27: Which comedian is a direct descendant of the writer of the novel pictured above ?

Answer: Al Murray

Question: 28: How many times has the player pictured above won the Ballon d’Or ?

Answer: 5

Question: 29: Last Thursday a Dame of the British Empire who was born in Germany in 1933 unveiled a blue plaque in her honour in a town where she went to school. She revealed that she felt so sentimental about the town that even her family cat was called which name ?

Answer: Oswald

Question: 30: If my mother is Nyx, my father is Erebus and my twin brother is Thanatos, what is the name of my wife ?

Answer: Pasithea

Question: 31: The picture above is from which Alfred Hitchcock film ?

Answer: Dial M for Murder

Question: 32: Declan Brooks, who has won a bronze medal for GB in the Tokyo Olympics in the BMX Freestyle, appeared in which 2018 film ?

Answer: Mary Poppins Returns

Question: 33: Which of these famous people was not born in the 50th state of America ?

Answer: Jack Lord

Question: 34: How many Olympic medals has the lady pictured above won in total from the three Olympic Games she has competed in ?

Answer: 6

Question: 35: What is the atomic number of the element in the periodic table that is named after a Scottish village ?

Answer: 38

Question: 36: The 13 year old pictured above has won a bronze medal for GB in the Tokyo Olympics. What is the first name of her brother ?

Answer: Ocean

Question: 37: Which one of these ladies was not featured in the collection of Brooke Bond Picture Cards of Famous People 1869-1969 ?

Answer: Marie Stopes

Question: 38: The lady pictured above has which professional qualification ?

Answer: Vet

Question: 39: In which team event did the daughter of the man pictured above win a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics ?

Answer: Showjumping

Question: 40: From which European capital city did a bat weighing just 8g fly over 1,250 miles to Russia, before being killed by a cat ?

Answer: London

Question: 41: This man was expelled from Westminster School and Harrow and later became a Tory MP after offering voters £10 notes. He once tried to cure his hiccups by setting fire to his shirt. His ghost is said to appear annually on his birthday on 30th September at a hotel just outside Shropshire's county town. What name was he known by ?

Answer: Mad Jack

Question: 42: The man pictured above has just agreed a two-year deal to join a French football club. Which of these former players has not previously played for that same French club ?

Answer: David Platt

Question: 43: The name of the book pictured above came from when the author was convalescing at a nursing home in which coastal town ?

Answer: Broadstairs

Question: 44: Una Stubbs has sadly died at the age of 84. Which of these TV programmes did she not appear in ?

Answer: Last of the Summer Wine

Question: 45: Which of these celebrities is not due to take part in Strictly Come Dancing due to start next month ?

Answer: David Mitchell

Question: 46: Sixty nine years ago tonight in which English village and surrounding hamlets was there a flash flood that claimed 34 lives ?

Answer: Lynmouth

Question: 47: In the UK after the end of the Second World War the rationing of which of these commodities did not end until 1954 ?

Answer: Meat and bacon

Question: 48: At which London tube station is there a plaque in memory of the man pictured above ?

Answer: Mornington Crescent

Question: 49: In Phileas Fogg’s journey Around the World in 80 Days which of these legs of the journey took the longest time to complete ?

Answer: Yokohama to San Francisco

Question: 50: An extinct prehistoric mammal recently discovered in the USA has been named after which character from The Hobbit ?

Answer: Beorn

Question: 51: Which of these is not a Shakespearean character ?

Answer: Numpty

Question: 52: The lady pictured above is Britain’s most successful female Paralympian, having won how many gold medals prior to Tokyo 2020 ?

Answer: 14

Question: 53: Listed below are five pairings of a car number plate and the name of a film. Four of the five pairings correctly match the number plate with the film that it appears in but which one is incorrect ?

Answer: SPOOK 1 and Ghostbusters

Question: 54: Don Everly of the Everly Brothers has sadly died aged 84. Which of these songs was not a number one hit single in the UK for the Everly Brothers ?

Answer: Wake Up Little Susie

Question: 55: Which David presented This Is Your Life when the subject was Eamonn Andrews in 1974 ?

Answer: David Nixon,

Question: 56: 146 years ago today the man pictured above achieved a notable first. In an earlier year he was the first recipient of which medal ?

Answer: Stanhope Medal

Question: 57: In a game of Quidditch how many points are scored for catching the Golden Snitch ?

Answer: 150

Question: 58: Which comedian is a direct descendant of the writer of the novel pictured above ?

Answer: Al Murray

Question: 59: How many times has the player pictured above won the Ballon d’Or ?

Answer: 5

Question: 60: Last Thursday a Dame of the British Empire who was born in Germany in 1933 unveiled a blue plaque in her honour in a town where she went to school. She revealed that she felt so sentimental about the town that even her family cat was called which name ?

Answer: Oswald

Question: 61: If my mother is Nyx, my father is Erebus and my twin brother is Thanatos, what is the name of my wife ?

Answer: Pasithea

Question: 62: The picture above is from which Alfred Hitchcock film ?

Answer: Dial M for Murder