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1. Name this British art gallery / museum
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2. Name this British art gallery / museum
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3. Name this British art gallery / museum
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8. Name this British art gallery / museum
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1. What is England’s largest county (by area)?
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2. What was Queen Victoria’s first name on her birth certificate?
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3. Name the UK’s smallest city, and which of the countries is it located in?
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4. With which saint is Durham Cathedral associated?
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5. In Portugal, what fruit is used to make marmelada (not marmelade)?
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6. How many lakes are there in the English Lake District which are called lakes?
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7. Name the 5 Cinque Ports for 1 point each – name all 5 for a bonus point !
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8. The Northwest of Africa is known as the Maghreb. How many countries or territories constitute the Maghreb? (One point for the number, plus one point for each named and an extra point for naming them all)
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1. 1. Which bird has the latin name Troglodytes Troglodytes ?– Clue: Its latin name suggests that it lives in caves, but it is probably Britain’s commonest wild bird
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2. 2. How many species of reptile are native to the UK? (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 15
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3. Which bird features on the Canterbury Coat of Arms?
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4. Military, Butterfly, Lady, Man, Monkey are all Kent species of which flowering plant?
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5. PJ set off from Cameroon during February and after stopping over in the Ivory Coast during March, he set off across the Sahara. On the 19th April he had arrived in Bilbao, Spain and he is expected to arrive in Suffolk any time now. Who or what is PJ ?
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6. Which UK mammal was here?
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7. Can you name this UK butterfly which is common around hedgerows and meadows in the summer?
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8. The fruits of the Wild Service Tree give their name to a very important home in the UK. What are they called?
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1. Name the book and the author
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2. Name the book and the author
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1. How many wedding cakes did Nic and Chris have at their wedding and how many did the queen have and how many did the Queen and Prince Phillip have?
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1. Which Japanese city were the Americans going to bomb before deciding on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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2. The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, Norwegian Wood and Kafka on the Shore are all books by which famous Japanese author?
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3. Which city is nicknamed the "Kitchen of Japan"?
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4. Japan has three alphabets. Kanji (the Chinese characters) is one of them. What are the other two? (2 points)
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5. Which Japanese city hosted the winter Olympics in 1972?
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6. Which quintessentially Japanese dish is actually Portuguese?
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7. What is the name of the studio which has produced the famous animated movies of Spirited Away (2001), My Neighbour Totoro (1988) and Howl's Moving Castle? (2004)?
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8. Natto is nasty! What is it?
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1. Which year were these quiz shows first broadcast on UK TV and who were their original hosts?
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2. University Challenge
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3. Telly Addicts
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4. Eggheads
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5. Who wants to be a Millionaire
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6. Mastermind
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7. The Weakest Link
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8. The Chase
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9. Only Connect
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1. Which one of these was not born on the 23rd April? a) Roy Orbison. b) JMW Turner, c) Barbra Streisand, d) John Hannah, e) Alistair Brownlee.
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1. This is the Leyton Orient (The "O"s!) FC's mascot. Which dragon-like creature it supposed to represent and what is the mascot's name?
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2. Shakespeare was born and died on 23rd April (we think). How many times does the word "love" appear in his works?
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3. Which of these did NOT happen on the 23rd April? a) The Easter Rising in Dublin (1916) b) First Youtube video posted (2005). c) Coca Cola launches "New Coke" (1985) d) First decimal coins in Britain issued. (1968)
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4. St George was born in which town/city?