1. There have been 55 British Prime Ministers, how many have died in office?

2. Gene Sernan was the last astronaut to stand on the moon in December 1972, which number Apollo mission was he on?

3. In 1999, J.M. Coetzee was the first person to win which prize for the second time?

4. ‘Old Billy’ who died at the age of 62 in 1822 is the oldest recorded what?

5. In which city is the oldest university in Europe, it began teaching in 1088?

6. Which city became the first capital of the USA in 1789, when The 1st Congress met at Federal Hall?

7. Brass is a metal alloy made up of which two elements?

8. Below is the national flag with the most colours on it, how many colours and which country’s flag is it?

9. In 2019 which Beatles album returned to the top of the UK Album Chart after a gap of just under 50 years beating the previous record held by another Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band?

10. In which year did women gain equal voting rights to men in the UK?

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1. What are the three countries in the world that begin with the letter R (excluding prefixes like Republic of...)?

2. What is the 5th most populous country in the world?

3. What is the 5th largest country in the world by land area?

4. Name the country in red

5. Which line of latitude passes through most countries, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn or the Equator?

6. Which country has the largest diamond reserves, more than double that of the country with the 2nd most?

7. Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa, is in which country?

8. How many countries are currently in the EU (you can be within 1 either way)?

9. Which country produced the most wine in 2020?

10. The loudest sound in recorded history took place in which country?

1. In which month of 1066 did the Battle of Hastings take place?

2. Richard the Third was the last English King killed in battle. He died at the Battle of Bosworth Field. In which county is Bosworth Field?

3. Which military leader famously said, “England expects that every man will do his duty.”?

4. 3 people have been awarded two Victoria Crosses but only one of them, Surgeon Captain Arthur Martin-Leake gained them in two separate wars. In which two wars?

5. There are five nuclear weapon states as defined by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which countries are they?

6. Gettysburg which is the site of a battle in the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s famous ‘address’ is in which US state?

7. The Charge of Light Brigade took place in which year (closest gets a point)?

8. Who described his adversarial relationship with Winston Churchill as follows: "When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time."

9. How long was the 100 years war?

10. Florence Nightingale was born in which country?

1. This painting depicts a scene from which city?

2. Name the artist

3. Name the artist and the town in Kent

4. Name the artist

5. Which artist is this a painting of?

6. Name the museum (on the left of the picture)

7. What is the port, on France’s northwest coastline, depicted in the picture by Claude Monet?

8. Which artist created Verity, the tallest statue in the UK. How much higher is it than the Angel of the North?

1. According to the ‘Wired’ website what is currently the most used font?

2. The Oxford English Corpus identifies which word as the most used written word in the English language?

3. A report by identity data intelligence company GBG found that in 2017 the most common forename in the UK for a female adult was Margaret. What was the most common name for adult men?

4. Who has won the most acting awards with four at the Oscars, all for Best Actress?

5. Which cricketer has scored the most runs in a single test match?

6. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize – the only person to win two unshared Nobel Prizes?

7. Which music video, according to Billboard, has the most youtube views?

8. American Football: Tom Brady has appeared in a record number of Superbowls, how many?

1. 8 bit cover: name the song and original artist

2. 8 bit cover: name the song and original artist

3. Flute cover: name the song and composer

4. Flute cover: name the song and original artist

5. Bagpipe cover: name the song and original artist

6. Bagpipe cover: name the song and original artist

7. Piano cover: name the song and original artist

8. Piano cover: name the song and original artist

9. Accordion cover: name the song and original artist (I will accept any one of three valid answers)

10. Accordion cover: name the song and original artist

11. Western cover: name the song and original artist

12. Western cover: name the song and original artist

1. How many of the 46 US Presidents have died in office (within 2)?

2. At 113km the furthest point from the sea in the UK is just east of Church Flatts Farm, Coton-in-the-Elms. In which county is Coton-in-the-Elms?

3. Based on UN figures (2011), put the following 4 cities in order of population size - Belfast, Cardiff, Dublin and Edinburgh (highest to lowest)

4. In which country is Timbuktu?

5. In what year was EastEnders first televised?

6. How many different English football clubs have appeared in the European Cup Final or Champions League Final?

7. What is the largest castle in the UK?

8. Which music artist has had the highest-grossing tour of all time, making $776m?