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82 Questions
Which former 'News of the World' Editor was found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemails in June 2014? | Andy Coulson |
13-year-old Myra Gale Brown was the subject of a scandal for which rock 'n' roller? | Jerry Lee Lewis |
What incident led to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in 1969? | Chappaquiddick |
Which Prime Minister caused outcry with his 'bunga bunga' parties? | Silvio Berlusconi |
Which US State bungled its vote count in the 2012 Presidential election? | Florida |
In 1990, which agriculture minister tried to prove beef was safe by encouraging his four-year-old daughter to eat a burger? | John Gummer |
'Grannygate' affected which sport in March 2000? | Rugby Union |
The UK Government bought 58% of which insolvent bank in 2008? | Royal Bank of Scotland |
Who was the 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' contestant aided by a coughing accomplice? | Charles Ingram |
Who calmed a potential riot by handing a can of Pepsi to a police officer? | Kendall Jenner |
Views of whose 2012 wild weekend in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas? | Prince Harry |
Which mistakenly drawn emoji led to Google being grilled in 2017? | A cheeseburger |
A place where an earthquake originates is called the (A) Epicentre (B) Focus or (C) Fault Line? | (B) Focus |
By what name was the unpopular forerunner of Council Tax usually known? | Poll Tax |
Established in 1892, and was made part of the Conde Nast Family in 1909, which publication features the latest fashion trends and aspirational living dreams for the modern woman? | Vogue |
For how many years were the Conservatives in consecutive power before Tony Blair won in 1997? | 18 |
For which newspaper did Clark Kent work for? | The Daily Planet |
For whose death was James Earl Ray responsible for in 1968? | Martin Luther King Jr. |
In newspaper jargon, what is a ‘splash’? | A front page leading story |
In what year of the 1970s did Margaret Thatcher become leader of the Conservative Party? | 1975 |
In which city did Taggart do his detecting? | Glasgow |
In which decade was fingerprint evidence first used in the UK to convict someone? | 1900’s (1902 used to convict burglar Harry Jackson) |
In which film did Sylvester Stallone play a law enforcement officer in Mega City One? | Judge Dredd |
In which TV show did John Thaw and Dennis Waterman play policeman from London’s Metropolitan ‘Flying Squad’? | The Sweeney |
In which US State is the mammoth cave system? | Kentucky |
In which year in the 1970s were there two General Elections? | 1974 |
Indonesia and Japan have historically had the most active volcanoes. Which country ranks third? | USA |
More than 4,000 climbers have successfully summited Mt. Everest. About how many people have died trying to climb it? | Over 300 People |
Over which mountains does the chinook blow? | Rockies |
Professor Moriarty is the arch enemy of Sherlock Holmes – what is his first name? | James |
The documentary ‘Making a Murderer’ centred on the wrongly accused Stephen Avery. How many years did Avery serve in prison before his conviction was over turned? | 18 Years |
The film Citizen Kane, starring Orson Welles, was loosely based on which newspaper magnate? | William Randolph Hearst |
The Gorn, Khan and the Romulans are baddies in which TV Series? | Star Trek |
The name of which type of cloud is Latin for a lock of hair? | Cirrus |
True or False: It is illegal in the UK to carry golf equipment in a park or open space | False (apart from Derbyshire when the law was introduced in 2015) |
What distinction is held by Edmund Waller, elected to parliament in 1622? | Youngest ever M.P. (Age 16) |
What does the Lord Chancellor sit on in the House of Lords? | The Woolsack |
What is Europe’s highest active volcano? | Mount Etna |
What is Fata Morgana and where would you see it? | Mirage, Strait of Messini, Italy |
What is our Solar System’s nearest stellar neighbour? | Proxima Centauri |
What is the highest waterfall in Norway? | Utigard |
What is the largest lake in the UK after Neagh? | Erne |
What is the name of the local newspaper in the soap, Eastenders? | The Walford Gazette |
What is the next largest body solar system after Venus? | Mars |
What is V4641 Sgr? | Black Hole |
What kind of criminal did Michael Jackson sing about? | Smooth Criminal |
What malevolent spectre, created by the novelist Susan Hill, is the villain of the second longest-running play in the West End? | The Woman in Black |
What name is given to an occasion when the equator is furthest from the sun? | Solstice |
What national newspaper is printed on ‘pink’ paper? | The Financial Times |
What natural disaster happened in 2003 and resulted in over 50,000 deaths? (A) Indonesian Tsunami (B) European Heatwave or (C) Plague of locusts in the US | (B) European Heat Wave |
What natural phenomenon is a hypocenter associated with? | Earthquake |
What superhero has an invisible jet and a Lasso of Truth? | Wonder Woman |
What was the first asteroid to be discovered? | Ceres |
What was the name of Celine Dion’s love song from the film Titanic? | My Heart Will Go On |
What was the name of the first storm to be given a name? | Carol |
What was the title of the 1981 series of stage charity benefits for Amnesty International featuring members of the Monty Python team, Peter Cook and Rowan Atkinson amongst others? | The Secret Policeman’s Ball |
Which 1990’s Eurovision Song Contest winner shares her name with a devastating hurricane? | Katrina |
Which Asian Country has the greatest area of inland water? | India |
Which Cabinet member resigned over the Iraq War on 17thMarch 2003? | Robin Cook |
Which comedy-drama followed the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) of the Metropolitan Police Service? | New Tricks |
Which Conservative politician was nicknamed 'Tarzan'? | Michael Heseltine |
Which Cornish Village suffered a freak flood in the summer of 2004? | Boscastle |
Which country has the driest inhabited area in the world? | Egypt |
Which country’s Rugby Team were involved in a plane crash in the Andes where the survivors remained stranded for 72 days? | Uruguay |
Which county is England’s wettest? | Cumbria |
Which daily newspaper sells the most copies in the UK? | The Sun |
Which former policeman gained Olympic glory alongside Jayne Torvill? | Christopher Dean |
Which M.P. announced she was separating from her husband David Mills in March 2006 following accusation that he had accepted bribes from the Italian government? | Tessa Jowell |
Which natural disaster can produce the fastest winds on Earth? | Tornado |
Which newspaper is nicknamed ‘The Thunderer’? | The Times |
Which police constable upheld the law in Toytown? | P.C. Plod |
Which police officer was constantly at loggerheads with Top Cat? | Officer Dibble |
Which policeman was immortalised in song with the lyrics; “His jolly face was wrinkled and then he shut his eyes, He opened his great big mouth, it was a wondrous size!”? | The Laughing Policeman |
Which politician and former Secretary of State For Wales was nicknamed 'Spock'? | John Redwood |
Which sea area is immediately to the South of Ireland? | Fastnet |
Which teen magazine closed its pages in February 2006 after 28 years in circulation? | Smash Hits |
Which TV Comedy trio provided the voices for the 1980’s Bananaman TV series? | The Goodies |
Which usually travels faster, a cold front or a warm front? | Cold Front |
Which volcanic rock is named after a mountain range in South America? | Andesite |
Who played Reverend Scott in The Poseidon Adventure? | Gene Hackman |
Who was the drummer for the pop group The Police? | Stewart Copeland |
With a beautiful blonde on its cover, which magazine hit the newsstands in December 1953 having been produced on a kitchen table in its creators Hyde Park Apartment? | Playboy |
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