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1. Alex Jennings and Jason Isaacs were among the cast of which 1990s TV drama based on a spy novel by W. Somerset Maugham?

Foyle's War

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Americans

Ashenden

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2. Born in 1931, which British op artist's works include Nataraja and Movement In Squares?

Bridget Riley

David Hockney

Tracey Emin

Damien Hirst

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3. Oakham is the county town of which English county?

Worcestershire

Buckinghamshire

Rutland

Shropshire

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4. What is the two-word name of the traditional Welsh bread that is flavoured with tea, dried fruits, and spices?

Bara brith

Soda bread

Bannock bun

Welsh cake

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5. Which English explorer, writer and courtier, who was executed in 1618, made two expeditions attempting to locate the fabled city of El Dorado?

Sir Walter Raleigh

Henry Hudson

Sir Francis Drake

Captain James Cook

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6. Who directed Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in the 1991 road movie Thelma & Louise?

Quentin Tarantino

Martin Scorsese

Ridley Scott

Steven Spielberg

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7. Robert Galbraith is a pseudonym used by which famous author?

George R.R. Martin

J.K. Rowling

Stephen King

Agatha Christie

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8. Seal, Blondie and Manic Street Preachers have all had hits with songs that feature which garden flower?

A lily

A daisy

A rose

A tulip

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9. The political scandal known as the Profumo affair took place during the premiership of which UK prime minister?

Harold Wilson

Harold Macmillan

Edward Heath

Margaret Thatcher

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10. Which saint's day, celebrated on July 15th, is referenced in a traditional rhyme that forecasts the weather for the English summer?

St George

St Andrew

St Swithin

St Patrick

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11. Which 1961 film starred Hayley Mills as one of three children who mistake a fugitive hiding in their barn for Jesus?

Whistle Down the Wind

The Parent Trap

Pocketful of Miracles

The Children's Hour

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12. Footballers George Best, Eric Cantona and Kenny Dalglish all wore which numbered shirt while playing for their respective teams?

10

7

9

8

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13. John Thaw and Dennis Waterman starred as detectives working in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan Police in which TV series?

The Bill

Midsomer Murders

The Sweeney

Taggart

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14. The Barbizon school of landscape painting was inspired by an 1824 exhibition of which English artist's works?

Thomas Gainsborough

Henry Fuseli

John Constable

J.M.W. Turner

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15. Which city, located on the River Severn, was known as Glevum by the ancient Romans?

Portsmouth

Chester

Canterbury

Gloucester

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16. Which 1975 film starred Robert Redford as the titular World War I veteran who takes up barnstorming after his service is over?

The Great Gatsby

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The Great Waldo Pepper

Jeremiah

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17. The Scotch whisky distilleries of Talisker and Torabhaig are located on which Hebridean island?

Arran

Skye

Islay

Jura

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18. The Glorious Revolution of 1688 resulted in the ascension of which husband and wife to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland?

Charles I and Henrietta Maria

William III and Mary II

James II and Anne

George I and Sophia Dorothea

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19. George Eliot was the pen name of which 19th century English author?

Emily Dickinson

Charlotte Bronte

Virginia Woolf

Mary-Ann Evans

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20. The Shirelles, Bryan Ferry and Amy Winehouse have all had hits with versions of which single?

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

Unchained Melody

My Girl

Stand by Me

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