city was the enemy of Rome in the Punic Wars?
9 On which date did Apollo 11 land on the moon?
10 In which year did the American Civil War start?
11 Who commanded the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
12 Which port is the capital of the United Arab Emirates?
13 Texas was part of which North American country until 1836?
14 In which year did Martin Luther King deliver his “I have a dream” speech?
15 What was the capital of New Zealand until 1865?
16 Which Russian leader died on January 21, 1924?
17 Who became the world’s first “test tube baby” in 1978?
18 Which empire ended when the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople in 1453?
19 Which great pharaoh had Abu Simbel constructed?
20 In which year was Pakistan established as a country?
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1 Which city is home to the Burrell Art Collection?
2 How is the plant Hedera helix better known?
3 Which band recorded the 1997 hit Your Woman?
4 Which rugby position is also known as “stand-off” or “outside half”?
5 What is the Russian coin equivalent to 100th of a rouble?
6 In which Belgian town is the Menin Gate war memorial?
7 What does a numismatist collect?
8 Which very hot, spicy curry originates from the Indian region of Goa?
9 Who wrote Silas Marner (1861)?
10 In chess, what term is given to a checkmate in the fewest number of moves?
11 In which country was shoe designer Jimmy Choo born?
12 Which US university is situated at New Haven, Connecticut?
13 Who invented the Spinning Jenny, patented in 1770?
14 What title does the wife of a Marquis use?
15 Which is the second god of the Hindu trinity?
16 On which London street is Madame Tussauds located?
17 Which famous train crosses Australia north to south?
18 In which month is the US remembrance holiday of Memorial Day?
19 Trowbridge is the administrative centre of which county?
20 What is the national fruit of India?
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1 Which English-born American poet wrote Funeral Blues in the late 1930s?
2 Which organisation is reponsible for commemorative blue plaques on buildings in England?
3 The mineral Blue John is found in which English National Park?
4 Which TV series starred Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis?
5 In which year was ELO’s Out of the Blue album released?
6 In which county does the Bluebell railway run?
7 Who won the Best Actress Oscar for the 2013 film Blue Jasmine?
8 Which US state is known as “the Bluegrass State”?
9 Who wrote the 1952 play The Deep Blue Sea?
10 What sort of animal is a blue-faced Leicester?
11 What was the name of the craft in which Donald Campbell set speed records?
12 In which Australian state are the Blue Mountains?
13 What was the title of the Moody Blues’ first UK chart-topper?
14 Which actor starred as Michael Felgate in the 1999 film Mickey Blue Eyes?
15 Which blue characters were created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo?
16 What type of food is blue vinney?
17 Who played WPC Shirley Trewlove in the TV series Endeavour?
18 What badge is worn by members of the Order of the Garter?
19 Who co-starred with Ryan Gosling in the 2010 film Blue Valentine?
20 What type of animal is a Kerry Blue?
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1 Who won the Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles title in 2017?
2 What is actor David Tennant’s real surname?
3 Who was the star of the 1980s TV series The Equalizer?
4 In which US state is Cape Canaveral?
5 Who is the mother of Uranus in Greek mythology?
6 Which former boyband member had a 2016 solo no.1 with Pillowtalk?
7 What Italian herb liqueur is named after a 19th-century war hero?
8 Who played the witch in the 2014 film Into the Woods?
9 What was the scene of the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, fought in 1642?
10 Which Red Sea Israeli resort is adjacent to the Jordanian port of Aqaba?