the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005?
15 Which Sir Terence Rattigan play deals with the events following the theft of a five-shilling postal order?
16 Who wrote the 1960s works After the Fall and The Price?
17 John Osborne’s 1956 play Look Back in Anger premiered at which London theatre?
18 What nationality was playwright Edward Albee?
19 What was the name of William Shakespeare’s mother?
20 Who wrote The Seagull (1895)?
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1 Which bridge in the north-east of England is the world’s first tilting bridge?
2 Which company was granted the first registered trademark in 1876?
3 Who flew from Newfoundland to Clifden in Ireland in 1919?
4 What was the first name of KFC founder Colonel Sanders?
5 A mash tun is used in making which drink?
6 Which bid in solo whist declares a hand that will win no tricks?
7 Which former The X Factor contestant won 2009’s Dancing on Ice?
8 In which year did the Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix become a night race?
9 When does a noctilucent cloud appear?
10 In which country is Murlough Nature Reserve?
11 What does “gsm” stand for in relation to paper and card?
12 The Home Insurance Building in Chicago became the world’s first what in 1885?
13 The International or European Article Number is a standard for what identification?
14 Which stately home on Anglesey contains a mural painted by Rex Whistler?
15 In which decade were the Blackpool Illuminations first lit?
16 Which inventor filed 1093 patents in his lifetime?
17 Who wrote The Shell Seekers (1987) and September (1990)?
18 Which medal was awarded to Tenzing Norgay?
19 What was Greta Garbo’s real surname?
20 Who directed the 2015 film The Martian?
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1 Which famous girls’ school near Brighton was founded by the Lawrence sisters in 1885?
2 The TV series Glee was set mainly in which fictional school?
3 The London School of Economics and Political Science was founded in 1875 by members of which society?
4 Which is the world’s oldest university museum?
5 What does ROSLA stand for in an academic context?
6 Which English university was founded in 1209?
7 The 1940s novels about St Clare’s boarding school were written by which author?
8 What was the title of the 1970s Please Sir! spin-off series?
9 LLB after a name indicates that the person has graduated in what subject?
10 What is the literal English translation of the German word Kindergarten?
11 Which two-word Latin phrase is used to describe the university or college of a former student?
12 What is the name of the university based in Middlesbrough?
13 In which year did polytechnics in the UK become universities?
14 At which fictional school did Mr McGuffey, Mrs McClusky and Mr Bronson teach?
15 Which youth achievement award scheme was introduced in 1956 for boys and in 1958 for girls?
16 Estyn is the Welsh equivalent of which English body?
17 Which independent Berkshire boarding school was founded in 1440?
18 What do the initials UCAS stand for?
19 Which world-renowned educationist born in Italy in 1870 gives her name to a “Method” of early education?
20 In which year were GCSE exams introduced?
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1 Who was the proverbially wealthy king of ancient Lydia?
2 Who presented Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs from 1988 until 2006?
3 What was the name of the hotel in Stephen King’s The Shining (1977)?
4 Which part of a church is named from the Latin word for “ship”?
5 Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014?
6 In Norse mythology, what was the home of the gods?
7 Which town in south-east Switzerland hosted the 1928 Winter Olympics?
8 In which Derbyshire town are the Heights of Abraham?
9 Which single did Wings release as a double A side with Mull of Kintyre?
10 Who wrote the 1970 best-selling novel Love Story?
11 Kampala is the capital of which African nation?
12 The Wraith is a model from which luxury car manufacturer?
13 Which island is linked politically with Antigua?
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