Which composer scored Laurence Olivier’s films Henry V and Hamlet?
10 The composers Elgar, Holst and Delius all died in which year?
11 For which composer was the villa Wahnfried built in Bayreuth?
12 The dish pasta alla Norma took its name from an opera by which composer?
13 Which opera by Peter Maxwell Davies is about a 16th century English composer?
14 Which US minimalist composer wrote Drumming and Music for 18 Musicians?
15 Who is the title subject of the 2013 opera Oscar by composer Theodore Morrison?
16 Which younger brother of Joseph Haydn was also a highly regarded composer?
17 Peter Warlock was the byname of which English composer (1894–1930)?
18 Which composer is the first female Master of the Queen’s Music?
19 The German composer Otto Nicolai founded which orchestra in 1842?
20 Who designed the pictured music venue –
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1 According to a classic tongue twister, what did Peter Piper pick?
2 What links the national anthems of Spain, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo and San Marino?
3 Austria’s Bregenz Festival stages operas on the shores of which lake?
4 In South Africa, what type of social gathering is a braai?
5 The Colour of Magic (1983) was the first of which fantasy novels?
6 Which Italian ship collided with the SS Stockholm in 1956?
7 Which children’s book creation had a heart “two sizes too small”?
8 Where was bandleader Wallace Hartley’s last engagement?
9 What metal did Kipling call the “master of them all”?
10 Which video game heroine is the daughter of Lord Henshingly?
11 Which ancient Greek philosopher founded the Lyceum?
12 Mount Pilatus and its summits Tomlishorn and Esel overlook which Swiss city?
13 Which socialist British newspaper styles itself as “The People’s Daily”?
14 The first space satellite orbited by the US, Explorer 1 discovered the innermost of which zones?
15 What is the Beatles’ best-selling single in the UK?
16 Flying V, Firebird, Archtop, L7 and Super 400 are guitars made by which US company?
17 Known for its incredibly long legs, what is South America’s largest canid?
18 Which Italian football team was wiped out in the 1949 Superga air diaster?
19 Whose one year, five day-reign as world chess champion is the briefest in history?
20 Name the pictured English actress –
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1 Which entertainment company was founded by the former fire-eater Guy Laliberte in 1984?
2 Who composed the theme to the 1964 film 633 Squadron?
3 How many syllables are there in a haiku?
4 Who opened his first fish ’n’ chips restaurant in Bradford in 1926?
5 Heracles was the result of an affair Zeus had with which mortal?
6 Which Yorkshireman wrote the plays Bouncers and Teechers?
7 Who hosted infamous parties at 32 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham?
8 Robin’s Nest and George and Mildred were spin-offs of what sitcom?
9 Which Englishman wrote The Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1847)?
10 Biman is the state-owned airline of which Asian country?
11 Musically, what links Arabella, Daphne, Elektra and Salome?
12 What did “Slasher Mary” Richardson attack with a meat cleaver on March 10, 1914?
13 In 1670, Louis XIV founded which Paris hospital for infirm soldiers?
14 Which clinical disorder’s name, meaning ‘to be seized by somnolence’, was coined by Jean-Baptiste-Édouard Gélineau in 1880?
15 Co-founded by CEO James Park, which San Francisco-based company makes the Surge and Charge HR activity trackers?
16 In 1968, who was sacked from the Shadow Cabinet for his “Rivers of Blood” speech?
17 St. Thomas, Oleo, Doxy and Airegin are compositions by which US jazz saxophonist?
18 Set in 1992, which track world record is held by US athlete Kevin Young?
19 Who was killed at the Tamburello curve on May 1, 1994?
20 Which species of antelope is pictured?
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