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Produced for Netflix, which series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II won twenty-four Primetime Emmy Awards and aired in 2016?
The Crown
Probably executed in the mid-1480s, which artist painted "The Birth of Venus" depicting the goddess arriving at the shore after her birth?
Sandro Botticelli
Early pioneers in powered flight, the two Wright brothers were Wilbur and who else?
Orville
What amphibious African mammal has a name from the ancient Greek "water horse"?
Hippopotamus
Which is the odd one out of: January, May, August, November
November, all the other months have 31 days, November has 30
In the 2001 biographical drama film about the mathematician John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics, "A Beautiful Mind" - who played John Nash?
Russell Crowe
Which Spanish artist painted "The Persistence of Memory" - a 1931 painting and one of the most recognizable works of Surrealism?
Salvador Dalí
In scrabble the two letters which are worth ten points are Q and which other letter?
Z
In 1996 Edinburgh scientists had a breakthrough when they managed the cloning of Dolly. What type of animal was Dolly?
Sheep
Which is the odd one out of: Eagle, Fairway, Turkey, Driver.
Turkey, all others are golf terms, Turkey is a 10-pin bowling term
The lyrics of which song by Irish rock band U2 on the opening track from their album "War" focus on a 1972 incident in Derry in Northern Ireland?
Sunday Bloody Sunday
"The Kiss" is an oil-on-canvas painting with added gold leaf, silver and platinum by which Austrian Symbolist painter?
Gustav Klimt
The city Istanbul had two former names, they are Constantinople and what else?
Byzantium
What creatures are the Mexican Black Howler and Marmosets both types of?
Monkeys
Which is the odd one out of: Femur, Humerus, Radius, and Ulna
Femur, this is a leg bone the others are all arm bones
Which 2019 TV miniseries revolves around a 1986 nuclear disaster which took place geographically in modern day Ukraine?
Chernobyl
"The Naked Maja" is an oil-on-canvas painting made around 1797–1800 by which famous Spanish artist?
Francisco de Goya
The two most translated English writers are William Shakespeare and who else?
Agatha Christie
Which animal is found nearest to the start of an English dictionary?
Aardvark
Which is the odd one out of: Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, Moonraker, Thunderball.
Moonraker, the others all star Sean Connery as Bond, Moonraker is Roger Moore
Which TV miniseries created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks dramatizes the history of "Easy" Company, a regiment of the Airborne Division?
Band of Brothers
Who painted "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe" – originally titled Le Bain (The Bath) - it depicts a nude woman and a scantily dressed bathing woman on a picnic with two fully dressed men?
Édouard Manet
The Khyber Pass connects the countries of Afghanistan and which other?
Pakistan
What creature's name was derived from French words meaning "spiny pig"?
The Porcupine
Which is the odd one out of: Richard, Peter, James, George.
Peter, the others are all the first names of The Beatles (Paul’s first name is James)