Which country has the longest official name in the world?
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
In 1497 who sailed from Bristol to North America on the Matthew?
John Cabot
Which stage magician shares his name with a Charles Dickens novel?
David Copperfield
Which Emily Brontë novel is the inspiration for a Kate Bush song?
Wuthering Heights
Having previously left the Broom Cupboard which TV personality left the closet in February?
Phillip Schofield
Which country has the longest coastline in the world?
Canada
In Greek mythology what was the name of the beast with nine heads?
The hydra
A string of what food item commonly appears in Punch & July puppet shows
Sausages
Who sculpted The Thinker?
Auguste Rodin
Freddie Murcury was born in what now-defunct African country?
Zanzibar
What is the state capital of California?
Sacramento
What did Thomas Edison electrocute to demonstrate that Nikola Tesla's AC current was dangerous?
An elephant
What name is used to describe cowboy movies made by Italian film-makers
Spaghetti Western
Which cartoon animal is owned by Jon Arbuckle?
Garfield (and Odie)
Which WWII hero received a royal pardon in December 2013 for his historical conviction for homosexuality?
Alan Turing
On an Ordinance Survey map a cross denotes a place of worship. What's the symbol for a place of worship with a tower?
A cross on top of a square
On this day in 1883 the Orient Express departed from Paris, what was its destination?
Constantinople
Which country has won the Eurovision Song Contest the most times?
Ireland
Sometimes Odette and Odile are played by the same ballerina. In which ballet?
Swan Lake
Riots at which NYC gay bar in 1969 were the catalyst for the gay liberation movement and the fight for the LGBTQQIP2SAA+ movement?
Stonewall Inn
What's the name of this unusually-shaped part of the UK?
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Kintyre
The US President 1913-1921 and the UK Prime Minister 1964-1970 & 1974-1976 shared a surname. What was it?
Wilson (Woodrow & Harold)
Joe Exotic (Tiger King) ran for Governor of which state?
Oklahoma
What is the first name of Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter books?
Minerva
At the Rio 2016 Olympics the British gold-medal team for which sport included married couple Kate & Helen Richardson-Walsh?
Field hockey