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in a 1950s radio series?

      2 What is the unit of currency in Turkey?

      3 The name of which small domestic fowl is also used to describe a weight in boxing?

      4 Which French term describes a pervasive feeling of boredom and languor?

      5 Who played the title role in the 2006 film Marie Antoinette?

      6 November 2 marks which Catholic festival?

      7 What four-letter term can describe both a bathing beach and an outdoor swimming pool?

      8 Who sang the 1972 song Walk on the Wild Side?

      9 The TV series Downton Abbey was created by which screenwriter?

      10 What gymnastic apparatus has two rails, at different heights?

      11 What name is given to a person who scavenges at low tide?

      12 In the novel Moby-Dick, who is the captain of the Pequod?

      13 In which US state do the Amish mainly live?

      14 What name is given to the checkerboard diamond pattern often used on socks?

      15 In the TV series Last of the Summer Wine, what was Nora’s surname?

      16 Who is Roald Dahl’s fictional champion of the world?

      17 Which Irish town gives its name to a famous illuminated book of Latin Gospels?

      18 Which fruit shares its name with the official form of the Chinese language?

      19 What is the stiff bristle on an ear of barley called?

      20 Emmental cheese originates from which country?

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      1 On which Hawaiian island is Pearl Harbor situated?

      2 Diamondback can refer to a terrapin and which other reptile?

      3 The playing area in which sport is known as a diamond?

      4 A pearl anniversary marks how many years of marriage?

      5 Which actress starred in the 2003 film Girl With a Pearl Earring…?

      6 …and who wrote the 1999 novel on which it is based?

      7 Diamonds are a form of which element?

      8 Pearls are formed by which creature?

      9 Are diamonds a major or minor suit in contract bridge?

      10 Who wrote the opera The Pearl Fishers?

      11 Who had hits with Sweet Caroline and Love on the Rocks?

      12 Pearl is a birthstone for which month?

      13 Who starred in the 2006 film Blood Diamond?

      14 In which year did Queen Elizabeth II celebrate her diamond jubilee…?

      15 …and in which year did Queen Victoria celebrate the same jubilee?

      16 Who had a 1977 hit with Pearl’s a Singer?

      17 In a Beatles song, who was “in the sky with diamonds”?

      18 Who played James Bond in Diamonds are Forever…?

      19 …and who performed the theme song?

      20 Who released a 1991 album entitled Diamonds and Pearls?

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      1 Which aromatic spice is obtained from the shell of nutmegs?

      2 Where is a cummerbund worn?

      3 A marlin is what type of creature?

      4 Which compound is added to toothpaste?

      5 Which religion is associated with Krishna?

      6 Who sang the theme song to the TV series Dad’s Army?

      7 Which area of Liverpool is home to the Grand National?

      8 Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim wrote which musical based on the true story of a famous striptease artist?

      9 What is the name of Porky Pig’s cartoon duck companion?

      10 In the Middle Ages, what name was given to a person who studied the art and craft of turning base metals into gold?

      11 Who starred in the TV series Doctor Foster?

      12 Which city of New York State shares its name with the American bison?

      13 What name is given to radioactive material produced by nuclear explosions?

      14 The flowers of the laburnum tree are which colour?

      15 Which overhead train system runs on one track?

      16 How many players are there in a volleyball team?

      17 What word denotes a Mexican state and a small breed of dog?

      18 What term is given to a piece of leather used for sharpening razors?

      19 The 1963 film The Great Escape starred which actor as “The Cooler King”?

      20 Which strongly flavoured blue-veined cheese is named after a Cambridgeshire village?

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      1 Where does the Ceremony of the Keys take place every night?

      2 How many bronze lions are there in Trafalgar Square?

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