Well, it seems that nobody’s attempted my quiz, but in case you’re still interested yastobaal, I might as well give you the answers…
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Which continental land mass has the larger area – Australia or Antarctica?
Antarctica (14 million sq km v 7.6 million sq km)
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Which city is home to the football teams Boca Juniors and Independiente?
Buenos Aries
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What does an ammeter measure?
Electric current
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Which number of Beethoven’s symphonies is called The Choral?
The Ninth
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Who sang the signature tune for One Foot in the Grave?
Eric Idle
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What word is used for the pouch traditionally worn in front of a kilt?
Sporran
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Which famous guitarist established himself as Jimmy James with his band The Blue Flames?
Jimi Hendrix
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Who won the first ever FA Cup Final played at Wembley Stadium?
Bolton Wanderers (2-0 v West Ham United in 1923)
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What dish consists of smoked haddock, flaked into rice with hard-boiled eggs?
Kedgeree
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What was Mussolini’s first name?
Benito
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Which British-born horror writer created the story upon which the Hellraiser films were based?
Clive Barker
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Why was Desert Orchid not expected to make any money at stud after he finished racing?
He was a gelding (i.e. castrated)
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In which city would you live if your postcode began with SW?
London
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In The Great Escape, who played the part of Blythe, the forger who went blind?
Donald Pleasance
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What is the value of the pink/red banknote in Monopoly?
£500
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What medical condition is epistaxis another name for?
Nosebleed
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“Wool sorters’ disease” is a traditional name for which serious medical condition?
Anthrax
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Name either of the cricketers who have withdrawn from England’s tour of India?
Andrew Caddick and Robert Croft
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Which country has borders with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia?
Italy
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What is the name of the dip made from puréed chick peas, lemon and garlic?
Hummus
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Whose suicide note contained the comment “…it’s better to burn out than to fade away”?
Kurt Cobain
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Who was the central character in Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho?
Norman Bates
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Which is the sixth furthest planet from the sun?
Saturn
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Whose books include Where Eagles Dare, Ice Station Zebra and The Guns of Navarone?
Alistair McLean
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Which English football team was the first to win the FA Cup and League double?
Preston North End (1888-89 – the inaugural league season)
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What hat is named after the Spanish word for shadow?
Sombrero
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In which modern country is the place where the Buddha gave his first sermon?
India
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What unit of British currency was removed from circulation in 1961, and was the same size as a modern penny?
The farthing
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In the Manx TT Motorcycle Races, what does TT stand for?
Tourist Trophy
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What was the profession of Frenchman Auguste Escoffier?
Chef
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In the film The Usual Suspects, whose character turned out to be the mysterious Keyser Soze?
Kevin Spacey (= Roger “Verbal” Kint)
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Which of the United States comes first if listed alphabetically?
Alabama
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Which comic actress played the part of Denise in The Royle Family?
Caroline Ahern
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Without looking, is the silver-coloured part of a £2 coin near the centre or the edge?
Centre
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The extinct mastodon belonged to the same family as which modern animal?
Elephant
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Who or what were Fat Man and Little Boy in 1945?
The atomic bombs dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
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Of which country is Basher al-Assad the president?
Syria
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Which spiced currant bun wound into a spiral is named after a district of London?
Chelsea bun
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Which Dutch club won the European Cup three times between 1971 and 1973?
Ajax Amsterdam
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As seen in film credits, what is the gaffer’s job?
Electrician (chief lighting technician in charge of the electrical department)
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Which is the lightest of all the elements?
Hydrogen
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The mythical Minotaur was half and half of which two living things?
Half man, half bull
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At which ground does the Ireland Rugby Union team play its home matches?
Lansdowne Road
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‘Alef’, ‘bet’ and ‘gimel’ are letters in the alphabet of which language?
Hebrew
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Which album sleeve is the best-known work of artist Peter Blake?
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper… album
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What is the only even prime number?
2
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What English language term do we use for what the French call le Régiment Étranger?
The Foreign Legion
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He is captain of the Black Pig and his arch enemy is Cut-Throat Jake. Who?
Captain Pugwash
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In which country is Mount Kilimanjaro?
Tanzania
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Which soap opera features families called the Tates, the Sugdens and the Dingles?
Emmerdale
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In which county are Market Harborough and Melton Mowbray?
Leicestershire
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What did Colonel Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671?
The Crown Jewels
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From which platform at which station would you need to leave for Hogwart’s School?
Platform 9¾, King’s Cross Station
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What word is formed from combining the chemical symbols for potassium, nickel and iron?
Knife (K Ni Fe)
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What is the fifth book of the New Testament?
The Acts of the Apostles
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In Roman numerals, what is the result of D divided by L?
X (500 ÷ 50 = 10)
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What colour is Whitechapel Road on a Monopoly board?
Brown
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Which hell-raising actor died during the making of Gladiator?
Oliver Reed
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Is a dunnock a type of loaf, a bird or a small hill?
A bird (also called the hedge sparrow or hedge accentor)
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What word can go before bag, partner or pill to form a recognised phrase?
Sleeping