1 Which British actress plays Maggie in the current Apollo Theatre production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
2 George W Bush defeated which Democratic nominee to win the 2000 US presidential election?
3 Which Swiss food and drink company acquired Crosse & Blackwell in 1960 and Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988?
4 Which Puccini opera is set in Nagasaki?
5 Who made his debut as a feature film director with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)?
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6 Who wrote the novels Romola (1863) and Felix Holt, the Radical (1866)?
7 Two of Us is the opening track of which 12th and final studio album by the Beatles?
8 Kazakhstan is the world’s top producer of which weakly radioactive metal?
9 In 1913, Ethiopia and which other country were the only fully independent African nations?
10 Wadi al-Salaam, the world’s largest cemetery, is located in which Shia holy city in Iraq?
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11 In 768, the Frankish Kingdom was divided between Charlemagne and which other son of Pepin the Short?
12 Named after an English county, which ancient breed of cattle is nicknamed the “red ruby”?
13 The Malawian city of Blantyre was named after the South Lanarkshire birthplace of which explorer (1813-73)?
14 In 1993, who became the first English player to contest a World Chess Championship match?
15 Which retired 400m runner is pictured?
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Answers
1 Sienna Miller
2 Al Gore
3 Nestlé
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4 Madama Butterfly
5 Guy Ritchie
6 George Eliot
7 Let It Be
8 Uranium
9 Liberia
10 Najaf
11 Carloman (I)
12 Devon or North Devon
13 David Livingstone
14 Nigel Short. He was defeated by Garry Kasparov 12.5 to 7.5
15 Iwan Thomas