1 Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones formed which comedy group?
2 The extinct woolly mammoth’s closest living relative is the Asian what?
3 The King of Wands, Ace of Cups and Queen of Swords are Minor Arcana cards in which deck?
4 Henry VI was king of England when which series of conflicts ended in 1453?
5 Which National Gallery painting was shown to Margaret Thatcher when she asked to see Van Gogh’s chrysanthemums?
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6 In which Scottish city did the Clyde Arc bridge open in 2006?
7 In which Dutch city was the Permanent Court of Arbitration established in 1899?
8 Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin developed the first successful vaccine against which disease?
9 George Gershwin based which “rhapsodic ballet” on the 1926 musical fragment Very Parisienne?
10 The Last Supper (2022) is the debut crime novel by which TV chef?
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11 Shannon airport is in which Irish county?
12 Which German disco group won a Grammy for their 1975 US No 1 single Fly, Robin, Fly?
13 Which US social critic wrote about juvenile delinquency in his 1960 book Growing Up Absurd?
14 Who designed Billie Jean King’s tennis dress for the “Battle of the Sexes” match in 1973?
15 Which runner-up in the 2023 SNP leadership election is this?
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Answers
1 Monty Python
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2 Elephant
3 Tarot deck
4 Hundred Years’ War
5 Sunflowers
6 Glasgow
7 The Hague
8 Tuberculosis, as in the BCG vaccine
9 An American in Paris
10 Rosemary Shrager
11 Co Clare
12 Silver Convention
13 Paul Goodman
14 Ted Tinling
15 Kate Forbes