1 The word “baloney” is ultimately derived from the name of which Italian city?
2 Which prime minister’s father Alfred had a grocery shop at No 1 North Parade, Grantham?
3 Which Filipina said: “I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty”?
4 After leaving the Tourists, Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart formed which pop duo in 1980?
5 Designed by James Henry Atkinson and first made in 1897, the Little Nipper is a type of which trap?
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6 What is the zodiac sign of someone who was born on St George’s Day?
7 The son of Ahuizotl, Cuauhtemoc (reigned 1520-21) was the last of which emperors?
8 Which Welshman starred as New Zealander Burt Munro in the 2005 film The World’s Fastest Indian?
9 Which leader of the Branch Davidians was born Vernon Wayne Howell in Houston in 1959?
10 The Danish nobleman Manderup Parsberg cut off the nose of which astronomer, his third cousin?
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11 Which 2001 Jonathan Coe novel is said to contain the longest sentence in English literature (13,955 words)?
12 The hit Arab TV soap opera Bab al-Hara was set in which capital city?
13 On view in the National Museum, Krakow, Girl with Chrysanthemums (1894) was painted by which Polish post-impressionist?
14 Gordon and Rena Merchant started which surfwear brand in Gold Coast, Queensland in 1973?
15 Which former Nottinghamshire and England cricketer is pictured?
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Answers
1 Bologna
2 Margaret Thatcher
3 Imelda Marcos
4 Eurythmics
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5 Mousetrap
6 Taurus
7 Aztec emperors
8 Anthony Hopkins
9 David Koresh
10 Tycho Brahe
11 The Rotters’ Club
12 Damascus
13 Olga Boznanska
14 Billabong
15 Derek Randall