1 Which character muses about his favourite scrambled eggs recipe in the short story 007 in New York?
2 Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune about 12 miles from the centre of which capital?
3 Presented by Bruce Parker and Arthur Negus, the pilot roadshow for which TV series was recorded in Hereford in 1977?
4 Oceanus Hopkins (1620-c 1627) was the only child born on which ship during its historic voyage?
5 Which two-word term for an anticlimax refers to a wet firework that fails to go off properly?
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6 Which season is “Cruel” in the title of a 1983 hit for Bananarama and a 2020 Taylor Swift single?
7 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, is the home address of which animated duo?
8 The national flag of Bahrain is a white serrated strip and a field of which colour?
9 What was the last Edgar Wright-directed film starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost?
10 Carla Gugino’s title character in the US TV drama Karen Sisco was created by which crime writer?
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11 Which Northern Irish comic-book writer is known for Preacher, The Boys and his nine-year run on The Punisher?
12 Known for his fantastic cardboard city models, sculptor Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948-2015) came from which African country?
13 Octadecanoic acid is the IUPAC name of which saturated fatty acid with an 18-carbon chain?
14 Which annual race starts in Blackheath and finishes at The Mall?
15 Who designed the pictured Difference Engine No 2?
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Answers
1 James Bond
2 Paris
3 Antiques Roadshow
4 Mayflower
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5 Damp squib
6 Summer
7 Wallace and Gromit
8 Red
9 The World’s End
10 Elmore Leonard. Sisco was previously played by Jennifer Lopez in the 1998 film Out of Sight
11 Garth Ennis
12 Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
13 Stearic acid
14 London Marathon
15 Charles Babbage. It was built by the Science Museum