1 “The Big Smoke” is a nickname of which capital city?
2 Which precious metal is associated with the 25th wedding anniversary?
3 Which country signed the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance (1950) with the USSR?
4 On July 5, 1948, which system took control of 480,000 hospital beds in England and Wales?
5 Lord Frederick Windsor (b 1979) is the only son of Prince and Princess Michael of where?
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6 Stovies is a traditional Scottish dish made with which starchy root vegetable?
7 Which Welsh market town is the world’s largest antiquarian and secondhand book centre?
8 Harold Wilson’s idea for a “university of the air” led to the creation of which university in 1969?
9 Whose tent artwork Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963-1995 was destroyed in the 2004 Momart fire?
10 “C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre,” was General Pierre Bosquet’s comment on which 1854 event?
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11 Michael Curtiz said, “Bring on the empty horses!” while directing which 1936 film?
12 Which comedian played JP, aka Jonathan Pembersley, in the Channel 4 show Fresh Meat?
13 Which politician, whose grandson won the 1950 Nobel prize in literature, was the last Whig prime minister?
14 Closed in 1970, the antiquarian booksellers Marks & Co occupied which London address?
15 Named after the Spanish for “little cow”, which porpoise is the most endangered cetacean in the world?
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16 Which American soprano (1949-2024) played the opera star Cynthia Hawkins in the 1981 French film Diva?
17 Which pope (1244-1334) built the castle that is the symbol of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine appellation?
18 Which Australian batting legend scored a record 5,028 runs in 37 Ashes Tests?
19 In 2010, the first Ryder Cup to be held in Wales was staged at which Newport resort?
20 Which Roman emperor’s triumphal arch in Rome is this?
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1 London
2 Silver
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3 China
4 National Health Service
5 Kent
6 Potato. It also features onions and leftover roast meat with beef dripping
7 Hay-on-Wye
8 Open University
9 Tracey Emin
10 The Charge of the Light Brigade, during the Battle of Balaclava. It means “It’s magnificent, but it is not war”
11 The Charge of the Light Brigade
12 Jack Whitehall
13 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. The Nobel laureate is Bertrand Russell
14 84 Charing Cross Road
15 Vaquita (Phocoena sinus). It is also among the smallest of all living cetaceans
16 Wilhelmenia Fernandez, born Wilhelmenia Wiggins
17 Pope John XXII
18 Sir Donald Bradman
19 Celtic Manor
20 Constantine (I) the Great