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| 1611 | Who caused outrage with the following quote 'We are more popular than Jesus now'' I don't know which will go first Rock n Roll or Christianity'' | John Lennon | |
| 1612 | In what year did man first set foot on the moon | 1969 | |
| 1613 | What rock magazine that came out in the eighties is now Rolling Stone's major competitor? | Spin | |
| 1614 | When is the Feast of St. Nicholas? Dec 6th, Dec 18th, Dec 25th, Dec 27th | Dec 6th | |
| 1615 | In what country did John Lennon and Yoko Ono start their honeymoon? | Holland/Amsterdam | |
| 1616 | What Toy Still Hugely Popular Today First Went On Sale In 1959 Costing Just $3 | Barbie | |
| 1617 | What energetic singer married the 13 year old daughter of his bass player? | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| 1618 | In Which Year Did The Oil Tanker Torrey Canyon Come Aground Near Lands End Causing A Major Environmental Disaster | 1967 | |
| 1619 | Who introduced bagpipes to the British Isles? | Romans | |
| 1620 | "What 'NN' Is ""ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ & ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ""" | Noel Noel | |
| 1621 | What Did New Zealand Vote To Abolish In 1961 | The Death Penalty | |
| 1622 | Where Were The McDonalds Massacred By The Campbells And The English In 1692? | Glencoe | |
| 1623 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Red Headed Stranger | Willie Nelson | |
| 1624 | Who was George Washington's vice-president? | John Adams | |
| 1625 | What was the rank of Mark Phillips when he was married to Princess Anne in 1973? | Lieutenant | |
| 1626 | What did Peter Minuit buy in 1626 ? | Manhattan Island | |
| 1627 | Who fiddled while Rome burned? | Nero | |
| 1628 | What was the last Port of call for the Titanic? | Queenstown | |
| 1629 | The Devonian Period is also known as the Age of __________. | Fish | |
| 1630 | Who Was Shot In Dallas On 24 th November 1963 | Lee Harvey Oswald | |
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| 1631 | Who Lead The British Labour Party Before Harold Wilson? | Hugh Gaitskell | |
| 1632 | Which island was Napoleon from? | Corsica | |
| 1633 | What Christmas delicacy has blue veins running through it and tastes cheesy'? | Stilton Cheese | |
| 1634 | Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in what year? 1878,1895, 1903, 1907 | 1895 | |
| 1635 | What movie featured Reece's Pieces as part of the story, because the director couldn't obtain the rights to use M&M's? | E.T. | |
| 1636 | Who starred in the 1954 Musical remake of 'A star is born' ? | Judy Garland | |
| 1637 | Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? | Christmas Past, Present, Yet to Come, and Jacob Marley | |
| 1638 | James Dean died during the filming of which film in 1955? | Giant | |
| 1639 | What was the fight between Argentina and Great Britan over? | Falkland Islands | |
| 1640 | Who was defeated at the Battle of Little Bighorn? | George A. Custer | |
| 1641 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Machine Gun Etiquette | The Damned | |
| 1642 | Who had a Message To Rudy? | The Specials | |
| 1643 | Who Brought Back Tobacco And Potatoes From The Americas? | Sir Walter Raleigh | |
| 1644 | The Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879 featured in which war? | Zulu War (or Zulu Wars). | |
| 1645 | After years of flirtation, the U.S. began direct military involvement in Vietnam in what year? | 1964 | |
| 1646 | "The carol 'Silent Night' was first played on what instrument? ""Harpsichord,Guitar,Pipe Organ, Piano""" | Guitar | |
| 1647 | What Was The Name Of Scotland's First King? | Kenneth | |
| 1648 | Who Had An 80's Hit With The Song 'Funky Cold Medina,' | Tone Loc | |
| 1649 | He taught Alexander the Great. | Aristotle | |
| 1650 | In What Us City Was President John F Kennedy Assasinated In 1963 | Dallas / Texas | |
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| 1651 | What did Erik Rotheim invent in 1926? | Aerosol | |
| 1652 | What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas? | Panettone | |
| 1653 | He is identified with the expression, "Eureka". | Archimedes | |
| 1654 | What country did Abel Tasman discover in 1642 ? | New Zealand | |
| 1655 | Who sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy for his 45th? | Marilyn Monroe | |
| 1656 | What is the name of Tiny Tim's father in the story, 'A Christmas Carol'? | Bob Crachit | |
| 1657 | What's the resting place of those buried at sea | Davey jones's locker | |
| 1658 | From what did Alexander the Great suffer? | Epilepsy | |
| 1659 | What did Victorian women bathe in to try to enlarge their breasts? | Strawberries | |
| 1660 | What type of natural disaster hit the American Midwest in 1935? | Dust Storms | |
| 1661 | Where Was Thomas Becket Murdered? | Canterbury Cathedral | |
| 1662 | After who was Mickey Mouse named? | Mickey Rooney | |
| 1663 | Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation? | George the Fifth (in 1932) | |
| 1664 | This F.B.I agent headed the investigation of Al Capone. | Elliot ness | |
| 1665 | What type of shoes were favored by skateboarders? (Hint, it's 4 letterslong) | Vans | |
| 1666 | Whose army did Admiral Nelson defeat at the battle of Trafalgar? | Napoleon | |
| 1667 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Blood on the Tracks | Bob Dylan | |
| 1668 | During Which Monarch's Reigns Did Shakespeare Live? | Elizabeth I & James I | |
| 1669 | Who was George Washington's vice_president | Adams | |
| 1670 | What is the former name of Sri Lanka? | Ceylon | |
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| 1671 | In the movie 'Home Alone', Macaulay Culkin plays a boy who is accidentally left alone at Christmas. What is the name of this character? | Kevin | |
| 1672 | Which movie is the line 'Snakes, I hate snakes' from? | Raiders Of The Lost Ark | |
| 1673 | What was the first newspaper produced in the United States ? | Publick Occurences | |
| 1674 | Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of gold for the baby Jesus? | Melchior | |
| 1675 | Which president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase? | Jefferson | |
| 1676 | The Romans built these to convey water. | Aqueduct | |
| 1677 | "Who played the elf called Patch in the film 'Santa Claus: The Movie'? ""Danny De Vito"" - ""Michael J Fox"" - ""Bob Hoskins"" - ""Dudley Moore"" " | Dudley Moore | |
| 1678 | Three of the names of Santa's reindeer begin with the letter 'D'', name two of them | Dancer, Dasher, Donner | |
| 1679 | Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War? | Neville Chamberlain | |
| 1680 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Layla & other assorted love songs | Derek and the Dominos | |
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