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| 1681 | What American city was called New Amsterdam in the early 17th century? | New York | |
| 1682 | Composer George Gershwin died in1937 at the age of 38. How did he die? | Brain Tumour | |
| 1683 | He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his civil rights leadership. | Martin luther king jr | |
| 1684 | Where were numerous French nuclear tests conducted? | Muraroa Atoll | |
| 1685 | Who was captain of 'The Mayflower'? | Miles Standish | |
| 1686 | What did Louis Cartier invent? | Wristwatch | |
| 1687 | Which gangster died on the 25th January 1947 ? | Al Capone | |
| 1688 | What liqueur goes into making a 'snowball' cocktail? | Advocaat | |
| 1689 | Where did the bayonet originate? | Bayonne, France | |
| 1690 | Where Was Napoleon Bonaparte Born? | Corsica | |
| 1691 | Which band had a 1977 summer No 1 hit with `So You Win Again'? | Hot Chocolate | |
| 1692 | Where was Napoleon defeated? | Waterloo | |
| 1693 | Frankish ruler Charles the Great is better known as _________. | Charlemagne | |
| 1694 | On what day of the week did Solomon Grundy die? | Saturday | |
| 1695 | Who Sang El Condor Pasa (If I Could) | Simon & Garfunkel | |
| 1696 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | |
| 1697 | In which 1971 Oscar winning film is the main character a tough, no nonsense, pork pie hat wearing New York City detective ? | The French Connection | |
| 1698 | Who Was Henry VIII's Third Wife? | Jane Seymour | |
| 1699 | In the year 2000 which companies CEO was the worlds second richest man ? | Oracle | |
| 1700 | He was stabbed by Cassius. | Julius caesar | |
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| 1701 | Who played the younger scrooge in the Classic with Alistair Sim? | George Cole | |
| 1702 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled All Mod Cons | The Jam | |
| 1703 | What was named after Amerigo Vespucci? | America | |
| 1704 | Another plane crash, on February 3rd 1959, resulted in the deaths of which three rock stars of the day | Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Richie Valens | |
| 1705 | Who was the first (and last) catholic president? | John Fitzerald Kennedy | |
| 1706 | Name the female comedy star who once had a show on Fox, that had a pop hit in the early eighties | Tracy Ullman | |
| 1707 | Which is the oldest University in the USA? | Harvard (founded 1636, in Cambridge Massachusetts) | |
| 1708 | What was the first game show on Mtv? | Remote Control | |
| 1709 | The Inquisition forced him to recant his belief in the Copernican Theory. | Galileo | |
| 1710 | What Did The Bank Of England Issue For The First Time In 1791? | Banknotes | |
| 1711 | How in the world of music is Richard Starkey more commonly known? | Ringo Starr | |
| 1712 | Where did the battle of Waterloo take place? | Belgium | |
| 1713 | Of What Tribe Was Boadicea The Head? | The Iceni | |
| 1714 | Good King Wenceslas Was The Duke & Later King Of Where? | Bohemia | |
| 1715 | What was the instrument of execution during the "Reign of Terror" | Guillotine | |
| 1716 | Who started the second Punic war? | Carthage | |
| 1717 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Parallel Lines | Blondie | |
| 1718 | What was Marilyn Monroe's last film? | The Misfits | |
| 1719 | Born on Christmas Day 1899, which actor starred in 'Casablanca'' and 'The Big Sleep'' | Humphrey Bogart | |
| 1720 | Southern Rhodesia became what country in 1980? | Zimbabwe (Independent Nation of Zimbabwe) | |
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| 1721 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled 2112 | Rush | |
| 1722 | How many reindeer does Santa Have? | 8 / (9 With Rudolph) | |
| 1723 | Halloween originated from a festival celebrated by what ancient European tribe is it A Druids B Huns or is it C Celts | C = Celts | |
| 1724 | How many points does a snowflake have? | Six | |
| 1725 | In Victorian England what people were popularly called robins because of their red uniforms? | Postmen | |
| 1726 | Who was Captain of the Titanic on her maiden voyage? | Edward J. Smith | |
| 1727 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Electric Warrior | T. Rex | |
| 1728 | In Which War Was Pork Chop Hill Fought Over? | Korean | |
| 1729 | John McClane was fighting terrorists in a skyrise in which eighties movie? | Die Hard | |
| 1730 | Which legendary American fire fighter was sent to extinguish the oilfields of Kuwait in 1991? | Red Adair | |
| 1731 | As at November 2005, who is the only British Prime Minister to have been appointed and dismissed four times, serving four separate terms in office? | William Gladstone | |
| 1732 | When did Christmas become a Federal holiday in the U.S.? | 1831 | |
| 1733 | In the film 'The Santa Clause' who plays Santa? | Tim Allen | |
| 1734 | Who Played Bowls Before Engaging The Spanish Armada? | Sir Francis Drake | |
| 1735 | Which Famous Venetian Merchant Travelled To China And Worked For Kublai Khan? | Marco Polo | |
| 1736 | Which actor won an Oscar in 1955 for their role in the movie 'The King and I'' | Yul Brynner | |
| 1737 | Name The First Steam Engine To Run Between Stockton & Darlington? | Locomotion No1 | |
| 1738 | On May 1st 1931 the world's then tallest building was opened in New York City. which building was it? | Empire States Building | |
| 1739 | In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, '___my true love brought to me nine___' what? | Ladies dancing | |
| 1740 | Who was 'The Elephant Man'? | Joseph Merrick | |
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| 1741 | Which Institution Was Founded By The Roman Catholic Church In The 13th Century To Root Out Heresay? | The Inquisition | |
| 1742 | Which Date On The Christian Calendar Marks The Epiphany, When Jesus, Mary And Joseph Met The Three Wise Men? | January 6 th | |
| 1743 | What Chinese dynasty was overthrown in 1911? | Manchu | |
| 1744 | Which 50's Movie features the Line 'We've become a race of peeping toms' | Rear Window | |
| 1745 | "Who invented the Christmas Cracker? (""George Cracker"", ""Tom Smith"", ""Thomas Edison"", ""John Bell"" " | Tom Smith | |
| 1746 | Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. Comes from which of Shakespeare's plays | Macbeth | |
| 1747 | Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950's Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas? | I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus | |
| 1748 | Who sang 'I Want My MTV' on the Dire Straits song 'Money For Nothing'? | Sting | |
| 1749 | Where did Bill and Hilary Clinton switch on Christmas lights in 1995? | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 1750 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Machine Head | Deep Purple | |
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