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| 1821 | The Worlds First Travel Agency Was Founded In 1850 By Whom? | Thomas Cook | |
| 1822 | In which body of water is Christmas Island? | Indian Ocean | |
| 1823 | What group landed in America in 1620? | The Pilgrims | |
| 1824 | In 1950 which French designer created the so-called New Look | Chriatian Dior | |
| 1825 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Legalize It | Peter Tosh | |
| 1826 | Good King Wenceslas was king of which country? | Bohemia | |
| 1827 | What was ITV's live pop music show called? | Ready Steady Cook | |
| 1828 | What city was founded in 753 BC ? | Rome | |
| 1829 | Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond. Movie 'The Spy Who Loved Me | Carly Simon | |
| 1830 | How old was Alexander the Great when he died ? | 32 | |
| 1831 | "What Did My True Love Give To Me On The ""Eleventh"" Day Of Christmas" | 11 Pipers Piping | |
| 1832 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled The Pleasure Principle | Gary Newman | |
| 1833 | What was the first American colony to legalise witchcraft? | Pennsylvania | |
| 1834 | Who tried to create the 'Great Society'? | Lyndon B Johnson | |
| 1835 | Messala was the gad guy in which 50s blockbuster ? | Ben Hur | |
| 1836 | 13th July 1955 saw the last execution of woman in Britain - who was she | Ruth Ellis | |
| 1837 | Name the 80's band that named the sides of their first album Hardware and Software and also used samples from Star Trek movies in their songs. | Information Society | |
| 1838 | Who forced 146 captured British officers into the Black Hole of Calcutta? | Indian troops | |
| 1839 | Which of the following was not a gift from a magi? (Diamonds,Gold, Frankincense,Myrrh) | Diamonds | |
| 1840 | In 1986 the prime minister of which European country was assassinated on his way home from the cinema with his wife? | Sweden (Olof Palme) | |
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| 1841 | How Many Men Were There In A Roman Legion? | 6000 | |
| 1842 | Who succeeded Churchill when he resigned in 1955? | Sir Anthony Eden | |
| 1843 | Of which country did Robert Menzies become Prime Minister in April 1939? | Australia | |
| 1844 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Germ Free Adolescents | X-Ray Spex | |
| 1845 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Cant Buy a Trill | Steely Dan | |
| 1846 | The USA's official National Christmas Tree is in which National Park? | King's Canyon National Park, California | |
| 1847 | In 1979, Jeremy Thorpe was found not guilty of plotting to murder whom? | Norman Scott | |
| 1848 | Who Was Nick-Named (The Desert Fox)? | Field Marshal Rommel | |
| 1849 | Britain and Argentina fought over these islands in 1982. | Falklands Islands | |
| 1850 | Which country was split into two zones by the Yalta agreement? | Germany | |
| 1851 | Who was King Arthur's foster-father? | Ector | |
| 1852 | Who is considered the father of medicine? | Hippocrates | |
| 1853 | What Happened To Alaska In 1867? | It Was Sold By Russia To The United States | |
| 1854 | Who is generally given credit for the term 'Rock and Roll? | Alan Freed | |
| 1855 | With three words complete this movie trailer catch line for the film Alien. 'In space no one can_____' | Hear you scream | |
| 1856 | Which Actress Starred As Columnist 'Jane Lucas'' In The TV Sitcom Agony | Maureen Lipman | |
| 1857 | Which Wall Did The Romans Build To Keep Out Marauding Scots? | Hadrians Wall | |
| 1858 | Deriving its name from the Latin word meaning knowledge and a Greek word meaning branch of learning which church was founded in 1954 in California, moving it's headquarters to Sussex in 1959? | Church of Scientology | |
| 1859 | Which 60's Movie features The Line you wouldn't be able to do those awful things to me if I weren't still in this chair | What ever happened to Baby Jane ? | |
| 1860 | Which British Crime Author And Dame Died In January 1976 Aged 85 | Agatha Christie | |
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| 1861 | Which Popular Christmas Movie Featured A Must Have Toy Called 'Turbo Man'' | Jingle All The Way | |
| 1862 | Through the streets of what town did Lady Godiva ride naked? | Coventry | |
| 1863 | Whose radio production of War Of The World's caused panic in America in 1938? | Orson Welles | |
| 1864 | Which 1972 musical won eight Oscars ? 'divine decadence darling' | Cabaret | |
| 1865 | How many countries joined the United Nations at it's start ? | 51 | |
| 1866 | Name The Slave Who Lead An Unsuccessful Revolt By The Gladiators Against Rome? | Spartacus | |
| 1867 | What was the inexpensive designer watch of choice amongst teenagers during the eighties? | Swatch | |
| 1868 | February 6th 1958 saw a plane carrying Manchester United home from a match in Belgrade crash during take-off at which city's airport | Munich | |
| 1869 | "In the Christmas song 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' what ""will be out of sight"" ? " | Troubles | |
| 1870 | Queen Cleopatra proclaimed herself to be which Egyptian goddess? | Isis | |
| 1871 | Name the remake of a 1960's film with the aid of the following actors. The first actor was in the 60's original, the second actor played the same role in the remake David Niven and Daniel Craig | Casino Royale | |
| 1872 | "The words ""Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes of life, of gathering gloom___"" come from which Christmas carol?" | We Three Kings of Orient Are | |
| 1873 | Who Released The 70's Album Entitled Transformer | Lou Reed | |
| 1874 | What Were (Mulberries)? | Floating Harbours Used On D-Day | |
| 1875 | In what language was the (Communist Manifesto) by Karl Marx written? | German | |
| 1876 | How was the 1839-42 Anglo-Chinese war better known ? | The Opium War | |
| 1877 | The following is a line from which 1970's film 'you talkin to me' ? | Taxi Driver | |
| 1878 | What missionary station was built by Albert Schweitzer? | Lambarene | |
| 1879 | In what country did "Sepoy Mutiny" occur | India | |
| 1880 | Which 60s sex symbol was, in film at least, attacked by anti-bodies ? | Rachel Welch | |
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| 1881 | Which nursery rhyme was the first gramophone recording? | Mary Had A Little Lamb | |
| 1882 | This war began on June 25, 1950. | Korean | |
| 1883 | What was the nationality of Marco Polo ? | Italian | |
| 1884 | In Which Century Did Lady Godiva Live? | 11th Century | |
| 1885 | Which token vegetable is often included in the ingredients of a Christmas pudding? | Carrot | |
| 1886 | His wife was Roxana. His horse was Bacephalus. He was ________. | Alexander the great | |
| 1887 | She overcame her handicaps to become a lecturer and a scholar. | Helen Keller | |
| 1888 | Nanny, Sandra Rivett was the victim of which infamous murderer? | Lord Lucan | |
| 1889 | Which city was Axel Foley a cop in? | Detroit | |
| 1890 | Which stormy couple had a hit with Nutbush City Limits? | Ike & Tina Turner | |
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