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Round 1: Round one

Which Jewish girl wrote a famous diary while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam?
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Anne Frank
Shakespeare's plays are traditionally grouped as comedies, tragedies and which third type?
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Histories
By what English name was Uluru widely known after the surveyor William Gosse named it in 1873?
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Ayers Rock
Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was said to be a series of lush terraced gardens?
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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
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Pacific
In which month do the clocks go forward an hour in the UK?
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March
Who released the 1971 single 'Maggie May'?
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Rod Stewart
In which US state is the Grand Canyon?
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Arizona
Who played James Bond in the 1973 film Live and Let Die?
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Roger Moore
What is the everyday name for the 'Separable Fastener' patented by Gideon Sundback in 1917?
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Zip

Round 2: Round two

Which city, sometimes called the 'Paris of the Middle East' in the 1950s and 1960s, is the capital of Lebanon?
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Beirut
What name is given to a person aged 100 or more?
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Centenarian
What is the capital city of France?
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Paris
What is the probability of getting heads when tossing a fair coin?
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1/2
Which colour is traditionally linked with envy, as in the phrase used for a jealous person?
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Green
What name is traditionally given to golf clubs with large heads, used for long shots?
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Woods
Niagara Falls lies on the border between the USA and which country?
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Canada
Which supermarket introduced the slogan 'Every little helps' in the 1990s?
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Tesco
Which two suits in a standard pack of cards are red?
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Hearts and diamonds
Which Indian independence leader led the Salt March of 1930?
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Mahatma Gandhi

Round 3: Round three

In which city is the Notting Hill Carnival held over the August bank holiday weekend?
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London
What name is given to the Glasgow derby between Celtic and Rangers?
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The Old Firm
What name is given to a person who buys goods or services for their own use?
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Consumer
What is the name of the eldest child of Catherine, Princess of Wales, born in July 2013?
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Prince George
What colour background do motorway direction signs have in the UK?
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Blue
Justin Timberlake first found fame as a member of which American boy band?
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NSYNC
What name is given to the loops hanging from a saddle, in which a jockey rests their feet?
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Stirrups
Which Shakespeare tragedy begins with the ghost of a murdered king appearing on the castle battlements?
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Hamlet
What is the job title of the person who creates the dance steps and movements for a show?
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Choreographer
Which cheese is traditionally used on a pizza Margherita?
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Mozzarella

Round 4: Round four

How many stripes appear in the classic Adidas logo?
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Three
In the UK, what colour is a standard postbox?
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Red
What name is given to a practice area where golfers hit long shots, often from bays?
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Driving range
Which common metal is strongly attracted to a magnet?
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Iron
Which actor voiced Woody in the 1995 Pixar film Toy Story?
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Tom Hanks
What kind of animal is Jerry in the cartoon Tom and Jerry?
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Mouse
Which craft uses a needle and coloured thread to stitch decorative pictures onto cloth?
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Embroidery
What shape is the red stop sign used in most countries?
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Octagon
What name is given to a factory where a country's coins are made?
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Mint
What is the name of the princess whom Mario usually rescues in the Super Mario games?
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Peach

Round 5: Round five

What do actors traditionally say to each other instead of 'good luck' before a performance?
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Break a leg
Batman and Superman are characters from which American comic-book publisher?
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DC
Which Greek hero of the Trojan War could only be wounded in his heel?
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Achilles
Which Scottish singer became a worldwide sensation after singing 'I Dreamed a Dream' on Britain's Got Talent in 2009?
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Susan Boyle
What is the name of the highest federal court in the United States?
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Supreme Court
In Macbeth, which characters chant 'Double, double toil and trouble'?
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The three witches
What is the name of the fairy who accompanies Peter Pan in Disney's 1953 film?
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Tinker Bell
What word beginning with 'e' is the opposite of 'exit'?
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Entrance
Which band, fronted by Noddy Holder, released the 1973 Christmas number one 'Merry Xmas Everybody'?
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Slade
What forms when water vapour freezes directly onto cold surfaces on a clear winter night?
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Frost

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