Trivia question 26-50!!


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  1. In which county is the UK prime minister's official country residence Chequers? BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
  2. Who created the UK TV spoof 007 character Basildon Bond? RUSS ABBOTT
  3. What is the policeman's name in Noddy stories? PC PLOD
  4. What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female? HERMAPHRODITE
  5. Which TV programme's theme tune was called Hit and Miss? JUKE BOX JURY
  6. In the 1963 film The Great Escape, what names were given to the three tunnels? TOM, DICK,
  7. HARRY
  8. What liqueur bearing the letters D.O.M. on the bottle label was developed at Fecamp, France, in the 16th century? BENEDICTINE (DOM = Deo Optimo Maximo = To God, most good, most great.)
  9. What is the third major Balearic Island with Majorca and Minorca? IBIZA
  10. Who won six consecutive Wimbledon singles titles in the 1980s? MARTINA NAVRATILOVA (1982-87, also 1978, 79, 90)
  11. In which country did the Mau Mau uprising (1952-60) occur? KENYA
  12. What does a numismatist study or collect? COINS (and/or Medals)
  13. Who was Radio 1's first female DJ? ANNE NIGHTINGALE
  14. Who captained Jules Verne's submarine Nautilus? CAPTAIN NEMO
  15. The llama belongs to the family of animals commonly called what? CAMELS
  16. Which guitarist is known as Slowhand? ERIC CLAPTON
  17. In which 1979 film was the spaceship called Nostromo? ALIEN
  18. What have been cooked in syrup and glazed to make the sweetmeat Marrons Glaces? SWEET CHESTNUTS
  19. The Shatt-el-Arab (River of Arabia) is the confluence of which two other rivers? TIGRIS and EUPHRATES
  20. The Sheffield Shield is competed for in which sport? CRICKET (Australia)
  21. At which town did Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp? SKEGNESS (1936)
  22. In knitting, what is meant by the initials 'psso'? PASS SLIPPED STITCH OVER
  23. In UK TV's 'Noel Edmund's House Party', the 'house' was situated near to which village? CRINKLEY BOTTOM
  24. Also the title of a famous literary work, who were Mrs Page and Mrs Ford? MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
  25. What is infant whale commonly called? CALF
  26. Which DJ had a UK Top Ten hit with the song Snot Rap? KENNY EVERETT

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