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What computer game series features Lara Croft as the main character?

2

In what decade Of the twentieth century did Nelson Mandela become the first democratically elected president of a unified, multiracial South Africa? 

3

In what Winter sport do you throw Stones into houses? 

4

Name these four famous companies

5

if you were in Scotland and someone offered you a wee dram, what kind of drink are they offering you? 

6

The RMS Carpathia was the First ship to arrive and pick up many of the survivors ofwhat maritime tragedi? 

7

The Saint Bernard Pass Connect Italy with which country? 

8

Name these six footballers


9

Richard Harris, Michael Gambon and Jude Law have played this literary character on screen. For the 2026 television series, John Lithgow has been roped in. Which character? 

10

100 people were given 100 seconds to name as many actors as they could that are credited with a role in all three Lord of the Rings Movies (2001-2003) according to imdb.com. There are fifteen correct answers

11

The Roskilde music festival starts tomorrow in Denmark. Here are four acts taking part, name the four of them

 

12

Name any U.S. state that shares a border with New York state, except New Jersey. There are four others.

13

Translated into English, A 2015 TV show called Servant of the People,  tells the story of a teacher who becomes president, soon after the TV show the actor became the actuall president of which country?

14

Name the six cities where you would find these fountains

15

What is the only country in South America that has English as an official language? 

16

Rediscovered in 1799, what is the British Museum’s most visited single object?

17

If India, China, and the USA are the three most populated countries on Earth, with a population of around 287 million people, what country is fourth on that list? 

18

Name these four movies starring Alan Rickman

19

An “umbilicoplasty” is a form of cosmetic surgery intended to modify the appearance of what typically unnoticed body part?

20

Three Bronte sisters wrote and published books, Charlotte and Emily were two, who was the third? 

21

“Parasaurolophus”, is it a dinosaur or a Pokémon? 

22

Iconic first lines. Name these six songs from their iconic opening lines. One from the fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties and since 2000.
The clips are in chronological order but E and F got swapped around

 

 

 

1

Tomb Raider

2

1994 (1990’s)

3

Curling

4

a) QANTAS

b) Unilever

c) IBM

d) Zettle

5

Whisky

6

Titanic

7

Switzerland

8

a) Pele

b) Maradonna

c) Erling Haaland

d) Alisha Lehmann

e) Lotta Schelin

f) Ada Hegenberg

9

(Albus) Dumbledore

10

1 Point

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensson, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean ••

2 Points

Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler

3 Points

John Rhys Davies, Dominic Monaghan, Christopher Lee ••

4 Points

Billy Boyd, Hugo Weaving,  Harry Sinclair, Sala Baker,

!!yes Peter Jackson was in all three but he is not credited 

11

a) The Cure (Friday I’m In Love)

b) Zara Larsson ( Lush Life)

c) The Gorillaz (Clint Eastwood)

d) David Byrne (Eberybody’s Laughing)

12

Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connectic

13

Ukraine (Zelensky)

14

a) Rome (Trevi Fountain)

b) Brussels (Mannekin Piss)

c)Las Vegas (Bellavia Fountain)

d) Seoul (Banpo Bridge)

e) Saint Petersburg (Peterhof)

f) Geneva (Jet D’Easu

15

Guyana

16

The Rosetta Stone

17

Indonesia

18

a) Die Hard

b) Harry Potter

c) Galaxy Quest

d) Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

19

Naval, 

20

Anne

21

Dinosaur

22

a) Blue Suede Shoes Elvis, 1956

b) Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel, 1965

c) The Joker Steve Miller Band, 1973

d) Its the End of the World REM, 1987

e) Born this Way Lady GaGa, 2011

f) Supersonic Oasis, 1994

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