1. Six of the original twelve English football league teams were from which county?
  2. If a right angled triangle has short sides measuring 5 cm and 12 cm, what length is the longest side?
  3. What was Bram Stoker’s real first name and in which country was he born?
  4. Name two of the follow up films to ‘Dirty Harry’ (1971).
  5. What is the hottest Indian curry regularly served in the U. K.?
  6. The schilling was the currency of which European country before the introduction of the euro?
  7. What name is given to the sacred law of Islam?
  8. Who was nicknamed ‘the Hanging Judge’ after the Bloody Assizes of the seventeenth century?
  9. What was the title of The Damned’s only U. K. top ten single?
  10. Bechuanaland changed its name to what in 1966?
  11. What are the two main vegetables used in bubble and squeak?
  12. In 2010, Jacques Rogge was President of which sporting body?
  13. Magnetite and siderite are ores of which metal?
  14. The first series of ‘Auf Wiedersehen, Pet’ was set in which city?
  15. What are the Queen’s two middle names?
  16. The chinchilla is native to which continent?
  17. Brian Robson Rankin is the real name of which British guitarist?
  18. The Forest of Dean is in which English county?
  19. Who preceded Angela Merkel as German Chancellor?
  20. What nationality was artist Marc Chagall?
  21. What is the alternative name for tetanus?
  22. Who wrote the poem ‘Daffodils’?
  23. A British road vehicle is described as vintage if it was produced in which decade?
  24. Which duo wrote the original and most successful Savoy operas?
  25. What does an ungulate animal have that other animals don not?
  26. Raigmore Hospital is in which Scottish city?
  27. Mustard gas was first used in which war?
  28. On B. B. C. s ‘Til Death Us Do Part’, what was the name of Alf’s daughter?
  29. Who became Britain’s Home Secretary in May 2010?
  30. The Men’s Olympic cycling sprint is over which distance?
  31. Whose last novel was entitled ‘Jude the Obscure’?
  32. Which name is shared by towns in Fife, Gwent and the Isle of Wight?
  33. David Gates sang with which seventies pop group?
  34. Who played Jim Rockford in ‘The Rockford Files’?
  35. The World Championships for which sporting event was first held in Helsinki in 1983?
  36. Mascarpone is a type of which food?
  37. ‘Refer’ and ‘boob’ are examples of what type of word?
  38. Who is the Roman god of wine?
  39. Samarkand is a city in which country?
  40. In 1981, the ‘Gang of Four’ formed which British political party?

Tie break: the English League Cup final was first played in which year?

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