quiz 1385 – general knowledge

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1	Who won the 1990 Men's Wimbledon Singles Championship?
2	Columbia University, in the city of New York, was founded as King's College by royal charter of which British monarch?
3	Which former British politician died on 8th April 2013 aged 87?
4	Who wrote the 1818 novel 'Frankenstein'?
5	The English resort of Blackpool lies on which body of water?
6	In April 2013, which three digit free-to-call, non-emergency number was introduced by the NHS to replace the telephone triage and advice services provided by NHS Direct?
7	Sheading is each of the six administrative divisions of which European island?
8	In which 1999 Sam Mendes film is Kevin Spacey married to Annette Bening?
9	'Just One More Thing' is a 2006 autobiography by which late US actor?
10	Which is the fifth planet from the sun?
11	Who played the title role in the 1951 film 'Captain Horatio Hornblower RN'?
12	A Clifden Nonpareil is what type of creature?
13	Agyrpphobia is the persistent fear of doing what?
14	Who plays the blind man in the 1989 comedy film 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil'?
15	The badge/logo of which car is a circle with a three-pointed star in the centre?
16	In Greek mythology, which hero of the Trojan war committed suicide after the armour of the dead Achilles was awarded to Odysseus and not him?
17	What was the name of the band formed by Paul McCartney after the break-up of The Beatles?
18	Circumlocution is the term for using several 'what' when less or only one will do?
19	A Prion is what type of creature?
20	In the novel 'Oliver Twist' by Charles Dickens, what is the first name of Oliver's mother?