Just for the blog readers, an exclusive set of questions just for you!
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1. Which track from the album ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’ shares a name with an annual musical festival founded in 2001 |
All Tomorrows Parties |
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2. Which English novelist is best remembered for his series of works featuring the character of Dr. Fu Manchu? |
Sax Rohmer (or Arthur Ward) |
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3. Which plant species is named after the man who served as both the Secretary of War under Martin Van Buren and as the first United States Minister to Mexico? |
Poinsettia |
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4. Who was known as the ‘Voice of Wimbledon’ due to his extensive career as a Tennis Commentator? His last Wimbledon commentary being the 1991 Stitch/Becker final for the BBC, 42 years after his first. |
Dan Maskell |
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5. Who is the only female track and field Athlete to win 6 Olympic Gold Medals? |
Alyson Felix |
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6. ‘Along Came a Spider’ is the first book in James Paterson’s series of novels featuring which protagonist? |
Alex Cross |
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7. Which poet won the Costa Poetry Award 2018 with her final collection of poetry ‘Inside the Wave’ , much of which was written in the weeks before her death? |
Helen Dunmore |
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8. Who played George W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s 2008 film ‘W’? |
Josh Brolin |
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9. What nationality was the graphic artist MC Esher (1898-1972)? |
Dutch |
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10. Which female solo artist is the only person to win the Mercury Music Prize on more than one occasion? |
PJ Harvey |
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11. Who played Queen Victoria in the 1974 film ‘The Great McGonagall’? |
Peter Sellers |
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12. In 1984, which singer became the first to have a number 1 both as a duo and as a solo artist in the same year?
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George Michael |