in May 1940?
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Round 3: Last Words
Whose last words were ‘I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that’s the record’?
Whose last words were ‘I am just going outside and may be some time’?
Whose last words are variously reported to have been ‘How is the empire?’ or ‘Bugger Bognor!’? 13
Who died with the words ‘I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone’?
Whose last words were ‘I shall hear in heaven’?
Which fictional character died with the words ‘the rest is silence’?
Who said on his deathbed ‘Let not poor Nelly starve’?
Which English queen died with the line ‘All my possessions for a moment of time’?
What were the last words of Horatio Nelson at Trafalgar?
Whose last words on the scaffold were ‘So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth’?
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Round 4: Pot Luck
Which famous outlaw was shot by Pat Garrett in 1881?
Who, in 1966, encouraged everyone to ‘turn on, tune in, drop out’?
In 2001 the Police Service of Northern Ireland replaced what former police force?
What was the name of the family ranch in television’s
Dallas
?
Which senior member of Tony Blair’s government was criticised after opposing the official policy on Iraq while still remaining a member of the cabinet?
Who played Alfie in the original film version of Bill Naughton’s play of the same name?
Which dynasty succeeded the House of Bruce as rulers of Scotland?
Which US river has the nickname ‘Old Man River’?
Who sang about an ‘American idiot’ in 2004?
Which great military leader is said to have died of a nosebleed on his wedding night?
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Jackpot
Who is the patron saint of television?
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Quiz 14
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Round 1: Pot Luck
What is the longest reef in the world called?
From which tree does turpentine come?
What was added to the British coinage in 1986?
How many times must horses jump to complete the Grand National course?
Which new county was formed in 1974 from parts of Durham and Yorkshire?
Which band made an album entitled
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
?
Who wrote the plays
Forty Years On
and
The History Boys
?
Which newspaper used to be called the
Daily Herald
?
Which sport did Edward IV ban in 1477?
Who went down Devil Gate Drive in 1974?
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Round 2: Shipwrecks
Which vessel, lost in 1545, was recovered in 1982 and is now preserved in Portsmouth?
The SS
Carpathia
rescued survivors from which ship in 1912?
What was the name of the dredger involved in the
Marchioness
disaster of 1989?
Who famously rescued people from the stricken steamer
Forfarshire
in 1838?
Which former transatlantic liner was destroyed by fire in Hong Kong in 1972?
Which US battleship is said to have been the first sunk at Pearl Harbor in 1941?
Which British car ferry sank off Zeebrugge in 1987 with the loss of 193 lives?
Which German pocket battleship was scuttled off Montevideo in 1939?
Which oil tanker ran aground off Milford Haven in 1996, spilling thousands of tons of oil?
How many funnels did the
Titanic
have – three, four or five?
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Half-time teaser
What is the record number for dimples on a golf ball?
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Round 3: Down Under
What name do Australian aboriginals give to the period when the Earth and all living things were created?
Is a billabong a small furry animal, a kind of boomerang or a pool?
Which Australian song features a Jolly Swagman? 14
Sydney is the capital of which Australian state?
What colour shirts are worn by Australia’s rugby union team?
On which vessel did Captain Cook explore Australia and New Zealand?
What is the name of Sydney’s famous surfing beach?
What is the state capital of Queensland?
Which political party does Australian prime minister John Howard represent?
Which sea lies between Australia and New Zealand?
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Round 4: Pot Luck
Who was the first cricketer to score six sixes in a single over of first-class cricket?
On which river does the Hoover Dam stand?
Who, in the 1960s, was dubbed