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What is this commercial advertising?

Which football team wears these colours?

Which City?

Sebastian Stan and Brendan Gleason played which US President on screen?

Mount Everest is on the border of which 2 countries?

"Political Power comes from the barrel of a gun" is a quote from which book?

Where do wombats come from?

In cooking what does the Nahuatl word Mole mean, as in Gaucamole?

Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow borrows from which composer?

River Phoenix and Joaquin Phoenix were brothers?

What does the German word Schadenfreude mean?

What does the mnemonic Richard Of York Gave Battle in Vain represent?

The epic London 2012 Paralympics advert.  But which artist did the music?

Which team plays in this shirt?

Which City?

In which movie does Bill Pullman play the President of the United States?

What is the fastest speed a human has run?

"A spectre is haunting Europe" is the opening line of....?

The actor Tony Todd died last month which iconic horror role did he play?

What is a coulomb?

What is a a Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, olive oil, peppers, onion, and garlic, commonly spiced with cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper?

A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harem borrows from which piece of classical music?

Irish guitar legend Rory Gallagher is the uncle of Noel and Liam Gallagher from Oasis?

Another word from the Aztec language Nahuatl, what does Txompantli mean?

Which product is being advertised?

Which country play Rugby in this shirt?

Which City?

Daniel Craig, Peter Weller and Ben Foster have all played which controversial American writer?

"Dashing down the street, pistol in hand, and firing blindly, as fast as you can pull the trigger, into the crowd. Anyone who, at least once in his life, has not dreamed of thus putting an end to the petty system of debasement and cretinization" is a quote from?

In which year did the UK abolish the slave trade?

Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin appeared in which classic spy show?

Which of the following isn't an ingredient in Chinese 5 spice?

All By Myself by Eric Carmen borrows from which classical composer?

What is the name of this reality TV star?

Angela Rayner is Claire Rayner's neice?

What does BMW stand for?

Which crooner provides the soundtrack to this classic ad?

Which football shirt?

Which City?

Toby Jones, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Tom Hollander have all played which famous writer on screen?

Who is the current world heavyweight boxing champion?

What was the name of this 60s classic spy TV show?

In cooking what is the Maillard reaction?

"My Minds Eye" by The Small Faces is based on which Christmas Carol?

The writer Thomas Hardy is actor Tom Hardy's Great Grandfather?

The Sovereign state of the Bektashi order claims to be the smallest country in the world.  It wasestablished this year as an autonomous part which capital city?

Where is HM Prison Parkhurst?

Alfred Hitchcock made 2 versions of which movie?

Which band provide the soundtrack to this Dior perfume advert?

Which sports team wear this jersey?

Which City?

Which US President did Daniel Day Lewis play on screen?

Which book topped the Amazon best sellers list 2024?

Which books begins with the line "Marley was dead to begin with"?

Which of the following isn't a real subatomic particle?

Neal's Yard Dairy was the victim of a short firm fraud this year.  What was stolen?

When did Gary Lineker start presenting Match Of The Day?

Bamber Gascoigne is Paul Gascoigne's dad

What does HSBC stand for?

What does the Japanese word Wabi-Sabi 侘び寂び translate as?

25 years ago Flat Beat by Mister Oiso hit the charts.  It started off life as an advert for which company?

Which City?

Which famous writer was played on screen by Gwyneth Paltrow?

Who is the worlds number one YouTuber?

In which country is Bethlehem?

I am not a number, I am a free man.  Which TV show?

Which is true?

Which former Conservative politician is appearing in a reality TV show?

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are half brothers?

HM Prison Rochester is in which town in Kent, which gives it's name to a type of correctional institution

The Wayland Yutani corporation appear in which sci fi movie franchise?

What was the name of the Nic Roeg Movie from 1976 starring David Bowie as an alien who crash lands on earth?

Which latin maestro provides the music for this advert?

Which team?

Which City?

Which US President did Robin Williams play in Night At the Museum?

Which movie won this year's Oscar for best picture?

The Avogadro constant is?

An English muffin topped with a poached egg, hollandaise sauce and ham or bacon is called?

Which former world heavyweight champion lost to Youtube Gobshite Jake Paul?

Actress and comedian Amy Schumer and Democrat Senator Scott Schumer are cousins?

In business what does FMCG stand for?

Which religions have the concept of Karma?

The Umbrella Corporation appears in which series of video games?

Which band can you hear playing on this advert?

Which football strip?

Which City?

Which writer did Anne Hathaway portray on screen?

Let us go then you and I

When the evening is spread out against the sky...

Which cult spy series featured these 2 dream boats?

How many inches in a foot?

What is the beer that made Milwuake famous?

Michael Palin and Sarah Palin are cousins?

Alcatraz prison was in which US City?

What is the name of the fictional company founded by Reggie Perrin in the Fall and Rise of Reggie Perrin?

Latin superstar Perez "the Prez" Prado was known as...?

Which indie legends can be heard in this car advert?

Which ginger mulleted sports god is this?

Which US President did Frank Langella play on screen?

Where will the 2026 Football World Cup take place?

How many feet to a yard?

What is the difference between a croque monsieur and a croque madame?

Meet The Osbornes was the most watched TV show on which channel?

Lewis Capaldi and Peter Capaldi are cousins?

Who are the BRICS group of nations?

The Allegory of the Cave is associated with which philosopher?

Los Pollos Hermanos a chicken business that is a front for drugs dealing appeared in which TV show?

Which 90s rock band reunion caused tickets chaos and led to Ministers promising to change the law over pricing?

This was the first time which band allowed one of their songs in an advert?

Which Soccer team?

Which City is this?

Which actor in one of his earliest starring roles played Joe Orton in anagramatic movie "Prick Up Your Ears?"

"Reader, I married him"

Which author?

Which 1960s TV spy series had this theme tune by Lalo Shifrin?

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Where does Madri Lager come from?

Who is the 2024 Strictly Come Dancing champion?

Tom Robinson and Tommy Robinson are cousins?

The Lubyanka Prison was infamous for it's use by which secret service?

Cyberdine Systems Corporation appears in which series of Sci-Fi movies?

What was the name of the 1955 movie directed by Otto Preminger starring Frank Sinatra as a drug addicted Jazz Musician?

This advert for Nimble featured which cult 1960s pop group?

The Chicago Bulls retired their number 23 shirt in honour of which player?

Which City?

Josh Brolin played which US President on screen?

This year the on-line betting platform 1X Bet was found to have created fictional football matches so that people could bet on them.  But which of these are a real football team?

This year I was stopped at Belgrade airport because I was carrying which suspicious item?

Which sauce would these ingredients make?

Catherine Tate is the air to the Tate and Lyle sugar fortune?

Triggers Broom in Only Fools and Horses is an example of which philosophical concept?

Wayne Enterprises is owned by which Superhero?

Which classic 1990s video game character returned in 2024 with an animated series on Netflicks

Every Good Boy Deserves Fruit is a mnemonic for what?

Who is the singer in this VW advert?

In which form of Cricket do England wear this shirt?

Which City?

Which playright did Ralph Fiennes play on screen?

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife". Which writer?

Roger Moore, Ian Ogilvy and Val Kilmer all played which fictional secret agent?

The movie "The Warriors" is based on which play?

In 2024 which of the following was condemned by the Daily Mail as "woke"?

Kamala Harris is related to Ron "Chopper" Harris

Stark Industries are owned by:

Scaramanga is the baddie in which Bond movie?

This is the all time classic "I Believe in Father Christmas" by Prog Rock overlord Greg Lake.   But which piece of classical music does it borrow from?

Which legendary boyband is performing this ludicrous Christmas single?

Bohemian Rhapsody was Christmas number one twice, in which 2 years?

"Last Christmas" by Wham was kept off the top spot when it was first released by Band Aid, in which year did it first become the Christmas number one?

Paul McCartney had the Christmas Number one 8 times in different guises.  Which Wings song was Christmas Number one in 1977?

"Another Brick in the Wall" by Pink Floyd was an unlikely Christmas Number one, but what distinction does it hold?

Who has this year's Christmas Number One?

"Mary's Boy Child" has been Christmas number one twice, for which 2 acts?

This is Bonnie Tyler, with "(Simply) The Best", which was a minor hit in Norway in 1988.  It became a much bigger hit a year later for who?

This is Sinead O'Connors with "Nothing Compares to U", but who actually wrote the song?

Smooth Operator by Sade, Nice, but what year was it a hit?

"Today was a good day/Didn't have to use my AK".  But which rapper?

Who is singing this Stax Classic?

This is "I Am Superman" by The Clique from 1969, but which band did a much better known version of this song?

"You're So Vain" but who is signing about who?

Carly Simon also wrote the arrogance classic "Nobody Does It Better, but for which Bond movie?

Da Da Da is a rare German language UK top 10 hit.  But who are the band?

Sung in a mix of English and French "Hold On Tight (To Your Dreams)" was the last UK top 10 hit for which band?

"Ça Plane Pour Moi" by Plastic Bertrand apparently isn't a song about planes, which I mistakenly thought it was for a few decades.  What nationality is Plastic Bertrand?

"Should I Stay or Should I Go" by The Clash features Mick Jones singing in English, and Joe Strummer singing in which other language?

One of the first number one hit singles to be banned by UK radio who is duetting with Serge Gainsbourg on Je T'Aime Mais Non Plus?

This is Yo La Tengo with their cover of "Friday I'm In Love" by The Cure.  What does Yo La Tengo mean (according to Google Translate)?

This is Paid in Full by Eric B and Rakim, the Coldcut remix, featuring Ofra Haza.  Which language is Haza signing in?

This is Asha Bhosle on the playback with "Ae naujawan hai sub kuchh yahan", a solid Bollywood groover.  But who had a massive hit with a cover of it?

These are the Paragons with the 1967 rocksteady classic "The Tide Is High".  But who had a hit with it?

"Valerie" by Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse was originally recorded by which Liverpool band?

"Let Your Love Flow" like a warm bath of country pop, but which brothers recorded it?

This is the incomparable Labi Siffre with "It Must Be Love", but who had a massive hit with the same song in the 80s?

"Constant Cravings" but who is the singer?

Mmmmm.... the sweet sounds of "If You Leave Me Now", but who is performing it?

"He Ain't Heavy" but which band is performing?

The actor David Soul was the UK's biggest selling recording artist of 1977, and had an international smash hit with "Don't Give Up On Us"? What was his breakthrough role?

Disco Funk classic "Money's Too Tight to Mention" by the Valentine Brothers.  But who had a UK hit with the same song?

The iconic art work for the Sex Pistols was created by which British pop artist?

This clip from 1970s Newcastle based pop show "The Geordie Scene" features which band?

Which 90s pop group recorded "Life of Riley" which featured on BBC Match of the Day for years?

The Red Hot Chile Peppers "Under The Bridge" wasn't a big hit in the UK, but it did go to number one a few years later for which band?

Which indie legends released their first new material in 16 years?

This is indie supergroup Electronic performing "Getting Away With It", who were the 2 constant members?

Which generic 2000s band is this?

These are The Nerves with "Hanging on the Telephone" but who had a hit with it?

Which rock legends are making an early appearance with Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion?

Which Britpop megastars?

Name the indie band?

If you were 6 when Rock Lobster was released how old would you be now?

This clip from the movie "Children of Men" features which prog legends?

This is Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity performing Wheels of Fire, but which folk legend wrote the original song?

Which grunge band recorded Black Hole Sun?

Which singer/songwriter legend?

Which EuroPop chart botherers?

Which dance music megastar?

This is Otis Clay with his dancefloor classic The Only Way Is Up, but who had the hit with it?

One of the finest dance records of it's era, name the artist?

Celebrating it's 30th anniversary this year, but which band?

"Take Me I'm Yours" but who?

The best selling 12" single of all time.  But which year?