- 1. What colour jumper does the cartoon character Rupert Bear wear ?
- 2. Medellin is the second most populous city in which South American country ?
- 3. The Richter scale, Mercalli scale, and moment magnitude scale are used to measure what natural phenomena ?
- 4. Whose death in 1997 led the UN to make September 5th the International Day of Charity in commemoration ?
- 5. In the TV series Doctor Who, what is the name of the home planet of the Daleks ?
- 6. In which year did the first Solvay Conference take place in Brussels, attended by Max Planck, Ernest Rutherford, and Albert Einstein ?
- 7. What five-letter word is another name for headcheese, or meat taken from the head of a pig ?
- 8. Who was the British prime minister at the time of the General Strike in 1926 ?
- 9. How many English ceremonial counties share a border with Scotland ?
- 10. Enkutatash is New Year's Day in which country's traditional calendar ?
- 11. The Memphis Belle is what model of aircraft, which saw action during World War II ?
- 12. Which singer turned down the part of TV detective Columbo before Peter Falk was cast in the role ?
- 13. What is the technical term for the eye teeth ?
- 14. Belle Isle is the largest island in which body of water in the Lake District ?
- 15. The Hungarian Uprising took place in which year of the 1950s ?
- 16. How many times did the racehorse Istabraq, who died in July 2024, win the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham ?
- 17. DXB is the official code for which international airport ?
- 18. From 1905 to 1915, Maude Adams was the first actress to portray which character on stage in a Broadway production ?
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