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Question 1 of 15

In human biology the deficiency of which vitamin causes rickets?

Question 2 of 15

Who was the first Briton in space?

Question 3 of 15

In food the juice of which fruit is used to make balsamic vinegar?

Question 4 of 15

In the British nobility which rank is above a Baron but below an Earl?

Question 5 of 15

In tennis Juan Martin del Potro, who defeated Roger Federer in the 2009 US Open Final to win his first Grand Slam title, was from which South American country?

Question 6 of 15

In pop music, a court in Australia ruled that which 1983 UK No. 1 single by Men At Work had plagiarised a flute rift from a song entered in a Girl Guides competition in the 1930s?

Question 7 of 15

Whose poem 'Funeral Blues' featured in the 1994 film 'Four Weddings And A Funeral'?

Question 8 of 15

Around the world the learning of which language is promoted by the Goethe Institute?

Question 9 of 15

In politics, which Conservative Minister of Agriculture publicly fed his daughter a hamburger in 1990 to prove that British Beef was safe?

Question 10 of 15

Which method of hairstyling was first launched in London in a salon in 1906 by Karl Nessler?

Question 11 of 15

In money, before decimalisation in the UK which unit of currency was equal to 240 pence?

Question 12 of 15

In geology, chemically speaking chalk and limestone are largely the carbonate of which metallic element?

Question 13 of 15

Who directed the film 'Oh! What A Lovely War'?

Question 14 of 15

In language which term for a small, roofed and sometimes movable booth is derived from a Turkish word meaning pavilion?

Question 15 of 15

What was the name of the evil green witch who appeared on Emu's pink windmill in the 1980s?

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1
In human biology the deficiency of which vitamin causes rickets?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Vitamin D
2
Who was the first Briton in space?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Helen Sharman
3
In food the juice of which fruit is used to make balsamic vinegar?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Grape
4
In the British nobility which rank is above a Baron but below an Earl?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Viscount
5
In tennis Juan Martin del Potro, who defeated Roger Federer in the 2009 US Open Final to win his first Grand Slam title, was from which South American country?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Argentina
6
In pop music, a court in Australia ruled that which 1983 UK No. 1 single by Men At Work had plagiarised a flute rift from a song entered in a Girl Guides competition in the 1930s?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: 'Down Under'
7
Whose poem 'Funeral Blues' featured in the 1994 film 'Four Weddings And A Funeral'?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: W.H. Auden
8
Around the world the learning of which language is promoted by the Goethe Institute?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: German
9
In politics, which Conservative Minister of Agriculture publicly fed his daughter a hamburger in 1990 to prove that British Beef was safe?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: John Gummer
10
Which method of hairstyling was first launched in London in a salon in 1906 by Karl Nessler?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: The perm
11
In money, before decimalisation in the UK which unit of currency was equal to 240 pence?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: A pound
12
In geology, chemically speaking chalk and limestone are largely the carbonate of which metallic element?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Calcium
13
Who directed the film 'Oh! What A Lovely War'?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Sir Richard Attenborough
14
In language which term for a small, roofed and sometimes movable booth is derived from a Turkish word meaning pavilion?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Kiosk
15
What was the name of the evil green witch who appeared on Emu's pink windmill in the 1980s?
Your Answer:
Correct Answer: Grotbags

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