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Question: 1: Marianne Faithfull has sadly died aged 78. Among her acting roles was one in a 1960s film adaptation of a play by William Shakespeare. Which one of these actors did not appear in the same film ?

Answer: Michael Hordern

Question: 2: 211 years ago today the last Frost Fair was being held on the frozen River Thames. During the fair it is reported that an elephant was marched across the river alongside which bridge ?

Answer: Blackfriars Bridge

Question: 3: In a game of Texas Hold'em poker which of these is the strongest hand ?

Answer: Royal Flush

Question: 4: The man at the front of the picture hosted a popular long-running radio show. The very first castaway on that show was born in which country ?

Answer: Austria

Question: 5: Actor Brian Murphy has sadly died aged 92. He was married to an actress who played which character in the TV sitcom Hi-de-Hi! ?

Answer: April Wingate

Question: 6: At which football ground is the band pictured above due to give their last performance this July ?

Answer: Villa Park

Question: 7: In 2014 they were in the UK, in 2018 they were in Australia and in 2023 they were in Germany. Where are they this year ?

Answer: Canada

Question: 8: If someone is afraid of being without a mobile phone what are they suffering from ?

Answer: Nomophobia

Question: 9: Which of these is the name of a restaurant at a horse racing course that is named after the year in which racing first took place at the course ?

Answer: 1539

Question: 10: In a standard British version of the board game Monopoly what colour is the property that was a former inn?

Answer: Light Blue

Question: 11: What type of animal has been blamed for causing a nationwide power cut in Sri Lanka two days ago ?

Answer: Monkey

Question: 12: The song pictured above is a track on an album whose name is a twist on a quote from which Shakespeare play ?

Answer: Twelfth Night

Question: 13: In the 1950s TV series The Roy Rogers Show what sort of animal was Bullet ?

Answer: Dog

Question: 14: Which one of these actors appeared in the 1967 film The St. Valentine's Day Massacre ?

Answer: Jack Nicholson

Question: 15: Which singer performed at Coventry Cathedral when 80 couples renewed their vows yesterday ?

Answer: Pixie Lott

Question: 16: Which of these men has 12 known children ?

Answer: Elon Musk

Question: 17: The actor pictured above was twice nominated for an Oscar and once nominated for a BAFTA. Which of these animal names does not appear in the title of a film in which he played a role ?

Answer: Penguin

Question: 18: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the USA 140 years ago today. In the novel what is the name of the slave befriended by Huck ?

Answer: Jim

Question: 19: The actor pictured above, who appeared in eight Carry On films, has sadly died aged 80. Which author is the maternal grandfather of his daughter ?

Answer: Roald Dahl

Question: 20: Which 20th century TV detective series had a theme tune that reached number one in the UK singles charts ?

Answer: Van der Valk

Question: 21: Which of these former Prime Ministers appeared on the radio show Desert Island Discs at a time when they were serving as Prime Minister ?

Answer: John Major

Question: 22: What is the name of the asteroid which experts say currently stands a small chance of hitting the Earth in 2032 ?

Answer: 2024 YR4

Question: 23: Which one of these actors did not appear in an episode of the TV series pictured above ?

Answer: Doris Day

Question: 24: If you crack the code, in which county will you find this place ? EOHWFKOHB SDUN

Answer: Buckinghamshire

Question: 25: Roberta Flack has sadly died aged 88. In 1973 she won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year with which record ?

Answer: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Question: 26: What is the name of the character in the film pictured above played by an actor whose son is now playing his father in a stage show inspired by the film ?

Answer: Quint

Question: 27: What was the surname of the first Englishman to reach the summit of Mount Everest ?

Answer: Scott

Question: 28: The actor pictured above has sadly died aged 95. For which film did he receive his first Oscar nomination ?

Answer: Bonnie & Clyde