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1. Which of the following is NOT an English county (including historic counties)?
2. What is the capital of Pakistan?
3. The Pixies were a highly influential (if not massively famous) late-eighties to early-nineties alternative rock group. What I want you to tell me is on which Pixies song did the following lyric appear: 'this human form, where I was born, I now repent' ?
4. 'Brave New World' is a novel that describes a so-called 'inhumane' society in which technology is all important and the citizens are ranked and brainwashed from birth. Who wrote this book?
5. Everyone loves dinosaurs, so let's have a question on them! Which dinosaur is typically thought of as a 'good mother'?
6. Mussolini's henchmen forced their enemies to drink which liquid as a terrible punishment?
7. From where did John F. Kennedy graduate in 1940?
8. Japanese anime seems to have become quite popular in the west recently. I'm not really a fan myself, but I thought that I'd include a question on the most popular anime of all - Dragonball Z. When Piccolo was resurrected on Namek he happened to come across another Namek fighter who looked just like him. He promptly fused with him to become even stronger...but what was this other character's name?
9. Through exercise, it is possible to come to a point where you cannot progress any further unless you take special measures to work around this limit and thus continue improving. By what special term is this barrier known?
10. This is probably the easiest question of the lot. In the movie 'The Terminator', what is the name of the character who travels back in time to save Sarah Connor from the Terminator?
11. I've made it my policy to include a question on each of my quizzes that will be really easy for the Brits to answer, and really difficult for the Yanks. So here we go! Alan Partridge is the hilarious creation of which comedian?
12. Mythology always appeals to the child in everyone. What was the name of the 'good' centaur who was entrusted with the upbringing of Achilles and the young Jason, and was also wounded by Herakles and allowed by Zeus to give up his immortality rather than spend an eternity in pain?
13. Aside from the platypus, what are the only other members of the monotreme family, which are mammals that lay eggs and produce milk for their young?
14. In the Capcom beat 'em up Street Fighter II, there was a Brazilian wildman named Blanka that distinguished himself from the rest of the characters by having green skin and fangs. If you managed to complete the game with this character, you were treated to his reunion with his long-lost mother, who also revealed Blanka's pitiful real name. What WAS Blanka's actual name?
15. In the Transformers cartoons that were shown when I was a lad, the evil Megatron was leader of the Decepticons. However, for some reason which I can't be bothered to remember Megatron changed his 'look' and name. What DID he change his name to?
16. In Cockney rhyming slang, what does the expression 'apples and pears' refer to?
17. Abluthophobia is the fear of what?
18. More fairly obsure music. Which group created the song that contained the lyric: 'And if a double-decker bus, crashes into us, to die by your side, is such a heavenly way to die' ?
19. Complete the Simpsons 'song' lyric: 'Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves...'
20. Which of the following does the name 'Benjamin' mean?
21. Who invented both the first artificial heart and the first artificial kidney dialysis machine?
22. On what date was the first episode of the soap opera ,Coronation Street, aired in England?
23. What is the name for a group of turtles?
24. The martial art of Judo comes from which country?
25. And finally...who directed the 2001 movie 'Hannibal' starring Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore?
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