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1. Which film actor was born Maurice Micklewhite?
 
Michael Caine
Cary Grant
Anthony Hopkins
John Wayne
 

 
2. What is the name of the meadow in which King John put his seal to the Magna Carta in 1215?
 
Rudby
Ruddington
Runnington
Runnymede
 

 
3. What is the name of the character in the Popeye cartoons who is addicted to hamburgers?
 
Dumpy
Stumpy
Swampy
Wimpy

His full name is J Wellington Wimpy
 

 
4. In which film did George Lazenby make his only appearance as James Bond?
 
Diamonds Are Forever
Goldfinger
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
You Only Live Twice
 

 
5. Which classic novel features the ship The Pequod?
 
The Caine Mutiny
Lord Jim
Moby-Dick
Treasure Island

The Pequod is commanded by Captain Ahab
 

 
6. Which England cricketer made his highest test score of 190 against Pakistan at Edgbaston in 1992?
 
Michael Atherton
Graham Gooch
Nasser Hussein
Alec Stewart
 

 
7. What does the C stand for in the name of the programming language COBOL?
 
Combined
Common
Complete
Computer

COBOL stands for Common Business-Oriented Language
 

 
8. Which of these seaside resorts is on the north coast of Devon, the others being on the south coast?
 
Dawlish
Ilfracombe
Paignton
Seaton
 

 
9. Where is Cassini's Division?
 
The brain
The French Foreign Legion
The Italian football league
The rings of Saturn

It appears as a thin black gap between the A Ring and the B Ring
 

 
10. What name did Arthur Scargill give to Margaret Thatcher?
 
Plastic Blonde
Plasticine Blonde
Platinum Blonde
Plutonium Blonde
 

 
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