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1. Whom does Private Eye magazine often refer to as 'Brenda'?
 
Victoria Beckham
Paris Hilton
Queen Elizabeth II
Margaret Thatcher

It all began following the 1969 BBC documentary Royal Family. Prince Charles was Brian, Prince Philip was Keith
 

 
2. On which body of water is the US port of Duluth?
 
Chesapeake Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
 

 
3. The name of which foodstuff is derived from the French for 'white food'?
 
Blancmange
Porridge
Sago
Tapioca
 

 
4. What title links a 1970 Grateful Dead album and a 1999 film?
 
American Beauty
The Matrix
The Mummy
The World Is Not Enough
 

 
5. Which is the oldest professional football club in the Netherlands?
 
Ajax
Go Ahead Eagles
PSV Eindhoven
Sparta Rotterdam

The club was founded in 1888 as a branch of the Sparta cricket club
 

 
6. What was the first name of Queen Victoria's eldest child?
 
Alice
Beatrice
Louise
Victoria

The Princess Victoria marrird Friedrich III, German Emperor and King of Prussia, in 1858
 

 
7. What do US railroadmen call what their UK counterparts call a steam locomotive's tender?
 
Caboose
Pullman
Switcher
Tender
 

 
8. Which breakfast cereal once used the slogan 'Central heating for kids'?
 
Coco Pops
Puffed Rice
Quaker Oats
Ready Brek
 

 
9. Terry Wogan famously nicknamed the BBC Television Centre in Wood Lane, west London the concrete what?
 
Doughnut
Hamburger
Kebab
Lollipop
 

 
10. The Pride of the Tyne operates a ferry service between South Shields and where?
 
Gateshead
North Shields
Tynemouth
Wallsend

It was the first river ferry to incorporate all the safety features introduced after the Marchioness disaster of 1989
 

 
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