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1. During which two years did the miners strike take place in the UK?
 
1981-1982
1982-1983
1983-1984
1984-1985
 
 
2. What is the correct spelling of the perennial flowering plant native to Asia and northeastern Europe?
 
Chrisanthemum
Chrysanthemum
Crisanthemum
Crysanthemum
 
 
3. What is the name for the class of Royal Navy aircraft carriers that are expected to enter service in 2016?
 
Queen Elizabeth class
Prince of Wales class
Queen Victoria class
Princess of Wales class

The vessels will displace approximately 65,000 tonnes each, over three times the displacement of the current Invincible class
 
 
4. The London Olympic Stadium is sited in which London borough?
 
Barking and Dagenham
Greenwich
Lewisham
Newham
 
 
5. Which football club plays at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu?
 
AC Milan
Barcelona
Inter Milan
Real Madrid
 
 
6. What was York known as by the Romans?
 
Dubris
Eboracum
Glevum
Magnis

Eboracum is thought to have derived from the Proto-Brythonic word Eborakon which can mean "place of the yew trees" or "the field of Eburos"
 
 
7. Who wrote Doctor Zhivago?
 
Anton Chekhov
Boris Pasternak
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Leo Tolstoy
 
 
8. What is the name of the rocket that powered the Apollo 11 moon landings?
 
Jupiter X
Neptune II
Saturn V
Venus IV
 
 
9. Who wrote the music for the 2006 film 'The Illusionist'?
 
Andrew Poppy
Michael Nyman
Philip Glass
Wim Mertens

Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards
 
 
10. 'Mork and Mindy' was a spinoff from which sitcom?
 
Happy Days
MASH
Taxi
The Odd Couple

The character of Mork attempted to take Richie Cunningham back to Ork as a human specimen, but his plan was foiled by Fonzie
 
 
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