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1. In which county is the source of the River Thames?
 
Berkshire
Gloucestershire
Oxfordshire
Wiltshire

The river descends 110 metres (361 feet) on its 346 km (215 mile) journey
 
 
2. Who performed 'Maybellene', 'Roll over Beethoven', 'Rock and Roll Music' and 'Johnny B Goode' during the 1950s?
 
B B King
Chuck Berry
Fats Domino
Ray Charles

While still a high school student, he served a prison sentence for armed robbery between 1944 and 1947
 
 
3. The TGV, the French 'high-speed train', stands for what?
 
Tactical Geographical Vierra
Train a Grande Vitesse
Transport a Grandiose Velocity
Twin Geared Vehicle
 
 
4. Who played 'the Bad' in 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', a 1966 spaghetti western?
 
Charles Bronson
Clint Eastwood
Lee Marvin
Lee Van Cleef

He played a ruthless, unfeeling and sociopathic mercenary named 'Angel Eyes' in the Sergio Leone epic
 
 
5. Which is the only Portuguese speaking country in the Americas?
 
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Peru

It is both the world's fifth largest country by geographical area and by population
 
 
6. How many of the lakes in the Lake District are called by that name?
 
1
3
5
7

It is Bassenthwaite Lake. All the others are meres, waters and tarns
 
 
7. The headquarters of the Bank of England are situated where in London?
 
Bishopsgate
Chancery Lane
Fleet Street
Threadneedle Street
 
 
8. In which film does an English teacher tell the students that they may call him "O Captain! My Captain!"?
 
Dead Poets Society
Educating Rita
Good Will Hunting
The Graduate
 
 
9. Who partnered Ewan McGregor in the documentary television series 'The Long Way Round'?
 
Charley Boorman
Charlie Brown
Charlie Dimmock
Charlie Watts
 
 
10. Where is the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world?
 
Lincoln Cathedral
Sistine Chapel
Westminster Cathedral
York Minster

The Great East Window was finished in 1408
 
 
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