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Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty came to the UK this year and said: 'These once dignified animals ... are forced into the ring to perform tricks which make no sense and are upsetting to them.' What was she talking about? |
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Boxing |
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The inethical treatment of animals |
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Big Brother, series III, day VII |
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Lord of the Rings |
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Who told reporters outside their home: 'I've won all the prizes in Europe, every fucking one, so I'm delighted to win them all. It's a royal flush.' |
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Jodie Foster |
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Doris Lessing |
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Lewis Hamilton |
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Al Gore |
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Who said: 'I have certainly not abandoned my ambition to be boring?' |
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Vince Cable |
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Alistair Darling |
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Donna Air |
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Mervyn King |
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When asked about the prospect of 'gender-neutral' language in parliament, who replied: 'A chair is a piece of furniture ... I am not a chair because no one has ever sat on me.' |
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Betty Boothroyd |
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Ann Widdecombe |
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Jacqui Smith |
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Shirley Williams |
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Newsreader Mika Brzezinski broke down on TV, shredded her script and made an apology about a story she was being forced to run. What was the story? |
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The death of Anna Nicole Smith |
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Paris Hilton's release from prison |
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Britney Spears's new album |
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News of yet another Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt adoption |
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'You lose your temper very easily. To be president of the republic, you must remain calm.' Who was lecturing who? |
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Napoleon to Nicolas Sarkozy in a dream as retold by Sarkozy on the eve of his election victory |
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Jacques Chirac to Nicolas Sarkozy |
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Giscard d'Estaing to Nicholas Sarkozy |
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Nicolas Sarkozy to Ségolène Royale |
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What were Tony Blair's last words to parliament? |
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'Farewell' |
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'Thank you and goodnight' |
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'The end' |
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'Goodbye' |
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Spain's King Juan Carlos apparently said to the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez: 'Why don't you just shut up.' What had Chávez done? |
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Called Spain's former prime minister a fascist |
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Called the king a fascist |
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Suggested the king nationalise the rioja industry |
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Called the Spanish queen a fascist |
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'I was on a plane to South Africa last week and there was a form to fill in that had the category 'occupation' and I really didn't know what to put.' Who said this? |
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Alastair Campbell |
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Oprah Winfrey |
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Robert Mugabe |
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Bill Gates |
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Amy Winehouse insisted she didn't have a drink habit. What did she say? |
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'I don't have a problem with alcohol. I have a problem with gauging quantity' |
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'I don't have a problem with alcohol. I have a problem with my husband' |
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'I don't have a problem with alcohol. I have a problem with me that comes out when I drink' |
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'I don't have a problem with alcohol. I have a problem with liquids' |
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When Russell Brand presented the Brit Awards he gave some advice. Fill in the blanks: 'Don't take drugs or you might end up __________.' |
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'Leader of the Tories' |
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'Like me' |
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'Pete Doherty' |
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'Happy' |
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'It seems like a really original and interesting read.' Thanks, but no thanks. Penguin Books rejected what classic novel when it was submitted in disguise? |
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Sense and Sensibility |
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Crime and Punishment |
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Pride and Prejudice |
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The Brothers Karamazov |
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According to Lib Dem MP for Portsmouth South, Mike Hancock, this man had been 'shafted by a shower of shits'. Who is he? |
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Steve McClaren |
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Ming Campbell |
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Sir Ian Blair |
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Gordon Brown |
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The Sun was embarrassed when its front-page picture of a great white shark supposedly taken by an amateur fisherman in the sea off Cornwall turned out to have been: |
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Mocked up using Photoshop software |
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Snapped by the fisherman while on holiday in South Africa |
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Staged using a small plastic toy in the man's bathtub
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Downloaded from the web |
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| 52 weeks is a long time in politics |
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Who lost his bearings at Westminster this summer? |
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John Bercow MP |
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Big Ben |
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Patrick Mercer MP |
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Quentin Davies MP |
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Vince Cable's attack on Gordon Brown was the second time this year the character Mr Bean had haunted a Scottish politician, with a very similar surname. What was the first? |
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One of the British sailors taken hostage by Iran was teased for not looking enough like Mr Bean |
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One of the Royal Navy sailors taken hostage by Iran was teased for resembling Mr Bean |
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Rowan Atkinson did an impression of foreign office minister Mark Malloch Brown as Mr Bean |
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Rowan Atkinson did an impression of Des Browne |
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The position of deputy leader of the Labour party was decided by what voting system? |
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D'Hondt method |
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Alternative voting system |
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Borda count |
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Condorcet method |
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How long did it take for Gordon Brown to first ring Alex Salmond after he assumed the role of Scotland's first minister? |
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The next day |
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The very same day |
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16 days later |
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A fortnight later |
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David Miliband became the second-youngest British foreign secretary ever. Who was the youngest? |
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David Owen |
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Geoffrey Howe |
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Denis Healey |
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Margaret Beckett |
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Adam Smith features on the new £20 notes. What do Smith and Gordon Brown have in common? |
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Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
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Both support Hamilton Academicals |
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Their height, 6ft 2in high |
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Both kidnapped by gypsies at age four |
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What idea wasn't proposed by John Redwood's economic competitiveness policy group? |
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Putting rubber wheels on commuter trains |
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Letting cars turn left at red traffic lights |
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Mandatory health and safety assessments at work |
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Letting cars use bus lanes |
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If Gordon Brown had called an election in the autumn, and lost, he would have spent the least time in No 10 since who? |
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Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
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Anthony Eden |
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Andrew Bonar Law |
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George Canning |
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What politician made a statement by not turning his back as he walked away from her majesty at the Queen's Speech this year? |
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Jack Straw |
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Charles Clarke |
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Andy Burnham |
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Tony Blair |
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What did Ming Campbell call Boris Johnson's campaign to become London mayor? |
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Bluest suicide note in history |
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Blondest suicide note in history |
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Funniest suicide note in history |
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Poshest suicide note in history |
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Which party hasn't used the slogan 'British jobs for British workers' this year? |
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Liberal Democrats |
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National Front |
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Labour |
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BNP |
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| Monarchy |
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Helen Mirren won an Oscar this year for her performance as her majesty in The Queen. But what makes the actor feel uncomfortable? |
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Being watched |
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Wearing ermin |
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Being respected |
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Wearing a crown |
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'It's on and off and on and off like a bride's nightie.' What was Tory MP Desmond Swayne talking about? |
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The lights in Buckingham Palace |
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Prince Harry's tour of duty in Iraq |
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Queen Elizabeth II's abdication |
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Prince William's relationship with Kate Middleton |
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In 2007 the Prince of Wales finally admitted he had made a habit of talking to what for years? |
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Presidents |
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Other princes |
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People |
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Plants |
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How did George Bush offend the Queen when she visited America in May? |
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Suggested their dogs have a play-fight |
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Suggested she was alive in 1776 |
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Suggested she was about to abdicate |
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Suggested she was anti-monarchy |
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Evidence given to the Diana inquest suggested the princess thought she needed a relationship with Dodi Fayed like what? |
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Another interview with Martin Bashir |
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An infusion of blood |
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A hole in the head |
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A rash on her face |
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| Doing God |
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Welsh Hindus advised what to 'come back as a human next time'? |
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A horse |
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A turkey |
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A pig |
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A cow |
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What or who has been credited with increasing the number of female vicars? |
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More comfortable dog collars |
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Competitive pay |
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Generous childcare provision |
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Dawn French |
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What did John Humphrys say he would say to God if he turned up on the BBC's Today programme? |
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'To whom are you accountable?' |
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'I don't want to interview you' |
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'Prove it' |
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'Why are you lying to me?' |
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| Money Problems |
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'As long as the music is playing, you've got to get up and dance. We're still dancing.' That was July and he resigned in November. Who was he?
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Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia |
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Chuck Prince |
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Prince Charles |
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Prince |
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Private equity player Nick Ferguson exposed the iniquities of the tax system by saying he paid less tax than who? |
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His nanny |
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His wife |
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His cleaner |
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His employees |
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Who has a mortgage with Northern Rock? |
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Jonny Wilkinson |
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Jack Straw |
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Alistair Darling |
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Tony Blair |
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'I no longer travel with suitcases... considering that compensation for one lost Louis [Vuitton] is a paltry £850, which barely pays for the suitcase'. Which moneybags said this? |
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Cheryl Tweedy |
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Tara Palmer Tomkinson |
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Victoria Beckham |
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Joan Collins |
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'I'll give some speeches just to replenish the ol' coffers. I don't know what my dad gets. It's more than $50,000 to $75,000 a speech.' Who does this post-career plan belong to? |
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Tony Blair |
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Vladimir Putin |
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George W Bush |
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Jacques Chirac |
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How much does the world's most expensive cocktail cost? |
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£25,000 |
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£15,000 |
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£45,000 |
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£35,000 |
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| The land beyond Dover |
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Quoting Franklin D Roosevelt's 'Son of a Bitch' line got what newspaper in trouble with Pakistan? |
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Mirror |
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Times |
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Sun |
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Daily Telegraph |
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Trains crossed what border for the start of the first scheduled service in 50 years? |
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North-South Korea |
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Pakistan-India |
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China-Burma |
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Israeli-Palestinian |
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An American woman secured the top job and described it as 'crashing through the marble ceiling'. Who is she and what was the position? |
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Nancy Pelosi on her appointment as Speaker of the US House of Representatives |
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Irene Rosenfeld to the top of Kraft |
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Hillary Clinton on her appointment as a Democratic contender for the White House |
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Indra Nooyi to the top of Pepsi |
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The band played which song as the Pakistan president, Pervez Musharraf, relinquished power as army chief? |
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Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye |
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Auld Lang Syne |
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The Final Countdown |
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Eye Of The Tiger |
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Hindus and the EU were at loggerheads this year over what symbol? |
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Sticking two fingers up |
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EU's use of yellow stars |
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Euro sign |
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Hindus' use of the swastika |
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In April it emerged that whole forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo were being sold for what? |
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A few bags of sugar |
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A few bags of wheat |
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A gallon of oil |
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A shipment of Nike trainers |
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October 24 2007 was the anniversary of Burmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. How many years did it mark? |
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4 |
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10 |
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8 |
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12 |
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| The end |
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He achieved notoriety for insisting the Gulf war didn't happen, and he died in March. Who was he? |
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Jean Baudrillard |
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Kurt Vonnegut |
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Richard Rorty |
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Robert C Solomon |
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The film director Antonioni died in the same week as what other great film director? |
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Quentin Tarantino |
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Robert Altman |
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Gus Van Sant |
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Ingmar Bergman |
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'I am an admirer of Adolf Hitler ... Not everything about him, of course. I deplore his gas chambers and Gestapo as much as anyone, but I admire him for the things he got right, which I reckon was about 50%.' The man who said this died in June. Who was he? |
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Bernard Matthews |
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Bernard Manning |
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Bernard Kouchner |
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Bernard Crick |
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Evel Knievel died on the last day of November. Over the course of his stuntman career he broke a world record how many bones in his body? |
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87 |
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22 |
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63 |
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40 |
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