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In a standard UK Monopoly game, the green set consists of Bond Street, Regent Street and which other?
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Oxford Street
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Who was the first famous non-royal to appear on a UK postage stamp?
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William Shakespeare
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In which year did the International Astronomical Union downgrade the status of Pluto from planet to ‘dwarf planet’?
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2006
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In which year did women achieve equal voting rights to men in the UK?
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1928
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Which vessels carry oxygenated blood away from the heart?
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Arteries
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How many German states (or Bundesländer) are there?
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16
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What is the name of the stretch of water which separates the Orkney Islands from mainland Scotland?
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Pentland Firth
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In which month of the year 1912 did RMS Titanic sink after colliding with an iceberg?
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April
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'The Get Weird Tour' is the 5th highest grossing tour (of all time) by which girlband?
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Little Mix
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Which river flows through Settle, Clitheroe and Preston?
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Ribble
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Who won Strictly Come Dancing 2016?
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Ore Oduba & Joanne Clifton
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As of 2016, how many Olympic medals has Michael Phelps won?
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28
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On which date in 2016 did the UK hold its EU membership referendum?
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Thursday 23rd June 2016
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In which year was the Battle of Hastings? Please give the answer in Roman numerals.
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MLXVI (1066)
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In the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, who was the host country and what country won the competition?
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Sweden and Ukraine
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The surname of which Cluedo (UK version) suspect comes first alphabetically?
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Reverend Green
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In a game of Scrabble, assuming no letters are placed on double or triple letter/word tiles, how much would the word ‘panther’ score?
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12 (or 62 if the player uses all 7 tiles in their hand)
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How many dots are there on five dice?
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105
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A mandrake is a type of what?
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Plant
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Worcester, Lowell, New Bedford and Brockton are all cities in which American state?
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Massachusetts
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