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Question 1

The study of sub-atomic particles is known commonly as...

Accepted Answer

Quantum Physics

Question 2

Elizabeth 1 was the daughter of...

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King Henry VIII

Question 3

Complete this lyric...'Last christmas I gave you my heart'...

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But the very next day you gave it away

Question 4

Books that are written by the actual person, about their life, are called ...

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Auto-biographies

Question 5

Which of these titles is NOT a novel by the horror writer Stephen King?

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Do androids dream of electric sheep?

Question 6

Charles Dickens was a writer in which historical era?

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Victorian

Question 7

Who wrote 'The war of the worlds'?

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H.G. Wells

Question 8

John Constable was famous for...

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His landscape paintings

Question 9

George Orwell wrote which one of these famous novels?

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1984

Question 10

What category of instrument is the French Horn?

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Horn

Question 11

Which person first introduced the Xmas tree to Britain?

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Prince Albert

Question 12

One of Picasso's major works is called...

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Guernica

Question 13

Claude Monet painted in a style known as...

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Impressionism

Question 14

One of the 1950s main art movements was...

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Abstract expressionism

Question 15

Which of these is NOT a real chemical symbol?

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Ps

Question 16

What does the 'm' stand for in the equation E=Mc2?

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Mass

Question 17

Anthony Burgess wrote...

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A clockwork orange

Question 18

What do you hold at Xmas and then kiss someone under it?

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Mistletoe

Question 19

What instrument did the jazz musician Miles Davis play?

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Trumpet

Question 20

Queen Victoria came to the throne in...

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1837

Question 21

1966 was a notable year for England because...

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England won the World cup

Question 22

'Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band ' was a very famous album by...

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The Beatles

Question 23

Who refused to give up her seat on a bus to white people?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 24

What is the word for a word that imitates sound?

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Onomatopoeia

Question 25

Alexander Graham Bell invented...

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The telephone

Question 26

Christmas literally means...

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Christ Mass

Question 27

What is the second planet from the Sun?

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Venus

Question 28

MUSIC: Which note is also known as a quarter note?

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A quaver

Question 29

What nationality was the composer Beethoven?

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German

Question 30

Who is the famous saint associated with Xmas?

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St. Nicholas

Question 31

Who got famous for painting tins of soup?

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Andy Warhol

Question 32

Did they have aeroplanes during WW1?

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Yes they did

Question 33

World War One was also known as...

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The great war

Question 34

ART: Which painter had a 'blue period'

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Pablo Picasso

Question 35

The name of the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was...

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Enola Gay

Question 36

What is the smallest bone in the human body?

Accepted Answer

The stirrup bone

Question 37

Who painted 'Starry Night'

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Vincent Van Gogh

Question 38

Who said 'All art is quite useless'...

Accepted Answer

Oscar Wilde

Question 39

Which of these Xmas songs was voted the all time greatest in a poll a few years ago?

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White Christmas

Question 40

ENGLISH LITERATURE: Which of these is NOT a play by Shakespeare?

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Dr. Faustus

Question 41

The Iron Curtain was...

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A metaphor for the Cold War

Question 42

Which of these bands never had a number one single?

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The Who

Question 43

Photosynthesis is...

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The process of how plants absorb sunlight

Question 44

Marie Curie did pioneering research on...

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Radiation

Question 45

Which of these did the three wise men NOT bring to the baby Jesus?

Accepted Answer

An Iphone

Question 46

What happened in 1917?

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The Russian revolution started

Question 47

Complete this lyric 'So here it is Merry Xmas'...

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Everybody's having fun

Question 48

Which legendary rock star died unexpectedly in January 2016?

Accepted Answer

David Bowie

Question 49

HISTORY: The great fire of London was in...

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1666

Question 50

If you were asked to do a 'paradiddle' you would be a...

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Drummer

Question 51

The first Harry Potter book is called...

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone

Question 52

Who was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo?

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Napoleon

Question 53

Who painted this?

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Edvard Munch

Question 54

Salvador Dali was one of this movement of painters...

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Surrealism

Question 55

Which gas is the least dense gas in the Earth's atmosphere?

Accepted Answer

The exosphere

Question 56

Which of bands NEVER released a Christmas single?

Accepted Answer

Black Sabbath

Question 57

Which of these female writers invented a character called Hetty Feather?

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Jacqueline Wilson

Question 58

The lead singer with the rock group Queen was...

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Freddie Mercury

Question 59

Complete the line of this carol 'Once in royal David's city'...

Accepted Answer

Stood a lowly cattle shed

Question 60

Grieg's most famous classical works is...

Accepted Answer

Peer Gynt

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