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30/03/2015

March

Each answer contains the consecutive letters 'M-A-R' somewhere in it.

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1.

2014 films

Which 2014 film starring Toby Jones included cameo performances from Gary Lineker, Lou Macari and referee Ukiah Rennie?

Marvellous

(about legendary Stoke City fan Neil Baldwin)
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2.

London theatre

In 1961 theatre impressario, Sir Donald Arthur Rolleston Albery, purchased an old building in Covent Garden. What did it become?

The Donmar Warehouse
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3.

Flags

Of which country is this the flag?

San Marino
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4.

Theme music

Which TV programme has this theme? (click to play)

Miss Marple
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5.

Cooking

What device is shown here?

Bainmarie
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6.

20th century novelists

Who wrote the novel All Quiet on the Western Front?

Erich Maria Remarque
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7.

Red triangle

In 1876 a red triangle with 4 letters beneath it became the UK’s first what?

Registered Trademark

(for Bass Brewery)

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8.

Pseudonyms

Adolph (on the right) grew up to become famous. What was the name by which he is best known?

Harpo Marx

(he is pictured with his brother Julius/Groucho in 1906)

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9.

US population

Fargo is the most populous city in the US State of North Dakota. What’s the second most populous?

Bismarck

(which is also the State capital)
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10.

Mystery voice

Who can you hear being interviewed?  (click to play)

Martin Amis
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11.

Ireland

What name is given to the westernmost portion of County Galway?

Connemara
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12.

WW1 rations

What product, first produced in Burton-on-Trent in 1902, was used during WW1 to counter the development of beri-beri – and was issued to British troops in WW1 as part of their rations?

Marmite
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13.

Word derivation

A set of parchments named after a Scottish legate, Ragman, record a rambling series of oaths whereby Scottish nobles swore loyalty to Edward I in the 1290s. What English word derives from the name of these parchments?

Rigmarole

(the parchments were called the ‘Ragman Rolls’)
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14.

Scottish islands

According to an 18th century author, what supplied the inhabitants of the islands of St Kilda with “oil for their lamps, down for their beds, a delicacy for their tables and a balm for their wounds”?

Fulmar

(a type of seabird the islanders used to harvest)
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15.

 Fruit

What is the name of this fruit?

Tamarillo
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