1 Which habit was described by King James I as “loathsome to the eye” and “dangerous to the lungs”?
2 Which space agency has its HQ in Washington DC?
3 Which Countdown host was the first person to be seen on Channel 4?
4 Which English band reached No 3 in 1969 and No 1 in 1988 with He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother?
5 Which former prime minister of New Zealand got married on January 13, 2024?
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6 Which French salad is made with lettuce, eggs, tomatoes, potatoes, green beans, olives and tuna?
7 Aston and Mick are brothers in which 1960 play by Harold Pinter?
8 Which English writer’s marriage to Evelyn Gardner was annulled in 1936?
9 Who did Oswald Mosley marry in a secret wedding at Joseph Goebbels’ Berlin home in 1936?
10 Which former Conservative MP for Ashford became editor of The Daily Telegraph in 1974?
11 Located in Canada’s far north, what is the world’s largest uninhabited island?
12 Which Orcadian poet (1887-1959) wrote the post-apocalyptic poem The Horses?
13 Which Israeli linguist wrote The Unfolding of Language (2005) and Through the Language Glass (2010)?
14 On May 2, 1970, Diane Crump became the first female jockey to ride in which US horse race?
15 Who is this Irish actor?
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Answers
1 Smoking, in A Counterblaste to Tobacco
2 Nasa
3 Richard Whiteley
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4 The Hollies
5 Jacinda Ardern
6 Salade Niçoise
7 The Caretaker
8 Evelyn Waugh
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9 Diana Mitford, Hitler was a witness
10 Bill Deedes or Lord Deedes
11 Devon Island
12 Edwin Muir
13 Guy Deutscher
14 Kentucky Derby
15 Andrew Scott
