1 In 1990, Lithuania became the first republic to declare its independence from which country?
2 Which type of training is the subject of Barbara Woodhouse’s book Walkies?
3 William Howard Russell was an unknown reporter when The Times sent him to cover which war in 1854?
4 What, at 4,411ft, is the highest Munro in Scotland?
5 “Pancake collapses” occur frequently after major instances of which natural disaster?
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6 Merlin Holland has called Eduardo Paolozzi’s sculpture of which Irish playwright “absolutely hideous”?
7 In the 1810 poem The Lady of the Lake, which Scot wrote: “Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!”?
8 Which 1949 Ealing comedy was filmed on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides?
9 The 1897 Indiana General Assembly made a notorious attempt to legislate the value of which number?
10 Which British philosopher, who taught at Harvard in 1914, inspired TS Eliot’s poem Mr Apollinax?
11 The Vassall spy scandal greatly embarrassed the government of which Tory prime minister?
12 Which Irish-speaking Belfast rap trio is formed by Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí?
13 What was the pen name of Julien Viaud, the French author of Aziyadé (1879) and Madame Chrysanthème (1887)?
14 Why were Tim Henman and Jeremy Bates disqualified from the men’s doubles at Wimbledon in 1995?
15 Often used during the Middle Ages, which weapon is pictured?
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1 Soviet Union
2 Dog training
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3 Crimean War
4 Ben Nevis
5 Earthquake
6 Oscar Wilde, Holland is Wilde’s only grandchild
7 Walter Scott, the personal anthem of the US president originated from the poem
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8 Whisky Galore!
9 Pi
10 Bertrand Russell
11 Harold Macmillan, the scandal was named after the civil servant John Vassall. He was blackmailed into spying for the Soviets
12 Kneecap
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13 Pierre Loti
14 Henman accidentally hit a ball girl on the ear with a tennis ball
15 Mace