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Question	Answer	Category
In What Year, Generally Regarded As Marking The End Of The Cold War, Did The Berlin Wall Come Down?	1989 (9 November)	General
Which Calendar Was Devised In 1582?	Gregorian Calendar (by Aloysius Lilius - it is the calendar that most of the world uses today)	General
Which London Emporium Opened In Picadilly 1707?	Fortnum and Mason's	General
What Is The Line Called On A Ship Which Is The Limit To Which It May Be Loaded Plimsoll.)?	Plimsoll line (aka International load line - it was brought into force in 1876 by coal merchant and politician Samuel	General
British Publisher Ludvik Hoch Was Better Known By Which Name?	Robert Maxwell	General
Which English King Abdicated In 1936?	Edward VIII	General
Who Painted The Blue Boy In 1779?	Thomas Gainsborough	General
What Does Unesco Stand For?	United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization	General
An Epithalamium Is A Song Or Poem Celebrating What?	Marriage (or a wedding)	General
What Clash, In 1746, Was The Last Major Battle To Be Fought On Mainland Britain?	The Battle of Culloden	General
Which Year Was The Death Penalty For Murder Abolished In Britain?	1965	General
Who Was Britain's First Labour Prime Minister?	Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937), 1st term Jan-Nov 1924	General
Who Wrote The Poem Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard?	Thomas Gray (1716-71)	General
Which Is The Lightest Element?	Hydrogen	General
Dame Peggy Ashcroft Won An Oscar For Her Role In Which 1984 Film?	A Passage to India	General