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1 Which Crosse & Blackwell product gets its name from a village in Staffordshire?
A Branston Pickle (first made in 1922 in the Branston suburb of Burton upon Trent)
2 The drug Scopolamine marketed under the name Kwells, is taken to prevent which common ailment?
A Travel sickness (motion sickness)
3 Which country did FIFA choose to host the 1986 World Cup?
A Mexico (31 May to 29 June 1986)
4 What type of rocket did NASA use to launch the Apollo missions?
A Saturn V
5 Which fashion designer opened a boutique with Malcolm McLaren in 1971 and was at the forefront of ‘punk’ fashion?
A Vivienne Westwood
6 Which best-known large-scale composition by Edward Elgar features a section called ‘Nimrod’?
A The Enigma Variations
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8 Which model of Ford car took its name from an Italian alpine resort?
A Cortina (d’Ampezzo)
9 During the Roman occupation of Britain, which English City did they call Aquae Sulis?
A Bath
10 Before becoming an entertainer, what was the profession of George Formby?
A (stable boy and) jockey (he became the United Kingdom’s highest-paid entertainer)