On 1st September 1939, Germany started World War II when it invaded which country?
Poland

Over a three day period 13000 houses were destroyed and 6 people killed in this catastrophic event in 1666.
The Great Fire of London

In 1609 Henry Hudson was the first European to discover this most densely populated of New York's boroughs.
Manhatten

In 1822 Brazil declared independence from which european country?
Portugal

"You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. They're people of the land. The common clay of the New West. You know - morons." This is a Gene Wilder line from which film?
Blazing Saddles

Wilder played the part of Leo Bloom in which Mel Brooks film?
The Producers

What was the name of the character played by Gene Wilder who says "No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."" 
Dr Frederick von Frankenstein

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Cynology is the study of what?
Dogs

He was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 1973, but in what country was Henry Kissinger born?
Germany

Who composed the work 'The Marriage of Figaro'?
Mozart

Born Eric Arthur Blair in Motihari, Bengal, India, this famous author is better known by what pseudonym?
George Orwell

Starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, and directed by Steven Spielberg, what was the name of this 1998 blockbuster?
Saving Private Ryan

Set in Morocco in 1941 and stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman?
Casablanca

Directed by Quentin Tarentino and starring Brad Pitt, it tells the story of a group of Jewish US soldiers with a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders.
Inglorious Basterds

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Dave Prentis is the current general secretary of which British trade union?

UNISON

The car manufacturer Peugeot is based in which country?

France

The Highbury Stadium is home to which Lancashire-based football team?

Fleetwood Town