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1990s Music (Round 16)

In which year did The Spice Girls have hits with ‘Viva Forever’, ‘Stop’, ‘Too Much’ and ‘Goodbye My Friend’?

It Happened in February Quiz (Round 4)

In which unusual location was Elizabeth when she succeeded to the UK throne on the death of her father ?

In a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya

 

In February 1819, who founded what was to become, the city-state of Singapore?

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

 

In what year did women over the age of 30, provided they met certain property qualifications, get the right to vote in the UK? a) 1918 b) 1924 c) 1928

a) 1918

 

In My Younger and More Vulnerable Years (Round 249)

The newspaper Yomiuru Shimbun has the largest circulation in the world. In which country is it published?

Japan

 

Which notable Labour MP lost the 2015 General Election seat of Morley and Outwood to Conservative candidate Andrea Jenkyns?

Ed Balls

 

In Chemistry, which 'P' are long-chained molecules in which a group of atoms are repeated?

Polymers

 

Which British athlete won Gold in both the 5000m and 10000m 2016 Olympic Games?

Mo Farah

 

It Was Love at First Sight (Round 248)

Misbehaving students in the first British universities had their names written in black books providing inspiration for which modern day popular phrase?

Blacklist

 

'It was love at first sight' is the first line from which Joseph Heller novel?

Catch-22

 

Blathers, Charlotte and Fagin are characters from which Charles Dickens tale?

Oliver Twist

 

1990s Music (Round 15)

Wet Wet Wet had three UK number ones but only one was an original song written by the band. It was released in 1992. Can you name it?

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