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The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska and Missouri all share a border with which US states?

Kansas

 

Which French chemist and microbiologist was renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization?

Louis Pastour

 

Born in Leytonstone, Essex in 1899, which director of the films Psycho and Vertigo was known as 'the Master of Suspense'?

Sir Alfred Hitchcock

 

Complete this political list: Thomas, Weatherill, Boothroyd, Martin, Bercow... who?

Hoyle (Speaker of the House of Commons)

 

The 'House of Bourbon' is a royal dynasty in which European country?

France

 

Which UK comedy legend's epitaph reads "I told you I was ill."?

Spike Milligan

 

Which American composer's best known works include a Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris and the opera Porgy and Bess?

George Gershwin

 

What does the I stand for in the acronym FYI?

Information

 

Which musical instrument, a member of the Lute family, is most commonly associated with Hawaii?

Ukulele

 

Which UK chain was acquired by Whitbread in 1995 and has since grown to have over 2000 stores across 30 countries with over 1700 in the UK alone?

Costa Coffee