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15503. On international automobile license plates, what country is represented by the letter 'E'?

15505. To whom are Jews Gentiles?

15508. Whose wish list contained a delaying clause?

15509. What was the name of the irish woman in the water babies by charles kingsley?

15511. Did Jamie Oliver ever play in a pop group?

15512. How did the military vehicle--the tank--get its name?

15514. Does anyone know what the O stood for in David O Selznick, please?

15516. The name of what part of the world is derived from a Latin verb that means 'to rise'?

15518. What is the most popular tree or shrub belonging to the willow family that is cultivated especially for basketry and weaving - I have so many conflicting answers hope someone can help ?

15519. Where can I find the words to 'Policemans Chorus/ A Policemans Lot' - have spent hours on the web with no luck ?

15520. What music is playing when Rachel and Ross first have sex in the 'Friends' Episode, Series Two: 'The One Where Ross And Rachel You Know...'?

15521. Does anyone know a connection between Waratah, Admiral Karpfanger and Sao Paulo?

15524. Whose dog was nominated for an Oscar in 1985?

15525. Who umpired the mens' and ladies' singles finals at Wimbledon 2001?

15527. What was the most effective jet fighter plane of WWII, and what prevented it from possibly turning the tide late in the war?

15528. In what game do you have taws, bowlers, reelers and monnies?

15530. Who sings the song in the end credits of the movie The Snapper with Colm Meaney?

15531. In biblical paintings who is depicted as carrying a fish?

15534. Which 18th Century word meant 'to make sport of what was popular'?

15535. What sobriquet did Thomas Aquinas earn for 'the purity and excellence of his teaching'?

15538. Which American film actor made his debut as a Russian guerilla?

15539. What automobile company produced a car called the Dictator from 1927 to 1936?

15542. What does the RAF affectionately call the E-32 Sentry AWAC?

15544. Which school (presumably fictional) offered 'fortification' as part of the curriculum?

15545. Which professional golfer would only play with even numbered balls ?

15549. On which island did the first Australian(motor racing)Grand Prix take place?

15553. Why are some stars different colors?

15560. Which painter's pregnant mistress committed suicide when he died of TB?

15563. In which year did the Financial Times first publish Indices?

15564. Who was dubbed the 'Mozart of the Champs-Elysees'?

15568. What triggered the ledgendary feud between the hillbilly Hatfields and McCoys in 1873?

15569. Was Magnus Magnusson born in Edinburgh or Iceland - I've found different sources giving different answers?

15570. Who was the first President to hire a speech writer, and what was this person's name?

15575. Where jahangir the mogul emperror is burried?

15576. What was stuck for 4.5 hours in 1896?

15577. Who has averred that she is 'no banana'?

15580. Who was Beorthwald?

15581. Who was king of kalinga when ashoka the great attacked kalinga?

15586. What apparently only sings all day in May?

15587. Who does the M*A*S*H theme song?

15589. What was the name of Magnus Magnusson's father?

15595. How did the expression 'I'm in a pickle...' come about?

15596. Who was the first singer to be arrested on stage, and where did this occur?

15598. What was the name of the play on which the film 'The Apartment' was based?

15600. What should never be eaten after Michaelmas day?

15601. Who expressed a desire for 'a tolerant, liberal-minded, broad church clerygman'?

15605. Who 'settled like a meat fly on whatever one had got for dinner and made one sick of it'?

15606. How did the brilliantly funny Tina Fey of SNL (the 1st woman head writer ever...)get her facial scar?

15607. Who said'Those that wish to be clean, clean they will be'?

15608. Whatever happened to Hugh Scully and why doesn't he present the BBC's 'Antiques Roadshow' anymore?

15609. Who obviously was too pre-occupied mentally to remove a price tag for half a guinea?

15611. For whom did a difference of twelve pence make all the difference?

15612. What instrument is it asserted that a gentleman knows how to play but refrains from doing so?

15614. What city or place translates to 'The Flourishing Town'?

15616. In which movie did Julia Roberts wear a moustache?

15617. Which book ends: 'He laughed then, and took her hand, and gave her the {reins;} and she did not look back over her shoulder again, but ste her face towards the Tamar'?

15619. And where would one find IOUs amounting to 21?

15633. What does Oryctolagus mean in English and what are some examples of animals in the order Lagomorpha?

15637. May i know the chronology of british monarch for last 300 years and their relation ?

15642. How often is Life Magazine published?

15643. How many players were needed for a 'Big Band' in the forties?

15644. What breed of dog is Disney's Pluto?

15645. To which English queen can Jane Fonda trace her ancestry ?

15646. On which day in many many European and Asian countries do people play tricks on one another?

15654. Who was hung in Boston Common in 1660 for being a quaker?

15663. Do you know from what opera "O, Terra, addio" is the last line of?

15668. Whose fervent request was for a big red india rubber ball?

15670. Which actress/singer was known as 'the empress of emotion'?

15672. Why was green chosen for American paper currency?

15674. From what book is 'Don't say What, say Pardon, darling, and do as your mother tells you'?

15675. Which child had 'eyes as wide as a football-pool, ears like bombs and teeth like splinters'?

15676. How many jurors were dismissed during the course of O. J. Simpson's double murder trial?

15677. What city or place name means, Hill of Spring?

15680. What city or place is known as 'Windy Corner'?

15683. Who was forever expecting the arrival of a postal order?

15685. What do 'Lagomorpha' and 'Leporidae' mean in english?

15686. What is the meaning of the suffix(es) -stan, -estan, -istan so widely used of countries and regions in Central (and South) Asia?

15687. What number was on susan saintjames's shirt on the mcmillon and wife tv show?

15691. Why aren't turkey eggs available for consumption, like chicken eggs?

15697. Who sung 'all the low notes' and wondered 'how he got 'em'?

15702. Who wrote a novel dubbing Australia 'The Lucky Country'?

15704. Who wore pink trousers adn admired Professor Peabody?

15706. Which country has qualified to play in the World Cup for the first time since 1954?

15710. What religion was Abraham Lincoln?

15711. Three people played Jenna Wade in Dallas..Morgan Fairchild...Priscilla Presley and who?

15715. How do American blind people tell the difference in their dollar bill banknotes, as they all appear to be the same size and the same texture? Can anyone enlighten me?

15718. What year began production of the famous Whitecastle cheeseburger?

15722. Who plays Tony Soprano on the hit HBO series 'The Sopranos'?

15724. Who is the only person to win 2 (unshared) Nobel prizes, in 2 different areas, and (bonus question) for what accomplishments?

15725. Who killed Ferdinand Magellan when he visited the Philippines?

15733. What does the term 'Indian giver' mean?

15737. 'Jim swaps Diglet for Celebi with his friend Fred. Who gets the better deal'?

15739. Who in 1976 devised a weight to length graph for assessing suitability for hibernation of a tortoise?

15742. Can you confirm whether it was Mr and Mrs Ronald Copeland who gave Trelissick House in Cornwall to the National Trust please?

15743. What is the main food source of the Venus Flytrap *Hint it's not flies*?

15745. In terms of area, what is the largest city in the U.S.?

15746. What is Big Bird's costume made of?

15747. What was Ralph Kramden's address in 'The Honeymooners'?

15749. Was the movie 'Gone With the Wind' made and first released in color?

15750. Who courted disaster by buying a postal order for fifteen and six?

15754. Did an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947?

15756. What fell on tucson, arizona, on november 16, 1958?

15757. What year were The Grammy Awardsfirst shown on network tv?

15762. Amis memoir and 'plump lips' In his memoir Experience Martin Amis remembers being kissed on the mouth by an eminent British novelist 'with firm lips'. Who?

15763. Is the AllBlack player Jonu Lomu actually a New Zealander?

15764. What was the d day password?

15769. In the Simpsons can anyone tell me why Barney is no longer drinking?

15770. What exactly is the 'Thames Water Tower' just near Shepherd's Bush and does anyone know what it is meant to tell us ?

15777. Follow-on from the question regarding what was the dday password---Was it Mickey Mouse?

15781. Where/what is the meaning/derevation,'HONKIE' come from, as in Coloured people sometime refer to white people, i think it comes from the deep south slave trade days?

15782. What place name means stream of the blue green men?

15783. Where did the superstition of 'never open an umbrella in the house' come from?

15785. What is the origin of the phrase 'A fishy story'?

15786. How many letters are there in the Chinese alphabet. I presume they use keyboards and typrwriters. Do they (the Chinese)follow their own calnader. If so what is their current year known as?

15787. What is the only 15 letter word in the U.S. language that you spell without repeating a letter?

15793. What famous entertainer was offered the role of Archie Bunker in the TV pilot for "All In The Family" before Carroll O'Connor was signed for the role?

15794. Which TV series had episodes entitled 'Withcraft', 'Gartcosh' and 'Balance'?

15795. HOW does a domestic rabbit maintain good homeostatsis?

15796. Where did Noah live?

15802. What is the national bird of India ?

15803. What kind of creature is a Criollo ?

15804. What is the name given to a young Hawk taken from its nest for training ?

15805. Which characteristic afflicts about 17% of humans and apes - Left-handed, Baldness, Bad temper or Obesity?

15806. In 'The Simpsons' does anyone know what has happened to Ned Flanders' wife? Did she die?

15807. If our body can function without an appendix - why do we have in the first place?

15808. What was the nationality of Dave Starsky?

15809. Assuming money is not a problem, what is the quickest accelerating car sold to the public?

15812. Which new movie or project starring has Madelaine Stowe she herself spoken poorly of?

15814. Which is Britains largest nature reserve - I have found so many sites all different reserves claiming to be the largest !?

15818. Which epithet links Oliver Cromwell and Henry Vlll?

15820. 72% of Americans do not know this. What is it?

15825. What shade results when the rhubarb plant is used in hair dye?

15827. What is a pika(Ochotonidae) and what are the differences between a pika and a rabbit?

15828. What are 'mushrooms'?

15830. What is ID code of civil aircrafts for Russia and Nepal ?

15831. Whis is first newspaper of world ?

15832. Which newspaper has largest circulation in world ?

15833. Which is worlds oldest surviving newspaper ?

15834. Which is the longest novel in any language?

15839. Who and from what country is the world billiards champion who rarely plays with his dentures on?

15841. Is there a difference between Hispanic and Latino/a?

15842. Does anyone know who wrote the play 'Once upon a seashore'?

15843. Who on 'Desert Island Discs' chose books on architecture by Palladio and a grand piano?

15845. What are 'shrooms' as in the drug or whatever, not in the food people commonly eat?

15846. Logo.. a globe over a y shape with overhangings which may create an m also?

15848. Which institution links the creators of 'the Big Sleep' and 'The English Patient'?

15849. Which order depicts a bishop with the motto 'In Sanguine Faedus'?

15852. Why is Joan of Arc called 'of Arc'?

15855. Why did nick carter of the Back Street Boys get arested?

15856. How many fingers does Mickey Mouse have?

15857. How tall was Pepin the Short?

15858. What does Yoko Ono's first name mean when translated from Japanese?

15860. What women in the bible was referred to or known as 'Lady Bird'?

15861. What could you do to make a baseball go farther?

15863. Who is Fred's owner in 'Smokey and the Bandit'?

15864. What kind of tea did peter cottontails mother give him ?

15865. What TV detective lived in the Beacon Hill section of Boston, his chauffeur was Jay, and his good friend was Felix?

15866. How much is the most expensive cigar?

15867. What is the worlds best selling chocolate cookie: oreo, tim tam, mint slice or teddy bear?

15868. What President introduced paper currency ?

15869. What famous frenchman proposed decapitation by machine?

15871. Whose surnames were Howard, Howard and Fine?

15872. Which film's closing line is 'Why reach for the moon when we have the stars'?

15880. What makes the Al Queada and the Taliban different, please?

15883. Which family's phone number was Whatlington 21?

15884. What was patented by John Mayenberg of St Louis, Missouri on November 25, 1884?

15888. Could anyone please tell me the height of the late film star John Wayne?

15892. Who was featured as Commedian Jimmy Durante's sidekick on his popular radio show from 1943 to 1948?

15894. Charon ferried the souls of the dead across the Styx to what?

15896. Whatis the name given to george harrison's last unfinished album ?

15897. Which australian singer has won the best single award at the first top of the pop awards ?

15898. Who has played the lead male role and female role in first hindi film Rajaharishchandra?

15899. Which is debut movie of Prithviraj kapoor and has he acted in any silent movie?

15900. Has former USSR sent any manned flight to moon?

15901. If Petrona twin tower is tallest building in world and WTO was fourth largest which are second and third tallest buildings?

15902. Apart from Alaska which US has purchased from USSR which are other states/islands US has purchased from other countries?

15903. What is law of succession in present british monarch?

15905. Who was the first player to miss a penalty in a shoot-out in a football match in Britain?

15906. What is the length of the original slinky laid out flat?

15907. Who is the 4th century AD Indian surgeon who is regarded as the 'father of modern plastic surgery'?

15908. Who said 'Making a funny film provides all the enjoyment of getting your leg caught in the blades of a threshing machine'?

15912. What sculpted bird sits atop the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City and why?

15914. What important nutrient in fertilizer should be present so that trees in my orchard will bear sweeter fruits?

15916. In which novel, short story or play do Mike and Phyllis Watson spend their honeymoon onboard the SS Guinevere?

15917. Where is the most northerly church in Great Britain?

15921. Which actor won the Queen's medal for bravery after rescuing two children from a bolting horse on the TV set of 'Robin Hood'?

15923. The start of a new century (Christian calendar, ie 2001, 2101 etc) can never be one of three days of the week. Which days?

15925. Which Beatle was stuck in traffic and postponed the almost-reunion on Saturday Night Live on November 20, 1976?

15926. How many halfpennies are used in a game of shove-halfpenny?

15927. Whhere was the movie When Andrew Came Home filmed?

15928. Does anyone have any information on the mooring mast/tower that was to have accommodated the R101 airship if it had arrived in Ismailia (Egypt). i.e when was it removed, what happened to it etc?

15931. What does 'Drop the Dead Donkey' mean (as in the TV programme)?

15934. When were 3 D movies first produced?

15937. What can I feed my Lovebirds if they do not want any fruits, vegetables or anything new but their pellets?

15946. What percentage of the United States is officially designated as wilderness?

15952. Why is the viscosity between milk and cream different?

15954. What is the 2nd smallest species of parrot in the world?

15957. How many stars are calculated to be in the universe?

15962. Which was the largest volcanic eruptionwas largest in history- back up your answer please!?

15963. If you bet on a horse in a horserace and you bet on it to show, what place do you want it to come in?

15964. Which state of the usa was once nicknamed old dominion ?

15965. Which hats name is derived from persian meaning HEAD COVERING ?

15966. What are two mammals that only grow hair after they are born?

15967. Who first called outhouses 'johns' and why?

15968. What was the name of Popeye's ship?

15969. In which country most boys born in a city after September 11,2001 are named after Osama?

15979. Why is New York City referred to as 'The Big Apple' and what is the origin of this reference?

15981. What is the opening line of "Bridget Jones's Diary"?

15988. What was the first video to air on VH1?

15989. How many craters are in the moon?

15992. What was the diameter of the stocach of fattest man ever measured?

15995. Who said'You know, I've done that King of Hollywood thing. I really want to act.'?

15999. What U.S financier was known as the 'Commodore'?