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What is the senior service of the UK armed forces?

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Royal Navy

known as the “Senior Service” because it is the oldest standing branch, established by Henry VIII in the 16th century.

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Who commands the Army according to the Bill Of Rights of 1689?

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Parliament (Government)

English Bill of Rights 1689, a landmark document from the Glorious Revolution that established the supremacy of Parliament over the monarch and outlined fundamental rights and liberties, such as frequent parliaments, free elections, and freedom from cruel and unusual punishments.

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Who is commander in chief for the UK’s Armed Forces?

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The reigning Monarch (at present Queen Elizabeth II)

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What is the highest military rank in the army, the navy and the Royal Air Force?

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Army - Field Marshall,

RAF - Marshall of the Royal Air Force,

Royal Navy - Admiral of the Fleet

The rank of Field Marshal is the highest rank in the British Army but is now typically awarded as an honorary title, with the last substantive five-star rank appointment being in 1994.

Admiral of the Fleet is the highest, typically honorary, rank in the UK’s Royal Navy, equivalent to a field marshal in the army. The rank was formally established in 1688, but while King Charles III holds it as the Lord High Admiral, the rank is not actively conferred on new officers, with the last new appointments made in 1995 and the last honorary appointments in 2014.

Marshal of the Royal Air Force is also honorary.

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What do the acronyms, SAS and SBS stand for?

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Special Air Service - Special Boat Service

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Which is the higher rank, Staff Sergeant or Colour Sergeant?

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Both the same rank (sorry, couldn’t resist that one)

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The Royal Air Force’s ground defence unit is called what?

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RAF Regiment

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The high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle, in use by US forces is more commonly called what?

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Humvee

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Who wrote the book ‘Bravo Two Zero’?

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Andy Mcnab

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Griffin, Apache and Merlin are all what?

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Helicopter

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How many planets make up our Solar System and can you name them in order from the Sun outwards?

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8 planets in the solar system - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

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What was Mickey Mouse’s dog called?

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Pluto

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What nationality was the first man to do a space walk and for a bonus point can you name him?

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Russian - Alexei Leonov

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Which band, in 1979, were ‘Walking on the moon’?

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The Police

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To the nearest whole minute, how long does it take for the light from the Sun to reach the Earth?

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8 minutes

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What was the name of Britain’s first astronaut?

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Helen Sharman

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Which astronaut did David Bowie sing about?

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Major Tom

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What was Bill Haley’s backing group called?

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The Comets

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Which Star Wars character’s name was inspired by the Russian word for dog?

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Chewbacca - The Russian word is Sobaka

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Captain Jean Luc Picard was played by which actor in Star Trek - The Next Generation?

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Patrick Stewart

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What is the longest river entirely in England?

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The Thames

longest river in uk is Severn

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Liam Neeson and George Peppard played which character in ‘The A-Team’?

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Hannibal Smith

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What is the smallest number in the English language to have three syllables?

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Which IRA member became a British MP whilst on hunger strike in 1981?

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What is the unit of currency in Albania?
Lek
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Who wrote the novel 'Roots'?
Alex Hailey
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On TV in the 60's and 70's who were Jill, Kelly and Sabrina?
Charlie's Angels
28
What name did Cambodia adopt in 1976?
Kampuchea ## Footnote Till 1979
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What is the salad dressing that is based on mayonnaise, that has red chilli sauce, minced green onions and minced green chilli peppers added and is normally an accompaniment to seafood, especially crab?
Louis Dressing
30
King Zog died in 1960, but what country did he rule?
Albania
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In what year did Prince want to 'Party like'?
1999
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What name was given to the ancient Roman and Greek naval vessels that had three banks of oars and was used from the 7th to the 4th century BC?
Trireme
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Which former Welsh Rugby Union player who played between 1980-84, now commentates alongside Brian Moore at most International Rugby games?
Eddie Butler
34
Veterans Day in the USA is known as what in the UK?
Remembrance Day
35
Which US state has Raleigh as its capital city?
North Carolina
36
What is the surname of the composer who wrote the music for the ballet 'Swan Lake'?
Tchaikovsky
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Who was the driver of the car in which Princess Diana was killed?
Henri Paul
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The Portuguese man of war jellyfish alludes to a design of warship devised in which country in the 16th Century?
England
39
What word is missing from the film titles, The ? Sleep, The ? Easy, The ? Lebowski?
Big
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In the nursery rhyme, who put in his thumb and pulled out a plum and said what a good boy am I?
Little Jack Horner
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Which country is the world's largest producer of wool?
Australia
42
Which military rank does James Bond hold?
Commander in the Royal Navy
43
Sir Stanley Matthews was the first footballer to be given what?
Knighthood
44
What acid is associated with the muscles in the body experiencing a lack of oxygen?
Lactic
45
Montezuma II was the last king of which people?
Aztecs
46
What is 1 billionth of a second called?
Nanosecond
47
How many people were in the band, 'The Thompson Twins'?
Three
48
Which rock star died in a car crash during a British Tour in 1960?
Eddie Cochrane
49
In which sport do all team members, bar one, move backwards?
Rowing
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In George Orwell's novel, what is the name of the pig who becomes leader of the Animal Farm after the rebellion?
Napoleon
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