the £1m questions
Which county cricket side is based at Chester-le-Street?
Which monarch was known as "the wisest fool in Christendom"?
Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Oberon is the satellite of which planet?
In 1912, former US President Theodore Roosevelt was a candidate for which political party?
Tomas Masaryk was the first president of which country?
If you planted the seeds of 'Quercus robur', what would grow?
A number one followed by one hundred zeros is known by what name?
Which scientific unit is named after an Italian nobleman?
What was the occupation of the composer Borodin?
Which of these is a butterfly, not a moth?
Which of these is not one of the American Triple Crown horse races?
Translated from the Latin, what is the motto of the United States?
Who was the first man to travel into space twice?
Which boxer was famous for striking the gong in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films?
Which of these UK prime ministers never served as foreign secretary?
Which of these people was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth II?
In the history of motor sport, which of these iconic races was held first?
In 1718, which pirate died in battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina?
Nineteen there, four I didn't know at all, a couple I could have worked out. But in fact I'd have gone out in the early rounds trying to answer questions about Coronation St.