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All the answers here are linked in some way. Once you’ve spotted the connection, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier.
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Which kind of roads were defined by a 1936 Act of Parliament and placed under the direct control of the Minister of Transport rather than local councils?
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Which British luggage company, still trading today, was founded in Birmingham in 1914?
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According to Fortune 500, what was the UK’s biggest company in the fiscal year 2023/24 by annual revenue?
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According to Eton’s own glossary, what word means a teacher or master at the school?
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Who held a note of high E for 18 seconds in his hit single “Lovely Day”?
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Which late journalist and TV critic was married to Amber Rudd from 1990 to 1995?
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Which actress was married to Timothy West for more than 60 years until his death in 2024?
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What three-word term is an alternative name for — and translation of — the classical symbol, the cornucopia?
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What’s the surname of the family who lived in Nelson Mandela House in Peckham in a long-running TV series?
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Which former president of the European Council is now the prime minister of Poland?
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