Question: Name the monk, born a few years after the death of St. Cuthbert, whose great work was his 'Ecclesiastical History of England'?
Answer: Bede

Question: In Egyptian mythology, what was the name of the cow- headed goddess of love?
Answer: Hathor

Question: In the 'Planets Suite' by Holst, which planet is 'The Magician'?
Answer: Uranus

Question: King Hussein of Jordan dies, Chinese embassy in Belgrade bombed by NATO planes, and Prince Edward marries. Which year?
Answer: 1999

Question: What food was named after a composer by the French chef Escoffier?
Answer: Tournedos Rossini

Question: Which is the largest of Britain's National Parks?
Answer: The Cairngorms

Question: From what type of tree do we get Turpentine?
Answer: Pine Trees

Question: Which English cathedral has three spires named 'The Ladies of the Vale'?
Answer: Lichfield

Question: Militarily, who or what is C.G.S.?
Answer: Chief Of General Staff

Question: Who is the current model for Elizabeth Arden perfumes?
Answer: Catherine Zeta Jones

Question: Which company is the major operator of ferries between the Scottish mainland and the islands off the west coast?
Answer: Caledonian Macbrayne

Question: Which is the sixth book of the Old Testament, immediately following the Pentateuch?
Answer: Joshua

Question: Who became known as 'The Rochdale Cowboy' after a record of 1975?
Answer: Mike Harding

Question: For which Rugby League club did Neil Fox play over 550 games between 1956 and 1974, apart from one season with Bradford Northern?
Answer: Wakefield Trinity

Question: In which debtors' prison was John Dickens, the father of Charles Dickens imprisoned in 1824?
Answer: Marshalsea

Question: Which position in American Football is denoted by the letters 'LB'?
Answer: Linebacker

Question: Which 2008 film is a sequel to the 2005 film 'Batman Begins'?
Answer: 'The Dark Knight'

Question: In which small Asian country was television first introduced in 1999?
Answer: Bhutan

Question: What is comedian Frank Skinner's real name?
Answer: Christopher Graham Collins

Question: If a glass milk bottle in the UK has a green foil top, what type of milk is normally contained inside?
Answer: Raw Or Unpasteurized

Question: The Australians call it a “Glory Box”, what do the British call it?
Answer: Bottom Drawer

Question: Which battle of July 1685, ended the Duke of Monmouth’s rebellion against James VII of Scotland (Second of England) ?
Answer: Battle of Sedgemoor

Question: Tony Hawkes wrote a book about how he beat the Moldovan football team at what?
Answer: Tennis

Question: What is the only word in the police phonetic alphabet represented by a woman's name?
Answer: Juliet

Question: What name is given to the traditional dessert served in American Thanksgiving Day?
Answer: Pumpkin Pie

Question: If a woman wore a size 38 shoe on the Continent, what size would she ask for in the UK?
Answer: 5 (five)

Question: Who, for much of the Second World War, was Governor of the Bahamas?
Answer: Duke Of Windsor

Question: What is the capital of Cameroon?
Answer: Yaounde

Question: In the first television series 'Men Behaving Badly', who played the part of 'Dermot'?
Answer: Harry Enfield

Question: How many stomachs has a cow?.
Answer: 4 (four)

Question: What medical condition is otherwise known as 'Epitaxis'?
Answer: Nose Bleeding

Question: In the 'Harry Potter' books, 'Hogwarts school' has four houses, 'Gryffindor', 'Slytherin' and 'Ravenclaw' are three, what is the fourth?
Answer: 'Hufflepuff'

Question: What would be studied by an 'Icthyologist'?
Answer: Fish

Question: Who wrote the story on which the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film 'The Birds' was based?
Answer: Daphne Du Maurier

Question: In 1984, which Liverpool FC player became the first Briton to be presented with the Adidas Golden Boot award?
Answer: Ian Rush

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the King of Cyprus who fell in love with an ivory statue of a woman he carved?
Answer: Pygmalion

Question: Which American rock star was killed whilst touring the UK when his taxi hit a lampost in Chippenham in April 1960?
Answer: Eddie Cochran

Question: Which body of water separates Sicily from mainland Italy?
Answer: Strait Of Messina

Question: Sundew (Drosera rotundifloria) is a member of which plant group?
Answer: Insectivora

Question: Who or what is 'Y(4140)', discovered in 2009?
Answer: A New Subatomic Particle

Question: Who said "To err is human, to forgive, divine"?
Answer: Alexander Pope

Question: Which 'Oscar' winning actor's last film was 'The Naked Edge' in 1961?
Answer: Gary Cooper

Question: In the Christian church, Rogation Days are days of prayer for what?
Answer: CROPS, COMMERCE, etc

Question: Where are the administrative HQ of Essex?
Answer: Chelmsford

Question: What is the name of the official residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury?
Answer: Lambeth Palace

Question: Complete the sequence: Attlee, Churchill, Eden ...?
Answer: Harold Macmillan

Question: From which Peter Gabriel hit do these lyrics come: "My heart going boom, boom, boom. Son, he said, grab your things I've come to take you home"?
Answer: 'Solsbury Hill'

Question: In which American state would you find the city of Duluth?
Answer: Minnesota

Question: Which fashion designer lives and works from her home at the Fashion Museum in Bermondsey?
Answer: Zandra Rhodes

Question: Which instrument did the jazz musician 'Dizzy' Gillespie play?
Answer: Trumpet

Question: Which all-girl group had a hit with 'Sound Of The Underground' in 2003?
Answer: 'Girls Aloud'

Question: Which organisation was founded in 1939 to help the public understand wartime emergency regulations?
Answer: Citizens Advise Bureau

Question: The Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea are located on which continent?
Answer: Antarctica

Question: From which Disney animated picture does the song 'I Wonder' come?
Answer: 'Sleeping Beauty'

Question: Which world leader holds the record for the longest ever speech to the UN?
Answer: Fidel Castro

Question: Which notable 19th century poet was a Jesuit priest?
Answer: Gerald Manley Hopkins

Question: Which country principally administers the Andaman Islands?
Answer: India

Question: Who played 'Juliet' opposite Leonardo Di Caprio in the 1996 film 'Romeo And Juliet'?
Answer: Clare Danes

Question: What is the main ingredient of Hoisin Sauce?
Answer: Soya Beans

Question: From which bridge does the Oxford and Cambridge boat race start?
Answer: Putney Bridge

Question: In which play by William Shakespeare does the quote "The course of true love never did run smooth" appear?
Answer: 'A Midsummer Night'S Dream'

Question: Which of Beethoven's symphonies is known as the Pastoral Symphony?
Answer: Sixth Symphony (in F major)

Question: Which motorway connects London to Brighton?
Answer: M23

Question: What type of cars compete in the FIA WTCC as indicated by the T in the name?
Answer: Touring Cars

Question: Which paper size measures 210 mm by 297 mm?
Answer: A4

Question: What is the surname of former rally driver Roger Albert after whom the RAC Rally which began in 2004 is named - it follows a route based on the "classic" RAC Rally first organised by the Royal Automobile Club in 1932?
Answer: (Roger Albert) Clark

Question: For which 1988 Mike Nicholls directed film was Melanie Griffith nominated for a Best Actress Oscar?
Answer: Working Girl

Question: The Sinews of Peace speech in 1946 by Winston Churchill that introduced the phrase 'iron curtain' was made at Westminster College in Fulton in which US state?
Answer: Missouri

Question: Which 1980'sband took their name from a tin of paint?
Answer: Matt Bianco

Question: Who was the Polish dockyard worker who went on to become his country's President?
Answer: Lech Walensa

Question: Name any of the 'falls'that make up Niagara Falls?
Answer: HORSESHOE FALLS, AMERICAN FALLS or BRIDAL VEIL FALLS