Question: In science fiction, who formulated the Three Laws of Robotics?
Answer: Isaac Asimov

Question: In the kid's TV series Rainbow - what kind of animal was George meant to be?
Answer: Hippo.

Question: Captain John Francis McIntyre is a fictional TV character, better known by what name
Answer: Trapper

Question: Who played the title character in the film Hook
Answer: Dustin Hoffman

Question: What is the speed of sound at sea level?
Answer: 18,000 mph

Question: Who wrote the novel Dracula, published in 1897?
Answer: Abraham Bram Stoker

Question: George Lazenby's only Bond film was 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'. Who played  Blofeld in that film?
Answer: Telly Savalas

Question: Sean Connery returned as 007 in 'Never Say Never Again' but on which of Ian Fleming's books was the film based?
Answer: Thunderball

Question: Which car manufacturer's current range includes the Navigator, MKX & MKC models
Answer: Lincoln

Question: What was the character name of Commander Shore's daughter in the 60's series Stingray (voiced by Lois Maxwell)
Answer: Atlanta

Question: Chemical element, atomic number 79 with he symbol Au?
Answer: Gold - Goldfish

Question: Who was the first woman in Space?
Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Question: What Netflix exclusive programme chronicles the life of Piper Chapman and her experiences in an American State Prison?
Answer: Orange is the New Black

Question: According to the poet Dante, for whom were the tortures of the sixth Circle of Hell reserved?
Answer: Heretics

Question: According to the Bible, what did God create on the Sixth day of Creation?
Answer: All life on the land; animals, plants, man and woman. Life in the water was created on day 5

Question: Who takes the most sickness days at work in the U.K.?
Answer: Women - women are over 40% more likely to take a sick day

Question: What is the name of the clerical detective created by G.K. Chesterton?
Answer: Father Brown

Question: What was David Bowie's real name?
Answer: David Jones

Question: Apart from the band itself, six celebrities appear on the cover of the Paul McCartney and Wings album Band on the Run. Name one.
Answer: Michael Parkinson, Kenny Lynch, James Coburn, Clement Freud, Christopher Lee and John Conteh.

Question: This 1981 film won 4 Oscars, and prompted the screenwriter to say "The British are coming". Name the film and the screenwriter.
Answer: Chariots of Fire & Colin Welland

Question: Which book published in 1988 and winner of the Whitbread Award, was the centre of a major international controversy?
Answer: The Satanic Verses

Question: Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson play Jim and Barbara Royle in the Royle Family, but which other well known married couple did they play in the 80's?
Answer: Bobby and Sheila Grant

Question: How many flakes of snow have to fall in the 24 hours of the 25th December anywhere in the UK to be classified as a White christmas?
Answer: One

Question: A well known golfer, or a tradesman in game and fowl?
Answer: Poulter

Question: A member of a dance troupe from the 1900's, or a farmer?
Answer: Tiller

Question: Who narrated the Mr Men series?
Answer: Arthur Lowe

Question: What was the name of the character played by Frances de la Tour in Rising Damp?
Answer: Miss Jones

Question: What is the name of London's largest underground river?
Answer: Fleet

Question: Which area of London is believed to derive its name from a former hunting cry?
Answer: Soho

Question: Which poet was buried standing upright in Westminster Abbey?
Answer: Ben Johnson

Question: What are the 2 assemblies which make up congress?
Answer: The Senate and House of Representatives

Question: Which 2004 movie mapped the journey across South America by a young Che Guevara?
Answer: The Motorcycle Diaries

Question: In 1919, Chaplin formed United Artists with 3 other Hollywood greats. Name one.
Answer: Douglas Fairbanks , Mary Pickford and D W Griffith

Question: What notable first did Sue Brown achieve in 1981?
Answer: First women to feature in Oxford/Cambridge boat race.

Question: Who achieved a first at Oldham General Hospital on July 25th 1978?
Answer: Louise Joy Brown ( First IVF baby).

Question: The boxer Sonny Liston appears on the cover of which Beatles album?
Answer: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Question: Harold and Louise were the parents of which member of The Beatles?
Answer: George Harrison

Question: What is the title of the 1984 film about the life of composer Mozart?
Answer: Amadeus

Question: Nicholas Breakspear, born in the 12th Century, was the first English what?
Answer: Pope

Question: Lotus Air airlines is based in which African country?
Answer: Egypt

Question: In humans, Graves disease is the result of an overactive what?
Answer: Thyroid gland

Question: What is the first name of the butler in the US tv series ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’, starring Will Smith?
Answer: Geoffrey

Question: Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, is the largest lake in which African country?
Answer: Ethiopa

Question: A Percheron is what type of animal?
Answer: Horse

Question: The Oakland Bay Bridge is in which US city?
Answer: San Francisco

Question: What colour are post (mail) boxes in Spain?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Which word can be used for a birthmark, a piece of drilling machinery and a secret agent?
Answer: Mole

Question: In anatomy, osteomalacia is the softening of what?
Answer: The bones

Question: Which horse came second in the 1973 Grand National at Aintree?
Answer: Crisp

Question: From which country do Blue Mountain coffee beans come?
Answer: Jamaica

Question: Hong Kong, in China, lies at the mouth of which river?
Answer: Pearl River

Question: What is the capital of Sudan?
Answer: Khartoum

Question: Pato, a game played on horseback, is the national sport of which South American country?
Answer: Argentina

Question: The world’s highest waterfall is in which country?
Answer: Venezuela (Angel Falls)

Question: Which British model was named ‘The Face of ’66’ by the Daily Express newspaper?
Answer: Twiggy

Question: What were the first names of writer C.S.Lewis?
Answer: Clive Staples

Question: Which US President’s name can be found on the Apollo 11 moon plaque?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: In which British city is the University of Strathclyde?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: The resort of Costa Smeralda is on which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Sardinia

Question: A lucky clover is supposed to have how many leaves?
Answer: Four

Question: The Copihue is the national flower of which South American country?
Answer: Chile

Question: Armed Forces Day is celebrated in Burma (Myanmar) during which month of the year?
Answer: March – 27th

Question: In which year was the Battle of Bannockburn, between Scotland and England?
Answer: 1314

Question: Which Canadian island lies to the east of the Gulf of St Lawrence?
Answer: Newfoundland

Question: Syngenesophobia is the irrational fear of who?
Answer: Relatives

Question: Which band released a 1977 album entitled ‘Aja’?
Answer: Steely Dan

Question: What is a district called which is under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian church?
Answer: Diocese

Question: In the UK, in which year did the Life Peerage Act entitled women to sit in the House of Lords for the first time?
Answer: 1958

Question: St Mawes and Pendennis Castles in Cornwall were built by which English monarch to defend the coast against a French invasion?
Answer: Henry VIII

Question: How many letters are in the Welsh alphabet?
Answer: 28

Question: Italian companies Ferretti and Azimut manufacture which luxury items?
Answer: Yachts

Question: The seven psalms – 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130 and 143 are known collectively as what?
Answer: Penitential Psalms

Question: The first stock market in which city was established in 1792 with 24 stock brokers meeting at the Tontine Coffee House?
Answer: New York

Question: How many eyelids do camels have on each eye?
Answer: Three