Question: In the 1977 film ‘The Eagle Has Landed’, which political figure is the target of a kidnap plot?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: Which four letter word beginning with N is a star showing a sudden large increase in brightness, then gradually returning to its original state over a period of weeks to years?
Answer: Nova

Question: A jewelled copy of which famous book of poems was amongst the cargo lost on the Titanic?
Answer: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Question: Who plays William Hurt’s wife Sarah in the 1988 film ‘The Accidental Tourist’?
Answer: Kathleen Turner

Question: Lindum Colonia was the Roman name for which English city?
Answer: Lincoln

Question: ‘Dogs Playing -what’ is a collection of paintings by which artist?
Answer: C M Coolidge

Question: What is the title of Elvis Presley’s first hit single, recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis?
Answer: That’s All Right

Question: Which country lies in the Eastern Pyrenees between France and Spain?
Answer: Andorra

Question: How many teaspoons in an Imperial tablespoon?
Answer: Three

Question: Who played Dolly Levi in the 1969 film ‘Hello Dolly’?
Answer: Barbra Streisand

Question: How many bails are part of a wicket in a game of cricket?
Answer: Two

Question: In an episode of the television show ‘The Simpsons’, who does Lisa give a Valentine card to with a picture of a train saying ‘I Choo Choo Choose You’?
Answer: Ralph

Question: Who was the only British Prime Minister to hold office during the reigns of three British monarchs?
Answer: Stanley Baldwin

Question: Near the 18th green, on which British golf course is a deep depression called ‘The Valley of Sin’?
Answer: St Andrews

Question: Nurse Ratched is a character in which 1975 film?
Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Question: Where in our solar system is the Sea of Showers?
Answer: On the moon

Question: The Mont Blanc Tunnel joins which two countries?
Answer: France and Italy

Question: Poire is French for which fruit?
Answer: Pear

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Res ipsa loquitur’ translate to in English?
Answer: The thing speaks for itself

Question: Who became Prime Minister of India in January 1966?
Answer: Indira Gandhi

Question: Which musical instrument is used in the ‘Third Man Theme’, otherwise known as ‘The Harry Lime Theme’?
Answer: Zither

Question: What colour is the snake on the logo of car manufacturer Alfa Romeo?
Answer: Green

Question: The Rufiyaa is the currency of which island group?
Answer: Maldives

Question: The River Danube flows into which body of water?
Answer: The Black Sea

Question: What is the state capital of Tasmania?
Answer: Hobart

Question: The seaport of Dar-es Salaam is in which African country?
Answer: Tanzania

Question: What is the name of the coffee bean, the most expensive in the world, which is eaten and excreted by the civet?
Answer: Kopi Luwak

Question: Bankstown Airport is in which Australian state?
Answer: New South Wales

Question: Australia Day is celebrated during which month of the year?
Answer: January

Question: What was the name of the first human spaceflight in which Yuri Gugarin was sent into space in April 1961?
Answer: Vostok 1

Question: Kelvinhall, Cowcaddens and Kinning Park are all underground stations in which European city?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: The Tatmadaw are the armed forces of which Asian country?
Answer: Burma (Myanmar)

Question: The Orascom business group is based in which African country?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Which British darts player is known by the nickname ‘The Heat’?
Answer: Dennis Ovens

Question: In the nursery rhyme who ‘Killed cock robin’?
Answer: The sparrow

Question: Who wrote the 1894 novel ‘The Jungle Book’?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Question: What was the title of British actor Oliver Reed’s last film?
Answer: Gladiator

Question: Which US city did Scott McKenzie sing about in 1967?
Answer: San Francisco

Question: Television presenter Kirsty, singer Will and former cricketer Bradley all share which surname?
Answer: Young

Question: In the human body, molars, canines and incisors are all what?
Answer: Teeth

Question: Balmoral Castle is in which European country?
Answer: Scotland

Question: Dyce Airport is in which British city?
Answer: Aberdeen

Question: King Richard III was the last of the Plantagenet dynasty and last king of which royal house?
Answer: House of York

Question: On which part of the body would a Hwagwan be worn?
Answer: Head

Question: What is the process of gathering fabric by means of drawn or elasticated threads in parallel rows?
Answer: Shirring

Question: Who became the first female Prime Minister of Israel, in 1969?
Answer: Golda Meir

Question: Rodney Pattison won Olympic gold medals for Britain in 1968 and 1972 in which sport?
Answer: Sailing

Question: Gephyrophobia is the abnormal fear of which type of structures?
Answer: Bridges

Question: Who wrote the 1884 novel ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’?
Answer: Mark Twain

Question: Oedema is the technical term for which medical condition?
Answer: Dropsy

Question: What is the young of a giraffe called?
Answer: Calf

Question: Which planet has 687 Earth days to one year?
Answer: Mars

Question: What is the Silver Streak in the 1976 film of the same name starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor?
Answer: A train

Question: What is the title of the 1975 film in which a party of schoolgirls are on a day  out on St Valentine’s Day in 1900 where three girls and their teacher go missing?
Answer: Picnic at Hanging Rock

Question: In which 1968 film did Benny Hill play the toymaker?
Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Question: Who directed and starred in the 1992 film ‘Unforgiven’?
Answer: Clint Eastwood

Question: What does Fe represent in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Iron

Question: 46664 was the prison number of which famous political figure?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: What was the name of William Shakespeare’s twins by Ann Hathaway?
Answer: Hamnet and Judith

Question: Which 1968 film is partially based on the novel ‘Sentinel’ by Arthur C Clarke?
Answer: 2001:A Space Odyssey

Question: Which is the eighth planet from the sun?
Answer: Neptune

Question: English singer/songwriter Stephen Nice, born 1951, is better known by what name?
Answer: Steve Harley

Question: On which part of the body would a barrette be worn?
Answer: Head

Question: The name of which city translates into English as ‘River of January’?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Question: What is the name of a butterfly and a punctuation mark?
Answer: Comma

Question: ‘The Best Young Player Award’ was introduced at the FIFA World Cup in which year?
Answer: 2006

Question: Which British golf course is known as ‘The Home of Golf’?
Answer: St Andrews

Question: Gephyrophobia is the irrational fear of crossing what?
Answer: Bridges

Question: Which Mediterranean island was once known as Alashiya?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: Diablo, Jalpa, Urraco and Islero are all models made by which car manufacturer?
Answer: Lamborghini

Question: What is the surname of Eric in the animated television series ‘Stressed Eric’?
Answer: Feeble

Question: Which British pop group won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest?
Answer: Bucks Fizz

Question: Which 1950’s UK television puppet’s catchphrase was ‘Aw, don’t embawass me!’?
Answer: Lenny the Lion

Question: Which is the longest river in New Mexico, and runs through the entire length of the state?
Answer: The Rio Grande

Question: The Philippines were named after which king of Spain?
Answer: King Philip II

Question: What is the national plant of Ireland?
Answer: Shamrock

Question: The liqueur creme de cassis is made with which fruit?
Answer: Blackcurrants

Question: A bust of which British Prime Minister was said to have been removed from the White House and taken to the British Embassy in Washington when Barack Obama took office?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: Which word can go  after Harbour, Quiz and Head to make three other words?
Answer: Master