Question: Saint Emilion, Pomerol, Medoc and Graves are all sub-regions of which wine growing area?
Answer: Bordeaux

Question: To within 2 years each way, when did the first Crusade, launched by Urban II take place?
Answer: 1096

Question: In 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female member of what in the United States?
Answer: The US Supreme Court

Question: The Italian wine-growing area which produces Soave, Bardolino, Valpolicella and Prosecco wines is centred on which Italian city?
Answer: Venice

Question: Which British athlete won gold medals in both the 800m and the 1500m at the 2004 Olympics?
Answer: Kelly Holmes

Question: What was the name of the BP oil drilling rig which exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010?
Answer: Deepwater Horizon

Question: Which 1874 novel has the subtitle "A Study of Provincial Life"?
Answer: Middlemarch

Question: How long a period of time is a trimester?
Answer: 3 Months

Question: Who sponsored the 2011 FA Cup?
Answer: Eon

Question: What was the original name of the Hoover Dam?
Answer: Boulder Dam

Question: In space flight history what occurred on 16th June 1963?
Answer: First Woman In Space

Question: What was the name of the elephant that was removed from a circus and relocated in Longleat in April 2011?
Answer: Anne

Question: Which insect-useful commercially-has the Latin name bombyx mori?
Answer: Silkworm

Question: Best known for 'The Gruffalo', who was appointed the new Children's Laureate in June 2011?
Answer: Julia Donaldson

Question: Which part of your car contains a 35% solution of sulphuric acid?
Answer: Battery

Question: What gas are the bubbles in fizzy pop filled with?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide

Question: Which painter's-most famous work was inspired'by watching Camembert cheese on a hot day?
Answer: Salvador Dali

Question: What company was named in 1972 in reference to the music-industry inexperience of its founder?
Answer: Virgin Records

Question: What liquid flows through your lacrimal canaliculi?
Answer: Tears

Question: Which legendary king was the father of King Arthur?
Answer: Uther Pendragon

Question: What Brooklyn landmark is named after the rabbits that over-ran it in the 17th century?
Answer: Coney Island

Question: Which singer has been known as 'The Red-Headed Stranger' since his 1975 album of that name?
Answer: Willie Nelson

Question: In which decade of the 15th century was the Battle of Towton fought?
Answer: 1460s

Question: 'Baby Come Back' was a number one hit in 1968 for which group?
Answer: The Equals

Question: Rutite is an ore that produces which mineral?
Answer: Titanium

Question: What was the nickname of the WW2 aircraft - Fairey Swordfish?
Answer: Stringbag

Question: In 2006 Lord Michael Levy earned himself which nickname?
Answer: Lord Cashpoint

Question: Which genus of plants includes "busy lizzie" and "touch-me- not"?
Answer: Impatiens

Question: In which sea can the island group known as the Sporades be found?
Answer: The Aegean

Question: To which genus of plants do "Sweet William" and "Carnations" belong?
Answer: Dianthus

Question: Which country did England fight against in the Hundred Years' War?
Answer: France

Question: Carlisle stands on which river?
Answer: The Eden

Question: Which pop group of the 70's and 80's released albums entitled `Making Movies' and 'Communiqué'?
Answer: Dire Straits

Question: Who led the unsuccessful uprising against Henry VII in 1497? He was hanged in 1499?
Answer: Perkin Warbeck

Question: In the Bible, who was the sister of Moses and Aaron?
Answer: Miriam

Question: The phrase "There's a sucker born every minute" is generally attributed to which US showman (1810-1891)?
Answer: P T Barnum

Question: Which king was on the throne in 1381 when Wat Tyler led the Peasants Revolt?
Answer: Richard II

Question: In a French restaurant, what is "homard"?
Answer: Lobster

Question: In connection with circuses, what is motley?
Answer: A clown's make-up

Question: Which treaty of 1713 ended the War of Spanish Succession and ceded Gibraltar to Britain?
Answer: Treaty of Utrecht

Question: Which spirit is the base for Marguerita cocktail?
Answer: Tequila

Question: Durres is the chief port of which European country?
Answer: Albania

Question: Who wrote and directed the 2003 film "Love Actually"?
Answer: Richard Curtis

Question: Who was the female assistant referee criticised by Andy Gray and Richard Keys, leading to both men's departure from Sky TV?
Answer: Sian Massey

Question: What nationality is the operatic tenor Juan Diego Flores?
Answer: Peruvian

Question: In the USA, motor neurone disease is often named after which baseball player?
Answer: Lou Gehrig

Question: Who is the paternal grandmother of Prince Charles?
Answer: PRINCESS ANDREW of GREECE

Question: Who was the mother of the Greek mythological hero Perseus?
Answer: Danae

Question: Which artist created Whaam in 1963?
Answer: Roy Lichtenstein

Question: Who invented the first effective vaccine against polio, introduced in 1955?
Answer: Dr. JONAS SALK

Question: Who was King of England when Columbus discovered America?
Answer: Henry Vii

Question: Who was the first American President to live in the White House?
Answer: John Adams

Question: Who is the current Home Secretary?
Answer: Theresa May

Question: What is added to whisky and gin to make the cocktail 'Earthquake'?
Answer: Pernod

Question: Which Football League Team has the nickname 'The Glovers'?
Answer: Yeovil Town

Question: Name the 1978 TV programme in which Lorne Green played Commander Adama and Dirk Benedict plays Lieutenant Starbuck?
Answer: Battlestar Galactica

Question: If you were celebrating your pearl wedding anniversary for how many years have you been married?
Answer: 30

Question: Which African Country's flag consists of vertical stripes of green, yellow and red with a green star in the centre of the yellow stripe?
Answer: Senegal

Question: What is added to whisky and angostura bitters to make the cocktail Highball?
Answer: Ginger Ale

Question: In which year was Nelson Mandela released from prison?
Answer: 1990

Question: Name the TV programme in which Stuart Damon played Craig Stirling and William Gaunt played Richard Barrett?
Answer: The Champions

Question: What is the name of the enormously obese man who explodes in Monty Python's 'The Meaning of Life'?
Answer: Mr Creosote

Question: The seat of the International Criminal Court is in which city?
Answer: The Hague

Question: What name is given to a group of soldiers chosen to take part in an assault on a defended position where the risk of casualties is very high?
Answer: Forlorn Hope

Question: The Robin is a member of which family of birds?
Answer: Thrush

Question: What is the administrative centre of Kent?
Answer: Maidstone

Question: Film director Fred Zimmerman was born in which country?
Answer: Austria

Question: Who played Mortimer Brewster in the 1942 film Arsenic and Old Lace?
Answer: Cary Grant

Question: Which type of person used a katana in Feudal Japan?
Answer: A Samurai Warrior - It'S A Sword

Question: In which religion is the Baron Samedi a prominent figure?
Answer: Voodoo

Question: King Harold II, Richard I and Richard III all share which distinction?
Answer: All Killed In Battle

Question: Name either of the countries in which the Nubian people are found?
Answer: Egypt Or Sudan

Question: Which 2010 film was based on the story of Aaron Ralston?
Answer: 127 Hours

Question: The chemical element sodium has what chemical symbol?
Answer: Na

Question: What word derived from Greek and also a religious feast means a sudden realization of the larger meaning or essence of something?
Answer: Epiphany

Question: What was the currency of the Netherlands before the Euro?
Answer: Guilder

Question: What is the English title of the first book of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy?
Answer: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Question: In what year was the 50 pence piece introduced?
Answer: 1969