Question: In the USA, which New England State has no Atlantic coastline?
Answer: Vermont

Question: At which narrow pass did Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight to the death, in order to slow down the Persian army?
Answer: Thermopylae

Question: Which vegetable has types named Greyhound and January King?
Answer: Cabbage

Question: Who sculpted Oscar Wilde's tomb, and the figures "Day and Night" on the Headquarters of London Transport?
Answer: Jacob Epstein

Question: Which King of England allegedly ordered the murder of the "Princes in the Tower", although some historians refute this claim?
Answer: Richard Iii

Question: Which pop groups first singles release, in 1979, was entitled, "Sultans of Swing"?
Answer: Dire Straits

Question: In which modern day African country is the town of Ujiji, where Livingstone & Stanley famously met in 1871?
Answer: Tanzania

Question: Which King of England was the father of both The Black Prince and John of Gaunt?
Answer: Edward Iii

Question: In which West Yorkshire town is TV's "Last of the Summer Wine" set?
Answer: Holmfirth

Question: To which MP did Michael Portillo lose his Enfield Southgate seat in 1997?
Answer: Stephen Twigg

Question: Chennai, formerly Madras, is the capital of which Indian state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu

Question: Which designer, restaurateur, and retailer owns Habitat, etc?
Answer: Terence Conran

Question: What colour is the Wirral Line on the Merseyrail network map?
Answer: Green

Question: Who is the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic?
Answer: Sir Simon Rattle

Question: The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be staged where?
Answer: South Africa

Question: Which stage musical features the songs "Easy Terms", and "Tell Me It's Not True"?
Answer: Blood Brothers

Question: Kate Moss currently advertises which brand of cosmetics?
Answer: Rimmel

Question: Which country in the Americas is named after a line on the map?
Answer: Ecuador

Question: The site of the Battle of Bannockburn is close to which Scottish town or city?
Answer: Stirling

Question: Brownsea Island is in which body of water?
Answer: Poole Harbour

Question: What is the capital of the central Italian region of Umbria?
Answer: Perugia

Question: Name of the character, played by Clint Eastwood, in the 1960's TV series, "Rawhide"?
Answer: Rowdy Yates

Question: Born in Rouen in France in 1442, who was King of England from 1461 to 1483?
Answer: Edward Iv

Question: What name is usually given to the larvae of insects, such as the dragonfly or mayfly?
Answer: Nymphs

Question: What is the common name for the flower Bellis Perennis?
Answer: Daisy

Question: Which flowers name translates from the Greek for Water Vessel or Water Carrier?
Answer: Hydrangea

Question: How many bones does the adult human body have?
Answer: 206

Question: Which fictional family live at 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield?
Answer: The Simpsons

Question: What is the last word in the New Testament?
Answer: Amen

Question: Which Roman road linked Exeter and Lincoln?
Answer: Fosse Way

Question: b Name one of the 3 'J's for which Dundee is traditionally known?
Answer: Jute, Jam and Journalism

Question: What is the capital of Nigeria?
Answer: Abuja

Question: K is the international registration plate of which Asian country?
Answer: Cambodia

Question: 'I am a man more sinned against than sinning' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: King Lear

Question: In which hospital was the first heart transplant performed?
Answer: Groote Schuur

Question: Who in Greek mythology was the mother of Clytemnestra and Helen?
Answer: Leda

Question: Which architect designed Blenheim Palace?
Answer: Sir JOHN VANBRUGH

Question: Which American won the discus Gold medal at four consecutive Olympics between 1956 and 1968?
Answer: Al Oerter

Question: What device did US computer engineer Douglas Englebart invent in 1969?
Answer: The COMPUTER MOUSE

Question: Who wrote the screenplay for the film 'The Madness of King George'?
Answer: Alan Bennett

Question: The liqueur Cherry Heering is produced in which country?
Answer: Denmark

Question: The flag of which European country is a red-white-green horizontal tricolour?
Answer: Hungary

Question: What is the name of the baker in TV's "Camberwick Green"?
Answer: Mickey Murphy

Question: Which English author wrote a trilogy of fantasy novels entitled "His Dark Materials"?
Answer: Philip Pullman

Question: Which dish usually comprises raw vegetables, hard boiled eggs, anchovies, tuna and olive oil?
Answer: Niçoise Salad

Question: Which Latin phrase means 'sincere' or 'in good faith'?
Answer: Bona Fide

Question: Travelling north along the M1 motorway, which county would you enter as you left Hertfordshire?
Answer: Bedfordshire

Question: Who was King of Scotland between Duncan and Malcolm Canmore?
Answer: Macbeth

Question: Which film featured the hit song "Take My Breath Away"?
Answer: Top Gun

Question: Which is the longest muscle in the human body?
Answer: Sartorius

Question: What is the name of Nick Park's film animation company?
Answer: Aardman

Question: Who was the first American to walk in space?
Answer: Ed White

Question: In American Football, how many points are awarded for a 'safety'?
Answer: Two

Question: Sanford Airport is located close to which US city?
Answer: Orlando

Question: Which singer recorded the very successful album 'Back to Black'?
Answer: Amy Winehouse

Question: The King of Navarre and the Princess of France appear as characters in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Love's Labours Lost

Question: Podgorica is the capital of which country?
Answer: Montenegro

Question: Named after the Belgian-born chemist who invented it in about 1907, what was the first commercial plastic (made from formaldehyde and phenol)?
Answer: Bakelite

Question: Which orchestra traditionally plays at the 'Last Night of the Proms' each September?
Answer: BBC Symphony

Question: Of which king was Eleanor of Castile queen?
Answer: Edward I

Question: Two cities have the only Archbishops in the Church of England. Name one.
Answer: Canterbury/York

Question: Which people of Kenya and Tanzania are particularly noted for their warriors?
Answer: Masai

Question: Which breed of dog, bred for hare coursing and racing, can reach speeds of over 40mph?
Answer: Greyhound

Question: What sort of creature is a whirligig?
Answer: A Water Beetle

Question: Selden, an escaped convict, was a character in which Sherlock Holmes novel by Conan Doyle?
Answer: The Hound Of The Baskervilles

Question: In which English county are the towns of Letchworth, Cheshunt and Bishop's Stortford?
Answer: Hertfordshire

Question: What is the name of the Government laboratory at the centre of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in 2007?
Answer: Pirbright

Question: In which county in Northern Ireland are the towns of Ballymena, Larne and Carrickfergus?
Answer: County Antrim

Question: In July 2005, who was the Brazilian electrician killed by the Metropolitan Police at Stockwell tube station?
Answer: Jean Charles De Menezes

Question: In the Bible, who wiped the blood from the face of Jesus on his way to Calvary?
Answer: St Veronica

Question: Give a year in the life of painter John Constable.
Answer: 1776 - 1837

Question: Originating in 1956, what is the double-barrelled name of the US Antarctic research station situated at the South Pole?
Answer: Amundsen-Scott

Question: Which Archbishop of Canterbury conducted the queen's coronation ceremony in 1953?
Answer: Geoffrey Fisher

Question: One of the most frequent symptoms presented to medics, what is cephalalgia?
Answer: Headache

Question: Which composer, whose most famous opera is 'Der Freischutz,' died of tuberculosis in London in 1826?
Answer: Carl Maria von Weber

Question: Malachite is a principal ore of which metal?
Answer: Copper

Question: Who won the Booker Prize twice for his novels 'The Life and Times of Michael K' and 'Disgrace'?
Answer: J.M. Coetzee