Question: The 1000th album to be at No 1 in the UK chart was 'Swing Both Ways' in 2013, who recorded it?
Answer: Robbie Williams

Question: What was the surname of the married couple executed for espionage in Sing Sing in June 1953?
Answer: (Julius and Ethel) Rosenberg

Question: Which English building was the world's largest from 1549 to 1807?
Answer: Lincoln Cathedral

Question: Name Stevie Wonder's only solo No. 1 hit in the UK.
Answer: I just called to say I love you

Question: Who has presented the BBC Radio 2 programme Sounds of the Sixties for over 20 years?
Answer: Brian Matthew

Question: The unified atomic mass unit is defined as being one 12th the mass of an atom of which element?
Answer: Carbon

Question: Where is the Escudo the unit of currency?
Answer: Cape Verde Islands

Question: Liberty Bell was the theme tune for which British TV show?
Answer: Monty Python's Flying Circus

Question: Who said "Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right"?
Answer: Henry Ford

Question: Which instrument did Lionel Hampton introduce to jazz?
Answer: Vibraphone

Question: Which company's advertising slogan states: "It does exactly what is says on the tin."?
Answer: Ronseal

Question: Who said "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former"?
Answer: Albert Einstein

Question: Thomas Harris's 1988 novel 'The Silence of the Lambs' was actually a sequel - what was the name of the first book in the series?
Answer: Red Dragon

Question: What nationality are the band 'The Cardigans'?
Answer: Swedish

Question: In which opera does the character Scarpia appear?
Answer: Tosca

Question: Who overthrew the regime of King Idris of Libya in 1969?
Answer: Muammar Gaddafi

Question: 'The Million Dollar Quartet' was the name given to an impromptu jam session in December 1956, at Sun Record Studios Memphis. Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis were three taking part - who was the fourth?
Answer: Johnny Cash

Question: Complete the name of the cigarette company W.D. & H.O ?
Answer: Wills

Question: How was the American gangster and bank-robber Lester J Gillis, associated with John Dillinger, better known?
Answer: Baby Face Nelson

Question: Mozambique was the first country with no historical ties to Britain to be accepted into the Commonwealth, which was the second?
Answer: Rwanda

Question: Who played the role of U.S. Vaudeville artist Eddie Foy in the 1955 biographical movie "The Seven Little Foys"?
Answer: Bob Hope

Question: On children's television, which character lives in the fictional town of Pontypandy?
Answer: Fireman Sam

Question: On which river in Germany does Heidelberg stand?
Answer: Neckar

Question: Which Marx Brother didn't appear in any of their films?
Answer: Gummo

Question: Usually represented by lower case n, which optical property is the ratio of the velocities of light in two adjacent media?
Answer: Refractive Index

Question: In feet, what is the length of a tennis court?
Answer: 78 feet

Question: In which English town will you find the headquarters of McCain foods?
Answer: Scarborough

Question: Which Poet Laureate became a member of the Order of Merit in 1998 but died only two months later?
Answer: Ted Hughes

Question: A 'shiver' is a collective noun for a group of which sea creatures?
Answer: Sharks

Question: Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter?
Answer: Ceres

Question: The Anti-Federalist League was the fore-runner of which political party?
Answer: Ukip

Question: Who was the singer who had big hits with 'In The Midnight Hour' and 'Mustang Sally'?
Answer: Wilson Pickett

Question: Poundland started in 1990 as a single store, in which Midlands town?
Answer: Burton-on-Trent

Question: In which county is Ford Open Prison?
Answer: West Sussex

Question: Who won an Oscar for playing the title role in the film Capote?
Answer: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Question: Which company did Larry Page co-found?
Answer: Google

Question: Who was the leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985?
Answer: Enver Hoxha

Question: Where do Leicester Tigers R.U. side play home games?
Answer: Welford Road

Question: With which group did Melanie Blatt achieve fame?
Answer: All Saints

Question: Which is the lightest naturally occurring element?
Answer: Hydrogen

Question: Who created the character Robert Langdon?
Answer: Dan Brown

Question: Who wrote 'The Selfish Gene'?
Answer: Richard Dawkins

Question: What festival marks the end of Ramadan in the Muslim religion?
Answer: Eid

Question: At the Academy Awards, what was the first British film ever to win the Oscar for Best Film?
Answer: Hamlet

Question: Which TV cartoon character had the catchphrase "Drat and double drat"?
Answer: Dick Dastardly

Question: Popular with young British. people, on. which. Mediterranean island is the. resort of Malia located?
Answer: Crete

Question: Shark Tank is the US version of which reality TV series?
Answer: Dragons Den

Question: The layer of the ionosphere which reflects radio waves is named after which English physicist?
Answer: Edward Appleton

Question: Cassis is a syrup made from which fruit?
Answer: Blackcurrant

Question: What type of Rolls Royce engine was used to power the later makes of Spitfire?
Answer: Griffon

Question: Which golfer won the US Masters Tournament in April 2014?
Answer: Bubba Watson

Question: Hero is a heroine in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

Question: What type of fruit is a bullace?
Answer: Plum

Question: What was the nickname of Arsenal and Republic of Ireland footballer Liam Brady?
Answer: Chippy

Question: """The knife came down, missing him by inches and he took off', is the closing line from which novel, later made into a 1970 film?"
Answer: Catch 22

Question: In which decade was the Vatican State created?
Answer: 1920s

Question: Robert Galbraith is the pen name of which famous novelist?
Answer: J K Rowling

Question: Which actor played the title role in the ITV detective series Endeavour?
Answer: Shaun Evans

Question: Which comedy actor played Charlie Bind in the 1964 film Carry on Spying?
Answer: Charles Hawtrey

Question: Made law by the Senate in 1919, the National Prohibition Act is informally named after which Congressman who is considered to be its author?
Answer: Andrew Volstead

Question: In which building is the Duke of Wellington buried?
Answer: St Paul'S Cathedral

Question: Which of the four houses in Hogwarts has a badger as mascot?
Answer: Hufflepuff

Question: Who sculpted the equestrian statue situated opposite the Ritz Hotel in London - she died in 1993?
Answer: Elizabeth Frink

Question: On which island is the city of Nagasaki in Japan?
Answer: Kyushu

Question: In 1984 which Bruce Springsteen song was the first to win a Grammy for him? (He has won 20 in all)
Answer: Dancing In The Dark

Question: What is the traditional birth stone for April?
Answer: Diamond

Question: Which Rogers and Hammerstein musical first performed on Broadway in 1958 tells of the conflicts of a Chinese Immigrant family in San Francisco?
Answer: The Flower Drum Song

Question: Name either of the teams who played in the first televised FA Cup Final (1938)?
Answer: Huddersfield Town/Preston North End

Question: In World War II what was the British Operation 'Chastise' which took place in May 1943?
Answer: The Dambusters

Question: Which 2004 film was released with the advertising tag line 'A romantic comedy with zombies'?
Answer: Shaun Of The Dead

Question: In which comedy film of the 1960's would you hear the line `Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room?
Answer: Dr Strangelove

Question: Spyglass Hill, Skeleton Island, White Rock and Haulbowline Head all feature in which literary location?
Answer: Treasure Island

Question: Name either the bowler or wicketkeeper who have taken the most wickets together in Test Cricket?
Answer: Dennis Lillee Or Rodney Marsh