Question: Which sport gives competitors three goes at the Snatch ?
Answer: Weightlifting

Question: In which city was the first public opera house opened?
Answer: Venice

Question: John Huston scored a hit with his first film - what?
Answer: Maltese falcon

Question: Stan laurel, Mickey Rooney, Lana Turner what in common?
Answer: 8 marriages

Question: Who was born in Chicago 5th December 1901 died 1966?
Answer: Walt Disney

Question: Whose attendance compulsory at priests banquets in Egypt?
Answer: Mummies so the dead reminded short life

Question: The Trotters is the nickname for which football club?
Answer: Bolton Wanderers

Question: What law states that if something can go wrong, it will?
Answer: Murphy's Law

Question: Can you name the first 'Carry On' film?
Answer: Carry On Sergeant

Question: With which classic song did Bruce Willis have a UK No 2 hit in 1987?
Answer: Under The Boardwalk

Question: Who was the lead singer with T-Rex?
Answer: Marc Bolan

Question: Name the 1980's hit sung by Tina Turner and Rod Stewart?
Answer: It Takes Two

Question: In computing, Douglas Engelbart invented what device for input?
Answer: Mouse

Question: What colour is named after a battle fought in Italy in 1859?
Answer: Magenta

Question: On the London Underground map, what colour is the 'Circle Line?
Answer: Yellow

Question: What distance is the 'Derby' run at Epsom?
Answer: One and a half miles

Question: What age was John Lennon when he was killed?
Answer: 40

Question: What is the English word for the Japanese word 'Otemoto'?
Answer: Chopsticks

Question: How many 'G' letters are there in a Scrabble game?
Answer: 3

Question: Which soul singer was 'Sittin on the Dock of the Bay'?
Answer: Otis Redding

Question: In China, in a restaurant, what are you ordering if you ask for 'fragrant meat'?
Answer: Dog

Question: to which group of Scottish islands do 'Auskerry, Burray and Cava' belong?
Answer: Orkney Islands

Question: In which hemisphere does the majority of the land area of Africa lie?
Answer: Northern hemisphere

Question: Who presented the long-running radio programme 'Desert Island Discs' until his death in 1985?
Answer: Roy Plomley

Question: Which Scottish battle took place in 1314?
Answer: The Battle of Bannockburn.

Question: Edward VI, who ruled from 1547-1553 was the son of Henry VIII by which wife?
Answer: Jane Seymour

Question: Dolly the Sheep was successfully cloned in Scotland in what year?
Answer: 1996

Question: What world capital city is heated by volcanic springs?
Answer: Reykjavik

Question: Who is the mother of comedienne Jennifer Saunders?
Answer: June Whitfield

Question: Which actor used the word “Perfik” in The Darling Buds of May?
Answer: David Jason

Question: How many years did the Hundred Years War last?
Answer: 115 Years

Question: Which team in 1974 became the first German side to win football's European Cup?
Answer: Bayern Munich

Question: Who played Mike Baldwin in Coronation St.?
Answer: Johnny Briggs

Question: What's the common name for the Chile Pine tree?
Answer: Monkey Puzzle

Question: Who was the lead singer in The Police?
Answer: Sting

Question: Which cartoon show included characters called Thelma and Shaggy?
Answer: Scooby Doo

Question: What is the normal colour of the gem sapphire? Red, Green or Blue?
Answer: Blue

Question: What colour is the car on monopoly's free parking space ?
Answer: Red

Question: What in horse racing terms are a jockeys hat and shirt called?
Answer: Silks

Question: What colour is the centre stripe on the German flag, Red, Black or Gold ?
Answer: Red

Question: Can you name the winner and winning jockey in this years Grand National held on 9th of April?
Answer: Ballabriggs. Jockey - Jason Maguire

Question: January 2011 England beat Australia winning the Ashes once again. Where did they play the final test?
Answer: Sydney

Question: Who is the boss of UNCLE?
Answer: Mr Waverley

Question: Which cities public transport lost property office is busiest?
Answer: Tokyo

Question: Name only boxer to win a world title who never had a manager?
Answer: Jake La Motta

Question: Old Honiton Genoese and Mechlin all types of what?
Answer: Lace

Question: What is the only Shakespeare play that mentions America?
Answer: The Comedy of Errors

Question: Which group of people first used gold fillings?
Answer: Incas of Peru

Question: What links Dr Spock Errol Flynn and Emperor Nero?
Answer: Olympics Rowing Boxing Chariot

Question: Who was the 1958 Cha-Cha champion of Hong Kong?
Answer: Bruce Lee

Question: In the fairy tale 'Snow White...', how many dwarfs were there?
Answer: 7

Question: What year was the first atomic bomb dropped?
Answer: 1945

Question: An Ostrich can live up to 75 years. True or false?
Answer: True

Question: What is Prince William's Full Name?
Answer: Prince William's full name is Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales

Question: Does the Queen Have Any Siblings?
Answer: No, however, Queen Elizabeth II did have just one sibling, Princess Margaret, who became Countess of Snowdon

Question: Is Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, a Princess?
Answer: Yes, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is Princess of Wales. However, out of respect for the late Diana, Princess of Wales she chooses not to use that title

Question: Nell Gwynn was mistress to which King?
Answer: King Charles II

Question: In what year did RAF hero Douglas Bader lose his legs?
Answer: 1931

Question: In which European city did Oscar Wilde die in 1900?
Answer: Paris

Question: What's the Charles Dickens novel in which you would find the character 'Smike'?
Answer: Nicholas Nickleby

Question: Who starred in 'A Countess From Hong Kong', his last film, in 1966?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Question: Which Pope was the first to visit England, in 1982?
Answer: Pope John Paul 2nd

Question: Who became the owner of The Times newspaper in 1981?
Answer: Rupert Murdoch

Question: In what year did Bayern Munich win their first European Cup?
Answer: 1974

Question: In the Nursery Rhyme, what time does 'Wee Willy Winkie' run through the town?
Answer: 8 O'clock

Question: Pocahontas is buried alongside which river?
Answer: Thames

Question: In golf, if you get an eagle on a par-5 hole, how many shots did you take?
Answer: 3

Question: Ascot racecourse September 1996, How did Frankie Dettori seal his place in racings history?
Answer: By winning all seven races on that days race card!

Question: Name the Dick Francis mount that collapsed approaching the finishing line in the 1956 'Grand National'?
Answer: Devon Loch

Question: Who was the first man to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year twice?
Answer: Henry Cooper

Question: At which racecourse is the worlds oldest classic the 'St Leger' run?
Answer: DoncasterÂ

Question: Jonah Barrington is famous for which sport?
Answer: Squash

Question: What's the capital of 'Monaco'?
Answer: Monaco

Question: At which racecourse will you find the grave of racehorse 'Red Rum?
Answer: Aintree

Question: Two types of pigeon became extinct, one in or around 1680 and the other around 1914. Can you name them for a point each?
Answer: Dodo and Passenger pigeon

Question: Which 11 year old British actress had a part in the 1943 film 'Lassie Come Home'?
Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

Question: Anagram. Change the words into a London landmark - TRAIN MANY OBSOLETE - ?
Answer: Marylebone Station

Question: In 'The Flintstones' who is Bam Bam?
Answer: Barney Rubble's son

Question: Born Farrokh Bulsara on 24th of September 1946 and died in November 1991. Who do we remember him as?
Answer: Freddie Mercury

Question: The world's tallest grass can grow to 35 metres, what is it called?
Answer: Bamboo

Question: Drakes ship the Golden Hind(e) was originally called what?
Answer: The Pelican

Question: How many gold medals did Carl Lewis win during the 1984 Olympics?
Answer: Four - Lewis had achieved what he had set out to do. He had matched Jesse Owens' legendary feat of winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics