Question: Timothy McVeigh was executed in the United States in 2001 for a bombing atrocity in which 168 people were killed and over 800 injured. In which state capital city did the atrocity take place?
Answer: Oklahoma City

Question: What is the name of Prince William's stepbrother?
Answer: Tom Parker Bowles

Question: Who was the East German leader tried for high treason in 1993?
Answer: Erich HONECKER

Question: Which Italian composer who wrote church music, string quartets and symphonies, ws noted mainly for his many operas, among which were "Anne Boleyn" and "Lucretia Borgia"? He was born in Bergamo and joined the Austrian army at the end of the Napoleonic era.
Answer: Donizetti

Question: The tombs of almost all Britih monarchs are located within the UK. One of the few exceptions is George I. Near which German town or city is his burial place?
Answer: Hanover

Question: Which country produces 70 % of all European olive oil ?
Answer: Greece

Question: Which chemical element, discovered in 1898 by Ramsay and Travers was given a Greek name associated with "new thing" ?
Answer: Neon

Question: In 1314, Robert the Bruce and a small Scottish army inflicted a massive defeat on a huge English army at Bannockburn. Who was the leader of the English forces ?
Answer: Edward Ii

Question: From which of Shakespeare's plays does this quotation come :- We happy few, we band of brothers ?
Answer: Henry V

Question: The Ipsos MORI poll on public trust showed which other 3 professions to have less than 30 % of the public trusting them to tell the truth ? ( name 2 of 3 )
Answer: Bankers Journalists Estate Agents

Question: Which large insect, with transparent wings held roof-like over its back, and noted for the loud shrill chirping of the males, has a life-cycle of 13 to 17 years ?
Answer: Cicada

Question: Which is the most Northerly, and largest, island of the Phillipines, on which stands the capital, Manila ?
Answer: Luzon

Question: Which Rogers and Hart musical was based on Shaespeare's Comedy of Errors?
Answer: The Boys From Syracuse

Question: Who is the Chairman of the "BBC Trust", the overseeing body of the BBC?
Answer: Chris Patten

Question: Which name links a Yorkshire power station with a Bond villain?
Answer: Drax

Question: How many american states begin with the letter W ?
Answer: 4

Question: Which British composer wrote the music used as the theme for Desert Island Discs ? He also wrote the "Dambusters" march and the "Knightsbridge" march.
Answer: Eric Coates

Question: Composed as an elegy following the death of his friend John Keats, the poem "Adonais" was written in 1821 by which poet?
Answer: Shelley

Question: The "Great Gate of Kiev" and "Catacombs" are two sections of which musical work?
Answer: Pictures At An Exhibitiom

Question: The classic novel by Emile Zola about a French coalminers strike in the 1860's had what title ?
Answer: Germinal

Question: Which author created the fictional character "Allan Quartermain" ?
Answer: Rider Haggard

Question: The former Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson called this institution "The English Religion". To what was he referring ?
Answer: The Nhs

Question: Which general, famous for his military exploits against the French in the Napoleonic Wars was born in Glasgow in 1761 and died in Spain in 1809 ?
Answer: Sir John MOORE

Question: Golf - Which Australian golfer won the 1960 British Open, beating Arnold Palmer into second place ?
Answer: Kel Nagle

Question: Which general, famous for his military exploits against the French in the Napoleonic Wars, was born in St Petersburg in 1745 and died in Russia in 1813 ?
Answer: Mikhail KUTUZOV

Question: Vaughan Williams's symphony number 7 has the name of which continent ?
Answer: Antarctica

Question: In which sport would you find a "brakeman" ?
Answer: Bobsleigh

Question: The pop group Ultravox were very popular in the 80's . How many number 1 hit records did they have ?
Answer: None

Question: On this day, February 19th.in 1897, Mrs. Hoodless of Ontario, Canada founded which well - known organisation ?
Answer: The Women'S Institute

Question: Above which number on a computer keyboard is the Pound sign ?
Answer: 3

Question: Horse racing - which jockey, in the top 10 "flat racing" jockeys of 2012 in Britain, with 72 winners, is unique in that he swiched from being a "jump jockey". In national hunt racing , he had won most of the top races, including the Grand National in 2004 on "Amberleigh House ?
Answer: Graham Lee

Question: London landmarks - What was built to stage the British Empire Exhibition held in London in 1925 ?
Answer: Wembley Stadium

Question: Which 13th century English ruler expelled all Jews from the country?
Answer: Edward 1St

Question: """They also serve who only stand and wait"" is the last line of a sonnet by which English poet ?"
Answer: John Milton

Question: What type of foodstuff is a MOREL ?
Answer: Mushroom

Question: In baseball, how many innings are in a match ?
Answer: 9

Question: Thick footballers ? Which Liverpol footballer is currently halfway through a Maths degree course with the Open University ?
Answer: Glen Johnson

Question: Much in the news at budget time,exactly what body is known by the acronym IFS ?
Answer: INSTITUTE for FISCAL STUDIES

Question: What Japanese dish is described as "beef and vegetables in soy sauce" ?
Answer: Sukiyaki

Question: Born on this day in 1775, what was the first name of the painter JMW Turner?
Answer: Joseph

Question: Based in Swindon, which is thge largest building society in the world ?
Answer: Nationwide

Question: Which instrument did Larry Mullen Jr play in the band U2 ?
Answer: Drums

Question: """No more carefree laughter, Silence ever after"" are the opening lines of which Abba Number One hit ?"
Answer: Knowing Me, Knowing You

Question: A cover of which Buddy Holly song gave glam rock band Mud their third and final UK Number One in 1975 ?
Answer: Oh Boy

Question: Which 73 year old world peace campaigner is to be the President of the 2013 Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod ?
Answer: Terry Waite

Question: A white cross on a black background is the symbol and PRO UTILITATE HOMINUM is the motto of which organisation founded in 1877 and present at most large events held in Britain each year ?
Answer: St John'S Ambulance Brigade

Question: What is the connection between these four answers ?
Answer: Canadian Province Capitals

Question: How many Prime Ministers held office in the two World Wars in the 20th century ?
Answer: 5

Question: Which football team recently knocked Everton out of this season's Capital One Cup?
Answer: Leeds United

Question: In which country can you find the Happy Valley Horse Racing Course?
Answer: Hong Kong

Question: Published in 2008 and written by Daily Mirror columnist Brian Reade, the autobiographical book 43 Years with The Same Bird centres on the author's lifelong following of which English football club?
Answer: Liverpool

Question: Which English town is the home of te comic-strip character, Andy Capp?
Answer: Hartlepool

Question: Which English actor played the title role in the 19768 family film Blackbeard's Ghost?
Answer: Peter Ustinov

Question: Which freshwater fish, native to Britain has the nickname 'little Jack Sharp'?
Answer: Stickleback

Question: According to research carried out by the Economist Intelligence Unit, which country will be the best to be born into in 2013?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: A Shadoof is a device used to raise what?
Answer: Water

Question: Which wading bird is also known as a peewit due to its shrill call?
Answer: LAPWING or PLOVER

Question: 'Doodlebug' was a colloquial name for which type of World War II missile?
Answer: V-1 / Flying Bomb

Question: Nominated by Bill Clinton, who, in 1993, became the first female Attorney General of the USA?
Answer: Janet Reno

Question: Which creature, according to Pliny, had a glance that meant certain death ?
Answer: Basilisk