Question: “A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms” is the fourth part of which literary work?
Answer: Gulliver’s Travels

Question: Name any of the four stations on the railway line between Bolton and Blackburn
Answer: Hall I’th Wood or Bromley Cross or Entwistle or Darwen

Question: In January 1988, who became the first woman to be appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal?
Answer: Elizabeth Butler-Sloss

Question: The first by-election of this Parliament was in January 2011 in …….. East and Saddleworth. Which town completes the name of the constituency?
Answer: Oldham

Question: In 1993, who was the last Australian golfer to win the Open Championship?
Answer: Greg Norman

Question: Three generations of the Hill-Wood family have been chairman of which football club?
Answer: Arsenal

Question: Down which valley does The Mistral blow?
Answer: Rhone

Question: Which annual event takes place at Worthy Farm, on land belonging to Michael Eavis?
Answer: Glastonbury Festival (Note: The festival is not held every year – a year is missed every 4-5 years)

Question: In which Isle of Wight town can you find the History of Smuggling Museum/
Answer: Ventnor

Question: What is thye common name of the plant Myosotis?
Answer: Forget-me-not

Question: Which is the third inhabited island in the group with Malta and Gozo?
Answer: Comino

Question: What name is given to Canada’s newest territory, created in 1999 , offering some self-determination to the Inuit people?
Answer: Nunavut

Question: Which European City has Alcala as a main street?
Answer: Madrid

Question: Which former province of North West India has the tributaries Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej?
Answer: Punjab

Question: What sort of creature is a 'Criollo'?
Answer: A Pony

Question: 'Jonquil' is a shade of which colour?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Who played the part of the cook 'Mrs Bridges', in the TV series 'Upstairs, Downstairs'?
Answer: Angela Baddeley

Question: In Einstein's e=mc ,what does the 'c' represent?
Answer: The Speed Of Light

Question: Ian Gillian and Dave Coverdale were both lead singers with which rock group?
Answer: Deep Purple

Question: In which capital city would you travel on Klongs, and visit Wats?
Answer: Bangkok

Question: In which city might you make regular journeys on a 'Vaporetti'?
Answer: Venice

Question: In which country is the 'Hedgehog' considered sacred?
Answer: China

Question: What was Cleo Laine's job when she first met Johnny Dankworth?
Answer: Apprentice Hairdresser

Question: What is the name of the Kenyan game reserve set on the Serengeti Plain?
Answer: Masai Mara

Question: What name is generally given to unglazed porcelain?
Answer: Biscuit

Question: What is unusual about the coat of a 'Cornish Rex' cat?
Answer: It Is Curly Or Wavy

Question: In which sport did Tony Alcock represent England at international level?
Answer: FLAT GREEN BOWLS (accept Bowls)

Question: Tony Brittain and Nigel Havers played father and son doctors in which TV comedy series?
Answer: 'Don'T Wait Up'

Question: Which Southern African republic has the 'Metical' as its unit of currency?
Answer: Mozambique

Question: Which politician's downfall and disgrace revolved around a stay at the Paris Ritz in September 1993?
Answer: Johnathon Aitken

Question: Who was the only survivor of the accident in which the Princess of Wales died?
Answer: Trevor Reece Jones

Question: What condition is the drug Amitriptyline usually used to treat?
Answer: Depression

Question: In 1995, which probe sent back the first major pictures of Jupiter?
Answer: Galileo

Question: Who presented the first edition of 'The Golden Shot'?
Answer: Jackie Rae

Question: A 'Durmast' is a type of what?
Answer: Oak Tree

Question: During the Middle Ages, which disease was known as 'King's Evil'as it was thought that only the touch of the King could cure it?
Answer: Scrofula

Question: Who won the role of 'Nancy' in Cameron Mackintosh's stage musical 'Oliver', after winning the BBC TV series 'I'd Do Anything' in May 2008?
Answer: JODIE PRENGER (accept either first name or surname)

Question: Which telecommunications comany takes its name from the Finnish word for 'Pine Marten'?
Answer: Nokia

Question: In the name of the computing company, for what do the letters 'HP' stand?
Answer: Hewlett-Packard

Question: Which Algerian-born fashion designer, awarded the rank of Commander of the Legion d'Honneur by Jacques Chirac, died in June 2008?
Answer: Yves Saint Laurent

Question: Which French author wrote the novels 'The Counterfeiters' and 'The Immoralist'?
Answer: Andre Gide

Question: In which city in Texas is the fortress known as 'The Alamo', to be found?
Answer: San Antonio

Question: Which Scotch whisky is named after the man who started to sell it in his grocer's shop in Ayreshire in 1820?
Answer: 'Johnnie Walker'

Question: Which automotive engineer designed the Volkswagen 'Beetle'?
Answer: Ferdinand Porsche

Question: What is the SI unit of electrical conductance?
Answer: Siemens

Question: What was the title of Oscar Wilde's only novel?
Answer: 'The Picture Of Dorian Gray'

Question: Who is the oldest man ever to be elected President of the USA?
Answer: Ronald Reagan

Question: Which chemical element is named after the inventor of Dynamite?
Answer: Nobelium

Question: Which horse won the 2009 Epsom Derby?
Answer: 'Sea The Stars'

Question: What was the name of William Shakespeare's only son?
Answer: Hamnet

Question: On which Dutch river does Amsterdam stand?
Answer: Amstel

Question: What was the name of the mini skirted cartoon character created in 1915, who first appeared on film in 'Dizzy Dishes' in 1930?
Answer: 'Betty Boop'

Question: Which was the 'Spice Girls' first single as a quartet?
Answer: 'Viva Forever'

Question: 'Pallid', 'Brown' and 'Bumblebee' are species of which mammal?
Answer: Bat

Question: What was the name of the man in the printing trade who set up the type for printing?
Answer: Compositor

Question: In 2004, to mark its 100th birthday, FIFA released a list, chosen by Pele of the 100 greatest footballers of all time. Who was the only Bulgarian on the list?
Answer: Hristo Stoichkov

Question: Epistaxis is the medical name for which minor complaint?
Answer: Nosebleed

Question: At which battle of 1176 did the Lombard League secure a decisive victory over the Holy Roman Empire, led by Frederick Barbarossa, thus breaking Frederick's hold over Lombardy?
Answer: Battle Of Legano

Question: Published in 1895, which was Thomas Hardy's first novel?
Answer: 'Jude The Obscure'

Question: Which Soviet athlete has held the men's hammer throw world record since 1986?
Answer: Yuriy Sedykh

Question: 'They Might Be Giants' ' song 'Boss Of Me' was the theme tune to which American sitcom that ran from 2000 to 2006?
Answer: 'Malcolm In The Middle'

Question: 'Phantom Planet's' song 'California' was the theme tune to which American teen-drama series that ran from 2003 to 2007?
Answer: 'The O.C.'

Question: Which famous fashion designer was murdered by Andrew Cunanan in Florida in 1997?
Answer: Gianni Versace

Question: Which fashion designer opened a shop called 'Bazaar' on King's Road in London in 1957?
Answer: Mary Quant

Question: Bryan Adams' massive hit '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You' was written for the soundtrack of which film?
Answer: 'Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves'

Question: From which country did the USA purchase the Philippines in 1898?
Answer: Spain

Question: Which Venetian artist painted 'Venus and Adonis' and 'The Assumption of the Virgin'?
Answer: Titian

Question: In dentistry, what name is given to a gap between the two front teeth?
Answer: Diastema

Question: Which scientist, known as the 'Father of Nuclear Physics' pioneered the orbital theory of the atom and named Alpha, Beta and Gamma Rays?
Answer: Ernest Rutherford

Question: What was the name of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier that was sunk by an Italian torpedo in 1941?
Answer: H.M.S. Ark Royal