Question: Which planet has the densest atmosphere consisting mostly of carbon dioxide?
Answer: Venus

Question: In which organ of the body are worn-out red blood cells removed and antibodies synthesised?
Answer: Spleen

Question: """Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife"" is a line written by which poet?"
Answer: Thomas Gray

Question: The moons of Uranus are named after characters in the works of Shakespeare and which other English writer and poet?
Answer: Alexander Pope

Question: Which Russian jeweller of French decent is famous for his intricate Easter Eggs of gold and diamonds, which he made for the Russian Tsars?
Answer: Peter Faberge

Question: What was the name of the character played by Alec Guinness in the TV series Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy?
Answer: George Smiley

Question: The Catalan Dragons Rugby League team is based in which town in Southern France?
Answer: Perpignan

Question: """The Ladies of the Vale"" is the popular name for the three spires of which cathedral in central England?"
Answer: Lichfield

Question: In which Australian state is the location of the TV show, "I'm a celebrity, get me out of here"?
Answer: Queensland

Question: In November 2009, on which stage was the singer, Morrisey, hit on the head by a plastic beer container, causing him to walk off stage and cancel his performance?'
Answer: Liverpool Echo Arena

Question: What was the name of the Russian submarine that sank, with all hands, in the Barents Sea in October 2000?
Answer: Kursk

Question: Who wrote most of the operetta, "The Tales of Hoffman", which although unfinished at his death, was completed by Ernest Guiraud?
Answer: Jacques Offenbach

Question: The name of which Biblical character means, "Father of Many"?
Answer: Abraham

Question: Which European capital city was a city-state known as Ledra in ancient times?
Answer: Nicosia

Question: What name is shared by a leader of the Peasants' Revolt in the 1300's and a Labour politician born in 1946?
Answer: Jack Straw

Question: Who asked of a Cayman Islander, in 1994, `Aren't most of you descended from pirates??
Answer: Prince Philip

Question: What is the derived SI unit of frequency?
Answer: Hertz

Question: Who played `Wolfie' Smith in the TV comedy series Citizen Smith?
Answer: Robert Lindsay

Question: How many pairs of ribs are in the human body?
Answer: 12

Question: ASH, Action on Smoking and Health, is the anti-smoking lobby, by what acronym is the pro-smoking lobby known?
Answer: Forest

Question: Who left this message to James Callaghan in 1964 "Good luck, old cock, sorry to leave it in such a mess"?
Answer: Reginald Maudling

Question: What position is no.9 in rugby league and no.2 in rugby union?
Answer: Hooker

Question: Give a year in the life of the scientist Galileo Galilei.
Answer: 1564-1642

Question: England beat Australia at Lords in 2009 for the first time at that venue since 1934. Who was the UK's Prime Minister then?
Answer: RAMSEY McDONALD

Question: Who was the author of the best-selling novel on which the film The Exorcist was based?
Answer: William Peter Blatty

Question: Who is the patron saint of dancers and comedians?
Answer: St. VITUS

Question: Who starred in the title role of the boxing movie 'The Cinderella Man'?
Answer: Russell Crowe

Question: Give a year in the life of the scientist Nicolaus Copernicus.
Answer: 1473-1543

Question: Of what is gymnophobia a fear?
Answer: Nudity

Question: Who is chairing the 2009/10 Inquiry into the Iraq War?
Answer: Sir John Chilcot

Question: Who hosted the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Tournament?
Answer: West Indies

Question: The 2009 film 'Nowhere Boy' concerns the teenage years of which singer?
Answer: John Lennon

Question: Which author said 'Probably the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, but the opening battles of all subsequent wars have been lost there'?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: In Marvel Comics which God is the alter ego of Donald Blake?
Answer: Thor

Question: Which QC chaired an enquiry into MPs expenses in 2009?
Answer: Sir Thomas Legg

Question: Which species of bird can be Reed, Corn or Cirl?
Answer: Bunting

Question: Born in Chavaniac in France which general fought alongside General Washington in the American revolutionary war of 1776 - 1783?
Answer: Marquis de Lafayette

Question: The dhole is what kind of animal?
Answer: Dog

Question: Born at Pau in France which general later became King of Sweden?
Answer: Jean Baptiste Bernadotte

Question: How is food cooked 'en papillotte'?
Answer: In paper

Question: The gaur is what kind of animal?
Answer: (Wild) Cattle

Question: Whose "Very Best of" album released in 2009, made her the oldest person at the time ever to appear in the top 20 album charts?
Answer: Vera Lynn

Question: Brad Pitt plays the part of Benjamin Button on film, who wrote the book on which the film is based?
Answer: F Scott Fitzgerald

Question: What do 'Barb'' charts show?
Answer: TV ratings

Question: Which chief's vision led to the Sioux's victory at the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn?
Answer: Sitting Bull

Question: Published in 1925, ' The Reckoning' was the first volume of which work?
Answer: Mein Kampf

Question: Who had a no. 1 hit in 2005 with the song 'You 're Beautiful'?
Answer: James Blunt

Question: In which sport was the 'Gordon Bennett Cup' contested?
Answer: Motor Racing

Question: Which private detective last appeared in the 1959 novel `Playback'?
Answer: Philip Marlowe

Question: Which German City was once head of the Hanseatic League, and is known for its marzipan?
Answer: Lubeck

Question: Which famous sportsman was born at Heswall, Wirral in 1955?
Answer: Ian Witham

Question: Which poet wrote the line 'Gather Ye Rosebuds Whilst Ye May'?
Answer: Robert Herrick

Question: In which famous school was the game of squash invented in the 20th century?
Answer: Harrow School

Question: Name the musician who succeeded Cherie Blair as Chancellor of the Liverpool John Moores University in 2007.
Answer: Brian May

Question: Who composed the opera `Bluebeards Castle?
Answer: Bartok

Question: Which novel of 1889 features a dog called Montmorency?
Answer: Three Men in a Boat

Question: Based on their geological formation, what type of mountains are the Alps?
Answer: Fold

Question: Give a year in the life of the composer Maurice Ravel.
Answer: 1876 - 1937

Question: 'Dusty Bin' featured on which popular 1980s TV game show?
Answer: 3-2-1

Question: Who would be presented with the 'Venus Rosewater Dish'?
Answer: Winner of Wimbledon Ladies Singles

Question: As a result of Spain winning the Football World Cup in 2010 how many different teams have now won the World Cup?
Answer: Eight

Question: Whose wife was Queen Adelaide after whom the Australian city is named?
Answer: William Iv

Question: Which fashion designer received a Royal Warrant in 1940 as the Queen's dressmaker?
Answer: Norman Hartnell

Question: How many different political parties are there now in Parliament as a result of the General Election of May 2010?
Answer: Ten

Question: Who wrote the book "The Ghost" released as a film in 2010?
Answer: Robert Harris

Question: Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire form the only British Mainland colony for which bird?
Answer: Gannet

Question: Whose portrait was painted by the fictional artist Basil Hallward?
Answer: Dorian Gray

Question: Which county will host the 2016 European Football Championships?
Answer: France

Question: Who lived and had a photographic studio at 59 Rodney Street, Liverpool?
Answer: Edward Chambre Hardman

Question: In which US state is the Dollywood Theme Park?
Answer: Tennessee

Question: The 2009 film "Telstar" told the story of which record producer?
Answer: Joe Meek

Question: Which small rodent highly valued for its fine silky fur lives almost exclusively in the Andes?
Answer: Chinchilla

Question: What is Britain's oldest colony?
Answer: Bermuda

Question: What unit of measurement is equivalent to nine gallons?
Answer: Firkin