Question: In Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", what was Mr Darcy's first name?
Answer: Fitzwilliam

Question: At the 1992 Winter Olympic Games, New Zealand skier Annelise Coberger became the first what?
Answer: Winter Olympics medallist  from the southern hemisphere

Question: In the 19th century, who wrote "Stancliffe's Hotel" when she was 23, a decade before she found a public audience, that was not published until 2003?
Answer: Charlotte Bront

Question: Which constellation, that lies between Cancer and Virgo, contains the stars called Regulus, Denebola, Regulus, Wolf 359, Gliese 436, and Algieba?
Answer: Leo

Question: On a Monopoly board, what is the symbol for the electric company?
Answer: Light bulb

Question: The Tyrol is a region in which mountain range?
Answer: Alps

Question: Which world leaders shared fish and chips in a London pub in 2003?
Answer: Tony Blair & George W Bush

Question: From 1960 to 1979, where was the largest stained glass installation in the world?
Answer: American Airlines' Terminal 8, Kennedy International Airport, New York City

Question: Which nation produces the most coffee beans?
Answer: Brazil

Question: According to the Islamic calendar, during which month were the first verses of the Qur'an revealed to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad?
Answer: Ramadan

Question: These are the last lines of which play: "A girl has just died - on her way to the infirmary - after swallowing some disinfectant. And a Police Inspector is on his way here - to ask some - questions."
Answer: """An Inspector Calls"" by J B Priestley"

Question: In 1999, who became Britain's first undisputed boxing heavyweight world champion?
Answer: Lennox Lewis

Question: Built in 1765, what is the oldest commissioned warship in the world, still manned by the British Royal Navy?
Answer: Victory

Question: What transparent, biconvex structure changes shape to change the focal distance of the eye so that it can focus on objects at different distances?
Answer: Lens

Question: On a Monopoly board, what is the symbol for the water works?
Answer: Tap

Question: What, in ancient Rome, was a "sudatorium"?
Answer: Sauna

Question: Which dictator's face was printed on labels of soft drink bottles that went on sale in February 2010?
Answer: Stalin

Question: What was the name of the character played by Michael Caine in a 2009 film, an elderly former Royal Marine and Northern Ireland veteran who tries to be indifferent about his violent neighbourhood on an Elephant and Castle housing estate?
Answer: Harry Brown

Question: In Britain, a portcullis has been used on whose stationery since 1967?
Answer: House of Commons

Question: Ratatouille is native to which country?
Answer: France

Question: Who were the first recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Jean Henri Dunant & Fre'de'ric Passy

Question: What holds the records as the world's longest-running science fiction television show?
Answer: Dr Who

Question: A "monitor" is a type of what?
Answer: Lizard

Question: An original copy of which book was sold at auction at Sothebys auction room in London in December 2010 for 7.3 million, a record price for the sale of a book?
Answer: """Birds of America"" by John James Audubon"

Question: In the USA, what does Memorial Day commemorate?
Answer: Americans who died in military service

Question: In which US state did the siege of the Alamo take place?
Answer: Texas

Question: Who married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953?
Answer: John F Kennedy

Question: What word's original meaning was "the hearing of a person's confession and their absolution before their execution"?
Answer: Shrift

Question: Where are the pleurae, bronchi and alveoli?
Answer: Lungs

Question: Before taking office, both US president George W Bush and his vice president Dick Chaney had both been convicted of what?
Answer: Drink driving

Question: What is a traditional form of whitework embroidery which involves the tufting or knotting of the yarn, on top of a muslin fabric to create patterns?
Answer: Candlewick

Question: The Battles of Alamein, Britain and the Bulge took place in which war?
Answer: World War II

Question: In which country, in 1984, did the Prime Minister bar nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed ships from using its ports or entering waters?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Between 1979 and 1990, the Sandinistas and the Contras were participants in a Civil War in which country?
Answer: Nicaragua

Question: What type of apple is on the Apple Records logo?
Answer: Granny Smith

Question: The "loop of Henle" is found where in the human body?
Answer: Kidney

Question: Of the 29 letters in the Turkish alphabet, how many are vowels?
Answer: 8

Question: A Hellenist is an expert on subjects pertaining to what?
Answer: Greece

Question: Which planet has 5 rings that are named for the astronomers Johann Gottfried Galle, Urbain Le Verrier, William Lassell, Franois Arago and John Couch Adams?
Answer: Neptune

Question: What word is used to describe the lowest temperature at which vapour above a liquid can be ignited?
Answer: Flashpoint

Question: What caused the closure of the Panama Canal in December 2010, for the first time in 21 years?
Answer: Flooding

Question: In the musical "Oliver!", who is the conniving career criminal who takes in homeless boys and teaches them to pick pockets for him?
Answer: Fagin

Question: In Botticelli's painting "The Birth of Venus", what is she standing on?
Answer: A shell

Question: A male horse four years and under is called what?
Answer: Colt

Question: Canaletto is famous for his 18th century paintings of which city?
Answer: Venice

Question: Donna Summer was popular in what genre of music?
Answer: Disco

Question: What condition, often painful especially when standing or walking, is most common in the legs, because of higher blood pressure there when standing?
Answer: Varicose veins

Question: Whose relationships have been the subject of speculation in the celebrity press, and has been romantically linked with Jennifer Love Hewitt, Heidi Klum, Jessica Simpson, Minka Kelly and Jennifer Aniston?
Answer: John Mayer

Question: In the nursery rhyme where we find the Queen eating bread and honey, what is the king doing?
Answer: Counting his money

Question: Who made two series of engravings based on two series of his paintings, called "A Rake's Progress" and "A Harlot's Progress"?
Answer: William Hogarth

Question: All or part of Eritrea, Somaliland, Tientsin, Libya, the Dodecanese Islands, Ethiopia and Albania were ruled by what country in 1942?
Answer: Italy

Question: What word is commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands?
Answer: Gaucho

Question: Where are the Balearic Islands?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea

Question: Which video game puts the player in the role of "the Stranger", uses special books written by an artisan and explorer named Atrus to travel to several worlds known as "Ages"?
Answer: Myst

Question: What is Julia Gillard's profession?
Answer: Politician

Question: In 1992, Vitaly Scerbo (USSR/BLR) broke the record for being awarded the most Olympic gold medals in one day (4) for which discipline?
Answer: Gymnastics

Question: In 1971, what was the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars?
Answer: USSR's Mars 2

Question: What rating indicates the anti-engine knocking properties of a fuel?
Answer: Octane

Question: Who succeeded Lyndon Johnson as president of the USA on 20 January 1969?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: The 2008 British film "Slumdog Millionaire" directed by Danny Boyle is an adaptation of what 2005 novel?
Answer: """Q & A"" by Vikas Swarup"

Question: In Britain in World War II, where did "land girls" work?
Answer: Farms

Question: In which country is the city of Armagh?
Answer: Northern Ireland

Question: Who would be interested in a "miller's thumb"?
Answer: Angler

Question: Which sculptor is famous for his work "The Thinker"?
Answer: Rodin