Question: Which country is known as 'the roof of the world'?
Answer: Tibet

Question: Which country is known as 'the land of the midnight sun'?
Answer: Norway

Question: Which country is known as 'the land of the rising sun'?
Answer: Japan

Question: According to the rhyme, what is 'Monday's child'?
Answer: fair of face

Question: The Vulgate is a version of which book?
Answer: the Bible

Question: The sternum is the medical name for what?
Answer: breastbone

Question: Who, when asked at US customs if he had anything to declare, replied 'only my genius'?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: Which female singer finished second in the 2009 'Britain’s Got Talent Show'?
Answer: Susan Boyle

Question: What is the American name for a shorthand typist?
Answer: stenographer

Question: What is 20% of 50?
Answer: 10

Question: What is the name for water that collects in the bottom of a boat?
Answer: bilge

Question: Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. What is it's height in feet (to the nearest 100 ft)?
Answer: 19.364 feet

Question: In which Republic of Ireland county would you find Killarney?
Answer: County Kerry

Question: In which year was the Falklands War?
Answer: 1982

Question: Name the resort in New Jersey USA famous for it's boardwalk?
Answer: Atlantic City

Question: Who was Radio One's first female DJ?
Answer: Ann Nightingale

Question: Who had a hit single called French Kissing in the USA?
Answer: Debbie Harry

Question: Amy Johnson was the first woman to fly solo to Australia in which year?
Answer: 1930

Question: What was the name of the fire station and the colour of the watch featured in TV's London's Burning?
Answer: Blackwall and Blue Watch

Question: Apart from living in Australia, what do emu's and kangaroos have in common?
Answer: They can't walk backwards

Question: In which European country will you find a town called Condom?
Answer: France

Question: Which is the world’s smallest and oldest republic?
Answer: San Morino

Question: What is the surname of TV's Judge Judy?
Answer: Judge Judy

Question: Pteronophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Being tickled by feathers

Question: What happened to the person who invented the Frisbee after he died?
Answer: Cremated and made into frisbees

Question: From what is banana oil made?
Answer: Petroleum

Question: Who joined forces with the Russians when they were defeated by Napoleon at the 'Battle of Austerlitz' in 1805?
Answer: Austria

Question: What is contained in a dish described as Lyonnais?
Answer: Onions

Question: Which African country has the shilling as it's currency?
Answer: Kenya

Question: What was the spin-off to the TV series 'Yes Minister'?
Answer: Yes Prime Minister

Question: Where is the body of Charles Darwin interred?
Answer: Westminster Abbey

Question: Which duo had a hit with 'Something Stupid'?
Answer: Frank and Nancy Sinatra

Question: In which London art gallery will you find the greatest number of J M W Turner paintings?
Answer: The Tate gallery

Question: Who's famous catch-phrase is 'How tickled I am'?
Answer: Ken Dodd

Question: What does a 'bouquet garni' consist of?
Answer: Herbs

Question: What is the capital of Mongolia?
Answer: Ulan Bator

Question: Which is the highest golf course in the world?
Answer: Tuctu Golf Club - Peru

Question: How long is the gestation period of an elephant?
Answer: Twenty-one months

Question: In which country is the famous 'Copa Cobana' beach?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Which two people were the firt winners of the 'Nobel Peace Prize' in 1901?
Answer: Henry Dunnant and Frederic Passey

Question: What does the Spanish word 'Manana' mean in English?
Answer: Tomorrow

Question: Which camel has only one hump?
Answer: Dromedary

Question: Who played the main character bin 'Boon'?
Answer: Micheal Elphick

Question: Which country was inaded by Russia in 1979?
Answer: Afghanistan

Question: Which animal is associated with the beginning of an MGM film?
Answer: A lion

Question: In snooker, what colour is the ball that begins a game in the centre of the table?
Answer: Blue

Question: How many legs does an insect have?
Answer: Six

Question: In the Australian TV series, what type of animal was `Skippy`?
Answer: Kangaroo

Question: Which famous person in history rode a horse called Black Bess?
Answer: Dick Turpin

Question: What is the name of the city in which The Simpsons live?
Answer: Springfield

Question: Who had a number one in 1960 called `Only The Lonely`?
Answer: Roy Orbison

Question: What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair?
Answer: Full house

Question: What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag?
Answer: Red

Question: Who played the title role in the 1960 film `Spartacus`?
Answer: Kirk Douglas

Question: What was Snow White's coffin made of ?
Answer: Glass

Question: Which ear did Vincent Van Gogh partially cut off ?
Answer: Left

Question: Which animal provides the blood for black pudding ?
Answer: Pig

Question: What was the last UK no1 for the super group Abba ?
Answer: Super Trooper

Question: Which lagers name is translated as lions brew ?
Answer: Lowenbrau

Question: What combines with a Tia Maria to make a Tia Moo Moo ?
Answer: Milk

Question: Was Shirley Temple 21; 25 or 29 when she made her last film in 1949 ?
Answer: 21

Question: Which 2 of the 7 dwarfs names do not end with the letter Y?
Answer: Doc and Bashful

Question: What was Mrs Fawlty's Christian name in the TV series Fawlty Towers ?
Answer: Sybil

Question: What is the name of Cluedo's colonel ?
Answer: Mustard

Question: What group had their first UK hit with three times a lady ?
Answer: Commodores

Question: Who did Monica marry in the TV series Friends ?
Answer: Chandler Muriel Bing

Question: Which is the closet planet to the sun to have a moon ?
Answer: Earth

Question: Who were the 2 British Prime Ministers of the 1970s ?
Answer: Wilson and Heath

Question: What is the predominant colour of a Harrods carrier bag ?
Answer: Green

Question: What month did Osama bin Laden die?
Answer: May

Question: What was the date of Muammar Gadhafi's death?
Answer: October 20th

Question: As well as becoming man and wife, William and Kate became Duke and Duchess of where?
Answer: Cambridge

Question: The latest major earthquake to hit Christchurch, New Zealand happened in which month?
Answer: February

Question: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on what date in October?
Answer: 5th

Question: Ohio police had to put down dozens of wild animals, including 17 lions and 18 rare tigers after the owner of a zoo opened pens and gates before shooting himself. What date?
Answer: October 18th

Question: Can you name the winner and runner-up in this years Strictly Come Dancing?
Answer: Winner Harry Judd (of McFly) Runner-up Chelsee Healey

Question: X Factor winners 2011 Little Mix. What are their first names and for a bonus point what is the full name of the runner-up?
Answer: Jesy Nelson, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall beat fellow finalist Marcus Collins at the final hurdle to take home the crown after a series of stunning performances on the final show

Question: On 4th June Pour Moi beat which horse in the Derby?
Answer: Carlton House

Question: Can you name the teams and give the score for the FA Cup held on 14th May?
Answer: Manchester City 1 Stoke City 0

Question: Who won this years Eurovision Song Contest and for a bonus point what country did they represent?
Answer: Winner - Ell/Nikki. Country - Azerbaijan

Question: Who did Jai McDowall beat in this years final of Britain's Got Talent?
Answer: Ronan Parke

Question: In July this year we saw the final Space Shuttle mission. Which shuttle was used for the voyage?
Answer: Atlantis

Question: Sadly, Billy Jo Spears died on 14th December. Can you name her biggest hit, which, in 1975, became her only number one.?
Answer: """Blanket on the Ground"""

Question: Peter Falk AKA Columbo died this year. What month?
Answer: June