Question: Which famous author lived at Golden Eye on Jamaica?
Answer: Ian Fleming

Question: What creature is the trademark of Terence Cuneo, appearing in many of his pictures?
Answer: Mouse

Question: Ithica in New York State is the site of which university?
Answer: Cornell

Question: Which breed of terrier derives its name from a mining town in Northumberland and is often described as looking like “a lamb on a leash”?
Answer: Bedlington

Question: Which is the largest island of the Philippines?
Answer: Luzon

Question: By what name do we know the breed of dog , commonly referred to in the southern USA as the bird dog?
Answer: Pointer

Question: Which post was held by Miss Merlyn Lowther from 1999 to 2003?
Answer: Chief Cashier of the Bank of England

Question: Which is the largest peninsula in the world?
Answer: Arabian peninsula

Question: Which American band leader first formed a band in 1934, had the signature tune “Let’s Dance” and died in 1986?
Answer: Benny Goodman

Question: Who did Andy Murray beat to win the 2012 US Open?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

Question: Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her performance in The Silence of the Lambs in 1992. For her performance in which other film was she awarded an Oscar in 1989?
Answer: The Accused

Question: New Haven in Connecticut is the site of which seat of learning?
Answer: Yale

Question: What nationality was U Thant, the third UN Secretary General?
Answer: Burmese

Question: Neil Tennant is the lead singer of The Pet Shop Boys, but who is the other member of the band?
Answer: Chris Lowe

Question: Give the author of the work from which this quotation is taken: “Tomorrow, to fresh woods and pastures new”
Answer: John Milton (Lycidas)

Question: In which midlands city was Samuel Johnson born?
Answer: Lichfield

Question: Who is New Zealand’s most capped Rugby Union player with 124 test appearences?
Answer: Richie McCaw

Question: Which horserace, run at Doncaster, is the first major handicap race of rge British flat racing season?
Answer: Lincoln Handicap

Question: In which castle on the Isle of Wight was Charles I imprisoned for 14 months prior to his execution?
Answer: Carisbrooke

Question: Who was the first person to take advantage of The Peerage Act 1963 to renounce his title?
Answer: Anthony Wedgewood-Benn (accept Viscount Stansgate)

Question: Which pre-decimal coin, never minted after decimalisation, was legal tender until 1980?
Answer: Sixpence

Question: The five species of which mammal are the Black, White, Indian, Javan and Sumatran?
Answer: Rhinoceros

Question: Who wrote “How to be a Domestic Goddess”?
Answer: Nigella Lawson

Question: Which new type of vessel was delivered to the Royal Navy by the Electric Boat company in 1904?
Answer: Submarine

Question: Name the Huron Indian, who was the villain in James Fennimore Cooper’s “The Last of the Mohicans”
Answer: Magwa

Question: Tarom is the national airline of which European country?
Answer: Romania

Question: On which river does Rangoon stand?
Answer: Irrawaddy

Question: Who was the first astronaut to go in to space twice?
Answer: Virgil (Gus) Grissom

Question: Which is the cheapest property on a Monopoly board?
Answer: Old Kent Road

Question: What is the common name of the bird Sternus vulgaris?
Answer: Starling

Question: What does the Latin phrase "Lapsis Lingua" mean?
Answer: A slip of the tongue

Question: Name either of the two British scientists who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2001
Answer: Sir Paul Nurse/Dr Tim hunt

Question: Which specialist retail chain is headed by Jaqueline Gold?
Answer: Anne Summers/ Knickerbox

Question: Barrow Point is the northernmost point of which country?
Answer: Usa

Question: What is the common name for the plant Iberis?
Answer: Candytuft

Question: What is the common name for the bird Passer domesticus?
Answer: House Sparrow

Question: Which country's national airline is called Malev?
Answer: Hungary

Question: Edward Seckerson replaced Ned Sherrin as presenter in 2007, and was replaced in 2008 by Paul Gambaccini on which Radio 4 programme?
Answer: Counterpoint

Question: Which manager first appointed David Beckham as England captain?
Answer: Peter Taylor (in charge for 1 match versus Italy Nov 2000)

Question: Which woman replaced George Stephenson on the £5 note in 2002?
Answer: Elizabeth Fry

Question: What structure, designed by John Paxton for Prince Albert, was destroyed by fire on the 30th November 1936?
Answer: Crystal Palace

Question: What was Norman Tebbitt's job before entering Parliament?
Answer: Airline Pilot

Question: Of which African country is Dodoma the official capital city?
Answer: Tanzania

Question: Which monarch (1135-1141) preceded Henry II?
Answer: Stephen

Question: Which station is the London terminus for the Chiltern Railways?
Answer: Marylebone

Question: Whose voice was used for the character Lord Farquaar in the film Shrek?
Answer: John Lithgow

Question: Which river is Hamburg on?
Answer: Elbe

Question: Which BBC commentator said "Ah - isn't that nice - the wife of the Cambridge President is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew"?
Answer: Harry Carpenter (1977 Boat Race)

Question: Which famous building, on the South Coast of England did John Nash design for King George IV?
Answer: Brighton Pavilion

Question: Who was the Democratic candidate defeated by George Bush Snr in 1988?
Answer: Michael Dukakis

Question: What is the common name for the plant Vinca?
Answer: Periwinkle

Question: In May 1987, which actor had top ten hits with "Respect Yourself" & "Under the Boardwalk"?
Answer: Bruce Willis

Question: Which Briton won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001?
Answer: V S Naipaul

Question: In which Charles Dickens novel does the character Bentley Drummie appear?
Answer: Great Expectations

Question: Which celebrated cook was born Isabella Mary Mayson?
Answer: Mrs Beeton

Question: Of which high street retailer was Kate Swann the Chief Executive until July 2013?
Answer: W H Smith

Question: Who was the first woman to feature on the reverse of a British Banknote?
Answer: Florence Nightingale

Question: Which astronaut holds the record for the greatest time between spaceflights - a timescale of over 35 years?
Answer: John Glenn

Question: During World War 2, the German Operation Hercules was a plan to invade which island?
Answer: Malta

Question: In which event did Chris Brasher win his gold medal in the 1956 Olympics?
Answer: Steeplechase

Question: What is the meaning of the Latin phrase "Vide Infra"?
Answer: See Below

Question: Which London Rail station is the terminus of the Midland Main Line?
Answer: St. Pancras

Question: Bow Street, Marlborough Street and which other Street make up the orange properties in Monopoly?
Answer: Vine Street

Question: Which monarch (1199-1216) preceded Henry III?
Answer: John

Question: Which BBC commentator once said "Gary Lineker has now scored 37 goals. That's precisely twice as many as last year"?
Answer: John Motson

Question: Who was the last player to captain England before David Beckham?
Answer: Martin Keown

Question: What was Dennis Skinner's job before he entered Parliament?
Answer: Miner

Question: Where (in Scotland) is the most westerly point of the British mainland?
Answer: 7

Question: How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdle race?
Answer: 10

Question: Which Scottish Dukedom does the monarch's eldest son always hold?
Answer: Rothesay

Question: """We skipped the light fandango and turned cartwheels across the floor"" are the opening words of which song?"
Answer: A Whiter Shade of Pale.

Question: Name either of the two Normandy beaches where US troops landed in WWII?
Answer: Omaha/Utah

Question: Who along with John Cleese wrote 'Fawlty Towers'?
Answer: Connie Booth

Question: In food, from which country do 'Tapas' originate?
Answer: Spain

Question: The 'Ounce' is the alternative name for which large feline predator?
Answer: The Snow Leopard