Question: Which of Hector Berlioz's operas is based on "Much Ado About Nothing”?
Answer: Beatrice et Benedict

Question: The winner of the Nobel prize for Literature in 1932, who wrote "Forsyte Saga"?
Answer: The John Galsworthy

Question: According to the Holy Bible, in order to marry which woman did King David send her husband, Uriah the Hittite, to meet his death in battle?
Answer: Bathsheba

Question: Who crowned Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, in 1804?
Answer: Himself

Question: King Khalid international airport serves which capital city?
Answer: Riyadh

Question: Prince Orlofsky, the maid Rosalinde, Dr Falke and the jailer Frosch, are all characters in which operetta, first performed in 1874?
Answer: Die Fledermaus

Question: Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun"?
Answer: Lulu

Question: By what one-word name is the painter, born around 1260 in Siena with the surname di Buoninsegna, usually known?
Answer: Duccio

Question: Who played King Henry the Eighth opposite Paul Scofield's "Sir Thomas More" in the 1966 film, "A Man for all Seasons"?
Answer: Robert Shaw

Question: The American state of Georgia is known by what official nickname?
Answer: The Peach State

Question: Who wrote the book on which Tchaikovsky based his opera, "Eugene Onegin"?
Answer: Alexander Pushkin

Question: The late-medieval musical instrument known as a psaltery was an early form of what later stringed instrument?
Answer: The Zither

Question: Despite its name how many bytes are actually in a kilobyte?
Answer: 1024

Question: Who wrote the 1902 poem Sea Fever?
Answer: John Masefield

Question: Who was the first Chancellor of the re-united Germany in 1990?
Answer: Helmut Kohl

Question: In which UK town or City is the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts?
Answer: Gateshead

Question: What was the name of the character played by Jodie Foster in the 1991 film “Silence of the Lambs”?
Answer: Clarice Starling

Question: Which premiership Football team have the nickname “The Cherries”?
Answer: Bournemouth

Question: In which City is the Musical “The Flower Drum Song” set ?
Answer: Sanfrancisco

Question: Which composer’s music is featured in the 1979 Woody Allen “Manhattan”?
Answer: George Gershwin

Question: How was Nigel Pargetter controversially killed off in the Archers in 2011?
Answer: Fell Off A Roof

Question: Of which Canadian Province is Winnipeg the capital city?
Answer: Manitoba

Question: In which town or city is the oldest purpose built casino, being built in 1638?
Answer: Venice

Question: Which Shakespeare play is set in Illyria?
Answer: Twelfth Night

Question: With which sport is Dan Topolski (1945-2015) associated?
Answer: Rowing

Question: Who plays the title character in Foyle’s War?
Answer: Michael Kitchen

Question: Who plays the title role in the TV sitcom “Uncle”?
Answer: Nick Helm

Question: Name the oil tanker which ran aground off the Cornish Coast in 1967.
Answer: The Torrey Canyon

Question: Which European Politician was associated with “Ruby the Heart Stealer”?
Answer: Silvio Berlusconi

Question: Name the first French Formula One World Champion in 1985.
Answer: Alain Prost

Question: Of which country did Christina Kirchner become President in 2007?
Answer: Argentina

Question: In Greek Mythology who was the son of Thetis?
Answer: Achilles.

Question: Who wrote the 1987 Booker Prize Winner “Tiger Moon”?
Answer: Penelope Lively

Question: Jay McGuiness who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2015 was a member of which Pop Group that took a “hiatus” in 2014?
Answer: The Wanted

Question: Who was the last King of France 1830 – 1848?
Answer: LOUIS PHlLlPPE

Question: Who held the Government Post of Chancellor of the Exchequer during the 1926 General Strike?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: Who was the first female President of the Irish Republic in 1990?
Answer: Mary Robinson

Question: The Bees is the nickname of which Football League Club?
Answer: Brentord

Question: What was the nickname of Major Houlihan in the film and TV series MASH?
Answer: Hotlips

Question: The River Tigris rises in which country ?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Which stage musical based on a 1950 Oscar winning film was first staged in 1993?
Answer: Sunset Boulevard

Question: Which is the largest coffeehouse chain in Britain?
Answer: Costa Coffee

Question: In which town or City' is the Worlds oldest Zoo?
Answer: Vienna

Question: Who was the architect of the United Nations Building in New York City?
Answer: Le Corbusier

Question: The Forest of Arden is the setting for which Shakespeare Play?
Answer: As You Like It

Question: Major Walter Wingfield is associated with which sport?
Answer: Lawn Tennis

Question: Andy Street is the Managing Director of which major retailer?
Answer: John Lewis

Question: Who played Nessa in the TV Series Gavin and Stacey?
Answer: Ruth Jones

Question: Who directed the 1948 film Oliver Twist?
Answer: David Lean

Question: Who created the radio/TV character Count Arthur Strong?
Answer: Steve Delaney

Question: Which cruise liner capsized off the island of Giglio in 2012?
Answer: Costa Concordia

Question: Which metal is produced from the ore cinnabar?
Answer: Mercury

Question: Who wrote the memoir Path to Power in 1995?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Question: Which driver won the Formula One World Championship in 1964?\
Answer: John Surtees

Question: Who was the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate in the USA 2008 Elections?
Answer: Sarah Palin

Question: Which goddess in Greek Mythology did the Romans identify with Diana?
Answer: Artemis

Question: In which UK County is the village of Stilton?
Answer: Cambridgeshire

Question: Which pop group did Zayn Malik leave in March 2015?
Answer: One Direction

Question: Who became the first King of a unified Italy in 1861?
Answer: Victor Emmanuel

Question: What was the treaty which concluded the War of Spanish Succession in 1713?
Answer: The Treaty Of Utrecht

Question: Whom did Idi Amin depose in the 1971 coup in Uganda?
Answer: Milton Obote

Question: Who was killed in Mexico by Ramon Mercador in 1940?
Answer: Leon Trotsky

Question: What kind of animal is a dark Cornish?
Answer: Chicken

Question: A statue of whom was unveiled in Parliament Square London in 2015?
Answer: Ghandi

Question: Who presented Police Five on television?
Answer: Shaw Taylor

Question: Who has won Best Leading Actor Oscars for his roles in ‘Milk’ and ‘Mystic River’?
Answer: Sean Penn

Question: Which country staged the final of the 2012 EUFA European Championship?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: ‘All American Prophet’, ‘Baptize Me’ and ‘l am Africa’ are songs from which musical, currently playing at the Prince of Wales theatre?
Answer: The Book of Mormon

Question: Which Irish-born ballerina, who died aged 102 in 2001, founded the Royal Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet?
Answer: Ninette de Valois

Question: Which is the third most populous city in Scotland after Glasgow and Edinburgh?
Answer: Aberdeen

Question: What is the capital of the former USSR republic of Tajikistan?
Answer: Dushanbe

Question: Hamilcar Barca was the father of which famous general, born in 247BC?
Answer: Hannibal

Question: Denis Waterman is the only original cast member still starring in which TV series about the Met’s Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad?
Answer: New Tricks

Question: How many strings are there on a standard violin?
Answer: Four

Question: In which city can you see the original statue of Michelangelo’s David?
Answer: Florence

Question: Which is the world’s largest antelope?
Answer: (Giant) Eland

Question: Who wrote the 1848 novel 'Vanity Fair’?
Answer: William Makepeace Thackeray

Question: In the SI system of units, which prefix indicates a unit 1,000 times smaller than the basic unit?
Answer: Milli-

Question: Name one of the two colours that appear on the national flag of Bangladesh?
Answer: Green, Red