Question: Which is the second most highly populated town on the Isle of Man, Douglas being the first?
Answer: Ramsay

Question: What two word name is commonly given to the heavy, slow moving lizard that grows up to two feet in length and along with the Mexican Beaded Lizard is the only venomous lizard that lives in North America?
Answer: Gila Monster

Question: In Greek mytholgy what was the name of the giant man of bronze who protected an uninhabited island from pirates and invaders and who circled the island's shores three times a day whilst defending it?
Answer: Talos

Question: What is the second most highly populated town on the island of Anglesey, Holyhead being the first?
Answer: Llangefni

Question: What ten letter word do Americans use to call what we British call a torch?
Answer: Flashlight

Question: What eight letter word do americans use to call what we British call a dressing gown?
Answer: Bathrobe

Question: Which Spanish romantic painter who lived from 1746 to 1828 was responsible for works such as 'The Parasol' in 1777, 'Duchess of Alba' in 1795 and 'Witches Sabbath' in 1789 amongst others?
Answer: Francisco GOYA

Question: Hanged at Wandsworth prison in 1949 for killing six people, which British criminal was known as 'The Acid Bath Murderer'?
Answer: John HAIG

Question: Which famous animated character, first seen in 1953 in a feature called 'Cat Tails for Two' was usually wearing an over-sized sombrero, white shirt and trousers and red kerchief?
Answer: Speedy Gonzales

Question: The musical play 'Over the Rainbow' first shown in 2003 is a celebration of the life and music of which singer who died in 1996?
Answer: Eva Cassidy

Question: What name is given to the Roman Road that links the cities of Exeter and Lincoln?
Answer: Fosse Way

Question: The annual Three Choirs Festival alternates between Gloucester, Worcester and which other cathedral?
Answer: Hereford

Question: Which film of 2008, directed by Kathryn Bigalow tells the story of an elite bomb squad unit in Iraq who must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object is a potential bomb?
Answer: The Hurtlocker

Question: The musical play Stand Tall, first shown in 2011 is based on the story of which two characters from the Bible?
Answer: David And Goliath

Question: Which famous animated character, first seen in 1932, is portrayed as having a glass jaw? On occasions he has been knocked out by his rival's girlfriend and on other occasions even by her infant son.
Answer: Bluto

Question: Hanged at Bedford prison in 1962, which British criminal was responsible for the murder of scientist Michael Gregston in a lay-by in Bedfordshire? He claimed an alibi saying he had been in Rhyl on the night of the murder.
Answer: James Hanratty

Question: Which Swiss painter who lived from 1879 to 1940 was responsible for works such as 'The Red Balloon' in 1922, 'Landscape with Yellow Birds' in 1923 and 'Around the Fish' in 1926?
Answer: Paul KLEE

Question: Which venue in London hosts the annual Ideal Home Show?
Answer: Earl'S Court

Question: In which English town can you find a series of five roundabouts arranged in a circle known as The Magic Roundabout? In a 2009 poll by Britannica Rescue it was voted the 4th scariest junction in Britain.
Answer: Swindon

Question: What was the name of the policewoman who was shot and killed outside the Libyan embassy in London on April 17th 1984?
Answer: Yvonne FLETCHER

Question: Which English inventor was responsible for the introduction of the multi-spool spinning frame known as the Spinning Jenny in1764?
Answer: James Hargreaves

Question: Which disease is also known as Pertussis?
Answer: Whooping Cough

Question: Which Welsh vocalist who lived from 1915 to 1998 married Roger Moore in 1953, a marriage that lasted until 1961 when Moore left her and moved in with Italian actress Luisa Mattioli?
Answer: Dorothy Squires

Question: Which British inventor was responsible for the introduction of the rubber band in 1845?
Answer: Stephen Perry

Question: What was the name of the 40 year old policeman who on October 6th 1985 was killed during a series of riots on the Broadwater Farm housing estate in London?
Answer: Keith BLAKELOCK

Question: Which British pop group reached number one in the UK charts for the only time in their career on July 2nd 1977 with the song 'So You Win Again'?
Answer: Hot Chocolate

Question: Which American pop group reached number one in the UK charts for the only time in their career with the record 'When Will I See You Again'?
Answer: Three Degrees

Question: Which actress played the jilted Baroness Elsa Schraeder in the film The Sound Of Music?
Answer: Eleanor Parker

Question: What type of bird is a 'Silver Trumpeter'?
Answer: Swan

Question: What nationality was Marie Tussaud who founded the famous wax museum?
Answer: Swiss

Question: Khartoum is the capital of which country?
Answer: Sudan

Question: Which famous speech of 1936 began with the words, "At last I am able to say a few words of my own"?
Answer: Abdication Of Edward Viii

Question: Who was the only non-English person to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award during the 1980's, he was an Irishman and achieved the feat in 1985?
Answer: BARRY McGUIGAN

Question: Who won the Oscar for Best Film Director in 1986 for the film 'Out of Africa'?
Answer: Sidney Pollack

Question: A skillet is an alternative name for which cooking item?
Answer: Frying Pan

Question: In mythology, what was the name of the Greek Goddess of Wisdom?
Answer: Athena

Question: What type of fruit or vegetable is a Howgate Wonder?
Answer: Apple

Question: In jazz music, what instrument was Dizzie Gillespie famous for playing?
Answer: Trumpet

Question: Who was the only non-English person to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award during the 1970's, he was a Scotsman and achieved the feat in 1973?
Answer: Jackie Stewart

Question: What type of fruit or vegetable is a Pentland Javelin?
Answer: Potato

Question: In mythology, what was the name of the Greek Goddess of Marriage and Birth?
Answer: Hera

Question: What type of kitchen utensil is a ladle?
Answer: Spoon

Question: What is the name of the National Lottery draw where players pick five main numbers which can be any number between 1 and 50, then the players selects two different lucky star numbers from a pool of eleven balls?
Answer: Euromillions

Question: Which famous fictional schoolboy who first appeared in literature in 1982 and on TV in 1985, attended Neil Armstrong Comprehensive school along with his sister Rosie?
Answer: Adrian Mole

Question: Ex Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher now holds the position of Baroness of where?
Answer: Kesteven

Question: Which famous four part opera by Puccini ends with Musetta praying, Mimi dies, Schaunard discovers Mimi lifeless, Rodolfo cries Mimi's name in anguish and weeps helplessly?
Answer: La Boheme

Question: Which Scottish criminal, born in 1944 in Glasgow's Gorbals, was one of the city's leading gangland figures during the 1960's. In 1967 he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for murder. His autobiography and a TV show based on his life were entitles "A Sense of Freedom"?
Answer: Jimmy Boyle

Question: Isca Dumnoniorum is the Roman name for which southern city in England?
Answer: Exeter

Question: Ex Prime Minister Tony Blair was a member of Parliament for which constituency from 1983 to 2007?
Answer: Sedgefield

Question: What was the name of the IRA hunger striker who died in 1981 after a 66 day hunger strike?
Answer: Bobby Sands

Question: What was the name of the Irish intruder who in 1982 managed to gain access to the Queen's bedroom?
Answer: Michael Fagan

Question: What was the name of the horse ridden by Herbert Jones that trampled and killed suffragette Emily Davison during the 1913 Derby?
Answer: Anmer

Question: What was Bing Crosby's real first christian name?
Answer: Harry