Question: Which golfer, the first to complete a career Grand Slam - winning the four Majors at some time during his career, achieved a hole-in-one in the 1973 Open at Troon at the age of 71?
Answer: Gene Sarazen

Question: Who is the storyteller in the 'One Thousand and One Nights'?
Answer: Scheherazade

Question: Who formed the first Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus?
Answer: Julius Caesar

Question: The £2 coin was first issued in the UK in 1986 to celebrate which event?
Answer: Commonwealth Games

Question: Viti Levu and Vanua Levu are the two major islands that make up which country?
Answer: Fiji

Question: Which King of England was the son of Henry II and father of Henry III?
Answer: John

Question: Which singer's name has been in the title of two number 1 hits in 2011, by Cher Lloyd and Maroon 5?
Answer: Mick Jagger

Question: How is the number 2 written when expressed as a binary number?
Answer: 10

Question: The film 'The Third Man' was set in which city?
Answer: Vienna

Question: Lichfield and which other cathedral have three spires?
Answer: Truro

Question: The Alabama Three performed the theme song for which major US TV series?
Answer: The Sopranos

Question: All but three of the moons of Uranus are named after Shakespearean characters; the names of the other three are taken from a poem by whom?
Answer: Alexander Pope

Question: Which island is made up of three counties, Cornwall, Middlesex and Surrey?
Answer: Jamaica

Question: Paul McNamee, Mark Woodforde, Jonathan Stark and Leander Paes were the four men who partnered which woman to win the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, in 1985, 93, 95 and 2003?
Answer: Martina Navratilova

Question: Which chemical element has the Atomic Number 4 and is the first of the Alkaline Earth metals?
Answer: Beryllium

Question: The flag of which county has bands of four colours, a red vertical band at the hoist and horizontal stripes of green, white and black?
Answer: United Arab Emirates

Question: Which US President, in a State of the Union address, proposed four fundamental freedoms?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question: Who composed the violin concerto 'The Four Seasons'?
Answer: Antonio Vivaldi

Question: The symbols known as the 'Five Ks' are central to which religion?
Answer: Sikhism

Question: Who wrote the novel 'Slaughterhouse Five'?
Answer: Kurt Vonnegut

Question: 'Five Points' was the setting for which 2002 Martin Scorsese film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz and Liam Neeson?
Answer: Gangs of New York

Question: In 2010 Channel Five was taken over by The Northern & Shell Publishing Group which includes the Daily Express and Daily Star, who owns the company?
Answer: Richard Desmond

Question: In the children's TV series who was the pilot of fireball XL5?
Answer: Steve Zodiac

Question: No. 6 was the major character in which cult TV series?
Answer: The Prisoner

Question: Who, having been convicted in Paris of racism in September 2011, was ordered to pay a total of 6 Euros to his two victims and four anti racist campaign groups?
Answer: John Galliano

Question: What is the colour of the jacket worn by the no. 6 dog in a greyhound race?
Answer: Black and white stripes

Question: Which car company produced the Speed Six, famous for its race against the 'Blue Train', between 1926 and 1930?
Answer: Bentley

Question: The Six-Day War took place in which year?
Answer: 1967

Question: SIX is the principal stock exchange in which country?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Who was the commander-in-chief of the German 6th Army when it surrendered at Stalingrad in February 1943?
Answer: Friedrich Von Paulus

Question: Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World stood at Ephesus?
Answer: Temple of Artemis

Question: Which Dutch artist painted 'The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things' in approximately 1500?
Answer: Hieronymus Bosch

Question: In the Book of Proverbs who, in building her house, "hath hewn out her seven pillars"?
Answer: Wisdom

Question: Complete the name of the shopping district in the Covent Garden area of London, Seven
Answer: Dials

Question: 'Seven Tears' by The Goombay Dance Band reached no.1 in 1982, becoming only the second act from which European country to top the UK charts?
Answer: Germany

Question: Which Shropshire town is named after a seventh century king of Northumbria?
Answer: Oswestry

Question: Who was 'King's Painter' to Henry 8th who died, possibly from plague, in 1543?
Answer: Hans Holbein

Question: What is the popular name of Mahler's Symphony no. 8?
Answer: Symphony of a Thousand

Question: After-Eights are now made by Nestle, which company created them in 1962?
Answer: Rowntree

Question: Eight-ball is a popular version of which game?
Answer: Pool

Question: '8 Mile' was a 2002 film starring rapper Eminem, in which US city was it set?
Answer: Detroit

Question: Which TV sitcom features the Brockman family?
Answer: Outnumbered

Question: What is the name of Dvorak's ninth symphony?
Answer: From the New World

Question: Who composed a Symphony No. 0?
Answer: Anton Bruckner

Question: In Thomas Hardy's novels Casterbridge is based on which real town or city?
Answer: Dorchester

Question: In which town is the administrative headquarters of Wiltshire?
Answer: Trowbridge

Question: Which French wine region produces Pouilly-Fuisse?
Answer: Burgundy

Question: In which town Is the administrative headquarters of Buckinghamshire?
Answer: Aylesbury

Question: Which tree has the Latin name Ilex?
Answer: Holly

Question: The SI unit of energy is named after which Salford born brewer and physicist?
Answer: (James Prescot) JOULE

Question: Which bird appears as a supporter on the Australian coat of arms?
Answer: Emu

Question: What name is given to the untanned skins of sharks and rays?
Answer: Shagreen

Question: Which scientist was the first, in 1888, to demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves?
Answer: (Heinrich Rudolf) HERTZ

Question: Which bird appears of the state flag of Louisiana?
Answer: Pelican

Question: What name is given to the decorative articles made from marine animal's bones, teeth or tusks?
Answer: Scrimshaw

Question: Who were finally brought to justice in 1969 by Detective Chief Superintendent Leonard 'Nipper Read?
Answer: (Ronnie & Reggie) KRAY

Question: """Frankly my dear, I couldn't give a damn"" is a famous catchphrase spoken by which film character?"
Answer: Rhett BUTLER

Question: Which is the main river that flows through Toulouse?
Answer: Garonne

Question: Who, in 1923, wrote 'Toward An Architecture'?
Answer: Le Corbusier

Question: What name is given to birds that perch?
Answer: Passerine

Question: Which Tory minister resigned in 1992 following the revelation of his affair with Antonia de Sancha?
Answer: (David) MELLOR

Question: The Kray twins were convicted of the murder of George Cornell in which East End pub?
Answer: Blind Beggar

Question: Prior to Steve McClaren who was the last Englishman appointed as permanent England Manager?
Answer: (Kevin) KEEGAN

Question: Which word is used to describe egg laying mammals?
Answer: Monotreme

Question: Who, in 1776, wrote "The Wealth of Nations"?
Answer: (Adam) SMITH

Question: Which former Tory minister was convicted, in 1999, of perjury and perverting the course of justice?
Answer: (Jonathan) AITKIN

Question: In the TV series 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" for which company did he originally work?
Answer: Sunshine Desserts

Question: Who is the second most mentioned man in the Bible?
Answer: David

Question: The sackbut developed into which modern musical instrument?
Answer: Trombone

Question: Which country was the first to give women the vote?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: In which industry is the "Kimberly Process Certification Scheme" used?
Answer: Diamond

Question: Which English long distance path runs from Overton Hill near Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon?
Answer: Ridgeway