Question: How high is the post on which the ring and net are suspended in netball?
Answer: Ten

Question: Which organ in the body secretes insulin and glucagon to regulate blood sugar levels?
Answer: Pancreas

Question: Which Russian general led the defence of Moscow and the relief of Stalingrad during World War II?
Answer: Georgy Zhukov

Question: Which car manufacturer produced the 'Kitten'?
Answer: Reliant

Question: The Vinson Massif is the highest mountain area in which continent?
Answer: Antarctica

Question: What was the first name of the furniture maker Chippendale?
Answer: Thomas

Question: How many spoons are there in a full set of Apostle spoons?
Answer: 13

Question: A standard (Double 6) set of Dominoes contains how many dominoes?
Answer: 28

Question: The River Volga flows into which sea?
Answer: Caspian

Question: Found on bottles, what is the meaning of A.B.V.?
Answer: Alcohol By Volume

Question: How many squares are there on a standard Scrabble board?
Answer: 225

Question: In 'The Owl and the Pussycat' who performed the wedding?
Answer: The Turkey

Question: Which royal title is held by Prince Edward?
Answer: Earl of Wessex

Question: Which US multinational chain is named after a character in Moby Dick?
Answer: Starbucks

Question: How many astronauts have walked on the Moon?
Answer: 12

Question: Which title is held by Princess Margaret's son David Armstrong Jones?
Answer: Viscount Linley

Question: In what year did the last Moonwalk take place?
Answer: 1972

Question: In which decade was Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) founded by Colonel Harland Sanders?
Answer: 1930s

Question: What number lies between 19 and 17 at the bottom of a dartboard?
Answer: 3

Question: What are the periods of play in polo called?
Answer: Chukkas

Question: Known in English as "The Soldiers Song" is the national anthem of which European country?
Answer: Republic of Ireland

Question: Which letter in Morse Code is represented by Dot Dash?
Answer: A

Question: Who devised and created the Blake's Seven TV series?
Answer: Terry Nation

Question: Known in English as "Royal March", the national anthem of which country has no words?
Answer: Spain

Question: Semiotics is the study of what?
Answer: Signs

Question: Which English football club play home games at Roots Hall?
Answer: Southend United

Question: On board ship what is kept in a binnacle?
Answer: Compass

Question: In which British city was Saint Enoch's Railway Station?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: Which English football club are nicknamed the Shakers?
Answer: Bury

Question: Hagiology is a branch of Literature dealing with the lives and stories of whom?
Answer: Saints

Question: Which was the first London Underground railway line?
Answer: Metropolitan

Question: What name is given to a prison or cell on a US ship?
Answer: Brig

Question: In which English county can the Prime Minister's country house Chequers be found?
Answer: Buckinghamshire

Question: Which is generally considered to be Shakespeare's last play, written in 1611?
Answer: The Tempest

Question: 'Barwick Green' is the theme tune to which radio serial?
Answer: The Archers

Question: To within 1 year either side, in which year did the half crown cease to be legal tender in the U
Answer: 1970

Question: The US Presidential retreat Camp David is in which state?
Answer: Maryland

Question: To within 1 year either side - in which year did the sixpence cease to be legal tender in the UK?
Answer: 1980

Question: 'Approaching Menace' is the theme tune to which TV quiz show?
Answer: Mastermind

Question: What is the world's most southerly national capital city?
Answer: Wellington

Question: In what year was the old age pension introduced in the UK?
Answer: 1909

Question: Which motorway connects London to Swansea?
Answer: M4

Question: In Star Wars what alien species is Chewbacca?
Answer: A Wookiee

Question: In terms of population what is New Zealand's largest city?
Answer: Auckland

Question: Who was Prime Minister when pensions were introduced?
Answer: H H Asquith

Question: Number One Canada Square, London, is better known as what name?
Answer: Canary Wharf

Question: Where on the body would you wear puttees?
Answer: Legs

Question: In literature whose manservant was Bunter?
Answer: Lord Peter Wimsey

Question: Denmark Street in London is also known by what nickname?
Answer: Tin Pan Alley

Question: To within 1 year either side, in what year did the UK first win the Eurovision Song Contest?
Answer: 1967

Question: The Olympic Games of 1944 were cancelled - where would they have taken place?
Answer: London

Question: Hg is the chemical symbol for which element?
Answer: Mercury

Question: Who was the first English king of the House of Lancaster?
Answer: Henry IV

Question: Lapis Lazuli is a shade of which primary colour?
Answer: Blue

Question: Where were the first Winter Olympics held in 1924?
Answer: Chamonix

Question: In Mohs scale of hardness which mineral is rated Number One - i.e. the softest?
Answer: Talc

Question: What cut of beef is found between the rump and the fore rib?
Answer: Sirloin

Question: What is the only bird leather can be obtained from?
Answer: Ostrich

Question: When milk sours what acid is formed?
Answer: Lactic acid

Question: What grape is used to make Beaujolais wine?
Answer: Gamay

Question: Which singer won the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland in 1988 and so launched her international career?
Answer: Celine Dion

Question: Who said on the morning of her execution "I now know that patriotism is not enough"?
Answer: Edith Cavell

Question: In The Jeeves Stories by P. G. Wodehouse, one of the characters was called Mrs Spenser Gregson. What did Bertie Wooster usually call her?
Answer: Aunt Agatha

Question: What is the name of Tchaikovsky's symphony No. 6 in B minor?
Answer: Pathetique

Question: The Hill of Tara, ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland, lies in which Irish county?
Answer: Meath

Question: Which is usually considered to be the 6th book of the Old Testament?
Answer: Joshua

Question: Which American singer had a UK top 20 hit in 1963 with 'Deck of Cards'?
Answer: Wink Martindale

Question: Which species of deer, originally from South Asia but now with a large, feral population in England, is sometimes known as 'the barking deer'?
Answer: Muntjac

Question: To within a year, either way, in which year was "The Sky at Night" first broadcast on TV?
Answer: 1957

Question: In Norse mythology what was Bifrost?
Answer: The Rainbow Bridge

Question: In fiction which detective has a sidekick called Tinker?
Answer: Sexton Blake

Question: Patrick Clifton is a popular fictional character on children's television. By what name is he better known?
Answer: Postman Pat

Question: In his famous 'Iron Curtain" speech Churchill said the iron curtain stretched between two places. Name either.
Answer: Stettin/Trieste

Question: Mechanical models of the Solar system are named after which Irish Earl who was presented with an early model of one?
Answer: The Earl Of Orrery

Question: Which US State has the smallest population?
Answer: Wyoming

Question: Aristide Bruant and Jane Avril feature in the art of which French painter?
Answer: Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec

Question: Which geological epoch are we currently in?
Answer: The Holocene

Question: St Clare of Assisi is the Patron Saint of which everyday thing?
Answer: Television

Question: Which Indian God is usually depicted with the head of an elephant?
Answer: Ganesh

Question: Give a year in the life of John Bunyan?
Answer: 1628-1688

Question: Who replaced Steve Bruce as Manager of Sunderland in December 2011?
Answer: Martin O'Neill

Question: In October 2011 which militant separatist organisation declared an end to violent protest after 43 years?
Answer: Eta

Question: Asti Spumante is a white bubbly wine from Asti in Northern Italy. What is the name of the red wine from the same area?
Answer: Barbera