Question: Which musical instrument was played by Sugar Kane in Some Like It Hot?
Answer: Ukelele

Question: What's the trick of riding on a hand rail using skates or a skateboard called?
Answer: Grinding

Question: Which famous singer made this quote "I don't know anything about music, in my line you don't have to"?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: In what year was the Berlin Wall erected?
Answer: 1961

Question: When the car carrier Hoegh Osaka capsized between Southampton and the I.O.W. which hazard was it trying to avoid?
Answer: Bramble Bank

Question: Edward Norton, EricBana and Mark Ruffalo have all played which character on film?
Answer: The Hulk

Question: Which country’s cricket team played for the first time in the 2015 World Cricket Cup?
Answer: Afghanistan

Question: In 1918 the right to vote was granted to British women over what age?
Answer: 30

Question: El Capitan was free climbed is January 2015 - in which US National Park is it found?
Answer: Yosemite

Question: Give a year in the life of Pieter Bruegel the elder?
Answer: 1525-1569

Question: Who was the last leader of the Liberal Part?
Answer: David Steel

Question: Sylvester Stallone appeared in adverts for which company in 2015?
Answer: Warburtons Bread

Question: Whlch board game was invented by Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938?
Answer: Scrabble

Question: On which puppet series was the phrase “anything can happen in the next half hour” spoken?
Answer: Stingray

Question: What was J.F.K. airport originally called?
Answer: Idlewild

Question: The opera King Priam is by which English Composer?
Answer: Michael Tippety

Question: Which musician and songwriter is the subject of the 2015 film Love and Mercy?
Answer: Brian Wilson

Question: What is the name of the Egyptian Staff which had a cross and handle on it?
Answer: Ankh

Question: In which country was the celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck brn?
Answer: Austria

Question: Madame Arcati appears in which Noel Coward play?
Answer: Blithe Spirit

Question: The estate Stratfield Save was given to which historical figure by a grateful nation?
Answer: Duke Of Wellington

Question: What nom de plume was adopted by the writer Joel Chandler Harris?
Answer: Uncle Remus

Question: Capoeira is a non contact combat sport from which country?
Answer: Brazil

Question: How many seats do the SNP have in Parliament?
Answer: 56

Question: What is the name of the Italian island close to the North African coast that was first to have an influx of refugees?
Answer: Lampedusa

Question: In which Scottish county is the famous St. Andrews Golf Club?
Answer: Fife

Question: Maidstone stands on which river?
Answer: Medway

Question: Which character was played on film by Robert Taylor and on TV by Roger Moore?
Answer: Ivanhoe

Question: Mount Kinabalu is the highest peak in which Asian country'?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: After having a sex change what Christian name did Frank Maloney use?
Answer: Kellie

Question: Who wrote the book Saturday and Sunday Morning?
Answer: Alan Sillitoe

Question: Give a year in the life of Johann Strauss?
Answer: 1804-1849

Question: Which Shakespearian tragedy was turned into a 2011 film starring Ralph Fiennes in the title role?
Answer: Coriolanus

Question: Theakstons brewery is based in which Yorkshire town ?
Answer: Masham

Question: In which cartoon series would you find the Slide Brothers?
Answer: Wacky Races

Question: Willy Loman is the central character in which play?
Answer: Death Of A Salseman

Question: Which major sportswear manufacturer was found in 1964 and has its headquarters in Oregon USA?
Answer: Nike

Question: What was the original name of Manchester Airport?
Answer: Ringway

Question: In the books by W.E. Johns what is the full surname of the character known as Biggles?
Answer: Bigglesworth

Question: From which country did drug baron Pablo Escobar come?
Answer: Colombia

Question: In which southern French city is the Malson Carree, one of the best preserved temples from the Roman era?
Answer: Nimes

Question: Which of the Wombles was named after a European Country?
Answer: Great Uncle Bulgaria

Question: Which car company patented the 3-point seatbelt system but lets every car company use it?
Answer: Volvo

Question: Who, after the 2015 General Election is the 'Father of the House’?
Answer: Gerald Kaufman

Question: The Dwarf Lantern and Spined Pygmy are the smallest types of which sort of fish?
Answer: Shark

Question: Named after the Maori word for ‘shark’ which Is the fastest swimmer among the sharks - it can reach speeds of over So mph?
Answer: (Shortfin) Mako

Question: Rachel Verinder and Gabriel Betteredge are characters in which novel of 1868?
Answer: The Moonstone

Question: The 'Dead Undead’ was the original title of which novel of 1897?
Answer: Dracula

Question: On which motorway would you find the Norton Canes service area?
Answer: M6 Toll

Question: In the folksong ‘Maggie May' how is Maggie punished for her transgressions?
Answer: Transportation

Question: In Greek myth, name any one of the Fates or Moirai.
Answer: Atropos, Clotho, Lachesis

Question: What make and model of car was named European Car of the Year 2015?
Answer: Volkswagen Passat

Question: Which breed of dog was Supreme Champion at Crufts 2015?
Answer: Scots Terrier

Question: For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did Patricia Arquette win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?
Answer: Boyhood

Question: What is lithology the study of?
Answer: Rocks

Question: For which film at the 2015 Oscar Awards did J K Simmons win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor?
Answer: Whiplash

Question: Who wrote the 1902 children’s story ‘5 Children and It’?
Answer: E. Nesbitt

Question: Who was the female designer of Kate Middleton’s wedding dress for her marriage to Prince William?
Answer: Sarah Burton

Question: Which modern children’s author, a former Children’s Laureate, wrote ‘4 Children and It’ in 2012?
Answer: Jacqueline Wilson

Question: Which word, meaning to deliberately spoil a snapshot was designated as the Collins Dictionary word of the year for 2014?
Answer: Photobomb

Question: To within a year either side, in which year was the congestion charge introduced in London?
Answer: 2003

Question: In Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories series of books, the Vikings are described as Vicious. Which adjective is used to describe the Tudors?
Answer: Terrible

Question: 'Swear It Again’ was the first No. 1 album for which group in 1999?
Answer: Westlife

Question: In Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories series of books, the Vikings are described as Vicious. Which adjective is used to describe the Stuarts?
Answer: Slimy

Question: Disc brakes were invented in 1902 by which British car manufacturer?
Answer: Frederick Lanchester

Question: Mussorgsky’s composition ‘Pictures At An Exhibition’ was inspired by which painter’s works?
Answer: Viktor Hartmann -

Question: Mussorgsky’s composition ‘Night on a bare mountain’ depicts a Witches Sabbath on the eve of which saints day?
Answer: Saint John

Question: What sort of machine was invented in 1879 by the American James Ritty?
Answer: Cash Register

Question: In which Midwestern US state is Northwestern University based?
Answer: Illinois

Question: Osculation is a more scientific term for which common activity?
Answer: Kissing

Question: Given by the British tabloid press, what is the nickname of Mazher Mahmood, a journalist who devised various stings involving celebrities?
Answer: The Fake Sheikh

Question: In which US state is Northeastern University based?
Answer: Massachusetts Boston)

Question: Who won the 2015 final of BBC TV series Masterchef?
Answer: Simon Wood

Question: Which revolutionary general had the real name Jose Doroteo Arango (Francisco) Arambula?
Answer: Pancho Villa

Question: In which country was the first Women's Institute founded in 1897?
Answer: Canada

Question: Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital of which Asian country?
Answer: Brunei