Question: Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, the first Irishman to receive the award?
Answer: W B Yeats

Question: Who will play M in the new Bond film Spectre?
Answer: Ralph Fiennes

Question: In which spacecraft did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth in April 1961?
Answer: Vostok (I)

Question: Gander Airport was used as a refuelling stop for transatlantic flights between the 1940s and the 1960s. In which Canadian province is it?
Answer: Newfoundland (And Labrador)

Question: England has been runner-up in the ICC World Cup three times, to West Indies in 1979, to Australia in 1987 and to which country in 1992?
Answer: Pakistan

Question: Who founded the charity helpline The Silver Line in 2012?
Answer: Esther Rantzen

Question: What type of vehicle is a Pashley Princess?
Answer: Bicycle

Question: I Capuleti e i Montecchi is an opera by Vincenzo Bellini based on which story?
Answer: Romeo And Juliet

Question: Which conductor is the musical director of the Halle Orchestra?
Answer: Mark Elder

Question: Who is the landlady of Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: Mrs Hudson

Question: England has twice been runner-up in the Rugby Union World Cup, to Australia in 1991 and to which country in 2007?
Answer: South Africa

Question: Help the Aged merged with which other charity in 2009 to form Age UK?
Answer: Age Concern

Question: The JCB Fastrac is what type of vehicle?
Answer: Tractor

Question: La Cenerentola is an opera by Gioachino Rossini based on which fairy story?
Answer: Cinderella

Question: The Formula One Canadian Grand Prix is held at a circuit on Île Notre- Dame in Montréal, named after which former driver?
Answer: Gilles Villeneuve

Question: Which part of the body is affected by nephritis?
Answer: Kidneys

Question: Saint Peter was martyred in about 64AD during the reign of which Roman Emperor?
Answer: Nero

Question: In the nursery rhyme There Was a Crooked Man, where did he find a crooked sixpence?
Answer: (On A Crooked ) Stile

Question: Which country, along with the UK, obtained special opt-outs from joining the euro in the original Maastricht Treaty?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Uptown Girl and Queen of My Heart were Number Ones for which boy band in 2001?
Answer: Westlife

Question: How many edges has a pentadecagon?
Answer: 15

Question: At which castle created by P G Wodehouse is Sebastian Beach a butler?
Answer: Blandings

Question: Who created Brookside and Hollyoaks?
Answer: Phil Redmond

Question: Smeaton’s Tower now stands on Plymouth Hoe. It was originally built as the third structure of which famous lighthouse?
Answer: Eddystone

Question: Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932, the citation reading ‘for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga’?
Answer: John Galsworthy

Question: In May 1961 who was the first American in space?
Answer: Alan Shepard

Question: From the 1970s many international passengers on charter flights cleared US customs during a refuelling stop at Bangor Airport. In which state is it?
Answer: Maine

Question: In the UK the detergent industry is an example of an oligopoly, where the market is dominated by a few sellers, in this case two, Unilever and which other company?
Answer: Proctor & Gamble

Question: By what one-word name is the more famous older sister of singer Solange Knowles known?
Answer: Beyoncé

Question: Who won the men’s long jump at the 1936 Olympics?
Answer: Jesse Owens

Question: Chandrika Kumaratunga was the first female President of which Asian country from 1994 to 2005?
Answer: Sri Lanka

Question: BPN, BPB and BPS are the National Rail codes for stations in which North West town?
Answer: Blackpool (North, Pleasure Beach And South)

Question: In the Bible who was the elder sister of Moses and Aaron?
Answer: Miriam

Question: Which chef created Melba toast and Peach Melba at the Savoy in London?
Answer: Auguste Escoffier

Question: Who launched the Skytrain as part of his low-budget airline in the 1970s?
Answer: Freddie Laker

Question: Which of the Mitford sisters was the mother of Max Mosley, former President of the FIA?
Answer: Diana

Question: Who composed Arrival of the Queen of Sheba in 1748?
Answer: George Frideric Handel

Question: The WTF is the governing body of which Summer Olympic sport?
Answer: Taekwondo (World Taekwondo Federation)

Question: The WCF is the governing body of which Winter Olympic sport?
Answer: Curling (World Curling Federation)

Question: Dance of the Reed Flutes is part of which ballet first performed in 1892?
Answer: The Nutcracker

Question: In which city is the Scotland Street School Museum?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: Which of the Mitford sisters had the middle name Valkyrie?
Answer: Unity

Question: Mrs Bridget McCluskey was headmistress of which school on TV for most of the 1980s?
Answer: Grange Hill

Question: Richard Flanagan won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North. What nationality is he?
Answer: Australian

Question: Which abstract expressionist painter married Lee Krasner in 1945?
Answer: Jackson Pollock

Question: What is the capital city of Puerto Rico?
Answer: San Juan

Question: What is the capital city of Bermuda?
Answer: Hamilton

Question: Name either of the Indians who have won the Man Booker Prize in this century
Answer: Kiran Desai or Aravind Adiga

Question: Who did Neil Kinnock replace as Leader of the Labour Party in 1983?
Answer: Michael Foot

Question: The Gulf of Bothnia is an arm of which sea?
Answer: Baltic

Question: Who is the manager of Aston Villa FC?
Answer: Tim Sherwood

Question: The aardvark is a nocturnal mammal native to which continent?
Answer: Africa

Question: The Beatles first singles to reach the top twenty, top five and number one in the UK all contained which word?
Answer: me (Love Me Do, Please Please Me And From Me To You)

Question: Who played the title character in the 1937 comedy film Oh, Mr Porter!?
Answer: Will Hay

Question: Which mountain completes the title of a short story by Ernest Hemingway first published in 1936 - The Snows of ________?
Answer: Kilimanjaro

Question: Boxers Randolph Turpin, Terry Downes and Alan Minter were British World champions at which weight?
Answer: Middleweight

Question: In which battle on Palm Sunday 1461 in Yorkshire did the Yorkists beat the Lancastrians with over 28000 killed?
Answer: Towton

Question: What are below the map of the island on the flag of Cyprus?
Answer: (Two) Olive Branches

Question: In which Shakespeare play is Launcelot Gobbo the servant to Shylock?
Answer: The Merchant Of Venice

Question: Quercivorous means feeding on the leaves of which tree?
Answer: Oak

Question: Which two words complete the names of these financial institutions Furness, Principality and Skipton?
Answer: Building Society

Question: To which family do Max and his daughters Lauren, and Abi belong in EastEnders?
Answer: Branning

Question: Poldark Pride and Kernow Imperial Stout are recent beers from Coastal Brewery in which county?
Answer: Cornwall

Question: Who was inaugurated as US President on March 4th 1861?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: In which county can you visit Kenilworth Castle?
Answer: Warwickshire

Question: Who is the youngest person to have a Number One single in the UK – he was 9 years old in 1972?
Answer: Jimmy Osmond (Long Haired Lover From Liverpool)

Question: The works of which architect include Cumberland Terrace in Regent’s Park and Marble Arch?
Answer: John Nash

Question: In which London borough is Canary Wharf?
Answer: Tower Hamlets

Question: Yorkshire Bank is a division of Clydesdale Bank which itself is owned by NAB. For what does the A stand in the bank NAB?
Answer: (National) Australia (Bank)

Question: Which composer was born on this day in Prague in 1841 – his Symphony number 9 in E minor From the New World is one of his most famous works?
Answer: Antonín Dvořák