Question: The 200th anniversary of which event was commemorated by the minting of £2 coin in 2007?
Answer: Abolition of the slave trade

Question: Whose autobiography was the best selling non-fiction book the UK in 2013, selling over 640,000 copies?
Answer: Alex Ferguson

Question: At which sporting event were 3 people killed by a terrorist bomb on 15 April 2013?
Answer: Boston Marathon

Question: Which is the only Anglican cathedral located in the present day county of Lancashire?
Answer: Blackburn

Question: Which poet wrote the 1936 poem which begins "Stop all the clocks, Cut off the telephone, Give the dog a juicy bone" ?
Answer: W H Auden

Question: In which year was Facebook launched, George Bush defeated John Kerry in the US Presidential Election and Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon?
Answer: 2004

Question: What was the world's 1st commercially produced jet airliner?
Answer: Comet

Question: Name either of the 2 football clubs in the French 1st division (Ligue 1) which are based on a Mediterranean island.
Answer: Ajaccio/Bastia

Question: Which English actress won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in a musical which was her screen debut, in 1964?
Answer: Julie Andres

Question: The rivers Kennet, Lea, Brent and Pang are all tributaries of which English river?
Answer: Thames

Question: Which soul singer, writer of the song Papa's Got a Brand New Bag died on Christmas Day 2006?
Answer: James Brown

Question: Give a year in the life of the father of genetics Gregor Mendel.
Answer: 1822 - 1884

Question: For what does the letter H stand in the pH scale?
Answer: Hydrogen

Question: What is the name of Australia's premier thoroughbred horse race, run on the first Tuesday in November?
Answer: Melbourne Cup

Question: Which fruit is known as pampelmousse in French?
Answer: Grapefruit

Question: In which 2013 film did Ben Stiller reprise a role played by Danny Kaye in a 1949 film?
Answer: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Question: VVhich author created the character Dr Tony Hill in the 1995 novel The Mermaids Singing?
Answer: Val McDermid

Question: Which band released the albums Regatta de Blanc and Ghost in the Machine?
Answer: Police

Question: In which city would you find the tallest cathedral tower in France?
Answer: Rouen

Question: Who became Leader of the Opposition when John Smith died in 1994?
Answer: Margaret Beckett

Question: Who replaced Carol Vorderman as co-host of Countdown in 2009?
Answer: Rachel Riley

Question: Which country joined the Commonweath in 1996, the only member never to be part of the British Empire?
Answer: Mozambique

Question: In which month does the USA celebrate Labour Day?
Answer: September

Question: According to the RSPB which is the most commonly found bird of prey in Britain?
Answer: Buzzard

Question: Who was the first king of the House of York?
Answer: Edward IV

Question: Which premiership football club has a badge showing a halo, a football, a scarf, a tree and a white flower?
Answer: Southampton

Question: Name Status Quo's only UK No.1 hit.
Answer: Down Down

Question: In which English county would you find the towns of Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow and Waltham Abbey?
Answer: Essex

Question: Which Dan Brown novel was the best selling fiction book in the UK in 2013, selling over 228,000 copies in its 1st week of publication?
Answer: Inferno

Question: Who is Secretary of State for the Depsrtment of Communities and Local Government?
Answer: Eric Pickles

Question: In which city were 62 people killed in a terrorist attack on a shopping mall on 21st September 2013?
Answer: Nairobi

Question: The county of West Yorkshire has two Anglican cathedrals, one is in Bradford, where. is the other?
Answer: Wakefield

Question: Which poet wrote the 1937 poem which begins "Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough, It isn't fit for humans now"?
Answer: John Betjeman

Question: In which year was Dolly the sheep born, Martina Hingis won Wimbledon, and Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole in the US presidential election?
Answer: 1996

Question: What was the world's first supersonic airliner to fly commercially?
Answer: Tupolev

Question: Which US actress won the Oscar for best Actress for her screen debut in a musical in 1968?
Answer: Barbara Streisand

Question: A particle of alpha radiation is a nucleus of an atom of which element?
Answer: Helium

Question: The rivers Tame, Dove, Derwent and Soar are tributaries of which English river?
Answer: Trent

Question: Which country music star, writer of the song Your Cheatin' Heart, died on New Year's Day 1953?
Answer: Hank Williams

Question: Which race run at Chantilly in June is often referred to as the French Derby?
Answer: Prix du Jockey Club

Question: In which 2013 film did Leonardo Di Caprio reprise a role played by Robert Redford in a 1974 film?
Answer: The Great Gatsby

Question: In which English county would you find the towns of Bedworth and Kenilworth?
Answer: Warwickshire

Question: In June 2013, which Asian telecommunications company unveiled the world's slimmest Smartphone, called the Ascend P6?
Answer: Huawei

Question: According to the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, which was ratified in 1951, no President may serve longer than what period?
Answer: 10 years (Two terms plus a maximum of two years having acceded as President under some other President's term).

Question: The bodies of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman from Soham were discovered in which year?
Answer: 2002

Question: In which country was the first CD made?
Answer: Germany

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the brother of both Zeus and Poseidon and was God of the Underworld?
Answer: Hades

Question: In which country would you find McGill University?
Answer: Canada

Question: The 'Arab Spring' uprising in Egypt during 2011 was inspired by the 'Jasmine Revolt' that had taken place in which country?
Answer: Tunisia

Question: Who is the only professional heavyweight boxer to have retired undefeated?
Answer: Rocky Marciano

Question: Which English football team began playing their home matches at Gresty Road in 1898 and are nicknamed 'The Railway Men'?
Answer: Crewe Alexandra

Question: What name is given to the yellow fluid that surrounds and lubricates cartilages in joints?
Answer: Synovial Fluid

Question: Which popular singer is the daughter of former Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis?
Answer: Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Question: Making its first appearance in the USA in 1906 the John Gabel Entertainer, became very popular. What was it an early example of?
Answer: A Juke Box

Question: By what name was William Joyce better known in the 1940's?
Answer: Lord Haw-Haw

Question: Who held the record for writing the most books per year consistently during the '70's & '80's?
Answer: Barbara Cartland

Question: Who writes the "Discworld" novels?
Answer: Terry Pratchett

Question: Which modern global electronics corporation started in 1938, selling dried Korean fish, vegetables and fruit to China?
Answer: Samsung

Question: In the film 'The Hunt for Red October' what was 'Red October'?
Answer: A Submarine

Question: What is the capital city of Malaysia?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: Who was the first person to be seen on Channel 4?
Answer: Richard Whiteley

Question: In 2013, the World's smallest stop-motion film 'A Boy And His Atom', was created by researchers at which company?
Answer: Ibm

Question: Which woman's first name was invented by the author Jonathan Swift?
Answer: Vanessa

Question: In which country is Graham Greene's "The Quiet American" set?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: Who was the Roman Goddess of the hunt and wild animals? She later took over from Luna as the Goddess of the moon.
Answer: Diana

Question: According to their advertising slogan who are: "The world's local bank."?
Answer: Hsbc

Question: Pearl Roundabout was the scene of political protests during 2011, in which country is it?
Answer: Bahrain