Question: What British comedy troupe featuring comedians Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding who play the characters Howard Moon and Vince Noir has since spawned stage shows, a six episode radio series, twenty television episodes for BBC Three and two live tours of the UK, as well as two live shows
Answer: in the United States?

Question: The Battle of Northampton was fought in which century?
Answer: 15th

Question: The Battle of Dungeness was fought in which century?
Answer: 17th

Question: In which British town or city is the National Railway Museum?
Answer: York

Question: Which 1968 film starring Jane Fonda was based on the French comics created by Jean-Claude Forest?
Answer: Barbarella

Question: Anne Boleyn was one of the two wives of Henry 8th to be executed, who was the other?
Answer: Catherine Howard

Question: On a traditional Monopoly board, Marylebone, King's Cross and Liverpool Street are three of the stations, name the fourth.
Answer: Fenchurch Street

Question: By what name is the medical condition adhesive capsulitis more commonly known?
Answer: Frozen shoulder

Question: About which pastime is Oscar Wilde reputed to have said "The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable"?
Answer: Foxhunting

Question: Of the teams playing in the current (2011-12) Premiership, which was the first to win the FA Cup, winning in 1884?
Answer: Blackburn Rovers

Question: Which 1980s pop group, lead singer Dave Gahan, took its name from a French fashion magazine?
Answer: Depeche Mode

Question: Titan, Rhea and Hyperion are all satellites of which planet?
Answer: Saturn

Question: What is the occupation of Figaro in the opera by Rossini?
Answer: Barber

Question: Which female wit is reputed to have said "Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you"?
Answer: Mae West

Question: Which British town or city is the centre of the postcode BS?
Answer: Bristol

Question: Before embarking on her solo career, Nicole Scherzinger was best known as the lead singer in which girl group?
Answer: Pussycat Dolls

Question: Which model of Ford car took its name from a 'light or west wind'?
Answer: Zephyr

Question: In which country is Mount Ararat (where Noah's Ark is reputed to have come to rest) the highest peak?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Which company manufactured the World War 2 `Stuka' dive- bomber?
Answer: Junkers

Question: Stanislas Wawrinka represents which country in international tennis?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Which British town or city is the centre of the postcode LS?
Answer: Leeds

Question: As one of his twelve Labours, Heracles was sent to Mount Erymanthos to capture which animal?
Answer: A boar

Question: According to the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar was the King of which region or empire?
Answer: Babylon

Question: The Churn, the Windrush, the Cherwell and the Mole are all tributaries of which major river?
Answer: Thames

Question: The name Cordelia first appeared in which writer's work?
Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: Name either of the editors who appeared in the first edition of Radio 4's 'The News Quiz'-in 1977.
Answer: Alan Coren, Richard Ingrams

Question: The satellites of which planet are nearly all named after Shakespearean characters?
Answer: Uranus

Question: On a traditional Monopoly board, Regent Street and Bond Street are two of the green properties, name the third?
Answer: Oxford Street

Question: Which is the only vertebrate animal, not a bird that is able to maintain flight for any duration?
Answer: Bat

Question: Which National Trust property contains the lake from which Colin Firth emerged in a BBC TV adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Answer: Lyme Park

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

Question: Which famous English poet died on St George's Day in 1850?
Answer: William Wordsworth

Question: Which city stands at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers?
Answer: Belgrade

Question: The name Wendy first appeared in which writer's work?
Answer: J M Barrie

Question: Which British Prime Minister sewed for the shortest total time in office (119 days)?
Answer: George Canning

Question: Before embarking on her solo career, Beyonce Knowles was best known as the lead singer in which girl group?
Answer: Destiny's Child

Question: By what name is the medical condition lateral epicondylitis more commonly known?
Answer: Tennis (or Shooter's or Archer's) Elbow

Question: Who has played Dick Tracy, Bugsy Siegel and Clyde Barrow on film?
Answer: Warren Beatty

Question: Pearl Roundabout has been a scene of political protests, in which city is it?
Answer: Manama

Question: Which TV period drama is based on the writings of Flora Thompson and features the characters Dorcas Lane, Thomas Brown and Laura Timmins?
Answer: Larkrise to Candleford

Question: Which company manufactured the World War 2 'A6M Zero' fighter aircraft?
Answer: Mitsubishi

Question: Who is the founder of the Wikileaks website?
Answer: Julian Assange

Question: In the grounds of which house is the Emperor Fountain?
Answer: Chatsworth

Question: Which model of Ford car took its name from an Italian alpine resort?
Answer: Cortina

Question: Whose film roles include Terry Malloy, Stanley Kowalski and Vito Corleone?
Answer: Marlon Brando

Question: Who was the first chairman of Radio 4's 'The News Quiz' in 1977, a role later filled for many years by Barry Took?
Answer: Barry Norman

Question: Who was named 'Person of the Year 2010' by Time Magazine, the youngest winner since the first award in 1927?
Answer: Mark Zuckerberg

Question: At 325m Beacon Batch is the highest point in which range of English hills?
Answer: Mendips

Question: As one of his twelve Labours, Heracles was sent to steal which animals from Diomedes?
Answer: Mares

Question: Whose last words were "Tomorrow I shall no longer be here"?
Answer: Nostradamus

Question: Used in cookery in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, what is `Jaggery'?
Answer: Sugar

Question: John Galliano was dismissed from his post as chief designer at which fashion house?
Answer: Dior

Question: Give a year in the life of author Franz Kafka.
Answer: 1883-1924

Question: What year did the Good Friday Agreement come into effect?
Answer: 1998

Question: What year did the burning of the Reichstag take place?
Answer: 1933

Question: Goodwood racecourse is in which county?
Answer: (West) Sussex

Question: Give a year in the life of author/poet Edgar Alan Poe?
Answer: 1809-1849

Question: What is the SI unit of magnetic flux?
Answer: Weber

Question: A coypu is a type of what?
Answer: (Beaverlike) Rodent

Question: Who composed the "Threepenny Opera"?
Answer: Kurt Weill

Question: What month in 1961 did the Bay of Pigs attack on Cuba take place?
Answer: April

Question: 'Windmills of your mind' was hit in 1969 for which artist?
Answer: Noel Harrison

Question: Which South American national team has won the Copa de America most times?
Answer: Uruguay

Question: Who composed the opera "The Merry Widow"?
Answer: Franz Lehar

Question: A quagga, now extinct, bore qresemblance to which other mammal?
Answer: Zebra

Question: Who played the role of the 'Riddle? in the 1960s TV series Batman?
Answer: Frank Gorshin

Question: Who wrote the novel "Lovely Bones"?
Answer: Alice Sebold

Question: Who wrote the play "Who's afraid of Virginia Wolf'?
Answer: Edward Albee

Question: How many times did Martina Navratilova win the Wimbledon woman's singles championship?
Answer: 9

Question: ES is the chemical symbol for which element?
Answer: Einsteinium

Question: The dunnock is more commonly known as what bird?
Answer: Hedge Sparrow

Question: Name the cricketer who played for Gloucestershire and England who scored 7,249 runs and 22 centuries in test matches?
Answer: Wally Hammond

Question: Lady's Slipper is a member of which plant family?
Answer: Orchid