Question: Which Welsh pirate, born in 1635, was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Jamaica in 1675?
Answer: Henry Morgan

Question: Who became the first President of Mozambique upon the country gaining independence from Portugal?
Answer: Somora Machel

Question: Which song was a hit for 'The Red Hot Chili Peppers' in 1992 and 'All Saints' in 1998?
Answer: 'Under The Bridge'

Question: Who was the Japanese Prime Minister from 1941-1944 who was later executed for war crimes?
Answer: Hideki Tojo

Question: Which household devise was invented by Alva Fisher in 1906?
Answer: Washing Machine

Question: Which of Verdi's operas tells the story of the hunchbacked jester to the 'Duke of Mantua'?
Answer: 'Rigoletto'

Question: Which British battleship was sunk by a German U-boat in Scapa Bay in October 1939?
Answer: H.M.S. Royal Oak

Question: With which Basketball team did Michael Jordan win six NBA titles?
Answer: Chicago Bulls

Question: Who was the British Prime Minister at the time of the 'Peterloo Massacre' and the 'Cato Street Conspiracy'?
Answer: Earl Of Liverpool

Question: In 1958, which German politician became the first President of the European Commission?
Answer: Walter Hallstein

Question: Which town in Denmark is home to the Lego Group and the original 'Legoland' theme park?
Answer: Billund

Question: What name was given to the republican political activists who supported the Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland in the US Presidential election of 1884 because they rejected the financial corruption associated with the Republican candidate James Blaine?
Answer: 'Mugwumps'

Question: Which town is the administrative centre of the Scottish county of Midlothian?
Answer: Dalkeith

Question: Which famous French aviator and writer gave his name to the international airport serving Lyon?
Answer: Saint-Exupury

Question: In particle physics, which fundamental constituent of matter is named after a word invented by the author James Joyce in his novel 'Finnegan's Wake'?
Answer: Quark

Question: The Hudson Strait separates mainland Canada from which island?
Answer: Baffin Island

Question: The small time Pool player who desires to prove himself by beating the legendary 'Minnesota Fats', what was the name of Paul Newman's character in the 1961 film 'The Hustler'?
Answer: 'FAST EDDIE FELSON' (accept either 'Fast Eddie' or 'Felson')

Question: The tune to Germany's national anthem derives from which composer's String Quartet in C major, composed in 1797?
Answer: Joseph Haydn

Question: If you suffered from 'Belonophobia' of what would you be afraid?
Answer: Needles

Question: Which Moroccan athlete was the first person to run the 5000m in under 13 minutes?
Answer: Said Aouita

Question: Which soft cheese takes its name from the Italian for 'sweet milk'?
Answer: Dolcelatte

Question: In which Italian city was George Eliot's novel 'Romola' set?
Answer: Florence

Question: Which body of water separates Borneo from the Malay Peninsula?
Answer: South China Sea

Question: The 1951 movie 'Follow The Sun', that starred Glenn Ford in the leading role, was a biographical film of the life of which American Golf legend?
Answer: Ben Hogan

Question: In the human body, what is affected by the disease Phlebitis?
Answer: Veins

Question: Which British engineer designed the Forth Bridge and the original Aswan Dam?
Answer: Benjamin Baker

Question: The name of which popular Italian dish is derived from the Latin for 'cooking pot'?
Answer: Lasagne

Question: On which Greek island was the novel 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' set?
Answer: Kefalonia

Question: In which modern day country is Yalta, the site of the famous meeting during World War II?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: Which fruit is affected by the benevolent fungus known as 'Noble Rot'?
Answer: Grape

Question: Who is the patron saint of Switzerland?
Answer: St. Nicholas

Question: The Holy Roman Empress Matilda was the daughter of which English king?
Answer: Henry I

Question: Which tree usually provides the wood used to make Highland Games cabers?
Answer: Larch

Question: In the fashion label DKNY, for what does either the ‘D’ or the ‘K’ stand?
Answer: Donna Karan (New York)

Question: Which figure from Greek mythology was depicted on the title page of the first publication of the map maker Mercator?
Answer: Atlas

Question: Who is the film star mother of actress Kate Hudson?
Answer: Goldie Hawn

Question: One player from Wolverhampton Wanderers was in the 1966 World Cup winning squad who was he?
Answer: Ron Flowers

Question: Actor Toby Stephens is the son of which famous actress?
Answer: Maggie Smith

Question: Which European city is home to the Gewandhaus Orchestra?
Answer: Leipzig

Question: What sort of creature is a Krait?
Answer: Snake

Question: Which Spanish airport is the regular destination for holidays in Benidorm?
Answer: Alicante

Question: How are comedians Paul & Barry Elliot better known?
Answer: The Chuckle Brothers

Question: Which fictional detective, created by Caroline Graham in novels such as 'Faithful Unto Death' and 'The Killing at Badgers Drift' features in a popular TV series?
Answer: (Tom) BARNABY

Question: For which film in 1950, starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter, did British actor George Sanders win the Oscar as Best Supporting Actor?
Answer: All About Eve

Question: Name the year: Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space; the Great Train Robbery took place; John Profumo resigned?
Answer: 1963

Question: If you drove a AMG performance luxury saloon car what make of car would you drive?
Answer: Mercedes Benz

Question: Which Manchester Brewery produces Jekyll's Gold?
Answer: Hyde'S

Question: Which wood was the one mainly used by Thomas Chippendale?
Answer: Mahogany

Question: The Russian rouble is made up of 100 what?
Answer: Kopecks

Question: Which film awards are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association?
Answer: Golden Globes

Question: Which British author wrote the 1996 Booker winning novel “Last Orders”?
Answer: Graham Swift

Question: The Austrian schilling was made up of 100 what?
Answer: Groschen

Question: Which organisations controlled trade and economic life in medieval times?
Answer: The Guilds

Question: How are comedians Giedroyc and Perkins better known?
Answer: Mel And Sue

Question: What was first published in Edinburgh between 1768 and 1771 thanks to the efforts of the 'Society of Gentlemen in Scotland'?
Answer: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Question: If you drove an M5 performance luxury saloon car what make of car would you drive?
Answer: Bmw

Question: Known for campaigning on green issues, who wrote a memoir titled 'Jolly Green Giant'?
Answer: Dr David Bellamy

Question: In which Classic book and film does the character Mr Kurtz appear?
Answer: Heart Of Darkness

Question: Which group had a 1967 hit with “Night of Fear”?
Answer: The Move

Question: Which group had a 1967 hit with “Paper Sun”?
Answer: Traffic

Question: Which writer wrote novels based on his own youthful experiences, science fiction and, in 1920, the massive "The Outline of History"?
Answer: H.G. Wells

Question: Which British author wrote the 1995 Booker winning novel “The Ghost Road”?
Answer: Pat Barker

Question: Whose autobiographical writings include Owning Up and Rum, Bum and Concertina?
Answer: George Melly

Question: Which Canadian city is the capital of Alberta state?
Answer: Edmonton

Question: What is the transverse portion of a cross shaped church known as?
Answer: Transept

Question: Which novelist was a King's Scholar at Eton, a policeman in Burma, a dishwasher in Paris and a Republican soldier in Spain?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: Name the year- The Beatles awarded the MBE; Winston Churchill died?
Answer: 1965

Question: Which English brewery produces a beer called 'Old Peculiar'?
Answer: Theakston'S

Question: Which actor, who played a TV policeman, had the real first name Aristoteles?
Answer: Telly Savalas