Question: Which festival originated in 1810 in celebration of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria, who later became King Ludwig I, to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen?
Answer: Oktoberfest

Question: Which town in County Fermanagh has a famous pottery works?
Answer: Belleek

Question: What household item has varieties called tumbler, cylinder and mortice?
Answer: Lock

Question: Since September 1997, what has been the rate of VAT on domestic fuel, the lowest permitted under EU law?
Answer: 5%

Question: Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl were two thirds of which band, formed in Aberdeen (Washington State) whose albums include "Bleach" and "In Utero"?
Answer: Nirvana

Question: The name of the NRL rugby league club Manly is completed by what animal-related name?
Answer: Sea Eagles

Question: What is the smallest Asian country in both population and land area?
Answer: Maldives

Question: Who succeeded Dale Winton as presenter of 'Pick of the Pops' in 2010?
Answer: Tony Blackburn

Question: Who plays Miranda Hart's mother in the TV series "Miranda" and is seen dancing with her in the closing credits?
Answer: Patricia Hodge

Question: What single word can be a piece in chess and in draughts and a playing card?
Answer: King

Question: The logo of which worldwide transport conglomerate is a 7-pointed white star on a blue field?
Answer: Maersk

Question: The 2010 Winter Olympic skiing and sliding events took place in what town, approximately 75 miles north of Vancouver?
Answer: Whistler

Question: What is the name of the rock from which traitors were hurled to their death in Ancient Rome?
Answer: Tarpeian

Question: Portia Simpson-Miller became the first woman Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country?
Answer: Jamaica

Question: What name for a female servant is taken from the wife of Nabal in the Old Testament, after whose death she married David?
Answer: Abigail

Question: Which actor, who played a Bond villain, was a first cousin of Ian Fleming?
Answer: Christopher Lee

Question: What veteran singer songwriter released the 2011 album "50 Words For Snow"?
Answer: Kate Bush

Question: St Mungo also known as St Kentigern is patron city of which UK city?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: What form of food poisoning is derived from the Latin word for a sausage?
Answer: Botulism

Question: Who is the regular presenter of 'The Official Chart' on Radio One?
Answer: Reggie Yates

Question: Which word is used for an unnatural craving for unsuitable food, often exhibited during pregnancy?
Answer: Pica

Question: In which sport or game can there be 'Open Pairs' and 'Swiss Teams' tournaments?
Answer: Bridge

Question: Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem claims to be the oldest pub in England, in which city is it?
Answer: Nottingham

Question: The Lusitania was sunk, with much loss of life, on May 7th of which year?
Answer: 1915

Question: For what commodity is Alkmaar in Holland famous?
Answer: Cheese

Question: Michael Phelps has won 22 Olympic medals, more than any other person, how many of these were Gold?
Answer: 18

Question: In which city was the Alfa Romeo car company founded in 1910?
Answer: Milan

Question: Which common English word is derived from the ancient Greek word meaning 'a place for viewing'?
Answer: Theatre

Question: In which county is Peveril Castle?
Answer: Derbyshire

Question: Who raised the land speed record to over 394mph driving the Railton Special in 1947, he died on Loch Ness in 1952 in an attempt to break the water speed record?
Answer: John Cobb

Question: Who was the architect for the proposed Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral begun in 1933 of which only the crypt was completed?
Answer: Edwin Lutyens

Question: Who, in 1947 at the age of 31, became the youngest Cabinet Minister since Pitt the Younger when he was appointed President of the Board of Trade?
Answer: Harold Wilson

Question: Pennsylvania borders which of the Great Lakes?
Answer: Lake Erie

Question: After whom is the oyster dish, invented in New Orleans in 1899, named because of the intense richness of the sauce?
Answer: (Oysters) Rockefeller

Question: What is the name of the huge pre-Roman hill fort near Dorchester?
Answer: Maiden Castle

Question: Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries in South America, name the other.
Answer: Paraguay

Question: What is the currency of Bolivia?
Answer: Boliviano

Question: Which TV sitcom is about the Brockman family?
Answer: Outnumbered

Question: In which ballet does the Sugar Plum Fairy appear?
Answer: Nutcracker

Question: In which sport or game is Judit Polgar the highest ranked female although she has never taken part in the Women's World Championship?
Answer: Chess

Question: Who wrote the novel 'High Fidelity'?
Answer: Nick Hornby

Question: The airship Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed on May 6th of which year?
Answer: 1937

Question: Which US singer has had albums called 'Daydream', 'Butterfly', 'Rainbow' and 'Glitter'?
Answer: Mariah Carey

Question: In which town has the statue 'Verity' by Damien Hirst been installed?
Answer: Ilfracombe

Question: Who wrote the poetry collection 'The Whitsun Weddings'?
Answer: Philip Larkin

Question: Adelaide, South Australia lies on which river?
Answer: Torrens

Question: Ye Olde Fighting Cocks appears in the Guinness Book of Records as England's oldest pub, in which town or city is it?
Answer: St Albans

Question: Who won an Oscar for her role as 'Mammy' in 'Gone With The Wind'?
Answer: Hattie McDaniel

Question: For what commodity is Keukenhof in Holland famous?
Answer: Tulips

Question: In 1856 a Lady Chapel had been completed intended as the first part of a new Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral but building was abandoned, who was the architect, famous for building over 100 churches and son of another famous architect?
Answer: EW Pugin

Question: In architecture what name is given to pillars carved to resemble female figures?
Answer: Caryatids

Question: Who wrote 'The Empire of The Sun'?
Answer: JG Ballard

Question: From which musical does the song 'If My Friends Could See Me Now' come?
Answer: Sweet Charity

Question: Which runner, who died in 2011, broke the world marathon record by 2 minutes at her first attempt, she won the New York marathon nine times and London twice?
Answer: Grete Waitz

Question: Sephardic Jews were exiled from which country (Sepharad is the Hebrew name for that country)?
Answer: Spain

Question: Wyatt's rebellion was raised to oppose a proposed marriage involving which monarch?
Answer: Queen Mary

Question: Who resigned from the post of Home Secretary in 1972 because of his involvement with the architect John Poulson?
Answer: Reginald Maudling

Question: What was the alias used by Salman Rushdie during his period in hiding after his 1989 fatwa? It is also the title of his latest book.
Answer: Joseph Anton

Question: Minnesota borders which of the Great Lakes?
Answer: Lake Superior

Question: Who created the detective 'Jack Frost'?
Answer: RD Wingfield

Question: What is the name given to the part of Australia's Highway 1 which runs from Port Augusta, South Australia to Darwin? It is named after the first European to cross Australia from south to north.
Answer: Stuart Highway

Question: What kind of arcade machine might have flippers, bumpers and stand-up targets and be stopped by a 'tilt'?
Answer: Pinball machine

Question: Which UK singer has had albums 'Spirit', 'Echo' and 'Glassheart'
Answer: Leona Lewis

Question: What is the name of the Lagoon that lies between Chesil Beach and the mainland?
Answer: Fleet Lagoon

Question: At the end of October 2012, New York and the east coast of America were battered by which hurricane?
Answer: Sandy

Question: Who composed the 'Warsaw Concerto'?
Answer: Richard Addinsell

Question: Name the only boxer to have held world titles in eight different weight divisions?
Answer: Manny Pacquiao

Question: Who created the Yorkshire detectives 'Dalziel and Pascoe'?
Answer: Reginald Hill