Question: In a famous TV advert who declared that he was so impressed by the product that he bought the company?
Answer: Victor Kiam

Question: With a population of over 150,000 inhabitants, Trondheim is the third most highly populated city of which European country?
Answer: Norway

Question: In a famous TV advert which ran from 1968 to 2003 which famous product was advertised by several individuals including actor Gary Myers who starred in eleven of them between 1968 and 1984?
Answer: Milk Tray

Question: What was Buster Keaton's real first name?
Answer: Joseph

Question: Ridden by a policeman named George Scorey, what was the name of the white horse used to clear the Wembley pitch at the 1923 FA Cup Final between Bolton and West Ham?
Answer: Billie

Question: What is the name of the traditional throwing game, popular in fairgrounds, that features the head of an old woman with a clay pipe in her mouth?
Answer: Aunt Sally

Question: Which famous novel of 1930 centres on the death of a character named Colonel Protheroe?
Answer: Murder At The Vicarage

Question: With a population of over 170,000 inhabitants, Szeged is the third most highly populated city of which European country?
Answer: Hungary

Question: Which comedy series, shown on Channel 4 in 2008 features four main characters called Will, Simon, Jay and Neil?
Answer: The Inbetweeners

Question: Which ex heavyweight boxing champion's last ever fight took place on June 11th 2006 and ended in a defeat by Ireland's Kevin McBride in Washington DC?
Answer: Mike Tyson

Question: What was the name of the boy in the book "The Railway Children" who was brother to Roberta and Phillys?
Answer: Peter

Question: Which famous event that occurred on 30th January 1972 is sometimes called The Bogside massacre?
Answer: Bloody Sunday

Question: In the book "Tom Brown's Schooldays" what was the name of the school bully that Tom and his friend Harry eventually defeat in a fight after enduring several months of bullying?
Answer: Flashman

Question: Which ex heavyweight boxing champion's last ever fight took place on November 22nd 1998 and ended in a defeat by American Shannon Briggs in Atlantic City?
Answer: George Foreman

Question: Stretching a total of 264 miles, which is New Zealand's longest river?
Answer: Waikato

Question: What type of fruit is a Naartjie?
Answer: Orange Or Mandarin

Question: What is the name of the thoroughfare that Harry Potter lived with his Uncle's family?
Answer: Privet Drive

Question: What French word for a month of the year is the same as the English word for a planet?
Answer: Mars

Question: What French word for a month of the year is the same as the English word for a girl's name?
Answer: Avril

Question: Which is the most heavily populated city in China?
Answer: Shanghai

Question: The song "Leaving on a jet plane" was a number 1 hit for "Peter, Paul and Mary" in 1970. Which successful recording artist wrote this song?
Answer: John Denver

Question: Royal Chantenay is a variety of what fruit or vegetable?
Answer: Carrot

Question: Which author created the crime solving character Lord Peter Wimsey?
Answer: Dorothy L. Sayers

Question: Which author created the crime solving character Jane Tennyson?
Answer: Lynda La Plante

Question: Champagne is a variety of what fruit or vegetable?
Answer: Rhubarb

Question: The song "Mighty Quinn" was a number 1 hit for "Manfred Mann" in 1968. Which successful recording artist wrote this song?
Answer: Bob Dylan

Question: Which is the most heavily populated city in Brazil?
Answer: Sao Paulo

Question: There are only three coniferous trees native to the British Isles. The Scots Pine and the Yew are two native species, what is the third?
Answer: Juniper

Question: In the Beijing Olympics, Britain's only Boxing gold medal was won by whom?
Answer: James De Gale

Question: In which battle of 1513 was the Scottish king James IV killed?
Answer: Flodden

Question: Before 1966 the Republic of Botswana was a protectorate of the British Government and was known as what?
Answer: Bechuanaland

Question: Maggie Pollit and her husband Brick were the central characters in which classic play and later film
Answer: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

Question: Which two words complete the old proverb, "Dilligence is the mother of ........... ?
Answer: Good Luck

Question: The results of the 2012 RSPB national survey of birds shows the House Sparrow to be the most common bird to be seen in the UK. What is the second most common bird to be seen in the UK overall?
Answer: Starling

Question: The House Sparrow was also found to be the most commonly seen bird in Wales and in Wrexham. The second most commonly seen bird to be seen in Wales and in Wrexham was not the Starling, whay was it?
Answer: Blue Tit

Question: Near which local village does the river Gwenfro rise?
Answer: Bwlchgwyn

Question: Which coniferous species of tree now found in Britain, introduced from other countries, is unique in that it sheds its yellow needles in Autumn, making it Britain's only deciduous conifer?
Answer: Larch

Question: In the Beijing Olympics Britain did particularly well in swimming and cycling but in other sports less well. Louis Smith won a Bronze medal, but was our only medal winner in which sport?
Answer: Gymnastics

Question: Born in Holland, who is regarded as the finest woodworker to have worked in England. Noted for his Baroque garlands of still life framing mirrors and doorways, examples of his workmanship are seen in many buildings including St Paul's, Hampton Court and Bleheim palaces.
Answer: Grinling Gibbons

Question: In which battle of 1403 was Henry Percy, known as Hotspur, killed?
Answer: Shrewsbury

Question: Before 1966, the kingdom of Lesotho was a British crown colony with what name?
Answer: Basutoland

Question: Jimmy Porter and his wife Alison were the central characters in which classic play and later film?
Answer: Look Back In Anger

Question: Which two words complete the old proverb, "A mackerel sky is never ......?
Answer: Long Dry

Question: ANAGRAMS - Which country is an anagram of the capital of Peru?
Answer: Mali

Question: ANAGRAMS - Which country is an anagram of the female film star famous mostly for her roles in "When Harry met Sally" and "Sleepless in Seattle"?
Answer: Germany

Question: Sporting firsts - Who was the first British cyclist to win the "green jersey" in the Tour de France? (The green jersey is for the leader in the points classification and is awarded to the champion sprinter)
Answer: Mark Cavendish

Question: Which general introduced martial law in Poland in 1981?
Answer: Jaruzelski

Question: Which natural food item is named after American John McAdam?
Answer: Macadamia Nuts

Question: Which group had number 1 hits in the 1980's with "It's a sin", "Heart" and " Always on my mind"?
Answer: Pet Shop Boys

Question: Which Russian composer wrote 15 symphonies, 6 concertos, an opera called "The Nose" and a ballet called "The Age of Gold"? He was born in St Petersburg and was a firefighter in the siege of Lenningrad.
Answer: Shostkovich

Question: The film director Oliver Stone won 2 "Best Director" oscars. His first in 1987 was for "Platoon". His second, in 1990, was for what film?
Answer: BORN ON THE 4th OF JULY

Question: In the chemical Periodic Table how many chemical elements are included in the group reffered to as the Halogens?
Answer: 5

Question: In the chemical Periodic Table how many chemical elements are included in the group reffered to as the Noble Gases?
Answer: 6

Question: The film director Milos Foreman won 2 "Best Director" oscars. His first in 1976 was for "One flew over the Cuckoos Nest". His second, in 1985, was for what film?
Answer: Amadeus

Question: Sporting Firsts - Who was the first golfer for 35 years to achieve an "albatross" at the US Masters tournament this year? (an albatross is a score of three under par at any hole)
Answer: Louis Oosthuizen