Question: In which English town or city is the Special Air Service (SAS) based?
Answer: Hereford

Question: What is the first line of the poem 'Home thoughts from Abroad' by Robert Browning?
Answer: Oh, to be in England

Question: According to its name, how big is the wood in `Winnie the Pooh'?
Answer: 100 acres

Question: Which rugby league player was nicknamed 'Chariots'?
Answer: Martin Offiah

Question: What name is given to two vowel-sounds pronounced as one syllable?
Answer: Diphthong

Question: Divine Comedy performed the title song to which very popular TV comedy series?
Answer: Father Ted

Question: Which European country's flag is the oldest in the world?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Horse racing trainers Evan, Ian, Stuart and Nick, share which surname with jockeys Darren and Christian?
Answer: Williams

Question: Which cologne, created in 1792, was named after the street number of the building in Glockengasse, Cologne where it was created?
Answer: 4711

Question: The Brooklyn Bridge crosses which river?
Answer: The East River

Question: Carrots are rich in which vitamin?
Answer: A

Question: In which group of islands are St Mary's, St Agnes and Bryher?
Answer: Scillies

Question: What name is given to a number sequence in which each term is the sum of the two preceding terms?
Answer: Fibonacci

Question: In `Winnie the Pooh', who lived in the 'House at Pooh Corner'?
Answer: Eeyore

Question: Which chocolate selection was launched in 1938 and is famous for the 'say it with ' advertising campaign?
Answer: Cadbury's Roses

Question: In which English port is the Special Boat Service (SBS) based?
Answer: Poole

Question: The Alabama Three performed 'Woke Up This Morning', the title song to which very popular crime series?
Answer: The Sopranos

Question: In which Ealing film comedy did Dennis Price kill off various members of the D'Ascoyne family?
Answer: Kind Hearts and Coronets

Question: Name either of the other two goddesses who were beaten by Aphrodite in the 'Judgement of Paris'?
Answer: Hera, Athena

Question: Which 20th century British Prime Minister was born in Broadstairs, Kent?
Answer: Edward Heath

Question: Who was Les Dennis's partner on 'The Laughter Show' before his early death in 1986?
Answer: Dustin Gee

Question: In which year was the 20p coin introduced and the word 'new' dropped from all newly minted coins in Britain?
Answer: 1982

Question: On which US ship was the World War 2 peace treaty with Japan signed?
Answer: USS Missouri

Question: Which Swedish tennis player won the men's singles title at Wimbledon from 1988 to 1990?
Answer: Stefan Edberg

Question: In meteorology what name is given to the technique of using substances such as silver iodide to increase precipitation?
Answer: Cloud Seeding

Question: What name is given to the Sunday at the start of Holy Week?
Answer: Palm Sunday

Question: Rubies and sapphires are varieties of which mineral?
Answer: Corundum

Question: What name is given to the mark placed over the second of two adjacent vowels to show that each is pronounced separately?
Answer: Diaeresis

Question: Milk and sunlight are good sources of which vitamin?
Answer: D

Question: Hans Wilhelm Langsdorf was captain of which German Battleship in World War 2?
Answer: Graf Spee

Question: In which daily newspaper does the political cartoon 'Nature Notes' appear?
Answer: Times

Question: Which Blue Peter presenter was a Chief Scout?
Answer: Peter Duncan

Question: The Battle of Blenheim (1704) took place in which war?
Answer: Spanish Succession

Question: Which group has reformed after 25 years but without founder member, songwriter and keyboard player Jerry Dammers?
Answer: The Specials

Question: When Gracie Fields sang the words: `...you're more than the whole world to me', to whom was she referring?
Answer: Sally

Question: In which city is the HQ of Volkswagen cars?
Answer: Wolfsburg

Question: Jockeys Richard, Jimmy, Paul and Amir, share which surname with trainers Micky and John?
Answer: Quinn

Question: What was the name of the English logician whose name is given to diagrams of mathematical sets, the areas intersecting where they have elements in common?
Answer: (John) Venn

Question: Les Dennis's first TV appearances were as a stooge on which comedian's regular show?
Answer: Russ Abbot

Question: Which popular chocolates are named after a play by JM Barrie?
Answer: Quality Street

Question: Emerald and aquamarine are varieties of which mineral?
Answer: Beryl

Question: Graham McPherson was lead singer of a famous 1980s pop group, by what name is he usually known?
Answer: Suggs

Question: Which Ealing comedy featured Alec Guinness, Alfie Bass, Sid James and Stanley Holloway as a gang of crooks?
Answer: The Lavender Hill Mob

Question: Who, in the Bible, was the twin brother of Jacob?
Answer: Esau

Question: Who wrote the Billy Bunter books?
Answer: Frank Richards

Question: Which famous British establishment was founded in 1694 by William Patterson?
Answer: Bank of England

Question: Which 19th century English poet wrote "Home Thoughts from Abroad"?
Answer: Robert Browning

Question: In Greek mythology, which character carried a rod called "a caduceus"? (kad-oo-see-us)
Answer: Hermes

Question: Which British actress (and DBE) wrote an autobiography, entitled "No Turn Unstoned"?
Answer: Diana Rigg

Question: In which US state did "The Battle of the Little Big Horn" take place?
Answer: Montana

Question: Which car manufacturer makes a model called the "Tiguan"?
Answer: Volkswagen

Question: Who is the present Master of the Queen's Music?
Answer: Sir Peter Maxwell Davies

Question: In which decade of the 12th Century was Thomas Becket murdered?
Answer: 1170s

Question: Which metal is mainly obtained from the ore cassiterite?
Answer: Tin

Question: Which car manufacturer makes a model called the Sportage?
Answer: Kia

Question: """Unreliable Memoirs"" is part of an autobiography of which well known writer and broadcaster?"
Answer: Clive James

Question: In Greek mythology which king was the father of Ariadne?
Answer: Minos

Question: The Man that Got Away
Answer: A Star is Born

Question: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
Answer: Gentlemen Prefer

Question: Name either of the US states separated by the original Mason-Dixon Line.
Answer: Pennsylvania or Maryland

Question: Who was the first female presenter of BBCTV's Grandstand sports programme?
Answer: Helen Rollason

Question: Rosa Parkes' refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger caused a riot in which US city in 1955?
Answer: Montgomery

Question: In 2008, Kobi Bryant was voted "Most Valuable Player" in which US sport?
Answer: Basketball

Question: The Thar Desert is MAINLY in which country?
Answer: India

Question: Hunker Munker and Tom Thumb are a married couple of mice created by which author?
Answer: Beatrix Potter

Question: Which artist painted the portrait of French revolutionary Marat being murdered in his bath ?
Answer: David

Question: To within a year, when were proceedings of the House of Commons first regularly broadcast on TV?
Answer: 1989

Question: In which century was Greek philosopher Plato born?
Answer: 5th BC

Question: Who was responsible for the creation of the decoration the "Legion D'Honneur"?
Answer: Napoleon

Question: On which London thoroughfare would you find the Savoy Hotel, Charing Cross Station and the Adelphi Theatre?
Answer: The Strand

Question: """The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing"" is a quote by which famous Greek philosopher?"
Answer: Socrates

Question: What was the first sports event shown in colour on BBC TV?
Answer: Wimbledon

Question: On which London thoroughfare would you find the Royal Academy, Apsley House and Fortnum and Masons?
Answer: Piccadilly

Question: Who was responsible for the creation of the decoration the "Purple Heart"?
Answer: George Washington

Question: Federico Fellini Airport serves which Italian holiday resort?
Answer: Rimini