Question: What is the name of the strait separating Norway and Denmark?
Answer: Skagerrak

Question: Which European country recently passed a law legalizing divorce?
Answer: Malta

Question: Who was on the throne of England in 1150?
Answer: Stephen

Question: The cult film "Assault on Precinct 13" was directed by whom?
Answer: John Carpenter

Question: The ringdove is more commonly known as what bird?
Answer: Wood Pigeon

Question: No is the chemical symbol for which element?
Answer: Nobelium

Question: At which battle did the Vietminh defeat French forces in 1954?
Answer: Dien Bien Phu

Question: Gordon Brown is MP for which constituency?
Answer: Kirkcaldy And Cowdenbeath

Question: What was the nationality of 2011 Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship winner?
Answer: Czech

Question: In the Bible who was the wife of Boaz?
Answer: Ruth

Question: If something is described as rhizoid what does it mean?
Answer: Roots/Rootlike

Question: Which artist headlined final day of Glastonbury festival 2011?
Answer: Beyonce

Question: Miriam Karlin who died recently had a cameo role in which 1970's Stanley Kubrick film?
Answer: Clockwork Orange

Question: What part of the brain is predominantly associated with memory?
Answer: Hippocampus

Question: Adele has had several recent album successes, in which English city was she born?
Answer: London

Question: What is the name of the French underground resistance who fought against Germany in WWII?
Answer: Maquis

Question: Who wrote the 1960 novel "Country Girls"?
Answer: Edna O'Brien

Question: On which West Indian island was cricketer Gary Sobers born?
Answer: Barbados

Question: In the Bible who was the wife of Ahab?
Answer: Jezebel

Question: The port of Pusan is in which country?
Answer: South Korea

Question: Who was on the throne of England in 1472?
Answer: Edward Iv

Question: Give a year in the life of composer Puccini.
Answer: 1858-1924

Question: In Greek mythology who drowned while swimming the Hellespont?
Answer: Leander

Question: In the USA what 'day' is celebrated on February 2nd, it is also the title of a film?
Answer: Groundhog Day

Question: The title of which famous film is also the name of a North African city whose name translates as 'white house'?
Answer: Casablanca

Question: Which licence, costing 37p, was abolished in 1987?
Answer: Dog licence

Question: As illustrated on its label, Marmite gets its name from the French word meaning what?
Answer: Cooking pot

Question: Baumwolle is the German word for which fabric?
Answer: Cotton

Question: What name is given to the group of French speaking people living in areas of Southern Belgium?
Answer: Walloons

Question: What name is given to the Mafia code of silence?
Answer: Omerta

Question: How are the first ten amendments to the US Constitution collectively known?
Answer: The Bill of Rights

Question: In which English building is the world's oldest working clock, dating back to 1386?
Answer: Salisbury Cathedral

Question: The famous Viennese dessert `Sachertorte' is a type of what?
Answer: Chocolate cake

Question: Ascorbic acid is an essential dietary requirement, how is it more commonly known?
Answer: Vitamin C

Question: In 1964, which English cricketer became the first bowler to take 300 Test wickets?
Answer: Fred Trueman

Question: Who was the elder brother of Henry 8th who died before he could become king?
Answer: Prince Arthur

Question: The 'Short' and the 'Long' Parliaments were both in the reign of which monarch?
Answer: Charles 1st

Question: Daniel Carroll was an entertainer better known by which name?
Answer: Danny La Rue

Question: Lusitania was the Roman name for which country?
Answer: Portugal

Question: Who plays Reggie Perrin in the BBC TV remake of the classic comedy series?
Answer: Martin Clunes

Question: What, on an aircraft, is the 'empennage'?
Answer: Tail or tail assembly

Question: What is the popular name given to Beethoven's Piano Sonata number 23?
Answer: Appassionata

Question: Which battle took place on 21st October 1805?
Answer: Trafalgar

Question: Who, in 1811, postulated that 'when at the same temperature and pressure, equal volumes of gases contain equal numbers of molecules'?
Answer: Avogadro

Question: Which nut or seed is used in the Italian sauce pesto?
Answer: Pine

Question: Name either of the horses to beat Red Rum in the Grand National?
Answer: L'Escargot or Rag Trade

Question: Who made his directorial debut with the 1998 film 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'?
Answer: Guy Ritchie

Question: A theme park about 22 miles north of Paris is named after which cartoon character?
Answer: Asterix

Question: In Greek myth who was the mother of Oedipus?
Answer: Jocasta

Question: Which retail company markets the clothing label 'Per Una'?
Answer: Marks & Spencer

Question: What is the major ingredient in the curry dish 'Dopiaza'?
Answer: Onion

Question: Which large island lies off the coast of Los Angeles?
Answer: (Santa) Catalina

Question: Which Edinburgh physicist has given his name to a sub-atomic particle which has not yet been observed?
Answer: (Peter) Higgs

Question: Ant & Dec first appeared on TV together in which series?
Answer: Byker Grove

Question: In which ballet is there a 'sugar plum fairy'?
Answer: Nutcracker

Question: Which island lies off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness?
Answer: Walney

Question: Which motorway ends in Blackpool?
Answer: M55

Question: Who was the original presenter of BBC TV's 'A Question of Sport'?
Answer: David Vine

Question: How is Bristolian Robin Cunningham known in the art world?
Answer: Banksy

Question: Against which football team does Barcelona contest the 'local derby'?
Answer: Espanyol

Question: From what is the Japanese sauce wasabi made?
Answer: Horseradish

Question: In which ballet is Swanhilde jealous of a mechanical doll?
Answer: Coppelia_

Question: Who was the first Governor of a southern US state to go on to become President after the Civil War?
Answer: Jimmy Carter

Question: In the current series of car registration plates (2 letters, a 2 digit number then 3 letters), which was the first 2 digit number to be used?
Answer: 51

Question: Who introduces the weekly folk music show on Radio 2 every Wednesday evening at 7 00pm?
Answer: Mike Harding

Question: What name is given to scouts aged between 6 and 8 years old?
Answer: Beavers

Question: Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was famous for her work in which field?
Answer: Gardens

Question: Which was the last space shuttle to fly, completing its last mission in July 2011?
Answer: Atlantis

Question: In which country were the boxing Klitschko brothers born?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: What was the name of the United Arab Emirates before the end of the protectorate in 1971?
Answer: Trucial States

Question: Which fictional character travelled on a ship called 'Antelope'?
Answer: Gulliver

Question: Which US tennis player won the Australian, Wimbledon and French Women's Singles in 1999, also the Gold Medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games?
Answer: Lindsay Davenport

Question: Which British alternative rock band won the Mercury Prize in 2008 with the album "The Seldom Seen Kid"?
Answer: Elbow

Question: How long is the Euro Tunnel (± 2 miles)?
Answer: 31(.4) miles

Question: Which US President made the first phone call to the moon?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: Which animal is the smallest true monkey?
Answer: Pygmy Marmoset

Question: Acid rain is caused by the emission of sulphur and two other elements. Name one.
Answer: Nitrogen or Carbon

Question: How many arms has a starfish?
Answer: Five

Question: In which year was the £1 note introduced; Burnley beat Liverpool 1-0 in the FA Cup Final; Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated?
Answer: 1914

Question: Michael O'Rourke and Leonard Ryan established which satellite network?
Answer: Setanta

Question: What is the oldest named English cheese?
Answer: Cheshire

Question: Which motorway crosses the original Severn Bridge?
Answer: M48