Question: What was the name of the Greenpeace trawler that was sunk off the coast of New Zealand by French secret intelligence officers in July 1985?
Answer: Rainbow Warrior

Question: Long the richest country in the Muslim world, which country has, according to the International Monetary Fund, replaced Luxembourg as the world's richest country per head of population?
Answer: Qatar

Question: The gardens at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent were created in the 1930's by which poet and gardening writer on the fringes of the 'Bloomsbury Group'?
Answer: Vita Sackville-West

Question: Which fictional filmic and literary character married 'Teresa 'Tessy' Draco' in 1969?
Answer: 'James Bond'

Question: What is the name of the Japanese martial art of fencing that uses bamboo swords called Shinai?
Answer: Kendo

Question: What name is given to the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere, visible to the naked eye during a solar eclipse?
Answer: Corona

Question: What was the name of the South African student leader who died in 1977 whilst in police custody?
Answer: Steve Biko

Question: Which English cartographer, printer and publisher has recently returned to prominence as a result of his 'Tourist Handbook' being used by Michael Portillo for the t.v. series 'Great British Railway Journeys'?
Answer: George Bradshaw

Question: Of the four stations that appear on a 'Monopoly' board, which is the busiest (in terms of passenger numbers) in real life?
Answer: Liverpool Street

Question: Now owned by Proton, which British car manufacturing company was formed by engineer Colin Chapman in 1952 and went on to produce models such as the 'Elise' and 'Exige'?
Answer: Lotus

Question: Describing events in its capital of 'Laurania', as unrest against the dictatorial government turns to revolution, 'Savrola' published in 1899, was the only novel written by which Nobel Prize winner?
Answer: Winston S. Churchill

Question: Which 1971 film starring Vincent Price tells the story of a disfigured musical genius seeking to avenge the death of his wife?
Answer: 'THE ABOMINABLE Dr. PHIBES'

Question: Which battle of August 4798 was fought in the spacious Abu Qir Bay?
Answer: Battle Of The Nile

Question: In the poem by Edgar Allen Poe, which word is repeatedly spoken by 'The Raven'?
Answer: """Nevermore"""

Question: In which English county is the small village of Burnham Thorpe, famous for being the birthplace of Admiral Nelson?
Answer: Norfolk

Question: Which former New Zealand Rugby Union international, who made his debut in 1957, was nicknamed 'Pine Tree'?
Answer: Colin Meads

Question: Which British comedy actor, whose father took part in the 1948 Olympic Games, took part in the 1980 Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race?
Answer: Hugh Laurie

Question: In the Bible, who was the mother of Samuel?
Answer: Hannah

Question: Which Palestinian organisation murdered 11 Israelis at the 1972 Olympics?
Answer: Black September

Question: To which family of birds do Robins belong?
Answer: Thrush

Question: What is the tallest building in Europe?
Answer: The Shard, London

Question: What is the name of the thick soup popular in the southern states of the USA? One of the main ingredients is Okra which gives the dish its smooth silky texture.
Answer: Gumbo

Question: Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 1948 for his role in establishing the United Nations?
Answer: Cordell Hull

Question: Who is the famous mother of TV presenter Claudia Winkelman?
Answer: Eve Pollard

Question: Which British monarch put the “Regis” into Bognor?
Answer: George V

Question: What is the common name for the bird Alauda arvensis, which mounts the air almost vertically?
Answer: Skylark

Question: Which American actress, who won the 1965 Best Actress Oscar, had a father who won gold in the 1920 Olympic Games?
Answer: Grace Kelly

Question: What is the tallest building in the USA?
Answer: 1 World Trade Centre (“Freedom Tower” is also acceptable)

Question: Who is the only person to win both ab Oscar and a Nobel Prize?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw (Best screenplay 1938, Literature 1925)

Question: Charlottetown is the capital of which Canadian province?
Answer: Prince Edward Island

Question: “The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones” is a quote from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Julius Caesar

Question: In “Absolutely Fabulous”, who played Bubbles?
Answer: Jane Horrocks

Question: Who is the only man to win two different Nobel Prizes?
Answer: Linus Pauling (Chemistry 1954, Peace 1962)

Question: Which English town or city is served by Priory railway station?
Answer: Dover

Question: “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes” is a quote from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Macbeth

Question: The Russian city of St Petersburg stands on the River Neva, which runs into which gulf?
Answer: Gulf of Finland

Question: What was the first name of politician Enoch Powell?
Answer: John

Question: In which US State could you visit the Carlsbad Caverns National Park?
Answer: New Mexico

Question: Luqa airport serves which holiday destination?
Answer: Malta

Question: In the Bible, Benjamin was the youngest son of Jacob – who was the eldest?
Answer: Reuben

Question: The chorus of the Hebrew slaves comes from which opera?
Answer: Nabucco (Verdi)

Question: In WWII what was the British “Operation Chastise”, which took place in May 1943?
Answer: Dambusters Raid

Question: Which now common household item was invented and patented by Norwegian chemist Erik Rotheim in 1927, and developed by Americans Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan as an aid in the fight against malaria?
Answer: Aerosol Spray

Question: Which British monarch made Tunbridge Wells Royal?
Answer: Edward VII

Question: Name the singer or group whose record in 1981 kept “Vienna” by Ultravox of the top of the UK charts.
Answer: Joe Dolce (Shaddap you face)

Question: Who was the Labour Secretary of State for Health 1997-99?
Answer: Frank Dobson

Question: What is the name of the Indian dish made from stewed dried peas, onions and spices? (Lentils are the most popular but many other variety of dried peas are used)
Answer: Dahl

Question: Name the Frenchman who was one of the chief architects of the Common Market and is considered by many as the father of the Common Market.
Answer: Jean Monnet

Question: Which character has been portrayed on film by Andre Morell, Robert Duvall and Ben Kingsley?
Answer: Dr John Watson

Question: Which Britis explorer travelled disguised as a Muslim to Mecca and Medina in 1853?
Answer: Sir Richard Burton

Question: Where in the body are the Kupffer Cells found?
Answer: Liver

Question: In WWII, what was the allied Operation Husky, which began on 9th July 1943?
Answer: Invasion of Sicily

Question: Which French romantic artist painted “The Tiger Hunt” and “The Massacre at Chios”
Answer: Ferdinand Delacroix

Question: Which English town or city is served by Citadel railway station?
Answer: Carlisle

Question: If you landed at Reina Sofia Airport, which island would you be on?
Answer: Tenerife

Question: In the fashion label FCUK, for what does the FC stand?
Answer: French Connection

Question: Astrakhan stands on the River Volga, leading to the shores of which sea?
Answer: Caspian

Question: In which country did the 1798 Battle of Vinegar Hill take place?
Answer: Ireland

Question: In which state is Lewiston, the furthest inland seaport on the west coast of America?
Answer: Idaho

Question: The Chorus of Moorish Slaves is from which opera?
Answer: Aida (Verdi)

Question: Which Venetian artist, real name Jacopo Robusti, painted “The Origin of the Milky Way”?
Answer: Tintoretto

Question: Frederictown is the capital of which Canadian province?
Answer: New Brunswick

Question: In “Keeping Up Appearances”, who played Onslow?
Answer: Geoffrey Hughes

Question: On TV what did Dilithium crystals power?
Answer: The Starship Enterprise