Question: Which actress played the title role of Sylvia Broome on the 2005 'The Interpreter'?
Answer: Nicole Kidman

Question: What was the family name of the Italian artist, Michelangelo?
Answer: Buonarotti

Question: Who was Lord Admiral of the English Fleet at the time of the Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake being his second in command?
Answer: Lord Howard Of Effingham

Question: According to the opening line of the poem by W.B. Yeats, "I will arise now and go to" ....where?
Answer: Innisfree

Question: In the TV comedy 'Last of the Summer Wine', what is the name of Nora Batty's husband?
Answer: Wally

Question: The secret recipe for which famous sauce, marketed by Lea and Perrins, has recently come to light, after the disclosure that it was found in a skip near the factory?
Answer: Worcestershire Sauce

Question: In classical mythology, of what was Plutus, (not to be confused with Pluto), the God?
Answer: Wealth

Question: In 2009, Yas Marina was the circuit for which country's first ever Formula One motor race?
Answer: Abu Dhabi

Question: Which 19th century classical composer had the Christian name of Bedrich?
Answer: Smetana

Question: Domenico Gaetano were the Christian name of which 19th century composer?
Answer: Donizetti

Question: Which driver won the inaugural Formula One race in Abu Dhabi in 2009, thus cementing his runners up spot in the Formula One World Drivers Championship?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel

Question: To travel from Manhattan to new Jersey, one may ride the PATH train. For what does the H in PATH stand?
Answer: Hudson

Question: FRELIMO was a political organisation that fought for independence from European rule in which African country?
Answer: Mozambique

Question: Who wrote the poem, "In Memoriam", which contains the lines, "It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all"?
Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Question: Which admiral was executed in 1759, for "failing to do his utmost", during the Battle of Minorca?
Answer: Admiral John Byng

Question: Which famous painting, in the Rijksmuseum, has the alternative title, "The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch?
Answer: The Nigjt Watch

Question: Who chaired the convention, which was established by the European Council in December 2001, to produce a draft Constitution for the European Union?
Answer: Valery Giscard D'Estaing

Question: What is the name of the main thoroughfare in Barcelona, which runs from the Placa de Catalunya to the sea?
Answer: Las Ramblas

Question: In the nursery rhyme, "There was a Jolly Miller", where did the jolly miller live?
Answer: On The River Dee

Question: Who eventually broke Bob Beamon's 23 year-old long jump record, in 1991?
Answer: Mike Powell

Question: From 559 BC until 530 BC, Cyrus the Great was the leader of which ancient empire?
Answer: Persia

Question: Which actor played the roles of Fagin in the 1948 version of Oliver Twist, and King Charles I in the 1970 film, "Cromwell"?
Answer: Alec Guinness

Question: Which group had a hit record in 1967 with the tune, "A Whiter Shade of Pale"?
Answer: Procol Harum

Question: The name of which metallic, chemical, element is derived from the German word for goblin?
Answer: Cobalt

Question: Who was twice French Minister of the Interior? First between May 2002 and March 2004, and then between May 2005 and March 2007?
Answer: Nicolas Sarkozy

Question: In the Bible, where did Jesus perform his miracle of turning water into wine?
Answer: Cana

Question: What is the name of the new racecourse, opened in June 2009, about five miles north of Llanelli?
Answer: Ffos Las

Question: The title of which Mozart opera, roughly translates as, "All women are like that"?
Answer: Cosi Fan Tutti

Question: Who was Britain's longest serving Prime Minister, holding office from 1812-27?
Answer: Lord Liverpool

Question: Who, in 1935, said, "The Pope! How many divisions has he"?
Answer: Joseph Stalin

Question: Which is the largest province, by area, in Afghanistan?
Answer: Helmand Province

Question: Which title was given to the series of books by Roger Hargreaves, which featured the female counterparts of the Mr Men?
Answer: Little Miss Books

Question: Which city is the capital of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan?
Answer: Peshawar

Question: Who was the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester, who died in suspicious circumstances in Snowdonia in 2008?
Answer: Mike Todd

Question: Which is the lowest prime number greater than 50?
Answer: 53

Question: Which British Prime Minister died in office in 1827, just 199 days after assuming the title? His is the shortest term of office of any British P.M.
Answer: George Canning

Question: The title of which Verdi opera translates as, "The Fallen Woman"?
Answer: La Traviata

Question: Which politician held the post of Mayor of Paris from March 1977 until May 1995?
Answer: Jacques Chirac

Question: In Roman times, where was the metallic element Copper chiefly mined, giving rise to its present name?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: """Go Now"", in 1964, is the only No 1 U.K. hit record for which famous group?"
Answer: The Moody Blues

Question: What is the name of the Uruguayan footballer whose loan signing by Newcastle Utd in 2008, caused Kevin Keegan to walk out on the club, resulting in a compensation payout to Keegan?
Answer: Ignacio (Nacho) Gonzales

Question: Which actor played the roles of Lord Nelson in the 1941 film, "That Hamilton Woman", and Heathcliff in the 1939 version of "Wuthering Heights"?
Answer: Laurence Olivier

Question: The explorer and navigator, Christopher Columbus, was born around 1451, in which city?
Answer: Genoa

Question: Featured on a British commemorative stamp in October 2009, Judy Fryd formed the Association of Parents of Backward Children in 1946. As what is it now known?
Answer: Mencap

Question: The Beach Boys had two U.K. No I hits. One was in 1967, and the other in 1968. Name either.
Answer: GOOD VIBRATIONS and DO IT AGAIN

Question: What is the more common name for gypsum cement?
Answer: Plaster Of Paris

Question: Which long running TV series was introduced by a piece of music, entitled, "The Funeral March of a Marionette", by Gounod?
Answer: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Question: Hedley Verity was an international star in which sport, during the 1930's?
Answer: Cricket

Question: Which single malt Scotch whisky is handcrafted by, "The Sixteen Men of Tame?
Answer: Glenmorangie

Question: What was the first forename of the infamous, French revolutionary leader Robespierre?
Answer: Maximilien

Question: On 7th August 2008, which region was invaded by Georgian troops, prompting Russian retaliation?
Answer: South Ossetia

Question: In the TV series, "Rumpole of the Bailey", what was the name of Rumpole's wife?
Answer: Hilda

Question: Derived from the Greek word "erythros", which colour does the prefix erythro describe?
Answer: Red

Question: Derived from the Greek word, "xanthos, which colour does the prefix xantho describe?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Which agreement, signed by ten members of the European Community, removed border controls between them?
Answer: The Schengen Agreement

Question: In the Sherlock Holmes story, "The Speckled Band", what is the speckled band?
Answer: A Snake

Question: Which actress plays the role of Christine Collins, the unfortunate mother in the 2008 film, "Changeling"?
Answer: Angelina Jolie

Question: What was described on TV as, "Bread wi' nowt taken out"?
Answer: Allinsons

Question: At which sport was Martine Le Moignan a leading exponent, in the 1980's and early 90's?
Answer: Squash

Question: What is the chemical name for the substance known as heavy water?
Answer: Deuterium Oxide

Question: What was the title of the last Rolling Stones record to top the U.K. charts, doing so in July 1969?
Answer: Honky Tonk Women