Question: What is so far unique about the outcome of the first London Marathon held in 1981?
Answer: It Was Won Jointly

Question: Terry played his most famous role in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. What part did terry play in that film?
Answer: Toto

Question: How many hectares are there in a square kilometre?
Answer: One Hundred

Question: Which town on the Tweed has a ruined Cistercian abbey that is supposedly the burial place of the heart, though not the rest of the remains, of Robert the Bruce?
Answer: Melrose

Question: In modern technology SatNavs use the GPS system. For what do the letters GPS stand?
Answer: Global Positioning System

Question: In transport terms what is the British equivalent of the American 'Divided Highway'?
Answer: Dual-Carriageway

Question: During which song from the show 'Me and My Girl' is it customary to shout "Oi !" at the appropriate point?
Answer: The Lambeth Walk

Question: What is the title of the presiding judge in the United States Supreme Court?
Answer: Chief Justice

Question: On clothing care symbols what is meant by a crossed-out triangle?
Answer: Do Not Bleach

Question: Haematite is an oxide of which metallic element?
Answer: Iron

Question: By what name do the British know First World War battle that became known as the "Victory of the Skaggerrak"?
Answer: Battle Of Jutland

Question: From which 1945 novel does the quote "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" come?
Answer: Animal Farm

Question: """It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..."" are the opening words of which novel by Charles Dickens?"
Answer: A Tale Of Two Cities

Question: Which model has recently modelled his own underwear range for H&M ?
Answer: David Beckham

Question: Which Italian vehicle takes its name from the Italian for wasp?
Answer: Vespa

Question: Who, in the Bible, was the wife of King Ahab?
Answer: Jezebel

Question: Who composed the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis ?
Answer: (Ralph) VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Question: Who plays the aged waitress in Victoria Wood's classic 'Two Soups' sketch?
Answer: Julie Walters

Question: Which controversial footballer recently did a naked film shoot for The Big Issue to promote his new column in the magazine?
Answer: Joey Barton

Question: What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
Answer: Mount Cook

Question: The name for which Victorian invention is derived from the Latin for 'Darkened Chamber'?
Answer: Camera Obscura

Question: Which actor's creations include Nice-but-dim Tim and Loadsamoney?
Answer: Harry Enfield

Question: What was the original title of Radio's The Goon Show'?
Answer: Crazy People

Question: In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter Y ?
Answer: Yankee

Question: What is the title of the first Sherlock Holmes novel, published in 1887?
Answer: A Study In Scarlet

Question: Which brother of Sherlock Holmes - supposedly even smarter - was first introduced in the story entitled The Greek Interpreter ?
Answer: Mycroft

Question: Who composed the march-like tune 'St Gertrude' used for the hymn 'Onward Christian Soldiers' ?
Answer: (Arthur) SULLIVAN

Question: In the Bible, which son of Cush and grandson of Ham is described as 'a mighty hunter before the Lord'?
Answer: Nimrod

Question: In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter H ?
Answer: Hotel

Question: Which car manufacturer produced models including the XJS and the E-type?
Answer: Jaguar

Question: Which supposed Chinese dish, whose name means 'odds and ends', is said to have been invented in San Francisco in the 19th century?
Answer: Chop Suey

Question: What is an immature dragonfly known as?
Answer: Nymph

Question: In what would you be interested if you consulted Miller's Guide?
Answer: Antiques

Question: What item of marine equipment may comprise a stock, a shank and a fluke?
Answer: Anchor

Question: Which popular Hindu god is recognised by his elephant's head?
Answer: GANESH or GANESA

Question: How frequently does the photograph on your driving licence need to be renewed?
Answer: Every 10 Years

Question: What is the maximum number of characters or spaces permitted in the name of a racehorse?
Answer: Eighteen

Question: Which highly alcoholic spirit, historically referred to as 'the green fairy' was linked with Bohemian culture?
Answer: Absinthe

Question: Who is creditied with coining the phrase 'lateral thinking'?
Answer: Edward De Bono

Question: Which singer won the TV contest "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria"?
Answer: Connie Fisher

Question: In films, which actress was the object of the original King Kong's affections?
Answer: Fay Wray

Question: What was the fifth classical element after earth, fire, water and air?
Answer: Aether

Question: How many aircrew formed the complement of a Lancaster Bomber in World War II ?
Answer: Seven

Question: Which U.S. actor has recently criticised Britain for it's 'colonial' ownership of the Falkland Islands?
Answer: Sean Penn

Question: The adjective 'Punic' refers to which ancient city?
Answer: Carthage

Question: Which 20th century scholar of architecture produced a 46-volume guide entitled The Buildings of England ?
Answer: (Nicolaus) PEVSNER

Question: In Devonshire and Cornwall, what items are traditionally made at harvest-time from the last sheaf of corn?
Answer: Corn Dollies

Question: Which singer and actress first performed the role of Christine in Phantom of the Opera in the West End in 1986?
Answer: Sarah Brightman

Question: Which writer coined the phrase 'Serendipity' to denote the faculty of making lucky and unexpected finds by accident?
Answer: Horace Walpole

Question: If a capstan is a winding machine on a vertical axis, what is the equivalent on a horizontal axis?
Answer: Windlass

Question: In which U.S. state is Yosemite National Park?
Answer: California

Question: How many carats are there in pure gold?
Answer: 24

Question: What did U.S. inventor Thomas Edison describe as "1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"?
Answer: Genius

Question: Near which ruined English Abbey is the Chalice Well, once a major place of pilgrimage?
Answer: Galstonbury

Question: What service did both Iris and Hermes perform for the Gods of Olympus?
Answer: Messengers

Question: If an animal uses thanatosis as self-protection, what does it do?
Answer: Feign Death

Question: Of the eight British kings called Edward, which one had the longest reign?
Answer: Edward Iii

Question: Which planet's two largest moons have the suitably watery names of Triton and Nereid?
Answer: Neptune

Question: In 1858, Edward Cox published a book detailing the careers of Church of England clergy, giving it which name, that of his clerk?
Answer: Crockford'S

Question: Huby's Tower is a feature of which ruined abbey?
Answer: Fountains Abbey

Question: In which year did Shakespeare die?
Answer: 1616

Question: Which is the largest moon of the dwarf planet, Pluto
Answer: Charon

Question: What role on film has been played by Lon Chaney, Claude Raines and Herbert Lom, amongst others?
Answer: The Phantom Of The Opera

Question: What service did Hebe and her successor, Ganymede, perform for Zeus on Mount Olympus?
Answer: Cupbearer

Question: Which international relief agency, formed in 1863, has it's headquarters at 17, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva?
Answer: Red Cross

Question: Of the eight British kings called Henry, which one had the longest reign?
Answer: Henry Iii

Question: Which Greek mathematician is best remembered for his formulation of a hydrostatic principle?
Answer: Archimedes

Question: In which Dutch town or city will you find the Peace Palace?
Answer: The Hague

Question: The karate-killing robots known as the Cybernauts appeared in which TV series?
Answer: THE AVENGERS or THE NEW AVENGERS

Question: What name, from the Greek for 'in low relief', is given to a plain white wallpaper with a raised pattern which can be painted over?
Answer: Anaglypta