Question: Which group was formed by Billy Connolly and Gerry Rafferty?
Answer: The Humblebums

Question: Hughie Jones, Cliff Hall, Mick Groves and Tony Davis comprised which top folk line up?
Answer: The Spinners

Question: What happened to the dog on the ship Irish Rover?
Answer: Drowned

Question: Kelly Hoppen and Piers Linney were the new faces in series 11 of what TV programme?
Answer: Dragons Den

Question: What is the name of the part of a sundial that casts the shadow?
Answer: Gnomon

Question: In the bible who was Adam and Eve’s third son?
Answer: Seth

Question: Where could you ride ‘The Smiler’ ‘Oblivion’ and ‘Nemesis’?
Answer: Alton Towers

Question: One, two and three are Cardinal numbers – what are first, second and third?
Answer: Ordinal Numbers

Question: Which cities name was one of the first few words spoken on the moon?
Answer: Houston

Question: Andrea Begley of Northern Ireland was the winner of what TV competition last summer?
Answer: The Voice

Question: Which Ukip politician was in trouble for talking about ‘bongo, bongo land’ in the summer?
Answer: Godfrey Bloom

Question: The word ‘Shavian’ pertains to the work of which playwright?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Question: Which poet and playwright’s mother wrote under the pen-name Speranza?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: Which US city has a name meaning ‘The Fields’?
Answer: Las Vegas

Question: What was the original name of the Cape of Good Hope?
Answer: Cape of Storms

Question: Which trees leaves are the symbol of the National Trust?
Answer: Oak

Question: What is the more common one word name for the great maple?
Answer: Sycamore

Question: What is the first name of Bart’s best friend?
Answer: Milhouse

Question: What is Springfield’s neighbouring rival town called?
Answer: Shelbyville

Question: The famous French wine Chablis is made mainly from which grape variety?
Answer: Chardonnay

Question: Chianti wine comes from which region of Italy?
Answer: Tuscany

Question: The story of a man who was too proud to run – (1952)?
Answer: High Noon

Question: By what name was the notorious organisation run by the Kray twins known?
Answer: The Firm

Question: Which Bond girl married a Beatle?
Answer: Barbara Bach

Question: The Hungarian national dish goulash is chiefly flavoured with which spice?
Answer: Paprika

Question: Which South American rodent yields what is said to be the most expensive fur?
Answer: Chinchilla

Question: What is chased downhill in an annual race by villagers of Brockworth in Gloucester?
Answer: A Cheese

Question: By which soubriquet was bigamist killer George Smith known?
Answer: ‘The Brides in the Bath’ killer

Question: Who was the Black Panther who killed four including heiress Lesley Whittle in the 1970s?
Answer: Donald Neilsen

Question: What was the band Madness’s only UK No.1?
Answer: House of Fun

Question: In Heraldry what term describes a figure lying with head erect?
Answer: Couchant

Question: Which mythical hero had a horse called Xanthus?
Answer: Achilles

Question: In Heraldry what term describes a figure walking?
Answer: Passant

Question: A poem of 1735 saw the origin of which devoted couple?
Answer: Darby and Joan

Question: If a doctor gave you the Ishihara Test for what condition would he be testing you?
Answer: Colour Blindness

Question: When the original Top Twenty was compiled it wasn’t for records – what was it for?
Answer: Sheet Music

Question: Which fictional detective has a name that is also a type of picture puzzle?
Answer: Rebus

Question: An ovoid object is shaped like …what?
Answer: An Egg

Question: The coordinate Y is the ordinate – what do we call the coordinate X?
Answer: Abscissa

Question: What do we call a quadrilateral with one pair of sides parallel?
Answer: Trapezium

Question: What happens to the Cherry Orchard at the end of the Chekhov play of that title?
Answer: It is chopped down

Question: Which famous play takes place at Monkswell Manor?
Answer: The Mousetrap

Question: Which BBC2 drama series featured the Birmingham criminal gang scene of the 1920s?
Answer: Peaky Blinders

Question: Which Indian dish gets its name from the Hindu word for ‘bucket’?
Answer: Balti

Question: In his diary what did Pepys call ‘jucalette’?
Answer: Chocolate

Question: Which country declared war on Britain in 1812?
Answer: U S A

Question: Which group of people were freed from discrimination by a Relief Act in 1829?
Answer: Roman Catholics

Question: Which English club has won the European Cup more times than its own League Title?
Answer: Nottingham Forest

Question: Which club had the 1990’s anthem ‘Marching On Together’?
Answer: Leeds Utd

Question: What is the common name of Hansen’s Disease?
Answer: Leprosy

Question: Which creature has varieties called Chinook, Chum, Coho, Sockeye and Steelhead?
Answer: Salmon

Question: In which country are the Golan Heights?
Answer: Syria or Israel

Question: In cinema history which sport has been the subject of most films?
Answer: Boxing

Question: Where in the British Isles is Ronaldsway Airport?
Answer: Isle of Man

Question: Which monarch moved the royal residence from St James Palace to Buckingham Palace?
Answer: Queen Victoria

Question: Who vanished during an attempted circumnavigation of the globe by air in 1937?
Answer: Amelia Earhart/ Fred Nooan

Question: Which US Trade Union boss vanished in Bloomfield, Michigan in July, 1975?
Answer: Jimmy Hoffa

Question: On which island is Adam’s Peak?
Answer: Sri Lanka

Question: Which mountain is also known as Mont Cervin?
Answer: The Matterhorn

Question: Which broadcaster threatened to stand against Ed Miliband at the 2015 Election?
Answer: Jeremy Clarkson

Question: Who made a risqué joke about Hugo Boss and the Nazis at the GQ Magazine awards?
Answer: Russell Brand

Question: Sir John Houblon was the first Governor of what?
Answer: Bank of England

Question: Which crime used to be called ‘lese-majeste’ meaning injured majesty in French?
Answer: Treason

Question: The imaginary animals ‘yahoos’ feature in which book?
Answer: Gulliver’s Travels

Question: Who composed the Scottish and Italian Symphonies?
Answer: Mendelssohn

Question: We call it a spanner – what do Americans call it?
Answer: Wrench

Question: What was founded by Allen Lane in 1935?
Answer: Penguin Books

Question: Ron Howard’s new film Rush depicts old rivalries in which sport?
Answer: Formula One/Motor Racing

Question: Which new film is considered by many critics to be Woody Allen’s best for 20 years?
Answer: Blue Jasmine

Question: The Brazilian Wandering variety is the most poisonous in the world …….what?
Answer: Spider

Question: Only two wild cats live wild in Europe – the wild cat itself is one – what is the other?
Answer: Lynx

Question: What kind of creature is an addax?
Answer: Antelope

Question: Fungi do not have seeds – what do they have?
Answer: Spores

Question: Which term describes any two colours which together produce white light?
Answer: Complementary

Question: Sterling silver contains 92.5 parts silver and 7.5 parts ……what?
Answer: Copper

Question: Which tourist resort of Croatia was formerly known as Ragusa?
Answer: Dubrovnik

Question: Which European capital is situated at the point where Lake Malar joins the Baltic Sea?
Answer: Stockholm

Question: Which mountain range forms the backbone of Italy?
Answer: Apennines

Question: What are the invisible lines that supposedly link ancient magical sites?
Answer: Ley Lines

Question: What collective name is given to the children of Gaia and Uranus?
Answer: The Titans

Question: Rachel Verinder’s diamond gives what book its title?
Answer: The Moonstone

Question: Who is to replace Jessie J in the 2014 series of The Voice?
Answer: Kylie Minogue

Question: Who won the 2013 series of TV’s Celebrity Masterchef?
Answer: Ade Edmondson

Question: Who announced his ‘Great Leap Forward’ in 1958?
Answer: Mao Tse Tung

Question: From which cereal is polenta now mainly made?
Answer: Maize