Question: Which pop song includes the lyrics "and through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection"?
Answer: Angels

Question: Which mythical character owned a sword named 'Nothung'?
Answer: Siegfried

Question: Who played the part of 'Joan' in the 1970s TV comedy 'The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin', going on to further success in 'Coronation Street'?
Answer: Sue Nicholls

Question: Which Yorkshire town or city has a daily newspaper called the Telegraph & Argus?
Answer: Bradford

Question: What is the first name of Commander Dalgliesh, the character created by author PD James?
Answer: Adam

Question: On a suit of armour, the couter would protect which part of the body?
Answer: Elbow

Question: In the Bible who called for the head of John the Baptist?
Answer: Salome

Question: Whose recently published autobiography is subtitled "Pulling No Punches"?
Answer: John Prescott

Question: Name the famous male ballet dancer who defected to the west in 1974 while dancing with the Kirov Ballet in Toronto?
Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov

Question: Which is the oldest original London theatre still in regular use?
Answer: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Question: What was the name of the Russian submarine lost in the Barents Sea in August 2000?
Answer: Kursk

Question: What is the nickname of new Premiership football team Hull City?
Answer: The Tigers

Question: What name is given to chicken that is split open down the back, flattened and then grilled?
Answer: Spatchcock

Question: In which Shakespeare play is 'Feste' a character?
Answer: Twelfth Night

Question: Whose recently published autobiography is subtitled "Speaking for Myself'?
Answer: Cherie Blair

Question: What is the first name of Detective Inspector Rebus, the character created by author Ian Rankin?
Answer: John

Question: Before he became Archbishop of York, John Sentamu was bishop of which see between 2002 and 2005?
Answer: Birmingham

Question: Which pop song includes the lyrics "I'm never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm"?
Answer: Careless Whisper

Question: Which mythical character owned a sword named 'Arondite'?
Answer: Sir Lancelot

Question: Who became Prince of Wales in 1504?
Answer: Henry 8th

Question: What name is given to the dot on top of the letter 'i'?
Answer: Tittle

Question: Name the soldier, with whom Anna Karenina falls in love, their affair ending tragically in her death?
Answer: Count Vronsky

Question: Although he started and ended his career with Yorkshire, for which other county did Darren Gough play cricket from 2003-07?
Answer: Essex

Question: Which woman, far more famous in another field, wrote the children's books, "Mr Peabody's Apples" and "The English Roses"?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Who composed a set of 30 variations for the harpsichord which he named the "Goldberg Variations"?
Answer: J.S. Bach

Question: Which long running TV series is based on "The Constable" series of novels by author Nicholas Rhea?
Answer: Heartbeat

Question: For his role in which film did Al Pacino win the Oscar for best actor in 1992?
Answer: Scent Of A Woman

Question: In 2006, which planet in our solar system was re-classified as a dwarf planet and is now classified alongside Eris and Ceres?
Answer: Pluto

Question: Which Mexican girl is currently the world's No.1 lady golfer?
Answer: Lorena Ochoa

Question: Perak and Perlis are both states of which South East Asian country?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: On TV, which actor played the parts of Rebus and also D.I. Pat Chappell in "The Vice"?
Answer: Ken Stott

Question: Which pop singer, tragically killed in a car accident in 1960, sang the song, "Twenty Flight Rock" in the 1956 film, "The Girl Can't Help It"?
Answer: Eddie Cochran

Question: Who was on the English throne at the start of the Hundred Years War in 1337?
Answer: Edward Iii

Question: Who was on the English throne when the Hundred Years War ended in 1453?
Answer: Henry Vi

Question: Which pop singer, who survived the car crash in which Eddie Cochran died, sang with a backing group called, "The Blue Caps"?
Answer: Gene Vincent

Question: Who has been horse racing's National Hunt champion jockey every season since 1995-96?
Answer: TONY McCOY

Question: How many moons has the planet Mercury?
Answer: None

Question: Who has been nominated for the Oscar awards of best actress or supporting actress a record fourteen times, between 1979 and 2006, winning each award just once?
Answer: Meryl Streep

Question: Which actress, who played the part of Candice Stowe in "Coronation St.", joined the cast of "Heartbeat" in 2008, where she plays the part of Dawn Bellamy?
Answer: Nikki Sanderson

Question: Which government minister was shamed in 1992, when actress Antonio de Sancha told the press about his extra marital affair with her?
Answer: David Mellor

Question: Who composed the music to the anthem, "Jerusalem", written by William Blake"?
Answer: Hubert Parry

Question: With which county did Lancashire fast bowler Dominic Cork start his career in 1990?
Answer: Derbyshire

Question: In which Asian city is Orchard Rd. the main shopping street?
Answer: Singapore

Question: Name the soldier, who marries Bathsheba Everdene, in Hardy's novel, "Far From the Madding Crowd", the marriage ending tragically with his murder?
Answer: Sergeant Frank Troy

Question: Which London station is the subject of William Frith's 1862 painting, "The Railway Station"?
Answer: Paddington

Question: What was advertised with the slogan, "Let your fingers do the walking"?
Answer: Yellow Pages

Question: In New Zealand, Tui and Kakapos are what type of creature?
Answer: Birds

Question: Which famous personality married Swedish model, Min Nordegren, in October 2004?
Answer: Tiger Woods

Question: In a chemistry laboratory, what is the purpose of a Kipp's apparatus?
Answer: Production Of Gases.

Question: Which common expression comes from the act in 1887, of Lord Salisbury promoting his nephew, A J Balfour, to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland?
Answer: Bob'S Your Uncle

Question: Which actor, who stars as Mac Taylor in the TV series, CSI New York, played the part of Lt. Dan Taylor in the 1994 film, "Forrest Gump"?
Answer: Gary Sinise

Question: Who was elected President of Cuba in February 2008?
Answer: Raul Castro

Question: Who was elected Chancellor of Germany in November 2005?
Answer: Angela Merkel

Question: In the bible, who was the son of King Saul, who befriended David, and saved him from being killed by the King?
Answer: Jonathan

Question: Which famous film actress starred as Victoria Barkley in the TV series, "The Big Valley", the series which spawned the career of actor, Lee Majors?
Answer: Barbara Stanwyck

Question: Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical had the theme of romantic problems among immigrants in San Francisco's Chinatown?
Answer: Flower Drum Song

Question: What name is given to that part of the sea, which is farthest from land, but still visible? A ship in this area, has given rise to an expression, meaning that an event is imminent and likely to happen soon?
Answer: (In) The Offing

Question: What is the name of the Swedish woman who famously caddied for Nick Faldo, during his heyday as one of the world's top golfers?
Answer: Fanny Suneson

Question: Born in Hungary in 1912, which pianist and conductor was music director at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1961-71, and music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1969-91?
Answer: Georg Solti

Question: Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?
Answer: William The Conqueror

Question: """Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, and what is more, you'll be a man my son"" is the last line of which very famous poem?"
Answer: If

Question: What was advertised with the slogan, "Don't leave home without it"?
Answer: American Express

Question: Close to the village of St Just, what is the name of the only cape in England?
Answer: Cape Cornwall