Question: In UK politics, who first challenged Margaret Thatcher for leadership of the Conservative Party in 1990?
Answer: Michael Heseltine

Question: In food, what is the more common name for the 'Chinese Gooseberry'?
Answer: Kiwi Fruit

Question: Who resigned in July 2000 as leader of the Scottish National Party?
Answer: Alex Salmond

Question: A 'Jack' is the name given to which male pack bearing animal?
Answer: ASS or DONKEY (accept Mule)

Question: Which English King's favourite dog had the inscription "I an Caesar, I belong to Caesar" on its collar?
Answer: Edward Vii

Question: Which English town is at the head or the Orwell estuary?
Answer: Ipswich

Question: At the funeral of King Edward VII, which statesman in full dress uniform of a Field Marshall rode on horseback alongside chief mourner King George V?
Answer: Kaiser Wilhelm Ii

Question: Which artists' works include the 1899 painting, 'Three Tahitians'?
Answer: Paul Gaugin

Question: What was the name of the British Lieutenant Colonel accused by a part-time American Major of mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war?
Answer: Tim Collins

Question: Which actor went from a bridge in 'The Cruel Sea' to a 'Bridge On The River Kwai'?
Answer: Jack Hawkins

Question: Who painted the 1866 work 'Monna Vanna'?
Answer: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Question: Which regiment did Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins command during the recent Iraqi conflict?
Answer: Royal Irish Regiment

Question: On the 30th October 1961, who's body was removed during the night from the great mausoleum in Red Square and reburied neat the Kremlin wall?
Answer: Joseph Stalin

Question: Who played the male lead in the television series 'Buck Rodgers (in the 21st century)'?
Answer: Gil Gerrard

Question: Which actor pursued 'Dr. Richard Kimble' in the TV series 'The Fugitive'?
Answer: Barry Morse

Question: Who was the coach of Scotland during 'France 98'?
Answer: Craig Brown

Question: Cricket. Who were the original sponsors of the one-day Sunday League?
Answer: John Player.

Question: Which aeronautics company built the advanced trainer the 'Gnat', for the RAF in 1968?
Answer: Hawker Siddley

Question: Cricket. The winners of the last Benson & Hedges Cup Final in 1998 were also the winners of the first in 1972. Which county was this?
Answer: Leicestershire

Question: Who in 1975 revived the Zulu cultural organisation 'Inkatha'?
Answer: Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi

Question: The 'Tucano' turbo-prop trainer was selected as the RAF's successor to the Jet Provost, which company built the 'Tucano'?
Answer: EMBRAER (Brazil) / SHORT BROTHERS (Belfast) (accept either/both plane produced as collaboration)

Question: The theme tune to which TV series starring Don Johnson gave Jan Hammer his first UK chart success?
Answer: 'Miami Vice'

Question: In which year was the 'Achille Lauro' cruise ship hijacked by the P.L.F.?
Answer: 1985

Question: Which musical instrument is known as a "woodpile"?
Answer: Xylophone

Question: Who married Graca Machel in 1998?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: Who wrote the 1978 novel 'Young Adolf'?
Answer: Beryl Bainbridge

Question: Which musical instrument is known as a "gob-stick"?
Answer: Clarinet

Question: Who divorced Ronald Regan in 1948?
Answer: Jane Wyman

Question: In which month of 1982 did Argentina first invade the Falkland Islands?
Answer: APRIL. (Friday 02/04/1982)

Question: In the 'Millionaire' court case, what was the name of the Welsh lecturer who was charged along with Major Ingram and his wife?
Answer: Teclan Whittock

Question: Which Belgian city was the site of the first battle between Britain and Germany in World War I?
Answer: Mons

Question: At the time of Queen Elizabeth II's 'Coronation', who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury?
Answer: Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher

Question: 'Petruchio' appears in which play by Shakespeare?
Answer: 'The Taming Of The Shrew'

Question: Which British commanding officer in his final message to his troops from Luneberg Heath, in May 1945 concluded with the words "We have won the German war, let us win the peace"?
Answer: Bernard Law Montgomery

Question: What was the name of the first million pound winner on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire'?
Answer: Judith Keppel

Question: Which country is South East Asia has a red rectangular flag surmounted by a gold star?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: Former American president, William Jefferson Clinton is an accomplished exponent with which musical instrument?
Answer: Saxophone

Question: Which Christian sect was founded in the USA in 1848 by John Thomas?
Answer: Christadelphians

Question: Which country of the Caribbean has a rectangular flag of blue and red, halved horizontally?
Answer: Haiti

Question: In literature, who wrote 'Salem's Lot' and 'Carrie'?
Answer: Stephen King

Question: What is the occupation of Zandra Rhodes?
Answer: Fashion Designer

Question: Which architect designed Coventry Cathedral?
Answer: Sir Basil Spence

Question: From New Zealand, what are 'Kea's' and 'Kaka's'?
Answer: Parrots

Question: Hugh de Merville, William de Tracy, and Richard le Breton are notorious for which crime?
Answer: THE MURDER OF THOMAS a BECKET

Question: """The splendour falls on castle walls/And snowy summits old story"" is the beginning of a poem by whom?"
Answer: Lord Tennyson

Question: What is the technical term for the outer layer of a mushroom cap?
Answer: Pellicle

Question: In which sport would you stand on the 'Hack Stay' behind the 'Hogline', aiming for the 'Tee' at the centre of the 'House'?
Answer: Curling

Question: """I remember, I remember,/ The house were I was born"", is the beginning of a poem by whom?"
Answer: Thomas Hood

Question: Which European country's flag is a dark blue rectangle on which is mounted an inverted gold right angled triangle and a line of nine white stars?
Answer: Bosnia & Herzegovina

Question: Rugby League. Who scored the last ever try at Wigan Warriors former ground Central Park?
Answer: TOMMY MARTIN (St. Helens R.L.F.C.)

Question: The Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) was the wife of which European leader?
Answer: The Emperor Napoleon Iii

Question: Rugby League. When Wigan Warriors moved to the JJB Stadium, who scored the first ever try?
Answer: DENNIS BETTS (Wigan Warriors R.L.F.C.)

Question: Which Middle Eastern country's flag is a rectangle divided horizontally into three equal bands green (top) on white on black with a broader vertical red band at the hoist side?
Answer: United Arab Emirates.

Question: Politics. Who in his speech to the House of Commons on the 4th April 1940 said, "Hitler has missed the bus"?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Question: What was the address of Tony Hancock in 'Hancock's Half Hour'?
Answer: '23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam'

Question: Who in 1497, discovered Newfoundland and claimed North America for Engalnd?
Answer: John Cabot

Question: Which rider is famous for not winning the 1956 Grand national?
Answer: DICK FRANCIS (Devon Loch collapsed 50 yards from the winning line)

Question: Who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War in 1645?
Answer: Sir Thomas Fairfax

Question: Bamako is the capital of which West African Republic?
Answer: Mali

Question: What is the women's equivalent of the Ryder Cup?
Answer: The Solheim Cup

Question: Conakry is the capital of which West African Republic?
Answer: The Republic Of Guinea

Question: Football. From which team did Manchester United sign goalkeeper Tim Howard?
Answer: New York / New Jersey Metrostars

Question: Who in 1975 were the first ever winners of the Cricket World Cup?
Answer: West Indies

Question: In which magazine was Dickens' "Oliver Twist" first serialised?
Answer: Bentley'S Miscellany

Question: Over which course is the 'Whitbread Gold Cup' run?
Answer: Sandown Park

Question: Which fish has a curling prehensile tail?
Answer: Sea Horse

Question: Where is the 'king George VI' horse race held?
Answer: Kempton Park