Question: Which primates, whose name is derived from the Latin for 'spirits of the dead', are endemic to Madagascar and surrounding islands?
Answer: Lemurs

Question: Who chaired the 2003-4 Inquiry into the suspicious death of MOD scientist. Dr David Kelly?
Answer: Lord Hutton

Question: Which daily newspaper is owned by the Scott Trust?
Answer: The Guardian

Question: Which parliamentary constituency does Jack Straw represent?
Answer: Blackburn

Question: Name the former Thailand Prime Minister (2001-6) who briefly owned Manchester City football club from 2007-8.
Answer: Thaksin Shinawatra

Question: Which TV series features the Chatsworth Estate?
Answer: Shameless

Question: For what, in the world of finance, does the I stand in the acronym ISA?
Answer: Individual

Question: Which former Royal Mail Chief Executive was appointed Chief Executive of ITV in 2010?
Answer: Adam Crozier

Question: What does the word 'wherefore' mean, as In the phrase, 'Wherefore art thou Romeo?'
Answer: Why

Question: Natrium was the original name for which element?
Answer: Sodium

Question: The Eredivisie is the top football league in which country?
Answer: Netherlands

Question: At which sporting venue would you find the Valley of Sin?
Answer: St Andrews

Question: A seemingly discredited 1998 research paper into what damaged the reputation of Dr Andrew Wakefield?
Answer: Dangers of MMR vaccine

Question: The Petronas Towers, the world's tallest twin towers, are in which Asian city?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: What did chef Gino D'Acampo win in 2009?
Answer: I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Question: What 7-letter word beginning with J is a nickname for a US marine?
Answer: Jarhead

Question: Which god is the twin brother of the goddess Artemis?
Answer: Apollo

Question: Name the former Metropolitan Police Commander convicted in 2010 of perverting the course of justice and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment.
Answer: Ali Dizaei

Question: What is the nationality of Manny Pacquiao, considered by many the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
Answer: Filipino

Question: Titus Oates was a ringleader of the Popish plot to kill which English King in 1678?
Answer: Charles II

Question: The Torah and Talmud are holy books in which religion?
Answer: Judaism

Question: The film 'The Shawshank Redemption' was based on a novella by which highly successful writer?
Answer: Stephen King

Question: What kind of creature lives in a holt?
Answer: Otter

Question: Which horse won his 4th consecutive King George VI Chase at Kempton in 2009, beating Desert Orchid's record of 4 wins in 5 years?
Answer: Kauto Star

Question: By what name is the building 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London colloquially known?
Answer: The Gherkin

Question: A league was an old unit of measurement equal to how many miles?
Answer: Three

Question: Film director Sam Mendes was married to which actress?
Answer: Kate Winslet

Question: Which former FA Chief Executive once played as a midfielder for Tranmere Rovers?
Answer: Mark Palios

Question: Trade union leader Jack Dromey is married to which politician?
Answer: Harriet Harman

Question: The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde was a no.1 hit in 1967 for which singer?
Answer: Georgie Fame

Question: Name one of the suits that can be found in a pack of Tarot cards.
Answer: Cups, Swords, Pentacles and Wands

Question: For what does the 'J' stand in the computer file format jpeg?
Answer: Joint

Question: Which awards are made each year at about the same time as the Oscars, but are for the year's worst films?
Answer: The Golden Raspberries

Question: What name is given to the tall slim, stemmed glasses in which sparkling wine should be served?
Answer: Flutes

Question: What is the name of the branded drink, introduced in 1953, it was the first alcoholic drink advertised on British TV and was shown being served in a 'champagne saucer'?
Answer: Babycham

Question: Which element has the atomic number 55 and the chemical symbol Cs?
Answer: Caesium

Question: Which British Prime Minister was born in 1883 and was first elected to parliament in 1922 as MP for Limehouse?
Answer: (Clement) Attlee

Question: In which English county are the towns of Wiveliscombe and Watchet?
Answer: Somerset

Question: Give a year in the life of composer Antonio Vivaldi?
Answer: 1678-1741

Question: For what does the 'P' stand in the computer file format pdf?
Answer: Portable

Question: In which European country is Cascais Beach?
Answer: Portugal

Question: Who wrote the 19th century epic poem The Song of Hiawatha?
Answer: (Henry Wadsworth) Longfelkow

Question: The Mitchell Library is in which UK city?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: In which country, which has a coastline on the eastern Mediterranean, is the red wine Chateau Musar produced?
Answer: Lebanon

Question: Name one of the symbols that can be found on a pack of Zener cards?
Answer: Square, circle, cross, star and wavy line

Question: Which city will host the 2016 Olympic Games?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Question: Which famous line was originally marked with 'crownstones' displaying a coat-of-arms on either side, many are still in place?
Answer: Mason-Dixon Line

Question: Who wrote the poem How They Brought The Good News From Ghent To Aix?
Answer: Robert Browning

Question: In which of the constellations of the Zodiac is the bright star Antares found?
Answer: Scorpio

Question: At the 2010 football World Cup which was the only team not to lose a game?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Which element has the atomic number 42 and the chemical symbol Mo?
Answer: Molybdenum

Question: Which lighthouse, west of the Scilly Isles, marks the Eastern end of the North Atlantic shipping route at which the time for the Blue Riband is measured?
Answer: Bishop Rock

Question: Which awards are made each year in memory of those who have killed themselves in bizarre ways?
Answer: The Darwin Awards

Question: Give a year in the life of composer Leos Janacek?
Answer: 1854-1928

Question: The malleus, incus, and stapes (the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup) are the three smallest bones in the human body, how are they collectively known?
Answer: The Ossicles

Question: Which fictional detective, created by Caroline Graham in novels such as Faithful Unto Death and The Killings at Badger Drift, features in a popular TV series?
Answer: (Chief Inspector Tom) Barnaby

Question: At the 2010 football World Cup who won the Golden Ball for best player?
Answer: Diego Forlan

Question: In Greek mythology, Elektra was the daughter of which king?
Answer: Agamemnon

Question: The inscription 'Bleste be the man that spares these stones, and curst be he that moves my bones' appears on whose gravestone?
Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: Which south coast town is served by the local radio station Arrow FM?
Answer: Hastings

Question: In which country is 'Ninety Mile Beach'?
Answer: Australia

Question: During 2009, in order to highlight 'global warming', which country held an underwater cabinet meeting?
Answer: Maldives

Question: Similarly during 2009, in order to highlight 'global warming', which country held a cabinet meeting up a mountain?
Answer: Nepal

Question: The Monarch's Way is a long distance footpath, approximating to a route taken by which monarch?
Answer: Charles II

Question: In World War 2, Captain Hans Lansdorf was in command of which famous ship?
Answer: (Admiral) Graf Spee

Question: Which type of soft undressed silk takes its name from the province of north-east China where it was originally made?
Answer: Shantung

Question: How is 'King Rudolf 5th of Ruritania' known in the title of a book?
Answer: The Prisoner of Zenda

Question: Name either of the fictional detectives, created by Reginald Hill in novels such as A Pinch of Snuff and Ruling Passions, who later featured in a popular TV series?
Answer: Dalziel or Pascoe

Question: The Chester Beatty Library is in which city?
Answer: Dublin