Question: Who, with 448 runs, was Australia's leading run scorer in the 2009 Ashes series?
Answer: Michael Clarke

Question: After Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza, what is the fourth largest of the Balearic Islands?
Answer: Formentera

Question: Who was the first wife of the Lawn Tennis player, John McEnroe?
Answer: Tatum O'Neal

Question: """The Mona Lisa of the North"" or ""The Dutch Mona Lisa"" are two soubriquets for which painting by Dutch master, Jan Vermeer?"
Answer: Girl With A Pearl Earring

Question: The playwright, Harold Pinter was married to which authoress from 1980, until his death in 2008?
Answer: Lady Antonia Fraser

Question: During the reign of which British King did Columbus discover the New World?
Answer: Henry Vii

Question: Which 1992 film featured Whitney Houston's version of the Dolly Parton song, "I Will Always Love You"?
Answer: The Bodyguard

Question: In the radio series, "Hancock's Half Hour", in which street did Hancock live?
Answer: Railway Cuttings

Question: In the 1920's, which sportsman was known as, "The Manassa Mauler"?
Answer: Jack Dempsey

Question: In the 1930's which car company manufactured a model called the Ruby?
Answer: Austin

Question: What was the relationship between William of Orange and King James II of England, opponents at the Battle of the Boyne?
Answer: William Was James Son-In-Law

Question: 1976, Olympic Gold medallist, Alwin Schockemohle, was a top class sportsman in which sport?
Answer: Equestrianism

Question: What was the relationship between the Mongol Emperors, Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan?
Answer: Ghengis Was Kublai Khan'S Grandfather

Question: In March 2000, which British car company introduced a model called the Aero 8, its first new model for over thirty years?
Answer: Morgan

Question: In the 1920's, which sportsman was known as, "The Sultan of Swat"?
Answer: Babe Ruth

Question: Before becoming President, of which US state was Barack Obama a senator?
Answer: Illinois

Question: In the TV series, "Steptoe and Son", in which street did the Steptoe's live?
Answer: Oil Drum Lane

Question: In which of Shakespeare's plays does the title of Aldous Huxley's novel, "Brave New World" originate?
Answer: The Tempest

Question: What is the main ingredient of the French soup, "Bouillabaisse"?
Answer: Fish

Question: During the reign of which British monarch was the American Declaration of Independence signed?
Answer: George Iii

Question: Which gas is produced when water is mixed with Calcium Carbide?
Answer: Acetylene

Question: In which 1951 Alec Guinness film does an inventor create a fabric, which never gets dirty or wears out, thus creating panic in the clothing industry?
Answer: The Man In The White Suit

Question: In 1883, which French impressionist artist, painted the picture "Les Parapluies", which depicts several people carrying umbrellas?
Answer: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Question: On a standard typewriter keyboard, over which number on the top row, is a circumflex positioned?
Answer: 6

Question: Who is the subject of the one-man show, "Hurricane", performed by Richard Dormer?
Answer: Alex Higgins

Question: Which super-group did Eric Clapton join, after the pop group, "Cream" split up?
Answer: Blind Faith

Question: Who is the 2009 World Snooker Champion?
Answer: John Higgins

Question: Which French monarch was known as the Sun King?
Answer: Louis XIV

Question: How was Alexander the Great's body preserved?
Answer: In honey

Question: Where do the Flintstones live?
Answer: Bedrock

Question: How many spots are there on a traditional six sided die?
Answer: 21

Question: What does a speliologist study?
Answer: Caves

Question: Whom did Robert Ford shoot dead in 1882?
Answer: Jesse James

Question: From which country does the word "Duffel", as in coat, come?
Answer: Belgium

Question: Who was the most famous wife of baseball player Joe DiMaggio?
Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Question: Who wrote novels featuring Inspector Lynley?
Answer: Elizabeth George

Question: What is the capital of New Brunswick?
Answer: Fredericton

Question: How many fences are jumped in completing the Grand National?
Answer: 30

Question: In which Shakespeare play does Orsino, Duke of Illyria, appear?
Answer: Twelfth Night

Question: Which sport's name means "easy way"?
Answer: Judo

Question: Which Dickens novel is partly set in America?
Answer: Martin Chuzzlewit

Question: A collection of which birds is sometimes called a "stare"?
Answer: Owls

Question: Who played "M" in the Bond film Goldeneye?
Answer: Judi Dench

Question: Which was the first bird released from Noah's Ark?
Answer: Raven

Question: In which jail was Oscar Wilde imprisoned?
Answer: Reading

Question: In which jail did John Bunyan write Pilgrim's Progress?
Answer: Bedford

Question: Who was the mother of Achilles, who dipped him into the River Styx?
Answer: Thetis

Question: Who is the patron saint of politicians and lawyers?
Answer: St Thomas More

Question: Which group had former names the Detours and the High Numbers?
Answer: The Who

Question: Which superhero had the identity Linda Lee Dawson?
Answer: Supergirl

Question: Which film was based on the story The Sentinel by Arthur C Clarke?
Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Question: Which funambulist was the first to cross Niagara Falls?
Answer: Charles Blondin

Question: What circumstance is known as "St Francis's distemper"?
Answer: Shortage of money

Question: How many sides does a Möbius strip have?
Answer: One

Question: Which Irish writer married an ex-chambermaid called Nora Barnacle?
Answer: James Joyce

Question: Who was the lead singer with the group Amen Corner?
Answer: Andy Fairweather Low

Question: Daisy Hawkins was a working title of which Beatles song?
Answer: Eleanor Rigby

Question: Who currently plays Inspector George Gently on TV?
Answer: Martin Shaw

Question: Which planet was discovered by Wiliam Herschel?
Answer: Uranus

Question: Whom did Barack Obama defeat in the 2008 US Presidential election?
Answer: John McCain

Question: Who was Obama's running mate in the 2008 US Presidential election?
Answer: Joe Biden

Question: The Irish province of Ulster has nine counties, three of which are not in Northern Ireland. Name one.
Answer: Cavan; Monaghan or Donegal

Question: Araucaria, Shed and Paul are names connected with which pastime?
Answer: Crosswords

Question: Which film won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2009?
Answer: Slumdog Millionaire

Question: Which is the largest living mammal?
Answer: Blue Whale

Question: Who was replaced in 2008 by Rachel Riley?
Answer: Carol Vorderman

Question: What name is given to scoring a single, double and treble of the same number in three darts?
Answer: Shanghai

Question: Nitro-hydrochloric acid was traditionally called what?
Answer: Aqua Regia

Question: What do Americans celebrate on the first Monday in September?
Answer: Labor Day

Question: What is, or was, a cental?
Answer: A weight of 100lb

Question: Which Poet Laureate lived at Dove Cottage?
Answer: William Wordsworth

Question: Over what distance is the Steeplechase run in Athletics at the Olympics?
Answer: 3000 metres

Question: John Bercow, speaker of the House of Commons is MP for which constituency?
Answer: Buckingham

Question: The Bay of Fundy lies off the eastern coast of which country?
Answer: Canada

Question: What was the name of the last surviving "Tommy", from World War I, who died in 2009, aged 111?
Answer: Harry Patch

Question: Which product was advertised with the slogan, "Forces grey out, forces white in"?
Answer: Fairy Snow

Question: Complete the name of the Caribbean island group, "Antigua and ..."
Answer: Barbuda

Question: Give the number of one of the holes, which make up Amen Corner on the Augusta National golf course.
Answer: 11, 12, or 13

Question: The classical musician, Anne-Sophie Mutter plays which instrument?
Answer: Violin

Question: Which writer created the "Number I Detective Agency"?
Answer: ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH