Question: Who was the leader of the British Liberal Party before Jeremy Thorpe?
Answer: Jo Grimmond

Question: Who wrote the musicals "Annie get your Gun" and "Call Me Madam"?
Answer: Irving Berlin

Question: For which minor sport do the USA and Europe compete annually for the Mosconi Cup?
Answer: Pool

Question: Who was the author of the 2009 bestseller "Look Back in Hunger - the Autobiography"?
Answer: Jo Brand

Question: In the sitcom "Some Mothers Do Have Them" what was the name of Frank & Betty Spencer's baby?
Answer: Jessica

Question: In which English county would you find the site of the Battle of Bosworth Field?
Answer: Leicestershire

Question: Wednesday is named after the god Woden but with which Roman god is Woden associated?
Answer: Mercury

Question: Before embarking on his Presidential campaign for which state did Barack Obama represent in the US Senate?
Answer: Illinois

Question: Which English Monarch was the "Count de Blois"?
Answer: Stephen

Question: In modern technology SatNays use the GPS system. For what does the "P" stand in GPS
Answer: Positioning

Question: Which South American capital city's name translates as 'I see a mountain'?
Answer: Montevideo

Question: Which artist's adopted name literally mean "Little Dyer"?
Answer: Tintoretto

Question: Brer Rabbit stories originated as Cherokee myths but which author compiled the Brer Rabbit stories?
Answer: Joel Chandler Harris

Question: The pop rock quartet "The Monkees" formed in 1966 featured Mickey Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and which other member?
Answer: Peter Tork

Question: In Greek Mythology who was the Goddess of the Underworld?
Answer: Persephone

Question: In Indian cuisine what is aloo as in dishes saag aloo?
Answer: Potato

Question: Which car company has 2 Chevrons as its symbol or badge?
Answer: Citroen

Question: Give any year in the life of poet Christina Rossetti.
Answer: 1830 to 1894

Question: Who in 1984 had a hit record with 'Time After Time"?
Answer: Cyndi Lauper

Question: Musophobia is the fear of which animals?
Answer: Mice

Question: Which actress was born with the real name Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra?
Answer: Meg Ryan

Question: With regards to the Isle of Man who currently holds the title "Lord of Mann"?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth Ii

Question: Which English town/city is the centre of the Post Code area NN?
Answer: Northampton

Question: As of March 2010 who is current Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change?
Answer: Ed Miliband

Question: Who succeeded John Major as leader of the Conservative Party?
Answer: William Hague

Question: According to TV advertising which company has the slogan "Good with food"?
Answer: Cooperative/Somerfield

Question: Which celebrity's autobiography "Learning to Fly" was released in September 2001?
Answer: Victoria Beckham

Question: In the soap opera Coronation Street what is the name of the fictitious supermarket?
Answer: Freshco

Question: In music what note is equal to a quarter of a minim?
Answer: Quaver

Question: In which English county would you find the site of the Battle of Naseby?
Answer: Northamptonshire

Question: Friday is named after the goddess frig but in some parts of Europe with which Roman goddess is this day associated?
Answer: Venus

Question: Before Hilary Clinton became Secretary of State under Barack Obama for which state was she a US Senator?
Answer: New York State

Question: In 1825 Simon Bolivar was president of 3 South American countries. Columbia and Bolivia were two of the countries. What was the third?
Answer: Peru

Question: Which artist/painter's adopted name literally mean 'Little Barrel'?
Answer: Botticelli

Question: What breed of animal is a "Bluefaced Leicester"?
Answer: A Sheep

Question: Which manmade waterway features the Gatun and Milafiores Locks?
Answer: Panama Canal

Question: Which children's comic strip character was created in 1928 by Mary Tourtel?
Answer: Rupert Bear

Question: Levi Stubbs, Abdul Fakir, Renaldo Benson and Lawrence Peyton were collectively known as which Motown group of the 60's?
Answer: The Four Tops

Question: Victoria is the Roman Goddess of Victory but who is her Greek equivalent?
Answer: Nike

Question: Which metal is obtained from the mineral ore galena?
Answer: Lead

Question: Both St. David's and St. Patrick's Days fall under which sign of the astrological zodiac?
Answer: Pisces

Question: Who in 1984 had a hit record with "Hold Me Now"?
Answer: Thompson Twins

Question: What type of creatures would you find in the reptilian order "Ophidia"?
Answer: Snakes

Question: Which actress was born with the real name Hyena Vasilievna Mironov?
Answer: Helen Mirren

Question: What kind of creature is a 'mugger'?
Answer: Crocodile

Question: Which long distance footpath runs from Chepstow to Prestatyn?
Answer: Offa'S Dyke Path

Question: Which famous sporting venue is situated over Pennsylvania Railway Station in New York's 7th Avenue?
Answer: Madison Square Garden

Question: In WW2, what name was given to the attempted Allied liberation of the Netherlands in September 1944?
Answer: Operation Market Garden

Question: Bernis Leadon and Randy Meisner were among the founder members of which American group?
Answer: The Eagles

Question: What was the Christian name of Winston Churchill's wife?
Answer: Clementine

Question: What is the state capital of Oregon?
Answer: Salem

Question: Who won the 2009 Open Golf Championship at Turnberry?
Answer: Stewart Cink

Question: Which Scottish Loch is the deepest freshwater lake in the British Isles?
Answer: Loch Morar

Question: In which Alfred Hitchcock film of 1956 did Doris Day sing 'Que Sera, Sera'?
Answer: The Man Who Knew too Much

Question: Which is the main port on the River Amazon estuary?
Answer: Belem

Question: What is the most southerly city in the world?
Answer: Ushuaia

Question: Which Scottish loch is the largest in area?
Answer: Loch Lomond

Question: Which British Player won the 2009 British Women's Open Golf Championship held at Royal Lytham and St. Annes?
Answer: Catriona Matthew

Question: What is the state capital of North Dakota?
Answer: Bismarck

Question: What was the Christian name of Harold McMillan's wife?
Answer: Dorothy

Question: John Illsley and Pick Withers were among the founder members of which predominantly British group?
Answer: Dire Straits

Question: In WW2 the name Operation Plunder Varsity was given to the Allied crossing of what in March 1945?
Answer: River Rhine

Question: What does the Italian cookery phrase 'Al dente' mean?
Answer: Lightly cooked

Question: What is the top knot of stiff, spiky leaves on a pineapple called?
Answer: The crown

Question: Who was the first woman to run for the vice-presidency of the United States?
Answer: Geraldine Ferraro

Question: Which writer created the characters Little Isodore, Harry the Horse and Spanish John?
Answer: Damon Runyon

Question: In which Shakespeare play do the characters Ajax, Achilles and Ulysses appear?
Answer: Troilus and Cressida

Question: In Norse mythology, who was the consort of Odin?
Answer: Freya

Question: The Louis S. St. Laurent' and the 'John G. Diefenbaker' are specifically what kind of ships?
Answer: Icebreakers

Question: William Hague, Tony Benn, Hilaire Belloc and Giles Brandreth are but four past holders of which prestigious but non-political office?
Answer: President of the Oxford Union

Question: Who was the Greek god of prophecy?
Answer: Apollo

Question: What is ombrophobia a fear of?
Answer: Rain

Question: What is the longest snake in the world?
Answer: The Reticulated Python.

Question: Having the longest fangs, the gaboon is an example of which snake species?
Answer: Adder or viper

Question: Give any year in the life of the painter Sandro Boticelli.
Answer: 1445-1510

Question: Who was the Greek god of trade?
Answer: Hermes

Question: In Ibsen's play Hedda Gabler, how does Hedda die?
Answer: She shoots herself