Question: What may be described as "a leguminous plant bearing pods that ripen underground, and contain seeds used for food and oil"?
Answer: Peanuts

Question: Whose autobiography is entitled '80 Not Out'?
Answer: Patrick Moore

Question: Where in the human body is the 'Calcaneuus'?
Answer: It Is Theheelbone

Question: Who was the first person to be evicted from the November 2007 edition of 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here'?
Answer: Mark Bannerman

Question: In which year was Benigno Aquino murdered, the USSR shoot down a Boeing 747 off Sakhalin Island, and America land troops in Grenada?
Answer: 1983

Question: What did 'Clive of India', Mark Antony and Hannibal have in common?
Answer: All Committed Suicide

Question: Science: In 'Moh's Scale of Hardness', Talc is number 1, Gypsum is 2, Corundum is 9 and Diamond is 10.name any of the minerals that occupy places 3-8 in the scale?
Answer: Any of CALCITE, FLOURITE, APATITE, ORTHOCLASE/FELDSPAR, or TOPAZ

Question: The 'Merioneth and Llantissily Rail Traction Company' was the setting for which long-running television series?
Answer: 'Ivor The Engine'

Question: Which soccer manager was arrested on corruption charges on November 28th 2007?
Answer: Harry Redknapp

Question: Who was dismissed as manager of Derby County on November 21st. 2007?
Answer: Billy Davies

Question: Alphabetically, which is the last state in Australia?
Answer: Western Australia

Question: In which suburb of Los Angeles were there major riots in 1965?
Answer: Watts

Question: In Italy, what does the word 'piccolo' mean?
Answer: Small

Question: Which film of 2004 is about an insurnace man and his family who are forced to abandon their quiet suburban life and revert to their 'superhero' guises in order to save the world?
Answer: 'The Incredibles'

Question: Which country has hosted the Winter Olympics the most time?
Answer: U.S.A. (four)

Question: What was remarkable about the 'Velocette LE' motorcycle that made it favoured by the Police?
Answer: It Was Almost Silent

Question: Who wrote 'Cocaine Nights', 'The Drowned World', and 'High Rise'?
Answer: J.G. Ballard

Question: What happened at Mers-el-Kebir in 1940?
Answer: The Royal Navy Destroyed The French Fleet

Question: What nationality was the winner of the 2007 Tour de France?
Answer: Spanish

Question: Who so far, has been the only bachelor President of the U.S.A.?
Answer: James Buchanan

Question: In which decade was the 'speaking clock' by telephone first introduced?
Answer: 1930's

Question: Who wrote 'Down And Out In Paris And London', and 'The Lion And The Unicorn'?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: What name is given to atoms of any given element which have the same number of protons and electrons, and the same chemical qualities, but differ in the number of neutrons in their nuclei?
Answer: Isotopes

Question: Why, in 1477 did Edward IV allegedly ban Skittles and Cricket?
Answer: They Interfered With Archery Practice

Question: """The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last fewfeet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon"", is the first line of which novel?"
Answer: 'Lord Of The Flies'

Question: Who, with 90 wickets in 2007, has been the leading wicket taker in County Cricket for the last five years?
Answer: Mushtaq Ahmed

Question: What did Suzy Kendall, Tuesday Weld, Brogan Lane, and Nicole Rothschild have in common?
Answer: They All Married Dudley Moore

Question: What is the capital of the Faeroe Islands?
Answer: THORSHAVEN (Torshavn)

Question: What may be described as a 'primula with fragrant yellow flowers, which grow in pastures and meadows'?
Answer: Cowslip

Question: Which pop group have had UK number one hits with 'Bring It Back', 'Never Had A Dream Come True', 'Don't Stop Movin'', and 'Have You Ever'?
Answer: S Club 7

Question: The 'Greek Orders' are the three original classic orders of architecture, namely 'Doric', 'Ionic' and which other?
Answer: Corinthian

Question: Which airline advertises itself as"A great way to fly"?
Answer: Singapore Airlines

Question: Alphabetically, which is the last country in South America?
Answer: Venezuela

Question: 'I'm In Love With A Wondeful Guy' comes from which musical?
Answer: 'South Pacific'

Question: What is the symbol of the United States Democratic Party?
Answer: A Donkey

Question: In France, what is 'un homme d'affaires'?
Answer: A Businessman

Question: Which 2002 film abouta Punjabi girl living in London whose desire to become a professional footballer was thwarted by her parents who wanted her to study law?
Answer: 'Bend It Like Beckham'

Question: 'Cedric Errol' is better known as which fictional character?
Answer: 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'

Question: Who wrote the opera 'Gloriana'?
Answer: Benjamin Britten

Question: Which Scottish soccer club plays at Cappielow Park?
Answer: Greenock Morton

Question: Name the largest British saw-billed bird, which has become a pest in Scotland, due to its fishing expertise?
Answer: Goosander

Question: Which Scottish queen had the sobriquet 'The Maid of Norway'?
Answer: Queen Margaret

Question: What is the maximum number of people allowed in a Tug-Of-War team?
Answer: Eight

Question: Five of the world's highest waterfalls are wholly or partly in which country?
Answer: Norway

Question: Which movie of 1960 used the tag line "Check in. Relax. Take a shower".
Answer: 'Psycho'

Question: The invention of which home recreational item is attributed to John Spilsbury in 1760?
Answer: Jigsaw Puzzle

Question: Eight of the world's ten highest mountains are wholly or partly in which country?
Answer: Nepal

Question: Who wrote the novel 'Finnegan's Wake'?
Answer: James Joyce

Question: Which organ of the body produces hormones controlling the rate of chemical reactions in the body's cells?
Answer: Thyroid Gland

Question: The A23 connects London to which other town or city?
Answer: Brighton

Question: In which American city do the 'Celtics' play professional Basketball?
Answer: Boston

Question: Which aid to seafarers was invented in 1730 by John Hadley?
Answer: The Sextant

Question: Which chart topping song of 1977 contains the lines, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"?
Answer: 'HOTEL CALIFORNIA' by The Eagles

Question: Which breed of dog takes its name from a state in Mexico?
Answer: Chihuahua

Question: What type of creature is a 'Karakul'?
Answer: Sheep

Question: What would be the profession of a member of M.I.C.E.?
Answer: Member of the Institute of CIVIL ENGINEERS

Question: During World War II, what would you be if you were a member of the R.N.R.?
Answer: SAILOR (Royal Naval Reserve)

Question: The character 'Colin Ball' appeared in which top British sit-com from 1981 to 1991?
Answer: 'ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES' (Trigger)

Question: In which American city do the 'Mavericks' play professional Basketball?
Answer: Dallas

Question: Which rare species of water bird has one of its few breeding sites at Leighton Moss in Lancashire?
Answer: Bittern

Question: Two new cities were created in the UK in 1995. Name either?
Answer: ST. DAVID'S or ARMAGH

Question: Which battle took place on June 4th 1800, three miles south of Alessandra in Italy?
Answer: Marengo

Question: Which element, of pale greenish-yellow colour, has the atomic number 9?
Answer: Fluorine

Question: In which stretch of water - which became known as 'Bomb Alley' -was the British fleet anchored during the Falklands campaign?
Answer: San Carlos Water

Question: Under what name did singer Norma Egstrom achieve fame?
Answer: Peggy Lee

Question: Which Flemish-born portrait painter became court painter to Charles I?
Answer: Sir Anthony Van Dyke

Question: What type of creature is a 'Takin'?
Answer: Goat

Question: Which famous political figure said "Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't"?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher