Question: Her real name was Virginia Katherine McMath, but this famous actress and dancing star of many films, which included Gold Diggers of 1933, was better known by what name?
Answer: Ginger Rogers

Question: What is the name of the druid in the English version of the Asterix books?
Answer: Getafix

Question: In which country was Princess Elizabeth when George VI died?
Answer: Kenya

Question: Where were the first Summer Olympics held in the USA?
Answer: St Louis

Question: Who in legend was the mighty hunter? It is also the name of an aircraft developed from the Comet.
Answer: Nimrod

Question: What was the surname of the grandfather and grandson who were both Presidents of the USA?
Answer: Harrison

Question: The 'May' blossom flowers on which tree?
Answer: Hawthorn

Question: In which Ian Fleming novel did the dog Edison appear?
Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Question: Which King was killed at the battle of Bosworth?
Answer: Richard III

Question: In the children's TV animation, what is the name of Peppa Pig's brother?
Answer: George

Question: Which food was known as 'Liberty Cabbage' in the USA during World War 1?
Answer: Sauerkraut

Question: We call it a current account, what do the Americans call it?
Answer: Checking Account

Question: In which Canadian city are the Oilers ice hockey team based?
Answer: Edmonton

Question: Justin Welby was Bishop of which diocese prior to his move to Canterbury?
Answer: Durham

Question: The story of Joseph featuring the coat of many colours, appears in which book of the Bible?
Answer: Genesis

Question: In a TV comedy series which superhero lives under the human alias of George Sunday?
Answer: Thermoman

Question: Name either of the songwriters who won an Oscar for the theme song to the film 'Skyfall'?
Answer: Adele (Adkins), Paul Epworth

Question: Dr Emmett Brown was a character in which series of films?
Answer: Back to the Future

Question: Whose novel 'Omerta' was completed shortly before his death in 1999?
Answer: Mario Puzo

Question: Which Danish scientist won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for his work on atomic structure and quantum theory?
Answer: Niels Bohr

Question: Who was the last British Prime Minister to be buried in Westminster Abbey?
Answer: Clement Attlee

Question: Who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?
Answer: Jefferson Davis

Question: Which England cricketer, who died in 2011, was nicknamed 'The Barnacle' because he was so difficult to get out?
Answer: Trevor Bailey

Question: Which musical note is the longest, at 8 crotchets?
Answer: Breve

Question: On which river does Lisbon stand?
Answer: Tagus

Question: Which Nobel Prize winner shot himself in 1961?
Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Question: Which singer appears as bar-owner 'JD' in the film 'Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels'?
Answer: Sting

Question: The Four Noble truths are a key feature of which religion?
Answer: Buddhism

Question: In which 1970s TV detective series did the character Frank Haskins appear?
Answer: The Sweeney

Question: What is the other name for the bird sometimes known as a 'stormcock'?
Answer: Mistle Thrush

Question: Which Dickens character wore "a little straw hat trimmed with cherry-coloured ribbons"?
Answer: Dolly Varden

Question: What is the name of the puzzle that uses a 9x9 square grid divided into nine 3x3 grids, the object is to have all the numbers from 1 to 9 appear in each row, column and 3x3 grid?
Answer: Sudoku

Question: What is the common name of the garden weed taraxacum officinale?
Answer: Dandelion

Question: Which musical instrument was played by Jelly Roll Morton?
Answer: Piano

Question: In which Canadian city are the Blue Jays baseball team based?
Answer: Toronto

Question: What trade did St Paul follow during his 18 month stay in Corinth?
Answer: Tentmaker

Question: In art, what is unusual about a painting known as a 'tondo'?
Answer: It's Round

Question: Napes Needle is on which Lake District fell?
Answer: Great Gable

Question: The FARC are the largest rebel group operating in which South American country?
Answer: Colombia

Question: Which bridge connects Copenhagen and Malmo?
Answer: Oresund Bridge

Question: Which title is held by the autocratic nominal ruler of Luxembourg?
Answer: Grand Duke

Question: Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861-1909) specialised in the painting and drawing of what?
Answer: The old American west

Question: Which character appeared for the first time in the book 'Call For The Dead'?
Answer: George Smiley

Question: What is the French name for the Channel Islands?
Answer: Iles Normandes

Question: Which railway terminal in Paris takes its name from one of Napoleon's victories?
Answer: (Gare d') Austerlitz

Question: Diplopia is the medical term for what problem?
Answer: Double Vision

Question: How high is the net in the centre in the game of badminton?
Answer: 5 feet

Question: What is generally considered the largest member of the bear family?
Answer: Polar Bear

Question: How high is the crossbar in Association Football?
Answer: 8 feet

Question: At 135 metres tall (443 feet) where is Europe's largest ferris wheel?
Answer: London

Question: Which is the largest amphibian in the world?
Answer: Chinese Giant Salamander

Question: Calabrese is what type of vegetable?
Answer: Broccoli

Question: Rachel Weisz is married to which actor?
Answer: Daniel Craig

Question: Chris Martin is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist with which group?
Answer: Coldplay

Question: The doner kebab originated in which country?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Where in the UK is the Nissan car manufacturing plant?
Answer: Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

Question: Vocalist, guitarist and harmonica player Guy Garvey is with which group?
Answer: Elbow

Question: Country music singer Keith Urban-is married-to which Australian actress?
Answer: Nicole Kidman

Question: Which American author wrote The Lost Symbol, Angels and Demons, etc?
Answer: Dan Brown

Question: In 1988 Ukrainian Sergey Bubka won Olympic Gold in what event?
Answer: Pole Vaulting

Question: Ruth Handler introduced what toy for young girls in 1959?
Answer: Barbie Doll

Question: Which product was first advertised on TVs Channel 5 in 1997?
Answer: Chanel No 5

Question: Which Commonwealth country is nearest to the United Kingdom?
Answer: Malta

Question: As at August, 2013, what is the cost of a colour TV licence?
Answer: £145.50

Question: Comedy duo Janette and Ian Tough have what stage name?
Answer: The Krankies

Question: What is the largest playing area in all sports?
Answer: Polo Field

Question: The sassafras plant (or bark) provides the primary flavour of what?
Answer: Root Beer

Question: The contrology fitness programme was invented and promoted by which German-born gymnast of Greek ancestry (1883-1967)?
Answer: (Joseph) Pilates

Question: Mock turtle soup is generally made from what?
Answer: Calf's Head

Question: The 1992 romantic comedy film "The Cutting Edge" portrayed which sport?
Answer: Figure Skating

Question: All of the five Irish classic horse races are staged at which race course?
Answer: The Curragh

Question: Mascarpone cheese originated in which country?
Answer: Italy

Question: The Scottish caber is usually made from what tree?
Answer: Larch

Question: Name the year: Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck; The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan Show; Radio Caroline first broadcast .
Answer: 1964

Question: The Bluebell Railway and Arundel Castle are in which English county?
Answer: Sussex

Question: Yeovil, Somerset, was once noted for the manufacture of what item of clothing?
Answer: Gloves

Question: A hawk is a tool used in which trade?
Answer: Plastering or Pointing

Question: The Mexican drink Kahlua has a distinct taste of what?
Answer: Coffee

Question: Where in the human body are the temporal bones?
Answer: The Head '

Question: Which English playwright (d. 1973) wrote The Rat Trap, Sirocco, The Better Half etc?
Answer: Noel Coward