Question: Alvin Stardust's debut chart hit, 'My Coo Ca Choo', only reached number 2 in the charts. What was his follow-up, his only number 1?
Answer: Jealous Mind

Question: What Italian word refers to a painting technique where paint is laid onto the canvas so thickly that the brush or knife strokes are visible?
Answer: Impasto

Question: What term is used in the House of Lords as a synonym for 'for' in support of a vote?
Answer: Content

Question: 29th May 2013 marked the centenary of the premiere of which Stravinsky ballet, a performance
Answer: which sparked a virtual riot?

Question: Half of a long-term comedy double-act, who hosted an annual telethon for muscular dystrophy for over 40 years in the USA?
Answer: Jerry Lewis

Question: Which painting technique generally involves the use of egg yolk as a binding medium?
Answer: Tempera

Question: A-ha's debut chart hit, 'Take On Me', only reached number 2 in the charts. What was their follow-up, their only number 1?
Answer: The Sun Always Shines On Tv

Question: Opened in 2012, what is the pathetic name of the English FA's national football centre, near
Answer: Burton upon Trent?

Question: What term for the left-hand side was replaced by `pore in the Royal Navy in 1844?
Answer: Larboard

Question: According to Newton's Second Law, what does mass times acceleration equal?
Answer: Force

Question: The George M Cohan song 'Over There', as seen in 'Yankee Doodle Dandy', has been used in recent years - with different lyrics - in which company's TV advertising?
Answer: Gocompare

Question: Which fictional character's diary entries often started with a summary of weight gain/loss and alcohol/cigarette consumption?
Answer: Bridget Jones

Question: Derived from old French for 'bread basket', what name is given to a basket or similar attached to a bicycle?
Answer: Pannier

Question: What is the name of the Jack Russell who stole the show in the 2011 movie 'The Artist' in his role as Jack?
Answer: Uggie

Question: Due to its use for many years in the company advertising, what breed of dog is often known as
Answer: a Dulux Dog'?

Question: Which-UK-charity {it is focused on AIDS/HIV issues)-is named after a 37-year-old who was-one of the first in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness, in 1982?
Answer: Terence Higgins Trust

Question: Also the names of races at the local racecourse, Woodditton and Cheveley Park are villages close to which English town or city?
Answer: Newmarket

Question: As studied by both David Cameron and Ed Miliband, for what does the E in the university degree course PPE stand?
Answer: Economics

Question: Named after their 1998 number one single, what is the name of the stage musical based on the works of the Spice Girls?
Answer: Viva Forever

Question: The colour silver (or white) is given what name in heraldry?
Answer: Argent

Question: What term, a synonym for 'get on with it' is said to derive from an instruction given by early film-maker Hal Roach to his editors?
Answer: Cut To The Chase

Question: Which male Russian won the 100/200 metre double at the 1972 Olympics?
Answer: Valeriy Borzov

Question: Named after their 2004 number one album, what is the name of the stage musical based on the works of Green Day?
Answer: American Idiot

Question: The Seychelles is the smallest African country, but what is the smallest country on mainland Africa?
Answer: (The) Gambia

Question: The colour black is given what name in heraldry?
Answer: Sable

Question: Adolfo Celi played primary baddie Emilio Largo in which James Bond film?
Answer: Thunderball

Question: The Tom Jones hit 'Delilah' has, in recent years, been taken up as a team song by supporters of which Premier League football club?
Answer: Stoke City

Question: The highest circulation newspaper in the USA, what New York-based paper is known as the WSJ?
Answer: Wall Street Journal

Question: Which traditional English county was historically divided into 'Rapes'?
Answer: Sussex

Question: In police slang, who or what are `Darbies'?
Answer: Handcuffs

Question: By population, what is the largest town in Buckinghamshire?
Answer: Milton Keynes

Question: Former radio DJ 'diddy' David Hamilton has, in recent years, been the stadium announcer for which Premier League football club?
Answer: Fulham

Question: Responsible for such films as 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Gladiator', which film Production Company was founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen in 1994?
Answer: Dreamworks.

Question: The global edition of the New York Times, what Paris-based newspaper is known as the IHT?
Answer: International Herald Tribune

Question: In police slang, who or what is a 'brass'?
Answer: Prostitute

Question: By population, what is the largest town in Wiltshire?
Answer: Swindon

Question: The only sitcom created solely by Johnnie Mortimer, which 1981-1991 sitcom starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as warring antique dealers?
Answer: Never The Twain

Question: A wisent is one of the two living species of what animal?
Answer: Bison

Question: Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, half of group Gnarls Barkley, got to number one with 'Forget You' in 2010 under what stage name?
Answer: Cee-Lo Green

Question: Who introduces the Radio 4 quiz 'Counterpoint'?
Answer: Paul Gambaccini

Question: In the 2012 Olympics, who won the gold medal in the Men's Singles at tennis?
Answer: Andy Murray

Question: In Norse mythology, what is the name of the rainbow bridge between Heaven and Earth?
Answer: Bifrost

Question: In Norse mythology, what is the name of the huge ash tree that binds the earth, heaven and hell together?
Answer: Yggdrasil

Question: Which animals have types named Plains, Mountain and Grevy's?
Answer: Zebra

Question: Who is the current UN Secretary General, in office since 2007?
Answer: Ban Ki-Moon

Question: In 'The Simpsons' TV show, who is the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant?
Answer: Mr (Charles Montgomery) Burns

Question: In 'the Simpsons' TV show, who is the Principal of Springfield Elementary School?
Answer: (Seymour) Skinner

Question: In the Bible, who was the brother of Martha and Mary?
Answer: Lazarus

Question: Who was President of the United States in the year 1800?
Answer: John Adams

Question: Who was President of the United States in the year 1900?
Answer: William McKinley

Question: Which element is first alphabetically in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Actinium

Question: Which element is last alphabetically in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Zirconium

Question: In October 1571, what was the last naval battle in the Mediterranean fought entirely between galleys?
Answer: Lepanto

Question: In the First World War, what other name is given to the third battle of Ypres of June 1917?
Answer: Passchendaele

Question: Who composed the 1843 opera 'The Flying Dutchman'?
Answer: Richard Wagner

Question: Who composed the 1951 opera 'The Rake's Progress'?
Answer: Igor Stravinsky

Question: Name the English female referee involved in the 'sexism' controversy in January 2011 which resulted n Andy Gray and Richard Keys leaving Sky Sports network?
Answer: Sian Massey

Question: Who was the first female to referee the World Snooker Championship Final, in May 2009?
Answer: Michaela Tabb

Question: Who wrote the collection of autobiographical short stories- 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog' in 1940?
Answer: Dylan Thomas

Question: Who wrote the comedy play 'Arms and the Man' in1894?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Question: What is the main spirit in a Margarita?
Answer: Tequila

Question: What spirit is mixed with Scotch whisky to make a Rusty Nail cocktail?
Answer: Drambuie

Question: In the USA, which city is known as the 'Mile High City'?
Answer: Denver

Question: To date, what is Stevie Wonder's only British No.1 solo single?
Answer: I just called to say I love you

Question: Which football club did David Moyes manage before Everton, from 1998-2002?
Answer: Preston