Question: Which ship escaped under the cover of darknes in July 1949 along the flooded Yangtse river?
Answer: HMS Amethyst

Question: Who created and drew the comic strip “The Fosdyke Saga”?
Answer: Bill Tidy

Question: Greyhounds racing out of trap two wear which colour of jacket?
Answer: Blue

Question: Albert Christian Edward as the three other forenames of which member of the Royal family?
Answer: Prince Andrew

Question: Before returning to obscurity which busker found overnight success with the hit singles “Rosie” and “Blue Eyes”?
Answer: Don Partridge

Question: Name either tile in a standard Scrabble set with a face value of eight points.
Answer: J or X

Question: What name is given to the flat topped peaked caps worn by Gendarmes?
Answer: Kepi

Question: More familiar for television roles, who played King Edward the First in the film “Braveheart”?
Answer: Patrick McGoohan

Question: UKIP leader Nigel Farrage recently decided not to contest a bye-election in which town?
Answer: Newark on Trent

Question: Which fruit juice is added to champagne to make a Bellini cocktail?
Answer: Peach

Question: To emphasise its links to the sea, which country depicts the top of Neptune’s trident on its national flag?
Answer: Barbados

Question: Which Victorian artist painted “The Boyhood of Raleigh”?
Answer: John Everett Millais

Question: Between 1867 and 1914 wjat title was given to the viceroy of Egypt?
Answer: Khedive

Question: In which decade did British Rail scrap third class travel?
Answer: 1950’s

Question: Which horse won the 2014 Grand National?
Answer: Pineau De Re

Question: From which language do we get the word “Slalom”?
Answer: Norwegian

Question: The adjective “pavanine” refers to which kind of birds?
Answer: Peacock

Question: The bane of Stan Butler’s life, who played the officious Inspector “Blakey” in the TV sitcom “On the Buses”?
Answer: Stephen Lewis

Question: Which schoolboy, created by Anthony Buckeridge, attended Linbury Court School?
Answer: Jennings

Question: Which is the outermost layer of the atmosphere?
Answer: Exosphere

Question: Which two countries are linked by the Brenner Pass?
Answer: Italy and Austria

Question: Which Elizabethan dramatist wrote “The Alchemist”?
Answer: Ben Johnson

Question: A smuck is the collective name for a group of which aquatic creatures?
Answer: Jellyfish

Question: Morton’s Tower stands at the entrance to which London palace?
Answer: Lambeth Palace

Question: In the 1990’s which Scottish group asked “Why Does It Always Rain on Me”?
Answer: Travis

Question: What gives 'Earl Grey Tea' its characteristic flavour?
Answer: Oil Of Bergamot

Question: Which Roman road became part of the A1?
Answer: Ermine Street

Question: Prestwick Airport is one of which city's airports?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: Which animal is the offspring of a male Ass and a mare?
Answer: Mule

Question: In which form did Zeus seduce Danae, resulting in the birth of Perseus?
Answer: A Shower Of Gold

Question: The Ringitt is the currency of which Asian country?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: Which West Sussex family seat is the home of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon?
Answer: Goodwood House

Question: Which magazine claims to be the world's best music magazine?
Answer: The Gramaphone

Question: Which number one hit of 1969 tells the true story of a marriage in Gibraltar?
Answer: 'The Ballad Of John And Yoko'

Question: Who had overall command of the Task Force sent to get the Argentineans out of the 'Falklands'?
Answer: Admiral Sandy Woodward

Question: What is Puck's alternative name in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
Answer: Robin Goodfellow

Question: Which Supermarket chain has run a series of 'Computers For Schools' voucher schemes?
Answer: Tesco

Question: Give a year in the life of Dick Whittington?
Answer: 1358 - 1423

Question: Which poet wrote " Anthem For Doomed Youth" in 1917?
Answer: Wilfred Owen

Question: Which country won the African Nations Football Cup in 2002?
Answer: Cameroon

Question: Which major car company owns 'Seat'?
Answer: Volkswagen

Question: Who did David succeed as King of Judah, and later the whole of Israel?
Answer: Saul

Question: Which poet longed to be in England, "Now That April's There"?
Answer: Robert Browning

Question: By what name was Manchester Airport originally known?
Answer: Ringway

Question: What word, from the Greek, is used to describe animals such as Elephants, Rhinoceroses etc.?
Answer: Pachyderm

Question: Who was leader of the ruling Argentinean 'Junta' in 1982?
Answer: General Galtieri

Question: Which Greek word means 'citadel' or 'highest city'?
Answer: Acropolis

Question: Which is the only state of the USA with an old royal palace?
Answer: Hawaii

Question: Which heroine of Greek mythology refused to marry any man who could not beat her in a foot race?
Answer: Atalanta

Question: Sarah was the mother of Isaac and the wife of which Hebrew patriarch?
Answer: Abraham

Question: Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Andre Masson were amongst the leading exponents of which style of painting founded in 1924?
Answer: Surrealism

Question: In which Irish city can one stroll along the Mardyke Walk, between the north and south channels of the River Lee?
Answer: Cork

Question: Which magazine claims to be for "the grown up woman"?
Answer: Good Housekeeping

Question: Which Leicestershire family seat is home to the Duke of Rutland?
Answer: Belvoir Castle

Question: Which female singer was torn between two lovers in 1977?
Answer: Mary Macgregor

Question: What is the monetary unit of Morocco?
Answer: Dirham

Question: What type of coffee traditionally comes from Yemen?
Answer: Mocha

Question: Which American writer said "If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes for it to change"?
Answer: Mark Twain

Question: Give the full name of the villain from the 'Friday the 13th.' series of movies?
Answer: Jason Vorhees

Question: Which TV detective was a reluctant George Cross recipient?
Answer: Jack Frost

Question: Which comedian paraphrased mark Twain when he said "if you don't like the weather in Scotland, just wait a few minutes. It will change "?
Answer: Billy Connolly

Question: Which treaty, signed in May 1902, ended the Boer War?
Answer: Vereeniging

Question: 'Touchstone', a court jester, features in which Shakespeare comedy?
Answer: 'As You Like It'

Question: Na is the chemical symbol for which element?
Answer: Sodium

Question: Which is the oldest college at Oxford University?
Answer: University College

Question: 'Sean Dillon' is an ex-IRA terrorist created by which author?
Answer: Jack Higgins

Question: Who composed the opera 'Lakme'?
Answer: Delibes

Question: Which model of Ford car was introduced in 1989 and discontinued in 1997?
Answer: Ford Probe

Question: In the USA during World War I, any reference to things German was considered unpatriotic, in order to avoid this problem which common foodstuff was called a 'Salisbury Steak'?
Answer: Hamburger

Question: Who played the title role in the film 'Dr. No'?
Answer: Joseph Wiseman

Question: What was the name of the Blackburn weaver who invented the'Spinning Jenny'?
Answer: James Hargreaves

Question: Where in the human body, would you find the 'Sartorius Muscle'?
Answer: In The Thigh

Question: The Jay belongs to which bird family?
Answer: Crow

Question: Which author's works include the novels 'Antic Hay' and 'Crome Yellow'?
Answer: Aldous Huxley

Question: Who wrote the poem 'The Village Blacksmith'?
Answer: Henry Longfellow

Question: In which US state is the 'Great Smoky Mountains National Park'?
Answer: Tennessee

Question: What was Dusty Springfield's first No. 1 hit?
Answer: 'You Don'T Have To Say You Love Me'

Question: """There never was a good war nor a bad peace""is a quote attributed to which American statesman?"
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Question: Whose law states"Bad money drives out good"?
Answer: Gresham'S Law