Question: Which well known actor played the part of Red Grant in the Bond film From Russia With Love
Answer: Robert Shaw

Question: What is the capital of Cambodia
Answer: Phnom Penh

Question: In what year were post codes introduced in England
Answer: 1968

Question: What was the name of Dumbo's mother in the Disney cartoon
Answer: Mrs Jumbo

Question: What type of transport is or was a velocipede
Answer: An early bicycle

Question: What is the distance between the axles on a car called
Answer: The wheelbase

Question: What is the proper name for the bag holding the air in a hot air balloon
Answer: Envelope

Question: Which car manufacturer make the Felicia
Answer: Skoda

Question: Maglev is a form of high speed surface transport what does the name maglev mean
Answer: Magnetic levitation

Question: Who is the resident statistician on Countdown
Answer: Rachel Reilly

Question: In which TV quiz were the contestants invited to feel the sportsman
Answer: They Think It’s All Over

Question: What is a starter question worth in University Challenge
Answer: Five points

Question: How many contestants compete in a round of Mastermind
Answer: Four

Question: On which TV quiz show was Carol Smillie a hostess
Answer: Wheel of Fortune

Question: What colour is an old Etonian tie
Answer: Narrow blue and broad black stripes

Question: What was the venue for the tragic Eubank v Watson fight
Answer: White Hart Lane

Question: Where is the German Grand Prix held
Answer: Hockenheim

Question: What was the name of Johnny Kidd's backing group
Answer: The Pirates

Question: Who was the composer of the opera Hansel and Gretel
Answer: Engelbert Humperdink

Question: What is the national anthem of Bermuda called
Answer: God Save The Queen

Question: Which river forms the border between America and Mexico
Answer: Rio Grande

Question: Into which channel does the River Severn discharge
Answer: Bristol Channel

Question: On which river would you find Luxor
Answer: Nile

Question: The Court of the Star Chamber was established during the reign of which English king
Answer: Henry V11

Question: Which European country was ruled by Queens throughout the 20th Century
Answer: Holland

Question: What was king George V's favourite hobby
Answer: Stamp Collecting

Question: Jane Seymour Queen of England died giving birth to whom
Answer: Edward V1

Question: What type of animal is a bongo
Answer: Antelope

Question: Which animal has the longest pregnancy
Answer: Elephant

Question: What would a bicorrate animal have two of
Answer: Horns

Question: Which animal has species called Plainss, Mountain and Grevy's
Answer: Zebra

Question: After which engineer was the university at Uxbridge named
Answer: Brunel

Question: In One Foot in the Grave what is the job of the next door neighbour Pippa
Answer: Bus driver

Question: Who was President of The U.S.A. during the American Civil War
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: In the sixteenth century what was a Scavenger's Daughter
Answer: Torture instrument

Question: What was fixed in Britain at four feet eight and a half inches in 1846
Answer: Standard Railway Gauge

Question: According to the Bible how old was Noah when he entered the Ark
Answer: Six hundred

Question: What was the name of the Avengers girl played by Honor Blackman
Answer: Kathy Gale

Question: What is type of car was driven by nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Open all Hours
Answer: Morris Minor

Question: Everybody's Talkin’ was the theme song from which film
Answer: Midnight Cowboy

Question: What was the love theme from the film Titanic with Leonardo di Caprio called
Answer: My Heart Will Go On

Question: Who performed the themes for the Ghostbusters series of films
Answer: Ray Parker Junior

Question: What was the theme song for the film Trainspotting
Answer: Lust for Life

Question: The song We May Never Love Again came from which 1974 disaster film
Answer: Towering Inferno

Question: At which sport did Richard Corsie compete
Answer: Bowls

Question: Karen Briggs and Nicola Fairbrother were involved in which sport
Answer: Judo

Question: In which sport was Nancy Lopez one of the leading female contenders
Answer: Golf

Question: Liz Hobbs was well known in which sport
Answer: Water skiing

Question: If you are swimming off the west coast of Australia what sea or ocean will you be swimming in
Answer: Indian Ocean

Question: In which country is Baja California
Answer: Mexico

Question: Which famous landmark stands in the Champs de Mars
Answer: Eiffel Tower

Question: What is the Spanish parliament called
Answer: The Cortes

Question: Which state was Bill Clinton governor of before he became President of the U.S.A.
Answer: Arkansas

Question: Who succeeded Anwar Sadat as President of Egypt
Answer: Hosni Mubarak

Question: Who was P.M. when Elizabeth 11 became Queen of England
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: What was said to be the drink of the Greek Gods
Answer: Nectar

Question: Which fish is sometimes called a pike-perch
Answer: Zander

Question: What colour do Chelsea Pensioners wear in the winter
Answer: Blue

Question: Who in the Royal Family is married to Serena Stanhope
Answer: Viscount Linley

Question: What is the name of the Archers farm in the long running radio soap
Answer: Brookfield

Question: What is the main differences between apes and monkeys
Answer: Apes have no tails

Question: In which country would you see the emu in its natural habitat
Answer: Australia

Question: If dogs bark what do hens do
Answer: Cackle

Question: Which creatures live in citadels or fortresses
Answer: Moles

Question: What type of weather is normally brought on by an anti cyclone
Answer: Fine weather

Question: What is the cold dry northerly wind called that comes down the Rhone Valley to the Mediterranean
Answer: The Mistral

Question: What is the amount of rainfall per year which determines whether an area is designated desert
Answer: Ten inches or less

Question: Who was the Carly Simon song Your So Vain supposed to be about
Answer: Warren Beatty

Question: Which female singer began her career as lead singer with the Sugarcubes
Answer: Bjork

Question: Who was the first footballer to score ten Premier League hat tricks
Answer: Alan Shearer

Question: How many Grand Nationals did Red Rum run in
Answer: Five

Question: In baseball what is a switch hitter
Answer: Batter who can bat left or right handed

Question: If you ordered fromage from a French restaurant menu what would you be served with
Answer: Cheese

Question: What is the clarified butter used in Indian cookery called
Answer: Ghee

Question: From which country do we get Graves wine
Answer: France

Question: True or false, penguins only live wild in Antarctica
Answer: False they also live wild in the Galapagos Islands

Question: Elvis Presley never set foot in England. True or false
Answer: True but he did set foot in Scotland on his way back from Germany

Question: True or false, Piggott won the Grand National
Answer: True, Lester's grandfather Ernie Piggott won it in 1912

Question: True or false Winston Churchill was part Red Indian
Answer: True. On his mother's side

Question: What was the name of the character played by Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen
Answer: Charlie Allnut

Question: How many red stripes are there on the U.S.A. flag
Answer: Seven

Question: Keepsake, Invictor, Careless and Lancashire Lad are varieties of which fruit
Answer: Gooseberries

Question: What is the last event in the decathlon
Answer: Fifteen hundred metres

Question: What did Henry Cooper call his left hook
Answer: Henry's Hammer

Question: Who was the world's first full time professional bowls player
Answer: Richard Corsie

Question: Which European prime minister was assassinated in 1986
Answer: Olaf Palme

Question: Which British prime minister resigned over the Suez crisis
Answer: Anthony Eden

Question: Who was the world’s first woman prime minister
Answer: Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka