Question: Who wrote the novel 'England Made Me'?
Answer: Graham Greene

Question: Viti Levu is the largest of which group of islands?
Answer: Fiji

Question: Welsh chieftain, Owen Glendower, led a revolt against the rule in Wales of which English king?
Answer: Henry Iv

Question: Which broadcaster said " The British motor industry is ..... owned by Nazis" and South Koreans are "too busy eating dogs to design a decent car"?
Answer: Jeremy Clarkson

Question: What is the popular name for the plant Convallari majalis?
Answer: Lily Of The Valley

Question: Which Asian capital city is known as Krung Thep to its inhabitants and stands on the Chao Phraya River?
Answer: Bangkok

Question: In which war did the battles of 'Cold Harbour' and 'The Wilderness' take place?
Answer: American Civil War

Question: In which country does 100 Xu equal 1 Dong?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: Which radio station would one listen to on 1089 KHz on Medium Wave?
Answer: Talk Sport

Question: In which fictional work do we find the town of 'Llaregub'?
Answer: 'Under Milk Wood'

Question: Which opera has 'Count Alvaviva' as one of the central characters?
Answer: 'Marriage Of Figaro'

Question: In 1991, which French Prime Minister described the Japanese in the following terms - "Ants..little yellow men who sit up all night thinking how to screw us"?
Answer: Edith Cresson

Question: In which vessel did Joshua Slocum circumnavigate the Earth single handed?
Answer: 'Spray'

Question: Who drove a Cooper-Climax to win five consecutive Grand Prix in the world championship of 1960?
Answer: Jack Brabham

Question: Which country has moved its capital to the planned city of Putrajaya, about 25km from the previous capital?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: Who are Keisha, Mutya and Heidi collectively known in the pop world?
Answer: 'Sugarbabes'

Question: What does the French phrase "de rigueur" literally mean?
Answer: """Of Strictness"""

Question: Harry, Tom, Dougie and Danny are collectively known as who in the pop world?
Answer: 'McFLY'

Question: Who was the Roman goddess of death?
Answer: Labitina

Question: Which fruit was introduced to England in 1875 by a member of the Norfolk gentry, it is believed he forgot the name and so it was called after him?
Answer: GREENGAGE (Sir William Gage)

Question: Which motor racing team was created by Colin Chapman?
Answer: Lotus

Question: From which t.v. comedy series did the catchphrase "Suit You Sir" come?
Answer: 'The Fast Show'

Question: Which BBC service would one listen to on 909 KHz Medium Wave?
Answer: Radio Five Live

Question: What is the better known name of the bird Tyto Alba?
Answer: Barn Owl

Question: Which Archbishop of Canterbury crowned Elizabeth II?
Answer: Geoffrey Fisher

Question: Who wrote the plays 'Ivanov', 'The Wood Demon' and 'The Seagull'?
Answer: Anton Chekov

Question: The 'Pilgrimage of Grace' was a revolt against which English king?
Answer: Henry Viii

Question: Name either of the Prince of Wales' step children?
Answer: Tom & Laura Parker- Bowles

Question: The lands once rules by the Queen of Sheba now form part of which modern country?
Answer: Yemen

Question: Who was the queen of the Amazons?
Answer: Hippolyta

Question: Aga stoves originated and are still made in which country?
Answer: Sweden

Question: For which type of entertainment are 'Annies' awarded?
Answer: Animated Film

Question: What is the name of the only cricket team in the 2014 NatWest T20 Blast that does not include the name of a county in its title?
Answer: Birmingham Bears

Question: TACV is the national airline of which island nation?
Answer: Cape Verde

Question: Who wrote the children’s book Danny, the Champion of the World?
Answer: Roald Dahl

Question: Who was the star of wartime films One Exciting Night, Rhythm Serenade and We’ll Meet Again?
Answer: Vera Lynn

Question: Andrew Marr, Rosie Boycott and Simon Kelner have been editors of which daily newspaper?
Answer: The Independent

Question: Bernard Lee who played M in eleven Bond films was the grandfather of which current British actor?
Answer: Jonny Lee Miller

Question: What is the name of the maid of Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly?
Answer: Suzuki

Question: What is the length, in metres, of the course in all Olympic Rowing races?
Answer: 2000

Question: Which King supposedly died due to eating a surfeit of lampreys?
Answer: Henry I

Question: The Hispaniolan solenodon is native to only two countries. Name either of the countries.
Answer: Dominican Republic or Haiti

Question: Which word completes the title of the second book in this trilogy: Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades ____ and Fifty Shades Freed?
Answer: Darker

Question: Hastings Banda was the first President of which country (from 1966 to 1994)?
Answer: Malawi

Question: The island of Jura is separated from the mainland by the _____ of Jura and from the island of Islay by the _____ of Islay. Which word for a strait is missing from these descriptions?
Answer: Sound

Question: An icosahedron has how many faces?
Answer: 20

Question: Which Formula One driver won the 2014 British Grand Prix?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton

Question: Who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1924 to 1929?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: The Minster Way is a walking path linking York and which town in the East Riding of Yorkshire?
Answer: Beverley

Question: What is the name of the largest moon of Saturn?
Answer: Titan

Question: Which world champion boxer of the 1980s has the real forenames Finbar Patrick?
Answer: Barry Mcguigan

Question: In which industry did a Saggar Maker’s Bottom Knocker work?
Answer: Pottery

Question: Which bird is missing from the title of the 1895 tone poem by Jean Sibelius: The _____ of Tuonela?
Answer: Swan

Question: Who played the title character in the 1976 film “The Outlaw Josey Wales”?
Answer: Clint Eastwood

Question: What is the seven letter common name of the mammal Suricata suricatta which is native to southern Africa (but not Russia)?
Answer: Meerkat

Question: Which character was played by James Beck in the TV sitcom Dad’s Army?
Answer: Private Joe Walker

Question: What did a perruquier make?
Answer: Wigs

Question: Who was the performing partner of Donald Swann?
Answer: Michael Flanders

Question: In which city did Dylan Thomas die in 1953?
Answer: New York

Question: Crème de cassis is a liqueur made using which fruit?
Answer: Blackcurrant

Question: Which city is the setting for Puccini’s “La bohème”?
Answer: Paris

Question: “Dora Maar au Chat” and “The Weeping Woman” are both portraits by which artist of his lover?
Answer: Pablo Picasso

Question: What is the length, in kilometres, of the run which is the final part of the Olympic triathlon?
Answer: 10

Question: Who was Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs three times, from 1935 to 1938, 1940 to 1945 and 1951 to 1955?
Answer: Anthony Eden

Question: Which river, that gives the trail its name, is followed by the walking and cycle path that leads from Brecon to Cardiff Bay?
Answer: Taff (Trail)

Question: Umbriel and Ariel are moons of which planet?
Answer: Uranus

Question: Seretse Khama was the first President of which country (from 1966 to 1980)?
Answer: Botswana

Question: Which river is the primary inflow and the primary outflow of Lough Derg, the second largest lake in the Republic of Ireland?
Answer: Shannon

Question: Haematite is the main ore of which metal?
Answer: Iron

Question: With which club does Coventry City FC currently share a ground?
Answer: Northampton Town

Question: In which German city did lens maker Carl Zeiss start making microscopes full-time in 1847?
Answer: Jena

Question: TAME is the national airline of which South American nation?
Answer: Ecuador

Question: Who wrote the children’s book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”?
Answer: Eric Carle

Question: Who was the star of wartime films “Spare a Copper”, “He Snoops to Conquer” and “Turned Out Nice Again”?
Answer: George Formby