Question: Who commanded the 'USS Bonhomme Richard' which sank after the 'Battle of Flamborough Head' in 1779?
Answer: John Paul Jones

Question: """Proud Edward's army. And sent him homeward. To think again."" are lines from the song 'Flower Of Scotland'. Who is the Edward?"
Answer: KING EDWARD II of ENGLAND

Question: What is 'Emma's' surname in the Jane Austen novel 'Emma'?
Answer: 'Woodhouse'

Question: Which cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his drawings of eccentric machines, was born on May 31st. 1872?
Answer: Heath Robinson

Question: Who designed 'The Willow Tearooms' at 217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow?
Answer: Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Question: Which musician, together with George Harrison, organised 'The Concert For Bangladesh' at Madison Square Garden in 1971?
Answer: Ravi Shankar

Question: In Baseball, how many outfielders does each team have?
Answer: THREE (3) (Left field, Centre field, Right field)

Question: Which school was founded in 1382 by William of Wykeham?
Answer: Winchester

Question: 'EAK' is the international vehicle code for which country?
Answer: Kenya

Question: The full title of which play by George Bernard Shaw is completed by 'A Romance In Five Acts'?
Answer: 'Pygmalion'

Question: 'ETIHAD Airways' is based in which of the United Arab Emirates?
Answer: Abu Dhabi

Question: Who was Poet Laureate from 1968 to 1972?
Answer: Cecil Day-Lewis

Question: What was the surname of the character known as 'Face' or 'Faceman' in the 1980's TV show 'The A-Team'?
Answer: 'Peck'

Question: Sarawak is a state in which country?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: Who founded 'Auto Trader' in 1975?
Answer: John Madejski

Question: In the TV series 'The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin', what was 'Reggie's' response to his wife as he left for work, when she said "Have a good day at the office"?
Answer: """I Won'T"""

Question: Which major river runs through the Scottish city of Perth?
Answer: Tay

Question: In which sport did Dave Prowse ('Darth Vader') represent England at the 1962 Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Weightlifting

Question: What is the title of the Head of State of Oman?
Answer: Sultan

Question: For which British national newspaper did the cartoonist Giles produce his most famous work?
Answer: Daily Express

Question: Which is the only continent through which pass both the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer?
Answer: Africa

Question: Which French author wrote 'J'accuse', an open letter to the French government regarding the 'Dreyfuss Affair'?
Answer: Emile Zola

Question: Which SAS soldier wrote the book 'Bravo Two Zero', an account of a failed mission during the first Gulf War?
Answer: ANDY McNAB

Question: The 'Ridolfi Plot' was a Roman Catholic plot to kill which English monarch?
Answer: Elizabeth I

Question: Which former British landmark is now the most famous tourist attraction in Lake Havasu City, Arizona?
Answer: London Bridge

Question: Knighted in 2012 for services to broadcasting, which great-great-grandson of a very famous Victorian engineer was the leading creative figure in the global t.v. company Endemol and the man responsible for bringing 'Big Brother' to the British screen?
Answer: Peter Bazalgette

Question: Lying on the Sunzha River, what is the capital of the Chechen Republic?
Answer: Grozny

Question: Pal Schmitt resigned as President of Hungary in 2012 as a result of allegations that he plagiarised his doctoral thesis. He won Olympic gold medals in 1968 and 1972, in which sport?
Answer: Fencing

Question: Which artist became Ireland's first ever medallist at the Olympic Games when his painting 'The Liffey Swim' won a silver medal in the Arts and Culture segment of the Games in 1924?
Answer: Jack Butler Yeats

Question: Designed by Tim Tolkein, the great nephew of the author of 'The Lord Of The Rings', in which English city could you find the famous 'Sentinel' statue?
Answer: Birmingham

Question: The majority of 'The Only Way Is Essex' is set and filmed in which Essex town?
Answer: Brentwood

Question: Which football club pipped Paris Saint Germain to win the French League 1 title in 2012?
Answer: Montpellier

Question: Developed sometime before 1915 by a bartender named Ngiam Tong Boon, which cocktail contains Gin, Cherry Heering, Benedictine,and fresh Sarawak Pineapple juice?
Answer: 'Singapore Sling'

Question: Which single-word title is shared by songs in the musicals 'The Sound Of Music' and 'West Side Story'?
Answer: 'Maria'

Question: On the 1st. January 2012, which artist was appointed to the Order of Merit?
Answer: David Hockney

Question: The son-in-law of a British Prime Minister and the father of a former Minister of Defence, which Conservative politician served as the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia?
Answer: Christopher Soames

Question: Which team finished eight points clear of Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga title in 2012?
Answer: Borussia Dortmund

Question: Found in birds, reptiles and some fish and insects, what name is given to the specialised stomach with a thick, muscular wall used for grinding up food?
Answer: Gizzard

Question: Voted the greatest female athlete of the 20th century by 'Sports Illustrated for Women', which American athlete won gold medals in both the Heptathlon and Long Jump in 1988?
Answer: Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Question: What has been made by the Chicago manufacturer R.S. Owens & Company since 1983?
Answer: 'Oscar' Statuettes

Question: The International Airport at the Cretan capital of Heraklion is named after which writer?
Answer: Nikos Kazantzakis

Question: Which 18th century Staffordshire-born potter, and grandfather of Charles Darwin, first developed Jasperware and Basaltware?
Answer: Josiah Wedgewood

Question: Which was the only one of the four 'Grand Slam' Tennis titles that Bjorn Borg did not win?
Answer: U.S. Open

Question: Which Merchant Ivory film, based on an acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, tells the story of 'Mr. Stevens', the butler at 'Darlington Hall'?
Answer: 'The Remains Of The Day'

Question: Named after its founder, a bible publisher who made his fortune in the 'South Seas Bubble', which hospital in Southwark is the world's tallest hospital building, standing at 142.6 metres?
Answer: Guy'S Hospital

Question: Also going by the name of Talmadge Hayer and his chosen Islamic name, Mujahid Abdul Halim, Thomas Hagan is best known as one of the assassins of which famous person?
Answer: Malcolm X

Question: What name is given to the main area of a church, extending from the main entrance to the chancel, usually flanked by lower aisles?
Answer: Nave

Question: He was England's first typographer and the first person to popularise the products of the printing press in England. Who was the Alsace-born printer brought to England by William Caxton in order to improve the quality of Caxton's products?
Answer: WYNKYN de WORDE

Question: The flag of Cornwall is named after which Cornish abbot and saint traditionally held to be patron saint of the county, as well as tin miners?
Answer: Saint Piran

Question: What is the name of the upland tract in north-western Leicestershire, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville, that is well known for its pre-Cambrians rocks and fossil beds?
Answer: Charnwood Forest

Question: What is the historically opposite pseudonymous name used by the libertarian blogger Paul Staines who blogs about "parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracies"?
Answer: 'Guido Fawkes'

Question: Instantly identifiable due to his much-lampooned 'handlebar moustache', which maverick Conservative politician was, in 1971, the subject of a sensational trial in the wake of an incident when he and his secretary, Margaret Mason, drove the wrong way around a
Answer: Gerald Nabarro

Question: When a sitting MP wishes to resign his seat, he can apply for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds or of which manor currently part of the Barrowcliff area of Scarborough?
Answer: Manor Of Northstead