Question: Which film ends with the line “All right Mr De Mille, I’m ready for my close-up”?
Answer: Sunset Boulevard

Question: In 1998 which was the first Asian city to host the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: Which Welsh earldom does Prince Philip hold?
Answer: Merioneth

Question: The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was set during which war?
Answer: Spanish Civil War

Question: Romantic Cello Concertos is a 2009 CD by which English cellist?
Answer: Julian Lloyd Webber

Question: An isobront is a line on a map joining points where what type of weather occurs simultaneously?
Answer: Thunderstorm

Question: Which isotope of hydrogen with a half-life of 12.32 years has a nucleus that contains one proton and two neutrons?
Answer: Tritium

Question: Infiniti is the luxury brand of which car maker?
Answer: Nissan

Question: Who wrote the Palliser series of novels?
Answer: Anthony Trollope

Question: Who played Flash Harry in the St Trinians films of the 1950s and 1960s?
Answer: George Cole

Question: Dan Marino played 17 seasons for the Miami Dolphins in which position?
Answer: Quarterback

Question: Minster FM is a local radio station based in which English city?
Answer: York

Question: Which jockey has ridden the winner of the Eclipse Stakes the most times, seven between 1951 and 1977?
Answer: Lester Piggott

Question: Psychology Professor Daniel Kahneman, author of the 2011 book Thinking, Fast and Slow jointly won which Nobel Prize in 2002?
Answer: Economics

Question: Which Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation?
Answer: Geoffrey Fisher

Question: Who is the lead singer with Wet Wet Wet?
Answer: Marti Pellow

Question: In 2011 Prince Albert II of Monaco married Charlene Wittstock who represented South Africa at which sport?
Answer: Swimming

Question: What is the name of the ship that sails to the island in Treasure Island?
Answer: Hispaniola

Question: Who plays Dr Evil the nemesis of Austin Powers in the Austin Powers series of films?
Answer: Mike Myers

Question: The band McFly formed a supergroup in 2013 with members of which other band?
Answer: Busted

Question: Which river flows through Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth?
Answer: Eden

Question: Which planet in the solar system has an equatorial diameter closest to that of the earth?
Answer: Venus

Question: Near which city is the only museum devoted to American life and arts from the 17th to 19th century in Britain?
Answer: Bath

Question: What is the surname of the twin brothers who founded The Guinness Book of Records?
Answer: Mcwhirter

Question: Of what is hagiology the study?
Answer: Saint

Question: Who is the current question master on Radio 4's 'Brain of Britain?
Answer: Russell Davies

Question: In law, what name is given to a civil wrong causing loss or harm, enabling legal action against the party who carried out the act?
Answer: Tort

Question: What was the name of the critically panned musical written by and starring Cliff Richard, with lyrics by Tim Rice and based on a 19th century novel, that ran for about six months in 1996/97?
Answer: Heathclfff

Question: Which 1461 battle of the Wars of the Roses, the bloodiest fought on English soil, took place between Leeds and York?
Answer: Towton

Question: Which building is the home of the Irish parliament?
Answer: Leinster House

Question: What name is usually given to symphony no. 45 by Joseph Haydn, from the musicians gradually leaving the concert platform during the final movement?
Answer: Farewell

Question: Samsung Electronics was established in 1938 in which modern day country, in which it still has its international HQ?
Answer: South Korea

Question: Which food company, based at the Royal Liver Buildings, produces brands such as Mazzola, Crosse & Blackwell, Napolina and Branston?
Answer: Princes Foods

Question: In legal usage what name is given to laws that restrict the maximum time legal proceedings may be initiated after an event occurs?
Answer: Limitations

Question: On whose BBC Radio 2 show could you take part in the 'Pop Master' quiz game?
Answer: Ken Bruce

Question: Founded in 1816 the Fitzwilliam Museum of art and antiquities is in which English city?
Answer: Cambridge.

Question: In Egyptian mythology, which god represented storms, chaos, disorder and war?
Answer: Set or Seth

Question: In 1699, William Paterson (the founder of the Bank of England) promoted what scheme, a trading colony in Panama, for the people of Scotland? It proved to be a ruinous failure for the Scottish economy, giving eventual rise to the Act of Union in 1707,
Answer: Darien Scheme

Question: Name the governor of Roman Britain 77-85 AD and commander of the 20th legion, who subdued much of northern Britain and encouraged leading Britons to adopt Roman customs and language?
Answer: (Gnaeus Julius) Agricola

Question: Which office of state has been held at various times since 1992 by the constituency MPs for Blackburn, Redditch, Rushcliffe and Maidenhead?
Answer: Home Secretary

Question: What is the name of the Broadway musical, written by Sting, which closed early in 2015 after a short run, in which Sting himself replaced Jimmy Nail in the lead role in a bid to increase sales?
Answer: The Last Ship

Question: Turner Contemporary, a gallery and visual arts centre, is situated in which British town, the birthplace of Tracy Emin?
Answer: Margate

Question: Which mountain range stretches for 1600 miles and has Mount Toubkal as its highest point at 13,671 feet?
Answer: Atlas

Question: Give a year in the life of Pierre De Fermat, the French mathematician and lawyer known for his last theorem.
Answer: 1601-1665

Question: Miley Cyrus came to prominence playing which title role on TV as a teenager who leads a double life as a singer?
Answer: Hannah Montana

Question: Striker Samuel Eto'o who signed for Everton in 2014 has represented which country in the FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Cameroon

Question: What was unique among Chinese emperors about Wu Zhao, a Tang dynasty emperor who ruled from 690 to 705A.D?
Answer: Only woman emperor

Question: Paul Staines blogs about 'parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy' under what name, that of the real name of an historically significant plotter?
Answer: Guido Fawkes

Question: The title of TV show Strictly Come Dancing is based upon the name of a previous BBC show and which 1993 Baz Luhrman film?
Answer: Strictly Ballroom

Question: Sharing its name with a city, which secret underground organisation is said to have arranged the expatriation of many former Nazis to South America including Adolf Eichmann?
Answer: Odessa

Question: What is the better known name of the Antoinette Perry Awards?
Answer: Tony Awards

Question: From which language do we take the words commando and marmalade?
Answer: Portuguese

Question: Which company was founded in 1711, as a public-private partnership to trade with South America and to reduce the national debt? Its shares greatly increased in value in 1720, fuelled by the company financing the purchase of its own shares, before its spectacular and devastating collapse.
Answer: South Sea Company

Question: Which palatial villa, located just over a mile west of Chichester, is believed to have been the residence of king Cogidubnus, a 1st century ally of the Romans?
Answer: Fishbourne

Question: After a dispute about rent, Coventry City moved from the Ricoh Arena in 2013 to share with which Football League club?
Answer: Northampton Town

Question: The Emperor Showa was known by what name during his lifetime?
Answer: Hirohito

Question: Whose mother was the subject of a boy's infatuation in a top 20 hit single by the Fountains of Wayne in 2003?
Answer: Stacy

Question: Between 1090-1273, which Nizali Ismailis sect of Muslims operated as terrorists, renowned for tracking and killing targeted individual leaders?
Answer: Assassins