Question: In which film did Sean Connery play Franciscan Friar William of Baskerville?
Answer: The Name Of The Rose

Question: Name either of the two planets which lie between the Earth and the Sun.
Answer: Mercury/Venus

Question: Tacophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Speed

Question: From which club did Everton sign winger David Ginola in 2002?
Answer: Aston Villa

Question: What was the real name of the criminal known as 'The Monster of Dusseldorf?
Answer: Peter Kurten

Question: The name of which European capital translates into English as 'Log Island'?
Answer: Stockholm

Question: Name the Oscar winning song from Mary Poppins?
Answer: Chim Chim Cher-Ee

Question: What year saw the abolition of the death penalty for murder in Britain?
Answer: 1969

Question: The headquarters of Interpol are in which city?
Answer: Lyons

Question: What do you do when you nictate?
Answer: Blink

Question: Which stage and screen actor was born in Huyton, Liverpool in 1908?
Answer: Rex Harrison

Question: Who has played Queen Elizabeth I on TV and Queen Elizabeth II in film in the last decade?
Answer: Helen Mirren

Question: What kind of plant is a saguaro?
Answer: Cactus

Question: The Old Testament contains two instances of talking animals, the serpent in the garden is one, name the other?
Answer: Balaam'S Ass

Question: What is the name of the soft white Belgian cheese with a very strong smell and flavour?
Answer: Limburger

Question: Which is the oldest Sunday national newspaper in the UK still in circulation?
Answer: Observer

Question: In the Republic of Ireland, in which town or city are the administrative HQ for the County of Kerry?
Answer: Tralee

Question: In which city is the novel and film 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' set?
Answer: Nottingham

Question: In which city are the HQ of the University of Warwick located?
Answer: Coventry

Question: Name the only Quaker to be elected President of the United States?
Answer: Richard M Nixon

Question: Who has had most number one's in the UK Pop Album charts, in total by a British single artist?
Answer: Rod Stewart

Question: In the Scottish Football League, which team plays its home matches in Dumfries?
Answer: Queen Of The South

Question: What is the name of the chief island of the Seychelles?
Answer: Mahe

Question: What is the name of the knife with a curved blade that is associated with the Gurkhas?
Answer: Kukri

Question: Glen Ford played which legendary golfer in the 1950's Hollywood biopic, 'Follow the Sun'?
Answer: Ben Hogan

Question: Name the lake in Ethiopia which is the source of the Blue Nile?
Answer: Lake Tana

Question: Name the castle in the Isle of Wight where Charles I was imprisoned.
Answer: Carisbrooke

Question: Which movie musical with songs by Tom Watts and Crystal Gayle did Francis Ford Coppola direct?
Answer: One From The Heart

Question: Born in 1811, Chang and Eng were officially the world's first what?
Answer: Siamese Twins

Question: The Wood Sorrell plant is more commonly known as what?
Answer: Shamrock

Question: FITA is the World Governing Body in which sport?
Answer: Archery

Question: Which actor played the role of Osric uncredited in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Hamlet?
Answer: Robin Williams

Question: What is the name of Cristiano Ronaldo's designer label and boutique?
Answer: Cr7

Question: The motor racing circuit of Mallory Park is in which county?
Answer: Leicestershire

Question: Which tennis player holds the record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles?
Answer: Margaret Court

Question: The Rodgers and Hart musical 'The Boys from Syracuse' is based on which Shakespeare play?
Answer: The Comedy Of Errors

Question: Of which country is Vaclav Klaus the current President?
Answer: Czech Republic

Question: Ben Fogle, the TV presenter and adventurer is the son of which well-known actress?
Answer: Julia Foster

Question: Who speaks the only word in Mel Brooks' 1976 film 'Silent Movie'?
Answer: Marcel Marceau

Question: Name the science fiction author of 'I, Robot'.
Answer: Isaac Asimov

Question: In which year were £1 coins introduced?
Answer: 1983

Question: On which horse-racing track is the Rowley Mile?
Answer: Newmarket

Question: Give a year in the life of Ethelred the Unready.
Answer: 968-1016

Question: Traditionally, what was the trade of a chandler?
Answer: Candle-Maker/Seller

Question: In Time Magazine's 100 most important people of the 20th Century, who was the only painter to feature?
Answer: Pablo Picasso

Question: With a seating capacity of 150 000, in which country is the largest football stadium in the world?
Answer: North Korea

Question: Shirley, Harbinger and Moneymaker are varieties of what?
Answer: Tomatoes

Question: Which is the longest European river that drains into the Atlantic Ocean?
Answer: Tagus

Question: In the term ESOL, for what does the O stand?
Answer: Other

Question: Name the fashion designer murdered outside his Miami Beach home in 1997.
Answer: Gianni Versace

Question: Who was the founder of the Sikh religion?
Answer: Guru Nanak

Question: Name the British cyclist who won 6 stages of the 2009 Tour de France.
Answer: Mark Cavendish

Question: Mrs Todgers is a character in which Dickens novel?
Answer: Martin Chuzzlewit

Question: Which musical is set in the fictional English town of Everington?
Answer: Billy Elliot

Question: Who was the creator of the TV comedy series Last of the Summer Wine?
Answer: Roy Clarke

Question: Name the landlocked country which has borders with Kosovo, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania.
Answer: Macedonia

Question: What is the name of Prospero's daughter in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'?
Answer: Miranda

Question: Who was the author of the literary work 'A Mask presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634' a work more commonly known as 'Comus'?
Answer: John Milton

Question: Which newly appointed UK Junior Health Minister said in 1986 'People in the North die of
Answer: ignorance and crisps'?

Question: In the traditional English language nursery rhyme 'Solomon Grundy', on which day did he 'take ill'?
Answer: Thursday

Question: The motor racing circuit of Thruxton is in which county?
Answer: Hampshire

Question: Which tennis player won 19 Grand Slam titles including singles wins at Wimbledon in 1959, 1960
Answer: and 1964?

Question: Name the actress who played the role of Rachel Bradley in the comedy series 'Cold Feet' and also
Answer: featured in a number of episodes of 'Friends'.

Question: In which country is El Alamein?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Which horse-racing track is at Prestbury Park?
Answer: Cheltenham

Question: Give a year in the life of Edward I (Longshanks).
Answer: 1239-1307

Question: What was the traditional trade of a wainwright?
Answer: Wagon Maker/Repairer

Question: Name the photographer, stage and film designer, well-known for his fashion photography and society portraits. He won Academy Awards for costume design for 'My Fair Lady' & `Gigi'.
Answer: Cecil Beaton

Question: Which club has the smallest football stadium in the English Football League?
Answer: Accrington Stanley

Question: Alaska, Laxton's progress and Mr Big are varieties of what?
Answer: Peas

Question: Who was appointed captain of the US golf team for the 2010 Ryder Cup?
Answer: Corey Pavin

Question: Which is the longest European river that drains into the Mediterranean Sea?
Answer: Ebro

Question: In the term NIACE for what does the A stand?
Answer: Adult

Question: Name the man who held the Royal Warrant as Dress Designer to Queen Elizabeth from 1955-1990.
Answer: Hardy Amies

Question: Dick Swiveller is a character in which Dickens novel?
Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop

Question: By what name is the medical term epistaxis more commonly known?
Answer: Nosebleed

Question: In which year did Rudolf Nureyev defect to the West?
Answer: 1961

Question: Which European country has land borders with Austria, Hungary, Italy and Croatia?
Answer: Slovenia