Question: Australian Heather McKay was undefeated for a period of almost 20 years until her retirement in 1981, in which sport?
Answer: Squash

Question: Which US bridge was designed by John Roebling (who died of tetanus during its construction) and completed by his son in 1883, until 1903 it was the longest suspension bridge in the world?
Answer: Brooklyn Bridge

Question: The name of which Italian city was corrupted to give its name to various British coins since the 14th century?
Answer: Florence

Question: A Canadian-born former Lord Privy Seal, he represented Ashton-Under-Lyne in parliament. He founded a Sunday newspaper and served in the governments of both Lloyd-George and Churchill, by what title was he known?
Answer: Lord Beaverbrook

Question: What is the name of the oil and gas exploration and production company that have been drilling for shale gas in the UK?
Answer: Caudrilla

Question: The HQ of the International Olympic Committee is in which Swiss town or city?
Answer: Lausanne

Question: Which TV programme's 'experts' include Philip Munn and Christopher Payne?
Answer: Antiques Roadshow

Question: Who wrote the book from which Sir Benjamin Britten created the opera 'Billy Budd'?
Answer: Herman Melville

Question: Queen Victoria was a member of which Royal House?
Answer: Hanover

Question: The HQ of UEFA is in which Swiss town or city, on the shores of Lake Geneva?
Answer: Nyon

Question: The largest state or territory by area in Canada is Northwest Territories, which is second?
Answer: Quebec

Question: Which 'sportsperson' would be supported by a 'caudrilla?
Answer: Bullfighter

Question: Benjamin Briggs was captain of which famous ship?
Answer: Mary Celeste

Question: At least one of which series of spacecraft is docked to the International Space Station at all times for use as an escape craft in the event of an emergency?
Answer: Soyuz

Question: Sébastien Loeb won a record 9 successive World Championship, in which sport?
Answer: Rally driving

Question: Which Tuscan wine was traditionally packaged in a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco?
Answer: Chianti

Question: Jim Broadbent won an Oscar in 2001 for his portrayal of the husband of which British writer?
Answer: Iris Murdoch

Question: According to Forbes magazine which is the richest city in the world?
Answer: Abu Dhabi

Question: What is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: New Guinea

Question: Darrowby was the fictional setting for which TV series of the 70s, 80s and 90s?
Answer: All Creatures Great And Small

Question: Who directed the 2012 film 'Zero Dark Thirty'?
Answer: Kathryn Bigelow

Question: Give one year when George 'Beau' Brummell was alive.
Answer: 1778 - 1840

Question: Billy the Badger is the mascot for which London Premier League football club?
Answer: Fulham

Question: Britain's Charlotte Dujardin won a 2012 Olympic gold in which individual event?
Answer: Dressage

Question: The author Theodor Geisel wrote under which pen name?
Answer: Dr Seuss

Question: Maipo Valley is a wine-growing region in which country?
Answer: Chile

Question: In Chile in 1973 who succeeded Salvador Allende as President?
Answer: Augusto Pinoci1Et

Question: Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is a possession of which country?
Answer: Norway

Question: The medical condition pica during pregnancy has what effect?
Answer: A Desire To Eat Unsuitable Substances

Question: The epitaph for which American singer who died in 1988 was 'The best is yet to come'?
Answer: Frank Sinatra

Question: Gully the Seagull is the mascot for which south coast Championship football club?
Answer: Brighton

Question: Give one year when the actor David Garrick was alive.
Answer: 1717 - 1779

Question: At which battle in 1471 did Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, die?
Answer: Barnet

Question: Who is the heroine and part narrator of Dickens' Bleak House'?
Answer: Esther Sumvierson

Question: What collective name is given to the seven bones that make up the back of the foot and ankle?
Answer: Tarsus

Question: The 2007 film 'Cinderella Man' is a biopic of which boxer?
Answer: James J Braddock

Question: The island of Socotra in the Arabian Sea belongs to which country?
Answer: Yemen

Question: The last words of which American actor who died in 1957 are reputed to be 'I should never have switched from scotch to martinis'?
Answer: Humphrey Bogart

Question: Beira is the second largest city in which African country?
Answer: Mozambique

Question: Who directed the 2012 film 'Django Unchained'?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino

Question: Corazon Aquino succeeded which President in the Philippines in 1986?
Answer: Ferdinand Marcos

Question: The 2004 film 'The Aviator' starring Leonardo DiCaprio is a biopic of whom?
Answer: Howard Hughes

Question: Which author wrote using the pen name Mary Westmacott?
Answer: Agatha Christie

Question: The TV series 'Heartbeat' was largely set in which fictitious Yorkshire village?
Answer: Aidensfield

Question: Which famous woman wrote 'Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands', published in 1868?
Answer: Queen Victoria

Question: The Order of the White Lion is an honour bestowed in which East European country?
Answer: Czech Republic

Question: Who succeeded Mary Queen of Scots as Scottish monarch in 1567?
Answer: James The Sixth

Question: In Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' what kind of creature is Akela?
Answer: A Wolf

Question: On a German menu what kind of meat is 'huhn'?
Answer: Chicken

Question: In place names what is the original meaning of `thwaite' as in Satterthwaite?
Answer: CLEARING or MEADOW

Question: The element ytterbium takes its name from a locality in which country?
Answer: Sweden

Question: In shipping weather forecasts what adjective is used for an event due to occur in less than six hours?
Answer: Imminent

Question: Who was the British composer of 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis'?
Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Question: On the BBC programme of the same name about failing businesses, who is 'The Fixer'?
Answer: Alex Polizzi

Question: In English place names what is the meaning of 'bourne' as in Sittingboume?
Answer: Stream

Question: In mathematics what name is given to the portion of a circle between the centre and two points on the circumference?
Answer: A Sector

Question: Who had number one hits with 'Genie in a Bottle' in 1999 and 'Lady Marmalade' in 2001?
Answer: Christina Aguilera

Question: 'Relight my Fire' was a number one in 1993 for Take That with which female singer?
Answer: Lulu

Question: In horse racing at which course is the Eclipse Stakes run?
Answer: Sandown

Question: In 2013 who became the first Australian to win the US Masters in golf?
Answer: Adam Scott

Question: Who won the Oscar for Best Director in 2013?
Answer: Ang Lee

Question: Who plays the title character in the TV series 'Mrs Brown's Boys'?
Answer: Brendan O'Carroll

Question: Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for 'stranger'?
Answer: Xenon

Question: Which Football League Division One club's ground is the Matchroom Stadium?
Answer: Leyton Orient

Question: In the 2013 Oscar awards which singer won Best Original Song?
Answer: Adele

Question: The Brockman family's home was the setting for which BBC TV comedy series?
Answer: Outnumbered

Question: Much used in Mediterranean cuisine, what is `aceite de oliva' on a Spanish menu?
Answer: Olive Oil

Question: Which river was immortalised by Rudyard Kipling as 'The Road to Mandalay'?
Answer: Irrawaddy

Question: Eleanor of Provence was the queen of which English monarch?
Answer: Henry The Third

Question: What is the capital of the French region of Midi-Pyrenees?
Answer: Toulouse

Question: Writer of films such as 'Love Actually' and 'Notting Hill', which long-term partner of Emma Freud co-founded Comic Relief with Lenny Henry?
Answer: Richard Curtis