Question: According to the New Testament, shortly after the resurrection Jesus appeared to two disciples and took supper with them at which town north of Jerusalem?
Answer: Emmaus

Question: What is the alternative name of The First Battle of Manassas fought on 21st July 1861, the first major land battle in the US Civil War?
Answer: Bull Run

Question: In 1916 the USA purchased the Virgin Islands from which country?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Which is Charles Dickens' thirteenth published novel, its characters include: Uncle Pumblechook, Bentley Drummle, John Wemmick and Biddy?
Answer: Great Expectations

Question: Which cocktail is made by muddling sugar with bitters, adding whisky or brandy and a twist of citrus rind?
Answer: Old Fashioned

Question: What model name was assigned to the classic Land Rover design after the introduction of the Discovery and Freelander models in the 1980's and 1990's?
Answer: Defender

Question: In 2013 Yahoo purchased which pictures and video microblogging website business that was founded in 2007 in New York City by David Karp?
Answer: Tumblr

Question: What type of bridge structure comprising one or more towers with the deck supported by wires from each tower, has two types, the harp and the fan? Notable examples are the Millau Viaduct, Second Severn Crossing and the elevated sections of the Oresund.
Answer: Cable Stayed

Question: Who according to a song by Ian Dury was a charmer, as a writer he was brahma. velvet jackets and pyjamas, the gay divorcee and other dramas?
Answer: Noel Coward

Question: What is the first forename of David and Victoria Beckham's fourth child, a girl born in 2011 in Los Angeles?
Answer: Harper

Question: What is the most common name of the British bird Pandon Haliaetus, also known as the sea hawk, fish eagle or fish hawk?
Answer: Osprey

Question: Under what name does author Daniel Handler write children's fiction?
Answer: Lemony Snicket

Question: The insignia of King John of Bohemia, killed at the Battle of Crecy, has now become the crest of which noble Englishman?
Answer: Prince of Wales

Question: What is the most common name of the British bird Falco Columbarius, a pigeon hawk, the males having a blue grey back?
Answer: Merlin

Question: Equivalent to English counties or French departements, Voivodships (pronounced VOY-VOD-SHIPS) are the top level administrative subdivisions or provinces of which country, an EU member since 2004?
Answer: Poland

Question: Which first lady of the USA was born in Missouri in 1885 and died there in 1982? She became the longest-lived first lady.
Answer: Bess Truman

Question: The Oresund Bridge connects Copenhagen to which Swedish city?
Answer: Malmo

Question: Which racehorse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2007 and 2009, the first to win in non-consecutive years and the King George VI Chase five times?
Answer: Kauto Star

Question: The flag of South Africa has six colours. Red, white and blue are on the old South African flag. Green, yellow and black are the colours of which South African political organisation?
Answer: African National Congress

Question: Weird Al Yankovic, Phil Cunningham, Benny Andersson of Abba and Sharon Shannon are all noted exponents of what musical instrument?
Answer: Accordion

Question: What was the name of George Stephenson's first successful steam locomotive that he built for the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825?
Answer: Locomotion Number 1

Question: Named for a Shakespearean queen, which is the largest of the moons of Uranus?
Answer: Titania

Question: Who is the English film director of The King's Speech and Les Miserables?
Answer: Tom Hooper

Question: Napoleon surrendered on board which Royal Navy ship a veteran of the Battles of The Nile and Trafalgar?
Answer: HMS Bellerephon

Question: Which EU member country's national anthem has no words?
Answer: Spain

Question: Named after a character appearing in Acts of the Apostles, what name is given to the act of paying for sacraments and consequently for holy offices or positions in the hierarchy of a church?
Answer: Simony

Question: Which cocktail is made by adding drambuie to scotch whisky served on the rocks in a stemmed glass?
Answer: Rusty Nail

Question: Where do littoral creatures live?
Answer: Shoreline

Question: Twihards are Twitter followers of which movie franchsie based on a series of novels?
Answer: Twilight

Question: Which station was the southern terminal of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, and the only underground?
Answer: Dingle

Question: Which station was the northern terminal of the Liverpool Overhead Railway?
Answer: Seaforth Sands

Question: In which year did the following occur: first cricket test match, first Wimbledon tennis championships and the University boat race is uniquely a dead heat?
Answer: 1877

Question: Bela Fleck, Earl Scruggs, Barney MacKenna of The Dubliners and Pete Seeger are all noted exponents of what musical instrument?
Answer: Banjo

Question: In professional wrestling, an audience favourite is referred to as 'a face'', but what name, also a body part, is given to a cheating, hated performer, whose every move is usually booed?
Answer: Heel

Question: Which classic fairy tale was first published in written form by Poet Laureate Robert Southey in 1837?
Answer: Goldilocks

Question: The Russell Group comprises 24 leading members of what institutions?
Answer: Universities

Question: In 1500, Vicente Yanez Pinzon, became the first European to explore what river?
Answer: Amazon

Question: Zayn Malik left which boy band in March 2015?
Answer: One Direction

Question: Which North Sea port lies at the mouth of the Riyer Esk?
Answer: Whitby

Question: Which planet in the solar system has a mass which is 318 times that of the earth?
Answer: Jupiter

Question: To which university did Elias Ashmole donate his ‘cabinet of curiosities’ in 1677?
Answer: Oxford

Question: What is the name of Captain Ahab’s ship in Moby Dick?
Answer: Pequod

Question: Which car manufacturer produces the Yeti?
Answer: Skoda

Question: Who wrote the Poldark series of historical novels?
Answer: Winston Graham

Question: Who played the role of Cilla in the biopic shown on TV in 2014?
Answer: Sheridan Smith

Question: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played 20 seasons in which sport?
Answer: Basketball

Question: How was Frenchman Armand Jean du Plessis (1585-1642) known more familiarly?
Answer: Cardinal Richelieu

Question: Whose philosophical ideal of ubermensch or superman was adopted and distorted by the Nazis?
Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

Question: Who was the first Archbishop of Canterbury?
Answer: (Saint) Augustine

Question: Who is the lead singer with Procol Harum?
Answer: Gary Brooker

Question: The flag of which African country, adopted on the fall of the government in 2011, is that used when the country was a kingdom from 1951 to 1969?
Answer: Libya

Question: Fantasie released in 2009 was the fourth studio album by which Scottish violinist?
Answer: Nicola Benedetti

Question: Which film ends with the line “Well, nobody’s perfect”?
Answer: Some Like It Hot

Question: Which city has been selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games? ;
Answer: Beijing

Question: Which Earldom was common to to Simon de Montfort and Robert Dudley, the favourite of Elizabeth I?
Answer: Leicester

Question: In which decade was the novel The Great Gasby set?
Answer: 1920s

Question: Mustard TV is a local station based in which English city?
Answer: Norwich ;

Question: In August 2014 Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal. For work is which discipline is the Fields Medal awarded?
Answer: Mathematics

Question: What chemical element is named after the Latin word for a rainbow?
Answer: Iridium

Question: What nationality was the philosopher and religious thinker Soren Kierkegaard?
Answer: Danish

Question: Which island republic off the coast of West Africa gained independence from Portugal in 1975?
Answer: Cabo Verde