Question: In the 2008 Olympics, Louis Smith won Britain's first ever medal (bronze) in which sport?
Answer: Gymnastics

Question: Which stretch of water lies between North and South islands, New Zealand?
Answer: Cook Strait

Question: The name of which part of the former Roman province of Dacia, translates into English as 'land beyond the forest'?
Answer: Transylvania

Question: The 'Foumart' or 'Foul-Marten', is an old name for which creature?
Answer: Polecat

Question: In 1958 a new national and international lager was launched from Alloa as 'Graham's Continental', it very quickly changed its name to what much shorter name?
Answer: Skol

Question: Which band, who had two number one hits in the 1980's, were formerly known as 'In Praise Of Lemmings'?
Answer: 'Culture Club'

Question: Which English writer of humorous novels and stories, born in 1881, made radio broadcasts for the Germans during World War II?
Answer: P.G. Wodehouse

Question: Who in 1994 was the first Briton since Tommy Simpson to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France?
Answer: Chris Boardman

Question: Who won the Best Supporting Actor 'Oscar' for his role in 'Jerry Maguire'?
Answer: CUBA GOODING Jr

Question: The Fosse way runs southwest from Lincoln to which city?
Answer: Exeter

Question: Basting, Loop and Saddle are all types of what?
Answer: STITCHES (sewing)

Question: In which Irish city can one stroll along the Mardyke Wall, between the north and south channels of the River Lee?
Answer: Cork

Question: Which American poet, translator and critic born in 1885 was indicted for treason for making Fascist radio broadcasts during World War Two?
Answer: Ezra Pound

Question: In 1938 at the age of 19, which jockey became the youngest ever winner of the Grand National?
Answer: Bruce Hobbs

Question: According to Tobias Smollet, who was "the great cham (ruler) of literature"?
Answer: Dr. Johnson

Question: Who is the Roman goddess of the hearth?
Answer: Vesta

Question: Who rules in the form of government known as 'Stratocracy'?
Answer: Military

Question: Which US President is featured on a $5.00 bill?
Answer: Lincoln

Question: Who won the 2010 'Oscar' for Best Actor for the film 'Crazy Heart'?
Answer: Jeff Bridges

Question: The New England range of mountains (highest point Ben Lomond) are in which Commonwealth country?
Answer: Australia

Question: Which colonial power governed Mauritius before the British?
Answer: France

Question: American Chester Carlson invented which now common office machine?
Answer: Copying Machine

Question: New Britain, the largest island of the Bismark Archipelago, is part of which country?
Answer: Papua New Guinea

Question: Excluding Sir Alex Ferguson, who is the most recent Scottish manager to lead his team to victory in the English FA Cup Final?
Answer: George Graham

Question: Which novelist wrote 'The Dubliners'?
Answer: James Joyce

Question: Which operetta, first performed in 1874, features the character 'Gabriel von Eisenstein', who is given a prison sentence for insulting an official, and is then conspired against by, amongst others, a notary called 'Dr. Falke'?
Answer: 'Die Fledermaus'

Question: In which British city would you find Perry Bar Greyhound Stadium?
Answer: Birmingham

Question: Which pop star called one of his children Dandelion?
Answer: Keith Richard

Question: Englishman Henry Mills patented the earliest known what in 1714?
Answer: Typewriter

Question: In which modern-day African country was the author Wilbur Smith born?
Answer: Zambia

Question: In which North American city was singer Bryan Adams born?
Answer: Vancouver

Question: Who invented the game of 'Monopoly'?
Answer: Charles Darrow

Question: Who designed the dome of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome?
Answer: Michelangelo

Question: In which British city would you find Shawfield Greyhound Stadium?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: Who was the Liberal Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1892 to 1894?
Answer: William Gladstone

Question: Which 1962 UK number one single contains the lines "Little doll. We've been jiving all night long, little doll. Gotta feeling something's wrong. Coz it ain't right to wanna keep on dancing. There won't be any time left for romancing"?
Answer: 'COME OUTSIDE' by Mike Sarne (with Wendy Richard)

Question: From which Shakespeare play does the following line come "All that glisters is not gold"?
Answer: 'Merchant Of Venice'

Question: Which book of the Old Testament includes the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Deuteronomy

Question: What name is given to a cap or covering topping off a wall?
Answer: Coping

Question: Which author wrote a series of books about the police investigator 'Thomas Linley'
Answer: Elizabeth George

Question: An 'aficionado' originally referred to a fan of which sport?
Answer: Bullfighting

Question: In Greek mythology who was the son of Poseidon and God of the Wind?
Answer: Aeolus

Question: Who rules in the form of government known as 'Hagiocracy'?
Answer: Clergy, Religious Leaders

Question: Where in the human body can you find the 'Choroid'?
Answer: Eye

Question: Which opera, premiered in 1831, centres on the daughter of 'Oroveso' chief of the Druids. The title character falls in love with 'Pollione', a Roman proconsul in Gaul. A relationship which ultimately results in their untimely deaths?
Answer: 'NORMA' by Bellini

Question: Which colonial power ruled Tanganyika before the British?
Answer: Germany

Question: Founded in France in 1945 and with currently 39 international editions, which monthly women's fashion magazine published its first UK edition in 1985?
Answer: Elle

Question: Which former 'Eastenders' actor and Labour activist was elected to be one of the West Midlands representatives in the European parliamentary elections of 1999?
Answer: Michael Cashman

Question: Which one word can mean the following: a winning margin in a race, a part of a bottle or other container near the mouth, or a slang term to kiss and caress amorously?
Answer: Neck

Question: In the 2001 General Election, which celebrity stood in the Stretford and Urmston constituency as an independent candidate attracting 713 votes?
Answer: KATIE PRICE (aka 'Jordan')

Question: Owned by the Mondadori arm of the Berlusconi empire, which women's weekly fashion magazine was established in Italy in 1938 with its British edition starting in 2005?
Answer: Grazia

Question: Which one word can mean the following: a hound used for hunting hares, a long slender bird of prey, and one who persistently carries out attacks on an enemy?
Answer: Harrier

Question: Trevor Eve played 'Eddie Shoestring' on TV, which British actor a former TV soldier played the boss of the radio station he worked for?
Answer: Michael Medwin

Question: What is the architectural name for the head or top of a column?
Answer: Capital

Question: President McKinley was featured on which US banknote, no longer in circulation?
Answer: $500.00.

Question: In which 2009 TV series did actors Larry Lamb and Alison Steadman appear?
Answer: 'Gavin And Stacey'

Question: What kind of creature is a 'Redback'?
Answer: A Spider

Question: Which current Premiership footballer was the last player to miss in an English FA Cup Final penalty shoot-out?
Answer: Anton Ferdinand

Question: From which Shakespeare play does the following line come, "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players"?
Answer: 'As You Like It'

Question: Who painted the 'Marriage Of The Virgin' found in the Pinacoteca di Brera of Milan?
Answer: Raphael

Question: In which game would you use the terms 'pung', 'kong' and 'chow'?
Answer: Mah Jongg

Question: Which pop star called one of his children Peaches- Honey-Blossom?
Answer: Bob Geldof

Question: Which novelist wrote 'The Bostonians'?
Answer: Henry James

Question: In which modern-day African country was the author William Boyd born?
Answer: Ghana

Question: Which author wrote a series of books about the private investigator 'Jemima Shore'?
Answer: Antonia Fraser