Question: The Riksdag is which country’s parliament?
Answer: Sweden

Question: In which book did Hercule Poirot first appear?
Answer: The Mysterious Affair At Styles

Question: Who dedicated his Kreutzer Sonata to a violinist who refused to play it?
Answer: Beethoven

Question: Which of the nine rooms in ‘Cluedo’ contains the fewest letters in its name?
Answer: The HALL

Question: Other than something edible, what might be termed ‘mutton chops’?
Answer: Sideburns/Sideboards

Question: ‘You Only Sing 23 Times’ is a website devoted to what?
Answer: James BOND THEMES

Question: In the world of economics, what do the initials C.B.I. represent?
Answer: Confederation Of British

Question: ‘Hey, Jude’ topped the charts in 1968. Who was ‘Jude’?
Answer: Julian Lennon

Question: Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for a shade of green?
Answer: Chlorine

Question: ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is the most famous work of which of the metaphysical poets?
Answer: Andrew Marvell

Question: ‘Bootsie and Snudge’ was a spin-off from which successful comedy series?
Answer: The Army Game

Question: In ‘Coronation Street’, what was the name of Minnie Caldwell’s cat?
Answer: Bobby

Question: In ‘The Blue Lamp’, who plays the young villain who shoots George Dixon?
Answer: Dirk Bogarde

Question: Which 1930 film instantly catapulted Marlene Dietrich to international stardom?
Answer: The BLUE ANGEL

Question: ‘Lifeless star vehicle shot on glamorous locations.’ Halliwell’s verdict on which 1961 film?
Answer: Blue Hawaii

Question: Classical. Who composed ‘Carnival of the Animals’ in 1886?
Answer: Camille SAINT-SAENS

Question: Jazz. What musical instrument did Count Basie play?
Answer: PIANO Acc Organ

Question: Which former politician once said: “If the fence is strong enough, I’ll sit on it”?
Answer: Cyril Smith

Question: Who famously said: “Most of our people have never had it so good”?
Answer: Harold Macmillan

Question: Who was the housekeeper in Daphne Du Maurier’s novel ‘Rebecca’?
Answer: Mrs. Danvers

Question: How many medals, and of what colour, did Rebecca Adlington win in the 2008 Olympics?
Answer: Two Gold

Question: In 1946, what useful gadget was invented by Percy Spencer?
Answer: Microwave Oven

Question: Who was British Chancellor of the Exchequer at the start of this century?
Answer: Gordon Brown

Question: Who was the next leader of the Soviet Union after Kruschev?
Answer: Leonid BREZHNEV

Question: What do the initials of the charity P.D.S.A. represent?
Answer: People’S Dispensary For

Question: Who invented the seed drill in 1701?
Answer: Jethro Tull

Question: What was the name of the vicar in ‘Dad’s Army’?
Answer: Timothy Farthing

Question: What is the French word for ‘cunning, trickery, craftiness’?
Answer: Finesse

Question: What is the Welsh word for ‘welcome’?
Answer: Croeso

Question: Who said, after poor reviews, “I cried all the way to the bank”?
Answer: Liberace

Question: In the strip cartoon ‘Peanuts’, Schroeder prefers to play the work of which composer?
Answer: Beethoven

Question: The President of the USA fired General MacArthur in April. Who was the President?
Answer: Harry TRUMAN

Question: In December, which former Italian colony declared independence in Africa?
Answer: Libya

Question: Which is the only property that is south of the Thames?
Answer: Old Kent Rd.

Question: What completes a set with Fleet Street and Trafalgar Square?
Answer: The Strand

Question: In which river was Jesus baptized by John the Baptist?
Answer: Jordan

Question: Who was the father of James and John, and the probable husband of Salome?
Answer: Zebedee

Question: In Luke 15, the fatted calf is killed to celebrate what?
Answer: Prodigal Son’S Return

Question: Who got to no. 5 in the UK singles chart with ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’ in 1982?
Answer: Duran Duran

Question: What word can mean a temper tantrum or a piece of leather used in a barber shop?
Answer: Strop

Question: Anatomy. What is the more scientific name for the breastbone?
Answer: Sternum

Question: What nationality was the noted astronomer Anders Celsius?
Answer: Swedish

Question: Of which type of wood was Pinocchio made?
Answer: Pine!

Question: What word describes an area of open water separated from the open sea by a coral reef?
Answer: Lagoon

Question: Carats measure the purity of gold. What does the same for pearls?
Answer: Grains

Question: Before going solo, Belinda Carlisle was lead singer with which all-girl group?
Answer: Go-Gos

Question: In which 1917 film does a tramp become a policeman and tame the local bully?
Answer: Easy Street

Question: “There’s a row going on, down in Slough” is a line from which no. 3 hit from 1979?
Answer: Eton Rifles

Question: Who composed the opera ‘Peter Grimes’?
Answer: Benjamin BRITTEN

Question: What was the real name of the romantic hero ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’?
Answer: Sir Percy BLAKENEY

Question: What do Americans call the item of clothing we call ‘braces’?
Answer: Suspenders

Question: Trichology is the study of what?
Answer: Hair

Question: Roy Jenkins took the title of Lord Jenkins of … where?
Answer: Hillhead

Question: Which famous art collection was started by the fourth Marquess of Hartford?
Answer: Wallace

Question: Which activity is sometimes called sailboarding or boardsailing?
Answer: Windsurfing

Question: Which country was once known as Portuguese West Africa?
Answer: Angola

Question: What is a synonym for a rich tapestry or wall-hanging?
Answer: Arras

Question: Who starred in the title role of ‘The Admirable Crichton’ in a 1957 film?
Answer: Kenneth MORE

Question: In which country is chicken frequently served in a chocolate sauce?
Answer: Mexico

Question: In 1978, who was assassinated by a poisoned umbrella tip on a London street?
Answer: Georgi MARKOV

Question: What one-word name is given to the Russian dish of stuffed pancakes?
Answer: Blini

Question: Which former king won a gold medal for yachting at the 1960 Olympics?
Answer: Constantine

Question: What name is given to the Irish dish of potato and cabbage, sometimes served as a stew?
Answer: Colcannon

Question: In which event did Nero participate in the ancient Olympics, circa AD 60?
Answer: Chariot Racing

Question: In which country is the Patagonian Desert?
Answer: Argentina

Question: What two-word Latin phrase means ‘unbecoming, lacking in dignity’?
Answer: Infra Dig

Question: What was the last film directed by David Lean, cast included Peggy Ashcroft & Judy Davis?
Answer: A Passage To India

Question: What was Stanley Kubrick's last film, which starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman?
Answer: Eyes Wide Shut

Question: 'Go ahead, make my day' is a catchphrase from which 1983 film?
Answer: Sudden Impact

Question: In 1994 who became only the second actor to win successive Best Actor ‘Oscars’?
Answer: Tom Hanks

Question: In which war film is John Wayne's character killed by a Japanese sniper?
Answer: Sands Of Iwo Jima

Question: Which blond actor who died in 2008 played Jim Bowie in the 1960 film 'The Alamo'?
Answer: Richard Widmark

Question: France signed the Treaty of Luneville with which continental European Power?
Answer: Austria

Question: Which was King Arthur’s last battle, where he either died or was fatally wounded?
Answer: Camlann

Question: Also known as Annonaria; in Roman mythology, who was the personification of luck?
Answer: Fortuna

Question: 'The Trumpet Hornpipe' was its signature tune, who was this TV show’s title character?
Answer: Captain Horatio Pugwash

Question: Which character did the diminutive John Louis Mansi play in the TV series ''Allo 'Allo'?
Answer: Von Smallhausen

Question: David Boreanaz played which title character in a 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' spin-off?
Answer: 'Angel' or Angeus or Liam

Question: Which ace nicknamed ‘Dogsbody’ was a prisoner in Colditz as WW2 came to an end?
Answer: Douglas Bader

Question: Which German Ace gave his name to two classic flying manoeuvres, involving ‘turns’?
Answer: Max Immelmann