Question: Which Pre-Raphaelite painted 'Ophelia', which can be seen in Tate Britain?
Answer: John Everett Millais

Question: Which company produces the Safari web browser?
Answer: Apple

Question: Elgar's Second Symphony was dedicated to the memory of which king?
Answer: Edward Vii

Question: The first ever episode of 'Doctor Who' was overshadowed by which event the previous day - the BBC repeating the episode just before showing the second one the following Saturday?
Answer: The Assasssination Of J.F. Kennedy

Question: Give a year in the life of architect Augustus Pugin?
Answer: 1812 to 1852

Question: What is the title of the BBC Radio 4 early evening programme similar to 'Today'?
Answer: 'Pm'

Question: In Greek myth who was the Titan of memory and remembrance, and mother of the nine Muses?
Answer: Mnemosyne

Question: Which ballerina who defected to the West in 1970 won a Tony Award for her Broadway performance in 'On Your Toes' in 1983?
Answer: Natalia Makarova

Question: What was the occupation of 'Keith Barrett', played by Rob Brydon, in the t.v. comedy 'Marion and Geoff'?
Answer: Taxi Driver

Question: Who is the mother of t.v. presenter Rebecca Wilcox?
Answer: Esther Rantzen

Question: Which goalkeeper who played over 400 games for Everton in the 1960's and 1970's and won 3 England caps, dies in June this year?
Answer: Gordon West

Question: Who won the 1948 Pulitzer Fiction Prize for 'Tales Of The South Pacific'?
Answer: James Michener

Question: Which former Spanish colony was annexed by Morocco in 1975?
Answer: WESTERN SAHARA (accept Spanish Sahara)

Question: Lake Managua is a large lake in which Central American country?
Answer: Nicaragua

Question: Who founded a model village on the River Aire near Bradford in 1851?
Answer: Titus Salt

Question: In which English county is the town of Wells-next-the- Sea?
Answer: Norfolk

Question: Who captained the England Cricket team 15 times in the early 1930's, winning 9 of the matches?
Answer: Douglas Jardine

Question: What is the chemical formula for Copper Sulphate?
Answer: CuSO4

Question: One of Michel Ball's earliest roles was as 'Marius' in the original London production of which musical?
Answer: 'Les Miserables'

Question: Which seeded player did Lukas Rosol beat in the second round at Wimbledon in June?
Answer: Rafael Nadal

Question: What is the surname of the Roald Dahl character 'Matilda'?
Answer: 'Wormwood'

Question: In 1993 who, with Mike Stroud, completed 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents, although bad weather meant the Antarctic race was held on the Falklands?
Answer: Ranulph Fiennes

Question: The Leigh Branch links the Leeds & Liverpool Canal with which other canal?
Answer: Bridgewater Canal

Question: In which district of New York is Greenwich Village situated?
Answer: Manhattan

Question: What was the title of Japp Stam’s autobiography, which led to his departure from Manchester United?
Answer: Head To Head

Question: In which year did Mohammed’s flight from Mecca to Medina take place?
Answer: 622 Ad

Question: Who won series 8 of "Dancing on Ice" in 2013?
Answer: Beth Tweddle

Question: The lyrics: 'We drank champagne and danced all night, Under electric candlelight ' come from which classic pop hit?
Answer: LOLA (The Kinks)

Question: Name the year. South African police kill 56 people in Sharpeville, Israeli intelligence agents capture Adolf Eichmann, and Nigeria gains its independence?
Answer: 1960

Question: Who won series 11 of "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2012?
Answer: Louis Smith

Question: Which former Blue Peter presenter’s daughter reached Number 1 in the Charts with the single, "Groovejet (if this ain’t love)"?
Answer: JANET ELLIS her daughter is Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Question: Name the year. Walt Disney dies, Hastings Banda becomes Malawi's first President, and Nelson's pillar in O'Connell Street, Dublin is blown up?
Answer: 1966

Question: Which spirit is the characteristic ingredient of "Planter’s Punch"?
Answer: Rum

Question: What star sign comes immediately before Aquarius?
Answer: Capricorn

Question: Who is the author of the 2006 novel “Shalimar the Clown”?
Answer: Salman Rushdie

Question: In Norse mythology, who guards the Bifrost against the coming of the frost giants at Ragnarok?
Answer: Heimdall

Question: The men’s fragrances “Fahrenheit” and “Eau Sauvage” are made by which company?
Answer: Christian Dior

Question: In which country is Rosario, a port on the River Parana?
Answer: Argentina

Question: What creature is the subject of Roald Dahl's children's book Esio Trot?
Answer: TORTOISE (Esio Trot spelt backwards is Tortoise)

Question: Corsican and Maritime are varieties of which tree?
Answer: Pine

Question: Rastafarianism is based on the ideas of which Jamaican?
Answer: Marcus Garvey

Question: In which British city is there an area called Headington?
Answer: Oxford

Question: Which actor starred in 'High Fidelity' (2000), 'Being John Malkovich' (1999) and 'Con Air' (1997)?
Answer: John Cusack

Question: Which inert gas takes its name from the Greek for 'hidden'?
Answer: Krypton

Question: To what does the adjective 'anguine' refer?
Answer: Snakes

Question: In which year did Cleopatra die and Egypt become a province of the Roman Empire?
Answer: 30 Bc

Question: In children's literature what was the name that appeared over the door of 'Winnie the Pooh's house?
Answer: MR SANDERS (Accept Sanders)

Question: In America they are known as ‘Good Will’ shops what do we call them in Britain?
Answer: Charity Shops

Question: In which town or city is the principal site of the University of the Highlands and Islands?
Answer: Inverness

Question: Vega, the 5th brightest star in the sky, is part of which constellation?
Answer: Lyra (The Lyre)

Question: In which town is the principal campus of the University of Ulster?
Answer: Coleraine

Question: Of which Spanish province is Seville the capital city?
Answer: Andalucia

Question: The 4th brightest star in the sky is also the brightest star of the Northern Hemisphere. It is contained in the constellation Bootes (the Herdsman). What is its name?
Answer: Arcturus

Question: Which former Liverpool player (1967-1979) managed Rotherham in 1981/82?
Answer: Emlyn Hughes

Question: Which horse won the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham in 1984 and went on to a complete double by winning the Gold Cup there in 1986?
Answer: Dawn Run

Question: Which TV comedy series, which began in the 1990s, was filmed in the village of Turville, Buckinghamshire?
Answer: The Vicar Of Dibley

Question: By what name are ‘Charity shops known in Australia?
Answer: Op Shops (Opportunity Shops )

Question: Which comic book hero, with an alter ego of Steve Rogers, did Joe Simon and Jack Kirby create in 1940?
Answer: Captain America

Question: Which pop group recorded the 1996 album "High on the Hog"?
Answer: The Band

Question: Which horse won the Cheltenham Gold Cup five times in the 1930s?
Answer: Golden Miller

Question: The men’s fragrances “Kouros” and “Jazz” are made by which company?
Answer: Yves Saint Laurent

Question: Which beer was first brewed in Leuven in 1366?
Answer: Stella Artois

Question: What star sign comes immediately before Leo?
Answer: Cancer

Question: European and Lombardy are varieties of which tree?
Answer: Poplar

Question: To what does the adjective 'lutrine' refer?
Answer: Otters

Question: What was the real name of the murderer known as the 'Boston Strangler'?
Answer: Albert De Salvo

Question: What was Charlie Drake's catchphrase?
Answer: Hello My Darlings

Question: Give a year in the life of Johannes Brahms?
Answer: 1833-1897

Question: What is Force 11 (eleven) on the Beaufort Scale?
Answer: Storm

Question: On which English racecourse is the 1000 Guineas classic race run?
Answer: Newmarket

Question: Which Irish village became a centre of pilgrimage following the reported sighting of the virgin Mary in 1879?
Answer: Knock

Question: The goatsucker is an alternative name for which bird?
Answer: Nightjar