Question: In which newspaper are official notices relating to matters of state, Parliament, planning, transport and public finance, as well as insolvency and bankruptcy published in Scotland ?
Answer: Edinburgh Gazette

Question: Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation leading to the Treaty of Portsmouth that ended which war?
Answer: Russo-Japanese War

Question: Which sport did Ian Taylor, Martyn Grimley and Sean Kerly play?
Answer: Hockey

Question: One of the logos of which former Building Society was an arrangement of bowler hats?
Answer: Bradford & Bingley

Question: In which 2010 film are the main characters played by Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson and Sharlto Copley?
Answer: 'The A-Team'

Question: 'Beatrice et Benedict' is an opera by Berlioz, based on which play by Shakespeare?
Answer: 'Much Ado About Nothing'

Question: In which Athletics event at the 1964 Olympic Games did Great Britain win Gold in both the Men's and Women's events?
Answer: LONG JUMP (Lynn Davies & Mary Rand)

Question: Give a year in the life of German priest Martin Luther?
Answer: 1483 - 1546

Question: In 'The Beverley Hillbillies', what did 'Granny' call the swimming pool?
Answer: 'Cement Pond'

Question: Name either of the families featured in 'Swallows And Amazons' by Arthur Ransome?
Answer: 'WALKER' or 'BLACKETT'

Question: What is the name of the daily broadsheet newspaper published in Leeds?
Answer: Yorkshire Post

Question: Who composed 'On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring'?
Answer: Frederick Delius

Question: On which island is the country of Brunei?
Answer: Borneo

Question: Who is the only Scot to be elected European Footballer of the Year?
Answer: Denis Law

Question: The sculpture 'Dream' by Jaume Plensa, which overlooks the M62, is sited at which former colliery?
Answer: Sutton Manor

Question: Which ship suffered an oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 1989?
Answer: Exxon Valdez

Question: What was the first name of Ferrari the founder of the car manufacturer?
Answer: ENZO (accept Anselmo)

Question: Which river flows over High Force Waterfall, one of the highest in England?
Answer: River Tees

Question: Which actor rowed for Cambridge in the 1980 Boat Race?
Answer: Hugh Laurie

Question: In which Russian city was actor Yul Bryner born?
Answer: Vladivostock

Question: Who was the first female black Jewish MP?
Answer: Oona King

Question: Who wrote the 1897 poem 'Drake's Drum'?
Answer: Henry Newbolt

Question: Which Nobel Prize did Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams win in 1976?
Answer: Peace

Question: Which TV Game Show has been presented by Bob Monkhouse, Max Bygraves and Les Dennis?
Answer: 'Family Fortunes'

Question: Which TV Game Show has been presented by Leslie Crowther, Bruce Forsyth and Joe Pasquale?
Answer: 'The Price Is Right'

Question: In London, trains cross Hungerford Bridge in to which station north of the River Thames?
Answer: Charing Cross

Question: Which US bank filed for bankruptcy on September 15th 2008?
Answer: Lehman Brothers

Question: Which US stockbroker was arrested in December 2008 charged with securities fraud and later jailed for 150 years?
Answer: Bernard Madoff

Question: In which English city was the Spinnaker Tower opened in 2005?
Answer: Portsmouth

Question: Which Spanish naval base was subjected to a siege by the French from February 1810 to August 1812?
Answer: Cadiz

Question: Under what name did English actor James Stewart, born 1913, become famous?
Answer: Stewart Granger

Question: Stephen Fry played the title role in the television series 'Kingdom', in which English county was the series set?
Answer: Norfolk

Question: Which Cricket county's Twenty20 team are known as the 'Royals'?
Answer: Worcestershire

Question: What is the state capital of Michigan, USA?
Answer: Lansing

Question: Which vegetable has the following varieties: 'Boltardy', 'Cylindra' and 'Forono'?
Answer: Beetroot

Question: Who directed the 1978 film 'Halloween'?
Answer: John Carpenter

Question: Which sea lies between Korea and Shanghai?
Answer: Yellow Sea

Question: Which vegetable has varieties 'Streamline' and 'Enorma'?
Answer: Runner Bean

Question: What is the US term for an area of land 160 acres (half a mile) square?
Answer: Quarter Section

Question: Of whom did Bette Midler say, "She is a woman who has pulled herself up by her bra straps"?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Name either of the Royal Navy ships that led the task force to retake the Falklands?
Answer: HERMES or INVINCIBLE

Question: What was the occupation of 'Billy Fury' before he became a pop star?
Answer: Tugboat Man

Question: Which Cricket county's Twenty20 team are known as the 'Bears'?
Answer: Warwickshire

Question: In which was the Battle of Tewkesbury fought?
Answer: War Of The Roses

Question: Which Cricket county's Twenty20 team are known as the 'Eagles'?
Answer: Essex

Question: Which author wrote a series of books about the private investigator 'V.I. Warshawsky'?
Answer: Sarah Paretsky

Question: Which US state was originally going to be called the 'Territory of Columbia'?
Answer: Washington

Question: Which cleaning product, later made by Reckitt & Coleman, was invented and named by Harry Pickup?
Answer: Harpic

Question: Liverpool-born Bill Harry was responsible for which '60's pop publication?
Answer: 'Mersey Beat'

Question: Who was the Egyptian god of evil, who murdered Osiris?
Answer: Seth

Question: What is the subject matter of the Miller's Guide series of publications?
Answer: Antiques

Question: Which car company advertise with the slogan "It's the feeling inside"?
Answer: Lexus

Question: Which car company makes the 'Matiz'?
Answer: DAEWOO (accept Chrysler)

Question: What is the state capital of Montana, USA?
Answer: Helena

Question: Who was the chief architect in the creation of New Delhi by the British, commencing in 1911?
Answer: Sir Edwin Lutyens

Question: Which British ship was sunk on the 4th May 1982?
Answer: H.M.S. Sheffield

Question: Which Cricket county's Twenty20 team are known as the 'Hawks'?
Answer: Hampshire

Question: Which product was advertised on TV with the slogan "It's what your right arm's for"?
Answer: Courage Beer

Question: Which product was advertised on TV with the slogan "Good to the last drop"?
Answer: Maxwell House Coffee

Question: In the name of the trade union GMBTU, for what does the 'B' stand?
Answer: General Municipal & BOILERMAKERS Trade Union

Question: What was the forename of Mr. Bentley, founder of the famous car company?
Answer: Walter

Question: Which American city is home to the Basketball side 'The Rockets'?
Answer: HOUSTON, Texas

Question: In World War II, how was the Japanese aircraft, the Mitsubishi A6M known to the Allies?
Answer: Zero

Question: Which Shakespeare play contains the characters
Answer: 'Troilus And Cressida'

Question: In which Shakespeare play will you find 'Dull', 'Costard' and 'Moth'?
Answer: 'Love'S Labour'S Lost'

Question: During World War II, the air defence of Malta was entrusted to three antiquated aeroplanes named 'Faith', 'Hope' and 'Charity'. What make and model were these planes?
Answer: Gloster Gladiators

Question: Which American city is home to the Basketball side 'The Supersonics'?
Answer: Seattle

Question: What was the forename of Mr. Royce founder of the famous car company?
Answer: Henry

Question: What name is given to any chemical that fixes a dye to the fibres of a textile by combining with both?
Answer: Mordant

Question: Brian Huggett, the father of 'Casualty' actress Sandra Huggett is a former star at which sport?
Answer: Golf

Question: Robert Menzies was Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: 'Eric the Eel' and 'Paula the Trawler' represented which country at the Sydney Olympics?
Answer: Equatorial Guinea

Question: What would a Cockney want to drink, if he ordered a 'Vera' in a pub?
Answer: GIN (Vera Lynn)