Question: Pierre Basile fired the crossbow that caused the death of which English king?
Answer: Richard I

Question: Which Beatles song was commissioned by the BBC to represent the United Kingdom in the first global satellite television link?
Answer: All you need is love

Question: Who played lead guitar on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, on The White Album?
Answer: Eric Clapton

Question: What did Decca executive Dick Lowe do in 1962?
Answer: Turned down the opportunity to sign The Beatles, saying guitar groups are on the way out

Question: What was the name of the US stadium where the Beatles played their last ever live concert?
Answer: Candlestick Park

Question: Which Album cover features 5 Beatles?
Answer: Abbey Road

Question: For whom did Paul McCartney write Hey Jude?
Answer: Julian Lennon

Question: What are the two States that are rectangular?
Answer: Colorado and Wyoming

Question: What is the longest river in the USA ?
Answer: Missouri

Question: What State was purchased from Russia in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars?
Answer: Alaska

Question: Which Oscar nominated film of 2014 chronicles Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march?
Answer: Selma

Question: Who was the last British King to rule over the US colonies?
Answer: King George III

Question: What drink was invented by pharmacist Caleb Bradham in North Carolina in 1893, and marketed under the heading Delicious and Healthful?
Answer: Pepsi-Cola

Question: The Path Of The Righteous Man quote from the film Pulp Fiction comes from which Book of the Bible?
Answer: Ezekiel

Question: Which film contains the line I'm going to cut your heart out with a spoon!
Answer: Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves

Question: Which 2 films have been nominated for 14 Oscars?
Answer: Titanic and All About Eve

Question: Which country singer's story was filmed as The Coalminers Daughter in 1980?
Answer: Loretta Lynn

Question: What was the name of the Yorkshire pub featured in the 1981 movie An American Werewolf in London?
Answer: The Slaughtered Lamb

Question: Which Olympic Games are featured in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire?
Answer: 1924 in Paris

Question: How many roles did Alec Guinness play in Kind Hearts And Coronets?
Answer: 8

Question: The Life of Brian was produced by Handmade Films. Who owned Handmade Films?
Answer: George Harrison

Question: Which film still hold the record for using the highest number of extras?
Answer: Gandhi

Question: What character has been played by Robert Donat in 1935, Kenneth More in 1959 and Robert Powell in 1978?
Answer: Richard Hannay

Question: A novel by Irvine Welsh set in Edinburgh was made into which 1996 film?
Answer: Trainspotting

Question: The multi Oscar winning Chariots of Fire was based on the lives of which 2 athletes?
Answer: Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams

Question: Which 1985 romantic comedy starring Alexandra Pigg and Margi Clarke was set in Liverpool?
Answer: Letter To Brezhnev

Question: Peter Howitt is probably best known for playing the part of Joey Boswell in Bread, but what film did he write the screenplay for, and direct in 1998?
Answer: Sliding Doors

Question: Which 80s Top 10 hit begins with the line “I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour”?
Answer: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now

Question: Which comedian was the host of the short lived Channel 4 programme, TV Heaven Telly Hell?
Answer: Sean Lock

Question: The band Heaven 17 took their name from which Stanley Kubrick film?
Answer: A Clockwork Orange

Question: According to the famous line, hell hath no fury like what?
Answer: A woman scorned

Question: What was the subtitle of the 3rd film in the Hellraiser series of films?
Answer: Hell On Earth

Question: What was the title of Maria McKee’s only UK number 1, due to it’s use in the film Days Of Thunder?
Answer: Show Me Heaven

Question: What was the catchphrase of the Hanna-Barbera character Snagglepuss?
Answer: Heavens to Murgatroyd

Question: Ron Perlman plays which comic book superhero in 2 films of the Noughties?
Answer: Hellboy

Question: Brother Bones' whistled version of which song is the Harlem Globetrotter's signature?
Answer: Sweet Georgia Brown.

Question: Brown Sugar was beaten to the top of the U.K. charts in April 1971 by which song?
Answer: Knock Three Times. Dawn.

Question: Which Dan Brown novel  is the first to feature Robert Langdon?
Answer: Angels and Demons.

Question: In which US state is the Ivy League Brown University?
Answer: Providence Rhode Island

Question: Who actress played Sister Sarah Brown in the1955 musical film Guys and Dolls?
Answer: Jean Simmons.

Question: Who was the lead singer of the band whose only UK chart topper was  So you win again
Answer: Errol Brown.

Question: Italian gynaecologist Doctor Giorgio Fischer invented which surgical procedure in 1974?
Answer: Liposuction

Question: Vatsyayana completed which erotic piece of work in 400 AD?
Answer: Kama Sutra

Question: A stogie is a cheap, thin what?
Answer: Cigar

Question: What is the name of Inspector Gadget’s dog in the children’s tv cartoon series ‘Inspector Gadget’?
Answer: Brain

Question: What is the chemical compound Calcium Oxide commonly known as?
Answer: Quicklime (or burnt lime)

Question: In the human body, the hallux is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Big toe

Question: The wool of a Shahtoosh shawl comes from which endangered animal?
Answer: Tibetan antelope (or Chiru)

Question: Which French sculptor died in November 1917?
Answer: Auguste Rodin

Question: ‘Air & Style’ and ‘X-Trail Jam’ are events in which sport?
Answer: Snowboarding

Question: Lester B. Pearson became Prime Minister of which country in April 1963?
Answer: Canada

Question: The conflict between rival political factions the Girondins and the Jacobins, during the French Revolution, was known as The Reign of what?
Answer: Terror

Question: The liqueur Maraschino is flavoured with which fruit?
Answer: Cherries

Question: Piemont and Lombardy are regions in which European country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Fakt is the biggest-selling daily newspaper in which European country?
Answer: Poland

Question: The headquarters of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) are in which European city?
Answer: Paris

Question: Who was the first black footballer to play for England?
Answer: Viv Anderson

Question: In which year was singer Elvis Presley born?
Answer: 1935

Question: Bert Handy, Penny Panting and Lily Duveen are all characters in which ‘Carry On’ film?
Answer: Carry On Regardless

Question: The 2004 Chuetsu Earthquakes occurred in which country?
Answer: Japan

Question: David McConnell was the founder of which cosmetics company in 1886?
Answer: Avon

Question: The poisonous fungus Amanita Phalloides is better known by what name?
Answer: The Death Cap

Question: Which Polish-born astronomer proposed that the planets orbit the sun, and was later proved right?
Answer: Copernicus

Question: What is the US state capital of Connecticut?
Answer: Hartford

Question: The Gruesome Twosome are characters in which children’s tv cartoon series?
Answer: Wacky Races

Question: In British decimal coinage, how much would a guinea be worth?
Answer: 1.05p

Question: The ‘Black Paintings’ is the name given to a group of paintings by which Spanish artist?
Answer: Francisco Goya

Question: Who was the last British monarch to sack a British Prime Minister?
Answer: William IV

Question: Caen is the capital of which French Department?
Answer: Calvados

Question: Relating to weather, cirrus is a type of what?
Answer: Cloud

Question: In the British tv series ‘Rising Damp’, what is Rigsby’s first name?
Answer: Rupert

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ad vitam’ translate to in English?
Answer: For life

Question: The first Eurovision Song Contest was held in which European country in 1956?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Mount Waas is in which US State?
Answer: Utah