Question: In which year did Pope Gelasius declare February 14th to be St. Valentine's Day?
Answer: 498 A.D.

Question: What was the challanging method of catching a fly asked of Daniel in the film The Karate Kid?
Answer: Using chopsticks to do it

Question: Who, in 1984, won the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year Award, the only time it has been awarded to two people?
Answer: Torvill and Dean

Question: How many babies did Janet Walton give birth to in November, 1983?
Answer: 6

Question: Who played Lord Melchett in the TV comedy series Blackadder II?
Answer: Stephen Fry

Question: Which band had a hit in the 1980s with the single Broken Wings?
Answer: Mr. Mister

Question: In 1985, Manchester United player Kevin Moran became the first player to do what in an FA Cup final?
Answer: Get sent off

Question: What are the six colours on a standard Rubik's cube?
Answer: Red, Blue, White, Yellow, Green and Orange.

Question: Actor Richard Kiel is best known for playing the same character in two different films. What is the name of this character?
Answer: Jaws

Question: Which American author created the character Rip Van Winkle?
Answer: Washington Irving

Question: Pebbles and Bam Bam was a spin-off of which TV series?
Answer: The Flintstones

Question: In what year did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbour?
Answer: 1941

Question: What was the name of the character played by Harrison Ford in the films Clear And Present Danger and Patriot Games?
Answer: Jack Ryan

Question: In which American state is there a town called Santa Claus, which receives over half a million letters and requests at Christmas time?
Answer: Indiana

Question: In space it is impossible to cry?
Answer: True

Question: Copyrightable is the longest word in the English language that can be written without repeating a letter?
Answer: False

Question: Over 80,000 photographs are taken around the world every second?
Answer: False

Question: What was the most recent film to win a best picture Oscar which was predominantly black and white?
Answer: Schindler's List

Question: Which recent Oscar winner became the first actress to be paid 10 million dollars for a role in a film in 1996 and what was the film?
Answer: Julia Roberts in Mary Reilly

Question: Which film was adapted from a Michael Ondaajte novel and went on to win 9 Oscars?
Answer: The English Patient

Question: Which person was nominated for Oscars for acting, directing and writing for the 1981 film Reds?
Answer: Warren Beatty

Question: Which 80 year old said well, good for me, after being told she was the oldest person to win an Oscar for acting?
Answer: Jessica Tandy

Question: The 1971 TV movie Duel was one of the first pieces of work by which Oscar winning film director?
Answer: Steven Spielberg

Question: What is currently the only sequel to have won a best picture Oscar?
Answer: The Godfather : Part II

Question: What was the name of the 1998 Italian film which was nominated for a best picture Oscar?
Answer: Life Is Beautiful

Question: What was the first animated film to be nominated for a best picture Oscar?
Answer: Beauty and the Beast

Question: Who is currently the only person called Oscar to have won an Oscar?
Answer: Oscar Hammerstein

Question: How many times has Bob Hope hosted the Oscars ceremony?
Answer: 18

Question: After which famous person in history was the teddy bear named?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Question: What type of sweet did Mars and Murrie develop in 1941?
Answer: M & Ms

Question: Which geographical location was the first word spoken on the moon?
Answer: Houston

Question: Who was the first woman to be shot by the FBI?
Answer: Bonnie Parker

Question: What historic event does the nursery rhyme Ring-a-ring of roses commemorate?
Answer: The Great Plague

Question: Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Second World War?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Question: Who killed who in 1963 in what is generally regarded as the first live televised murder?
Answer: Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald

Question: In what year was the first English translation of the Bible completed?
Answer: 1388

Question: What is Britain's largest lake?
Answer: Loch Lomond

Question: In which city is Marco Polo airport?
Answer: Venice

Question: What is the only American state with a name which has just one syllable?
Answer: Maine

Question: What is the only county in England to have two separate coasts?
Answer: Devon

Question: Behind Russia, what is the second largest country in Europe?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: Which of the four main Balearic Islands is closest to Spain?
Answer: Ibiza

Question: In which American state is Cape Canaveral, a launching site for space travel?
Answer: Florida

Question: What is the largest country in Africa?
Answer: Sudan

Question: If Alaska is the biggest state in America, what is second biggest?
Answer: Texas

Question: In dollars, how much did the USA pay Russia for Alaskan territory in 1867?
Answer: $7,200,000

Question: A man rode into town on Friday, stayed for three days and three nights and then rode out, again on Friday. How could this be possible?
Answer: The man's horse was called Friday

Question: I can run, but I can't walk. I've got a mouth, but I can't talk. I have a head, but I never weep. I have a bed, but I never sleep. What am I?
Answer: A river

Question: Mary's father has got four daughters. The first is called Ann, the second is called Anna and the third is called Annie. What is the name of the other daughter?
Answer: Mary.

Question: A man walks into a bar and asks the barman for a glass of water. Noticing something strange about the way the man said this, the barman pulled out a gun. The man said thank you and walked out without getting his glass of water. How can this be explained?
Answer: The man had hiccups, and the barman noticed this when he asked for some water, so pulled out a gun to give him a fright. This cured the man's hiccups, so he had no need for his glass of water anymore.

Question: A woman was pushing her car. When she stopped at a hotel, she realised she was bankrupt. Why?
Answer: She was playing Monopoly

Question: I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but you can't come in. What am I?
Answer: A keyboard

Question: John, Paul, George and Ringo all live in the same house. John and Ringo go out for the evening, and when they return find Paul lying dead on the floor in a puddle of water, surrounded by broken glass. John and Ringo know that George must have killed Paul. Why do they not even think about calling the police?
Answer: George is a cat and Paul is a goldfish.

Question: An aeroplane carrying 40 people crashed over the Atlantic Ocean, with every single person being killed. Yet two passengers survived. How is this possible?
Answer: They were married.

Question: What is the fastest animal on 2 legs, which can reach a speed of around 40 miles per hour?
Answer: Ostrich

Question: Who is better known as Topolino in Italy?
Answer: Mickey Mouse

Question: Why did the IBM computer called Deep Blue make the headlines in 1997?
Answer: It beat Gary Kasparov at chess

Question: Which stand-up comedian has the real name of Royston Vasey?
Answer: Roy Chubby Brown

Question: In which series of action films does the character of John McClane appear?
Answer: Die Hard

Question: According to the Bible on what day did God create the beasts of the Earth?
Answer: 5th

Question: What cartoon characters are described as being three apples high?
Answer: The Smurfs

Question: In the board game Monopoly, what are the three green properties which follow Go To Jail?
Answer: Regent Street, Oxford Street and Bond Street

Question: What are the surnames of the Three Tenors?
Answer: Pavarotti, Carraras, Domingo

Question: How did singer Sting get his nickname?
Answer: From a black and yellow striped top he often wore

Question: Which band released the 1999 comeback single Maria?
Answer: Blondie