Question: How did an aeroplane named 'Enola Gay' become famous (or infamous depending on your view) in 1945?
Answer: It dropped the worlds fist atomic bomb

Question: Which jockey rode 'Shergar' to Derby victory in 1981?
Answer: Walter Swinburne

Question: Sir Gordon Richards retired from horse racing having ridden 4,870 winners in August of which year?
Answer: 1954

Question: Who reached the top spot in the UK charts with 'Please Don't Tease' in August 1960?
Answer: Cliff Richard and the Shadows

Question: Who won his first Wimbledon Men's Singles Crown in 1993?
Answer: Pete Sampras

Question: In August of which year did the building of the Berlin Wall begin?
Answer: 1961

Question: Who was the original Beatles drummer who left the group in 1962?
Answer: Pete Best

Question: Which high ranking Nazi died in 1987 after 46 years in prison?
Answer: Rudolph Hess

Question: Who played the leading roll in the film 'Dirty Dancing'?
Answer: Patrick Swayze

Question: First shown in London in 1964, which musical is based on the legend of King Arthur?
Answer: Camelot

Question: In football (soccer) Kevin Peacock was the first what in August 1965?
Answer: Substitute in a football league game

Question: Who was England's only dictator?
Answer: Oliver Cromwell

Question: Which England cricketer scored a massive 364 at the Oval in August 1938?
Answer: Len Hutton

Question: Which city held the 1972 Olympic Games?
Answer: Munich

Question: Who was the only Heavy weight boxing champion to retire undefeated?
Answer: Rocky Marciano

Question: Who became the World Chess Champion after beating Boris Spassky in 1972?
Answer: Bobby Fischer

Question: Which famous London landmark was erected on the Embankment in September 1878?
Answer: Cleopatra's Needle

Question: Which English footballer was accused and later cleared of stealing an emerald bracelet in Colombia in 1970?
Answer: Bobby Moore

Question: What is the name of the American National Anthem?
Answer: The Star Spangled Banner - written in 1814

Question: In what year were the Blackpool Illuminations first switched on?
Answer: 1879

Question: In 1893 which country were the first to allow women to vote?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: First shown in 1984, which sit-com featured the characters Cliff and Clair Huxtable?
Answer: The Cosby Show

Question: What is the name of Cleo Laine's husband who died in February 2010?
Answer: Johnny Dankworth

Question: Which member of the Royal Family was banned from driving for speeding in 1987?
Answer: Viscount Linley

Question: Fidel Castro made the longest speech ever at the 'United Nations' in 1960. How long was the speech?
Answer: 4 hours and 29 minutes

Question: After only 33 days in office, which Pope died in 1978?
Answer: Pope John Paul 1

Question: Who played James Herriot in the TV drama series 'All Creatures Great and Small'?
Answer: Christopher Timothy

Question: Who was Transport Minister in 1967 when 'Breathalyser tests were introduced?
Answer: Barbara Castle

Question: Who played Anna in the film version of 'The King and I'?
Answer: Deborah Kerr

Question: What was Roger Moore's first Bond film?
Answer: Live and Let Die

Question: In TV's Hart to Hart, which actors played the Hart's?
Answer: Stephanie Powers and Robert Wagner

Question: What word would describe a type of shoe and and Irish accent?
Answer: Brogue

Question: In the TV series 'Rawhide', what was Clint Eastwood's character called?
Answer: Rowdy Yates

Question: Who first demonstrated TV in public?
Answer: John Logie Baird

Question: Which British car was to be mass produced?
Answer: The Austin Seven

Question: Which of the 5 'Great Lakes' is situated entirely in the USA?
Answer: Lake Michigan. The other four cross the Canadian and USA border

Question: Can you name the tallest grass which can grow to around 25m?
Answer: Bamboo

Question: What is the world's fastest animal?
Answer: The Peregrine Falcon which can reach speeds of 200km/h when in pursuit of it's prey

Question: Which is the world's largest mammal?
Answer: The Blue Whale which can grow to 33.5 m long

Question: What is the world's biggest fish?
Answer: The whale shark.

Question: The 'Battle of Waterloo' was fought in which country?
Answer: Belgium

Question: In what year was Sir Cliff Richard born?
Answer: 1940

Question: Whitney Houston reached No.1 in the UK charts in October 1988 with what song?
Answer: One Moment In Time

Question: Which 'Blue Peter' presenter was once a Dr. Who assistant?
Answer: Peter Purves

Question: What is the title of the song that Nick Berry took to No. 1 in 1986?
Answer: Every Loser Win's

Question: In what year was King George 1 Crowned?
Answer: 1714

Question: Violet Carson OBE played which character in a famous British Soap Opera?
Answer: Ena Sharples

Question: What was the nationality of composer Franz Liszt?
Answer: Hungarian

Question: Which battle was the first battle of the English Civil Was in 1642?
Answer: The battle of Edgehill

Question: Who was the actor that played Dr. Who when Tom Baker stepped down in 1980?
Answer: Peter Davison

Question: In the TV series 'Pennies From Heaven' who played the character Arthur Parker?
Answer: Bob Hoskins

Question: Born in 1945, who was the front man of the group 'The Mindbenders'?
Answer: Wayne Fontana

Question: What is a runcible spoon?
Answer: A broad Pickle fork often with a cutting edge

Question: Who played Pink in the movie The Wall?
Answer: Bob Geldof

Question: Who was the first to use ether as an anaesthetic in 1842?
Answer: Dr C W Long

Question: Richard Wagner was the father of which other famous composer?
Answer: Franz Liszt

Question: Who played Corporal Clinger in Mash?
Answer: Jamie Farr

Question: Who was first offered the role of Lt. Columbo before Peter Falk ?
Answer: Bing Crosby

Question: Clemintina Campbell is better known as who?
Answer: Cleo Lane

Question: What is the Roman Numeral for 1000?
Answer: M

Question: Who invented disc brakes in 1902?
Answer: Dr. F Lanchester

Question: Famous composer Handel originally studied which profession?
Answer: The Law

Question: James Bond was married only once, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, to Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo. How long did the marriage last (a) less than one day (b) four days or (c) ten days?
Answer: (a) less than one day

Question: Hey Big Spender is a song from which musical?
Answer: Sweet Charity

Question: What place is called Rapa-nui by its native inhabitants?
Answer: Easter Island

Question: New Zealand hosted the 'Commonwealth Games' in which city in 1974?
Answer: Christchurch

Question: Who wrote the definitive Australian song 'Waltzing Matilda'?
Answer: Andrew Patterson

Question: At the request of EMI who was painted out of Sergeant Peppers cover?
Answer: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi

Question: Amerigo Vespucci airport is in which city?
Answer: Florence

Question: Where do the Sami people live?
Answer: Lapland.

Question: According to J K Rowling what are muggles?
Answer: Ordinary people with no magic

Question: If you see the letters UHT on a food or milk carton, what does it mean?
Answer: Ultra Heat Treatment

Question: What was unique about Pope Adrian IV (1154 - 1159) ?
Answer: He was the only Englishman to become Pope.

Question: In which book of the Bible did David kill Goliath?
Answer: Samuel

Question: N2O or Nitrous Oxide is more commonly known as what?
Answer: Laughing gas

Question: In which Musical would you find the song 'There is Nothing Like a Dame'?
Answer: South Pacific

Question: Where would you find Narita airport?
Answer: Tokyo, Japan

Question: What are the full names of Mr Rolls and Mr Royce?
Answer: Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce

Question: Why will you never open an ashtray in a modern Rolls-Royce and find a cigarette end?
Answer: It empties automatically

Question: The first 10 hp Rolls-Royce ever made is worth over £250,000 today. How much did it cost when new?
Answer: £395