Question: Who was the first man to win 3 successive Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medals (in 1972, 1976 and 1980)?
Answer: Teofilio Stevenson

Question: Who made the shortest ever Budget speech in 1867 lasting only 45 minutes?
Answer: Benjamin Disraeli

Question: Which strait contains the island of Krakatoa and links the Java Sea with the Indian Ocean?
Answer: Sundra

Question: Becky Sharp is the heroine of which novel by William Makepeace Thackeray?
Answer: Vanity Fair

Question: Which play by Robert Bolt was made into a film starring Paul Scofield in the lead role?
Answer: A Man For All Seasons

Question: What is the official currency of Thailand?
Answer: Baht

Question: Anne Neville was the wife of which English king?
Answer: Richard Iii

Question: Who became the youngest player to score a hat-trick for England versus Croatia in September 2008?
Answer: Theo Walcott

Question: Nemorino sings the aria Una Furtiva Lagrima in which opera by Donizetti?
Answer: L'Elisir D'Amore

Question: Which album by Dire Straits was the best-selling album of 1985?
Answer: Brothers In Arms

Question: Perca fluviatilis is the scientific name for which fish?
Answer: Perch

Question: Tom Hanks won Oscars for Best Actor in consecutive years for Forrest Gump in 1994 and which other film in 1993?
Answer: Philadelphia

Question: Who created the fictional detectives Dalziel and Pascoe?
Answer: Reginald Hill

Question: Fynbo cheese is named after the island of Fyn in which European country?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Halloumi cheese originated on which island?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: For which 1989 film did Daniel Day-Lewis win his first Academy Award for Best Actor?
Answer: My Left Foot

Question: Which fish has the Latin name Abramis brama?
Answer: Bream

Question: Gilda sings the aria Caro Nome in which opera by Verdi?
Answer: Rigoletto

Question: Which Roman Emperor, son of Vespasian, died of the plague in 81 AD?
Answer: Titus

Question: Who won Best Actress Oscars for the years either side of Louise Rainer (for 1934 & 1937) for her roles in Dangerous and Jezebel?
Answer: Bette Davis

Question: Which Liverpool player scored a hat-trick in less than 5 minutes against Arsenal in 1994?
Answer: Robbie Fowler

Question: Which British queen was married to Prince George of Denmark?
Answer: Queen Anne

Question: What is the official currency of Bangladesh?
Answer: Taka

Question: Angel Clare is a character in which novel by Thomas Hardy?
Answer: Tess Of The D'Urbervilles

Question: Who made the longest Budget speech in 1853 which lasted 4 hours 45 minutes?
Answer: William Ewart Gladstone

Question: Which World Heavyweight Champion boxer won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1952 Olympics?
Answer: Floyd Patterson

Question: Which company manufactures the perfumes L'heure bleue and Mitsouko?
Answer: Guerla1N

Question: Against which county did Russia wage war in 1904/05?
Answer: Japan

Question: Who was the first French person to win an Oscar?
Answer: Simone Signoret

Question: Which small island lies between the two larger islands of Malta and Gozo?
Answer: Comino

Question: Who wrote the story of the Ugly Duckling?
Answer: Hans Christian Andersen

Question: Which is the smallest borough of New York?
Answer: Manhattan

Question: Which group released the album 'Meaty, Beaty, Big and Bouncy' in the 1970s?
Answer: The Who

Question: In which part of the body is the Bowman's Capsule?
Answer: Kidney

Question: Who was on the English throne in 1150?
Answer: Stephen

Question: The novels 'Murder Must Advertise' and 'The Nine Tailors' feature which fictional detective?
Answer: Lord Peter Wimsey

Question: Brian Johnson is the singer with which 'hard-rock' band founded in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young?
Answer: Ac/Dc

Question: A shot glass of which German liqueur is dropped into a glass of Red Bull to make a '.bomb'?
Answer: Jagermeister

Question: Who presents 'Sounds of the Sixties' on Saturdays mornings on Radio 2?
Answer: Brian Matthew

Question: Who revolutionised the high jump when winning the Olympic Gold medal in 1968?
Answer: Dick Fosbury

Question: In which book of the Bible do the Ten Commandments appear?
Answer: Exodus

Question: What is the principal ingredient of the Northumbrian dish 'pan haggerty'?
Answer: Potatoes

Question: Which personality of the American West is buried next to her partner Frank Butler?
Answer: Annie Oakley

Question: In which country did the Mau Mau revolt against British rule?
Answer: Kenya

Question: Blue Vinney cheese is made in Sturminster, in which English county?
Answer: Dorset

Question: Who was George W Bush's opponent in the 2004 US Presidential election?
Answer: John Kerry

Question: On TV how were Cyril Mead and Edward McGinnis known?
Answer: Little and Large

Question: The novels 'The Long Goodbye' and 'Farewell, My Lovely' feature which fictional detective?
Answer: Philip Marlowe

Question: Water ouzel and water crake are alternative names for which British bird?
Answer: Dipper

Question: Who published the fairy story of Snow White?
Answer: The Brothers Grimm

Question: Which group's debut album 'King of the Wild Frontiers' reached no 1 in the charts in 1980?
Answer: Adam and the Ants

Question: Henri Dunant founded the Red Cross after which 1859 battle?
Answer: Solferino

Question: In the Old Testament, who is the sister of Moses and Aaron?
Answer: Miriam

Question: In which part of the body might the Bundle of Kent be found?
Answer: The Heart

Question: Bruce Dickinson is singer with which 'heavy metal' group founded in 1975?
Answer: Iron Maiden

Question: Written in 1962, 'Dead Cert' was whose first novel?
Answer: Dick Francis

Question: In the play 'Hamlet' what was the name of the Norwegian prince?
Answer: Fortinbras

Question: Who was Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister, holding office for just 119 days in 1827?
Answer: (George) Canning

Question: The name of which Spanish region means 'very hard' in English?
Answer: Extremadura

Question: Which city, on the River Leine, is the capital of the German federal state of Lower Saxony?
Answer: Hannover

Question: In which country did the Tonton Macoute revolt against French rule?
Answer: Haiti

Question: Stinking Bishop cheese is made in Dymock, in which English county?
Answer: Gloucestershire

Question: Released in 1997, 'Race 'n' Chase' was the original title of the first video game in which series?
Answer: Grand Theft Auto

Question: Who broke the world long jump record by 55 cm when winning the Olympic Gold medal in 1968?
Answer: Bob Beamon

Question: On TV how were Robert Harper and Thomas Derbyshire known?
Answer: Cannon and Ball

Question: If two sides of a right-angled triangle are 3cm and 4cm long, what is the length of the hypotenuse?
Answer: 5 cm

Question: What name is given to the lateral deviation of the big toe causing pain at the joint, usually caused by ill-fitting footwear?
Answer: Bunion

Question: Which tennis player won six consecutive majors in 1983-84 but did not achieve a calendar Grand Slam in doing so?
Answer: Martina Navratilova

Question: The Battle of Borodino took place during the Napoleonic Wars, in which country is Borodino?
Answer: Russia

Question: Which poet wrote 'The Raven'?
Answer: Edgar Allen Poe

Question: The CREST system is used to settle the sales and purchases of what?
Answer: Shares

Question: Which city, by the River Rhine is the capital of the German federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia?
Answer: Düsseldorf

Question: The name of which African city means 'fountain of flowers' in English?
Answer: Bloemfontein

Question: The University of Ulster has campuses in Belfast and in three other towns in Northern Ireland. Name one of the other three?
Answer: Coleraine, Jordanstown, Londonderry

Question: What is the married surname of the Princess Royal's daughter, Zara?
Answer: Tindall

Question: Who presents 'Sounds of the Seventies' on Sundays on Radio 2?
Answer: Johnnie Walker