Question: Which English painter had a pug called Trump?
Answer: William Hogarth

Question: Which astronomer (1473-15.43) formulated the theory which is accepted as having first placed the Sun at the centre of the solar system?
Answer: Copernicus

Question: William Foulke, Sheffield United's goalkeeper at the start of the 20th century, is reputed to be the first player to have what chanted at him?
Answer: """Who ate all the pies?"""

Question: The title character of which TV detective series has not put in an appearance on the show for over 16 years?
Answer: Taggart

Question: What links Rachid, Langton, Hunt and Barlow?
Answer: Surnames of Deirdre in Coronation Street

Question: Which war was ended by the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth?
Answer: The Russo-Japanese War

Question: What name is given to the wedge-shaped writing of the Sumerian and Hittite civilisations?
Answer: Cuneiform

Question: Which German mathematician developed the theory of calculus at about the same time as, but independently of, Isaac Newton?
Answer: (Gottfried) Liebnitz

Question: Which instrument features a whammy bar?
Answer: (Electric) Guitar

Question: In literature who was the weaver of Raveloe?
Answer: Silas Marner

Question: 'Tarantula' is which singer's only novel?
Answer: Bob Dylan

Question: In 2009 Andy Murray became the first British man to win what tennis tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938?
Answer: Queens

Question: Who wrote the best-selling book The Lost Symbol?
Answer: Dan Brown

Question: What do cruciverbalists like doing?
Answer: Crosswords

Question: Whose names according to the regulations are a maximum of 18 characters long including spaces and contraction marks?
Answer: Racehorses

Question: Who played the title character in the 2010 film Harry Brown?
Answer: Michael Caine

Question: The 1971 Grammy award winning album Tapestry was recorded by which singer/songwriter?
Answer: Carole King

Question: A basenji is the only breed of dog that can't do what?
Answer: Bark I

Question: At the 2011 Oscars the song "We Belong Together" won the Oscar for best original song, from which film did it came?
Answer: Toy Story 3

Question: What was the only number 1 record for Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch?
Answer: Legend Of Xanadu

Question: Which series of guide books was founded by Tony and Maureen Wheeler in 1973?
Answer: Lonely Planet

Question: Which major US Company started out as a single store in Seattle's historic Pike Place market in 1971?
Answer: Starbucks

Question: Barney Gibson made history in April 2011 as the youngest individual to play in English first class cricket, for which county team did he play?
Answer: Yorkshire

Question: In which country did the O.A.S. terrorist organisation operate in the late 1950's and early 1960's?
Answer: Algeria

Question: Who played Mattie Ross in the 1969 film True Grit?
Answer: Kim Darby

Question: In which US State is Yuma?
Answer: Arizona

Question: Who sponsored the 2011 London Marathon?
Answer: Virgin

Question: Who is the only footballer to win the Footballer Writers Award three times?
Answer: Thiery Henry

Question: In Greek Mythology who was the ill-fated lover of Hero?
Answer: Leander

Question: In Greek mythology who owned the stables that Hercules cleaned out as one of his twelve labours?
Answer: King Augeus

Question: What was the name of the Dragon in the Walt Disney film Pete's Dragon?
Answer: Eliot

Question: The Order of Merit is limited to how many members?
Answer: 24

Question: What is President Barack Obama's middle name?
Answer: Hussein

Question: Who is the recently appointed Chairman of the BBC?
Answer: Lord Patten

Question: Who played the lawyer Tom Hagen in the film the Godfather?
Answer: Robert Duvall

Question: Who wrote the book Beau Geste?
Answer: P C Wren

Question: The Grossglockner is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: Austria

Question: Who was David Cameron addressing when he said "Calm down dear" at Prime Minister's Question Time?
Answer: Angela Eagle

Question: In the film The Great Escape who played the character Ashley Pitt, Dispersal?
Answer: David Mccallum

Question: From which Shakespeare play does the line "and age cannot wither" her come from?
Answer: Anthony And Cleopatra

Question: Who wrote Tom Brown's Schooldays?
Answer: Thomas Hughes

Question: What is the name of the stage nusical by Andrew Lloyd Webber that is the sequel to his musical Phantom of the Opera?
Answer: Love Never Dies

Question: The Royal Marine Barracks, Lympstone, are in which county?
Answer: Devon

Question: Give a year in the life of the poet John Donne.
Answer: 1571-1631

Question: In the nursery rhyme who made the shroud for Cock Robin?
Answer: The Beetle

Question: What name is given to a young badger?
Answer: CUB or KIT

Question: In Space Flight history what occurred on 12th April 1981?
Answer: First Space Shuttle Flight

Question: Give a year in the life of the poet and writer John Milton.
Answer: 1608 - 1674

Question: What name is given to a young elephant?
Answer: Calf

Question: What is the stage musical that tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?
Answer: Jersey Boys

Question: The song 'She is Always a Woman' is used to advertise which company (2011)?
Answer: John Lewis

Question: RAF Brize Norton is in which county?
Answer: Oxfordshire

Question: Mohamed Al Fayed erected a statue of whom outside Craven Cottage in 2011?
Answer: Michael Jackson

Question: In the nursery rhyme to which town was the man in the moon going?
Answer: Norwich

Question: Which official is sometimes referred to by the acronym POTUS?
Answer: President Of The United States

Question: Who provided the voice for Shrek in the films?
Answer: Mike Myers

Question: To which family of instruments does the Hi Hat belong?
Answer: Percussion

Question: In which county is Runnymede?
Answer: Surrey

Question: Flic is a French slang term for which type of official?
Answer: Policeman

Question: What is the name of Princess Anne's husband?
Answer: Tim(Othy) Lawrence

Question: Who succeeded Tsar Alexander III in 1894?
Answer: Nicholas II

Question: What was the real name of Lewis Carroll?
Answer: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Question: Guy Fawkes was born and schooled in which English city?
Answer: York

Question: What is the star sign for the date of the Battle of Trafalgar?
Answer: Libra

Question: What mathematical instrument was invented by William Oughtred in 1622?
Answer: Slide Rule

Question: Paddington Bear lives with which family?
Answer: Browns

Question: There are believed to be over 1,000 languages spoken on which island?
Answer: New Guinea

Question: Flatmates Felix Unger and Oscar Madison are the central characters in which play, film and TV series?
Answer: The Odd Couple

Question: Which large domesticated bird has the Latin name meleagris gallopavo?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Naiad and Proteus are two of the thirteen moons of which planet?
Answer: Neptune

Question: Element 112, Cn, is named after which astronomer?
Answer: Copernicus

Question: What organisation was founded by William Alexander Smith in 1883 in Glasgow?
Answer: Boys Brigade

Question: The scientific suffix -ose indicates the presence of what type of carbohydrate?
Answer: Sugar

Question: What sort of trees belong to the genus 'quercus'?
Answer: Oaks

Question: Which candidate in the Labour leadership election of 2010 is MP for Leigh?
Answer: Andy Burnham

Question: The archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann Is most famous for his excavations of which ancient city?
Answer: Troy

Question: 'Wing finger' is the literal meaning of which extinct reptile?
Answer: Pterodactyl

Question: In World War I, what name was given to the vast system of defences in N E France stretching from Lens to Verdun?
Answer: Hindenburg Line

Question: What is the title of the book (published 1954) which is considered to be a parody of Ballantyne's 'Coral Island'?
Answer: Lord of the Flies