Question: Which English queen is said to haunt the library at Windsor Castle?
Answer: Elizabeth I

Question: The British Open Championships of which sport are held annually at Cowdray Park in West Sussex?
Answer: Polo

Question: In which sport does the '40/20 Rule' reward excellence in kicking?
Answer: Rugby League

Question: Chemical element, atomic number 104, is named after which New Zealand born physicist?
Answer: ERNEST RUTHERFORD (Rutherfordium)

Question: Falco subbuteo is the scientific name for which member of the falcon family?
Answer: Hobby

Question: Which South African was a member of the British War Cabinet between June 1917 and January 1919?
Answer: Jan Smuts

Question: Formerly known as 'Marky Mark', who played 'Charlie Croker' in the 2003 film 'The Italian Job'?
Answer: Mark Wahlberg

Question: The new musical 'Betty Blue Eyes' is based on the film 'A Private Function' which starred Michael Palin and Maggie Smith 'Betty' is stolen at the time of the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. What kind of animal is 'Betty'?
Answer: A Pig

Question: Who was Prime Minister from June 1885 to January 1886, June 1886 to August 1892 and June 1895 to July 1902?
Answer: Marquess Of Salisbury

Question: Born in Oldham, who is the Chair of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester?
Answer: Brian Cox

Question: What was the occupation of the Ford workers who went on strike in 1968, the subject of the film 'Made In Dagenham'?
Answer: Sewing Machinists

Question: In 'Macbeth' who is 'Duncan's' son and 'Malcolm's' younger brother?
Answer: 'Donalbain'

Question: In which country is the Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest canyons in the world?
Answer: China

Question: Which word is missing from this Eric Cantona quote: "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think ...... will be thrown into the sea"?
Answer: """Sardines"""

Question: 'Nogbab the Bad' was the uncle of which children's TV character?
Answer: 'Noggin The Nog'

Question: Which Trinidad born actress and 'Play School' presenter became a Peer in 2010?
Answer: Floella Benjamin

Question: In which year on June 14th was the Battle of Naseby?
Answer: 1645

Question: In the musical 'My Fair Lady', which song is performed by the character 'Freddy Eynsford-Hill'
Answer: 'On The Street Where You Live'

Question: 'Jam and Jerusalem' is a traditional epithet for which organisation?
Answer: Women'S Institute

Question: Name any of the players known as 'The Three W's of West Indian Cricket'?
Answer: EVERTON WEEKES, CLYDE WALCOTT or FRANK WORRELL

Question: Emmanuel Leutze's most famous painting is of George Washington crossing which river, an event that took place in 1776?
Answer: Delaware

Question: Which word refers to people from Halifax?
Answer: Haligonian

Question: Who wrote the book 'A Town Like Alice'?
Answer: Nevil Shute

Question: Which amateur jockey rode the winner of the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup and the runner-up in the 2011 Grand National?
Answer: Sam Waley-Cohen

Question: In which English city are the Abbeydale Brewery and the Steel City Brewery?
Answer: Sheffield

Question: In Rugby Union a high up-and-under kick is named after which Irish club?
Answer: Garryowen

Question: In which year on June 14th was the Battle of Marengo?
Answer: 1800

Question: In 'Hamlet' who is the sister of 'Laertes'?
Answer: 'Ophelia'

Question: The ICC 'Hall of Fame' was launched in 2009. Who is the only female cricketer to be inducted, captaining England to victory in the 1973 World Cup?
Answer: Rachel Heyhoe-Flint

Question: Lizzie Siddall was the model for the painting of the drowning of Ophelia by which Pre-Raphaelite?
Answer: John Everett Millais

Question: Chemical element, atomic number 112, is named after which Polish born astronomer?
Answer: NICOLAS COPERNICUS (Copernicium)

Question: Brian Cox was a keyboard player in the 1990's for the band 'D:Ream'. What is the title of the band's number one hit from 1994?
Answer: 'Things Can Only Get Better'

Question: In which English town is the Spire Brewery and is in the CAMRA magazine called Inn Spire?
Answer: Chesterfield

Question: In musical notation, how many semiquavers equal one semibreve?
Answer: Sixteen

Question: In which country is the Laerdal Tunnel, the longest road tunnel in the world?
Answer: Norway

Question: Who conducted the premiere of 'Turandot' at La Scala in 1926?
Answer: Arturo Toscanini

Question: Denis Healey was an MP for a constituency in which city throughout his career?
Answer: Leeds

Question: 'Professor Yaffle', a wooden woodpecker, featured in which children's TV series?
Answer: 'Bagpuss'

Question: In 1902, who succeeded the Marquis of Salisbury as Prime Minister?
Answer: Arthur Balfour

Question: In 'My Fair Lady' what is the first name of 'Eliza Doolittle's' father?
Answer: 'Alfred'

Question: Who said in 1996, "If anyone sees me anywhere near a boat they have my permission to shoot me"?
Answer: Steve Redgrave

Question: Gilbertese is an official language of which Pacific island nation?
Answer: Kiribati

Question: Which player defeated the reigning champion Neil Robertson in the First Round of the 2011 World Snooker Championships before losing in the Final to John Higgins?
Answer: Judd Trump

Question: Which country used the Markka as currency before the Euro?
Answer: Finland

Question: A two word answer is required. Bufo calamita is the scientific name for which amphibian, rare in Britain?
Answer: Natterjack Toad

Question: Three books in the Old Testament begin with the letter N. One is Numbers. Name either of the other two?
Answer: NAHUM or NEHEMIAH

Question: Famous for his report on the 'Profumo Affair', who was the Master of the Rolls from 1962 to 1982?
Answer: LORD DENNING (Tom)

Question: Cornell James Junior is the real name of which 'rapper'?
Answer: 'Nelly'

Question: What is the nickname of Millwall Ladies Football Club?
Answer: 'Lionesses'

Question: The River Tyne is formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne, west of which town?
Answer: Hexham

Question: Who was the Bishop of Lesotho from 1976 to 1978?
Answer: Desmond Tutu

Question: Which name describes a battle in Northumberland, a district of Washington DC, and an American actor?
Answer: Chevy Chase

Question: In March 1992 'Deeply Dippy' was the only number one hit for which group?
Answer: 'Right Said Fred'

Question: Which ship carried "five million hogs and six million dogs, and seven million barrels of porter"?
Answer: 'The Irish Rover'

Question: In which country in the northern hemisphere is Cape Farewell?
Answer: Greenland.

Question: The 'Naughty Forty' are/were a gang of football hooligans who supported which Midlands club?
Answer: Stoke City

Question: The census of which year was the first, in which the people of Great Britain were required to fill in the form themselves?
Answer: 1911

Question: What type of creature is a 'Falabella', found in Argentina?
Answer: Horse

Question: Which line of latitude forms a frontier between USA and Canada?
Answer: 49th PARALLEL (or 49 degrees N)

Question: Two islands in the mouth of the Gulf of St. Lawrence are overseas territories of France. Name either?
Answer: ST. PIERRE or MIQUELON

Question: What in April 1983 was the only number one hit for 'Spandau Ballet'?
Answer: 'True'

Question: Which singer postponed his civil ceremony with long time partner Kenny Goss in 2006?
Answer: George Michael

Question: Which Pre-Raphaelite artist painted 'The Scapegoat', presently on display at the Lady Lever Art Gallery?
Answer: Holman Hunt

Question: Which former England Cricket player was nicknamed 'Bumble'?
Answer: David Lloyd.

Question: In which country in 2003 was the 'Rose Revolution'?
Answer: Georgia

Question: Which author said "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries, because you were born in it"?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw