Question: In the classic 1933 film 'King Kong', what is the name of the island where 'Kong' is discovered?
Answer: 'Skull Island'

Question: In which English town or city is Her Majesty's Prison Kingston?
Answer: Portsmouth

Question: 'Operation Jericho' was the World War II codename for the operation to bomb which prison in 1944?
Answer: AMIENS (18th Feb)

Question: In the 1897 novel 'Dracula', at which seaport in England does the title character make landfall in a violent storm?
Answer: Whitby

Question: Justin Timberlake first entered the pop charts in 195 as a member of which boy band?
Answer: 'Nsync'

Question: 'The Pleiades' and 'Crab Nebula' are in which constellation?
Answer: Taurus

Question: What name is given to a large semi-circular or polygonal recess in a church, arched or with a domed roof and situated typically at the church's eastern end?
Answer: Apse

Question: Preceding 'Cubs', what name is given to the youngest section of the Scouting movement in the UK?
Answer: 'Beavers'

Question: Near which town or city in the 'Lightwater Valley' theme park?
Answer: Ripon

Question: Independence Hall is on the reverse of which United States banknote?
Answer: $100

Question: Whose autobiography is called 'The Life Of Michael'?
Answer: Michael Palin

Question: The 'Daiquiri' cocktail was named after a town in which country?
Answer: Cuba

Question: Which volcano, one of the Lipari Islands, is nicknamed 'The Lighthouse of the Mediterranean'?
Answer: Stromboli

Question: Which starchy staple food of Africa, used to make 'Farofa Flour', also known as 'Manioc'?
Answer: Cassava

Question: If you were born on August Bank Holiday Monday, what star sign are you?
Answer: Virgo

Question: The 'Stratocaster' is a model of which make of guitar?
Answer: Fender

Question: Which was the only 'Wonder of the Ancient World' located in what is now Iraq?
Answer: 'Hanging Gardens Of Babylon'

Question: Preceding 'Brownies', what name is given to the youngest section of the Girl Guiding movement in the UK?
Answer: 'Rainbows'

Question: 'Operation Jubilee' was the World War II codename for the attack on which seaport in 1942?
Answer: Dieppe

Question: Which French footballer was 'World Footballer of the Year' in 1983, 1984 and 1985?
Answer: Michel Platini

Question: Which giant star forms the red eye of the bull in the constellation 'Taurus'?
Answer: Alderbaran

Question: If you were landing at an airport with the international airport code 'VCE', in which European city would you be in?
Answer: Venice

Question: One of the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' was the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Near which modern tourist resort is the site located?
Answer: Bodrum

Question: In which English town or city is Her Majesty's Prison Featherstone?
Answer: Wolverhampton

Question: Which writer created the character of 'Detective Inspector Jane Tennyson'?
Answer: Lynda La Plante

Question: Which part of a church building, situated near the altar, is reserved for the clergy and choir, and is typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen?
Answer: The Chancel

Question: What type of law court has replaced the Assize Court?
Answer: Crown Court

Question: The surnames Palliser and Pallister are derived from which occupation?
Answer: Fence Making

Question: Which paper size is four times larger than A5?
Answer: A3

Question: In which city was the actor and writer Alan Bennett born?
Answer: Leeds

Question: If you ordered “Homard” in a French restaurant, which shellfish would you be served?
Answer: Lobster

Question: Which capital city is known to its inhabitants as Lefkosia?
Answer: Nicosia

Question: In which British city is Great Victoria Street railway station?
Answer: Belfast

Question: What was the name of Cutthroat Jake’s ship in the Captain Pugwash TV series?
Answer: The Flying Dustman

Question: Which book by Andrea Levy was the Booker Prize winner of the year in 2004?
Answer: Small Island

Question: Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta has the subtitle “Flowers of Progress”?
Answer: Utopia Limited

Question: The Italian word for “scratched drawings” is used commonly n English. What is the word/
Answer: Graffiti

Question: In English the word describes a complete failure. In Italian it describes a straw covered bottle. What is the word?
Answer: Fiasco

Question: Three Manchester United players were in the 1966 England World Cup winning squad. Bobby Charlton and Nobby Styles were two – who was the third?
Answer: John Connelly

Question: Which comedian died on stage during the TV show “Live From Her Majesty’s” in April 1984?
Answer: Tommy Cooper

Question: What is the more common name of the garden plant Calendula?
Answer: Marigold

Question: Who starred in and directed the 1993 film “A Bronx Tale”?
Answer: Robert De Niro

Question: Which famous architect designed the unbuilt Roman Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool?
Answer: Edwin Lutyens

Question: With which instrument do you associate jazz musician Erroll Garner?
Answer: Piano

Question: What is the parliamentary constituency of Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party?
Answer: Brighton Pavilion

Question: Who created the cartoon strip “The Perishers”?
Answer: Maurice Dodd

Question: Which element, atomic number 5, has the chemical symbol B?
Answer: Boron

Question: After whom is the international airport at Genoa named?
Answer: Christopher Columbus

Question: Whose statue, in Merrion Square, is known to irreverent Dubliners as “The Fag on the Crag”?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: Which vitamin is also known as Retinol/
Answer: Vitamin A

Question: What is the more common name for the garden flower Antirrhinum?
Answer: Snapdragon

Question: As at September 2012, who presents Radio 2’s “Pick of the Pops” an Sundays from 2:30 to 4:30pm?
Answer: Tony Blackburn

Question: In which sport are the Flowers Trophy and Queen’s Prize awarded?
Answer: Shooting

Question: Sage Moonblood is the child of which action film actor and director?
Answer: Sylvester Stallone

Question: Which British Prime Minister is buried in Spynie churchyard, Lossiemouth?
Answer: Ramsay McDonald

Question: Which British Prime Minister attended Chatham House School in Ramsgate?
Answer: Ted Heath

Question: Chastity Sun is the child of which female pop singer and actress?
Answer: Cher

Question: Which group, prominent in the 1980’s, featured Johnny Marr on guitar, Andy Rourke on bass and Mike Joyce on drums?
Answer: The Smiths

Question: In which sport are the Leonard Trophy and Middleton Cup awarded?
Answer: Bowls

Question: If you ordered Brochet in a French restaurant, which freshwater fish would you be served?
Answer: Pike

Question: Whose statue, near Trinity College Dublin, is referred to by locals as “The Tart with the Cart”?
Answer: Molly Malone

Question: As of September 2012, who presents Radio 2’s “Good Morning Sunday” show from 7:00 to 9:00am?
Answer: Clare Balding

Question: In which war did the “Sack of Badajoz” takeplace?
Answer: Peninsular War

Question: In which city are the headquarters of West Mercia Police?
Answer: Worcester

Question: What is the parliamentary constituency of Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party?
Answer: Banff and Buchan

Question: In which city was actor and writer Michael Palin born?
Answer: Sheffield

Question: Which high street chain makes the “Per Una” clothing range?
Answer: Marks & Spencer

Question: Which song was a top 40 hit for both Oasis and Mike Flowers Pops in 1995?
Answer: Wonderwall

Question: Which element, atomic number 15, has the chemical symbol P?
Answer: Phosphorus

Question: Which comic actor died on stage (literally) at the Sunderland Empire in April 1976?
Answer: Sid James

Question: Which instrument does jazz musician Courtney Pine play/
Answer: Saxophone

Question: Who, upon splitting with her partner, said “at least I can wear high heels now”?
Answer: Nicole Kidman

Question: In 1995 the company National Breakdown changed its name – to what?
Answer: Green Flag