Question: Which designer (born 1952) was known as the 'enfant terrible of French fashion'?
Answer: Jean-Paul Gaultier

Question: Who owns the London restaurants Petrus, Boxwood Cafe, Murano, etc?
Answer: Gordon Ramsay

Question: Which Madrid born actress won the 2006 European Film Award, and the 2007 Goya Best Lead Actress Award for the film "Volver"?
Answer: Penelope Cruz

Question: Who wrote the play, later a film, "The History Boys"?
Answer: Alan Bennett

Question: Which conflict was fought between Gt. Britain and Spain from 1739-1748?
Answer: War of Jenkins' Ear

Question: In 2006, which British gymnast was the first ever to win a world title?
Answer: Beth Tweddle

Question: Who is the Chief Executive Officer of Ryanair?
Answer: Michael O'Leary

Question: What is the name of the blue line on the Merseyrail map?
Answer: Northern Line

Question: Who defeated Phil Taylor to win the 2007 PDC world darts championship?
Answer: Raymond van Barneveld

Question: Liverpool 2008 is featuring the first ever UK presentation of which artist?
Answer: Gustav Klimt

Question: Damon Albarn, Paul Simonon, Simon Tong, and Tony Allen released which successful album in January 2007?
Answer: The Good, The Bad and The Queen

Question: Which singer/band member married Gwyneth Paltrow in 2003?
Answer: Chris Martin

Question: Who designed the reconstruction of the Berlin Reichstag Dome in 1992?
Answer: Norman Foster

Question: Bramley, Roundhay, Farsley, etc., are in which English city?
Answer: Leeds

Question: HDL and LDL lipoproteins are commonly classified as what?
Answer: Cholesterol

Question: Which midtown Manhattan railway station is the busiest in America?
Answer: Penn(sylvania) Station

Question: What name is shared by a current rock group and a South African football team; the group's 2004 debut album was entitled "Employment"?
Answer: Kaiser Chiefs

Question: The statistical measure of the weight of a person, scaled according to height, is called what?
Answer: Body Mass Index

Question: A Lusophone is a person who speaks what language?
Answer: Portuguese

Question: What name is shared by the inventor of the seed drill and a 1960's rock group; the group's
Answer: 1968 debut album was entitled "This Was"?

Question: The world's most crossed international land border connects Tijuana to which major Californian city?
Answer: San Diego

Question: The films "Fever Pitch" (2005 version), "Good Will Hunting", "The Departed" are all set in which New England city?
Answer: Boston

Question: Which service station is on the M6 toll motorway?
Answer: Norton Caines

Question: As at January 2007, what is the peak toll charge on the M6 toll?
Answer: £4

Question: What is the principal official language of Andorra?
Answer: Catalan

Question: The sixth and first strings of a guitar are tuned to which note?
Answer: E

Question: In which year did King John grant Liverpool its charter?
Answer: 1207

Question: Which stage musical features 'Audrey II', the man-eating plant?
Answer: Little Shop of Horrors

Question: In which was the World Expo held in Brisbane, Queensland; Wimbledon defeat Liverpool in the FA Cup; Nelson Mandela celebrated his 70th?
Answer: 1988

Question: In which sport is there a knocking point location?
Answer: Archery

Question: What name does B. B. King always give to his guitars?
Answer: Lucille

Question: Which four-letter word can mean; an article of clothing, a field position in a sport or to lose one's footing?
Answer: Slip

Question: What is the name of the new Cunard liner launched by the Duchess of Cornwall in December 2007?
Answer: Queen Victoria

Question: Which maths instrument is used to measure an angle?
Answer: Protractor

Question: Which New Zealand born scientist won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 for "his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances"?
Answer: Ernest Rutherford

Question: Glynis Barber and her husband Michael Brandon starred together in which TV detective series?
Answer: Dempsey and Makepeace

Question: Which maths instrument is used to draw a circle?
Answer: (A Pair of ) Compass(es)

Question: Who plays Dr House in the US TV medical series 'House'?
Answer: Hugh Laurie

Question: Lundy Island is in which body of water?
Answer: Bristol Channel

Question: Which country in the Americas is named after Christ?
Answer: El Salvador

Question: Scone, where the ancient Kings of Scotland were crowned, is close to which town or city?
Answer: Perth

Question: Which Emperor of the Ottoman Empire was known as 'The Magnificent' or 'The Law Giver'?
Answer: Suleiman

Question: Which Egyptian was the sixth Secretary General of the UN from 1992 to 1996?
Answer: Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Question: With which musical instrument is Charlie Parker most closely associated?
Answer: Saxophone

Question: What is the name of the city that was built to house workers on the Hoover Dam?
Answer: Boulder City

Question: Which sport might make use of a Reuther (QM say roy-ter) board?
Answer: Gymnastics

Question: In which palace is the throne of Ottoman Emperor Selim 1st?
Answer: Topkapi

Question: Randolph Lerner is the chairman of which Premiership football club?
Answer: Aston Villa

Question: In the pantomime Aladdin, what is the name of Aladdin's uncle?
Answer: Abanazer

Question: Which Dane won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922 for "his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them"?
Answer: Niels Bohr

Question: Nick Clegg became the new leader of the Lib Dems after an election in December 2007, who did he beat?
Answer: Chris Huhne

Question: What, in the natural world, is 'hyssop'?
Answer: A herb

Question: Which King of England was killed by a bolt from a crossbow?
Answer: Richard lst

Question: Which now famous film actor came to prominence playing Dr Doug Ross in the TV series ER?
Answer: George Clooney

Question: In the French Revolutionary calendar, what kind of weather is suggested by the name of the month Nivose?
Answer: Snow

Question: Who was Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944, he was sentenced to death for collaboration but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment?
Answer: Philippe Pétain

Question: In which Dickens novel does Sergeant Buzfuz appear?
Answer: Pickwick Papers

Question: Which outdoor sport is won by 'pegging out'?
Answer: Croquet

Question: In Greek myth, which nymph detained Odysseus on her island for seven years?
Answer: Calypso

Question: With which musical instrument is Charlie Mingus most closely associated?
Answer: Double Bass

Question: What, in the natural world, is 'earthstar'?
Answer: A fungus

Question: Acetylsalicylic acid is a commonly taken drug, what is its usual name?
Answer: Aspirin

Question: Which King of England (after Harold 2nd) was killed by an arrow?
Answer: William II

Question: In the French.Revolutionary calendar, what kind of weather is suggested by the name of the month 'Brumaire'?
Answer: Mist or Fog

Question: In which country was the 'Great Trek' of 1836/37?
Answer: South Africa

Question: Which 4 time Prime Minister of France (twice in the Vichy government) was executed by firing squad in 1945?
Answer: Pierre Laval

Question: Which sport is played by the 'Cornish Pirates'?
Answer: Rugby Union

Question: Prior to the election of Nick Clegg as leader of the Lib Dems, who had stood in as acting leader?
Answer: Vince Cable

Question: Which cartoon characters were created 50 years ago by the Belgian Peyo?
Answer: Smurfs

Question: Ascorbic acid is a vital part of the diet, how is it commonly known?
Answer: Vitamin C

Question: In Greek myth, who was the wife of Odysseus who remained faithful during his long absence?
Answer: Penelope

Question: Which English King was married to Catherine of Valois?
Answer: Henry 5th

Question: Who is the Roman equivalent to the Greek God, Dionysus?
Answer: Bacchus