Question: By what two word name was the Rugby Football League known between 1895 and 1922?
Answer: Northern Union

Question: Which heritage railway runs seven miles inland from a station on the Cumbrian coast to Dalegarth Station?
Answer: Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

Question: Of what is 'Pogonophobia' a fear?
Answer: Beards

Question: Which is the largest of the five former Soviet Republics in Central Asia?
Answer: Kazakhstan

Question: The last British winner of the Boy's Singles at Wimbledon was in 1962. He is the son of, and has the same first name as his father, a world famous footballer. Who is he?
Answer: Stanley Mathews

Question: Which fictional character, born at 'Daisy Hill Puppy Farm', has two sisters and five brothers including 'Marbles', 'Olaf' and 'Spike'?
Answer: 'Snoopy'

Question: In which 1947 film starring Deborah Kerr, were a group of nuns sent to the Himalayas to set up a convent?
Answer: 'Black Narcissus'

Question: What is the term for the act of throwing someone or something out of a window?
Answer: Defenestration

Question: 'Scheelite' and 'Wolframite' are ores of which metal?
Answer: Tungsten

Question: On a dartboard which number lies between 16 and 19?
Answer: Seven (7)

Question: Which word is the adverb in the sentence "Crabs are known for walking sideways"?
Answer: 'Sideways'

Question: In which north west town do councillors represent wards called Werneth, Saddleworth South and Shaw?
Answer: Oldham

Question: In Roman history AD 69 is known as the 'Year of Four Emperors'. Give the name of any of the four?
Answer: GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS or VESPASIAN

Question: What is the name of the slimmed down version of 'The Independent' newspaper, launched last year?
Answer: ' i '

Question: The 1996 film 'Space Jam' centres on which sport?
Answer: Basketball

Question: 'Prog Rock' developed in the late 60's and early 70's. For what word is 'Prog' a short version?
Answer: Progressive

Question: What is the reflexive form of the singular personal pronoun 'I', where 'me' is the objective form?
Answer: 'Myself'

Question: In which north west town do councillors represent wards called Bispham, Squires Gate and Bloomfield?
Answer: Blackpool

Question: How many balls are on a Snooker table at the start of a frame?
Answer: Twenty Two (22)

Question: 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' released in 1967 was the debut album by which group?
Answer: 'Pink Floyd'

Question: In German history 1888 is known as the 'Year of the Three Emperors' (or Kaisers). What was the name of the third Kaiser?
Answer: Wilhelm Ii

Question: Which national Sunday newspaper is published in 'Berliner format'?
Answer: The Observer

Question: Piers Gaveston was a favourite of which king, who made him the first Earl of Cornwall?
Answer: Edward Ii

Question: Who sculpted the Pieta in the north aisle of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City?
Answer: Michelangelo Buonarroti

Question: 'Piggy Malone' and 'Charlie Farley' were comic detectives who appeared in the TV shows of which duo?
Answer: THE TWO RONNIES (aka Ronnie Barker & Ronnie Corbett)

Question: Who was the England wicketkeeper in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final?
Answer: Craig Kieswetter

Question: What is the capital city of the country of Georgia?
Answer: Tbilisi

Question: The quiz arrived in an envelope which measures 229mm by 162mm. What size is this - a letter followed by a number?
Answer: C5

Question: What is the name of the farm on which the Glastonbury Festival is held?
Answer: Worthy

Question: Which actress played 'Captain Emma Ridley' in the 1980's ITV comedy series 'Hallelujah !', set in a Salvation Army citadel?
Answer: Thora Hird

Question: Which portmanteau word describes the fans of the TV show 'Glee'?
Answer: 'Gleeks'

Question: In which Cornish town is there a National Maritime Museum?
Answer: Falmouth

Question: Which word completes the name of these British butterflies - 'Lulworth', 'Chequered' and 'Grizzled'?
Answer: 'Skipper'

Question: The British winner of the Girl's Singles at Wimbledon in 1956 won the Ladies' Singles thirteen years later. Under what surname did she win the Girls' event?
Answer: HAYDON (later Ann Jones)

Question: In the comic strip 'Peanuts', how is 'Patricia Reichardt' usually known?
Answer: 'Peppermint Patty'

Question: Of what is 'dendrophobia' a fear?
Answer: Trees

Question: The Caspian Sea has borders with five countries. Which is missing from this list - Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan?
Answer: Iran

Question: The 1618 'Defenestration of Prague' triggered which war?
Answer: Thirty Years War

Question: Where were the minerals 'Pyroxferroite', 'Armalcolite' and 'Tranquillityite' first discovered in 1969 and 1971?
Answer: The Moon

Question: In which 1945 film, with the same title as a current TV series, does John Mills play an AWOL squaddie who returns to London to save his wife from the advances of a draft dodger played by Stewart Grainger?
Answer: 'Waterloo Road'

Question: What was the B-side of Jasper Carrott's hit record of 1975 - 'Funky Moped' - banned by the BBC?
Answer: 'Magic Roundabout'

Question: Who wrote the novel 'Mr. Norris Changes Trains', published in 1935?
Answer: Christopher Isherwood

Question: In which Italian city would you find the famous 'Torre Pendente'?
Answer: PISA (the 'Leaning Tower')

Question: In which US state is 'Blue Grass Airport', in Fayette County?
Answer: Kentucky

Question: Jessica Taylor was a member of 'Liberty X'. Which sportsman did she marry in 2007?
Answer: Kevin Pietersen

Question: Which Rugby Union team won the 2011-2012 Heineken Cup?
Answer: Leinster

Question: Al Gore was Vice-President to which US President?
Answer: Bill Clinton

Question: Only two elements have two symbols beginning with 'O'. One is Oxygen, name the other?
Answer: Osmium

Question: Who was the drummer with 'Pink Floyd'?
Answer: Nick Mason

Question: What is the name of the drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, which is a study of the proportions of the human body?
Answer: Vitruvian Man

Question: Who played King Edward I of England in the 1995 film 'Braveheart'?
Answer: Patrick Mcgoohan

Question: What is the earliest possible date in March for Easter Sunday?
Answer: 22nd. MARCH

Question: Which African country, a former Belgian colony, joined the Commonwealth in 2009?
Answer: Rwanda

Question: Which American research ship was boarded and captured by North Korean forces in January 1968?
Answer: U.S.S. Pueblo

Question: Name either of the completed novels by Jane Austen which were published posthumously?
Answer: 'NORTHANGER ABBEY' or 'PERSUASION'

Question: Three NFL teams are from Florida. Two of them are 'Miami Dolphins' and the 'Tampa Bay Buccaneers'. In which city is the third team based?
Answer: JACKSONVILLE ('Jacksonville Jaguars')

Question: In which city is the 'Morse Bar' at the Randolph Hotel?
Answer: Oxford

Question: What was the name of the skiffle group formed by John Lennon in March 1957?
Answer: 'The Quarrymen'

Question: 'The Voyage Of The Dawn Trader' was, in 1952, the third book published in which series?
Answer: The Chronicles Of Narnia

Question: Which was the last team to win the FA Cup and Premier League double?
Answer: Chelsea (2009-2010)

Question: Who was the second Pope?
Answer: Linus

Question: What was the name of Ann Boleyn's older sister?
Answer: Mary

Question: Midland Bank became part of which larger Bank in the 1990's?
Answer: Hsbc

Question: Released last year, 'Mylo Xloto' is an album by which British band?
Answer: 'Coldplay'

Question: Which book (and film) records the events of 'Harry Potter's' sixth year at 'Hogwarts'?
Answer: 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'

Question: Who was the wife of Orpheus?
Answer: Euridice

Question: Which Canadian city has the largest population?
Answer: Toronto

Question: What is the home ground of Paris St. Germain FC?
Answer: Parc Des Princes

Question: Who was the second Roman Emperor?
Answer: Tiberius