Question: Which regiment is nicknamed The Red Devils?
Answer: Parachute Regiment

Question: What is unusual about the Duke of Atholl Highlanders?
Answer: Only Private Army allowed in

Question: Tachophobia is an inordinate fear of what?
Answer: Speed

Question: Which government agency has the postcode SA99 1BN?
Answer: Driver and Vehicle Licencing

Question: Which purported ailurophile became Lord Mayor of London in 1397?
Answer: Richard/Dick Whittington

Question: The name of which musical instrument is German for “bell play”?
Answer: Glockenspiel

Question: Which fictional detective married author Harriet Vane?
Answer: Lord Peter Wimsey

Question: The parish church of Ambridge is dedicated to which saint?
Answer: Saint Stephen

Question: What does an ethologist study?
Answer: Animal behaviour

Question: Which scientific endeavour is frequently abbreviated as SETI*?
Answer: Search for Extra-terrestrial

Question: The Rutshire Chronicles is a series of romantic novels by which author?
Answer: Jilly Cooper

Question: What venue links the first FA Cup final and the first cricket test in England?
Answer: The Oval

Question: Which singer was the first black person to host his own US TV series?
Answer: Nat King Cole

Question: Created in 1872, what was the name of the world’s First National Park?
Answer: Yellowstone

Question: LS What is the name of the famous Opera House in Milan, opened in 1778?
Answer: La Scala

Question: SE Which London Institution is based at 10 Paternoster Sq.?
Answer: Stock Exchange

Question: WB An apparatus used to measure electrical resistance?
Answer: Wheatstone Bridge

Question: AM Which fashion designer committed suicide in 2010?
Answer: Alexander Mcqueen

Question: Which cartoon title family live in Orbit City?
Answer: The Jetsons

Question: Where in the body is the Malleus bone?
Answer: Ear

Question: In which country is the ‘Van’ a large Salt Lake?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Who was the first President of the Royal Academy in 1768?
Answer: Joshua Reynolds

Question: Which character fell asleep in The Catskills for 20 years?
Answer: Rip Van Winkle

Question: Which European peak has the nickname ’meanest mountain on earth’?
Answer: Eiger

Question: Tom, Tom the piper’s son could only play which tune?
Answer: Over The Hills And Far Away

Question: Which 1993 film saw Sly Stallone battle against John Lythgoe?
Answer: Cliffhanger

Question: From which mountain did Moses descend with the Ten Commandments?
Answer: Sinai

Question: Near which city did Julie Andrews sing ‘The Hills are alive to the sound of music’?
Answer: Salzburg

Question: Which three Quaker families dominated early British manufacturing?
Answer: Cadbury, Rowntree and Fry

Question: What name is given to the process of controlled crystallisation necessary for smoothness?
Answer: Tempering

Question: What was the top selling musical album of the 1960’s?
Answer: The Sound of Music

Question: In the musical “The King and I”, who is or was “I”?
Answer: Anna Leonowens

Question: Which major domestic trophy eluded Brian Clough as both player and manager?
Answer: FA Cup

Question: Olympic Gold medals were awarded to a team failing to achieve what in 1922?
Answer: Conquer Mt. Everest

Question: What is the world’s largest natural harbour?
Answer: Sydney Harbour

Question: What is the surname of the family in “The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe”?
Answer: Pevensey

Question: In Richmal Crompton’s William there was a rival gang to William, who was it’s leader?
Answer: Hubert Lane

Question: In which castle did Edward II receive his final and fatal treatment?
Answer: Berkley Castle

Question: Hephaestion was the very close, personal friend & companion of which King?
Answer: Alexander the Great

Question: What connects Horatio Crane, Gil Grissom and Mac Taylor?
Answer: They are / were the respective heads of CSI

Question: Which is the only state of the USA that is named after an American President?
Answer: Washington

Question: The Ministry of Defence and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office?
Answer: Whitehall

Question: Known as “la Superba”, which seaport is the capital of Liguria?
Answer: Genoa

Question: What is the largest lake in Italy?
Answer: Lake Garda

Question: Which strait separates Sicily from mainland Italy?
Answer: Straits of Messina

Question: Corundum, widely used as an abrasive, is a crystalline form of an oxide of which metal?
Answer: Aluminium

Question: Which former Indian test batsman was nicknamed “Very Very Special”?
Answer: V. V. S. Laxman

Question: Which cyclist is nicknamed “The Manx Missile”?
Answer: Mark Cavendish

Question: What is the most commonly used alloy of copper and tin?
Answer: Bronze

Question: Which actress played Mrs June Monsoon in TV’s 'Absolutely Fabulous'?
Answer: June WHITFIELD

Question: Which Benjamin Britten opera is based on a short novel by Herman Melville?
Answer: Billy Budd

Question: Where in the world are the Pensacola Mountains?
Answer: Antarctica

Question: In which east coast English seaside town will you find the so-called 'Spanish City'?
Answer: Whitley Bay

Question: Sable is the correct name for which ‘colour’ in heraldry?
Answer: Black

Question: In which sporting activity might a practitioner's equipment include a hood, jesses, and a lure?
Answer: FALCONRY or HAWKING

Question: In September 2006, which Welshman captained Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team?
Answer: Ian WOOSNAM

Question: What constitutes the sole diet of the Osprey?
Answer: Fish

Question: To which particular order of mammals do shrews and moles belong?
Answer: Insectivora

Question: Which breed of dog takes its name from the Russian word meaning “fast” or “swift”?
Answer: Borzoi

Question: What is the technical term for a coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon?
Answer: Atoll

Question: Which mythical beast had the head of a man, body of a lion, and tail of a dragon or scorpion?
Answer: Manticore

Question: Which year 2000 BBC TV reality show was set on the Scottish island of Taransay?
Answer: Castaway

Question: Which item of stationery is (occasionally) called a 'trombone' by the French?
Answer: Paperclip

Question: In which county is the Prime Minister’s country retreat Chequers?
Answer: Buckinghamshire

Question: Barry George spent 8 years behind bars before being cleared in a retrial of the murder of whom?
Answer: Jill Dando

Question: Which military force was founded by David Stirling?
Answer: The SAS

Question: Which national bird of France can be seen on the shirt badges of that country’s Rugby players?
Answer: Cockerel

Question: What is the collective name for the writers of the four gospels?
Answer: Evangelists

Question: Which is the country of origin of Martha and the Muffins, Crash Test Dummies and Rush?
Answer: Canada

Question: Who played bongos on the Shadows 1960 No.1 Apache?
Answer: Cliff Richard

Question: Which Umberto Eco adaptation won him a British Academy Award?
Answer: The Name of the Rose

Question: In which movie did Connery play a character called Marko Ramius?
Answer: The Hunt for Red October

Question: Which footballer gained his 100 England cap in the friendly with Sweden?
Answer: Steven Gerrard

Question: What is the strong material found in the cell walls of plants?
Answer: Cellulose

Question: What have types called – continental, mountain and piedmont?
Answer: Glaciers

Question: What word is used for the process of clarifying beer or wine?
Answer: Fining

Question: In the 1920’s, which French designer created the ‘little black dress’?
Answer: Coco Chanel

Question: What is the British monarch’s official Scottish residence?
Answer: Holyrood House

Question: Which major golf course is situated at Wishaw, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands?
Answer: The Belfrey

Question: Who stars in the TV NHS black-comedy Getting On and has appeared on QI 29 times?
Answer: Jo Brand

Question: By what name did the Germans call the Polish port of Gdansk?
Answer: Danzig