Question: Which French Revolutionary leader was assassinated whilst taking a bath in 1793?
Answer: Jean-Paul Marat

Question: In 1984, which Indian cricketer became only the second person to score six sixes from one over in first class cricket?
Answer: Ravi Shastri

Question: Which berry is used to make the Italian liqueur Sambuca?
Answer: Elderberry

Question: Which famous sculpture, made approximately 150 BC, was found on the Aegean island of Melos in 1820?
Answer: VENUS de MILO

Question: What was the name of the terrorist group that murdered eleven Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972?
Answer: Black September

Question: Which popular video game was designed and programmed by Russian computer engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1985?
Answer: 'Tetris'

Question: The Order of the Elephant is the premier order that can be awarded in which European country?
Answer: Denmark

Question: In which city is the Uffizi Gallery to be found?
Answer: Florence

Question: Which group had 90s hits with 'Life Of Riley', 'Perfect' and 'Lucky You'?
Answer: 'Lightening Seeds'

Question: During which war was the Battle of Inkerman fought?
Answer: Crimean War

Question: In which city do Sampdoria play their home games?
Answer: Genoa

Question: Which member of the Cabinet has been MP for Rushcliffe since 1970?
Answer: Kenneth Clarke

Question: Who wrote the play 'The Doctor's Dilema'?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Question: Whose last film as a director was 'Eyes Wide Shut' in 1999?
Answer: Stanley Kubrick

Question: .ac is the top level internet domain name for which island in the South Atlantic?
Answer: Ascension Island

Question: Which mammal has three species - 'Mountain', 'Plains' and 'Grevy's'?
Answer: Zebra

Question: Who duetted with Robbie Williams on the 2001 number one 'Somethin' Stupid'?
Answer: Nicole Kidman

Question: Who is both the youngest and oldest man to be US Secretary of Defence, serving under Gerald Ford and George W Bush?
Answer: Donald Rumsfeld

Question: John Taylor and Roger Taylor are members of which band, which at times has also included Andy Taylor, although none of them are related?
Answer: 'Duran Duran'

Question: Which computer-animated film series features the 'Kingdom of Far Far Away'?
Answer: 'Shrek'

Question: Only four players who won the Girl's Singles at Wimbledon have gone on to win the Ladies Singles. They are from America, Great Britain, Switzerland and France. Name any of them?
Answer: KAREN SUSMAN, ANN HAYDON (later JONES), MARTINA HINGIS & AMELIE MAURESMO

Question: Name either of the Special Administrative Regions of China?
Answer: HONG KONG or MACAU

Question: Which planet has a mass which is over three hundred times that of the Earth?
Answer: Jupiter

Question: Which Roman road linked Isca Dumnoniorum to Lindum Colonia passing through Aquae Sulis and Corinium Dobunnorum?
Answer: FOSSE WAY ( Exeter to Lincoln via Bath and Cirencester)

Question: Jazz musician Julian Edwin Adderley was usually known as '........... (what) Adderley'?
Answer: 'Cannonball'

Question: In which country does the city of Nelson lie on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: In humans how many teeth are incisors?
Answer: Eight

Question: Which alloy is in the title of a t.v. series starring Pierce Brosnan and one starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley?
Answer: STEEL ('Remington Steele' & 'Sapphire and Steel')

Question: Which jockey won the 2010 Aintree Grand National on 'Don't Push It', at his fifteenth attempt?
Answer: Tony Mccoy

Question: """OK, Which one of you losers nicked my deodorant"" is the opening line of an advert for which chocolate bar?"
Answer: Snickers

Question: Three British athletes have been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year - Paula Radcliffe (3 times), Kelly Holmes (who won in 2005) and which Heptathlete in 2011?
Answer: Jessica Ennis

Question: What is the meaning of the word 'semidiurnal'?
Answer: Twice A Day

Question: In which ITV comedy drama which ran for five series did James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale play one of three couples?
Answer: 'Cold Feet'

Question: Which Roman road which ran from Dubris to Viroconium Cornoviorum crossed the Fosse Way at Venonis in modern day Leicestershire?
Answer: WATLING STREET (Dover to Wroxeter)

Question: Who wrote the music for 'Billy Elliot, The Musical'?
Answer: Elton John

Question: Which of the three Graces of Greek myth is also the name of one of the Muses?
Answer: Thalia

Question: Who was the UK Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982, resigning following the Argentinean invasion of the Falklands?
Answer: Lord Carrington

Question: Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons make up which musical duo?
Answer: 'The Chemical Brothers'

Question: Who wrote 'Next To You: Caron's Courage Remembered By Her Mother', the life story of her daughter who dies aged 41 in 2004?
Answer: Gloria Hunniford

Question: What is the surname of the character played by Joanna Lumley in 'Absolutely Fabulous'?
Answer: 'Stone'

Question: Which jockey won the 2007 Derby at Epsom on 'Authorized', at his fifteenth attempt?
Answer: Frankie Dettori

Question: Which resort was advertised in a travel poster as '............ is so bracing'?
Answer: Skegness

Question: Name any of the three South Africans who have won the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability?
Answer: ERNST VAN DYK (wheelchair athlete), NATALIE DU TOIT (swimmer) or OSCAR PISTORIUS (athlete)

Question: A 'Sesquicentennial' event takes place every ............. (how many) years?
Answer: One Hundred & Fifty (150)

Question: Which word which begins 'ou.....' consists of the word 'yes' in two different languages?
Answer: Ouija

Question: How are the TS Eliot poems 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little Giddings' known collectively?
Answer: Four Quartets

Question: In the 'Toy Story' series of animated films, which character is voiced by Don Rickles?
Answer: 'Mr. Potato Head'

Question: Following the French defeat who was the Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944?
Answer: Marshal Philippe Petain

Question: Give either of the real 'first' names of 'Count' Basie?
Answer: William James

Question: Which European country consists of a peninsula and many islands including Funen and Zealand?
Answer: Denmark

Question: The human heart has four chambers - two auricles (or atria) and two ............ what?
Answer: Ventricles

Question: .ee is the top-level internet domain name for which former Soviet republic?
Answer: Estonia

Question: Who duetted with Marc Almond on the 1989 number one 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart'?
Answer: Gene Pitney

Question: In which play by George Bernard Shaw is the daughter of 'Lady Britomart Undershaft' an Officer of the Salvation Army?
Answer: 'Major Barbara'

Question: Whose only 'Oscar' for Best Director was for 'Annie Hall' in 1978?
Answer: Woody Allen

Question: There are fifteen Parliamentary constituencies in South Yorkshire. Only one is not represented by a Labour MP. Who is he?
Answer: Nick Clegg

Question: Who was the last king of the Hanoverian dynasty?
Answer: William Iv

Question: Which British aircraft company produced the 'Tiger Moth', 'Mosquito' and 'Comet'?
Answer: De Havilland

Question: NH3 is the chemical formula for which gaseous base?
Answer: Ammonia

Question: In which year did Jimmy Carter win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: 2002

Question: Famous for Oysters, Whitstable is in which English county?
Answer: Kent

Question: Miracle, Kelvedon Wonder, and Meteor are all types of which vegetable?
Answer: Pea

Question: Who played a stuntman and getaway driver in the 2012 film "Drive"?
Answer: Ryan Gosling

Question: Which female artist recorded album “The Id” in 2001?
Answer: Macy Gray

Question: Who played the young CIA agent Matt Weston in the 2012 film "Safe House"?
Answer: Ryan Reynolds

Question: Marmande, Tiny Tim, Harbinger and Delicante are all varieties of what fruit?
Answer: Tomato