Question: 'Pixie', 'Hispi' and 'Primo' are all types of which vegetable?
Answer: Cabbage

Question: Who first said or wrote,"To err is human, to forgivedivine"?
Answer: Alexander Pope

Question: Which Director links the films, 'Far And Away', 'Backdraft' and 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas'?
Answer: Ron Howard

Question: The 'Argun' and'Khotan' are rivers in which country?
Answer: China

Question: The traditional gift for a ninth wedding anniversary should be made from what material?
Answer: POTTERY or COPPER (accept either)

Question: Where in the human body would you find the 'Inferior Concha'?
Answer: The Nose

Question: In 1937 which company introduced, in Switzerland, a greatly improved version of instant coffee?
Answer: Nestle

Question: The £1.00 note ceased to be legal tender in which year?
Answer: 1988

Question: On which African country's flag would you see the emblem of the 'soapstone bird'?
Answer: Zimbabwe

Question: Fredericton is the capital of which Canadian province?
Answer: New Brunswick

Question: If it is 12 noon GMT in London, what is the standard timein Mexico City?
Answer: 6.00 am

Question: Which cathedral has been called a Victorian attempt to revive the three-spires tradition in cathedrals. Where is it?
Answer: Truro

Question: What is the metric equivalent of 2.47 acres?
Answer: 1 Hectare

Question: In knitting, what stitch is produced by Knitting a plain stitch backwards?
Answer: Purl Stitch

Question: Which British pop group appeared in the 1965 film 'Catch Us If You Can'?
Answer: Dave Clark Five

Question: What is the Imperiale quivalent of 6.35 kilograms?
Answer: 1 Stone

Question: Which is the smallest county in the Republic of Ireland?
Answer: Louth

Question: On a standard 'Monopoly'board, what property is situated between 'Water Works' and 'Go To Jail'?
Answer: Piccadilly

Question: Who was the British Director of the film 'American Beauty'?
Answer: Sam Mendes

Question: Who first said or wrote"Science without religion is lame.Religion without science is blind"?
Answer: Albert Einstein

Question: Which motor manufacturer produces the 'Croma' model?
Answer: Fiat

Question: The 'Bolan' and the 'Penner' are rivers in which country?
Answer: India

Question: In which present day Asian country are the Shan and Karen peoples to be found?
Answer: Myanmar

Question: Who wrote the 2001 autobiographical book entitled 'Hope And History'?
Answer: Gerry Adams

Question: What did the Post Office Group change its name to in March 2001?
Answer: Consignia

Question: Which US pop group starred in the 1968 film 'Head'?
Answer: The Monkees

Question: Maria Fitzherbert was mistress to which future British monarch?
Answer: George Iv

Question: What is the meaning of the French word 'Eglise'?
Answer: Church

Question: What nicknmae is often used for a male with the surname of Clark?
Answer: 'Nobby'

Question: How is the painting 'The Militia Company Of Captain Frans Banning Cocq' better known?
Answer: 'The Night Watch'

Question: Following its merger with a Dutch company, what did British Steel change its name to on the 6th October 1999?
Answer: CORUS Plc

Question: What symbol appears on the flag of Barbados?
Answer: Trident

Question: Who won the 'Oscar' for Best Actress in the 1950's film 'The Three Falcons'?
Answer: Joanne Woodward

Question: Traditionally with what were the seams of wooden sailing ships caulked?
Answer: Oakum

Question: If it is 12.00 noon GMT in London, what is the standard time in Rio De Janeiro?
Answer: 9.00 am

Question: Name the most southerly county in the Republic of Ireland?
Answer: Cork

Question: Which musical duo could have been billed as 'Hodges & Peacock'?
Answer: 'Chas & Dave'

Question: Which film actress was the sister of Olivia de Havilland?
Answer: Joan Fontaine

Question: Which librettist first met his equally famous partner in 1871,who was then organist at St. Michael's church, London?
Answer: (William Schwenk) GILBERT

Question: What is the full name, including its sponsor, of the Millenium Wheel, standing on the banks of the River Thames?
Answer: The British Airways London Eye

Question: The 1966 novel 'Wide Sargasso Sea' by Jean Rhys was written as a prequel to which 19th century novel?
Answer: 'Jane Eyre'

Question: On the coast of which English county would you find the natural limestone arch known as 'Durdle Door'?
Answer: Dorset

Question: Name either of the drivers represnting the USA to have won the Formula One World Championship?
Answer: MARIO ANDRETTI or PHIL HILL

Question: What was the name of the Scottish physicist who wrote 'Treatise On Electricity And Magnetisim' in 1873?
Answer: James Clerk Maxwell

Question: The 'Derwent Valley Mills' is a World Heritage Site, in which English county?
Answer: Derbyshire

Question: Name either of Nottinghamshire's two fast bowlers who implemented England's controversial 'Bodyline' tactic during the 1932 - 1933 Ashes Tests?
Answer: HAROLDLARWOOD or BILLVOSE

Question: The 1993 novel 'Mrs. de Winter' by Susan Hill was a sequel towhich classic 20th century novel?
Answer: 'Rebecca'

Question: The last surviving example of which bird, once the most common bird in the world, died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1914?
Answer: Passenger Pigeon

Question: Which almond filling used in cakes, tarts and pastries is thought to be named after the perfumer to King Louis XIII of France?
Answer: Frangipane

Question: Which American television drama series, that originally aired between 2001 - 2005, was set in 'Fisher & Sons Funeral Home'?
Answer: 'Six Feet Under'

Question: If a Muslim is described as a 'Hafiz' or 'Hafith', then what has he done?
Answer: Memorised The Koran

Question: Which rich sauce made fromegg yolks, butter, shallots, herbs and spices, is named after a region of south-west France?
Answer: Bearnaise Sauce

Question: What name is given to the wall of a Mosque that faces Mecca?
Answer: Qibla Wall

Question: Who was the leader of the 'Gunpowder Plot', whose conspirators included Guy Fawkes?
Answer: Robert Catesby

Question: Who plays the title role in the 2008 film 'Iron Man'?
Answer: ROBERT DOWNEY Jr

Question: Which cartoonist who worked for the satirical magazine 'Punch', is best remembered for illustrating Lewis Carroll's 'Alice In Wonderland'?
Answer: John Tenniel

Question: Since 2004, 'The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands' has fought for independence from which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: Which actress is reprising her role as 'M' in the upcoming Bond film 'Quantum Of Solace'?
Answer: Judi Dench

Question: What was the name of the castle lying on Tremadog Bay, within the Snowdonia National Park, that was built by Edward I in 1283?
Answer: Harlech Castle

Question: Between 1932 and 1990, the Russian city Nizhny Novgorod was named after which author?
Answer: Maxim Gorky

Question: To which family of animals do 'Prairie Dogs' and 'Chipmunks' belong?
Answer: SQUIRREL or SCURIDAE

Question: What was the name of the British battlecruiser that was sunk by the German ship 'Bismark' at the Battle of the Denmark Strait?
Answer: H.M.S. Hood

Question: What was the name of the Welsh village designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, that was used in the fiming of the television series 'The Prisoner'?
Answer: Portmeirion

Question: In May 2008, which country voted in favour of abolishing its 240-year old monarchy?
Answer: Nepal

Question: Which American group has had hit albums in the 21st. century with 'Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia' and 'Werlcome To The Monkey House'?
Answer: 'Dandy Warhols'

Question: By what name is the Jewish 'Festival of Lights' also known?
Answer: HANNUKAH or CHANUKAH

Question: 'Sam's Town' was the critically acclaimed album released by which American rock group in 2008?
Answer: 'The Killers'

Question: By what name is the Hindu 'Festival of Light' also known?
Answer: DIWALI or DEEPVALI

Question: Which General and commander-in-chief led the 'New Model Army' at the Battle of Naseby in 1645?
Answer: Thomas Fairfax