Question: Who scored a record 156 for Australia in a Twenty20 International against England this summer?
Answer: Aaron Finch

Question: Which half of which century was the setting for the plays ‘A Man for all Seasons’ by Robert Bolt and ‘The Royal Hunt of the Sun’ by Peter Shaffer?
Answer: First Half Of 16Th Century

Question: The title of which radio programme of the 1960s and 1970s always ended with the song ‘My name is Angus Prune and I always listen to ....................................’?
Answer: I’M Sorry, I’Ll Read That Again

Question: Mary, Baroness Soames is the only current female member of the Order of the Garter. Who was her father?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: Where are the headquarters of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution?
Answer: Poole

Question: Name the highest mountain in each of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in descending order.
Answer: Ben Nevis, Snowdon, Scafell Pike, Slieve Donard

Question: Which Roman Emperor died in Eboracum in 211 AD?
Answer: Septimius Severus

Question: Which African country is divided into nine provinces including Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Gauteng?
Answer: South Africa

Question: How is the department of Otolaryngology in a hospital commonly known?
Answer: EAR, NOSE AND THROAT (accept ENT)

Question: Which word is missing from the title of the sequel to ‘The Witches of Eastwick’ by John Updike –‘The ......... of Eastwick’ his final novel written thirty years after the original?
Answer: (The) Widows (Of Eastwick)

Question: Who won four consecutive Commonwealth Singles Gold medals in Bowls for England from 1962 to 1978 – the event was not held in 1966?
Answer: David Bryant

Question: Who was the father of Zeus in Greek myth?
Answer: Cronus

Question: Name either of the stations on the Eurostar route between St Pancras and the Channel Tunnel?
Answer: EBBSFLEET (INTERNATIONAL) or ASHFORD (INTERNATIONAL)

Question: Which Home Secretary resigned in 1972 as a result of the Poulson Affair?
Answer: Reginald Maudling

Question: Which composer was born at Lowestoft in November 1913?
Answer: Benjamin Britten

Question: What nationality is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who won both the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 2013 IAAF World Athletics Championships?
Answer: Jamaican

Question: Which is the second and most famous of the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper?
Answer: The Last Of The Mohicans

Question: Who created the Labyrinth for King Minos of Crete?
Answer: Daedalus

Question: What was the name of the high-speed shuttle train that ran during the Olympics and Paralympics from St Pancras to Ebbsfleet via Stratford?
Answer: Javelin

Question: Which reporter claimed on the BBC ‘Today’ programme in 2003 that the government had ‘sexed up’ a dossier about Iraq?
Answer: Andrew Gilligan

Question: On which motorway is Hilton Park services?
Answer: M6

Question: The Bovespa index is the main index on the stock market in which South American country?
Answer: Brazil

Question: www.gosh.nhs.uk is the website for which hospital?
Answer: Great Ormond Street (Hospital)

Question: The cover of which album by Paul McCartney and Wings features celebrities including Clement Freud, Michael Parkinson and John Conteh?
Answer: Band On The Run

Question: Which prop forward has most rugby union caps for England?
Answer: Jason Leonard

Question: Which decade of the 20th century was the setting for the plays ‘The Accrington Pals’ by Peter Whelan and ‘Journey’s End’ by R C Sherriff?
Answer: 1910s

Question: Which station on the Northern Line of the London Underground is the name of a game on the radio panel show ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’?
Answer: Mornington Crescent

Question: Appointed in 1907 who was the first female member of the Order of Merit?
Answer: Florence Nightingale

Question: Where are the headquarters of the Automobile Association?
Answer: Basingstoke

Question: Name either of the former US Vice Presidents who are still alive and are Democrats.
Answer: WALTER MONDALE or AL GORE

Question: Carrauntoohil, the highest peak in the Republic of Ireland is in which mountain range?
Answer: Macgillycuddy’S Reeks

Question: Will Champion is the drummer with which band?
Answer: Coldplay

Question: Which composer was born in Bradford in 1862?
Answer: Frederick Delius

Question: In which country was Mo Farah born in 1983?
Answer: Somalia

Question: ‘The Last of England’ is an 1855 oil painting by which artist?
Answer: Ford Madox Brown

Question: Who plays Violet, The Dowager Countess of Grantham in ‘Downton Abbey’?
Answer: Maggie Smith

Question: Which entertainment venue in North London, later the site of early TV transmissions, was destroyed by fire in June 1873 a few days after it opened?
Answer: Alexandra Palace

Question: Which island, since the mid 1960s, is the southernmost point of Iceland?
Answer: Surtsey

Question: The most popular name for girls in 2011 and 2012 according to the ONS was Amelia, but which was the second most popular in both years having topped the list in the three previous years?
Answer: Olivia

Question: ‘To me, to you’ is a catchphrase of Barry and Paul Elliott. Under what name do they perform?
Answer: The Chuckle Brothers

Question: ‘Nessun dorma’ comes from which Puccini opera?
Answer: Turandot

Question: What is the surname of Richard and Adam, the Welsh classical singers whose debut album topped the charts throughout August this year?
Answer: Johnson

Question: In which city is Taksim Square, scene of recent protests?
Answer: Istanbul

Question: If you ordered zanahoria in a Spanish Resturant what would you be served?
Answer: Carrot

Question: In which country is the volcano Mount Rainier?
Answer: Usa

Question: This fever was first detected in West Africa in 1969. There is no known cure and it is spread by rats found only in that area. What is the Fever's name?
Answer: Lassa Fever

Question: The characters Don Alfonso and Dorabella appear in which Mozart opera?
Answer: Cosi Fan Tutte

Question: What is Bangladesh's official unit of currency?
Answer: Taka

Question: Which African country gained its independence from Britain on the 30th September 1966?
Answer: Botswana

Question: Which famous person died on the same day as Princess Diana?
Answer: Mother Theresa

Question: Which Shakespeare play has the characters Deiphobus and Alexander?
Answer: Troilus and Cressida

Question: The sucre was the official unit of currency of Ecuador until March 2000. What is now the official currency?
Answer: US Dollar

Question: Which famous television and film star died on the same day as Michael Jackson?
Answer: Farrah Fawcett

Question: Which virus is responsible for causing the spectacularly fatal haemorrhagic fever?
Answer: Ebola Virus

Question: Who was described as Lady Macbeth by John Bercow in August 2000?
Answer: Cherie Blair

Question: Tarom, established in 1920, is the national airline of which European country?
Answer: Romania

Question: What is the Scientific observation and study of the atmosphere called?
Answer: Meteorology

Question: Which British player won the ladies singles title at Wimbledon in 1961?
Answer: Angela Mortimer

Question: Tachophobia is the morbid fear of what?
Answer: Speed

Question: In the BBC comedy TV series 'It Ain't Half Hot Mum' who played the part of Rangi Ram?
Answer: Michael Bates

Question: Who, prior to Virginia Wade, was the last British tennis player to win the Wimbledon women's singles title?
Answer: Ann Jones

Question: In Norse mythology, who was the wife of the god Odin and goddess of the sky?
Answer: Frigga

Question: If you ordered manzana in a Spanish Restaurant what would you be served?
Answer: Apple

Question: Which former West Indian fast bowler was nicknamed Whispering Death?
Answer: Michael Holding

Question: In Architecture what name is given to a cap or the covering topping off a wall?
Answer: Coping

Question: Basiphobia is the morbid fear of doing what?
Answer: Walking