Question: Which city hosted the summer Olympic Games of 1912?
Answer: Stockholm

Question: The summer Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles in 1984 and in which other year?
Answer: 1932

Question: The Real Inspector. Hound (1968) and Jumpers (1972) are plays written by whom?
Answer: Tom Stoppard

Question: The Birthday Party (1957) and The Dumb Waiter (1957) are plays written by whom?
Answer: Harold Pinter

Question: Who was the first female to be awarded the Order of Merit?
Answer: Florence Nightingale

Question: Which emperor was shot by a firing squad in 1867?
Answer: Maximilian

Question: When did the Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung die?
Answer: 1976

Question: The Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court, in London was opened in 1907. It was built close to the site of which other famous building?
Answer: Newgate Prison

Question: Give the forename of either of the main characters in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.
Answer: George or Lennie

Question: Who is the author of The Maid of Buttermere and Time to Dance?
Answer: Melvyn Bragg

Question: What breed of dog was the royal hunting dog in ancient Egypt?
Answer: Saluki

Question: The disease hydrophobia is better known as what?
Answer: Rabies

Question: Slimbridge Wildlife Reserve was founded by whom?
Answer: Peter Scott

Question: What was established by the Lateran Treaty of 1929?
Answer: Vatican City

Question: Before the Women's Institute took up the hymn Jerusalem (composed in 1916) which other campaigning organization had made much use of it?
Answer: Women's Political and Social Union

Question: Which well-known song comes from the masque Alfred composed in 1740?
Answer: Rule Britannia

Question: What action was Admiral von Reuter responsible for in 1919?
Answer: Scuttling the German fleet

Question: Which award was made to the Unknown Warrior who was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1920?
Answer: Congressional Medal of Honor

Question: In Verdi's opera Rigoletto what is the occupation of the character Rigoletto?
Answer: Jester

Question: Hanna Glavari is the female lead in which Lehar opera?
Answer: The Merry Widow

Question: The lights on Broadway were put out as a mark of respect following the death of which playwright in November 1950?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Question: In the Bible, name either of the wives of Jacob.
Answer: Leah or Rachel

Question: Which is the oldest Formula 1 racetrack that is still in use for grand prix racing?
Answer: Indianapolis, USA

Question: Which Middle East state currently hosts a Formula One race?
Answer: Bahrain

Question: Which TV detective works in the fictional town of Denton?
Answer: Inspector Frost

Question: Which US Marine explorer discovered the wreck of the Titanic?
Answer: Robert Ballard

Question: In Roman mythology who was the father of Romulus and Remus?
Answer: Mars

Question: What was the name of the Cargo ferry forced aground near Blackpool at the end of January 2008?
Answer: Riverdance

Question: In American football which team won the 2008 Superbowl?
Answer: New York Giants

Question: Which horse won the 2007 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Answer: Kauto Star

Question: When Apple introduced the I-phone into the UK in 2007 which was the only mobile phone company licensed to use it?
Answer: 02

Question: Which US state is nicknamed both 'Land of the Red Man' and 'the Sooner State'?
Answer: Oklahoma

Question: Ombrophobia the fear of what?
Answer: Rain, or being rained on

Question: In WW2 which company manufactured the Mosquito fighter-bomber?
Answer: De Havilland

Question: Which actor starred in the 1940 pirate film 'The Sea Hawk'?
Answer: Errol Flynn

Question: Which Russian Composer completed the unfinished works Boris Godunov by Murrorgski and Prince Igor by Borodin?
Answer: Rimsky Korsokov

Question: Who was the first Yorkist King of England?
Answer: Edward Iv

Question: Which park in Berlin houses both the 200 and a memorial to Rosa Luxemburg?
Answer: The Tiergarden

Question: The hot and spicy dish Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca is named after what group of workers in Naples?
Answer: Prostitutes

Question: Which French artist abandoned the law in favour of art, and specialised in painting ballet dancers, circus folk and race horses?
Answer: Edgar Degas

Question: To which family of fish does the dogfish belong?
Answer: Shark

Question: Which Polish born British novelist spent 10 years sailing between Singapore and Borneo?
Answer: Joseph Conrad

Question: Who was the first Vice President of the USA?
Answer: John Adams

Question: Which record holding try scorer became the first man to win 50 caps at Rugby Union for England?
Answer: Rory Underwood

Question: In Greek mythology who pined away from unrequited love for Narcissus until only her voice was left?
Answer: Echo

Question: Which port handles the greatest amount of trade in the world?
Answer: Rotterdam

Question: Which artist did Valerie Solanis attempt to murder in 'The Factory'?
Answer: Andy Warhol

Question: The writers C S Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on the same day in 1963 as which world figure?
Answer: John F Kennedy

Question: What beverage did Dr John Pemberton of Atlanta, Georgia invent in 1886?
Answer: Coca Cola

Question: Who was the first man to win Olympic Gold medals at 200 and 400 metres?
Answer: Michael Johnson

Question: Who was the first person to sail round northern Canada through the Bering Strait in 1906?
Answer: Roald Amundsen

Question: The plot of which musical concerned a strike at the Sleep-Tite Factory in Iowa?
Answer: The Pyjama Game

Question: Who was the creator of the TV series Star Trek?
Answer: Gene Roddenberry

Question: Who is the elephant-headed Hindu God of good luck?
Answer: Ganesh

Question: In the children's nursery rhymes with what did Jack mend his head?
Answer: Vinegar And Brown

Question: Which famous slave led the revolt on San Domingo in 1791?
Answer: Toussaint L'Overture

Question: Which French artist, the son of a nobleman, was famous for his paintings and posters of the night life of the Moulin Rouge?
Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec

Question: By what other name is the German Mastiff known?
Answer: Great Dane

Question: 'Pt' is the chemical symbol for which element?
Answer: Platinum

Question: In Scotland, which soup is traditionally served on Burns Night?
Answer: Cock-A-Leekie

Question: Who was the first English King to have held the title Prince of Wales?
Answer: Edward Ii

Question: Which actor starred in the 1952 film 'The Crimson Pirate'?
Answer: Burt Lancaster

Question: Which English composer wrote the music 'Crown Imperial' for the coronation of George VI?
Answer: William Walton

Question: Which modern capital is built on the site of ancient Carthage?
Answer: Tunis

Question: Which recording company turned down the Beatles but signed the Rolling Stones?
Answer: Decca

Question: Who is the youngest Englishman to score 30 points in a Rugby Union International match?
Answer: Jonny Wilkinson

Question: In Greek mythology who spent 6months of every year in the underworld, a symbolic reference to the germination of seeds and their rebirth every spring?
Answer: Persephone

Question: Which British author went to Eton and later served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: What was the name of the American who patented a burglar-proof lock described as 'magic and infallible'?
Answer: Linus Yale

Question: The American movie star Kevin Spacey has been the artistic director of which London Theatre for the past 3 years?
Answer: The Old Vic

Question: Who is the patron saint of lawyers?
Answer: St Nicholas

Question: What is a palindromic word?
Answer: One That Reads The Same Backwards As Forwards

Question: In the TV series what is the Vicar of Dibley's name?
Answer: Geraldine Grainger

Question: In the children's nursery rhyme who was the black sheep's second bag of wooF for?
Answer: The Dame

Question: Who was the wife of Osiris in Egyptian mythology?
Answer: Isis