Question: Prior to World War 2, racing cars were painted in different colours according to which country they represented, what colour were cars representing Germany?
Answer: Silver

Question: On which river does Leeds stand?
Answer: Aire

Question: Which politician, most prominent in the early 2000s, said "Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man"?
Answer: Iain Duncan Smith

Question: What name is given to the small metal discs around the frame of a tambourine?
Answer: Jingles

Question: Which actor played Nero in the 1976 BBC TV series 'I Claudius'?
Answer: Christopher Biggins

Question: In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', in which English town was Dracula washed ashore?
Answer: Whitby

Question: Comedo is the medical term for which blemish?
Answer: Blackhead

Question: At which battle of 1757 did Robert Clive defeat the Nawab of Bengal?
Answer: Plassey

Question: Which 19th century writer wrote a collection of stories for children which included 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Selfish Giant'?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: Which British scientist, working at CERN in 1994, developed and launched the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee

Question: What was the name of the car that featured in the TV programme `The Dukes of Hazzard'?
Answer: The General Lee

Question: Who composed 'Land of Hope and Glory'?
Answer: Edward Elgar

Question: In which year was the General Strike in Britain?
Answer: 1926

Question: Whose song, Only Want To Be With You', was the first to be played on 'Top of the Pops'?
Answer: Dusty Springfield

Question: How was the London hospital 'St Mary Bethlehem' better known?
Answer: Bedlam

Question: 'Tucker's Luck' was a spin-off from which children's TV series?
Answer: Grange Hill

Question: Which island is separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of Sleat?
Answer: Skye

Question: Which TV programme has been presented by Lisa Riley, Jonathan Wilkes and Harry Hill?
Answer: You've Been Framed

Question: Which famous race takes place on June 9th each year; originally it was a horse race meeting but now is a foot race?
Answer: Blaydon Races

Question: In 1964 a song about Heloisa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto was a big hit around the world, what was its title?
Answer: The Girl From Ipanema

Question: Elaine Page had a top ten hit in 1981 with which song from the musical 'Cats'?
Answer: Memory

Question: In which war did the Battle of Blenheim take place?
Answer: Spanish Succession

Question: Which jazz singer was accompanied for nearly 30 years by John Chilton's Feetwarmers?
Answer: George Melly

Question: In 1929 which American bootlegger and gangster lost seven members of his gang in the St Valentine's Day Massacre?
Answer: George 'Bugs' Moran

Question: Name the British submarine that during the Falklands War sank the General Belgrano?
Answer: HMS Conqueror

Question: Which author's first work was 'Babbling April' and his last 'The Tenth Man'?
Answer: Graham Greene

Question: What, according to the proverb, is the thief of time?
Answer: Procrastination

Question: By what name was the mathematician 'Leonardo of Pisa' better known?
Answer: Fibonacci

Question: Between 1397 and 1399, which English county became a principality under King Richard , the only English county to have been honoured in this way?
Answer: Cheshire

Question: At which battle of 1403 did Henry 'Hotspur' Percy die?
Answer: Shrewsbury

Question: Which London institution was founded at Jonathan's Coffee House in 1773?
Answer: Stock Exchange

Question: What name is given to a second full moon in a month?
Answer: Blue Moon

Question: Which novel, published in 1847, begins with the words "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day"?
Answer: Jane Eyre

Question: Who or what is known as 'Topolino' in Italy?
Answer: Mickey Mouse

Question: Who was the "quiet" man bass player with Queen?
Answer: John Deacon

Question: What is the National Flower of Belgium?
Answer: Poppy

Question: Who played Arthur Seaton in the 1960 film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"?
Answer: Albert Finney

Question: What cake derives its name from the French word for lightning?
Answer: Eclair

Question: What is the first name of the character Ironside played by Raymond Burr?
Answer: Robert

Question: Which British dress designer popularised the "mini skirt" in 1960's?
Answer: Mary Quant

Question: Although her rule was brief and she was never crowned, who was the first female ruler of England (since the Norman Conquest)?
Answer: Matilida

Question: What is the National Flower of Turkey?
Answer: Tulip

Question: Which chart topping band is made up of the Followill brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared and their cousin Matthew?
Answer: Kings Of Leon

Question: What is the real first name of the character Jack Frost, played by David Jason
Answer: William

Question: In gastronomy the name of which popular dish stems from the Portuguese for wine and garlic?
Answer: Vindaloo

Question: In which month of the year is the Super Bowl final played in the USA?
Answer: February

Question: For which team was James Hunt driving when he won the F1 World Championship in 1976?
Answer: McCLAREN

Question: Who is the TUC General Secretary?
Answer: Brendan Barber

Question: What was the first Christian name of the composer Chopin?
Answer: Frederic

Question: Who presents the TV quiz show a "Question of Genius"?
Answer: Kirsty Wark

Question: Which Liverpool group had a top ten hit in 1964 with the song "I Think Of You"?
Answer: Merseybeats

Question: In which county is Burghley House venue for the Burghley Horse Trials?
Answer: Lincolnshire

Question: Who is the husband of Harriet Harman who has just been elected as an MP (May 2010)?
Answer: Jack Dromey

Question: What was unusual about the trial of John Twomey, Peter Bale, Glen Cameron and Barry Hibberd that took place at the Old Bailey in 2010?
Answer: There Was No Jury

Question: Which Liverpool Group had a top ten hit in the 1963 with the song "Hello Little Girl"?
Answer: Fourmost

Question: Who introduces the TV Quiz Show "Pointless"?
Answer: Alexander Armstrong

Question: Distilled in the hills of Kentucky since 1795 which brand of Bourbon takes its name from the man who rebuilt the business following prohibition?
Answer: Jim Beam

Question: Who played The Prisoner in the recent TV remake?
Answer: Jim Caviezel

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

Question: In the J. M. Barrie play who was the resourceful butler to the Earl of Loam?
Answer: The Admirable Crichton

Question: In which year was construction of the Berlin Wall started?
Answer: 1961

Question: In 1961 who was enthroned as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury?
Answer: Michael Ramsey

Question: Who said "Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy?
Answer: Dr Johnson

Question: Which TV animated series features the comedic antics of Peter and Louis Griffin?
Answer: Family Guy

Question: John Shepherd-Barron who died in May 2010 is credited with being the inventor of what, which was first used in 1967 by Reg Varney?
Answer: Atm

Question: What does a lactometer measure?
Answer: Density Of Milk

Question: Name either of the two islands that are the natural habitat for the orang-utan.
Answer: Borneo, Sumatra

Question: What was the name of the murderer that the crowds told Pilate to free rather than Jesus?
Answer: Barabbas

Question: In 1675 the Rev. John Flamsteed was the first person to hold which position?
Answer: Astronomer Royal

Question: In which US state is Fort Sumter where the first shots were fired in the American Civil War?
Answer: South Carolina

Question: According to the book of Revelation on what horse does Death ride?
Answer: A Pale Horse

Question: Who directed the 2010 film version of Alice in Wonderland?
Answer: Tim Burton

Question: What position was John Dryden appointed to in 1668?
Answer: Poet Laureate