Question: Which city completes, and is the site of the main campus of '........ Solent University'?
Answer: Southampton

Question: What is the nickname of Hull City F.C.?
Answer: 'Tigers'

Question: Which king knighted air pioneers Alcock and Brown?
Answer: George V

Question: The works of which 18th century composer are known by 'K numbers' after the man who catalogued them?
Answer: MOZART (after Kochel)

Question: Who played 'Trigger' in 'Only Fools And Horses'?
Answer: Roger Lloyd-Pack

Question: Which political party does German Chancellor Angela Merkel represent?
Answer: Christian Democrat (Ic) (Union)

Question: Which British rock band comprises Romeo Stodart and his sister Michelle, together with Angela Gannon and her brother Sean?
Answer: 'The Magic Numbers'

Question: For which film did Emma Thompson win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Answer: 'Howards End'

Question: Give the title of the Wilfred Owen poem that begins: "What passing-bells for those who die as cattle? - Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifles' rapid fire. Can patter out their hasty orisons"?
Answer: 'Anthem For Doomed Youth'

Question: Which is the next number in the Fibronacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, .....?
Answer: 21

Question: Darren Clark is the second winner of the Open Golf Championship from Northern Ireland. Who was the first winner, in 1947?
Answer: Fred Daly

Question: In 1956 which Welsh peninsula became the first 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' in the U.K.?
Answer: Gower

Question: For what does the second 'M' stand in the Manchester based University known as 'MMU'?
Answer: Metropolitan

Question: 'Charles Bingley' rents 'Netherfield Park'. He and his friend attend a dance where they meet the 'Bennet sisters'. This is the basis for which novel?
Answer: 'Pride And Prejudice'

Question: Which motorway links the M6 north of Preston to Blackpool?
Answer: M55

Question: Who was the Prime Minister when King George V came to the throne?
Answer: Herbert Asquith

Question: Who played 'Nurse Gladys Emmanuel' in 'Open All Hours'?
Answer: Linda Baron

Question: Which planet is the nickname of Mozart's last symphony?
Answer: Jupiter

Question: The 'Potemkin Stairs' are a feature of which Ukranian city?
Answer: Odessa

Question: Who wrote the novel 'Howards End'?
Answer: E.M. Forster

Question: Which US rock band comprises brothers Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill with their cousin Matthew?
Answer: 'Kings Of Leon'

Question: Which is the next triangular number in the sequence: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, .......?
Answer: 28

Question: Give the word that completes the fourth line of this poem: " Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye. Could frame thy fearful .........."?
Answer: """Symmetry"""

Question: 'Pour Moi' is the first French trained winner of the Derby since 'Empery' in 1976. Who rode 'Empery' in that race?
Answer: Lester Piggott

Question: How far from the ground, in feet, is the top of a Badminton net at the centre?
Answer: Five (5'-0")

Question: How are 'Oscar Madison' and 'Felix Ungar' described in the title of a 1960's play, later a film and TV series?
Answer: 'The Odd Couple'

Question: The name of which mammal comes from the Afrikaans for 'earth pig'?
Answer: Aardvark

Question: Lee Kuan Yew became Prime Minister of which country in 1959?
Answer: Singapore

Question: Which composee was born in Leipzig in 1813 and died in Venice in 1883?
Answer: Richard Wagner

Question: Inspired by a poster of Marlene Dietrich, who wrote the song 'Marlene On The Wall'?
Answer: Suzanne Vega

Question: Who is the regular presenter on BBC Radio One on Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 12.45pm?
Answer: Fearne Cotton

Question: 'Jungfrau' is the German for which sign of the zodiac?
Answer: Virgo

Question: Which athlete was BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 1964 and 1966?
Answer: Lynn Davis

Question: Known as the 'City of Roses', which is the most populous city in the US state of Oregon?
Answer: Portland

Question: Who is the regular presenter on BBC Radio Two on Monday to Friday from 5.00pm to 7.00pm?
Answer: Simon Mayo

Question: Name either of the founders of 'A&M Records'?
Answer: HERP ALPERT or JERRY MOSS

Question: 'Verseau' is the French for which sign of the zodiac?
Answer: Aquarius

Question: Which river forms most of the boundary between the US states of Oregon and Washington?
Answer: Columbia

Question: Which cyclist was BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year in 2003 and 2008?
Answer: Chris Hoy

Question: In the drink called 'Gin and It', what is 'It'?
Answer: Italian or Sweet VERMOUTH

Question: On which Scottish island is Goat Fell the highest point?
Answer: Arran

Question: How high, in metres, is the platform in Olympic diving?
Answer: TEN (10m)

Question: The Aztecs called them 'azotochtli', which is Nahuatl for 'turtle-rabbit'. Which mammal has species including nine- banded, seven-banded and screaming hairy?
Answer: Armadillo

Question: How are 'Max Bialystock' and 'Leo Bloom' described in the title of a 1960's film ,later a stage musical?
Answer: 'The Producers'

Question: The capital city of which European country lies on the River Ljubljanica?
Answer: Slovenia

Question: Name any of the stars which form the vertices of the 'Summer Triangle' in the northern hemisphere?
Answer: DENB, ALTAIR or VEGA

Question: Who was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University from 1925 to 1945?
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkein

Question: What was the first name of 'Dr. No' in the film of that name?
Answer: 'Julius'

Question: Name either of the England footballers who failed to score their penalty in the Euro 2012 against Italy?
Answer: ASHLEY YOUNG or ASHLEY COLE

Question: Which word completes the title of a story by Roald Dahl - 'Charlie And The Great Glass .....'?
Answer: 'Elevator'

Question: In May 1967 who became the first sailor to circumnavigate the globe single-handed, with just one stop, in Sydney?
Answer: Francis Chichester

Question: Which musical features the song 'The Worst Pies In London'?
Answer: 'Sweeney Todd'

Question: In which t.v. series was 'George Cowley' the head of 'C15'.
Answer: 'The Professionals'

Question: Which socialist society was founded in London in January 1884?
Answer: Fabian Society

Question: Which country in 1930 became the fifth to play Test Cricket, not winning their first match until they beat the West Indies in 1956?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Which word completes the titles of these Neil Simon plays: 'Plaza ......', 'California ......' and 'London .......'?
Answer: '.. Suite'

Question: Which current presenter of 'Today' on BBC Radio 4 joined the programme in 1987?
Answer: John Humphrys

Question: In Greek myth who was the leader of the Titans, who overthrew his father Uranus and was then overthrown by his son Zeus?
Answer: Cronus

Question: 'The Sarah Jane Adventures' was a spin-off from which t.v. programme?
Answer: 'Doctor Who'

Question: Give a year in the life of wood carver Grinling Gibbons?
Answer: 1648 - 1721

Question: Which Cuban boxer who won Olympic Gold medals in 1972, 1976 and 1980 died in June this year?
Answer: Teofilo Stevenson

Question: Who won the 1952 Pulitzer Fiction Prize for 'The Caine Mutiny'?
Answer: Herman Wouk

Question: What is the title of the novelty song by 'Black Lace' which reached number two in 1984?
Answer: 'Agadoo'

Question: Who was the son of Darius and King of Persia from 486 to 465 BC?
Answer: Xerxes

Question: What name is given to Scottish mountains which are over 3000 feet?
Answer: Munros

Question: In which country is the Sepang motor racing circuit?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: Xerxes led the Persian forces at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. His enemy was an alliance of the Greek city-states led by Leonidas. Of which city-state was he king?
Answer: Sparta

Question: At which circuit in Italy was the San Marino Grand Prix staged?
Answer: Imola