Question: In the TV western series, who (played by Leif Erikson) owned the High Chaparral?
Answer: John Cannon

Question: In which sport could you win the Val Barker Trophy?
Answer: Boxing

Question: What name is given to the speed it is necessary for a rocket to achieve in order for it to overcome the Earth's gravitational pull?
Answer: Escape Velocity

Question: Which American actor, best known for his role in the 1970's TV series 'Kung Fu', died in June 2009?
Answer: David Carradine

Question: In which English cathedral would you find the 'Mappa Mundi'?
Answer: Hereford

Question: By what name was the American serial killer David Berkowitz, who confessed to the murder of six people in New York City in the late 1970's, better known?
Answer: 'Son Of Sam'

Question: Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Middlesbrough to Manchester United for £2.3 million in August 1989?
Answer: Gary Pallister

Question: The name of which chemical element, with the symbol 'TI', is derived from the Greek for 'budding twig'?
Answer: Thallium

Question: Which year saw the death of Josef Stalin and the first televised Academy Awards Ceremony?
Answer: 1953

Question: Which 13th century philosopher and theologian was known as 'Doctor Angelicus'?
Answer: Thomas Aquinus

Question: Which year saw Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space and the erection of the 'Berlin Wall'?
Answer: 1961

Question: In poetry, which word, deriving from the Greek for 'carrying back', is given to the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of several consecutive sentences or verses to emphasize an image or a concept?
Answer: Anaphora

Question: 'The Weaver Of Raveloe' is the subtitle of which famous 19th century novel?
Answer: 'Silas Marner'

Question: Which American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 1970's TV show 'Charlie's Angels', died in 2009?
Answer: Farah Fawcett

Question: Although Maple bats are becoming increasingly popular, which wood is traditionally used to make Baseball bats?
Answer: Ash

Question: 'The Modern Prometheus' was the subtitle of which 19th century novel?
Answer: 'Frankenstein'

Question: In which river was the Russian monk Rasputin drowned?
Answer: Neva

Question: Who became English football's most expensive player when he moved from Norwich City to Blackburn Rovers for £5 million in July 1994?
Answer: Chris Sutton

Question: Which Irish saint founded Lindisfarne monastery on Holy Island in the 7th century?
Answer: St. Aiden

Question: Located off the northwest coast of Ireland, which is the only BBC shipping forecast area to begin with the letter 'R'?
Answer: Rockall

Question: Which 13th century English philosopher and scientist was known as 'Doctor Mirabilis'?
Answer: Roger Bacon

Question: Who was the 7th century Anglo-Saxon bishop, who whilst living on the Farne Islands off Northumberland, instituted special laws to protect the Eider ducks nesting there?
Answer: St. Cuthbert

Question: Which two word term is used to describe the gravitational boundary enclosing a 'Black Hole', from which nothing can escape?
Answer: Event Horizon

Question: From which wood are 'Ten-Pin Bowling' pins traditionally made?
Answer: Maple

Question: On which island did Gracie Fields die in 1979?
Answer: Capri

Question: By what name is the Italian painter Jacopo Robusti, born the son of a silk dyer in 1518, better known?
Answer: Tintoretto

Question: Which American actress, born in 1906, appeared in the 1927 film 'It', thus becoming the first 'It Girl'?
Answer: Clara Bow

Question: In horse racing, at which racecourse are all five of the Irish Classics held?
Answer: Curragh

Question: For what did the 'J' stand in the name of the 'Dallas' character 'JR Ewing'?
Answer: John

Question: Who played the title character in the 2009 film 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'?
Answer: Hugh Jackman

Question: Which Italian painter was forced to flee Rome in 1606 after murdering a man in a fit of temper?
Answer: Caravaggio

Question: What was the pseudonym used by the English essayist Charles Lamb when contributing to the 'London Magazine'?
Answer: 'Elia'

Question: A 'Tangelo' is a cross between which two fruits, name either?
Answer: TANGERINE or GRAPEFRUIT (or Pomelo)

Question: Which German composer wrote the 'Rheinish Symphony'?
Answer: Robert Schumann

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the master craftsman who built the 'Labyrinth' for King Minos?
Answer: Daedalus

Question: Which BAFTA award winning British drama series follows the work of a group of MI5 intelligence officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as 'The Grid'?
Answer: 'Spooks'

Question: Which American film actress, born in 1921, was known as 'The Sweater Girl' because of her tight fitting clothes in the 1937 film 'They Won't Forget'?
Answer: Lana Turner

Question: Which group had a UK number one hit in July 2009 with 'Beat Again'?
Answer: Jls

Question: According to the Bible, from which wood was 'Noah's Ark' made?
Answer: Gopher

Question: Which BAFTA nominated British detective drama series is set in Hastings during World War Two?
Answer: 'Foyle'S War'

Question: At which racecourse is the Scottish Grand National run each April?
Answer: Ayr

Question: Which group had a UK number one hit in August 2009 with 'I Gotta Feeling'?
Answer: Black Eyed Peas

Question: According to the Bible, from which wood was the 'Ark Of The Covenant' built?
Answer: Acacia Wood

Question: Who played the title character in the 2009 film 'Bruno'?
Answer: Sacha Baron Cohen

Question: 'Aston', 'Mick' and 'Davies' are the three central characters in which play by Harold Pinter?
Answer: 'The Caretaker'

Question: In which city in Arizona did 'The Gunfight At The OK Corral' take place in 1881?
Answer: Tombstone

Question: What was the name of the British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing over 1100 people?
Answer: Lusitania

Question: In 2007, Forrest Whittaker won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film?
Answer: 'The Last King Of Scotland'

Question: Which two colours are found on the flag of Greenland?
Answer: Red & White

Question: Complete the title of this famous play by Luigi Pirandello: 'Six Characters In Search Of An ....'?
Answer: '.. Author'

Question: In 2008, Daniel Day-Lewis won the 'Oscar' for Best Actor for his role in which film?
Answer: 'There Will Be Blood'

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

Question: Which British scholar and idealist is best remembered for his works 'The Rights Of Man' and 'The Age Of Reason'?
Answer: Thomas Paine

Question: Deriving from the Greek for 'crescent', what name is given to the convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension?
Answer: Meniscus

Question: Playing for Wigan Athletic, who is the only Columbian currently registered as a Premier League footballer?
Answer: Hugo Rodallega

Question: Who is the MP for South Cambridgeshire and current Secretary of State for Health?
Answer: Andrew Lansley

Question: Deriving from the Latin for 'thunderbolt', what name is given to the natural hollow glass tubes formed in sand or soil by lightening strikes?
Answer: Fulgurites

Question: Playing for Blackburn Rovers, who is the only Congolese currently registered as a Premier League footballer?
Answer: Christopher Samba

Question: Who is the MP for Surrey Heath and current Secretary of State for Education?
Answer: Michael Gove

Question: Who was the 19th century English essayist who wrote 'The Spirit Of The Age' and 'On The Pleasure Of Hating'?
Answer: William Hazlitt

Question: Which singer has had a 2010 UK number one album with 'Recovery'?
Answer: 'Eminem'

Question: Which internationally recognised non-SI unit of pressure is equal to 101,325 Pascals?
Answer: Atmosphere