Question: Which carnivorous mammal, native to Africa, SW Asia and the Indian sub-continent can also be known as the Honey Badger?
Answer: Ratel

Question: On which river does the city of Lincoln stand?
Answer: Witham

Question: In which Hitchcock film did James Stewart and Doris Day play Dr Ben and Jo McKenna?
Answer: The Man Who Knew Too Much

Question: Who was the last German to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon?
Answer: Michael Stich

Question: What do we call what the Germans call a handy?
Answer: Mobile phone

Question: What was the name of the pleasure steamer sunk in a collision with the dredger Bowbelle on the Thames in 1989?
Answer: Marchioness

Question: Who arranged an outing for temperance campaigners from Leicester to Loughborough on July 1841, the first organized holiday excursion?
Answer: Thomas Cook

Question: Since July 2014, who has been Leader of the House of Commons?
Answer: William Hague

Question: The disease epidemic parotitis is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Mumps

Question: Who is the lowest ranked man to win the men?s singles title at Wimbledon, he was 125th when he won in 2001?
Answer: Goran Ivanisevic

Question: Which small mammal, native to Central and South America, may also be called the Honey Bear or Potto?
Answer: Kinkajou

Question: For which Premiership club was Anelka playing when his contract was terminated?
Answer: West Bromwich Albion

Question: The king of which country has ruled since 9th June 1946?
Answer: Thailand

Question: Who has been Shadow Leader of the House of Commons since October 2011?
Answer: (Angela) Eagle

Question: Who said of Katherine Hepburn She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B?
Answer: Dorothy Parker

Question: Which company introduced the first travellers cheques in 1891?
Answer: American Express

Question: Which Asian country abolished its monarchy in 2008?
Answer: Nepal

Question: Who was the 18th century underworld figure known as the Thief-taker general who was executed at Tyburn in 1725?
Answer: Jonathan Wild

Question: Ojos del Salado is one of the world's highest volcanoes, in which country is its peak?
Answer: Chile

Question: In which Hitchcock film did Ingrid Bergman play Dr Constance Peterson and Gregory Peck play Dr Anthony Edwards?
Answer: Spellbound

Question: With which traditional activity would a squire or foreman, a bagman, a fool and a beast or hobby be associated?
Answer: Morris Dancing

Question: The Jule Styne song Let Me Entertain You comes from which musical?
Answer: Gypsy

Question: Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol and Richard Thompson were three of the founder members in 1967 of which British folk-rock group?
Answer: Fairport Convention

Question: In which small Pennine town could you see the Britannia Coconut dancers on Easter Saturday?
Answer: Bacup

Question: In which English town or city are the Christmas Steps and the SS Great Britain?
Answer: Bristol

Question: Since October 2013 what prize is paid to a winning ticket on the national lottery with three correct numbers?
Answer: £25

Question: The ancient Trinacria symbol features on the flag of which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Sicily

Question: The religious festival Mawlid al-Nabi marks whose birthday?
Answer: Mohammed

Question: In which city is the HQ of the car company Mercedes?
Answer: Stuttgart

Question: The Beatles recorded only one song from a Broadway musical Till There Was You, from which musical did it come?
Answer: The Music Man

Question: Which British daily newspaper was first published in March 1986 and ceased publication in November 1995?
Answer: Today

Question: Which TV series was about a pop group called The Majestics featuring Robbie Coltrane and Emma Thompson?
Answer: Tutti Frutti

Question: Which composer?s fifth symphony is known as The Reformation?
Answer: Mendelssohn

Question: How much would you win if you had a £1 bet on the winning number at roulette?
Answer: £35

Question: In which south coast town was the Brunei-built railway line running along the sea-front badly damaged in the storms of February 2014?
Answer: Dawlish

Question: What was the name of the debonair French highwayman prolific in England in the 1660s, he was executed at Tyburn in January 1670?
Answer: Claude Du Val

Question: The religious festival Eid al-Fitr marks the end of what?
Answer: Ramadan

Question: Morocco leather is made from the skin of which animals?
Answer: Goat

Question: The Red Special electric guitar was custom-buiit by which musician?
Answer: Brian May

Question: The F1 Circuit of the Americas (CoTA) is in which US State?
Answer: Texas

Question: Where is the oldest cathedral in England?
Answer: Canterbury

Question: Rose-Red is whose sister in the German fairy tale?
Answer: Snow White

Question: The River Ganges empties into what body of water?
Answer: Bay of Bengal

Question: What type of creature is a tercel?
Answer: (Male) Hawk

Question: What is the metric race distance of all Olympic rowing events?
Answer: 2,000 metres

Question: Which geologic period is between Triassic and Cretaceous?
Answer: Jurassic

Question: What is the collective name for a group of tigers?
Answer: Ambush

Question: Holby City was a spin-off from which BBC medical drama?
Answer: Casualty

Question: What is the official London residence of HRH Prince Charles?
Answer: Clarence House

Question: Raki, Pernod and Ouzo contain what aromatic herb?
Answer: Aniseed

Question: The 02 Arena is in which London borough?
Answer: Greenwich

Question: Which US city, known as the Athens of the South, has a full-scale replica of the Parthenon?
Answer: Nashville, Tn'

Question: What is France's second largest city (it's in the Rhone-Alpes region)?
Answer: Lyon

Question: Which Scottish pop band, formed 1985, released albums including Raintown, Fellow Hoodlums, Walking Back Home?
Answer: Deacon Blue

Question: The memoirs of which US politican are called Decision Points?
Answer: George W. Bush

Question: Which stately home is near the towns of Warminster and Frome?
Answer: Longleat

Question: Which US born blues musician has a Gibson guitar called Lucille?
Answer: B. B. King

Question: Where in Germany is Europe's largest Gothic church?
Answer: Cologne

Question: Princess Aurora, Prince Philip, and Maleficent feature in which pantomime?
Answer: Sleeping Beauty

Question: Name the year- The Winter Olympics staged in Grenoble, France; Martin Luther King, Jr. is shot dead in Memphis, Tn; The ?I?m Backing Britain? campaign endorsed by Harold Wilson.
Answer: 1968

Question: Who founded Gordonstoun Boarding School in 1934?
Answer: Kurt Hahn

Question: Which major European river has its source in the Black Forest, Germany?
Answer: Rive Danube

Question: Pneumoconiosis is a type of what illness?
Answer: Silicosis

Question: What type of creature is an argonaut?
Answer: Octopus

Question: What is the shortest Olympic track race with a staggered start?
Answer: 200 metres

Question: What is the newest geologic period (ratified 2004) it refers to 635-541 million years ago?
Answer: Ediacaran

Question: The Ponderosa was a spin-off of which TV series?
Answer: Bonanza

Question: Sitting Bull was the leader of which native American tribe?
Answer: Sioux

Question: How many strings has the Russian balalaika?
Answer: Three

Question: Cafe mocha has what flavour?
Answer: Chocolate

Question: Which Irish sitcom, produced by Hat Trick Productions, was mostly filmed in County Clare?
Answer: Father Ted

Question: West Ham FC?s new ground, the former Olympic Stadium, is in which London district?
Answer: Stratford

Question: Heel flip, kick flip, and ollie are tricks in which action sport?
Answer: Skateboarding

Question: What is the name of the dog in Enid Blyton?s novels The Famous Five?
Answer: Timmy

Question: Taxus baccata refers to what species of tree?
Answer: Yew

Question: What is Germany"s second largest city (it's on the southern end of the Jutland Peninsula)?
Answer: Hamburg