Question: If you landed at Linate Airport, which European city would you be in?
Answer: Milan

Question: The song 'I Know Him So Well', is a song from which musical?
Answer: Chess

Question: In the 1966 film 'Carry on Cowboy', who plays The Rumpo Kid?
Answer: Sid James

Question: Who preceded Nicolas Sarkozy as President of France?
Answer: Jacques Chirac

Question: Thomas Gradgrind and Josiah Bounderby are characters in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: Hard Times

Question: Who was the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Vulcan?
Answer: Hephaestus

Question: An erotic icon of the mid-1970s, which actress died at the age of sixty in October 2012?
Answer: Sylvia Kristel

Question: Gainsborough and Stamford are towns in which English county?
Answer: Lincolnshire

Question: Which Premiership rugby union team play their home games at Adams Park?
Answer: (London) Wasps

Question: Who was the Chancellor of West Germany at the time of the reunification of East and West Germany?
Answer: Helmut Kohl

Question: In which part of the body would you find the zygomatic bone?
Answer: The Cheek

Question: Which actress won the Best Actress Oscar for the 1989 film 'Driving Miss Daisy'?
Answer: Jessica Tandy

Question: Which actor plays the Earl of Grantham in the ITV series 'Downton Abbey'?
Answer: Hugh Bonneville

Question: Nathan Bedford Forrest was the original leader of which American organisation?
Answer: The Ku Klux Klan

Question: In musical terminology, which word describes bouncing the bow lightly on the strings?
Answer: Spiccato

Question: With regard to book and film titles, if ATLA is 'A Town Like Alice', which Jack Higgins work is
Answer: Tehl?

Question: Which Premiership rugby union team play their home games at The Recreation Ground?
Answer: Bath

Question: Who was the Government Chief Whip who resigned in October 2012, following accusation that he swore at police officers and called them 'plebs'?
Answer: Andrew Mitchell

Question: Paul Metcalfe is the real name of which Gerry Anderson puppet character?
Answer: Captain Scarlet

Question: Which British fashion designer was sacked after an alleged anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar?
Answer: John Galliano

Question: Whom did Mervyn King succeed as Governor of the Bank of England in 2003?
Answer: Eddie George

Question: Proxima Centauri, the nearest known star to the Sun, is classified as what type of star?
Answer: Red Dwarf

Question: Which edible plant is also known as Lady's Fingers or Gumbo?
Answer: Okra

Question: Which English county has the most castles, with a total of 39?
Answer: Northumberland

Question: Which French rock singer who has sold over 100 million albums since the 1960s played his first ever gigs in Britain in October 2012?
Answer: Johnny Hallyday

Question: Whom did George Entwistle succeed as Director General of the BBC in 2012?
Answer: Mark Thompson

Question: Who was the captain of the victorious West Indies cricket team which won the 2012 T20 World Cup?
Answer: Darren Sammy

Question: The plant kniphofia is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Red-Hot Poker

Question: Approximately 95% of the atmosphere of Mars consists of which gas?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide

Question: The columns of the Parthenon in Athens are a famous example of which architectural style?
Answer: Doric

Question: Which mainland African country has the longest coastline?
Answer: Somalia

Question: Which Scottish King died in 1329 from a skin disease, rumoured to have been leprosy?
Answer: Robert The Bruce

Question: Which British Prime Minister arranged for Sir Roger Casement's bones to be returned to Ireland?
Answer: Harold Wilson

Question: In mythology what was the name of the girl who wove so beautifully that the jealous goddess Athene turned her into a spider?
Answer: Arachne

Question: Which spice gives curry its traditional yellow colour?
Answer: Turmeric

Question: Which professional baker is a judge on 'The Great British Bake-Off' alongside Mary Berry?
Answer: Paul Hollywood

Question: Who directed the 2011 Hollywood version of 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'?
Answer: David Fincher

Question: Which South African batsman scored 311 not out against England at the Oval in July 2012?
Answer: Hashim Amla

Question: What is the more common name for the condition Circadian Dysrhythmia?
Answer: Jet Lag

Question: What was the name of the parrot who taught Doctor Dolittle to talk to the animals?
Answer: Polynesia

Question: The name of the coffee shop chain Starbucks was inspired by a character in which book?
Answer: Moby Dick

Question: Who wrote the novel 'The Secret Agent', first published in 1907?
Answer: Joseph Conrad

Question: Which long-running Radio 4 panel game was created by Ian Messiter?
Answer: Just A Minute

Question: Who replaced Chris Moyles as presenter of the Radio One Breakfast Show in September 2012?
Answer: Nick Grimshaw

Question: Which brewery produces the beer 'Spitfire'?
Answer: Shepherd Neame

Question: Which brewery produces 'Lancaster Bomber'?
Answer: Thwaites

Question: Which performer's signature tune was 'Mary From The Dairy'?
Answer: Max Miller

Question: Who is Alexander Armstrong's seated assistant on the quiz show 'Pointless'?
Answer: Richard Osman

Question: Who composed the opera 'The Cunning Little Vixen'?
Answer: Leos Janacek

Question: Who composed the opera 'The Love For Three Oranges'?
Answer: Sergei Prokofiev

Question: On which Scottish island is the former Labour Party leader John Smith buried?
Answer: Iona

Question: Who played the title role in the 2012 ITV drama series 'Mrs Biggs'?
Answer: Sheridan Smith

Question: Which British comedian had a top 40 novelty hit in 1961 with 'Don't Jump off the Roof Dad'?
Answer: Tommy Cooper

Question: In which country was BBC newsreader George Alagiah born?
Answer: Sri Lanka

Question: Which Welsh group, fronted by Dave Edmunds, had a hit single in 1968 with a version of Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance'?
Answer: Love Sculpture

Question: 'Newt lizards' is an anagram of the name of which European country?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Which golfer sank the crucial putt in the 2012 Ryder Cup to ensure that Europe retained the trophy?
Answer: Martin Kaymer

Question: What is the title of the BBC drama series starring Dominic West which centres on a current-affairs TV show in the 1950s?
Answer: The Hour

Question: Which ITV newsreader moderated the first ever UK leaders debate in April 2010 between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg?
Answer: Alastair Stewart

Question: Who painted 'A Bigger Splash' in 1967?
Answer: David Hockney

Question: From which language does the word 'ghetto' originate?
Answer: Italian

Question: Which Scottish group took its name from the lead character in the film Paris, Texas?
Answer: Travis

Question: Which Shakespearean character said 'Screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail'?
Answer: Lady Macbeth

Question: Who was the US team captain at the 2012 Ryder Cup?
Answer: Davis Love

Question: Formed in 1932 which is the youngest club in the Premier League?
Answer: Wigan Athletic

Question: Which type of creature is a cassowary?
Answer: Bird

Question: In 1961, which British spy was sentenced to 42 years in prison, one of the longest sentences ever handed down by a British court?
Answer: George Blake

Question: To which order of monks do Trappists belong?
Answer: Cistercians

Question: Which author created the detective Harry Hole?
Answer: Jo Nesbo

Question: The song 'People' appears in which 1964 Broadway musical?
Answer: Funny Girl

Question: In chemistry, what is the term for a water-soluble base? It derives its name from the Arabic word for "ashes."
Answer: Alkali

Question: What was the name of the owl in the children's BBC TV show 'he Herbs'?
Answer: Sage

Question: Unst, Yell and Fetlar are part of which island group?
Answer: Shetland

Question: In Greek mythology who was the husband of Helen?
Answer: Menelaus