Question: During which year did the BBC 'Panorama' series first hit our screens?
Answer: 1958

Question: From where did the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales start?
Answer: Kensington Palace.

Question: 'The League of Nations', the forerunner to the 'United Nations' was founded in what year?
Answer: 1919

Question: Eric Faukner; Derek Longmuir and Les McKeown were members of which 70's pop group?
Answer: Bay City Rollers

Question: Who was elected Prime Minister of Canada in 1921?
Answer: Mackenzie King

Question: In RAF wartime parlance, what was meant by 'The Drink' and for a bonus point what was meant by 'The Gravy?
Answer: The drink = The English Channel, The gravy = The Atlantic Ocean

Question: Who succeeded Giscard D'Estaing in the French Presidential election of 1981?
Answer: Francois Mitterand

Question: Who did Rocky Marciano beat to take the world heavyweight championship in 1952?
Answer: Jersey Joe Walcott

Question: In what year did British women first get the vote?
Answer: 1918

Question: Where was the first British 'National Park' opened and for a bonus point in what year?
Answer: Snowdonia in 1935

Question: The bells were ringing for Chuck Berry when this song made it to No1. His first and only British No. 1. What song?
Answer: My Ding-a-Ling

Question: Which Bond film was the first to have Roger Moore as its star?
Answer: Live and Let Die - 1975

Question: Which 1990 film starred Macauley Caulkin?
Answer: Home Alone

Question: saw the raising of the 'Mary Rose' from which harbours seabed?
Answer: Portsmouth Â

Question: Which English football club won the league title the most during the 1980s?
Answer: Liverpool

Question: For which well known 60s pop group did Reg Presley sing?
Answer: The Troggs

Question: In what year did the 'Vauxhall Bridge', crossing the Thames, open?
Answer: 1906

Question: Who piloted the first aeroplane to cross the English Channel from Calais to Dover in 1909?
Answer: Louis Bleriot

Question: In what town was the Royal Navy College founded in 1903?
Answer: Dartmouth

Question: In what year did Sir Gordon Richards become the first jockey to be knighted?
Answer: 1954

Question: Which city should have hosted the 'cancelled' Summer Olympics, in 1944?
Answer: London

Question: Martin Bell was among those who defined the term 'war correspondent'. He later stole the show in the **** election campaign with his anti-sleaze battle against MP Neil Hamilton. **** What year?
Answer: 1997

Question: Can you describe Sweden's national flag?
Answer: A yellow cross on a blue background *See picture below

Question: Many of us know of 'Mel C' or Sporty Spice. What's her real name?
Answer: Melanie Chisholm

Question: In what year was 'The Domesday Book' completed?
Answer: 1086

Question: Which country hosted the 1954 World Cup?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Which team held on to the European Cup for the fifth consecutive year in 1960?
Answer: Real Madrid

Question: Which British club had the first all seater stadium?
Answer: Aberdeen

Question: Liverpool had a great 1995/6 season. Which was the only team to beat them and for a bonus point give the score?
Answer: Everton, 2-1

Question: Who plays at Burnden Park?
Answer: Bolton Wanderers

Question: During the 1960's which European team provided the whole national squad for it's home country?
Answer: Anderlecht

Question: Which national team knocked England out of their first ever World Cup?
Answer: On 29 June 1950, at the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the United States defeated England 1 - 0 in a group match. England were heavy favourites, whereas the hastily assembled U.S. team was composed of part-time players. Joe Gaetjens scored the game's only goal. Legend has it that the result was so unexpected that British newspapers reported the score line as 10 - 0 in favour of England. The match was played in Belo Horizonte at Estadio Independencia. The game and the U.S. team were profiled by author Geoffrey Douglas in his book The Game of Their Lives, which was made into a film of the same name

Question: Which English football team are known as the Tykes?
Answer: Barnsley

Question: Name the 17 year old player who scored two goals in the 1958 World Cup Final?
Answer: Pele

Question: Who won the 1958 European Cup and who did they beat?
Answer: Manchester United beat Benfica

Question: What is the name of the home of Clydebank?
Answer: Kilbowie Park

Question: Which city hosted the 1975 European Cup Final?
Answer: Paris

Question: How many Caps did Gordon Banks win for England?
Answer: 73 Â

Question: What other title is given to 'The First Lord of the Treasury'?
Answer: Prime Minister

Question: England World Cup trio: Bobby Moore; Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters, came from which team?
Answer: West Ham

Question: Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier whilst filming which movie in Monaco?
Answer: To Catch a Thief

Question: In which novel was James Bond first introduced?
Answer: Casino Royale

Question: In which city would you find 'Copacabana Beach' and 'Ipanema'?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Question: When driving in France, what does a sign saying 'Sens unique' mean?
Answer: One way

Question: Which character was played by Nyree Dawn Porter in 'The Forsyte Saga'?
Answer: Irene

Question: What country hosted the 1978 Football World Cup?
Answer: Argentina

Question: Who played 'Doyle' in the TV series The Professionals?
Answer: Martin Shaw

Question: Who played 'Holly Golightly' in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Answer: Audrey Hepburn

Question: In a game of chess, which colour is moved first?
Answer: White

Question: What is the largest country in South America?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Which sport’s pitch has a 22-metre line in each half?
Answer: Rugby Union

Question: In which sport would you see a Redskin or a Dolphin score three points for a field goal?
Answer: American Football

Question: How many squares are there on a chessboard?
Answer: 64

Question: If you were a superstitious English cricketer what may you call a score of 111?
Answer: Nelson

Question: In which sport might you be 'floored' by an uppercut?
Answer: Boxing

Question: In which equestrian event would you compete in the puissance?
Answer: Show Jumping

Question: What is a yellow and red striped flag used during a Formula One race?
Answer: Slippery surface.

Question: How far apart are the numbered lines on an American/Canadian Football pitch?
Answer: ten metres

Question: On a golf course, what is normally the only place you would be allowed to mark, lift and clean your ball?
Answer: On the putting green

Question: Which London football club installed an artificial pitch, which was later banned, in the 1980s?
Answer: Queens Park Rangers

Question: Which sport is normally played on a pitch that is 300 yards long?
Answer: Polo

Question: If you start your sport with a face-off, what are you playing?
Answer: Ice Hockey

Question: What surface is the French Open tennis tournament played on?
Answer: Clay

Question: Which word is given to a winning tennis serve that the opponent can’t return?
Answer: Ace

Question: Who won both the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Men's singles figure skating gold medal?
Answer: Dick Button

Question: In what year did legendary British jockey Lester Piggott ride his last winner?
Answer: 1994

Question: How old was footballer 'Pele' when he scored two goals in the final of the 1958 World Cup giving Brazil victory over hosts Sweden?
Answer: 17

Question: Which two boxers fought in 'The Rumble in the Jungle' Who won the fight and in what round. (Point for each)?
Answer: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Muhammad Ali. Round 8

Question: At which football club did Tony Adams spend his entire playing career?
Answer: Arsenal

Question: Name the New Zealand middle distance runner who claimed both the 800m and 1500 m Gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics?
Answer: Peter Snell