Question: Whose comic characters include 'Gareth Cheeseman', 'Tony Ferrino' and 'Tommy Saxondale'?
Answer: Steve Coogan

Question: Helen of Troy was originally the Queen of which Greek state?
Answer: Sparta

Question: The fruit granadilla is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Passion fruit

Question: David Leadbetter is a famous coach, in which sport?
Answer: Golf

Question: Who wrote the operas 'A Life for the Tsar' and 'Russian and Ludmilla'?
Answer: Glinka

Question: Which play features the character Blanche Dubois?
Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire

Question: James Dearden wrote which book, made into a famous film directed by Adrian Lyne, in 1987?
Answer: Fatal Attraction

Question: Who partnered Peter Gabriel on the 1986 hit 'Don't Give Up'?
Answer: Kate Bush

Question: Which Russian port was the scene of the Potemkin Mutiny in 1905?
Answer: Odessa

Question: Novelist John Buchan's title was first Baron . . . what?
Answer: Tweedsmuir

Question: Who was known as 'the father of the Common Market'?
Answer: Jean Monnet

Question: Nick Bollettieri is a famous coach in which sport?
Answer: Tennis

Question: Which gangster was killed in a police ambush outside the Biograph Theatre, Chicago on July 22nd 1934?
Answer: John Dillinger

Question: William de Tracy, Reginald Fitzurse, Hugh de Morville and Richard le Breton are all associated with which historical event?
Answer: Murder of Thomas A'Beckett

Question: Which inanimate flying object has a bridle and a tail?
Answer: A Kite

Question: The fruit carambola is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Star fruit

Question: God's Horse, Lamb Lady, Dowdy Cow and Red Cow of God are country names for which insect?
Answer: Ladybird

Question: What name is given to visible clouds of dust and gas in space?
Answer: Nebulae

Question: Which gangster was killed, along with his partner, in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana on May 23rd 1934?
Answer: Clyde Barrow

Question: Charles Webb wrote which book, made into a famous film directed by Mike Nichols, in 1967?
Answer: The Graduate

Question: Who was the first footballer to represent England at schoolboy, youth, amateur, under 23 and full international levels, he went on to have a distinguished managerial career?
Answer: Terry Venables

Question: In which city was Archduke Ferdinand of Austria assassinated in 1914?
Answer: Sarajevo

Question: Who wrote the 'Game, Set & Match' trilogy?
Answer: Len Deighton

Question: Chairman of Guinness sacked in 1987, he was prosecuted but escaped serious punishment as he claimed to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease?
Answer: Ernest Saunders

Question: Which British actor and singer was a member of the Monkees pop group?
Answer: Davy Jones

Question: Which American car manufacturer is named after the founder of Detroit?
Answer: Cadillac

Question: In an Indian restaurant, what is 'kulfi'?
Answer: Ice cream

Question: Who captained Great Britain's Davis Cup team in 2006 and 2007?
Answer: John Lloyd

Question: What is a loose, sloping mass of debris at the base of a cliff called?
Answer: Scree

Question: What name is given to the figure of rhetoric by which an unpleasant or offensive thing is designated by a milder term?
Answer: Euphemism

Question: Which country changed its name to Botswana on gaining independence in 1966?
Answer: Bechuanaland

Question: Which Liverpool company began to produce Dinky Toys in 1931 to accompany their Hornby train sets?
Answer: Meccano

Question: A major rival to Hornby train sets were those produced by the Marklin company, from which country did Marklin trains come?
Answer: Germany

Question: Which 1960s TV programme was based on a book by Grace Metalious?
Answer: Peyton Place

Question: In the game Monopoly, which property completes the set with Trafalgar Square and the Strand?
Answer: Fleet Street

Question: Graham Nash of the pop group Crosby, Stills & Nash was a former member of which British group?
Answer: The Hollies

Question: The Hungarian stew, goulash is flavoured with which pepper?
Answer: Paprika

Question: In which Shakespeare play does Dogberry appear?
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

Question: Which item of clothing might be called a filibeg?
Answer: Kilt

Question: Which girl won Britain's first ever gymnastic gold medal in 2006, for her performance on the asymmetric (or uneven) bars at the World Championships?
Answer: Beth Tweddle

Question: What is the name of the apparatus which measures electrical resistance by equalising the potential at two points of a circuit?
Answer: Wheatstone Bridge

Question: Which children's TV programme is set in 'Sunflower Valley'?
Answer: Bob the Builder

Question: The British and Commonwealth beaches on D-Day were code-named Juno, Gold and what other name?
Answer: Sword

Question: Whose last film was 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' in 1967?
Answer: Spencer Tracy

Question: Which very famous door cannot be opened from the outside?
Answer: 10 Downing Street

Question: Which bandleader had 'Here's to the Next Time' as his signature tune?
Answer: Henry Hall

Question: What name would be given to a collector of postcards?
Answer: Deltiologist

Question: Asperger's Syndrome is a milder version of which disorder?
Answer: Autism

Question: In which constellation is the star Deneb?
Answer: Cygnus

Question: Which London landmark contains books and artefacts brought from Alexandria?
Answer: Cleopatra's Needle

Question: In a suit of armour, which part of the body is protected by the beaver?
Answer: Mouth or lower part of the face

Question: What is the date of Australia Day?
Answer: 26th January

Question: Which series of children's books (and TV programme) is set on the island of Sodor?
Answer: Thomas the Tank Engine

Question: What name is given to a song or poem of lament, especially for the dead?
Answer: Elegy

Question: What is the name of the stiff, full white skirt worn by men in some parts of Greece and Albania?
Answer: Fustanella

Question: Whose first film was 'Intermezzo', starring with Leslie Howard, in 1939?
Answer: Ingrid Bergman

Question: The third largest cities in Spain and Venezuela share which name?
Answer: Valencia

Question: In computing, what is the common term used to mean a person's internet diary or journal?
Answer: Blog

Question: In which constellation is the star Spica?
Answer: Virgo

Question: Henry 8th became King because of the death of his elder brother, what was his name?
Answer: Arthur

Question: Name the mediaeval siege weapon used for hurling missiles?
Answer: Mangonel or Trebuchet

Question: The first line of which nineteenth century novel is 'Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress'?
Answer: Middlemarch

Question: Name the Californian Congresswoman, who in January 2007 became the first female Speaker of the US House of Representatives?
Answer: Nancy Pelosi

Question: In which game are there moves called 'ruy lopez' and 'en passant'?
Answer: Chess

Question: Which birds belong to the order 'Strigiformes'?
Answer: Owls

Question: In the film 'The Birds', what is Hitchcock's cameo role?
Answer: He is seen leaving a pet shop with two dogs

Question: During the 1990's, two footballers won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award - Michael Owen in 1998. Who won the award in 1990?
Answer: Paul Gascoigne

Question: Which Scottish town was granted city status as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 2002?
Answer: Stirling

Question: Which group had a 1978 UK No. 1 hit with "Three Times a Lady"?
Answer: The Commodores

Question: Which British car manufacturer produced the Gazelle, Vogue and Chamois models?
Answer: Singer

Question: In TV's "Heartbeat" Geoffrey Hughes plays which character?
Answer: Vernon Scripps

Question: Which politician wrote the novel "A Woman's Place"?
Answer: Edwina Currie

Question: In Italian cuisine what type of foodstuff is cassata?
Answer: Ice cream