Question: In metallurgy, the coating process known as anodising is associated with which metal?
Answer: Aluminium

Question: Which US City is the setting for the original crime series 'CSI, Crime Scene Investigation'?
Answer: Las Vegas

Question: In the 1960's which dictator built the 'Versailles of the Jungle' at Gbadolite?
Answer: Mobutu

Question: Which country defeated Great Britain in the Davis Cup in April 2014 to prevent Britain from reaching the semi-finals for the first time since 1981?
Answer: Italy

Question: Which 16th century English composer's works include 'Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater' and the Christmas mass Puer Natus est Nobis"?
Answer: Thomas Tallis

Question: Who was the fifteenth century jail bird who wrote 'Le Morte D'Arthur' - a classic romance of knighthood?
Answer: Sir Thomas Malory

Question: Which US city filed for bankruptcy in July 2013?
Answer: Detroit

Question: Which planet has a 'great red spot'?
Answer: Jupiter

Question: What was Reg Vamey's character called in 'On The Buses'?
Answer: Stan Butler

Question: Indonesian Kalimantan, which is divided into 4 provinces, covers the southern three quarters of which island?
Answer: Borneo

Question: What historical event happened at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865?
Answer: SURRENDER OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY (accept end of American Civil War, which was precipitated

Question: Who was the 'Master of the King's Band' who composed 'Hearts of Oak' to celebrate British victories in 1759?
Answer: William Boyce

Question: The British Ice Hockey team called the 'Bombers' play in which town?
Answer: Billingham

Question: Which immigration minister resigned in February 2014 after learning that his private cleaner for seven years did not have permission to work in the UK?
Answer: Mark Harper

Question: Which Scottish artist painted the picture 'The Singing Butler'?
Answer: Jack Vettriano

Question: The former ground of which football club is depicted in L. S. Lowry's 'Going to the Match'?
Answer: Bolton Wanderers

Question: Before it moved to Wales on which London hill was the Royal Mint?
Answer: Tower Hill

Question: What prize for fiction was instigated in 1968?
Answer: The Booker Prize

Question: Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, the Grameen Bank was founded to offer small, collateral free loans to the rural poor of which country?
Answer: Bangladesh

Question: What name links Spain's oldest university (dating to 1218) and an 1812 battle involving the Duke of Wellington?
Answer: Salamanca

Question: What do Audrey Hepburn, Bradley Wiggins, Georges Simenon and Brian Molko (singer with Placebo) have in common?
Answer: Born In Belgium

Question: With a height of 25 kilometres and a volume 100 times greater than its rival on Earth, what is the solar system's tallest known volcano?
Answer: Olympus Mons

Question: Which brewery won Champion Beer of Britain for the second time in 2012, with 'No 9 Barley Wine', following its success in 1998 with 'Bluebird Bitter'?
Answer: Coniston

Question: Who supposedly brought about the downfall of Barings Bank in 1995 after suffering losses of $827 million?
Answer: Nick Leeson

Question: Which space agency built the 'Ariane' rocket?
Answer: European

Question: What are Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Park and John Peel?
Answer: Stages Of The Glastonbury Festival

Question: In 2014, which Football League team overtook Preston North End's 125 year record for the longest unbeaten run of a manager since the start of his tenure?
Answer: SCUNTHORPE UNITED (Preston's record was 23 games unbeaten?

Question: In which city was the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' first published in 1768?
Answer: Edinburgh

Question: Fado is a type of folk music found in which country?
Answer: Portugal

Question: What name is given to the fertile, low-lying area of England west and south of the Wash?
Answer: Fens

Question: 'An Unearthly Child' was the first episode of which TV series?
Answer: Dr Who

Question: The leaves of which plant are the traditional antidote to nettle stings?
Answer: Dock

Question: What was the name of the rebellion incited by Captain Bligh when he was Governor of New South Wales?
Answer: The Rum Rebellion

Question: What Government building in the Strand was the home of the General Register Office?
Answer: Somerset House

Question: What is the name of the rocky island group off Northumberland, associated with St Cuthbert and Grace Darling?
Answer: Farne Islands

Question: At which venue in the north-west was Britain's first greyhound stadium opened in 1926?
Answer: Belle Vue, Manchester

Question: Which vegetable is combined with potato in the traditional Scottish dish, clapshot?
Answer: Turnip

Question: In the Bible who was the father of Ham, Shem and Japheth?
Answer: Noah

Question: In medicine, what name is given to treatment given to relieve the symptoms rather than cure the disease?
Answer: Palliative

Question: The USA has had Presidents Adams, Johnson, Roosevelt and Bush, which other surname features twice?
Answer: Harrison

Question: In which war did the term Fifth Column originate?
Answer: Spanish Civil

Question: What was the name of the Manchester horse racecourse that closed in 1963?
Answer: Castle Irwell

Question: How long, in yards, was a rod, pole or perch?
Answer: 5½

Question: The skin of which fish was once used commercially as sandpaper?
Answer: Shark

Question: Which city near Luxor in Egypt is the site of the huge temple of Amon?
Answer: Karnak

Question: The song 'Masquerade' features in which musical?
Answer: Phantom of the Opera

Question: Created around 1845, who would use the Moon alphabet?
Answer: Blind People

Question: Who replaced Matt Smith to become the latest Dr Who?
Answer: Peter Capaldi

Question: Which children's characters, seen on TV, were created by Elizabeth Beresford?
Answer: Wombles

Question: Of which Australian state is Launceston the second largest city?
Answer: Tasmania

Question: What name is given to the phenomenon when light bends as it passes from one medium to another e.g. from air to water?
Answer: Refraction

Question: The 2013 film 'One chance' is about which winner of 'Britain's Got Talent'?
Answer: Paul Potts

Question: Which explorer's flagship was the Trinidad? Neither he nor his flagship survived his most famous voyage.
Answer: Magellan

Question: Which pop star has written an autobiography entitled simply Autobiography?
Answer: Morrissey

Question: What is the name of the strait that separates India and Sri Lanka?
Answer: Palk Strait

Question: Name either of the brothers who, according to Anglo- Saxon legend, led the Angle, Saxon, and Jutish armies that conquered the first territories of Britain in the 5th century?
Answer: Hengist and Horsa

Question: 'Blurred Lines' was the biggest selling single record of 2013, who recorded it?
Answer: Robin Thicke

Question: What building stands at 32, London Bridge Street on the site of the Southwark Towers office block which was demolished in 2008?
Answer: The Shard

Question: What do Americans call what we would call a buggy or pushchair?
Answer: Stroller

Question: The Motion Picture Production Code, introduced in 1930 and enforced in 1934, is generally known by what name?
Answer: Hays Code

Question: In the book 'Call For The Dead', who is described as a 'short, fat man with a quiet disposition'?
Answer: George Smiley

Question: The model Sophie Dahl is married to which singer?
Answer: Jamie Cullum

Question: In November 2013 who became the first National Hunt jockey to ride 4000 winners?
Answer: AP (Tony) McCoy

Question: Which play includes the characters Lady Sneerwell, Sir Harry Bumper and Sir Peter Teazle?
Answer: School for Scandal

Question: Which book includes the characters Dr Primrose, Squire Thornhill and Mr Burchell?
Answer: The Vicar of Wakefield

Question: Which South Wales town was formed by the amalgamation of Aberavon and Margam in 1921?
Answer: Port Talbot