Question: Richard, Duke of York and Cecily Neville were the parents of which King of England?
Answer: Edward Iv

Question: For which film in 1981 did British actor John Gielgud win the 'Oscar' for Best Supporting Actor?
Answer: 'Arthur'

Question: Which French philosospher is credited with creating analytical geometry?
Answer: Descartes

Question: Which element, atomic number 5, has the symbol B?
Answer: Boron

Question: Which British man won a gold medal in the 100m Breaststroke atthe 1980 Olympics in Moscow?
Answer: Duncan Goodhew

Question: Who in 1961 won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work on the biochemistry of photosynthesis. A stage of photosynthesis is now named after him?
Answer: MELVIN CALVIN (the Calvin Cycle)

Question: When Japan bombed Pearl Harbour their attack codename was "Tora, Tora, Tora", what does 'Tora' mean in English?
Answer: 'Tiger'

Question: 'How To Handle A Woman' is a song from which musical?
Answer: 'Camelot'

Question: Which year of the 19th.century was called 'The Year of Revolutions'?
Answer: 1848

Question: Only one British athlete won a medal in the track and field events in the 1976 Olympics. This was the Men's 10,000 m. Who won this medal?
Answer: BRENDAN FOSTER (bronze)

Question: Who in 1841, wrote the poem 'The Village Blacksmith'?
Answer: H.W.Longfellow

Question: A person with the letters FAI after their name is a member of which profession?
Answer: Fellow of the AUCTIONEERS Institute

Question: Which Italian city is the regional capital of Lombardy?
Answer: Milan

Question: The painting 'And When Did You Last See Your Father' can be found in Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery. Who painted it?
Answer: William Frederick Yeames

Question: Which hanging basket favourite is also called 'Pelargonium'?
Answer: Geranium

Question: What is the key ingredient of 'Cumberland Sauce'?
Answer: Redcurrants

Question: Which animal appears on the flag of the US state of California?
Answer: A Bear

Question: Whose parents were Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort?
Answer: Henry Vii

Question: Which of the Mitford sisters wrote the semi- autobiography 'Pursuit Of Love' in 1945?
Answer: Nancy

Question: For which film did British actor Jim Broadbent win the 'Oscar' as Best Supporting Actor in 2001?
Answer: 'Iris'

Question: Which letter of the alphabet is denoted by a single dot in the Morse code?
Answer: 'E'

Question: In Roman mythology, who were 'Aglaia', 'Euphrosyne', and 'Thalia'?
Answer: The Graces

Question: In which musical is the song 'Honey Bun' featured?
Answer: 'South Pacific'

Question: With which orchestral instrument would you associate Yo-Yo Ma?
Answer: Cello

Question: Who wrote the Art Garfunkel number one hit 'Bright Eyes'?
Answer: Mike Batt

Question: Who was the only Knight of the 'Round Table' to see the entire grail?
Answer: Sir Galahad

Question: Who in 1953 won the Nobel Prize for Medicine with Lipman, for the discovery of Co-Enzyme A, used in cellular respiration. A stage of respiration is now named after him?
Answer: H.A. KREBS (Krebs Cycle)

Question: Which Italian city is the capital of Tuscany?
Answer: FLORENCE (Firenze)

Question: What is the main ingredient of the Middle-Eastern dish or snack 'Falafel'?
Answer: Chick Peas

Question: Which composer was born in Belgium in 1822 but later became a French citizen?
Answer: Cesar Franck

Question: Which future Prime Minister resigned as Foreign Secretary in 1938 over the appeasement of Hitler?
Answer: Anthony Eden

Question: In Italian Commedia del Arte, what was the name of 'Pantaloon's' daughter?
Answer: 'Columbine'

Question: If somebody was a member of the SMPTE, in which field would they work?
Answer: MOVIES / T.V. (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers)

Question: Washington DC National Airport has been named in honour of which US President?
Answer: Ronald Reagan

Question: Who was the last British Prime Minister to have served in the forces in World War II?
Answer: James Callaghan

Question: 'Approaching Menace' composed by Neil Richardson is the title of the piece of music to introduce which TV quiz show?
Answer: 'Mastermind'

Question: Which former Prime Minister died at 10 Downing Street?
Answer: Sir Henry Campbell- Bannermann.

Question: Which race was first held in 1903 under the sponsorship of the magazine L'Auto?
Answer: The Tour De France

Question: Spiny, Clawed and Slipper are varieties of which creature?
Answer: Lobster

Question: Which is the most southerly 'Sea Area' in the 'Shipping Forecast'?
Answer: Trafalgar

Question: What structure has components called 'Spandrels', 'Springing' and 'Voussoirs'?
Answer: AN ARCH or BRIDGE

Question: The right-wing 'Monday Club' was named because of a speech made on that day in 1960. By Whom?
Answer: HAROLD MACMILLAN ('Wind Of Change')

Question: The number equating to 1 followed by 100 zeroes is known as a what?
Answer: Googol

Question: In which US state is the Klickitat River?
Answer: Washington

Question: Slieve Donard, the highest point of Northern Ireland, is in which range of hills?
Answer: The Mountains Of Mourne

Question: The eighteenth century 'Kingdom Of Two Sicilies' consisted of Sicily and which other kingdom?
Answer: Kingdom Of Naples

Question: What product sponsors the TV programme 'Loose Women'?
Answer: Maltesers

Question: What is the most northerly area in the Shipping Forecast?
Answer: South East Iceland

Question: What is the name of the group of Conservative back- benchers who meet weekly when Parliament is in session?
Answer: The 1922 Committee

Question: The Pacific island of Bora Bora is owned by which country?
Answer: France

Question: What is the second highest mountain in Africa?
Answer: Mount Kenya

Question: """I hate it when people always say 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I expect them to say 'no' as well"". Is a saying attributed to which film maker?"
Answer: Sam Goldwyn

Question: Which company makes the 'Very Irresistable' range of fragrances?
Answer: Givenchy

Question: The 'Sun of May' is on which two country's flags? Name either.
Answer: ARGENTINA or URUGUAY.

Question: What position was held by 'Caiaphas' in the Gospels?
Answer: High Priest

Question: What film contains the following dialogue, "I may not be a smart man but I know what love is"?
Answer: 'Forrest Gump'

Question: Which city is served by Tullamarine Airport?
Answer: Melbourne

Question: At what weight has Ricky Hatton fought the majority of his bouts?
Answer: Light-Welterweight

Question: What structure has forms called 'Dogleg', 'Straight', 'Open', 'Well' and 'Circular'?
Answer: Staircase

Question: The Seychelles gained independence from which country in 1976?
Answer: United Kingdom

Question: Who resigned from the last Labour Government, complaining that she had been treated as 'window dressing'?
Answer: Caroline Flint

Question: The winner was the Spanish singer 'Massiel' with 'La,La,La' in the 1968 European Song Contest. Name the runner-up?
Answer: CLIFF RICHARD (with 'Congratulations')

Question: Who am I? I first entered Parliament as MP for Oldham in 1900 and retired in 1964 when I was MP for Woodford (Essex)?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: 'Abdel Kader' in 1851, 'The Colonel' in 1870, 'Reynoldstown' in 1936. Who completed a sporting club of four in 1974?
Answer: 'RED RUM' (these being the only horses to win back to back Grand Nationals)

Question: Which item of food was first displayed in this country in the shop window of the London herbalist Thomas Johnson on April 10th.1633?
Answer: Banana

Question: Now that Portsmouth have been relegated from the Premiership, what it geographically its most southerly club?
Answer: Fulham F.C

Question: Which absorbable medical suture is made by twisting together strands of purified collagen taken from bovine intestines?
Answer: Catgut

Question: Who first appeared to Mohammed when he was 40 on Mount Hira near Mecca?
Answer: Archangel Gabriel

Question: Which country's flag contains the outline of the country?
Answer: Cyprus