Question: Which acrobatic garden bird has the Latin name parus caeruleus?
Answer: Blue Tit

Question: To which dramatist was the actress Anne Bracegirdle mistress?
Answer: William Congreve

Question: Which branch of social science was Bronislaw Malinowski associated?
Answer: Anthroplogy

Question: What was the stage name of the American-born operatic soprano Maria Kalageropoulos?
Answer: Maria Callas

Question: Which hard dark wood is traditionally used for the black keys on a piano?
Answer: Ebony

Question: Which Catholic missionary and Nobel laureate died in 1997?
Answer: Mother Teresa

Question: Of which mountain system is Mount Gerlachovka the highest peak?
Answer: The Carpathians

Question: What is the largest cemetery in the United States?
Answer: Arlington National Cemetery

Question: Who starred as unconventional English teacher John Keating in the 1989 film Dead Poets Society?
Answer: Robin Williams

Question: Who wrote children's stories Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden?
Answer: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Question: Which Scottish town is the administrative centre of the Highland Region?
Answer: Inverness

Question: In which country did gymkhanas originate?
Answer: India

Question: Which English prison reformer campaigned for the improvement of conditions at Newgate in the early 19th century?
Answer: Elizabeth Fry

Question: To which genus of plants does the snapdragon belong?
Answer: Antirrhinum

Question: The Swiss resort of Interlaken is situated between two lakes. Name one.
Answer: Brienz Or Thun

Question: Which unsuccessful plot of 1820 was led by Arthur Thistlewood?
Answer: The Cato Street Conspiracy

Question: Which British philologist was hanged for the murder of Daniel Clark in 1759?
Answer: Eugene Aram

Question: Who anointed Saul as the first King of Israel?
Answer: Samuel

Question: Which former MP wrote The Four Feathers and stories featuring Inspector Hanaud?
Answer: A E W Mason

Question: James Hutton is generally regarded as the founder of which scientific discipline?
Answer: Geology

Question: Of which ocean is the White Sea a gulf?
Answer: Arctic

Question: Which British poet wrote the verse satire Don Juan?
Answer: Lord Byron

Question: What sort of instruments are Timbal, tabla and bodhran?
Answer: Drums

Question: For which British contralto singer did Elgar write his Sea Pictures?
Answer: Dame Clara Butt

Question: Which US Vice President killed his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel?
Answer: Aaron Burr

Question: Which Czech author wrote The Trial and The Castle?
Answer: Franz Kafka

Question: In the Old Testament, who was the father of Rehoboam?
Answer: Solomon

Question: Who invented the Kodak camera?
Answer: George Eastman

Question: Who wrote the poem The Faerie Queen?
Answer: Edmund Spenser

Question: Which county won the 1997 County Championship in cricket for the first time?
Answer: Glamorgan

Question: In the Bible, the Acts of the Apostles was written by which Evangelist?
Answer: Luke

Question: In which English county is Dunkery Beacon, at 1705 foot, the highest point?
Answer: Somerset

Question: What have Hinkley Point, Trawsfynydd and Hunterston in common?
Answer: Nuclear Power Stations

Question: Which comedian in the 1960's had the catch-phrases, "Swinging" and "Dodgy"?
Answer: Norman Vaughan

Question: Which bird of prey shares its name with a leisure time pursuit?
Answer: A Hobby

Question: In the culinary world, what French name is given to a small spit or skewer?
Answer: A Brochette

Question: Which is the third book of the Old Testament?
Answer: Leviticus

Question: Which famous film star once said, "A good man is hard to find, but a hard man is good to find"?
Answer: Mae West

Question: Mae West's immortal line "Come up and see me sometime" was spoken to which Hollywood actor?
Answer: Cary Grant

Question: How is the blue tongue virus of cattle, sheep and pigs spread?
Answer: By Midge Bites

Question: A louisette was the original name for which cutting device?
Answer: A Guillotine

Question: Which feline animal shares its name with a unit of weight?
Answer: An Ounce

Question: Where, in the novel "The Count of Monte Christo, by Alexandre Dumas, does the Abbe Faria befriend Edmond Dantes during his time in prison?
Answer: The Chateau D'If

Question: Tommy Steele went to No 1 in the UK charts in 1956 with his cover version of the song "Singing the Blues". Which American singer also reached No 1 in the U.K. with his version of the same song?
Answer: Guy Mitchell

Question: Which popular British comedian had as his catch-phrase, "You Lucky People"?
Answer: Tommy Trinder

Question: What have Fawley, Stanlow and Milford Haven in common?
Answer: Oil Refineries

Question: Who composed the music to the ballet, "Sylvia", first performed in 1876?
Answer: Leo Delibes

Question: Which 1965 Beatles song was re-released in 1989 by Bananarama in aid of Comic relief?
Answer: Help

Question: In which English county is Westonbirt, home of the Forestry Commission National Arboretum?
Answer: Gloucestershire

Question: Which German born super-model, actress and singer currently hosts the TV show, "Germany's Next Top Model"?
Answer: Heidi Klum

Question: The Battle of Culloden, in 1746, was fought close to which Scottish city?
Answer: Inverness

Question: Of which musical instrument is a chanter a component part?
Answer: Bagpipes

Question: What name is given to the official in the Roman Catholic Church, appointed to state the case for the opposition, when considering beatification or canonisation of a candidate?
Answer: Devil'S Advocate

Question: Who, born in Devon, was the first European Patron Saint of Germany and The Netherlands?
Answer: St. Boni Fac E

Question: Who was King of England exactly 1000 years ago (i.e. 1007)? His reign was marked by a defensive war against Viking invaders.
Answer: Ethelred Ii

Question: Two European golfers won their first majors titles in 1985. Sandy Lyle won the Open Championship at Sandwich, but which man won the U.S. Masters that year?
Answer: Bernhard Langer

Question: How many players are there in a netball team?
Answer: Seven

Question: To which genus of trees does the willow belong?
Answer: Salix

Question: Which war was ended in 1648 with signing of the Treaty of Westphalia?
Answer: The Thirty Years War

Question: In March 2005, 25 year old Johnson Beharry became the first new owner of which item for nearly 25 years?
Answer: A Victoria Cross

Question: Which legendary film cowboy rode a horse named Topper?
Answer: Hopalong Cassidy

Question: What name is given to the Aboriginal device, which is used to propel a spear more forcibly and accurately?
Answer: A Woomera

Question: Hors D'Oeuvres, usually consisting of marinated vegetables, or cured meats, are known by what name in Italy?
Answer: Antipasti

Question: What was the name of the horse ridden by the famous cowboy actor, Gene Autry?
Answer: Champion

Question: The signing of which treaty in 1902 ended the Second Boer War?
Answer: Treaty Of Vereeniging

Question: Which African country was known, from 1960 until 1971 as the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Answer: Zaire

Question: To which genus of trees does the Maple belong?
Answer: Acer

Question: How many chukkas are normally played in a game of polo?
Answer: Six

Question: Which American golfer, winner of three majors, was tragically killed in a plane crash in 1999? At the time of his death, he was the reigning U.S. Open champion?
Answer: Payne Stewart

Question: What name is given to a blunt large-edged needle, used to draw tape through openwork?
Answer: A Bodkin

Question: What is the country of origin of Gruyere cheese?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: The liqueur, Chartreuse, is named after the monastery situated near which city in S.E France?
Answer: Grenoble

Question: Which Afro American super model, TV personality and singer hosts the TV show, "America's Next Top Model" and also has her own daytime TV chat show?
Answer: Tyra Banks