Question: Which novelist won the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature"?
Answer: Solzhenitsyn

Question: Which UK shipping forecast area is the most southerly, lying off the coast of Spain?
Answer: Trafalgar

Question: Ernst Lindemann was the captain of which World War 2 German battleship?
Answer: Bismarck

Question: In August 2012, three members of which Russian feminist punk-rock collective were sentenced to two years in jail for hooliganism?
Answer: Pussy Riot

Question: A Bellini cocktail is made with the sparkling wine prosecco and which fruit juice?
Answer: Peach

Question: Which US state is named after Queen Henrietta Maria of France?
Answer: Maryland

Question: Martello Towers derive their name from a fortress on which island?
Answer: Corsica

Question: John of Gaunt was the father of which King of England?
Answer: Henry 4th

Question: Which Italian opera has a title meaning 'The strolling players (or clowns)'?
Answer: I Pagliacci

Question: Who is the main character in the series of stories called 'Adventures of a Black Bag"?
Answer: Dr Finlay

Question: Who painted the self portraits 'Self-Portrait with Palette' and 'Self-Portrait with Cap'?
Answer: Manet

Question: Admiral Lord Nelson was created Duke of Bronte, on which island is Bronte?
Answer: Sicily

Question: What is the title of Graham Swift's 1996 Booker Prize winning novel which was made into a 2001 film of the same name starring Michael Caine and Helen Mirren?
Answer: Last Orders

Question: Which former Chancellor of the Exchequer wrote 'The Chancellor' about all his predecessors from Randolph Churchill to Hugh Dalton?
Answer: Roy Jenkins

Question: The Centre for Life is a science museum in which city?
Answer: Newcastle

Question: Which politician married barrister Justine Thornton in May 2011 in Nottingham?
Answer: Ed Miliband

Question: Which dish, its name meaning literally "pick me up", comprises among other things, ladyfingers, egg yolks and mascarpone?
Answer: Tiramisu

Question: Ted Hughes became Poet Laureate in 1984 on the death of John Betjeman, but which poet declined the offer to succeed Betjeman?
Answer: Philip Larkin

Question: What happened at the 6th Street station, Washington, on July 2nd 1881 and at the Temple of Music, Buffalo, on September 6th 1901?
Answer: Assassination of US Presidents

Question: The "boob tube" is an item of clothing in the UK; but to what did the term refer when it was originally coined in the USA?
Answer: Television

Question: Catherine of Valois, Matilda and Margaret Beaufort were all mothers of English Kings with which first name?
Answer: Henry

Question: The bicentenary of which event was commemorated by the issue of a special £2 coin in 2007?
Answer: Abolition of the Slave Trade

Question: In the 2010 general election, the first three constituencies to announce their results were all in which city?
Answer: Sunderland

Question: Stewart Island is the third largest island of which country?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: By what pen-name do we better know the Belgian artist Georges Remy, whose work has sold over 350 million copies?
Answer: Herge

Question: What is the flavour of the liqueur Aamaretto?
Answer: Almond

Question: At which Buckinghamshire estate did the National Museum of Computing open in 2007?
Answer: Bletchley Park

Question: In which part of the world are the Berber people indigenous?
Answer: North Africa

Question: Which foodstuff was first displayed in England in the shop window of Thomas Johnson of London on April 10th 1633?
Answer: Bananas

Question: Name either of the two British warships sunk by Japanese submarines on December 10th 1941 during the defence of Malaya.
Answer: Prince of Wales; Repulse

Question: Kielder Water is the largest artificial lake in the UK. In which county would you find it?
Answer: Northumberland

Question: Karl Pilkington is the central character in which TV series, first broadcast in September 2010?
Answer: An Idiot Abroad

Question: What is Ken Dodd's middle name?
Answer: Arthur

Question: In the history of the British army, what were the Baker, the Brunswick and the Ferguson?
Answer: Rifles

Question: What is the most common name for the animal found in North America which is also known as the woodchuck or land beaver?
Answer: Groundhog

Question: Which American rock band, formed in 1964, included amongst its members David Crosby and Roger McGuinn?
Answer: The Byrds

Question: In which state of the USA would you find the cities of Chattanooga and Knoxville?
Answer: Tennessee

Question: For his performance in which film did Gregory Peck win the Best Actor Oscar?
Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird

Question: Which mountain makes up the Yorkshire "Three Peaks", along with Ingleborough and Pen-y-Ghent?
Answer: Whernside

Question: Name one of the three men who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Clement Attlee.
Answer: Stafford Cripps; Hugh Dalton; Hugh Gaitskill

Question: In the American army, what is an M1 Abrams?
Answer: Tank

Question: Which semi-soft cheese has a name which translates as 'beautiful country'?
Answer: Bel Paese

Question: What did President Grover Cleveland do in the White House on June 2nd 1886, which no other President has done there, before or since?
Answer: Got Married

Question: Besides its sites at Southwark and Salford Quays, The Imperial War Museum operates at three other locations. Name one.
Answer: (RAF) Duxford; HMS Belfast; Churchill (Cabinet) War Rooms

Question: Which blue-veined soft cheese has a name which translates as "sweet milk"?
Answer: Dolcelatte

Question: The centenary of which sporting event was commemorated by the issue of a special £2 coin in 2008?
Answer: (1908) London Olympics

Question: In 2010, the most costly advertising slot in the UK was £250,000 for 30 seconds during which programme?
Answer: Britain's Got Talent

Question: Which prominent British politician has children named Lara Lettice, Milo Arthur, Cassia Peaches and Theodore Apollo?
Answer: Boris Johnson

Question: Which South-East Asian city is known as the "Lion City"?
Answer: Singapore

Question: Which American band, formed in 1965, included amongst its members John and Michelle Phillips?
Answer: The Mamas and the Papas

Question: In which state of the USA would you find the cities of Macon and Savannah?
Answer: Georgia

Question: What is traditionally the main ingredient of gazpacho?
Answer: Tomatoes

Question: Why was Thirsk and Malton the last constituency to announce its result in the 2010 general election?
Answer: Election was postponed following the death of the UKIP candidate

Question: Which snack or meal was popularised by a marketing campaign in the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Milk Marketing Board?
Answer: Ploughman's Lunch

Question: Which creature has three species: plains, mountain and Grevy's?
Answer: Zebra

Question: At which London station was a statue of John Betjeman unveiled in 2007?
Answer: St Pancras

Question: Who won Best Actor Oscars for the roles of Father Edward Flanagan and Manuel Fidelio?
Answer: Spencer Tracy

Question: Name any one of the three British warships involved in the attack on the German pocket battleship Graf Spee in December 1939.
Answer: Ajax; Exeter; Achilles

Question: In the Tin Tin stories, how do we know the character who is called Professeur Tournesol in the original French works?
Answer: Professor Calculus

Question: By what name are David Myers and Simon King known in the title of several TV series?
Answer: The Hairy Bikers

Question: Which group of Lakeland peaks includes Pavey Ark and Harrison Stickle?
Answer: Langdale Pikes

Question: In which Asian country is Tagalog spoken?
Answer: Philippines

Question: Not counting the City of London, which is the smallest city in England by population?
Answer: Wells