Question: Who wrote the 'Wedding March' taken from his incidental music to Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' written in 1842?
Answer: Mendelssohn

Question: Which sauce is made by mixing and heating soy sauce, sake or mirin (rice wines) with sugar?
Answer: Teriyaki

Question: Usually black and white, what kind of creature is a Jacob?
Answer: Sheep

Question: St George's is the capital of which Caribbean island?
Answer: Grenada

Question: Albert II abdicated as King of the Belgians in July 2013, what is the name of his son, the new king?
Answer: Philippe

Question: The rock musical 'Rent' is based on which Puccini opera?
Answer: La Boheme

Question: Who replaced Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury?
Answer: Justin Welby

Question: Give an alternative name for the flowering plant 'heartsease'?
Answer: (wild) Pansy

Question: In what year did the Jarrow Crusade take place?
Answer: 1936

Question: Who wrote the music commonly known as 'The Funeral March', it comes from his Piano Sonata No.2 written in 1837?
Answer: Chopin

Question: In what year was the first British Census undertaken?
Answer: 1801

Question: Scott Waites is a current British World Champion, at which sport?
Answer: Darts

Question: In a castle, what was a garderobe?
Answer: Toilet

Question: In which Walt Disney film does the song 'When You Wish Upon a Star' appear?
Answer: Pinocchio

Question: In 1970, Spencer Silver attempted to produce the strongest ever glue, he failed and as a result which product was born?
Answer: Post-it Note

Question: In which calendar did the year AM5774 begin on 4th September 2013?
Answer: Hebrew

Question: In what year did Britain have a Labour government for the first time?
Answer: 1924

Question: Which King of England had two wives, Isabel and Isabella?
Answer: John

Question: Which boys name is also the name of a sports shoe company best remembered for sponsoring Kevin Keegan in the 1980s?
Answer: Patrick

Question: In which TV police show do the cast work for `UCOS'?
Answer: New Tricks

Question: In a castle, what was kept in a mews?
Answer: Hawks

Question: In which Danish city is St Canute's Cathedral?
Answer: Odense

Question: Which women's world athletics record, held by a Czech, has stood since 1983?
Answer: 800 metres

Question: Pope Francis was Archbishop of which city?
Answer: Buenos Aires

Question: Who presents the Radio 4 panel game 'The Unbelievable Truth' and is married to Victoria Coren?
Answer: David Mitchell

Question: Which King of England had two wives, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois?
Answer: Richard II

Question: In the Disney film 'Fantasia', who was the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice'?
Answer: Mickey Mouse

Question: The inauguration of the US President takes place on which date in January?
Answer: 20th

Question: Which US city is served by McCarran Airport?
Answer: Las Vegas

Question: Which company makes the Lumix series of cameras?
Answer: Panasonic

Question: In which country is the Valle Central wine region?
Answer: Chile

Question: Who famously said "a house is a machine for living in"?
Answer: Le Corbusier

Question: Give the surname of the criminal Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde fame.
Answer: Parker

Question: how many medals did GB win in the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: 65

Question: With the given names Richard Jordan who was the inventor of the first machine gun in 1863?
Answer: Gatling

Question: Which song written by Cole Porter in 1933 referred to "Fred Astaire, Mussolini, Mrs Sweeny and Camembert "?
Answer: You're The Top

Question: How many roods make an acre?
Answer: 4

Question: Who won the cricket county championship in both 2008 and 2009?
Answer: Durham

Question: What is the name of one of Europe's best selling news magazines whose name translates into English as 'mirror'?
Answer: Der Spiegel

Question: Give the Christian name of the son of Dick Francis who since his father' death has written thrillers based around horse racing.
Answer: Felix

Question: What goods or produce did a mercer deal in?
Answer: Cloth

Question: The international board game Reversi is marketed in the UK by Pressman under what name?
Answer: Othello

Question: Who wrote the cult books called "Chariots of the Gods" and "Return to the Stars"?
Answer: Erich Von Daniken

Question: In what decade did cupro-nickel replace silver in British coins?
Answer: 1940's

Question: What is the internet code for Austria?
Answer: at

Question: Give the German word for the number eight
Answer: Acht

Question: Which English author wrote "Chrome Yellow " in 1921?
Answer: Aldous Huxley

Question: In the Bible, Peter was the brother of which other apostle?
Answer: Andrew

Question: What was the city of Harare called when Zimbabwe was called Rhodesia?
Answer: Salisbury

Question: What is the name of Catherine Tate's famous schoolgirl character?
Answer: Lauren

Question: Who did Winston Churchill describe as "a sheep in sheep's clothing"?
Answer: Clement Attlee

Question: The Sutherland Falls, the fifth highest waterfalls in the world are in which country?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Which architect designed the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851?
Answer: Joseph Paxton

Question: Whose gang were the victims of the St Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929?
Answer: Bugs Moran

Question: Who was the 1957 poem by Thom Gunn talking about when it said "he turns revolt into style"?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: According to the iconic song, popular in world war one, called "she was poor but she was honest" it was 'the rich wot gets the gravy'. But wot did the poor get?
Answer: The Blame

Question: Who won the county cricket twenty/twenty championships in both 2010 and 2012?
Answer: Hampshire

Question: What is the biggest selling newspaper in Germany? Its name means 'the picture' in English.
Answer: Das Bild

Question: In Greek mythology name either half sister of Castor and Pollux?
Answer: Helen of Troy or Clytemnestra

Question: What do we call the ancient Chinese board game known as weiqi in China? it is usually played on a board of 19 x 19 squares with black and white stones?
Answer: Go

Question: What does the Latin phrase "cogito ergo sum" mean?
Answer: I Think Therefore I Am

Question: Who was King of Denmark during world war two? A regnal number is not needed.
Answer: Christian

Question: Name the book written in 1982 by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln that according to its authors in a court case inspired Dan Brown to write "The Da Vinci Code"?
Answer: The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail

Question: What is the English name for what the Welsh call Llyn Tegid?
Answer: Lake Bala

Question: What sport was played at Horse Guards Parade in the 2012 Olympics?
Answer: Beach Volleyball

Question: What is the internet code for Spain?
Answer: es

Question: What is the most money accumulated in the cashbuilder round on the TV show 'The Chase'?
Answer: 14 Thousand Pounds

Question: Which us writer wrote "On The Road" in 1958?
Answer: Jack Kerouac

Question: In the Bible, who was the wife of Abraham?
Answer: Sarah

Question: Kampuchea is a former name of which country?
Answer: Cambodia

Question: What was the name of Harry Enfield's upper class twit character who is usually being ripped off?
Answer: Tim Nice But Dim

Question: In what year did Enoch Powell make his famous "rivers of blood" speech?
Answer: 1968

Question: Who has competed in 7 of the last 10 all Ireland senior Gaelic football championship finals?
Answer: Kerry

Question: What hit pop record began with the lines "Oh, my love, my darlin , I hunger for your touch"?
Answer: Unchained Melody

Question: The book 'The African Queen" is set in which decade?
Answer: 1910's

Question: Exegesis is the study and analysis of what?
Answer: The Bible

Question: Which soft drinks company distributes Pepsi Cola in UK?
Answer: Britvic

Question: In which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical does the character Nellie Forbush appear?
Answer: South Pacific