Question: Who was the defeated Republican candidate in the 2008 US Presidential Election?
Answer: JOHN McCAIN

Question: Which US city is home to the football team 'The Bengals'?
Answer: Cincinatti

Question: To which family of fish does the 'Char' belong?
Answer: Salmon

Question: In the Christian church, 'Ember Days' are days of prayer for what?
Answer: The Church Ministry

Question: Which tax, levied 1695, abolished 1851, reached its highest level in 1808 when the rate on certain houses was 8/- a year?
Answer: Window Tax

Question: Which vegetable is known in the USA as 'Rutubaga'?
Answer: SWEDE (accept Turnip)

Question: John Gay's musical play, 'The Beggar's Opera' features a highwayman, who is known by which surname?
Answer: 'Macheath'

Question: Who was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Clement Attlee's government from 1947 to 1950?
Answer: Stafford Cripps

Question: Who is the present Vice-President of the USA?
Answer: Joe Biden

Question: Who painted 'Girl Balancing On A Ball, With Bare Feet' and 'Three Dancers'?
Answer: Picasso

Question: Nouakchott is the capital of which country?
Answer: Mauretania

Question: In English county cricket, which trophy is awarded to the player who scores the season's fastest hundred?
Answer: The Walter Lawrence Trophy

Question: Which Act of 1765 (repealed 1766) levied duties on American colonies?
Answer: Stamp Act

Question: Which artist was born in 1746, died in 1828, and produced a series of satirical paintings entitled 'The Disasters Of War'?
Answer: Goya

Question: 'High Numbers' was the former name of which pop group?
Answer: 'The Who'

Question: Which fruit has varieties, 'Morello' and 'Merton Glory'?
Answer: Cherry

Question: Which 1944 musical film featured the song 'Have Yourselves A Merry Little Christmas'?
Answer: 'Meet Me In St. Louis'

Question: The cup presented to the winners of the England v South Africa Test series bears the name of which famous cricketer?
Answer: Basil D'Oliveira

Question: Which 'Oscar' winning actress's last film was 'Ship Of Fools' in 1965?
Answer: Vivien Leigh

Question: Who said "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind"?
Answer: Albert Einstein

Question: Sometimes called 'Nucleons', give either of the subatomic particles in the atomic nucleus?
Answer: PROTON or NEUTRON

Question: Who was the Indian cricket captain who was banned for life for his part in match fixing in 2000?
Answer: Mohammed Azharuddin

Question: If a dish is described as 'a la forestiere', what must it contain?
Answer: Mushrooms

Question: What is Bulgaria's unit of currency?
Answer: Lev

Question: In which west of England city is 'Severn Sound FM' radio station located?
Answer: Gloucester

Question: In which year was 'The Boston Tea Party'?
Answer: 1773

Question: On television, what is advertised by 'Alexandr Orlov'?
Answer: Compare The Market.Com

Question: The 'Charge of the Light Brigade' took place in which year?
Answer: 1854

Question: In what profession would a member of the BIFU earn his/her living?
Answer: BANKING Insurance Finance Union

Question: What does an Udometer measure?
Answer: Rainfall

Question: Who is the Patron Saint of the Police forces?
Answer: St. Michael

Question: In which UK town is the 'Hat Works', the only museum of hats in the country?
Answer: Stockport

Question: On television, what is the name of the Panda that advertises Fox's biscuits?
Answer: 'Vinnie'

Question: Which artist painted the portrait of 'Charles I on Horseback', that hangs in the National Gallery?
Answer: Anthony Van Dyke

Question: Jethou, Henn and Lithou are part of which island group?
Answer: Channel Islands

Question: Which instrument did Jazz musician Thelonius Monk play?
Answer: Piano

Question: According to the proverb, what do you need if you are going 'to sup with the Devil'?
Answer: A Long Spoon

Question: Hagiology is the study of what?
Answer: Saints

Question: For her performance in which film did Halle Berry win an 'Oscar'?
Answer: 'Monster'S Ball'

Question: What type of creatures are 'Passerines'?
Answer: Perching Birds

Question: Unst, Yell, and Mainland are part of which island group?
Answer: Shetland

Question: What does the musical term 'Pianissimo' mean?
Answer: Very Soft

Question: According to the proverb, what happens to a fool and their money?
Answer: They Are Soon Parted

Question: La Stampa is a newspaper in which country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Who is the Patron Saint of accountants and bankers?
Answer: St. Matthew

Question: From which hit of 1982 do these lyrics come: "I'm in heaven when you smile. And when you walk across the street, it makes my heart go boom, boom, boom. Let it all come down"?
Answer: 'Jackie Wilson Said'

Question: What is the name of the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London?
Answer: Mansion House

Question: Which '60's pop group new line-up included Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham and Robert Plant?
Answer: The Yardbirds

Question: In which film did Cary Grant play a war-time coast watcher called 'Walter Eckland'?
Answer: 'Father Goose'

Question: The Aysgarth Falls can be found in which English National Park?
Answer: Yorkshire Dales

Question: By what other name is the Green Cormorant known?
Answer: Shag

Question: On which motorway is the Corley Service Area?
Answer: M6

Question: Lady Day is a quarter day in the British calendar, but on which date of the year is Lady Day?
Answer: 25th MARCH

Question: Which author wrote a series of books about the police or private investigator 'Jemima Shore'?
Answer: Antonia Fraser

Question: Dactyography is the study and practice of what?
Answer: Finger Printing

Question: Who am I? Born 1890 a Dutch aircraft engineer born in Java - the factory bearing my name made warplanes for Germany?
Answer: Anthony Fokker

Question: In which north of England city is 'Hallam FM' radio station situated?
Answer: Sheffield

Question: What would be the occupation of a member of the trade union BALPA?
Answer: British Airline PILOTS Association

Question: What does the musical term 'Lento' mean?
Answer: Slow

Question: Which actor won an 'Oscar' for the film 'A Fish Called Wanda'?
Answer: Kevin Kline

Question: Who was World Chess Champion immediately prior to Bobby Fischer?
Answer: Boris Spassky

Question: Who was the Roman counterpart of Athene?
Answer: Minerva

Question: From which European country did the 'Dorians' originate in the 11th century BC?
Answer: Greece

Question: Which religious order was founded by St. Robert, Abbot of Molesme, near Dijon in 1098?
Answer: Cistercians

Question: Which European city is served by 'Deune Airport'?
Answer: Antwerp

Question: What was the name of the mini-skirted cartoon character created in 1915, who first appeared on the film 'Dizzy Dishes' in 1930?
Answer: 'Betty Boop'

Question: Off which major land mass is Lord Howe Island?
Answer: Australia

Question: Who is the fictional seafarer in Dudley Pope's novels?
Answer: 'Nicholas Ramage'

Question: Why was Judge Hiller B. Zobel in the news in 1997?
Answer: Judge in the LOUISE WOODWARD CASE

Question: Which Government department was established in 1973 to keep commercial activities under review?
Answer: Office Of Fair Trading

Question: At which battle just north of London was the Earl of Warwick killed in 1471?
Answer: Barnet

Question: Why was Judge Lance Ito in the news in 1995?
Answer: Judge in the O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL

Question: What sort of creature is a 'Bobolink'?
Answer: BIRD (a small New World Blackbird)

Question: Three famous English composers died in 1934. Gustav Holst and Edward Elgar are two, name the third?
Answer: Frederick Delius

Question: In which game could you collect a 'Pung of East Winds'?
Answer: Mah-Jong

Question: Which all-girl group had a hit with 'Manic Monday' in 1986?
Answer: 'The Bangles'

Question: Which US state has Des Moines as its capital?
Answer: Iowa

Question: What is the name of the vertical bar dividing a window?
Answer: Mullion