Question: Sid Weighell, Jimmy Knapp and Ray Buckton were trade union officials in which industry in the 1970's and 1980's?
Answer: Railways

Question: To the nearest minute, how long does it take for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth?
Answer: Eight (8)

Question: Which is the largest town in the County of Anglesey?
Answer: Holyhead

Question: Which event completes the indoor Pentathlon - 60 metre hurdles, high jump, long jump, 800 metres and ...........?
Answer: Shot Put

Question: Who won a Best Actor 'Oscar' for playing the character 'Charlie Allnut'?
Answer: Humphrey Bogart

Question: 'Memoirs Of A Woman Of Pleasure' is the original title of which frequently banned book?
Answer: 'Fanny Hill'

Question: Give a year in the life of Scottish engineer and inventor James Watt?
Answer: 1736 - 1819

Question: 'Well done @vika7 in Melbourne' was a tweet about which Tennis player earlier this year after she won her first Grand Slam singles title?
Answer: Victoria Azarenka.

Question: Laurel and Hardy's only Academy Award together was for which short film featuring the moving of a piano?
Answer: 'The Music Box'

Question: How are the novels 'Justine', 'Balthazar', 'Mountolive' and 'Clea' by Lawrence Durrell known collectively?
Answer: 'The Alexandria Quartet'

Question: In 2002 Paul Kelleher attempted to decapitate a marble statue of Margaret Thatcher using what 'weapon', he failed, but succeeded using a metal rope support stanchion?
Answer: Cricket Bat

Question: Based at Poolstock Greyhound Stadium, in which sport did the 'Wigan Warriors' compete in the 1947 National League, before becoming the Fleetwood Flyers' the following year?
Answer: Speedway

Question: Which English actor plays US Marine Sergeant 'Nicholas Brody', who was rescued after eight years held by Al- Qaeda as a prisoner-of-war, in the drama 'Homeland' shown on Channel 4?
Answer: Damien Lewis

Question: Who wrote the book and presented the recent t.v. series 'The Diamond Queen'?
Answer: Andrew Marr

Question: In which event did Chris Hoy win a Gold Medal at the recent World Track Cycling Championships?
Answer: Keirin

Question: Which radio presenter, often referred to by his initials, was known as the 'Hairy Monster' or 'Hairy Cornflake'?
Answer: Dave Lee Travis

Question: Who was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1997 to 2001?
Answer: Robin Cook

Question: Who had the Christmas number one in 1990 with 'Saviour's Day'?
Answer: Cliff Richard

Question: Which Australian state capital is on the same longitude as Hong Kong?
Answer: Perth

Question: In 1742 Willian Pulteney was created the first Earl of which city?
Answer: Bath

Question: Which entertainer is married to 1975 'Miss World' Wilnelia Merced?
Answer: Bruce Forsyth

Question: What is the first letter on registration plates of cars registered in Wales?
Answer: 'C'

Question: Which Manchester building was home to the Halle Orchestra until 1996?
Answer: Free Trade Hall

Question: What relation was Richard II to his predecessor Edward III?
Answer: Grandson

Question: In which county can you walk the 15 mile Tennyson Trail?
Answer: Isle Of Wight

Question: What is the cost of a second class stamp for a letter up to 100 grams?
Answer: 53 Pence

Question: The badge of which Football League Two club contains the word ‘Brewers’, the club nickname?
Answer: Burton Albion

Question: Name either of the actors who played the title role in the TV series Rebus?
Answer: JOHN HANNAH or KEN STOTT

Question: What nationality was the mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707- 1783)?
Answer: Swiss

Question: Which female singing voice has a range between soprano and contralto?
Answer: Mezzo Soprano

Question: In which decade did W B Yeats and G B Shaw win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Answer: 1920S

Question: Which 2008 Woody Allen directed film is set in Spain?
Answer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Question: Who was the last Old Etonian Prime Minister before David Cameron?
Answer: Alec Douglas-Home

Question: Who is missing from this list of Artistic Directors of the National Theatre – Laurence Olivier, Peter Hall, Richard Eyre and Nicholas Hytner?
Answer: Trevor Nunn

Question: Which country became landlocked as a result of the War of the Pacific (1879 to 1883)?
Answer: Bolivia

Question: By which two words is the chemical compound with the formula KMnO4 known?
Answer: Potassium Permanganate

Question: How many ossicles are there in each human ear?
Answer: Three

Question: Who rowed the Atlantic in 1966 with John Ridgway?
Answer: Chay Blyth

Question: Which band is composed of three brothers and their cousin, all called Followill?
Answer: Kings Of Leon

Question: Who is the regular Chairman of “Any Questions?” on BBC Radio 4?
Answer: Jonathan Dimbleby

Question: What type of jet aircraft is a VLJ?
Answer: Very Light Jet

Question: Which letter of the Cuban place name Guantánamo has an accent?
Answer: Second Letter A

Question: Which College of Oxford University, founded in 1438, is the first alphabetically?
Answer: All Souls

Question: Which was the third country after Australia and England to play test cricket?
Answer: South Africa

Question: In which town is the Great Yorkshire Showground?
Answer: Harrogate

Question: Name either of the 2012 paralympians who had four post boxes painted gold in their honour.
Answer: SARAH STOREY or DAVID WEIR

Question: Complete the slogan used in a 1960s US Presidential Election – ‘All the Way with ___'.
Answer: Lbj

Question: Viti Levu is the largest island in which Pacific nation?
Answer: Fiji

Question: Which England cricket captain was born in Madras in 1968?
Answer: Nasser Hussain

Question: Who commanded the Spanish Armada in 1588?
Answer: Duke Of Medina Sidonia

Question: Which 2011 Woody Allen directed film is set in France?
Answer: Midnight In Paris

Question: There are three female members of the Cabinet. Two are called Theresa. Give the first name of the other.
Answer: Justine (Greening)

Question: Excerpts from The Nutcracker Suite are included in Disney’s Fantasia. Which work by Paul Dukas features Mickey Mouse attempting magic tricks?
Answer: The Sorcerer’S Apprentice

Question: Kenneth Clark, Neil MacGregor, Charles Saumarez Smith and currently Nicholas Penny have been Directors of which art museum?
Answer: National Gallery

Question: Name either of the present-day countries whose territory made up the majority of The Republic of New Granada which existed from 1831 to 1858
Answer: COLOMBIA or PANAMA

Question: Which capital city stands on the shore of the Caspian Sea?
Answer: Baku

Question: By which two words is the chemical compound with the formula NH4NO3 known?
Answer: Ammonium Nitrate

Question: Who is the only female driver to win a race in the IndyCar Series, the 2008 Indy Japan 300 - she also has the highest finishing place for a female in the Indianapolis 500 race when she was third in 2009?
Answer: Danica Patrick

Question: Green Pea, Turkey Noodle and Cream of Celery were among the 32 varieties of soup produced by which company in 1962 as shown in a famous artwork?
Answer: Campbell’S

Question: In the Harry Potter series what is the name of Harry’s pet owl?
Answer: Hedwig

Question: Ian Fletcher, played by Hugh Bonneville, formerly the Head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission, has taken up the position of Head of Values at the BBC in which recent BBC2 comedy series?
Answer: W1A

Question: Which letter of the Spanish place name Córdoba has an accent?
Answer: First Letter O

Question: Which band, active from 1990 to 2006 was composed of three sisters and their brother Jim?
Answer: The Corrs

Question: Give either of the middle names of author George R R Martin.
Answer: Raymond Richard

Question: Who presented the BBC Radio 4 quiz Counterpoint until 2006?
Answer: Ned Sherrin

Question: In which county can you walk the 35 mile Wherryman’s Way?
Answer: Norfolk

Question: How old was the Queen on April 21st 2014?
Answer: 88