Question: Which tenor created the title roles in Benjamin Britten's operas 'Peter Grimes' and 'Albert Herring'?
Answer: Peter Pears

Question: Which Yorkshire headland is defended by the ancient Dane's Dyke?
Answer: Flamborough Head

Question: In which city is the book 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon set?
Answer: Barcelona

Question: Who succeeded John Prescott as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2007?
Answer: Harriet Harman

Question: Which English writer, best known for his detective fiction, published a fantasy novel entitled 'The Man Who Was Thursday' in 1908?
Answer: GK Chesterton

Question: Which Australian state capital was named after the man who was Governor of New South Wales 1821-25?
Answer: Brisbane

Question: The nickname of which British Prime Minister was 'the Sledgehammer'?
Answer: Herbert Asquith

Question: In which month of 1805 was the Battle of Trafalgar fought?
Answer: October

Question: In which castle was Mary Queen of Scots executed?
Answer: Fotheringay

Question: Which singer was shot dead by his father in 1984?
Answer: Marvin Gaye

Question: Which Shakespearean character said "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"?
Answer: Mark Antony

Question: Which famous soprano is married to the conductor Richard Bonynge?
Answer: Joan Sutherland

Question: Which 14th century slang term for going insane is derived from the name of an army camp near Mumbai?
Answer: Doolally

Question: Who wrote the 1798 treatise 'An Essay on the Principle of Population'?
Answer: Thomas Malthus

Question: In which month of 1815 was the Battle of Waterloo fought?
Answer: June

Question: Who was appointed deputy to Ian Paisley at the Northern Ireland assembly at Stormont in May 2007?
Answer: Martin McGuiness

Question: Liesel Meminger is the name of the eponymous character in which recent best-selling novel?
Answer: The Book Thief

Question: Which South Wales town was formed in 1921 by the amalgamation of Aberavon and Margam?
Answer: Port Talbot

Question: Which Roman Genera is reputed to have been executed by having molten gold poured down his throat by his Parthian captors?
Answer: (Marcus Licinius) Crassus

Question: What type of weapon is a 'twibill'?
Answer: (double-bladed) Axe

Question: Which Australian state capital is close to the River Torrens?
Answer: Adelaide

Question: What is the name of the RSPB reserve just to the north of Flamborough, famous for its nesting seabirds?
Answer: Bempton Cliffs

Question: Which economist wrote 'The Great Crash, 1929'?
Answer: JK Galbraith

Question: Which Shakespearean character was the daughter of Brabantio?
Answer: Desdemona

Question: In which mid west state is the first Primary of the US Presidential election traditionally held?
Answer: Iowa

Question: Which children's author created Tracey Beaker?
Answer: Jacqueline Wilson

Question: Who wrote The Origin of Species in 1859?
Answer: Charles Darwin

Question: Which comedian is married to Pamela Stephenson?
Answer: Billy Connolly

Question: Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald after his arrest for the assassination of John F Kennedy?
Answer: Jack Ruby

Question: 'I have walked thousands of miles for Leukaemia Research and every step was worth it', which sportsman said this?
Answer: Ian Botham

Question: The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy are works by which writer?
Answer: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Question: Which lighthouse keeper's daughter found fame after rescuing survivors from the wreck of the Forfarshire in 1828?
Answer: Grace Darling

Question: Where in London can statues of George IV, Sir Henry Havelock and Sir Charles Napier be found?
Answer: Trafalgar Square

Question: Which five foot tall French artist famously produced posters for the Moulin Rouge?
Answer: Henri Toulouse Lautrec

Question: Who was known as 'The King of Ragtime' composing such works as Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer?
Answer: Scott Joplin

Question: Which 1973 film used The Entertainer as its theme music?
Answer: The Sting

Question: What computer component is Intel most associated with producing?
Answer: Processors

Question: Which river rises in the Pennines, flows through Settle and Preston before reaching the sea at Lytham St Annes?
Answer: The Ribble

Question: What is the full name of the youngest of the Spice Girls?
Answer: Emma Bunton

Question: Queen Alexandra was the wife of which British King?
Answer: Edward Vii

Question: In the old road safety advertisements, what kind of animal was Tufty?
Answer: Squirrel

Question: What is the unfortunate nickname of Portsmouth and England goalkeeper David James, thanks to his occasional errors?
Answer: Calamity

Question: What is the Dewey Decimal System used to classify?
Answer: Books

Question: What was the name of the otter in Henry Williamson's famous 1927 novel?
Answer: Tarka

Question: The 1990 film The December Bride starring Donal McCann, Saskia Reeves and Ciaran Hinds, is set in which country?
Answer: Ireland

Question: Sir Joshua Reynolds was the first president of which institution, founded in 1768?
Answer: The Royal Academy

Question: Born in 1977, who is the Queen's oldest grandchild?
Answer: Peter Phillips

Question: Which comedy series, running from 1989 to 1994, starred Anton Rodgers as a solicitor who falls for a much younger woman, played first by Eve Matheson and subsequently by Lesley Dunlop?
Answer: May To December

Question: The House of Braganza ruled which country from 1640 to 1910?
Answer: Portugal

Question: Which animals make up the mammalian order cetacea?
Answer: Whales,

Question: In 1919, what did Nancy Astor become the first woman to do?
Answer: Take A Seat In The House Of Commons

Question: Nancy Astor once said to Winston Churchill "If I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee". What was his famous reply?
Answer: And If I Were Your Husband I'D Drink It

Question: Which actor, who achieved worldwide fame in a television series of the late 1970s and 80s was the son of the actress and singer Mary Martin?
Answer: Larry Hagman

Question: Who compiled the significant 1942 report 'Social Insurance and Allied Services'?
Answer: Sir William Beveridge

Question: Which composer has won Academy Awards for Best Original Score for Born Free, Out of Africa, and Dance with Wolves?
Answer: John Barry

Question: Which Russian newspaper had a title that translated into English as 'Truth'?
Answer: Pravda

Question: What connects Three Steps to Heaven by Eddie Cochran, Way Down by Elvis Presley and (Just Like) Starting Over by John Lennon?
Answer: Posthumous Number Ones In The Singles Chart

Question: The 18th century politician John Montague was responsible for the creation of what food dish?
Answer: The Sandwich

Question: What is the name of the railway company that operates services between St Pancras, the East Midlands and South Yorkshire?
Answer: Midland Mainline

Question: Who starred as Paul Kersey in the five Death Wish films?
Answer: Charles Bronson

Question: In western astrology, to which element do Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces belong?
Answer: Water

Question: Alfredo Stroessner was a dictator of which South American country from 1954 to 1989?
Answer: Paraguay

Question: John Goodman played Dan Connor, in which American TV comedy series?
Answer: Roseanne

Question: Which board game is based around European power politics leading up,to the First World War?
Answer: Diplomacy

Question: Who was the Democratic candidate who lost to George Bush in the US Presidential election in 1988?
Answer: Michael Dukakis

Question: Who was World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1978 to 1985, defending his title 20 times before losing to Michael Spinks?
Answer: Larry Holmes

Question: Which writer was the father of Christopher Robin?
Answer: A A Milne

Question: Which film had the tagline 'just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water'?
Answer: Jaws Ii

Question: In Greek mythology, how are the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne collectively called?
Answer: Muses