Question: """The Blinding of Samson"" in 1636"", ""Cottages Before a Stormy Sky"" in 1641 and ""The Jewish Bride"" in 1665 are all works by which famous artist ?"
Answer: Rembrandt

Question: Which American tennis player won his only Wimbledon Singles title in 1975 ?
Answer: Arthur Ashe

Question: Which 1969 novel by Alistair MacLean centres on a veteran Interpol natcotics expert named Paul Sherman and a violent struggle on the streets of Amsterdam ?
Answer: Puppet On A Chain

Question: Which curry flavoured soup of Anglo-Indian origin has many variations on its recipe and takes its name from the Tamil for 'Fire Water' ?
Answer: Mulligatawny

Question: Which poisonous chemical compund was named after the Greek for blue, having been first identified during the production of the dye 'Prussian Blue' in the early 18th century ?
Answer: Cyanide

Question: Which famous number one hit of 1968 featured several people such as Brother Tony, Mr Freers and Jennifer Eccles who all took a remedy called Medicinal Compound ?
Answer: Lily The Pink

Question: Which Hungarian bon inventor, who diedin 2003, had the nickname 'The Father of the Hydrogen Bomb'?
Answer: Edward TELLER

Question: Which five letter astronomical word is derived from the Greek for 'long tailed'?
Answer: Comet

Question: Which six letter astronomical word is derived from the Greek for 'milk'?
Answer: Galaxy

Question: Name the year - flash floods badly damage the Cornish village of Boscastle, a 'Fathers for Justice' campaigne, dressed as Batman, breaches security at Buckingham Palace and footballer Emlyn Hughes and DJ John Peel sadly die.
Answer: 2004

Question: Which children's TV series, first shown in 1960, featured a town sheriff named Tex Tucker ?
Answer: Four Feather Falls

Question: About which controversial Irish individual did Margaret Thatcher say, in 1981, "crime is crime, it is not political" shortly before his death ?
Answer: Bobby Sands

Question: Which monthly published adult magazine that was launched in 1966 shares its name with a car model first produced in 1976 ?
Answer: Fiesta

Question: Which town in Suffolk is the most easterly point in England ?
Answer: Lowestoft

Question: In which month of 1941 did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour ?
Answer: December

Question: In which month of 1945 did the USA drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ?
Answer: August

Question: Which British Prime Minister, who was born in Portsmouth in March 1912, died on March 26th 2005 aged 92 ?
Answer: James CALLAGHAN

Question: In which famous tale of 1697 does an animal help a miller's son achieve his fortune as the Marquis of Carabas ?
Answer: Puss In Boots

Question: Which popular card game takes its name from the Spanish for 'Basket' ?
Answer: Canasta

Question: Now called the Willis Tower and standing 442 m in height, what was this building's previous name ? It was opened in 1973 and stands in the city of Chicago.
Answer: Sears Tower

Question: Which well known four word saying, meaning currently popular, derives from the advertising slogan of American ice cream companies during the 1930s ?
Answer: Flavour Of The Month

Question: A marriage that lasted from 2002 till 2009, which famous soap star actor was the first husband of disgraced media boss Rebekah Brookes ?
Answer: Ross Kemp

Question: Appointed in April 2012, what is the name of the current manager of Barcelona Football Club ?
Answer: Tito VILANOVA

Question: Which famous children's tale, believed to have originated in 1595, was, according to folklore, based on two children who are left with their uncle at Griston Hall in Norfolk ? However, the uncle resents them and pays two men to kill them.
Answer: Babes In The Wood

Question: Which British Prime Minister, born in Chelsea in February 1894, died on December 29th 1986 aged 92 ?
Answer: Harold MACMILLAN

Question: What was the name of the husband and manager of TV star Cilla Black who died in 1999, ending over 30 years of marriage ?
Answer: Bobby Willis

Question: Standing at 1,792 feet in height and opened in 2013, the building known as One World Trade Centre is commonly known by what other name ?
Answer: FREEDOM Tower

Question: Whcih trick-taking card game originating in France, shares its name with a famous military leader and emperor who was born in 1769, even though the game is usually referred to by a much shortened name ?
Answer: Napoleon

Question: Which English author wrote many books in his writing career including The Ministry of Fear in 1943, The Third Man in 1949 and The Honorary Consul in 1973 ?
Answer: Graham Greene

Question: Which American author wrote many books in his writing career including The Dream Merchants in 1949, A Stone For Danny Fisher in 1952 and The Carperbaggers in 1961 ?
Answer: Harold Robbins

Question: The 2003 film remake 'Willard' starring Crispin Glover, tells the story of a young man who has a strange control over which type of creatures ?
Answer: Rats

Question: Which supermarket chain which currently had its headquarters in Deeside was founded in 1970 when businessmen Malcolm Walker and Peter Hinchcliffe opened the store in Oswestry ?
Answer: Iceland

Question: Which European country did a military coup, known as the Carnation Revolution, take place in 1974 ?
Answer: Portugal

Question: Which supermarket chain, that has its headquarters in Amsterdam and was founded in 1932, takes its name from the Dutch for 'The Spruce' - hence the company's logo ?
Answer: Spar

Question: The 1954 film The Naked Jungle starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker centres on the story of a Peruvian cocoa plantation that is threatened by destruction by which typoe of creatures ?
Answer: Ants

Question: Which political party, founded in 1983, has its headquarters in Fleet in Hampshire and currently has the leader Alan Hope ?
Answer: Monster Raving Loony Party

Question: Taking place in 1970 and 1971, which Asian country suffered a conflict called 'Black September' that is sometimes called @The Era of Regrettable Events' ?
Answer: Jordan

Question: Which stage musical, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and launched in 2004, is based on an 1860 novel by Wilike Collins and contains the songs "You See i Am No Ghost" and "The Holly And The Ivy" ?
Answer: The Woman In White

Question: Bamako is the capital of which country ?
Answer: Mali

Question: With which sport would you associate the Eastbourne Eagles ?
Answer: Speedway

Question: The 1956 film "Lust for Life", starring Kirk Douglas, centred on the life of who ?
Answer: Vincent Van Gogh

Question: In which activity would you associate Britain'sNigel Short who was born in 1965 ?
Answer: Chess

Question: Adelaide is the capital of which Australian state ?
Answer: South Australia

Question: The largest lake in the Lake District is Windemere, but which is the next largest lake ?
Answer: Ullswater

Question: Give any year in the life of poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Answer: 1343 - 1400

Question: What is the real name of the Chaser known as The Darl Destroyer on the ITV game show 'The Chase' ?
Answer: Shaun Wallace

Question: Which motorway links the cities of Leicester and Coventry ?
Answer: M69

Question: How did a woman named Ethel Jane Cain become very famous in Great Britain on July 24th 1936 ? She remained so until 1963.
Answer: Voice Of The Speaking Clock

Question: In which city was singer Gene Pitney found dead by his tour manager on April 5th, 2006 ?
Answer: Cardiff

Question: What was the name of the building that was unveiled in 2005 that was designed by Thomas Heatherwick. Now dismantled, it stood 56 metres tall and had 180 hollow tapered steel columns or spikes radiating from a central core ? It was located next to the City of Manchester Stadium.
Answer: B Of The Bang

Question: What was the name of the horse that was first past the post in the 1993 Grand National ? It was a win that never stood due to the race being a false start.
Answer: Esha Ness