Question: Which Author wrote 'Burmese Days' in 1934 and 'Coming Up For Air' in 1939'?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: What title was bestowed upon Harold Wilson's Secretary, Marcia Williams, in 1974?
Answer: Baroness Falkender

Question: Which 2003 film features the appropriately named characters Bubbles, Gurgle, Bloat and Gill?
Answer: Finding Nemo

Question: On which island is Brunei situated?
Answer: Borneo

Question: Broccoli, sprouts and cauliflower are all members of which family of plants?
Answer: Brassica

Question: What northern city was the site for a victory for Oliver Cromwell in 1648 and a defeat for the Jacobites in 1715?
Answer: Preston

Question: Who wrote the opera Lucia Di Lammermoor in 1834?
Answer: Gaetano Donizetti

Question: Which tennis record did Australian Samuel Groth break in May 2012?
Answer: Fastest Serve

Question: Who walked out of an interview with Robin Day in 1982 about defence cuts after the Falklands War?
Answer: John Nott

Question: Which writer, bom in 1865, observed that 'the female is more deadly than the male'?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Question: Which town is the administrative centre of Powys?
Answer: Llandrindod Wells

Question: What was the first military engagement of the American Civil War?
Answer: Fort Sumter

Question: What was the name of the ground-breaking 'thought experiment' proposed by an Austrian Scientist in 1935?
Answer: Schrodinger'S Cat

Question: Which batsman with over 13,000 test match runs was nominated as one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year for the first time in 2013?
Answer: Jacques Kallis

Question: Who wrote under the pen name Currer Bell?
Answer: Charlotte Bronte

Question: Wenlock and Mandeville were described as a 'drunken one-night stand between a Teletubby and a Dalek'. Who were they?
Answer: London Olympic Mascots

Question: Which presenter of the BBC Radio 4's daily news magazine 'PM' became a stand-in presenter for the Andrew Marr show following Marr's stroke?
Answer: Eddie Mair

Question: Name either of the Spanish enclaves in Morocco?
Answer: Ceuta Or Melilla

Question: Who became U.S. Secretary of State early in 2013, replacing Hilary Clinton?
Answer: John Kerry

Question: Who wrote the children's book The Gruffalo?
Answer: Julia Donaldson

Question: Which famous landmark is found on Mount Lee?
Answer: The Hollywood Sign

Question: What 153 mile footpath goes from Farnham to Dover?
Answer: The North Downs Way

Question: The Executive calculator and the Black Watch were products from which inventor?
Answer: Clive Sinclair

Question: Which English King fought at the battle of Bannockburn?
Answer: Edward Ii

Question: Which was the only French metropolitan department never visited by the Tour de France, prior to the 100th tour in 2013?
Answer: Corsica

Question: Born James Newell Osterberg Jr. in 1947, which pop star fronted a TV campaign for car insurance in 2009?
Answer: Iggy Pop

Question: First published in 1929, for which character is Belgian George Remi best known?
Answer: Tintin

Question: In The Goodies TV series a martial art form known as 'Eckythump' was practised using which foodstuff as a weapon?
Answer: Black Pudding

Question: Which African Empire, founded in 1701 lasted until well into the 20th Century? Its monarchy continues as a constitutionally protected, sub-nation state and traditional state within Ghana to
Answer: this day?

Question: Grey Dagger, Forester and Dingy Footman are species of what?
Answer: Moths

Question: Which group performed the first ever song in the first episode of Top of the Pops in 1964?
Answer: The Rolling Stones

Question: Which Welsh professional Rugby player, who was capped 100 times for his country, became the first openly gay rugby playerin 2009?
Answer: Gareth Thomas

Question: Under whose leadership did the RMT become one of Britain's fastest growing Trade Unions between 2002 and 2008?
Answer: Bob Crow

Question: Which word describes a painting or sculpture of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead Christ?
Answer: Pieta

Question: Which country banned the use of the word Hashtag in February 2013?
Answer: France

Question: Which range of mountains in France and Switzerland gives its name to the middle period of the Mesozoic era?
Answer: Jura

Question: In 2012, in which country were six scientists convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict an earthquake?
Answer: Italy

Question: Which painter had a maid called Gabrielle who was the subject for many of his famous nut studies?
Answer: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Question: The supermodel Jodie Kidd represented England at which sport?
Answer: Polo

Question: Which former member of the Clash formed the Justice Tonight Band to promote awareness of the Hillsborough Justice campaign?
Answer: Mick Jones

Question: A targeted group of assassinations in France on St Bartholomew's Day in 1572 led to which word entering the English language?
Answer: Massacre

Question: What name is given to the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning?
Answer: Menorah

Question: The concept of 'cloud-cuckoo land' originated with which Ancient Greek playwright?
Answer: Aristophanes

Question: John James Audubon is famous for his paintings of what?
Answer: Birds

Question: The President of France and the Bishop of Urgell are the joint rulers of which country?
Answer: Andorra

Question: Which Italian painter killed an opponent in a duel in 1606?
Answer: Caravaggio

Question: Which brewery was the 2012 Champion Beer of Britain with `No. 9 Barley Wine'? They won the same award in 1998 with 'Bluebird Bitter'.
Answer: Coniston

Question: Who was the man who devised shorthand writing in 1937?
Answer: Sir Isaac Pitman

Question: Fibulated Marshmallow is an example of a 2-word search query that returns exactly 1 hit on Google. What is this type of query?
Answer: Googlewhack

Question: Which group of medieval people traditionally wore the emblem of a cockleshell in their hats?
Answer: Pilgrims

Question: Which mixed drink, popular at parties, takes its name from the Hindi or Sanskrit word for 'five'?
Answer: Punch

Question: What is the definition of a cathedral?
Answer: A Church Which Contains The Throne Of The Bishop Of The Diocese

Question: Who coined the phrase 'My flabber has never been so gasted?
Answer: Frankie Howard

Question: Who was on the British throne 1100-1135?
Answer: Henry I

Question: What is the capital city of Rwanda?
Answer: Kigali

Question: If Monday's child is fair of face what is Saturday's child?
Answer: Works Hard For A Living

Question: In which Shakespeare play are the following characters, Mistress Margaret Page and Master George Page?
Answer: Merry Wives Of Windsor

Question: Name the character played by Bruce Willis in the 'Die Hard' films?
Answer: JOHN McCLANE

Question: Which is the coldest planet?
Answer: Neptune

Question: What is the chemical symbol for Zinc?
Answer: Zn

Question: Who made the first ever golf shot on the moon?
Answer: Alan Shepherd

Question: In fashion and dress what is a farthingale?
Answer: Framework Of Hoops To Extend Women'S Dresses

Question: Who had the nickname 'The Scourge of God'?
Answer: Attila The Hun

Question: Monophobia is a fear of what?
Answer: Being Alone

Question: Name the film where a knickerless Sharon Stone crosses her legs.
Answer: Basic Instinct

Question: The 'Notting Hill Mystery' is aometimes claimed to be what?
Answer: First Detective Novel

Question: What is the habitat/breeding ground of a penguin called?
Answer: Rookery

Question: Which horse race along with the Cambridgeshire makes up the 'Autumn Double'?
Answer: Cesarewitch

Question: Which fruit or vegetable is a 'Bonny Lad'?
Answer: Broad Bean

Question: Who was on the British throne 1199-1216?
Answer: John

Question: Who holds the record as the longest serving county cricket captain?
Answer: W. G. Grace

Question: What is the capital city of Bahrain?
Answer: Manama

Question: What is the collective name for thrush?
Answer: Mutation