Question: Which US banker and financier was arrested in 2008 and accused of embezzling up to $50 million?
Answer: Bernard Madoff

Question: Who wrote several books featuring the heroine 'Worrals'?
Answer: Captain W.E. Johns

Question: How many feet are there in a nautical mile?
Answer: 6080

Question: In which year did the Ayatollah Khomeini die, American troops remove Noriega in Panama, and Alain Prost become World Motor Racing Champion for the third time?
Answer: 1989

Question: In which year did the Bosnian Civil War begin, Steffi Graf win the Ladies Singles title at Wimbledon for the seventh time, and TWA become bankrupt?
Answer: 1992

Question: In American Football, how many points does a touchdown score?
Answer: Six

Question: """If music is the food of love, play on"", is the first line of which Shakespearian play?"
Answer: 'Twelfth Night'

Question: What word could be a mountain chain, a type of car, and a radio call sign?
Answer: Sierra

Question: Who was assassinated by John Bellingham?
Answer: Spencer Percival

Question: What is the name of the American religious sect, founded in Manchester, that believe Christ's second advent has already taken place?
Answer: Shakers

Question: Indian hemp is a strong smelling plant that is also known as what?
Answer: MARIJUANA or CANNABIS

Question: Who had a number one hit for six weeks in 1973 with 'Blockbuster'?
Answer: 'Sweet'

Question: Which bridge lies between Blackfriars Bridge and London Bridge?
Answer: Southwark Bridge

Question: Julia Wells is better known as whom?
Answer: Julie Andrews

Question: In which country was the world G7 Conference held in 2008?
Answer: U.S.A

Question: The 'Morland' family feature in which classic novel?
Answer: 'Northanger Abbey'

Question: Which British Prime Minister was the last to die in office?
Answer: Palmerston

Question: In which country were 63 people killed in a nightclub fire on New Year's Eve 2008?
Answer: Thailand

Question: What colour are the flowers of the plant Mimosa?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Which road in London connects Marble Arch with Hyde Park Corner?
Answer: Park Lane

Question: The entrance to the Channel Tunnel is close to which racecourse?
Answer: Folkestone

Question: In which year did Victoria become Queen?
Answer: 1837

Question: What date is St.David's Day?
Answer: MARCH 1st

Question: Matrimonially, what connects John F. Kennedy with 'Homer Simpson'?
Answer: Both married a woman whose surname was BOUVERIE

Question: What word connects a nuclear bomber with a radio call sign, and the television programme 'Z Cars'?
Answer: Victor

Question: Gillespie Road on London's Piccadilly line was renamed to that of which soccer team?
Answer: Arsenal

Question: Which country is also known as the Narodna Republic?
Answer: Bulgaria

Question: 'Dance Of The Tumblers' comes from which classical work by Rimsky Korsakov?
Answer: 'The Snow Maiden'

Question: Which band released the album 'Pet Sounds' in 1966?
Answer: 'The Beach Boys'

Question: Who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1949 to 1966?
Answer: Robert Menzies

Question: Who wrote the 1895 novel 'The Time Machine'?
Answer: H.G. Wells

Question: 'When Harry Met Ali' was a TV tribute to which commentator who died in March?
Answer: Harry Carpenter

Question: How many permanent members are there on the Security Council of the United Nations?
Answer: Five

Question: Which 1988 comedy film features a jewel robbery by a team of four, including an animal lover with a stutter and a stupid idiot who resents being called that?
Answer: 'A Fish Called Wanda'

Question: Which US President was elected in 1896 and 1900?
Answer: WILLIAM McKINLEY

Question: Four Asian countries have names with four letters. Two are Iran and Iraq. name one of the other two?
Answer: LAOS or OMAN

Question: In which 1986 film does John Cleese play 'Brian Stimpson', the head teacher of 'Thomas Tompian School'?
Answer: 'Clockwise'

Question: Former presenters of which radio programme include Jack de Manio, Brian Redhead and John Timpson?
Answer: Today (Programme)

Question: Which bank used the slogan devised by Rod Allen, "the listening bank"?
Answer: Midland

Question: On which Gulf is Cameroon?
Answer: Gulf Of Guinea

Question: What was the occupation of 'Peter Grimes' in the opera by Benjamin Britten?
Answer: Fisherman

Question: In which year of the 1960's was the 'Six Day War'?
Answer: 1967

Question: Which bird was on the reverse of the pre-decimal farthing of George VI and Elizabeth II?
Answer: Wren

Question: The NFL team in which city, has a name which is a reference to a poem?
Answer: BALTIMORE (Ravens)

Question: What was the first name of Dickens' 'Mr. Micawber'?
Answer: 'Wilkins'

Question: Who was the voice of 'Charlie' in the TV series 'Charlie's Angels'?
Answer: John Forsythe

Question: Who composed 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'?
Answer: Paul Dukas

Question: Which chemical element is named after the planet discovered in 1781 by William Herschel?
Answer: Uranium

Question: Which chocolate bar used the slogan devised by Rod Allen, "triangular honey, from triangular bees'?
Answer: Toblerone

Question: On which Gulf is Cambodia?
Answer: Gulf Of Thailand

Question: At what type of shop does 'Albert Herring' work, in the opera by Benjamin Britten?
Answer: Greengrocers

Question: What name was given to the pre-decimal coin worth one- eighth of a pound?
Answer: Half Crown

Question: How were the Tennessee Titans NFL team known when they played in Houston?
Answer: 'Oilers'

Question: 'Straddle'and 'Western Roll' were techniques used in which athletics event?
Answer: High Jump

Question: In which constellation do the five main stars form a 'W' shape?
Answer: Cassiopeia

Question: In the Enid Blyton books, which child is the oldest of the 'Famous Five'?
Answer: 'Julian'

Question: What is the surname of the central family in the US cartoon series 'American Dad'?
Answer: 'Smith'

Question: How are the three stars 'Alnitak', 'Alnilam' and 'Mintaka' more commonly known, collectively?
Answer: Orion'S Belt

Question: What is the name of the high jump competition in show jumping?
Answer: Puissance

Question: Which 1964 book by Roald Dahl begins "These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket"?
Answer: 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory'

Question: Who played 'Jim Phelps', the lead agent, in the TV series 'Mission: Impossible'?
Answer: Peter Graves

Question: In which US state is the volcano, Mount St. Helens?
Answer: Washington

Question: In the film 'Fantasia' which conductor 'shakes hands' with 'Mickey Mouse' at the end of 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'?
Answer: Leopold Stokowski

Question: What name is given to the Parliament, those who remained after 'Pride's Purge', dismissed by Cromwell on 20th April 1653?
Answer: 'Rump'

Question: Which chemical element is named after the country of birth of Marie Curie?
Answer: Polonium

Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979?
Answer: Pierre Trudeau

Question: In which city do the Rugby League team play home games at the Don Valley Stadium?
Answer: SHEFFIELD (Eagles)

Question: Who wrote the 1889 novel 'A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court'?
Answer: Mark Twain

Question: Which actress won a worst actress 'Razzie' in 2010 for her role in the film 'All About Steve'?
Answer: Sandra Bullock

Question: How many Nobel Prizes are there?
Answer: Six

Question: Which character was known as 'The Fat Owl Of The Remove'?
Answer: 'Billy Bunter'

Question: On which celebrity quiz are the scores kept by 'George Dawes'?
Answer: 'Shooting Stars'

Question: In the USA, if you travel inland from Oregon, or Washington, which state do you enter?
Answer: Idaho

Question: In mathematics, which letter is used for the constant which is approximately 2.7182818?
Answer: e

Question: In motoring terms what is an 'OHC'?
Answer: (Overhead) CAMSHAFT

Question: From which Disney animated picture does the song 'Under The Sea' come?
Answer: 'The Little Mermaid'