Question: Where was the first fossil 'Homo Erectus' found?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Which geological period is popularly named the 'Coal Age'?
Answer: Carboniferous

Question: Which geological period is named after the chalk laid down?
Answer: Cretaceous

Question: The endangered kakapo of New Zealand is the world's largest member of which bird family?
Answer: Parrot

Question: Who was the East German leader ousted in 1989?
Answer: Erich Honecker

Question: Which Slovak was elected Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in January 1968?
Answer: Alexander Dubcek

Question: Which film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director Robert Zemeckis and Best Actor Tom Hanks?
Answer: Forrest Gump

Question: Which film won Oscars for Best picture, Best Director Barry Levinson and Best Actor Dustin Hoffman?
Answer: Rain Man

Question: Daniel Arap Moi was President of which country?
Answer: Kenya

Question: The Pula is the monetary unit of which African country?
Answer: Botswana

Question: In what did the Owl and the Pussycat keep their money and honey?
Answer: A five pound note

Question: In which county is Alton Towers?
Answer: Staffordshire

Question: On a standard typewriter keyboard which is the only vowel not on the top line?
Answer: A

Question: Which European make of car's logo is a stylized diamond shape?
Answer: Renault

Question: About which bird did Wordsworth write "Is it a bird, or but a wandering voice?
Answer: Cuckoo

Question: What is the name of the tar-like substance produced from petroleum?
Answer: Bitumen

Question: What word is given to the limit of distance at which a sound can be heard?
Answer: Earshot

Question: Who played the part of Mildred Roper on television?
Answer: Yootha Joyce

Question: What name is given to a division of a 'Hells Angels' club?
Answer: Chapter

Question: Who painted 'The Persistence of Memory'?
Answer: Salvador Dali

Question: What part was played by Patrick Newell in 'The Avengers' TV series?
Answer: Mother

Question: Which bone in the human body is at the front but sounds like its at the back?
Answer: Sternum

Question: What is the national sport of Cuba?
Answer: Baseball

Question: The Polar Explorer Sir Ranulph Feines has two other forenames give either one?
Answer: Twistleton/Wykeham

Question: Who plays 'Auntie Wainwright' in Last of the Summer Wine?
Answer: Jean Alexander

Question: Who was the founder and conductor of the 'Black and White Minstrels?
Answer: George Mitchell

Question: In which year did the 'Jet Age' become the 'Space Age'?
Answer: 1957

Question: Which part of the human eye may be removed and kept in an eye bank?
Answer: The Cornea

Question: In which sphere of industry or commerce is the name of Arthur Maiden famous?
Answer: Advertising

Question: Who or what is the subject of an iconic 1960 photograph by Alberto Korda?
Answer: Che Guevara

Question: In Greek Mythology, Pasiphae gave birth to which creature?
Answer: The Minotaur

Question: What name is given to the study of living things in their environment?
Answer: Ecology

Question: Which part of the human eye controls the size of the pupils?
Answer: The Iris

Question: Which English King's coronation was postponed because he was suffering from appendicitis?
Answer: Edward Vii

Question: Who, in Greek myth, after being slain gave birth to the winged horse 'Pegasus'?
Answer: Medusa

Question: Which invention brought to an end the 'Prehistoric Era'?
Answer: Writing

Question: Which chemical element emits a greenish glow in the air, and unless kept in water, burns of its own accord?
Answer: Phosphorus

Question: Which single word connects Beethoven, 'Terry's of York and Glenn Miller?
Answer: Moonlight

Question: Where was the venue for the hare-coursing 'Waterloo Cup'?
Answer: Altcar

Question: What is the name of the Buckinghamshire Estate where the German 'Enigma' codes were cracked during WW2?
Answer: Bletchley Park

Question: Which classic British car company of the 1940's/50's now produces armoured vehicles for the British Army?
Answer: Alvis

Question: Which actress played the 'Bond' girl Honeychile Ryder'?
Answer: Ursula Andress

Question: Which travel and holiday agents cater exclusively for people over 50?
Answer: Saga

Question: Which consumer company advertises on its packages, 'The best to you each morning'?
Answer: Kelloggs

Question: In which city was the first of the 'Rocky' films shot?
Answer: Philadelphia

Question: Which British aircraft company, after WW2 produced a classic car marque and also made buses and trucks?
Answer: Bristol

Question: Which city is the closest Meriden which claims to be the geographical centre of England?
Answer: Coventry

Question: What was the brand name of the 'Cross your Heart' bra?
Answer: Playtex

Question: Which sportsman was nicknamed 'The Yankee Clipper'?
Answer: Joe Di Maggio

Question: In which alcoholic spirit might you find a worm in the bottle?
Answer: Tequila

Question: What would be stored in a 'humidor'?
Answer: Cigars

Question: What was the name of the slumbering princess in the tale of 'Sleeping Beauty'?
Answer: Aurora

Question: Which eagle is the largest bird of prey native to England?
Answer: The White-Tailed

Question: Whose hit 'We Are Family' because an anthem for Gay Rights?
Answer: Sister Sledge

Question: What does Melanie Sykes advertise on television besides Churchill Insurance?
Answer: Boddington' S

Question: For what does the 'U' stand in UPVC?
Answer: Unplasticised

Question: BBC's Racing Team, Channel 4's Horse Racing Team and long-time Merseyside Quiz League Official, which name is common to all three?
Answer: JIM McGRATH

Question: What name is given to the giant American Transport Plane the 'C5'?
Answer: The Galaxy

Question: An Astronomical Unit is a standard measurement taken from the earth to where?
Answer: The Sun

Question: After Malta itself and Gozo, what is the third largest island in the country of Malta?
Answer: Comino

Question: In July 1963, Gerald Durrell set up a Wildlife Conservationist trust on which island?
Answer: Jersey

Question: Which English composer gave the Italian title "Sinfonia Antartica" to his seventh symphony?
Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Question: Who, with 18 dismissals, was England's leading wicket taker in the 2009 Ashes series versus Australia?
Answer: Stuart Broad

Question: Which European country contains five of the world's ten highest waterfalls?
Answer: Norway

Question: Stomatitis is an inflammation of which part of the human body?
Answer: The Mouth

Question: In which European city is Shakespeare's play, "Measure for Measure" set?
Answer: Vienna

Question: In August 2009, British athlete, Philip Idowu, won the World Title in Berlin in which event?
Answer: Triple Jump

Question: In Welsh place names, what does the word, "Ynys" signify?
Answer: Island

Question: What is the surname of the rap artist who goes by the pseudonym Eminem?
Answer: Mathers

Question: What name is given to the hammer used by an auctioneer?
Answer: A Gavel

Question: Who had a No 1 single, "Fight For This Love", and a No.1 album, in the UK charts in the same week, in November 2009?
Answer: Cheryl Cole

Question: Ryan Giggs father, Danny Wilson, left Rugby Union in Wales, and signed professional forms for which Rugby League club?
Answer: Swinton

Question: Who, in literary fiction, were Peter, Phyllis and Roberta?
Answer: The Railway Children

Question: British athlete, Jessica Ennis, is currently World Champion in which women's event?
Answer: Heptathlon

Question: What is the geographical setting for Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It"?
Answer: The Forest Of Arden

Question: Which European country contains six of the world's deepest caves?
Answer: France

Question: Which actor played the part of the vicar, the Reverend Timothy Farthing in the TV comedy series "Dad's Army"? He later was "promoted" to play Bishop Charles in "You Rang M'Lord" in the 1990's
Answer: Frank Williams