Question: A sackbut was an early form of which musical instrument?
Answer: Trombone

Question: Which chemical element, atomic number 35, takes its name from the Greek word for ‘stench’?
Answer: Bromine

Question: What is the only malt whisky distilled on the Isle of Skye?
Answer: Talisker

Question: Which Irish poet and dramatist was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature in 1923?
Answer: W B Yeats

Question: Griffin Park is the home ground of which Championship Football League team?
Answer: Brentford

Question: Which Italian dessert is usually made from egg yolks, sugar and Marsala?
Answer: Zabaglione

Question: Which Robert L Stevenson novel of 1883 was originally entitled ‘The Sea Cook - A Story for Boys’?
Answer: Treasure Island

Question: Which American businessman presented the original TV series ‘The Apprentice’ which premiered in 2004?
Answer: Donald Trump

Question: Which cartoon character said in a 1988 film “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way”?
Answer: Jessica Rabbit

Question: Who wrote the 1946 play ‘The Winslow Boy’?
Answer: Terence Rattigan

Question: Which media executive set up the TV channel CNN in 1980?
Answer: Ted Turner

Question: The Hallux is the anatomical name for what part of the human body?
Answer: Big Toe

Question: Under what pseudonym did Edith Pargeter create the detective Brother Cadfael?
Answer: Ellis Peters

Question: Taxus Baccata is the botanical name of which tree?
Answer: (English/European) Yew

Question: Which British Prime Minister did John Bellingham assassinate in 1812?
Answer: Spencer Perceval

Question: What is the name of the Queen’s great grandchild, daughter of Zara Tindall (nee Philips)?
Answer: Mia

Question: What 4-letter word beginning with V was OED’s word of the year for 2014?
Answer: Vape

Question: Who wrote the novels "Shout at the Devil” and "When the Lion Feeds"?
Answer: (Wilbur) SMITH

Question: What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan?
Answer: Bishkek

Question: Which band released albums called "His 'n' Hers" and "Different Class” in the 1990s?
Answer: Pulp

Question: Who was appointed Secretary of State for Education in David Cameron's May 2015 cabinet?
Answer: (Nicky) MORGAN

Question: What is the capital of Tajikstan?
Answer: Dushanbe

Question: Who was appointed Secretary of State for Transport in David Cameron's May 2015 cabinet?
Answer: (Patrick) McLOUGHLIN

Question: In what year did 'Terms of Endearment win the Best Picture Oscar, the Macintosh computer is released by Apple and Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated?
Answer: 1984

Question: In which wars did the battles of Towton and Barnet take place?
Answer: Wars Of The Roses

Question: Fountains Abbey is situated three miles SW of which Yorkshire city?
Answer: Ripon

Question: The Great Star of Africa, part of the Crown Jewels, is what type of precious stone?
Answer: Diamond

Question: Who in Greek myth cut the Gordian knot?
Answer: Alexander

Question: Which Old Testament character was known for his poverty and patience?
Answer: Job

Question: Panophobia is the abnormal fear of what?
Answer: Everything

Question: What is the common name for labialis herpes?
Answer: Cold Sore

Question: The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is situated at Bretton Hall near which city?
Answer: Wakefield

Question: Of what is limnology the study?
Answer: Inland Waters

Question: The name of which Old Testament prophet has come to mean a bringer of bad luck?
Answer: Jonah

Question: The unit the Weber is used to measure the strength of what?
Answer: Magnetic Fields

Question: What was the name the British flagship during the Falklands conflict?
Answer: (Hms) Hermes

Question: What type of bird is a goosander?
Answer: Duck

Question: Which African country's flag has three equal vertical stripes of green, white and green?
Answer: Nigeria

Question: In lndian cuisine what is paratha?
Answer: (Unleavened) BREAD

Question: What was the world's first nuclear aircraft carrier?
Answer: (Uss) Enterprise

Question: The Fields Medal is awarded every four years in which discipline?
Answer: Mathematics

Question: Who composed the music for the 1937 ballet "Checkmate"?
Answer: (Arthur) BLISS

Question: In Islam, who or what is a kafir?
Answer: Non Muslim/Non Believer

Question: Which film that won Oscars in April 2015, told the story of an aspiring jazz drummer and his brutal instructor?
Answer: Whiplash

Question: Which animals are mainly affected by the disease "blue tongue"?
Answer: Sheep

Question: Which future king of England was born in Caernarfon Castle in 1284?
Answer: EDWARD the SECOND

Question: Who wrote, the 2011 sequel to Pride and Prejudice, "Death Comes to Pemberley”?
Answer: P.D. James

Question: Prior to the introduction of the Euro which country's currency was the tolar?
Answer: Slovenia

Question: In Hinduism who or what is a sadhu?
Answer: Holy Man/Religious Ascetic

Question: Which film that won Oscars in April 2015, told the story of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement in 1965?
Answer: Selma

Question: From what wood are cricket stumps made?
Answer: Ash

Question: Which deposed king of England died in Pontefract Castle in 1400?
Answer: RICHARD the SECOND

Question: Which animals are affected by the disease "glanders"?
Answer: Horses

Question: Prior to the introduction of the Euro which country's currency was the litas?
Answer: Lithuania

Question: Who wrote, the 2011 novel about Sherlock Holmes called, 'The House of Silk"?
Answer: (Anthony) HOROWITZ

Question: Which pop group consists of Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Nick O'Malley?
Answer: Arctic Monkeys

Question: Which evolutionary biologist wrote "The Ancestor's Tale" in 2004?
Answer: (Richard) DAWKINS

Question: For what type of transport is the mobile phone app Uber used?
Answer: Taxis

Question: On which TV show did the band Electric Mayhem feature?
Answer: The Muppet Show

Question: Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as President of France in 1969?
Answer: Georges Pompidou

Question: Who, in fiction, arrived in Whitby aboard the schooner Demeter?
Answer: Dracula

Question: Which, now ubiquitous, markings first appeared on packs of Wrigley’s chewing gum in 1974?
Answer: Bar codes

Question: HR is the international licence plate code for which country?
Answer: Croatia

Question: In the original Genus edition of the game Trivial Pursuit, what colour is the Art & Literature category?
Answer: Brown

Question: In The Jungle Book, Colonel Hathi was the leader of which animals?
Answer: Elephants

Question: Both costing £60, name either of the brown properties on a traditional London Monopoly board?
Answer: Old Kent Road or Whitechapel

Question: Who first sailed out of Whitby aboard the collier Freelove - his later ships include HMS Eagle, HMS Solebay, HMS Grenville and HMS Endeavour?
Answer: Captain James Cook

Question: Which King of Great Britain was buried in Hanover, the last monarch to be buried abroad?
Answer: George 1st

Question: Created in 1337, which is the oldest dukedom in England?
Answer: Cornwall

Question: Statues known as ‘Moai’ stand on which island?
Answer: Easter Island

Question: Which BBC TV comedy series was set in the French town of Nouvion?
Answer: ‘Allo ‘Allo

Question: The singer-songwriter, actress, model and dancer known as Solange is the sister of which famous singer?
Answer: Beyonce

Question: Which is the county town and administrative centre of the Isle of Anglesey?
Answer: Llangefni

Question: In a famous novel, who becomes governess of Thornfield Hall ?
Answer: Jane Eyre

Question: On which island is the holiday resort of Portinatx?
Answer: Ibiza

Question: The Meteorological Office is part of the B.I.S., for what does the I stand?
Answer: (Business) Innovation

Question: Which part of the body is affected by barotitis?
Answer: Ear

Question: Which acid used to be made by the lead chamber process but is now usually made by the contact process?
Answer: Sulphuric