Question: Which composer wrote the ‘Bridal Chorus’, popularly known as ‘Here Comes the Bride’?
Answer: Richard Wagner

Question: How many bottles of champagne in a Jeroboam?
Answer: Four

Question: Salix Babylonica is the Latin name for which tree?
Answer: Weeping willow

Question: In which country is Lake Onega?
Answer: Russia

Question: The mythical creature ‘Niseag’ is better known by what name?
Answer: Loch Ness Monster (Nessie)

Question: Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal played two sheep herders in which 2005 film?
Answer: Brokeback Mountain

Question: Who played Charlie Croker in the 2003 film ‘The Italian Job’?
Answer: Mark Wahlberg

Question: Which sport is the subject of the 1992 film ‘The Mighty Ducks’?
Answer: Ice hockey

Question: Robert Redford and Jane Fonda play newlyweds Paul and Corie Bratter in which 1967 film?
Answer: Barefoot in the Park

Question: Who played the fire chief Michael O’Hallorhan in the 1974 film ‘Towering Inferno’?
Answer: Steve McQueen

Question: What is the occupation of Richard E Grant in the 1995 film ‘Jack and Sarah’?
Answer: Lawyer

Question: Who played the title role in the 1980 film ‘American Gigolo’?
Answer: Richard Gere

Question: Ray Winstone and Ian McShane starred in the 2009 crime drama ’44 Inch ‘what’?
Answer: Chest

Question: What are the first names of the Roses played by Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas in the 1989 film ‘The War of the Roses’?
Answer: Barbara and Oliver

Question: What is the title of the song in the 1981 film ‘Arthur’ that won the Academy Award for Best Song?
Answer: Best That You Can Do (Arthur’s Theme)

Question: In the 2000 film ‘Serendipity’, John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale meet in which New York shop?
Answer: Bloomingdales

Question: Which 1961 film, set in New York, is based on Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
Answer: West Side Story

Question: What are the surnames of the title characters in the 1991 film Thelma and Louise?
Answer: Dickinson and Sawyer

Question: Which bean is the main flavour of the liqueur Tia Maria?
Answer: Coffee bean

Question: In medicine, an Amsler grid is used for examining which part of the body?
Answer: Eyes

Question: Mieszko I was the first historically documented ruler of which modern-day European country?
Answer: Poland

Question: Avarua is the capital of which island group?
Answer: The Cook Islands

Question: A ‘prie-dieu’ is a narrow desk-like bench on which to kneel and do what?
Answer: Pray

Question: ‘Wot a lot I got’ was the advertising slogan for which confectionery items?
Answer: Smarties

Question: Which fruit is the international symbol of hospitality?
Answer: Pineapple

Question: Serial and Parallel are ports found in what?
Answer: A computer

Question: The Painted Desert lies in which US state?
Answer: Arizona

Question: Rapper/songwriter Eminem made his official film debut in which 2002 film?
Answer: 8 Mile

Question: Kenny Shiels became permanent manager of which Scottish football club in 2011?
Answer: Kilmarnock

Question: Which colour represents Line 11 of the Paris Metro rail system?
Answer: Brown

Question: Which Stephen King novel is said to have been rejected by 30 different publishers?
Answer: Carrie

Question: In the Bible, what is the surname of Judas, who kissed Jesus in the garden of Gethsemene?
Answer: Iscariot

Question: A biped is an animal with how many feet?
Answer: Two

Question: Egg, Barcelona, Ball and Korum are all types of which item of furniture?
Answer: Chair

Question: Who plays David Starsky in the 2004 film ‘Starsky and Hutch’?
Answer: Ben Stiller

Question: Columbus Day in the US is celebrated during which month?
Answer: October

Question: Mombasa is the chief port of which country?
Answer: Kenya

Question: What was the middle name of former US President Richard Nixon?
Answer: Milhous

Question: Which are the four Cardinal signs of the Zodiac?
Answer: Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn

Question: Who was the last Tudor monarch of England?
Answer: Elizabeth I

Question: What colour was the medal ribbon on the Naval Victoria Cross until 1918?
Answer: Blue

Question: Who became head of the KGB in May 1967?
Answer: Yuri Andropov

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ars gratia artis’ translate to in English?
Answer: Art for art’s sake

Question: A nullipara is a woman who has never done what?
Answer: Given birth

Question: What is the capital of Lithuania?
Answer: Vilnius

Question: Vectis was the Roman name for which island off the coast of Britain?
Answer: Isle of Wight

Question: On a standard dartboard, which number lies opposite 6?
Answer: 11

Question: Which fictional character is known as ‘The boy who never grew up’?
Answer: Peter Pan

Question: What is the highest reward bestowed by the Royal Horticultural Society?
Answer: Victoria Medal of Honour

Question: What is the official language of Zambia?
Answer: English

Question: Which English singer has a son called Zachary Jackson Levon?
Answer: Elton John

Question: British monarchs George V, Edward VIII and George VI all reigned during which year?
Answer: 1936

Question: Business magnate Bill gates dropped out which US university?
Answer: Harvard University

Question: A tetrachordo bouzouki has how many pairs of strings?
Answer: Four

Question: Dermatophobia is the irrational fear of disease of which part of the body?
Answer: Skin

Question: The State Hermitage Museum is in which Russian city?
Answer: St Petersburg

Question: Fraise is French for which fruit?
Answer: Strawberry

Question: The Diamantina Trench lies in which ocean?
Answer: Indian ocean

Question: Colleen McLoughlin married which English footballer in 2008?
Answer: Wayne Rooney

Question: In December 2006 a version of the board game ‘Operation’ was released in which the player operates on which fictional superhero?
Answer: Spider-Man

Question: The Piazza Navona is in which European city?
Answer: Rome

Question: Which US President was shot by assassin Charles J Guiteau in 1881?
Answer: James A Garfield

Question: Jacob Epstein and Barbara Hepworth were famous in which branch of the arts?
Answer: Sculpture

Question: Which US psychologist and writer popularised the carchphrase ‘Turn on, tune in, drop out’?
Answer: Timothy Leary

Question: Brothers Tom and Ben Youngs joined which English rugby union club in 2006?
Answer: Leicester Tigers

Question: Known as ‘The Liberator of South America’, political leader Simon Bolivar became President of which country in 1813?
Answer: Venezuela

Question: Who wrote the 1930 novel ‘The Maltese Falcon’?
Answer: Dashiel Hammett

Question: During which year did British sovereignty of Hong Kong end?
Answer: 1997

Question: A labeorphilist collects what type of bottles?
Answer: Beer bottles

Question: What was the pen-name of British writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch?
Answer: Q

Question: Remy, Colette Tatou and Anton Ego are all characters in which 2007 Disney film?
Answer: Ratatouille

Question: What is the ‘Fifth Pillar of Islam’?
Answer: The Hajj

Question: How many events are in a tetrathlon?
Answer: Four

Question: In which country was the radio telescope situated that transmitted pictures all over the world of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon in 1969?
Answer: Australia

Question: Which Peanuts cartoon character is famous for saying ‘There is no heavier burden than a great potential’?
Answer: Linus

Question: Which is the largest of the Balearic Islands?
Answer: Majorca

Question: Who was the mother of King James I of England?
Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

Question: In 2010, who became Germany’s youngest President at the age of 51?
Answer: Christian Wulff

Question: What is the title of the fourth Harry Potter film?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Question: Ambridge is the home of which BBC series?
Answer: The Archers

Question: Which English television presenter served as the High Sheriff of The Isle of Wight between 2008 and 2009?
Answer: Alan Titchmarsh