Question: In which BBC psychological crime drama series does Idris Elba play the title character?
Answer: 'Luther'

Question: Which war is the setting for 'Goodbye To All That' by Robert Graves?
Answer: World War I

Question: Which British mammal can be 'Field', 'Bank' or 'Water'?
Answer: Vole

Question: Which Victorian artist painted 'The Derby Day' in the 1850's?
Answer: William Powell Frith

Question: Which Eugene O'Neill play takes place from around 8:30 am to midnight in August 1912 at the seaside Connecticut home of the 'Tyrone' family?
Answer: 'Long Day'S Journey Into Night'

Question: Who played 'Tony Wilson' in the 202 film '24 Hour Party People'?
Answer: Steve Coogan

Question: 'The Devil Rides Out' is the second book of autobiography of which Birkenhead born comedian and TV presenter?
Answer: Paul O'Grady

Question: What was the name of the peace protester who camped in Parliament Square for many years, who died last month?
Answer: Brian Haw

Question: Who reached number seven in the charts in 1994 with his cover version of 'Led Zepplin's', 'Stairway To Heaven'?
Answer: Rolf Harris

Question: Who was the star of the 1937 film 'Oh, Mr. Porter !'?
Answer: Will Hay

Question: What was the middle name of the architect Edwin L. Lutyens?
Answer: Landseer

Question: The line "Jennifer Eccles had terrible freckles" from the 'Scaffold's', 'Lily The Pink' refers to the single 'Jennifer Eccles' which was a hit for which group?
Answer: 'The Hollies'

Question: What is the name of Liam Gallagher's new band, whose first album is 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'?
Answer: 'Beady Eye'

Question: The forerunner of the Meteorological Office, who in 1854 was appointed as Meteorological Statist to the Board of Trade?
Answer: Robert Fitzroy

Question: In which US city is the independent broadcaster 'Peachtree TV'?
Answer: ATLANTA (Georgia)

Question: Which European capital city is in the title of a Shakespeare play?
Answer: ATHENS ('Timon Of Athens')

Question: In which sport was Ivan Mauger (pron. Major) World Champion six times between 1968 and 1979?
Answer: Speedway

Question: What number is represented by the Roman numerals 'XL'?
Answer: Forty (40)

Question: In which t.v. crime thriller does Emelia Fox play 'Nikki Alexander' and Tom Ward play 'Harry Cunningham'?
Answer: 'Silent Witness'

Question: In which month is Candlemas celebrated?
Answer: February

Question: The fleet of which Empire lost the 1571 Battle of Lepanto?
Answer: Ottoman

Question: Who had two, number two hits in 1958 with 'Return To Me' and 'Volare'?
Answer: Dean Martin

Question: What is the name of the black stone in Mecca, visited by pilgrims during the Hajj?
Answer: Kaaba

Question: Who voices 'Chris', the Silver Track mechanic, in the cartoon series 'Roary the Racing Car' and also sings the theme tune?
Answer: Peter Kay

Question: The t.v. version of which 1977 play by Mike Leigh features Demis Roussos singing 'Forever And Ever'?
Answer: 'Abigail'S Party'

Question: The Schengen Agreement allows passengers from member countries to cross borders freely. Five EU countries are not members, including the UK. Name one of the other four?
Answer: BULGARIA, CYPRUS, IRELAND or ROMANIA

Question: What is the English name for the Rossini opera 'La Gazza Ladra'?
Answer: 'The Thieving Magpie'

Question: Name either of the letters of our alphabet that are not used in Spanish words?
Answer: K or W

Question: Who was the eleventh President of the USA, the first with a four letter surname?
Answer: James Polk

Question: Name either of the six letter African capital cities that begin Ban...?
Answer: BANGUI or BANJUL

Question: Complete the title of the poem by Rupert Brooke 'The Old Vicarage,.......'?
Answer: 'Grantchester'

Question: Who scored a maximum 147 break in this year's World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield?
Answer: Stephen Hendry

Question: Since December 1999, complete the name of this South American country: Bolivarian Republic of .......?
Answer: Venezuela

Question: October 2nd. is International Day of Non-Violence and celebrates the birth of which man in 1869?
Answer: Gandhi

Question: Of which European country was Jacques Santer the Prime Minister from 1984 to 1995?
Answer: Luxembourg

Question: Which country will become the twenty eighth member of the EU in July 2013?
Answer: Croatia

Question: 'Nathaniel Winkle', 'Augustus Snodgrass' and 'Tracy Tupman' are members of which Club in a work by Charles Dickens?
Answer: 'THE PICKWICK CLUB' (in 'The Pickwick Papers')

Question: As what, was the Democratic Republic of Congo known until July 1997?
Answer: Republic of ZAIRE

Question: Which Warrington born fashion designer, whose family moved to Oswaldtwistle during World War II, was famously featured in a painting by David Hockney?
Answer: Raymond OSSIE CLARKE

Question: Which Nobel Prize for Literature winning Indian, first called Gandhi 'Mahatma'?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

Question: Who is the only Briton to have been President of the European Commission, holding the post from 1977 to 1981?
Answer: Roy Jenkins

Question: Complete the title of the poem by T.S. Eliot, 'The Love Song Of J. Alfred........'?
Answer: 'Prufrock'

Question: In football, which country won the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, their first title?
Answer: Zambia

Question: In 1968, which was the first manned lunar orbiting mission?
Answer: Apollo 8

Question: In the film 'Transformers', who plays 'John Keller', the US Secretary of Defence?
Answer: Jon Voight

Question: Muslims believe the verses of the Qu'ran were given by God to Muhammad through whom?
Answer: (Arch)ANGEL GABRIEL

Question: Peter Kay, as 'Geraldine McQueen', recorded 'I Know Him So Well' for Comic Relief last year in a duet with which singer?
Answer: Susan Boyle

Question: Which 1982 play by Michael Frayn shows three stages in the development of the play 'Nothing On'?
Answer: 'Noises Off'

Question: What is the English name for the Wagner opera 'Gotterdammerung'?
Answer: 'Twilight Of The Gods'

Question: What is the name of the accent used above the letter 'N' to make a separate letter in the Spanish alphabet?
Answer: Tilde

Question: Who was the ninth President of the USA, the first to die in office; his grandson was the twenty-third President?
Answer: (William Henry) HARRISON

Question: In which city is the Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, founded in 1992?
Answer: Madrid

Question: Name either of the six letter African capital cities that begin 'LU' and end in 'A'?
Answer: LUANDA or LUSAKA

Question: 'Gnarls Barkley' who had worldwide success in 2006 with 'Crazy' comprised Cee Lo Green and which DJ?
Answer: 'Danger Mouse'

Question: In 2008, three Icelandic banks went into receivership. They were Kaupthing, Glitnir ad which other?
Answer: Ladsbanki

Question: Which school is attended by the students in the t.v. series 'Glee'?
Answer: 'Mckinley High'

Question: Which work by Charles Dickens is set in 'Coketown'?
Answer: 'Hard Times'

Question: Who is the earliest post-1066 king featured in the title of a Shakespeare history play?
Answer: King John

Question: Who was the World Darts Champion five times in the 1980's?
Answer: Eric Bristow

Question: On a compass, what is the angle, in degrees, between N and NNE?
Answer: Twenty Two And A Half

Question: What is the surname of the brothers who played 'Ash Morgan' in 'Hustle' and 'Gene Hunt' in 'Life On Mars'?
Answer: GLENISTER (Robert & Philip)

Question: The 1709 Battle of Malplaquet was part of which War?
Answer: War Of Spanish Succession

Question: Frank Sinatra's first UK number one was in 1954 with which song, which also won an 'Oscar' for Best Original Song?
Answer: 'Three Coins In A Fountain'

Question: Which theme park was opened in Billund in 1968 as Denmark's answer to 'Disneyland'?
Answer: Legoland

Question: What substance are feathers, fingernails and hair made of?
Answer: Keratin