Question: Tillakaratne Dilshan scored the most runs (500) in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. What nationality is he?
Answer: Sri Lankan

Question: 'Steerpike', 'Doctor Alfred Prunesquallor' and 'Fuschia Groan' are characters created by which author?
Answer: Mervyn Peake

Question: The last letter of the Greek alphabet is Omega. Which other letter, the 15th, also begins with the letter 'O'?
Answer: Omicron

Question: Which 1935 film of a Tolstoy tragedy starred Greta Garbo?
Answer: 'Anna Karenina'

Question: The largest capacity stadium in the NFL is the FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Which team play there?
Answer: Washington Redskins

Question: In the Bible, which king threw Daniel into the lion's den?
Answer: Darius

Question: Who was the UK Postmaster General from 1964 to 1966 and the Minister of State for Technology from 1966 to 1970?
Answer: Tony Benn

Question: In which North Wales town is the longest pier in Wales?
Answer: Llandudno

Question: How many 'Red Balloons' did Nena sing about in 1983?
Answer: 99

Question: """On a tree by a river a little tom-tit sang 'Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"" is the opening of a song from which work by Gilbert and Sullivan?"
Answer: 'The Mikado'

Question: Which African political leader's middle name is Rolihlahla?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: Prince George of Denmark was the husband of which queen, fathering 17 children who all died before him?
Answer: Queen Anne

Question: In the E.B. White novel, what type of animal was 'Stuart Little'?
Answer: A Mouse

Question: On a French menu, what are 'Moules'?
Answer: Mussels

Question: Which recent BBC drama starred Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones as barristers who are aiming to become QC's?
Answer: 'Silk'

Question: In 1996 Ranulph Fiennes failed, but which Briton completed a solo and unsupported trek to the South Pole?
Answer: David Hempleman- Adams

Question: Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's North West Territories, lies on the shore of which lake?
Answer: Great Slave Lake

Question: Mark E. Smith is a member of which band?
Answer: 'The Fall'

Question: His father, a former MEP, founded his own political party and stood as an MP. His mother has a London nightclub named after her. Who is the Conservative MP for Richmond Park, first elected at the 2010 General Election?
Answer: Zac Goldsmith

Question: Katherine Hepburn won an 'Oscar' for her portrayal of Henry II's wife, Eleanor, in which 1968 film?
Answer: 'The Lion In Winter'

Question: Indian Virender Sehwag with 175 made the highest score in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Which English player with 158 made the second highest score?
Answer: Andrew Strauss

Question: 'Count Fosco', 'Sergeant Richard Cuff' and 'Anne Catherick' are characters created by which author?
Answer: Wilkie Collins

Question: Which word completes the name of the clothing retailer 'Abercrombie and .....'?
Answer: 'Fitch'

Question: Who played 'Aunt Sally', to Jon Pertwee's 'Worzel Gummidge'?
Answer: Una Stubbs

Question: The headquarters building of which government agency is known as 'The Doughnut' due to its shape?
Answer: G.C.H.Q

Question: Burgess, Philby, Maclean...... . Who was known as the 'Fourth Man'?
Answer: Anthony Blunt

Question: Which South American country which has had currencies the Cruzeiro and the Cruzado, now uses the Real?
Answer: Brazil

Question: In which Lancashire town is Happy Mount Park?
Answer: Morecambe

Question: In which country was the Archbishop of York born?
Answer: Uganda

Question: How many matches are there in the 5th Round of the FA Cup?
Answer: 8

Question: Which comedian created the character 'Cosmo Smallpiece'?
Answer: Les Dawson

Question: Which Scot rode the Derby winner four times between 1979 and 1994?
Answer: Willie Carson

Question: Which US space project came between 'Mercury' and 'Apollo'?
Answer: 'Gemini'

Question: Which king was married to Mary of Teck?
Answer: George V

Question: Which Prime Minister was MP for two Birmingham constituencies - Ladywood from 1918 to 1929, then Edgebaston from 1929 to 1940?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Question: On the sleeve of the 'Beatles' album 'Abbey Road', who has a cigarette in his right hand?
Answer: PAUL McCARTNEY

Question: SEDBUK is used to compare the energy performance of which household items?
Answer: BOILERS (Seasonal Efficiency of Domestic Boilers in the U.K.)

Question: South African born Matt Stevens won a Gold Medal in the Choir Olympics when at school. At which sport does he play for England?
Answer: Rugby Union

Question: Who assists Alexander Armstrong with the t.v. quiz 'Pointless'?
Answer: Richard Osman

Question: Which England spin bowler won 'Beard of the Year' in 2006?
Answer: Monty Panesar

Question: To which former model is singer Jamie Cullum married?
Answer: Sophie Dahl

Question: Much of the action in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is set in a wood near which city?
Answer: Athens

Question: The 'Numbat' is a small mammal native to which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: The painting 'Las Meninas' in the Prado includes the artist at work. Who is the artist?
Answer: Diego Velazquez

Question: A character from which Roald Dahl work appeared on a 1st. class issued in January?
Answer: 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory'

Question: In which year was the Battle of Bannockburn?
Answer: 1810 - 1849

Question: Give a year in the life of composer Frederic Chopin?
Answer: 1810 - 1849

Question: Who played 'Tim the Enchanter' in the film 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'?
Answer: John Cleese

Question: Who was the 'Muse of Tragedy'?
Answer: Melpomene

Question: Name either of the countries in South America which do not border Brazil?
Answer: ECUADOR or CHILE

Question: When Real Madrid won the 1960 European Cup Final 7- 3, only two players scored their goals. Name either?
Answer: FERENC PUSKAS (4) or ALFEDO DI STEFANO (3)

Question: Who wrote the plays 'Relatively Speaking' and 'Absent Person Singular'?
Answer: Alan Ayckbourn

Question: 'A' is the lowest band for Council Tax in England. What is the highest?
Answer: 'H'

Question: An image of which building designed by Sir Basil Spence appeared on a stamp issued in February?
Answer: Coventry Cathedral

Question: Give a year in the life of composer Johann Sebastian Bach?
Answer: 1685 - 1750

Question: Which is Israel's southernmost city, located on the Red Sea?
Answer: Eilat

Question: Michael Watson won the Helen Rollason Award in 2003 for completing the London Marathon, despite being told that he would never walk again following an injury in which sport?
Answer: Boxing

Question: The 'Leonardo Express' links which capital city with its largest airport?
Answer: Rome

Question: Which England batsman was a chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School in London?
Answer: Alastair Cook

Question: Who replaced Paul Merton as the host of 'Room 101' on BBC t.v.?
Answer: Frank Skinner

Question: Who is this? Lived 1736 - 1819. Born in Greenock, Inventor, Partnered Matthew Boulton?
Answer: James Watt

Question: Who voices 'Queen Lillian' in the 'Shrek' films?
Answer: Julie Andrews

Question: Who became Prime Minister of Greece last November?
Answer: Lucas Papademos

Question: In 'Fairytale Of New York' by 'The Pogues', "the boys of the NYPD choir were singing ............", which song?
Answer: 'Galway Bay'

Question: Which is Shakespeare's longest play with 4024 lines?
Answer: 'Hamlet'

Question: In which 1932 novel set in the year '632 AF' (After Ford) is 'Lenina Crowe' a vaccination worker at the 'Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre'?
Answer: 'Brave New World'

Question: Cassini-Huygens is a spacecraft mission to which planet and its satellites?
Answer: Saturn

Question: Which king was married to Alexandra of Denmark?
Answer: Edward Vii

Question: Following which singer's death last year did the album 'Back To Black' top the UK charts for three weeks?
Answer: Amy Whitehouse