Question: According to Irish mythology, which great warrior was responsible for the building of the 'Giant's Causeway' to link the shores of Scotland and Ireland?
Answer: FINN McCOOL

Question: Which political group imposed dictatoriship in France after the revolution?
Answer: Jacobins

Question: What was the name of the Kennedy brother who died in World War II, when his plane exploded while on a mission?
Answer: Joseph

Question: 'Thumbelina', a tiny girl not half as big as a thumb, was grown from a beggar's gift to a peasant woman. What was the gift?
Answer: A Barley Corn

Question: Who took over the reigns of power in France after the Revolution?
Answer: Maximillian Robespierre

Question: How many fences in the Grand National are jumped twice?
Answer: Fourteen

Question: Who introduced the science of psychoanalysis, the investigation of the unconscious mind?
Answer: Siegmund Freud

Question: 'Gunfight At The OK Corral' in 1957, Burt Lancaster stars as 'Wyatt Earp'. Who stars as 'Doc Halliday'?
Answer: Kirk Douglas

Question: John Wayne Bobbit hit the headlines when he was mutilated by his vengeful wife, what was her name?
Answer: Lorene

Question: What is the collective name for the sepals of a flower?
Answer: Calyx

Question: In the film 'Tombstone', Kurt Russell plays Wyatt Earp. Who plays 'Doc Halliday'?
Answer: Val Kilmer

Question: O.J. Simpson's trial for murder monopolised the American media. What was his wife's name?
Answer: Nicole

Question: What name is given to the joint at which leaves are borne on a stem?
Answer: Node

Question: Which Polish astronomer put forward the theory that the earth revolved around the sun?
Answer: Copernicus

Question: With what emblem is St. Peter usually portrayed?
Answer: Keys

Question: From which country does the domesticated cat 'The Ragdoll' originate?
Answer: U.S.A

Question: Which American President broadcast 'Fireside Chats' to the American people in the 1930's?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question: St. Peter was the leader of the 'Apostles', he was given this name by Jesus. What did it mean?
Answer: The Rock

Question: During whose Presidency of the USA did the Korean War take place?
Answer: Harry S. Trueman

Question: From which country does 'Belleek' porcelain come?
Answer: Northern Ireland

Question: Which East German ice skater was 1984 Olympic Champion and by 1990 had won four World Titles?
Answer: Katarina Witt

Question: At which festival is the 'Golden Rose' award given?
Answer: Montreux

Question: How many parts of speech are there?
Answer: Eight

Question: What type of food is Dunlop?
Answer: Cheese

Question: What was the name of Christopher Columbus' flagship on his expedition of 1492?
Answer: Santa Maria

Question: Which novelist when working for the Post Office was responsible for the introduction of the pillar box into Britain?
Answer: Anthony Trollope

Question: Who was responsible for introducing the 'Penny Post' into Britain?
Answer: Roland Hill

Question: Which Spanish 'conquistador' burnt his fleet off the coast of Mexico in order to stop his men deserting?
Answer: Hernando Cortez

Question: Which actor appeared in 'The Paradise Club' and 'Eastenders'?
Answer: Leslie Grantham

Question: With which sport would you associate the name Jasper Parnivik?
Answer: Golf

Question: Who in 1892, was the last heir to the British throne to die before succeeding to it?
Answer: PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR (Duke of Clarence)

Question: When was the last change to the Royal Coat of Arms?
Answer: 1837 (Ascendency of Victoria when the shield of the House of Hanover was omitted)

Question: Which west African has the 'Cedi' as its unit of currency?
Answer: Ghana

Question: Which family of birds, common throughout the world has the family name 'Strigidae'?
Answer: Owls

Question: Who created 'Pomeroy's Wine Bar' for his hero?
Answer: JOHN MORTIMER (for 'Rumpole')

Question: Which internationally respected pianist's real name is Philippe Pages?
Answer: Richard Clayderman

Question: """She who must be obeyed"" was the wife of 'Rumpole of the Bailey', but what was her Christian name?"
Answer: Hilda

Question: Which aircraft manufacturing team designed and produced the Mig 23 and Mig 27 single engined swing- wing fighters?
Answer: A.I. Mikoyan

Question: Who along with Ernest Saunders was jointly convicted for their roles in the 'Guiness Scandal'?
Answer: Gerald Ronson

Question: The former flag of which country became the 'house flag' of the Shaw Saville Shipping Line?
Answer: NEW ZEALAND (it was originally called the United Tribes of New Zealand)

Question: Of which bird did Wordsworth ask, "shall I call thee, or but a wandering voice"?
Answer: CUCKOO (in "The Cuckoo")

Question: In Greek legend, a sculptor and craftsman constructed the 'Labyrinth' for Minos, who was he?
Answer: Daedalus

Question: When Hillary and tensing reached the summit of Everest, what was the last flag that they placed there?
Answer: UNITED NATIONS (Great Britain, Nepal, India and United Nations in order)

Question: From which city did the Portuguese Royal Family rule Portugal between 1808 and 1821?
Answer: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil

Question: Which Greek heroine was said to have hatched from an egg?
Answer: Helen Of Troy

Question: Peter Schmeichel joined Manchester United, from which football club?
Answer: Brondby

Question: Who was Soviet Foreign Minister from 1957 to 1985?
Answer: Andrei Gromyko

Question: What was the name of the character played by Kevin Costner in the film, 'Dances With Wolves'?
Answer: Lt. JOHN DUNBAR

Question: Which Premier League side did Daniel Amokachi join after success in the 1994 World Cup for Nigeria?
Answer: Everton

Question: Which former member of the 'Monty Python' team directed such films as 'Brazil' and 'The Fisher King'?
Answer: Terry Gilliam

Question: What do 'Emetic' drugs induce?
Answer: Vomiting

Question: What are the Ellice Islands now called?
Answer: Tuvalu

Question: Which film directed by Milos Foreman netted him his second Best Director 'Oscar'?
Answer: 'Amadeus'

Question: The architect Louis le Vau began the extension and remodeling of which French palace in 1661?
Answer: Palace Of Versailes

Question: Nyassaland is a country now known as what?
Answer: Malawi

Question: Who was the leader of the cult, who in 1993 committed mass suicide on a farm in Waco, Texas?
Answer: David Koresh

Question: Who designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York?
Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright

Question: After winning £152,000 in 1961, whose autobiography was entitled 'Spend, Spend, Spend'?
Answer: Vivian Nicholson

Question: Which motor manufacturer makes the 'Getz' model of car?
Answer: Hyundai

Question: Which American television presenter said, "Boy George is all England needs, another queen who can't dress"?
Answer: Joan Rivers

Question: Which architect designed the Pompidou Centre in Paris?
Answer: Richard Rogers

Question: 'All human life is there', was a slogan used to advertise which newspaper?
Answer: News Of The World

Question: What was the name of the 'Space-shuttle' from which the record breaking five hour "space walk" took place in 1993?
Answer: Endeavor

Question: When Roy Jenkins became a Lord, where did he become Lord Jenkins of?
Answer: Hillhead

Question: Which horse finished first in the abandoned Grand National of 1993?
Answer: Esher Ness

Question: 'Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere', was the slogan used to launch which magazine?
Answer: Cosmopolitan

Question: What was the last Grand National winner ridden by an amateur, before 'Mr. Fisk'?
Answer: Grittar

Question: Who first entered Parliament in 1970, when he became MP for Bedwelty?
Answer: Neil Kinnock

Question: Where was the first production line for 'Model T' Ford's set up?
Answer: Detroit

Question: Which golfer said, "Grey hair is great, just ask anyone whose bald"?
Answer: Lee Trevino

Question: Which veteran rock musician said, "If I had my time again, I would like to take up archeology"?
Answer: Bill Wyman