Question: Who was the first member of the Royal Family to be interviewed on television?
Answer: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the first Royal Family member to be interviewed on television in 1961

Question: Queen Elizabeth II is reigning queen and head of how many sovereign states?
Answer: 16

Question: Richard III's remains were recently found where?
Answer: Beneath Grey Friars car park in Leicester

Question: Who was the first Tudor King?
Answer: Henry VII

Question: Who was the first Hanoverian king?
Answer: George I

Question: In which palace was Robert the Bruce crowned in 1306?
Answer: Scone

Question: What was the name of the Royal yacht which was de-commissioned in 1997?
Answer: Britannia

Question: From which member of the Royal Family is David Cameron (British PM) directly descended?
Answer: Cameron descends from King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan through their illegitimate daughter Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence

Question: Who succeeded President Franklin D. Roosevelt after he died and for a bonus point in what year did this happen?
Answer: Harry S Truman 1945

Question: During 1951, who did the English football team beat 17 - 0?
Answer: Australia

Question: Which 1987 film, set in South Africa, starred Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington?
Answer: Cry Freedom

Question: Who played the leading role in the 1982 film 'Gandhi'?
Answer: Ben Kingsley

Question: Who was the last Viceroy of India prior to India gaining independence?
Answer: Earl Mountbatten

Question: In what year did Ankara become capital of Turkey?
Answer: 1923

Question: Who gave 'Checkers' to the British nation to be used as the Prime Minister's official country residence. For a bonus point name the year?
Answer: Lord Lee - 1921

Question: What's the name of the actor who played 'Huggy Bear' in the Starsky and Hutch TV series?
Answer: Antonio Fargas

Question: In which English county was the 1970's TV series 'Poldark' set?
Answer: Cornwall

Question: Who was the first actor to play Doctor Who?
Answer: William Hartnell

Question: Who played the original 'Granddad' in Only Fools and Horses?
Answer: Lennard Pearce

Question: Which child actress starred in Tiger Bay (1959), Pollyanna (1960) and The Parent Trap (1961)?
Answer: Hayley Mills

Question: Can you name the actress who links 'The Darling Buds of May' and 'Rosemary and Thyme'?
Answer: Pam Ferris

Question: In the 'Disney' film the Lion King, who provided the voice of the evil lion 'Scar'?
Answer: Jeremy Irons

Question: Which band recorded the soundtrack to the 1986 film, 'Highlander'?
Answer: Queen

Question: Which war was said to be 'The war to end all wars'?
Answer: World War I

Question: The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure. When was its first component launched?
Answer: 1998 Â

Question: A tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families?
Answer: Romeo and Juliet

Question: After appearing in 11 films together, including: The Long, Hot Summer (1958) Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) From the Terrace (1960) Paris Blues (1961) A New Kind of Love (1963) What a Way to Go! (1964), the couple lived their private life together away from Hollywood's glare?
Answer: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Question: In 1934 a police posse shot down the lovers on the run?
Answer: Bonnie and Clyde

Question: The royals never fully accepted her and they moved to France?
Answer: Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson the Duchess of Windsor

Question: Their marriage may seem a puzzle, but Hill calls Bill, "so romantic."?
Answer: Hillary and Bill Clinton

Question: Former 'Darling Buds of May ' star and son of acting legend Kirk?
Answer: Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas

Question: A British married couple who are both television presenters and columnists. They are well known for presenting the daytime television programme This Morning from 1988 until 2001 and are still regulars on our screen?
Answer: Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan

Question: He starred in The Sweeny and Morse and his widow is a famous actress who shares her surname with a late comedian named Tony?
Answer: John Thaw and Sheila Hancock

Question: This couple were iconic dance partners who made motion pictures together from 1933 - 1949. They made a total of 10 movies?
Answer: Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899- June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 - April 25, 1995)

Question: He is a New Zealand-born musician and she a well known actress formerly married to Tom Cruise?
Answer: Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman

Question: A spicy singer turned fashion designer and a retired footballer who played in many countries?
Answer: Victoria Adams and David Beckham

Question: """Let's get married,"" he said one night over dinner at a local hangout, to which she replied simply, ""Let's."" In 1952, she married a man who was then president of the Screen Actors Guild, and they had two children. She was the First Lady of California when her husband was Governor from 1967 to 1975?"
Answer: Nancy and Ronald Reagan

Question: Rock stars and models seem to be a common relationship combination, yet this couple are arguably the most famous of such celebrity couples. The Somalian supermodel turned cosmetics mogul and the English rock musician wed in 1992. They have a daughter, Alexandria Zahra, born in 2000?
Answer: David Bowie and Iman

Question: He was born in London. Then on February 19, 1934: The legendary comic actor and entertainer married in Erie, Pennsylvania. Their marriage would last until His death 69 years later, making it one of Hollywood's most enduring unions?
Answer: Bob Hope and Dolores Reade

Question: Like many celebrity couples, they first starred together (in the popular TV sitcom Family Ties) before getting married in 1988 and having four children. He was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease in 1991 and went public with the news in 1998?
Answer: Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan

Question: Most of us know this actor from his blockbuster movies, ranging from comedies such as Big and Forrest Gump to dramas including The DaVinci Code and Saving Private Ryan. Ironically, it was during the filming of one of his lesser-known films, Volunteers that he started a relationship with his co-star. Their happy marriage began in 1985 and they have two children?
Answer: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson

Question: The 'Society of Friends' are more commonly known as what?
Answer: The Quakers

Question: Who sang 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' with Elton John?
Answer: Kiki Dee

Question: What is the US equivalent of the Foreign Office?
Answer: State Department

Question: Who wrote the play containing the mythical 'Bunbury'?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: What is the name of the Italian lake with the town of Stresa on it's shores?
Answer: Lake Maggiore,

Question: A film star/director who won an Oscar for 'Reds' - Who is he?
Answer: Warren Beatty

Question: He invented the 'seed-drill' and his name was used by a pop group?
Answer: Jethro Tull

Question: Kiss Me Kate is a musical version of which of Shakespeare's works?
Answer: The Taming of the Shrew

Question: In what English county will you find the 'Iron Bridge' at Coalbrookdale. And for a bonus point who designed it?
Answer: Shropshire - Designed by Abraham Darby

Question: What tree produces 'Conkers' each autumn (fall)?
Answer: Horse Chestnut

Question: Where would you find the world's largest collection of telescopes?
Answer: Kit Peak Observatory, Arizona

Question: What is the German name of Hitler's book about his life?
Answer: Mein Kampf

Question: Which young poet drowned off the Italian coast in 1822?
Answer: Percy Shelly

Question: Which sporting tournament was won five times by Peter Thompson?
Answer: British Open

Question: What is the Hebrew name for the 'Jewish Day of Atonement?
Answer: Yom Kippur