Question: What is the nautical term for a staircase between two decks on a ship?
Answer: Companionway

Question: What defines Bradbourne near Ashbourne as a Thankful Village, Derbyshire’s only one?
Answer: None killed in WW1 or equiv.

Question: Which long nonsense poem is subtitled: An Agony in 8 Fits?
Answer: The Hunting of the Snark

Question: 100 km above us, what boundary is the Kármán Line considered to define?
Answer: Atmosphere/Space or equiv.

Question: Which eponymous operatic heroine leaps to her death from Rome’s Castel Sant’Angelo?
Answer: Tosca

Question: In which modern-day country is Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” set?
Answer: Sri Lanka

Question: Of what breed was Schnorbitz, with whom Bernie Winters appeared in his later career?
Answer: St Bernard

Question: Which TV detective had a pet dog called Jussi in some series?
Answer: Kurt Wallander

Question: Which Welsh town’s Esplanade Hotel was for 75 years The Barbarians’ headquarters?
Answer: Penarth

Question: How do players indicate their normal club allegiance when playing for The Barbarians?
Answer: Socks/Stockings in club colours

Question: Which musician played Nikola Tesla in the 2006 film The Prestige?
Answer: David Bowie

Question: What is the title of Mandela’s autobiography of his life up to his release from prison?
Answer: Long Walk to Freedom

Question: Which country’s national flag is the only one which is not rectangular (or square)?
Answer: Nepal

Question: At which school was squash first played?
Answer: Harrow

Question: Inhabitants of which UK city are often called “Loiners”?
Answer: Leeds

Question: Which river flows the length of the Grand Canyon?
Answer: Colorado

Question: What is Canada’s national animal?
Answer: Beaver

Question: Which fruit is often carved onto gateposts as a symbol of hospitality?
Answer: Pineapple

Question: Which classic novel begins, “Call me Ishmael”?
Answer: Moby Dick

Question: In the title of a TV series, which family lives at No 42?
Answer: The Kumars

Question: What kind of road is often indicated as a “Rocade” on French road signs?
Answer: Ring road or Bypass

Question: In The Archers, which river flows through Ambridge?
Answer: Am

Question: Which species of wild goose, Anser anser, is the ancestor of all European domestic geese?
Answer: Greylag Goose

Question: Off the coast of which country do the volcanic Westmann Islands lie?
Answer: Iceland

Question: Which nonsense poem is subtitled, An Agony in 8 Fits?
Answer: The Hunting of the Snark

Question: Of whose “pilgrimage” did Lord Byron write a long narrative poem?
Answer: Childe Harold

Question: Which breakfast cereal’s manufacturing process did Henry Perky patent in 1895?
Answer: Shredded Wheat

Question: What is the one-word name of the artificial sweetener sold as Candarel and NutraSweet?
Answer: Aspartame

Question: Abbreviated to MVP, what is the American sporting equivalent of “Man of the Match”?
Answer: Most Valuable Player

Question: Addresses in and around which British town or city have post codes beginning CA?
Answer: Carlisle

Question: Who was the earliest King of England to be the title character of a Shakespeare play?
Answer: King John

Question: What is the more modern name for the electrical device sometimes called a condenser?
Answer: Capacitor

Question: Which drink is made from crème de cassis topped with white wine?
Answer: Kir

Question: What is the name of the ITV series in which celebrities aim to master the art of diving?
Answer: Splash!

Question: As what was Birmingham’s James Turner Street rechristened for a Channel 4 series?
Answer: Benefit Street

Question: Which small, remote island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui?
Answer: Easter Island

Question: Referring to their feeding method, ducks can be diving ducks - or what other kind?
Answer: Dabbling ducks

Question: So-called cartilaginous fish include sharks - and what else?
Answer: Rays and/or Skates

Question: Which is the only English cathedral other than Lichfield to have three spires?
Answer: Truro

Question: Which “Tom” gave simultaneous 1958 hits to Lonnie Donegan and the Kingston Trio?
Answer: Tom Dooley

Question: Which make and model of aeroplane makes up Ryanair’s entire fleet?
Answer: Boeing 737-800

Question: Who played the role of Bamber Gascoigne in the 2005 feature film Starter for Ten?
Answer: Mark Gatiss

Question: In area, which is the largest island of the Inner Hebrides?
Answer: Skye

Question: Which aliens in Doctor Who originate from Earth’s twin planet, Mondas?
Answer: Cybermen

Question: Mel Brooks’ spoof of the Robin Hood films was called ‘Robin Hood, …’ .. what?
Answer: Men In Tights

Question: Which composer of classical music is sometimes referred to as ‘Joe Green’?
Answer: Guiseppe Verdi

Question: With which English county do you most associate stargazy pie?
Answer: Cornwall

Question: Which nation slipped back into technical recession in mid-November 2014?
Answer: Japan

Question: What would a railway enthusiast understand by the initials G.N.S.R.?
Answer: GREAT NORTH of SCOTLAND

Question: What shape is the scar on Harry Potter’s forehead?
Answer: Lightning Flash

Question: Who were the sponsors of the race in 2014?
Answer: Investec

Question: Band Aid II topped the Xmas charts in 1989, but who had the top spot in ’88 and ’90?
Answer: Cliff Richard

Question: The winner of ‘X Factor’ topped the Xmas charts in 2010 with ‘When We Collide’. What is his name?
Answer: Matt Cardle

Question: Formerly based in Ilkeston, which Newark brewery produces Christmas Cake Walk?
Answer: Funfair

Question: What word precedes ‘Droppings’ in the name of Ridgeway’s 4.7% yuletide offering?
Answer: Reindeer

Question: ‘Rosey Nosey’ is a seasonal ale brewed by which Lincolnshire brewer?
Answer: Batemans

Question: In which year in the 50s was the first televised Queen’s speech?
Answer: 1957

Question: Which tv private investigator lived on the island of Oahu, Hawaii?
Answer: Thomas MAGNUM

Question: What do the letters BB represent in competitive gymnastics?
Answer: Balance Beam

Question: Who served as the ninth Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009?
Answer: Sarah Palin

Question: Which former ‘TOWIE’ star thought that Ebola virus was the name of a pop group?
Answer: Amy Childs

Question: When sending an email, what would be meant by the letters ‘bcc’?
Answer: Blind Carbon Copy

Question: What is the correct term for ‘a nose job’?
Answer: Rhinoplasty

Question: Golfers have used terms such as twitches, staggers, jitters and jerks to describe what?
Answer: The YIPS

Question: Which Spanish city is famous for bull running during the eight-day San Fermin festival?
Answer: Pamplona

Question: Which tv soap is set in Glendarroch?
Answer: Take The High Road

Question: Who played the title role in ‘Hamish Macbeth’?
Answer: Robert Carlyle

Question: Which fictional small Scottish town regularly featured in ‘Absolutely’?
Answer: Stoneybridge

Question: In 1830, the world’s first railway suspension bridge was opened over what British river?
Answer: Tees

Question: Gaston Leroux wrote which 1911 novel, later a famous musical?
Answer: The PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

Question: From what English port does the Hispaniola set sail in ‘Treasure Island’?
Answer: Bristol

Question: Which character in ‘Oliver Twist’ is later revealed to be Oliver’s great uncle?
Answer: Mr. Brownlow

Question: In Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, what M is the name of Prospero’s daughter?
Answer: Miranda

Question: “I have lifted up mine eyes unto the hills” is the motto of which English county?
Answer: Cumbria

Question: An empty triangle on laundry/care labels refers to what aspect of clothing care?
Answer: Bleaching

Question: In 1985, the remaining members of which pop band changed their name to Starship?
Answer: Jefferson Starship

Question: What fine translucent cotton muslin is usually stiffened and used for women's clothing?
Answer: Organdy