Question: Who presented the t.v. religious programme 'Highway', first broadcast in 1983?
Answer: Harry Secombe

Question: The 'BRIC Group' of developing economies became the 'BRICS Group' in 2010 by the addition of which country?
Answer: South Africa

Question: Which member of 'Girls Aloud' is from Northern Ireland?
Answer: Nadine Coyle

Question: Which English city is the setting for the film 'East Is East'?
Answer: Salford

Question: In recent years a fifth basic taste, in addition to sweet, bitter, sour and salty, has been proposed and given which Japanese name?
Answer: Umami

Question: What is the name of the shipyard at which the 'Titanic' was built?
Answer: Harland And Wolff

Question: In 1990 which footballer wished to move from R.F.C. Liege to U.S.L. Dunkerque after his Belgian contract expired - the move falling through because Liege wanted a transfer fee?
Answer: Jean-Marc Bosman

Question: What is the current cost of a colour t.v. license?
Answer: £145.50

Question: Which US President was known as 'The Rail-Splitter' and 'The Great Emancipator'?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: Which resort is the site of the art deco Midland Hotel and Happy Mount Park, the venue for the short-lived 'The World of Crinkley Bottom'?
Answer: Morecambe

Question: Which Canadian province lies immediately east of British Columbia?
Answer: Alberta

Question: Who did Cassius Clay defeat in February 1964 to become World Heavyweight Boxing Champion?
Answer: Sonny Liston

Question: Which university has colleges called Ustinov, St. Aidan's and Grey?
Answer: Durham

Question: Which 14th century European national hero was the subject of an opera that premiered in Paris on August 3rd. 1829?
Answer: William Tell

Question: In physics, what is defined as the rate of change of velocity with time?
Answer: Acceleration

Question: Who played the lead role in the Richard Bean comedy 'One man, Two Guvnor's' in London, and has recently opened in the New York version?
Answer: James Corden

Question: Which 'Doctor' has been played on television by Bill Simpson and David Rintoul?
Answer: 'Doctor Finlay'

Question: Which Slovakian Handball player was released by his club due to a quota of non-European Union players - in 2003 appealing and winning his case at the European Court of Justice?
Answer: Maros Kolpak

Question: The multiple choice part of the driving theory test for a car has 50 questions. What is the pass mark?
Answer: Forty Three (43)

Question: What was the surname of the father of US President Bill Clinton, who died before his birth?
Answer: Blythe

Question: Which resort is the site of the Grand Hotel, damaged by shelling by the German Navy in 1914 and the North Marine Road Ground, the site of an annual Cricket festival?
Answer: Scarborough

Question: Which Central American country lies between Panama and Nicaragua?
Answer: Costa Rica

Question: Ralph Boston won gold at the 1960 Olympics, silver at the 1964 Olympics and bronze at the 1968 Olympics, in which athletics event?
Answer: Long Jump

Question: In which Swiss resort does the World Economic Forum hold its annual meeting?
Answer: Davos

Question: Who wrote the series of novels featuring the adventurer 'Dirk Pitt'?
Answer: Clive Cussler

Question: The film '24 Hour Party People' follows the development of which Manchester record label in the '70's and '80's?
Answer: Factory Records

Question: Ken Dodd's first top ten hit in 1960 was his signature tune. Name that tune?
Answer: 'Love Is Like A Violin'

Question: The German navy only built two 'Bismark Class' battleships. One was 'Bismark'. What was the name of the other?
Answer: 'Tirpitz'

Question: What is the national flower of India?
Answer: Lotus

Question: Where in New York were the US Open Tennis Championships held before moving to Flushing Meadows?
Answer: FOREST HILLS (West Side Tennis Club)

Question: There are six types or flavours of Quark. Which one is missing: up, down, bottom, top, strange and ........?
Answer: Charm

Question: In physics, what is defined as mass per unit volume?
Answer: Density

Question: Which musical, based on a children's novel, won seven Olivier Awards earlier this year, the most ever?
Answer: 'MATILDA, The Musical'

Question: Which military force, formed in 1485 to guard Henry VII, was the title of an opera that premiered i London on October 3rd. 1888?
Answer: The Yeoman Of The Guard

Question: Who played 'Emma Peel' in the 1998 film 'The Avengers'?
Answer: Uma Thurman

Question: """Send me postcard, drop me a line, Stating point of view"" is a line from which 'Beatles' song?"
Answer: 'When I'M Sixty Four'

Question: Which religious t.v. programme, first broadcast in 1969, was created and presented by Jess Yates?
Answer: 'Stars On Sunday'

Question: At which number fence in the 1967 Grand National did a loose horse cause mayhem, allowing 'Foinavon' to race clear?
Answer: Twenty Three (23)

Question: Which sauce is used in a dish of 'Eggs Benedict'?
Answer: Hollandaise

Question: What was the first Christian name of Harold Wilson?
Answer: James

Question: In which country are the headquarters of the electronics company NOKIA?
Answer: Finland

Question: At 21 square kilometers, which is the world's smallest island nation?
Answer: Nauru

Question: Which 'Oscar' winning actress was, in 1986, the first African-American entrant in the 'Miss World' contest?
Answer: Halle Berry

Question: In which area of the city is H.M. Prison Birmingham?
Answer: Winson Green

Question: Which Durham new town is named after a miner's leader?
Answer: Peterlee

Question: Which type of bridge takes its name from the French for see-saw?
Answer: Bascule

Question: Which Culture Secretary resigned earlier this year over an ongoing dispute about her expenses?
Answer: Maria Miller

Question: Which horse won the 2014 Cheltenham Gold Cup?
Answer: Lord Windermere

Question: Which American car company made the Firebird and Phoenix models?
Answer: Pontiac

Question: Billy Bunter lived in mortal fear of which cane-toting schoolmaster?
Answer: Mr Quelch

Question: Britt Ekland played Mary Goodnight in which James Bond film?
Answer: The Man With the Golden Gun

Question: According to The Beeges’ first British hit single, which fictitious catastrophe occurred in 1941?
Answer: New York Mining Disaster

Question: St Luke’s Summer is a name given to exceptionally warm weather in which month?
Answer: October

Question: What name is given to the individual prongs on a fork?
Answer: Tines

Question: The national flower of Sweden is Convollaria. What is its common name?
Answer: Lily of the Valley

Question: In Gustav Holst’s “Planet Suite”, which planet is the bringer of peace?
Answer: Venus

Question: Former international football manager Mick McCarthy now manages which Football League team?
Answer: Ipswich Town

Question: Who played the haples George Roper in “George and Mildred”?
Answer: Bryan Murphy

Question: Marvel Comics’ character Tony Stark is the alter-ego of which superhero?
Answer: Iron Man

Question: Which Italian artist painted “The Stonemason’s Yard”?
Answer: Canaletto

Question: In a famous nineteenth century coomunication, which two words replaced “Nelson confides”?
Answer: England Expects (Not enogh flags to relay the original message)

Question: Which rock drummer had a 1985 solo hit with “The Boys of Summer”?
Answer: Don Henley

Question: Which German battle cruiser was sunk in the battle of the North Cape in December 1942?
Answer: Scharnhorst

Question: What name did the Gilbert islands adopt upon gaining independence?
Answer: Kiribati

Question: Squidward is the extremely reluctant neighbour of which children’s TV cartoon character?
Answer: Spongebob Squarepants

Question: On the Isle of Man, who or what is Lady Isabella?
Answer: A large water wheel (The Laxey Wheel)

Question: Which newspaper was launched in 1986 as “Britain’s first full-colour low cost tabloid”?
Answer: Today

Question: Which northern brewery produces “Crusoe Ale”?
Answer: Robinson’s