Question: Which big cat has the loudest roar
Answer: Lion

Question: In 1978 who became the first man in history to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of Test Match Cricket
Answer: Ian Botham

Question: In which ocean are the Canary Islands
Answer: Atlantic

Question: When the Bastille was stormed how many prisoners was it found to contain
Answer: Seven

Question: Which country puts Sverige on its stamps
Answer: Sweden

Question: Simon Dutton, Roger Moore and Ian Ogilvy have all played which character
Answer: Simon Templar, or The Saint

Question: What comfortable furniture item was invented by California furniture designer Charles Prior Hall in 1968
Answer: Waterbed

Question: What main course is usually served at a Bedouin feast
Answer: Roast camel

Question: In which US state was the Harley-Davidson motorcycle company founded
Answer: Wisconsin

Question: What tribe did Goliath belong to
Answer: Philistines

Question: In the international shipping code what does it mean when RY is being flown from the masthead
Answer: The crew have mutinied

Question: What is the deepest lake in the world
Answer: Lake Baikal in Siberia

Question: What is the fatty substance found naturally on sheep's wool called
Answer: Lanolin

Question: American call them garbanzo beans what would we call them
Answer: Chick peas

Question: Where is the highest point above sea level in China
Answer: At the top of Mount Everest

Question: Gudrun Esslin was a founder member of which terrorist group
Answer: Baader-Meinhoff Group

Question: What is the chemical symbol for the element manganese
Answer: Mn

Question: What was Men Without Hats only chart entry (1983)
Answer: Safety Dance

Question: What have Durham CCC added to their one day name
Answer: Dynamos

Question: Vigo international Airport is in which country
Answer: Spain

Question: Which UK supermarket chain launched a controversial carrier bag with the maxim 'Take an Old Bag Shopping'
Answer: Sainsburys

Question: What is the more common name for sodium carbonate
Answer: Washing soda

Question: From which middle east country were Terry Waite and John McCarthy released in 1991
Answer: Lebanon

Question: Which breed of dogs are named after a German tax collector
Answer: Doberman

Question: Al Gore was a senator in which state before he became Vice President
Answer: Tennessee

Question: The city of Linz is in which European country
Answer: Austria

Question: Which organ of the body secretes insulin
Answer: Pancreas

Question: Which soup takes it's name from the Urdu word for pepper water
Answer: Mulligatawny

Question: For which West Indian team did Clive Lloyd play Shell Shield matches
Answer: Guyana

Question: Which British motor cycle manufacturer made the A65 Star
Answer: Bsa

Question: Who was the first composer to appear on English banknotes
Answer: Sir Edward Elgar

Question: What would you do with a Winston Churchill if you had one
Answer: Smoke it it's a cigar

Question: Which billionaire married Melinda French in 1995
Answer: Bill Gates

Question: What fruit flavour is the alcoholic drink Mirabelle
Answer: Plum

Question: What nationality are the group The Cardigans
Answer: Swedish

Question: ABOMINATION TO A WELL WISHER (anagram of a TV quiz show)
Answer: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Question: Which Channel 5 game show had no visible presenter
Answer: 100 percent

Question: What was England's first daily TV game show for teenagers
Answer: Blockbusters

Question: Which TV game show offered consolation prizes made from tungsten
Answer: Bullseye

Question: Which ex Fleet Street editor hosted the TV quiz programme Headliners
Answer: Derek Jameson

Question: Michael Aspel, Michael Parkinson, and Tim Clark have all hosted which TV game show
Answer: Give Us a Clue

Question: Which TV quiz show was based on the producer's experiences at the hands of the Gestapo
Answer: Mastermind

Question: What was Criss Cross Quiz called in the USA
Answer: Tic Tac Dough

Question: In which 1987 film did Arnold Schartzenegger play a contestant in a futuristic game show
Answer: The Running Man

Question: Who was the first presenter of the TV game show You Bet
Answer: Bruce Forsyth

Question: On which popular game show did "Mr Chips" play a major role
Answer: Catchphrase

Question: Who is the tall bloke who sits in the corner and helps in the TV quiz show Pointless
Answer: Richard Osman

Question: Julian Pettifer presented a tough quiz on the ITV featuring groups of people who all had something in common. What was it called
Answer: Busman's Holiday

Question: Which game show did Annabel Croft star in after Treasure Hunt
Answer: Interceptor

Question: RADICAL SHINE (appears on Television)
Answer: Adrian Chiles

Question: In what detective programme did Gene Barry play a millionaire detective
Answer: Burke's Law

Question: How many funnels did the ill-fated liner Titanic have
Answer: Four

Question: If cats are feline which creatures are bovine
Answer: Cattle

Question: Who discovered and named Victoria Falls in 1855
Answer: David Livingstone

Question: Calabrese is an Italian variety of which vegetable
Answer: Broccoli

Question: Which emblem is used on official House of Commons stationary
Answer: Portcullis

Question: Who is the Greek counterpart to the Roman goddess Venus
Answer: Aphrodite

Question: In which sport might the Duckworth-Lewis method be used
Answer: Cricket

Question: In which American state did the Mayflower land
Answer: Massachusetts

Question: What would you read about in a Stanley Gibbon's catalogue
Answer: Postage stamps

Question: What is the name of the upright member fitted into the back of a chair
Answer: A splat

Question: Which colour lies between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
Answer: Orange

Question: What is the more common name of the garden plant Muscari
Answer: Grape hyacinth

Question: WARMS NO MALE (anagram of a magazine)
Answer: Woman's Realm

Question: How many teeth has a human adult with a full complement
Answer: Thirty two

Question: Which actress played opposite William Powell in the thirties and forties series of films about the Thin Man
Answer: Myrna Loy

Question: Which football league side was once known as Newton Heath
Answer: Manchester United

Question: Americans call it a purse what would we call it
Answer: Handbag

Question: Which member of the Royal Family was the first to have their funeral televised
Answer: George V1

Question: What shape was happiness supposed to be in a 1960 commercial
Answer: Egg shaped

Question: Name the American U2 pilot shot down over Russia in 1960
Answer: Gary Powers

Question: What were the first three food items to be rationed in WW2 (POINT FOR EACH ONE)
Answer: Butter, sugar and bacon

Question: Which British female vocalist was known as The Forces Sweetheart
Answer: Vera Lynn

Question: What is the capital of Switzerland
Answer: Berne

Question: What new domestic device was launched by Hoover in 1963
Answer: Steam iron

Question: Who created the master detective Sherlock Holmes
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Question: The 999 call gives you access to six emergency services can you name them. (A POINT FOR EACH ONE)
Answer: Police, fire, ambulance, coastguard, cave rescue and mountain rescue

Question: What is the world's largest herb
Answer: Banana plant

Question: What is the ingredient usually used to turn rice or curry yellow
Answer: Turmeric

Question: From which plant do we get the spice saffron
Answer: Crocus

Question: What flavour does the herb fennel have
Answer: Aniseed

Question: Which parts of peppers are hot
Answer: Seeds

Question: What spice do chefs call the sweet wood
Answer: Cinnamon

Question: What is the herb that is used mostly in Swedish cookery
Answer: Dill

Question: From which part of a plant do we get cinnamon
Answer: Tree bark

Question: What herb do the Chinese call the root of life
Answer: Ginseng

Question: Which spice is a common flavouring for many kinds of rye bread
Answer: Caraway seed