Question: Formed in the 1980s and having the leader Hassan Nasrallah, which radical Shi-ite Muslim organisation in Lebanon has, for years, been involved in guerilla warfare against Israel?
Answer: Hezbollah

Question: Which famous product was advertised on TV with the words "it won't let you down"?
Answer: Sure

Question: First produced by W M Santus and Co in Wigan in 1898, what was the family sounding name of the mint balls that are described as keeping you all aglow? They carry a mascot featuring a smiling man wearing a top hat, on the tin.
Answer: Uncle Joe'S

Question: 01392 is the national dialling code for which southern English city?
Answer: Exeter

Question: Which popular dance of Cuban origin and introduced by composer and violinist Enrique Jorin has its name derived from the rhythm of the Guiro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancer's feet?
Answer: Cha Cha

Question: Which English novelist who lived from 1825 to 1890 is probably best remembered for the novel "Lorna Doone" in 1869?
Answer: R D Blackmore

Question: Which actor played the title role in the 1972 film "Young Winston", the story of the early years of the British Prime Minister?
Answer: Simon Ward

Question: Which snooker player has the nickname "The Jester from Leicester"?
Answer: Mark Selby

Question: Which radio character who appeared from 1948 to 1969 had a doctor husband called Jim, a sister called Sally and a mother named Mrs Freeman?
Answer: Mrs Dale

Question: Which word that entered the English langauge in the late 19th century takes its name from the Swahili for 'long journey'?
Answer: Safari

Question: Which word that loosely means a catastrophe takes its name from the Italian for 'flask'?
Answer: Fiasco

Question: Which radio programme, released as a direct replacement for Mrs Dale's Diary in 1969, was set in a fictional cul-de-sac between Hampstead village and Belsize Park in North London and began with three young women in their early twenties flat sharing in a large Victorian house in the area?
Answer: Waggoner'S Walk

Question: If you are tuning in to Freeview Channel 19 what is the male sounding name of the channel that you would be watching?
Answer: Dave

Question: If you are tuning in to Freeview Channel 12 what is the historic sounding name of the channel that you would be watching?
Answer: Yesterday

Question: Which famous battle that took place in Pennsylvania betwen 1st and 3rd of July 1863 produced the greatest number of casualties of the American Civil War?
Answer: Gettysburg

Question: Which famous battle that took place in Scotland on 23rd and 24th June 1314 was seen as one of the most spectacular of the Scottish wars of Independence?
Answer: Bannockburn

Question: Which book of the Old Testament contains the story of the plagues of Egypt?
Answer: Exodus

Question: Apart from York which is North Yorkshire's only other city?
Answer: Ripon

Question: What name links the nickname of a teacher in TV's Grange Hill and the name of Roy Rogers' dog?
Answer: Bullet

Question: If you reverse the postcode for Aberdeen (AB) you get the postcode for Bath. Which town's postcode do you get by reversing the postcode for Leeds (LS)
Answer: Slough

Question: Who were the first team to beat Manchester United in a Premiership league match in the present season?
Answer: Manchester City

Question: Apart from Stoke on Trent which is Staffordshire's only other city?
Answer: Lichfield

Question: Which book of the Old Testament contains the story of Joseph and his coat of many colours?
Answer: Genesis

Question: Who is the principal actor who plays a character Albert Naracott in the 2011 film "War Horse"?
Answer: Jeremy Irvin

Question: Which pop band, formed in Edinburgh and who had many chart hits in the 1970s took their name by randomly throwing a dart at a map of the USA - it landed in a city in the state of Michigan?
Answer: Bay City Rollers

Question: If you reverse the postcode for Aberdeen (AB) you get the postcode for Bath. Which town's postcode do you get if you reverse the postcode for Durham (DH)?
Answer: Huddersfield

Question: Who, since 2010, has been Secretary of State for Foreighn and Commonwealth Affairs?
Answer: William Hague

Question: Which aristocratic cartoon comicstrip character, first seen in 1938, left his castle to lead his backstreet friends againt the Gasworks gang?
Answer: Lord Snooty

Question: Created by P G Wodehouse, what is the christian name of the character Jeeves?
Answer: Reginald

Question: Which hotel group, founded in 1919, became famous between March 25th and March 31st 1969 when, at it's Amsterdam branch, John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged their first "bed-in for peace" protest in room 902. This hotel has now become a popular tourist destination.
Answer: Hilton

Question: 'Does my bum look big in this' is a famous saying associated with which now 53 year old actress and comedienne?
Answer: Arabella Weir

Question: Created by Arthur Conan Doyle, what is the christian name of the famous character, professor Moriarty?
Answer: James

Question: First published in 1936 in the Sunday Post, which Scottish comicstrip young boy character is famous for having spiky hair and dungarees - his friends include Fat Boab, Wee Eck and Soapy Soutar?
Answer: Oor Wullie

Question: Which hotel group which opened its first hotel - a 60 room facility on US Route 66 at Flagstaff, Arizona in 1954 - takes its name from the Spanish term meaning 'branch'?
Answer: Ramada

Question: Founded in 1920 by Hans Riegel in Bonn and whose name translates as "makes children happy and adults just as well", which global confectionery company is known particularly for its range of gummy and jelly sweets?
Answer: Haribo

Question: Which popular brand of sweets, first manufactured in Leicester in 1918 famously feature as its logo a character named Peppy?
Answer: Foxes Glacier Mints

Question: Which river flows through the city of Lincoln
Answer: Witham

Question: Which fruit is the principal ingredient of the traditional pudding 'Brown Betty'?
Answer: Apple

Question: In the film Avatar, what is the name of the paradise-like planet on which most of the action takes place?
Answer: Pandora

Question: Who was the original presenter of TV's Question Time?
Answer: Robin Day

Question: After the Conquest who was the fist Welshman to occupy the English throne?
Answer: Henry Vii

Question: What chain of restaurants was founded in Guiseley, Yorkshire, in the 1920s?
Answer: Harry Ramsden'S

Question: By what name in literature is Delores Hayes better known?
Answer: Lolita

Question: What style of jazz was pioneered by 'Dizzie' Gillespie and Thelonius Monk?
Answer: Bebop

Question: Who is credited with writing the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible?
Answer: (Saint) Luke

Question: In the Roman army, what name was given to an overhead screen of overlapping shields, used by troops in close formation?
Answer: Testudo

Question: What was the name of the spacecraft in the 1979 film Alien directed by Ridley Scott?
Answer: Nostromo

Question: Which part of the human brain coordinates muscles and movement and is also responsible for balance and posture?
Answer: Cerebellum

Question: 26 year old adrian Lewis has claimed a second successive world title in which sport?
Answer: Darts

Question: Originating in China, what invention, spreading to the west, made the Byzantine horse archers a potent battlefield force?
Answer: Stirrups

Question: Charlie is the logo of which roadside restaurant chain?
Answer: Little Chef

Question: In the Anglicised versions of the Asterix cartoons, what's the name of the village druid whose speciality lies in preparing magic potions?
Answer: Getafix

Question: Who was known as the 'King of Swing'?
Answer: Benny Goodman

Question: For how many matches was Liverpool's Luis Suarez banned after a trubunal concluded that he racially abused Manchester United's Patrice Evra?
Answer: 8