Question: In the church calendar what name is given to the first Sunday after Easter Sunday?
Answer: Low Sunday

Question: Who played the Doctor Who companion Donna Noble??
Answer: Catherine Tate

Question: In genealogy what name is given to the female side of the line?
Answer: Distaff

Question: Which composer's second symphony is known as The Resurrection Symphony'?
Answer: Gustav Mahler

Question: Which tennis player was known as The Bounding Basque'?
Answer: Jean Borotra

Question: The Eclipse Stakes are run annually at which English racecourse?
Answer: Sandown Park

Question: Which 17th/ 18th century British naturalist gave his name to a type of harrier?
Answer: George Montagu

Question: What name is given to the electrical discharge seen around a ship's masthead?
Answer: St Elmo's Fire

Question: After a nine year chart absence which sixties trio had a Top Ten hit single in 1976 with 'No Regrets'?
Answer: Walker Brothers

Question: After which battle did King Charles the Second famously take refuge in an Oak tree?
Answer: Worcester

Question: Which actor made his directorial debut with the 1988 film 'Raggedy Rawne’?
Answer: Bob Hosklns

Question: Give either Christian name of the writer H.G Wells?
Answer: Herbert George

Question: Which English football league team are nicknamed The Irons'?
Answer: Scunthorpe United

Question: Who plays Fred's mother-in-law in the 1994 film The Flintstones'?
Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

Question: In which battle did Edward the Black Prince 'win his spurs'?
Answer: Crecy

Question: Traditionally how many bells are sounded on board ship to herald in the New Year?
Answer: Sixteen

Question: Which famous Jewish fortress was besieged and captured by the Roman 6th Legion in 73 AD?
Answer: Masada

Question: In terms of population, Tripoli is the second largest city in which middle-eastern country?
Answer: Lebanon

Question: Which football team from Barcelona played home matches at the 1992 Olympic Stadium until 2009 when they moved to the 'Estardi Cornella-El Prat'?
Answer: Espanyol

Question: 'The Sunshine Tour' is a men's professional golf tour where most of the events are staged in which country?
Answer: South Africa

Question: Disregarding Australia as it's a continental land mass, which is the largest island crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn?
Answer: Madagascar

Question: At the 2009 'Oscars' ceremony, which film received 10 nominations and won 8 awards?
Answer: 'Slumdog Millionaire'

Question: In which continent was the 'Songhai Empire', one of the largest empires in history?
Answer: Africa

Question: In which two colours is IKEA branding typically seen?
Answer: Blue & Yellow

Question: Which baseball team play home games at Atlanta's 1996 Olympic Stadium that was converted and renamed 'Turner Field'?
Answer: Atlanta BRAVES

Question: Which company operates the directory enquiry service 118 247?
Answer: YELL or YELLOW PAGES

Question: Which US state has nicknames including 'The Birthplace of Aviation' and 'The Buckeye State'?
Answer: Ohio

Question: 'Fox River State Penitentiary' and the 'Federal Penitentiary of Sona' in Panama feature in which American serial drama television series?
Answer: 'Prison Break'

Question: From which Greek word for a plant cultivated in the Nile delta does the word 'paper' derive?
Answer: Papyrus

Question: 'Cold Mountain Penitentiary' features in which book and film? In the book it is in Maine, but in the film it is in Louisiana?
Answer: 'The Green Mile'

Question: At the 2009 'Oscars' ceremony, which film received 13 nominations and won 3 awards?
Answer: 'The Curious Case On Benjamin Button'

Question: Before being replaced with the 118 numbers, what three digit number was used for Directory Enquiries for domestic numbers?
Answer: 192

Question: Initially known as 'The Peter Jackson Tour', the golf tour that started in 1970 is now named after which country?
Answer: CANADA (Canadian Professional Golf Tour)

Question: In which continent was the 'Kushan Empire' one of the largest empires in history?
Answer: Asia

Question: From which grape variety are almost all Chablis wines made?
Answer: Chardonnay

Question: Paper is one of the 'Four Great Inventions' of which country?
Answer: China

Question: Elected in 2007, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament has what name, almost identical to that of a famous football manager?
Answer: Alex Fergusson

Question: Which Member of Parliament for Yeovil and leadership candidate in 1975, was the only member of Margaret Thatcher's Shadow Cabinet not to become a minister following the 1979 General Election?
Answer: John Peyton

Question: Which US state has nicknames including 'The Cyclone State', 'The Land Of The Rolling Prairies' and 'The Hawkeye State'?
Answer: Iowa

Question: For which book published in 1981, did Salman Rushdie win Britain's oldest literary award, The James Tait Black Memorial Prize, as well as the Booker Prize?
Answer: 'Midnight'S Children'

Question: 'The Aeneid' by Virgil tells the story of which Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans?
Answer: Aeneas

Question: In terms of population, Santiago is the second largest city in two countries. Name one?
Answer: COLUMBIA or CUBA

Question: Who was the scorer and announcer on 'Bullseye' who frequently felt the need to say "Take yer time" to the contestants?
Answer: Tony Green

Question: Which female American painter was responsible for 'Cow's Skull', 'Yellow Calla' and 'Two Poppies'?
Answer: Georgia O'Keeffe

Question: Edward V, Edward VI, and Elizabeth I were all unmarried. Who is the only other British monarch since 1066 to have never married?
Answer: WILLIAM II (William Rufus)

Question: In Baseball, the 'home plate' has a different number of sides to that of the individual bases. How many sides?
Answer: Five (5)

Question: Which English king was married to both Isabel of Gloucester and Isabella of Angouleme?
Answer: John

Question: Gladwyn Jebb served as acting Secretary-General of which organisation until the election of Trygve Lie in 1946?
Answer: United Nations

Question: Which bowler was hit for 5 sixes and a four in a single over by Frank Hayes in 1977, nearly a decade after a more famous incident?
Answer: Malcolm Nash

Question: At what location, the largest of its type, were the German actors Max Ehrlich, Kurt Gerron and Dora Gerson all murdered?
Answer: AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU (Concentration Camp)

Question: The line "To be, or not to be: that is the question" comes from Act 3, Scene 1 of which Shakespeare play?
Answer: 'Hamlet'

Question: In the 2007 English Cricket season, excluding extras which player scored over thirty percent of his team's runs at an average of 101.30?
Answer: Mark Ramprakash

Question: Which chemical element, with the atomic number 107, is named after a Danish scientist?
Answer: Bohrium

Question: Which female Mexican painter was responsible for 'Tree Of Hope', 'Henry Ford Hospital' and 'The Dream'?
Answer: Frida Kahlo

Question: Which mode of transport was invented by Sir Christopher Cockerell?
Answer: Hovercraft

Question: As a result of what conflict were the artists Luiz Ortiz Rosales, Domingo Lopez Torres and Ramon Acin all murdered?
Answer: Spanish Civil War

Question: The line "Parting is such sweet sorrow" comes from Act 2, Scene 2 of which Shakespeare play?
Answer: 'Romeo & Juliet'

Question: 'Chrome' featured on whose number one hit single 'Holiday' in August 2009?
Answer: 'Dizzee Rascal'

Question: Which chemical element, with the atomic number 102, Is named after a Swedish scientist?
Answer: Nobelium

Question: Which landlocked West African country has a name which means 'Land of the upright men'?
Answer: Burkina Faso.

Question: Complete the 'Bullseye' quote: "Stay out of the black and into the red, nothing in this game for....."what?
Answer: """Two In A Bed"""

Question: Which mode of transport was invented by Igor Sikorsky?
Answer: Helicopter