Question: In Scotland, what colour petticoat should women wear, and make sure it is partly visible, to ensure success when they propose to a man?
Answer: Red

Question: A Leap Year occurs every how many years?
Answer: Four

Question: Who played the role of dance instructor, Mrs Wilkinson, in the 2000 film Billy Elliot?
Answer: Julie Walters

Question: Which famous London building was destroyed by fire in 1834?
Answer: Houses of Parliament

Question: Which English snooker player is nicknamed ‘The Rocket’?
Answer: Ronnie O’Sullivan

Question: Which word represents the letter ‘E’ in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet?
Answer: Echo

Question: Who played the role of Mrs Lovett in the 2007 film ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’?
Answer: Helena Bonham Carter

Question: Which island was previously named Van Dieman’s Land?
Answer: Tasmania

Question: Late opera singer Luciano Pavarotti was born in which Italian city?
Answer: Modena

Question: Billund Airport is in which European country?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Which country signed a treaty known as New START in January 2011 with the US, in a nuclear arms reduction pact?
Answer: Russia (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)

Question: Which popular board game was originally called ‘Criss Cross Words’?
Answer: Scrabble

Question: Which English singer/musician was reputed to have said in 2008 ‘I haven’t got the Internet in my house, it’s the Devil’s window?
Answer: Paul Weller

Question: In medicine, dystocia is difficulty in doing what?
Answer: Giving birth

Question: The island of Lampedusa belongs to which European country?
Answer: Italy

Question: What was the name of Jim Carrey’s pet Jack Russell Terrier in the 1994 film ‘The Mask’?
Answer: Milo

Question: Castanea Sativa is the Latin name for which tree?
Answer: Sweet Chestnut or Marron

Question: What is the name of the Tropic which lies approximately 23.5 degrees south of the Equator and runs through Australia, Chile, Brazil and South Africa?
Answer: Tropic of Capricorn

Question: Who was the original presenter of the UK tv show ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’?
Answer: Mark Lamarr

Question: Apart from the moon, which planet in our solar system is the brightest natural object in the night sky?
Answer: Venus

Question: Daisy, Rose and Violet are fictional sisters in which UK tv comedy series?
Answer: Keeping Up Appearances

Question: Aquae Sulis was the Roman name for which English city?
Answer: Bath

Question: Balestra, Derobement and Florentine are terms used in which sport?
Answer: Fencing

Question: Who wrote the short story ‘The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner’?
Answer: Alan Sillitoe

Question: Which playing card is known as ‘Big Casino’?
Answer: Ten of Diamonds

Question: Who was TV puppet Lenny the Lion’s human partner?
Answer: Terry Hall

Question: Ricin is a highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed beans of which plant?
Answer: Castor Oil Plant

Question: What is the name of the prospector in the 1999 animated film ‘Toy Story 2’?
Answer: Stinky Pete

Question: How many points is a ‘Try’ worth in a game of rugby union?
Answer: Five

Question: In Mary Shelley’s novel ‘Frankenstein’, what is Frankenstein’s first name?
Answer: Victor

Question: In which London palace were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert married?
Answer: St James’s Palace

Question: Purbeck Marble originates from which English county?
Answer: Dorset

Question: On January 1st of which year did Spain stop using the peseta as its national currency?
Answer: 2000

Question: Which band released the 2011 single ‘Moves Like Jagger’, featuring Christina Aguilera?
Answer: Maroon Five

Question: which 18th Century scientist said ‘Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do’?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Question: Green, Oolong, Black and Jasmine are all varieties of what?
Answer: Tea

Question: South Africa is divided into how many provinces?
Answer: Nine

Question: What type of creature is a wobbegong?
Answer: Shark

Question: Which country won the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Which author created the character Tracy Beaker?
Answer: Jacqueline Wilson

Question: Which British playwright won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2005?
Answer: Harold Pinter

Question: In the game of darts, what score is known as ‘Not old’?
Answer: 37

Question: What is the first name of Rene’s wife in the UK tv series ‘Allo ‘Allo!?
Answer: Edith

Question: In June 1938, Dr Douglas Hyde was elected the first President of which European country?
Answer: Ireland

Question: Which BBC sports commentator famously said ‘For those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip’?
Answer: John Motson

Question: Euphrasia is used as a herbal or homeopathic remedy for infections in which part of the body?
Answer: Eye

Question: In which country of the UK was designer Laura Ashley born?
Answer: Wales

Question: If something is sigmate, it is in the shape of which letter of the English alphabet?
Answer: S

Question: On an Ordnance Survey map, what does ‘PA’ represent?
Answer: Path

Question: Entomophobia is the irrational fear of which type of creatures?
Answer: Insects

Question: Who became Speaker of the House of Commons in June 2009?
Answer: John Bercow

Question: Which US Vice President had a pet Cocker Spaniel called Checkers?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: Pearl Harbour Remembrance Day is observed in the US during which month of the year?
Answer: December – 7th

Question: Which bird is traditionally depicted delivering newborn babies?
Answer: Stork

Question: Which is the smallest bone in the human body?
Answer: Stapes (stirrup)

Question: Discretion, Prudence, Piety and Charity are all women in which 17th Century work of literature?
Answer: The Pilgrim’s Progress

Question: In 1985, who became the first football player to be sent off during an FA Cup final?
Answer: Kevin Moran

Question: What was a member or supporter of the Parliamentary Party called during the English Civil War?
Answer: Roundhead

Question: ‘A little dab’ll do ya’ was the advertising slogan for which grooming product?
Answer: Brylcreem

Question: Who wrote the 1885 novel ‘King Solomon’s Mines’?
Answer: H. Rider Haggard

Question: The meadow flower ‘Ranunculus acris’ is better known by what name?
Answer: Buttercup

Question: Which animal is the symbol of the Rastafari religion?
Answer: Lion

Question: How many inches are in an imperial mile?
Answer: 63360

Question: Worn as part of Highland dress, what is a skean-dhu?
Answer: Dagger/knife

Question: How many times has jockey Richard Dunwoody won the English Grand National?
Answer: Twice

Question: What is the name of the spirit who serves Prospero in Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’?
Answer: Ariel

Question: Who is considered to be the founder of the modern method of freezing food?
Answer: Clarence Birdseye

Question: Which US fictional private eye calls his gun ‘Betsy’?
Answer: Mike Hammer

Question: In Greek mythology, what was Arachne turned into after beating Athena in a weaving contest?
Answer: Spider

Question: The legend of ‘Lohengrin’ comes from which European country?
Answer: Germany

Question: Which British poet had a relationship with Fanny Brawne?
Answer: John Keats

Question: What type of gas was used by the Germans against the French for the first time, at the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915?
Answer: Chlorine

Question: Who wrote the novel ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’?
Answer: Thomas Hardy

Question: Butt, Barrel and Butterfly are all types of what?
Answer: Hinge

Question: What is the largest lake, by surface area, in Europe?
Answer: Lake Ladoga ? Russia

Question: What is the first day of Lent called?
Answer: Ash Wednesday

Question: Which is the second largest state in the US?
Answer: Texas

Question: The ‘Brabazon Course’ is the main tournament course of which British golf resort?
Answer: The Belfry

Question: The Clee hills are in which English county?
Answer: Shropshire