Question: How long does it takelight from the Sun to reach Pluto ? Is it 6 minutes, 6 hours or 6 days ?
Answer: 6 Hours

Question: How many times per second does mains electricity change from positive to negative ?
Answer: 50

Question: In the Radio quiz Just a Minute, contestants must talk for a minute without repetition, hesitation and .. what else ?
Answer: Deviation

Question: Which gas constitutes the majority of the mass in the four giant planets of the Solar System ?
Answer: Hydrogen

Question: Which Cornish engineer demonstrated one of the first steam locomotives called "Catch Me If You Can" giving rides on a circular track near Bloomsbury in 1808 ?
Answer: Richard Trevithick

Question: Which product was advertised by a giant red and white hot air balloon carrying a young lady, who was eating the product to the sound of "I Can't Let Maggie Go", in the 1970s ?
Answer: Nimble

Question: In which decade of the 20th century did Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau develop and first sell their aqualung now more commonly called Scuba gear ?
Answer: 1940s

Question: Which liquid gas is used by Heston Bloomental to make ice cream ? It recently destroyed part of the stomach of a young lady when consumed in a cocktail.
Answer: Nitrogen

Question: Whom did Nick Grimshaw replace earlier this year on the Early Morning Show on Radio 1 ?
Answer: Chris Moyes

Question: Which common piece of medical equipment is named from two Greek words for "chest" and "to look at" ?
Answer: Stethoscope

Question: Sharing a name with a main character in Hardy's Far From The Madding Crowd and originally the wife of Uriah the Hittite, who, in the Bible, was the mother of King Solomon ?
Answer: Bathsheba

Question: """Blue Harbour"" is a range of fashion wear for men in which High Street chain ?"
Answer: Marks And Spencers

Question: Who played Scrooge in the Muppets' Christmas Carol ?
Answer: Michael Caine

Question: Water is compared to stone and earth compared to iron in which Christmas carol ?
Answer: In The Bleak Midwinter

Question: According to the song, how many birds did my true love send to me on the 12th day of christmas ?
Answer: 23

Question: In pre decimal coinage how many halfpennies were in 15 shillings?
Answer: 360

Question: In pre decimal coinage how many farthings were in a Half Crown?
Answer: 120

Question: Published in 1995, the book The Sport of Queens is an autobiography of which famous author?
Answer: Dick Francis

Question: Screened on ITV from 1976 to 1977 and starring Norman Beaton and Isabelle Lewis, which British sitcom became the first to contain an all-black cast?
Answer: The Fosters

Question: Some cocktails are "poetic". What name do you get if you replace the Angostura Bitters in a Rob Roy with Benedictine?
Answer: Robbie Burns

Question: Screened on BBC 1 from 1966 to 1971 which British sitcom saw William Mervyn as Bishop Cuthbert Hever and Derek Nimmoas Reverand Mervyn Noote?
Answer: All Gas And Gaiters

Question: Which English King was married to Elizabeth Woodville from 1464 to 1483?
Answer: Edward Iv

Question: Usually served hot in a mug or bowl, which traditional Christmas cocktail that shares it's name with a famous animated TV show consists of eggnog with brandy an rum and occassionally uses egg-whites beaten stiff?
Answer: Tom And Jerry

Question: Which historical 17th century event was recorded by diarists samuel Pepys and John Evelyn who reecorded the events and their own reactions day by day?
Answer: Great Fire Of London

Question: In which country can you find Moonee Valley Horse Racing Course?
Answer: Australia

Question: In which country can you find the cities of Salta, Corrientes and Rosario?
Answer: Argentina

Question: What 9 letter word is used to describe someone watches or clocks?
Answer: Horologist

Question: What is the second Christian name of sarah, Duchess of York?
Answer: Margaret

Question: according to a popular TV advert of the 1960's which product cleaned a big, big carpet for less than half a crown?
Answer: One Thousand And One

Question: Which African country's flag is mainly light blue and has a large white star in the centre?
Answer: Somalia

Question: What is the second Christian name of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge?
Answer: Elixabeth

Question: Which African country's flag is mainly red in colour and has a green interlocking star in the centre?
Answer: Morocco

Question: What ten letter word is used to describe someone who studies the science and origin of place names?
Answer: Toponomyst

Question: Which English city is the setting for the comic Viz character Sid the Sexist?
Answer: Newcastle

Question: In the context of clothing what type of clothing is a Leghorn?
Answer: Hat

Question: In the context of clothing what type of clothing is a Ghillee
Answer: Shoe

Question: The English word "wig", referring to an artificial hairpiece, is a shortened form of which word for the same object?
Answer: Periwig

Question: Which English novelist is probably best remembered for his 1957 novel Room At the Top?
Answer: John Braine

Question: Whic northern city shares it's name with the surname of a singer who reached number one in the UK pop charts on Marh 17th 1960?
Answer: Preston

Question: Which northern city shares it's name with the surname of the singer who reached number one in the UK pop charts on January 15th 1988?
Answer: Carlisle

Question: Which Scottish novelist is probably best remembered for his 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows?
Answer: Kenneth Grahame

Question: Which family film of 1957 starring Dorothy McGuire and Fes Parker centres on the story of a youg boy and his love for his dog on thier family ranch home during the 1860's which ends tragically after the dog contracts rabies following a fight with a wolf?
Answer: Old Yeller

Question: Which famous stage musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Weber contains the numbers Rolling Stock and Call Me Rusty?
Answer: Starlight Express

Question: The 43 mile long Llangollen Canal links the town of Llangollen to which Civil Parish situated in Cheshire?
Answer: Hurleston

Question: Probably best remembered for his role as Charles Dreyfuss, the boss of Inspector Clouseau in the films A Shot in the Dark and The Return of the Pink Panther, which Czech born actor sadly passed away on September 27th 2012 aged 95 ?
Answer: Herbert Lom

Question: What was the name given to the act, introduced to the Boy scouts in 1949, that involved unsupervised youngsters knocking on strangers' doors to see if they needed any tasks done. It was halted in 1992 on health and safety groundsbut a similar scheme was re-introduced in May this year?
Answer: Bob A Job Week

Question: Wooley Edge and Markfield are service stations situated on which British motorway?
Answer: M1

Question: Introduced in 1979, which 5 letter titled UK charity specialises in help and care for premature babies?
Answer: Bliss

Question: Consisting of a 6 letter word followed by a number, what is the name given to the current annual fundraising event aimed at UK Scout groups. Organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature it lasts for 9 days in March every year?
Answer: Gimmee 5

Question: Introduced in the USA in 1980, which 4 letter titled, non-profit organisation was founded by a woman named Candice Lightner after her 13 year old daughter was killed by a drunk driver?
Answer: Madd

Question: Which English music hall performer, who died in 1952, is probably best remembered for his 1922 song The Laughung Policeman?
Answer: Charles Penrose

Question: Also known as a Lower Gastrointestinal Series, what is the better known two-word name of the medical procedure used to examine and diagnose problems with the human colon. X-Ray pictures are taken whilst a white liquid fills the colon and rectum?
Answer: Barium Enema

Question: By what name is the TV character Colt Seavers more famously known?
Answer: The Fall Guy