Question: According to a 2013 survey commissioned by Time Out magazine, what was voted as the Most Romantic Film of All Time, beating Casablanca into second place ?
Answer: Brief Encounter

Question: Which area of Czechoslovakia was transferred to Germany after the Munich conference of September 1938 ?
Answer: Sudetenland

Question: Kielder Water is a large artificial reservoir in which English county ?
Answer: Northumberland

Question: Who designed the National Theatre building on the South Bank in London ?
Answer: Denys Lasdun

Question: Who is the Patron Saint of grocers and police ?
Answer: St Michael

Question: What is the more common name of the Chilean Pine ?
Answer: Monkey Puzzle Tree

Question: Now the site of an airport, which former English racecourse staged the Grand National from 1916 to 1918 after Aintree was taken into use by the War Office ?
Answer: Gatwick Racecourse

Question: Which actor was the first director of the National Theatre ?
Answer: Laurence Olivier

Question: What was the name of the drummer in TV's The Muppet Show ?
Answer: Animal

Question: What is the more common name of the wild hyacinth ?
Answer: Bluebell

Question: Which Conservative politician has used the pseudonyms Michael Green and Sebastian Fox in his business life ?
Answer: Grant Shapps

Question: Which three-funnelled White Star liner was originally known as the Bismarck ?
Answer: Majestic

Question: George Osborne's family grew rich on the proceeds of what sort of business ?
Answer: Wallpaper

Question: Which London landmark gave its name to a now disused station situated after Tottenham Court Road on the Central Line ?
Answer: British Museum

Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera has the alternative title The Town of Titipu ?
Answer: The Mikado

Question: What is the English title of Strauss's operetta Die Fledermaus ?
Answer: The Bat

Question: What is the more familiar Biblical name for Lake Tiberias in Israel ?
Answer: Sea Of Galilee

Question: Which actor played Edward VIII in the TV series Edward and Mrs Simpson ?
Answer: Edward Fox

Question: In which Scottish town do the football team St. Mirren play ?
Answer: Paisley

Question: In our Solar System, which planet is the hottest, with a mean surface temperature of around 464 degrees ?
Answer: Venus

Question: What sort of professional people are allowed to carry green flashing lights on their cars ?
Answer: Doctors

Question: Which actress won an Oscar for her role in The Queen ?
Answer: Helen Mirren

Question: In the Bible, who was described as "mighty hunter before the lord" ?
Answer: Nimrod

Question: The Herdwick is a breed of which domesticated animal ?
Answer: Sheep

Question: What was Dorothy Parker's reply when informed of the death of former US president, Calvin Coolidge ?
Answer: """How Can They Tell"""

Question: What law of the road, in force since 1983, does not have to be obeyed by milkmen ?
Answer: Wearing Of Seatbelts

Question: The name of which curry-flavoured soup of Anglo-Indian origin means "pepper water" ?
Answer: Mulligatawny

Question: In 1956, who became the first European Footballer of the Year ?
Answer: (Sir) STANLEY MATTHEWS

Question: The existence of the planet Neptune was deduced in the 1840's from disturbances it caused in the orbit of which other planet ?
Answer: Uranus

Question: Which African mammal, one of the first names in a dictionary, is also known as the ant bear ?
Answer: Aardvark

Question: What do the Teletubbies like to eat ?
Answer: TOAST or CUSTARD

Question: Which book opens with the words: "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's .... " ?
Answer: The War Of The Worlds

Question: Which book ends with the line: "So I awoke, and behold it was a dream." ?
Answer: The Pilgrim'S Progress

Question: Which pasta dish is the favourite food of Garfield in the comic strip by Jim Davis ?
Answer: Lasagne

Question: The astronauts Dallas, Ripley, Kane, Lambert, Brett and Parker, are characters in which 1979 science fiction film ?
Answer: Alien

Question: What is the British name given to German white wines originally from the Rhine area ?
Answer: Hock

Question: Gravidity is the technical word for what ?
Answer: Being Pregnant

Question: Arthur Thistlewood led which failed conspiracy in 1820 ?
Answer: Cato Street Conspiracy

Question: What is the surname of the singer Adele ?
Answer: Adkins

Question: In which South American country is Mount Chimborazo the highest mountain ?
Answer: Ecuador

Question: Who replaced Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury ?
Answer: Justin Welby

Question: In which UK town is the Catalyst Museum ?
Answer: Widnes

Question: Who introduced the 'New Look' in women's fashion in February 1947 ?
Answer: Christian Dior

Question: Who played the title role in the 1943 Hollywood film version of The Phantom of the Opera ?
Answer: Claude Raines

Question: What is the star sign for the 1st August ?
Answer: Leo

Question: On a rail journey from London to Brighton, from which London terminus station do you depart ?
Answer: Victoria

Question: Who was Home Secretary at the time of the Sydney Street Siege of 1911 ?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: What is the star sign for the 1st April ?
Answer: Aries

Question: Who played the title role in the 1962 Hammer film version of The Phantom of the Opera ?
Answer: Herbert Lom

Question: Which is the world's largest retailer ?
Answer: Walmart

Question: The medical condition pica during pregnancy has what effect ?
Answer: Desire To Eat Unsuitable Substances

Question: Which Tuscan wine was traditionally packaged in a squat bottle enclosed in a straw basket, called a fiasco ?
Answer: Chianti

Question: Which fashion designer famously brought out 'the Little Black Dress' ?
Answer: Coco Chanel

Question: Who wrote the song 'I'll See You Again' ?
Answer: Noel Coward

Question: In which American state was the first atomic bomb detonated ?
Answer: New Mexico

Question: Who replaced Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England ?
Answer: Mark Carney

Question: What is the highest mountain in France ?
Answer: Mont Blanc

Question: On a rail journey from London to Dover, from which London terminus station do you depart ?
Answer: Charing Cross

Question: What was the surname of the oil dynasty headed by JR in the TV series Dallas?
Answer: Ewing

Question: In the George Orwell novel Animal Farm, what sort of animal was Napoleon ?
Answer: Pig

Question: Which horse won the 2013 Aintree Grand National ?
Answer: Auroras Encore

Question: Which composer married the celebrated pianist Clara Wieck in 1840 ?
Answer: Robert Schumann

Question: What's the name of Doctor Who's home planet ?
Answer: Gallifrey

Question: In a quote often attributed to Mark Twain, which sport is described as 'a good walk spoiled' ?
Answer: Golf

Question: Which piece of classical music was heard at the beginning of the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey ?
Answer: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Question: Which city would you visit to see the Frick Collection ?
Answer: New York

Question: What is the more formal name for the shinbone ?
Answer: Tibia

Question: Which Yorkshire model village is named after its founder, Victorian industrialist Titis Salt, and a local river ?
Answer: Saltaire

Question: Which British seabirds are known as 'clowns of the sea' or 'sea parrots' ?
Answer: Puffin

Question: What is the name of the Cambridge University dramatic club whose presidents have included Peter Cook, Hugh Laurie and David Mitchell ?
Answer: Footlights

Question: The process of Vulcanization , as applied to rubber, involves treating it with which chemical element before subjecting it to intense heat ?
Answer: Sulphur

Question: Who is the only Nobel laureate to have an entry in Wisden Cricketers' Almanac?
Answer: Samuel Becket

Question: On which planet did Davros create the Daleks ?
Answer: Skaro