Question: In Greek mythology who is the Goddess of Retribution?
Answer: Nemesis

Question: Who composed the opera La Boheme?
Answer: Puccini

Question: In Western films what was the name of Hopalong Cassidy's horse?
Answer: Topper

Question: What is the collective noun for moles?
Answer: Labour

Question: Whose theme song is entitled 'Love is like a Violin'?
Answer: Ken Dodd

Question: What is the young of the otter called?
Answer: Whelp

Question: Which daily newspaper is Miriam Stoppard the Agony Aunt?
Answer: Daily Express

Question: Which perfume house produces the perfume 'Red Door'?
Answer: Elizabeth Arden

Question: Which musician made the quotation "What you said hurt me, I cried all the way to the bank"?
Answer: Liberace

Question: In criminal slang what does it mean to 'Get a handful'?
Answer: 5 Year Sentence

Question: Carson City is the state capital of which American state?
Answer: Nevada

Question: In the film 'Darby O'Gill and the Little People' which actor not known as a singer, sang 'A Sweet Little Irish Girl'?
Answer: Sean Connery

Question: Which spirit is mixed with Drambuie to make the cocktail known as 'A Rusty Nail'?
Answer: Whisky

Question: In which war was the Battle of Crecy?
Answer: Hundred Year War

Question: For which film did Julia Roberts win the Best Actress Oscar in 2001?
Answer: Erin Brochovich

Question: In which TV soap/drama did the actors Steve Halliwell and Mark Charnock appear?
Answer: Emmerdale

Question: What happens to an animal when it is polled?
Answer: Its Horns Are Removed

Question: Which field game is played 10 a side for men but 12 a side for women?
Answer: Lacrosse

Question: In music what is Dr Thomas Arne's most famous composition?
Answer: Rule Britannia

Question: What state does Sarah Palin represent as its governor?
Answer: Alaska

Question: Which beer is brewed at the St James Gate Brewery?
Answer: Guinness

Question: On which National Radio Station would you listen to Shelagh Foggerty, Anita Anand and Richard Bacon?
Answer: Radio 5 Live

Question: On which national radio station would you listen to Jane Jones, Jamie Crick and John Brunning?
Answer: Classic Fm

Question: In which year did 617 Squadron's Dambusters Raid take place?
Answer: 1943

Question: From which plant does natural vanilla flavouring come from?
Answer: Orchid

Question: In which town or city is Murphy's original brewery located?
Answer: Cork

Question: What US State did Barack Obama become Senator of in 2005?
Answer: Illinois

Question: Give a year in the life of cartographer Mercator?
Answer: 1512-1594

Question: From which western film starring John Wayne does the line "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend"?
Answer: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Question: What is the name of the canal opened in 1931 that circumvents Niagara Falls by linking Lakes Erie and Ontario?
Answer: Welland

Question: In 2009 Michaela Tabb became the first female referee of which World Final?
Answer: Snooker

Question: Craig Stirling, Sharon McCready and Richard Barrett were the central characters in which late 1960's TV series?
Answer: The Champions

Question: What currency is used on Christmas Island?
Answer: Australian Dollar

Question: In which country in 2008 was the first night time Fl Grand Prix held?
Answer: Singapore

Question: Who is the only woman to have held the post of British Foreign Secretary?
Answer: Margaret Becket

Question: From which film does the line "Go ahead, make my day" come?
Answer: Sudden Impact (1983) Not Dirty Harry

Question: Give a year in the life of author Franz Kafka?
Answer: 1883-1924

Question: What is the official currency of Easter Island?
Answer: Chilean Peso

Question: Danny Wilde and Brett Sinclair were the central characters in which 1970s TV Series?
Answer: The Persuaders

Question: Who became Chief Scout in 2009?
Answer: Bear Grylls

Question: In which US State did the Battle of Wounded Knee take place?
Answer: South Dakota

Question: In which sport do participants use a mawashi?
Answer: Sumo Wrestling

Question: Which Hollywood star wrote the recent book "Always Looking Up" about life as a Parkinson sufferer?
Answer: Michael J Fox

Question: There are two ski jumps used in Winter Olympic competition, one is 90m what length is the other?
Answer: 120m

Question: Who is the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland?
Answer: Hugh Orde

Question: Which Gloucestershire town sits on the confluence of the Severn and Warwickshire Avon?
Answer: Tewkesbury

Question: Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in May 2009?
Answer: Norway

Question: Who is the only Englishman to have been both knighted and canonized?
Answer: Sir Thomas Moore

Question: What relation to King Herod was Salome?
Answer: Step-Daughter

Question: Which musical is based on the play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder?
Answer: Hello Dolly

Question: Name either of the two servicemen who were the first to row across the Atlantic in 1968?
Answer: (Captain John) Ridgeway/(Sgt Chay) Blyth

Question: Who composed the opera Dido and Aeneas which was the first performed in London in 1689?
Answer: Purcell

Question: In the Bible who was the father of David?
Answer: Jesse

Question: Which British building celebrated its 900th anniversary in 1965?
Answer: Westminster Abbey

Question: Which musical is based on the novel Kipps by H. G. Wells?
Answer: Half A Sixpence

Question: The Summer Olympics of 1956 were held in Melbourne. However in which city were the equestrian events held?
Answer: Stockholm

Question: The Argentinean composer Astor Piazzola made an art form of which dance?
Answer: Tango

Question: Temple Meads Railway Station is in which English city?
Answer: Bristol

Question: Which sporting technique was invented by the father of ITN newsreader Reginald Bosanquet?
Answer: The Googly

Question: In the rhyme 'The Owl and the Pussycat' which animal performed the wedding?
Answer: The Turkey

Question: Which plant has the Latin name allium sativum?
Answer: Garlic

Question: What is the more common name for the shrub syringa?
Answer: Lilac

Question: In which year did the £1 note cease to be legal tender?
Answer: 1812-1827

Question: Name a year in Lord Liverpool's tenure as Prime Minister.
Answer: 1812-1827

Question: In which Liverpool street was William E Gladstone born?
Answer: Rodney Street

Question: How was Erik Weiss better known?
Answer: (Harry) Houdini

Question: Who composed the piano piece 'Fur Elise' in 1810?
Answer: Beethoven

Question: Haemotology is the study of which part of the body?
Answer: Blood

Question: If you flew due east from Brisbane which country would you reach first?
Answer: Chile

Question: Who wrote the play 'Major Barbara' in 1905?
Answer: G B Shaw

Question: Who composed the orchestral work 'The Carnival of the Animals' in 1886?
Answer: (Camille) Saint-Saens

Question: Who wrote the play 'The Alchemist' in 1610?
Answer: Ben Jonson

Question: What nationality was the opera singer Kirsten Flagstad?
Answer: Norwegian

Question: Who first said 'knowledge is power ('scientia potential est') in 1597?
Answer: Francis Bacon

Question: Which fruit has varieties Merton Pride and Williams?
Answer: Pears

Question: What is the equivalent rank of an army colonel in the RAF?
Answer: Group Captain

Question: Which musical instrument provides the leader of an orchestra with the concert pitch of the note 'A'?
Answer: The Oboe

Question: Oscar Niemeyer was the chief architect of which capital city from 1956 until 1960?
Answer: Brasilia

Question: Which English city was called Clausentum by the Romans?
Answer: Southampton

Question: In which Scottish town, north of Stirling, was tennis player Jamie Murray born?
Answer: Dunblane

Question: Which painter (1577-1640) was knighted by both Britain and Spain?
Answer: (Sir Peter Paul) Rubens

Question: What name is given to the distance between the two rails of a railway track?
Answer: Gauge