Question: Which food item is named after the Tamil word for "pepper water"?
Answer: Mulligatawny

Question: Which group had number one hits in the seventies with "Tiger Feet", "Lonely this Christmas" and "Oh Boy"?
Answer: Mud

Question: On this day, April 17th, in 1961, which infamous conflict took place in the Caribbean with major immediate political repercussions?
Answer: Bay Of Pigs

Question: The tombs of almost all British monarchs are located within the UK. One of the few exceptions is William I (The Conqueror). Near which French town or city is his burial place?
Answer: Caen

Question: What is the name of the Scottish systems administrator, accused by the USA of computer hacking into US Army systems and currently fighting against extradition?
Answer: Gary McKINNON

Question: Which is the largest landlocked country in the world with an area of over a million square miles?
Answer: Kazakhstan

Question: What is the largest landlocked state in the USA with an area of just under 150,000 square miles?
Answer: Montana

Question: What is the name of the retired English businessman, accused by the USA of exporting batteries to Iran? He was extradited this year and is currently in prison in New Mexico awaiting trial.
Answer: Christopher TAPPIN

Question: Graphology is the study of what?
Answer: Handwriting

Question: Which is the world's deepest lake?
Answer: Lake Baikal

Question: Who joined Roy Jenkins, Bill Rogers and Shirley Williams as the Social Democrats "Gang of Four"?
Answer: David Owen

Question: Which politician was the first rail fatality, killed under the wheels of Stephenson's "Rocket" in 1830?
Answer: William Huskisson

Question: Which was the first newspaper to have a crossword?
Answer: Daily Express

Question: Numbers - how many lines are in a limerick ?
Answer: 5

Question: Numbers - how many lines are in a sonnet ?
Answer: 14

Question: In "Les Miserables", what is the name of the policeman who continually tracks down the hero Jean Valjean ?
Answer: Javert

Question: Which world famous hotel shares its' name with a type of cabbage ?
Answer: Savoy

Question: Which world famous hotel shares its' name with a biscuit ?
Answer: Ritz

Question: In "Les Miserables", what is the name of the little orphan girl adopted by the hero Jean Valjean ?
Answer: Cosette

Question: Prime Minister Harold McMillan had what Christian name, although he preferred to be known by his middle name, Harold ?
Answer: Maurice

Question: In which T.V. Detective series did "Charlie Hungerford" appear ?
Answer: Bergerac

Question: The controversial book "The Naked Ape" appeared in 1967. Who was the author ?
Answer: Desmond Morris

Question: ASPARTAME is an alternative to what, when added to food ?
Answer: Sigar

Question: Which city is the most easterly in Australia ?
Answer: Brisbane

Question: What was the Roman name for Scotland ?
Answer: Caledonia

Question: At the recent Cheltenham festival, the horse "Bob's Worth" won the Cheltenham Gold cup. Who trains this horse ?
Answer: Nicky Henderson

Question: Give a Shakespeare play which begins and ends with the letter T.
Answer: THE TEMPEST or TWELFTH NIGHT

Question: Give a Shakespeare play which begins and ends with a vowel.
Answer: OTHELLO or ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA

Question: At the recent Cheltenham festival, the horse "Hurricane Fly" won the Champion hurdle. Who trains this horse ?
Answer: Willie Mullins

Question: In which T.V. Detective series did "DCI Michael Jardine" appear ?
Answer: Taggart

Question: The controversial book "The Female Eunuch" appeared in 1970. Who was the author ?
Answer: Germaine Greer

Question: In cooking, to what ingredient is AGAR AGAR a vegetarian alternative ?
Answer: Gelatin

Question: Which famous western movie ends with the line :- "The old man was right- only the farmers won. We lost. We will always lose " ?
Answer: The Magnificent Seven

Question: Which is the southernmost city in Australia ?
Answer: Hobart

Question: What was the Roman name for Ireland ?
Answer: Hibernia

Question: Of the numbers from 1 to 12, which would score highest on plain squares as a word in the game of scrabble ?
Answer: Twelve

Question: Of the months of the year, which would score highest on plain squares as a word in the game of scrabble ?
Answer: January

Question: Who wrote the opera "Les Troyens" ?
Answer: Berlioz

Question: In the electromagnetic spectrum, which type of wavelength has the longest wavelength. It's main uses are in communication.
Answer: Radio Waves

Question: The battle for Stalingrad was one of the turning points of the second world war. Who was the commander of the Russian forces in this battle ?
Answer: Marshall ZHUKOV

Question: Which guitarist was awarded an O.B.E. In January 1995 ?
Answer: Eric Clapton

Question: In Italy, if you were served "Pomodori", what foodstuff would you be about to eat ?
Answer: Tomatoes

Question: Which country produces more than 50 % of all Europe's rice ?
Answer: Italy

Question: Who wrote the opera "Dido and Aeneas" ?
Answer: Purcell

Question: In the electromagnetic spectrum, which type of wavelength has shortest wavelength. Its main uses are in medical diagnosis.
Answer: Gamma Waves

Question: Which Irish actor, born in Dublin, starred in the movies "in Bruges" "Fright Night" and "Total Recall" ?
Answer: Colin Farrell

Question: Who is the President of Argentina ?
Answer: Cristina Kirchner

Question: What type of animal is a GAVIAL ?
Answer: Crocodile

Question: What type of animal is a GALAGO ?
Answer: Bush Baby

Question: The trilogy of comedy plays known as "The Norman Conquests" were written by which playwright ?
Answer: Alan Ayckbourn

Question: Who was the German painter and sculptor who was a founder of the surrealist movement ? Among his works are "The Elephant Celebes" and " Le Grand Amoreux".
Answer: Max Ernst

Question: The highly acclaimed stage comedy "Noises Off" was written by which playwright ?
Answer: Michael Frayn

Question: In 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie and an army of Scottish Highlanders were defeated at the battle of Culloden by British forces. Who was the victorious leader of the government forces ?
Answer: Duke Of Northumberland

Question: What are the two upper chambers of the heart called ?
Answer: ATRIA or AURICLES

Question: When asked about the role of Prime Minister, which 20th century prime minister replied "The main essentials required for this job are sleep and a sense of history" ?
Answer: Harold Wilson

Question: The chrysanthemum is the national symbol for which country ?
Answer: Japan

Question: Who played Wanda in the film "A fish called Wanda" ?
Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis

Question: What is the S.I. Unit of radioactivity ?
Answer: Becquerel

Question: Horse racing - Welsh trainer Evan Williams trained which horse to come second in the 2013 Grand National ?
Answer: Cappa Bleu

Question: Horse racing - Welsh trainer Rebecca Curtis trained which horse to come third in the 2013 Grand National ?
Answer: Teaforthree

Question: Which British artist, born in Tenby, painted "The Smiling Woman" and Portrait of a Lady in Black ?
Answer: Augustus John

Question: Which gland, secreting various hormones essential for growth and other bodily functions, is situated in the brain ?
Answer: Pituitary

Question: Which female singer had a number 1 hit record with "I Feel Love" which topped the charts in July 1977 ?
Answer: Donna Summer

Question: Which female singer had a number 1 hit record with "I'll never fall in love again"which topped the charts in August 1969 ?
Answer: Bobby Gentry

Question: Which gland, secreting a hormone affecting circulation and muscular action, is situated above the kidneys ?
Answer: Adrenal

Question: From which of Shakespeare's plays does this quotation come :- The course of true love never did run smooth ?
Answer: A Midsummernight'S Dream

Question: In which classic T.V. crime series did Captain Frank Furillo appear ?
Answer: Hill Street Blues