Question: Which lighthouse stands 12 miles east of the Tay estuary?
Answer: Bell Rock

Question: In which English county are the towns of Daventry and Brixworth?
Answer: Northamptonshire

Question: Which city will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games?
Answer: Sochi

Question: In July 2010, USA and Russia swapped prisoners charged with spying - at which city's airport did the exchange take place?
Answer: Vienna

Question: In which of the constellations of the Zodiac is the star Aldebaran found?
Answer: Taurus

Question: From which author's story was the opera 'The Barber of Seville' taken?
Answer: Beaumarchais

Question: In World War 2, Admiral Gunther Lutjens was in command of which famous ship?
Answer: Bismarck

Question: Which south coast town is served by the local radio station Splash FM?
Answer: Worthing

Question: In which Shakespeare play does the character Antigonus "exit, pursued by a bear"?
Answer: A Winter's Tale

Question: Bowman's Capsule is found in which organ of the body?
Answer: Kidney

Question: For which daily newspaper does Frederick Forsyth write?
Answer: Daily Express

Question: Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, which is the penultimate letter?
Answer: Psi

Question: An obituary in the sporting times in 1882 lead to the creation of which trophy?
Answer: The Ashes

Question: In 1931 which Hungarian actor played Count Dracula in films?
Answer: Bela Lugosi

Question: What type of creature is a Brazilian Huntsman?
Answer: A Spider

Question: The Coromandel coast is washed by which part of the Indian Ocean?
Answer: Bay of Bengal

Question: What is the state capital of Nebraska?
Answer: Lincoln

Question: Dave Lamb is a commentator on which food orientated TV programme?
Answer: Come Dine With Me

Question: In which year did the liner Queen Mary gain the blue riband on her maiden voyage?
Answer: 1936

Question: In Australia what is a billabong?
Answer: A water hole

Question: In which year was the first English FA cup final held?
Answer: 1872

Question: Who was the first person to appear on a British postage stamp other than royalty?
Answer: William Shakespeare

Question: What part of the body is affected by glossitis?
Answer: The Tongue

Question: Who discovered that malaria was transmitted by mosquito?
Answer: Sir Ronald Ross

Question: Who composed the music for the hymn Onward Christian Soldiers?
Answer: Arthur Sullivan

Question: In the USA how many senators represent each state?
Answer: Two

Question: In which novel does the ship the Pequod appear?
Answer: Moby Dick

Question: Justin Lee Collins hosts which TV show?
Answer: Heads or Tails

Question: Which king was ousted by Colonel Gadaffi?
Answer: Idris

Question: What type of creature is an Antiguan Racer?
Answer: Snake

Question: What does Taliban mean in the Afghan language?
Answer: Students

Question: Which river flows through Maidstone?
Answer: Medway

Question: From March 2010 jars of Robertson's Golden Shred marmalade will carry a
Answer: picture of which character?

Question: Who created the character Paddington Bear?
Answer: Michael Bond

Question: Who first stated that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel?
Answer: Samuel Johnson

Question: In 2009 who was elected speaker of the House of Commons?
Answer: John Bercow

Question: Who played Hawkeye Pierce in the film version of MASH?
Answer: Donald Sutherland

Question: In which city were the first operas performed?
Answer: Venice

Question: In which French city is William the Conqueror buried?
Answer: Caen

Question: In which English county would you find the Dalby Forest, its alternative name has the county name in it?
Answer: The Great Yorkshire Forest

Question: In the human body what is produced by the lachrymal glands?
Answer: Tears

Question: How many days are there in the religious period of Lent?
Answer: 40

Question: The Pinta and the Nina were two of the vessels that set sail in a fleet in 1492 on an historic voyage, what was the name of the third vessel?
Answer: Santa Maria( it was Columbus' flagship)

Question: What do we call the point in the orbit of a planet at which the planet is nearest to the Sun?
Answer: Perihelion

Question: Born in 1585, who was known as the red eminence?
Answer: Cardinal Richelieu

Question: Who was the Spanish adventurer who conquered Peru in the 16th century?
Answer: (Francisco) Pizarro

Question: What is Europe's oldest parliament dating from 930 AD?
Answer: Althing

Question: Which saint set up a community on the island of Iona?
Answer: St Columba

Question: What was the name of the first Plantagenet monarch of England?
Answer: Henry II

Question: Which English King immediately preceded the Tudors and was effectively the last Plantagenet monarch?
Answer: Richard III

Question: What is the literal meaning of Pianoforte?
Answer: Soft-Loud accept Soft Strong

Question: Con Sordino is an instruction to play an instrument in which manner?
Answer: Using a Mute

Question: In which country does the Zambezi river empty into the Indian ocean?
Answer: Mozambique

Question: In which country is the confluence of the White Nile and the Blue Nile?
Answer: Sudan

Question: In which decade did Edvard Munch paint The Scream?
Answer: 1890s

Question: Name the only novel by Emily Bronte?
Answer: Wuthering Heights

Question: What is NH3 the chemical formula for?
Answer: Ammonia

Question: Give another name for Kaolin.
Answer: China Clay

Question: In which year was the dwarf planet Pluto discovered?
Answer: 1930

Question: At which university was Samuel Beckett from 1923 to 1927?
Answer: Trinity College Dublin

Question: Who plays Wycliffe on television?
Answer: Jack Shepherd

Question: In the RAF, what is the rank immediately above Squadron Leader?
Answer: Wing Commander

Question: Whose 1941 7th Symphony was called 'Leningrad'?
Answer: (Dmitri) Shostakovich

Question: Who was the first king of the House of Lancaster?
Answer: Henry IV

Question: Catherine Hogarth was the wife of which famous author?
Answer: Charles Dickens

Question: What is the narne of the late playwright husband of the actress Maureen Lipman?
Answer: Jack Rosenthal

Question: Before he became an author, what was the original profession of Sir Walter Scott?
Answer: Lawyer

Question: Which driver won the first Grand Prix Formula One World Motor championship in 1950?
Answer: Guiseppe Farina

Question: Which racing driver won the Formula One Championship in 1981, 1983 and 1987?
Answer: Nelson Piquet

Question: Who was the first woman to run for US Vice President in 1984?
Answer: Geraldine Ferraro

Question: Who was Indira Gandhi's father?
Answer: (Pandit Jawaharlal) Nehru

Question: What is the popular name of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 23?
Answer: Appassionata

Question: In which year was the Battle of Edgehill, the first battle of the English Civil War?
Answer: 1642

Question: Where would you find a pauldron and a vambrace?
Answer: Suit of Armour

Question: Which vegetable has the Latin name solanum tuberosum?
Answer: Potato

Question: Stewart Island is the third largest island of which Commonwealth country?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Which building complex in Liverpool was designed by Jesse Hartley in 1846?
Answer: Albert Dock

Question: What 4-letter English word is given to the oblong basket made from wooden strips often used by gardeners?
Answer: Trug

Question: Which son of Sweyn Forkbeard became King of England in 1016?
Answer: Canute

Question: Which aircraft company manufactured the Spitfire?
Answer: Supermarine

Question: Who designed the crypt and original design of the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral in 1933?
Answer: Edwin Lutyens

Question: Which pop group was co-founded by Syd Barrett in 1965/66?
Answer: Pink Floyd

Question: What is the part of the stage which projects into the auditorium called? It is located between the curtain and the orchestra.
Answer: Apron

Question: Whose first novel 'The Hunt for Red October' was published in 1984?
Answer: Tom Clancy