Question: In 1987, the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl were denied a Christmas Number One with the song Fairytale Of New York. Which song kept them at number 2 with Pogues singer Shane McGowan saying we were beaten by two queens and a drum machine?
Answer: Always On My Mind

Question: From which animated short film does the song Walking In The Air come?
Answer: The Snowman

Question: In the song Twelve Days Of Christmas, what are there 11 of?
Answer: Pipers Piping

Question: In 1986, whose song was Christmas number one in the UK, 2 years after he had died?
Answer: Jackie Wilson's

Question: What was the Titanic's first port of call after it left Southampton?
Answer: Cherbourg

Question: Father Ted Crilly and Father Dougal McGuire lived on Craggy Island with which other priest?
Answer: Father Jack Hackett

Question: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.  According to Exodus what comes next?
Answer: Hand for hand, foot for foot

Question: In which full-length cartoon are the main characters called Pongo and Perdita?
Answer: 101 Dalmatians

Question: How much does it cost to buy Trafalgar Square on a monopoly board?
Answer: £240

Question: Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system, around which planet does it orbit?
Answer: Jupiter

Question: Who played bass guitar in the Beatles?
Answer: Paul McCartney

Question: What is the singer Prince's real first name?
Answer: Prince

Question: How many quavers are there in a minim? 2, 4 or 8?
Answer: 4

Question: Which female vocalist sang on Eminem's hit song Stan?
Answer: Dido

Question: By what name was singer Charles Weedon Westover better known, who committed suicide in 1990 by shooting himself?
Answer: Del Shannon

Question: Which part did Deforest Kelley play in the TV series Star Trek?
Answer: Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy

Question: Who wrote the novel The War Of The Worlds?
Answer: H.G. Wells

Question: Directed by Joss Whedon, which 2005 science fiction movie was based on a short-lived TV show that was cancelled after only eleven of its episodes were broadcast?
Answer: Serenity

Question: What was the name of the computer in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Answer: Hal 9000

Question: The movie I, Robot was based on a collection of stories from which famous science fiction writer?
Answer: Isaac Asmiov

Question: Who played the third incarnation of the Doctor in the TV series Doctor Who?
Answer: Jon Pertwee

Question: What is the surname of the identical twin brothers who compiled the Guiness Book of Records together between 1955 and 1975?
Answer: McWhirter

Question: What is the name of Austin Powers' twin brother?
Answer: Dougie Powers

Question: Who wrote the 1872 novel in which Tweedledum and Tweedledee first appear?
Answer: Lewis Carroll

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the twin sister of Apollo?
Answer: Artemis

Question: What are the names of Marge's twin sisters in The Simpsons?
Answer: Patty and Selma

Question: What is the surname of the Australian cricketing twins Mark and Steve?
Answer: Waugh

Question: Who is Pauline Fowler's twin in Eastenders?
Answer: Pete Beale

Question: Who is the twin sister of the cartoon hero He-Man?
Answer: She-Ra

Question: What is the name of Postman Pat's black and white cat?
Answer: Jess

Question: What was the name of the lioness raised by George and Joy Adamson in the book Born Free?
Answer: Elsa

Question: What is the name of the lion in C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe?
Answer: Aslan

Question: What is the name of the black panther in The Jungle Book?
Answer: Bagheera

Question: Which American writer and cartoonist was responsible for The Cat In The Hat series?
Answer: Dr Seuss

Question: Who wrote Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats?
Answer: T.S. Eliot

Question: Who played the title role in the 2004 movie Catwoman?
Answer: Halle Berry

Question: Who had a number one hit with Puppy Love in 1972?
Answer: Donny Osmond

Question: Born on Valentine's Day in 1951, who is the only English footballer to have named European Footballer of the Year twice?
Answer: Kevin Keegan

Question: Which former Bond girl played Paige Prescott in the 2001 horror film Valentine?
Answer: Denise Richards

Question: Which Valentine had number one hits in the UK called Finger Of Suspicion and Christmas Alphabet?
Answer: Dickie Valentine

Question: Which TV soap opera features a police officer called Calvin Valentine?
Answer: Hollyoaks

Question: Nelson Mandela was one of two men who were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for their role in ending apartheid in South Africa. Who was the other one?
Answer: Frederik Willem De Clerk

Question: Mars has two moons. Phobos is one, but what is the other one called?
Answer: Deimos

Question: In the 1966 movie The Good, The Bad And The Ugly, Clint Eastwood played the Good" and Lee van Cleef played "the Bad", but who played "the Ugly"?
Answer: Eli Wallach

Question: The Mauretania, launched in 1906, was the largest and fastest ship in the world at that time. What was the name of her sister ship that was launched in the same year, but sunk by a German U-boat in 1915?
Answer: Lusitania

Question: The Ballearics are made up of three major islands. Majorca and Minorca are two, but what is the other one?
Answer: Ibiza

Question: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in 1969, but who was the third astronaut on Apollo 11, who remained in the orbitter?
Answer: Micheal Collins

Question: Which video game series is sometimes referred to as GTA?
Answer: Grand Theft Auto

Question: Developed by Nintendo in the 1980s, what is currently the biggest selling video game of all time?
Answer: Super Mario Bros.

Question: Arachnophobia is a fear of what?
Answer: Spiders

Question: Gary Lightbody is the lead singer in which group?
Answer: Snow Patrol

Question: Actor who played the lead role in a 1952 smash western directed by Fred Zinnemann?
Answer: Gary Cooper

Question: Glassed-eyed member of the 'Rat Pack'?
Answer: Sammy Davis Junior

Question: The younger co-writer of the 1848 Communist Manifesto?
Answer: Friedrich Engels

Question: An English filmstar who played a character pitied by the gypsy girl Esmeralda?
Answer: Charles Laughton

Question: First lady of Argentina from 1946 - 1952?
Answer: Eva Peron

Question: Born 1931 in Swindon she became a 'blonde bombshell'?
Answer: Diana Dors

Question: False appearance, for what reason
Answer: Duffy

Question: Ted`s male offspring, not heavy abode
Answer: Edison Lighthouse

Question: Nautical tactical unit, small forest, rainwear
Answer: Fleetwood Mac

Question: What was the title of Jean-Paul Sartre's first play?
Answer: The Flies

Question: What was Bedloe's Island officially renamed to in 1956?
Answer: Liberty Island

Question: In what field did Albert Namatjira achieve success and fame?
Answer: Aboriginal Art

Question: Who married Catharine von Bora, a former nun?
Answer: Martin Luther

Question: Who wrote the novel Love In The Time Of Cholera?
Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Question: The death of which Swedish king inspired an opera by Verdi?
Answer: Gustavus III

Question: By what stage name did William Claude Dukenfield achieve fame?
Answer: W. C. Fields

Question: Who received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song from the film Live and Let Die?
Answer: Paul McCartney

Question: Who starred in the title role in the 1968 Film The Boston Strangler?
Answer: Tony Curtis

Question: Who received $3.7 million for two weeks work for his part in the 1978 film Superman?
Answer: Marlon Brando

Question: Who, having been an Olympic swimming champion achieved fame in a second career and was famous for his ululating yell?
Answer: Johnny Weissmuller

Question: Whose scandalous affair with Lord Alfred Douglas eventually led to imprisonment?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: What is the connection between these 9 people?
Answer: They are all featured on the cover of the Beatles album Sgt Pepper

Question: Pirate Edward Teach was better known by what nickname?
Answer: Blackbeard