Question: In which country was tennis player Juan Martin del Potro born?
Answer: Argentina

Question: Who was the 20th-21st century composer of the 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'?
Answer: Henryk Gorecki

Question: The Scottish peak Ben More is the highest point on which island?
Answer: Mull

Question: The Roman province of Dacia is now part of which modern day country?
Answer: Romania

Question: Who, in 2010, became the first Green Party member of the House of Commons?
Answer: Caroline Lucas

Question: The TV series `Downton Abbey' was filmed largely at which stately house?
Answer: Highclere

Question: Common in Australia the wattle is a tree of what genus?
Answer: Acacia

Question: 'The Night of the Hunter' in 1955 was the only film to be directed by which actor?
Answer: Charles Laughton

Question: 'At my Mother's Knee (and other Low Joints)' is the first autobiography by which TV personality?
Answer: Paul O'Grady

Question: Saint-Denis is the chief town on which Indian Ocean island?
Answer: Reunion

Question: Galah and Sulphur-crested are species of what kind of bird?
Answer: Cockatoo

Question: What prize was won in 2010 by Liu Xiaobo?
Answer: Nobel Peace Prize

Question: La Digue and Mahe are islands in which Indian Ocean group?
Answer: Seychelles

Question: Alabaster is a form of which mineral?
Answer: GYPSUM or CALCITE

Question: Who is the author of the children's book 'The Story of Tracy Beaker'?
Answer: Jacqueline Wilson

Question: In pop music how is Vincent Furnier better known?
Answer: Alice Cooper

Question: Name either of the tennis players who took part in the longest set ever to be played at Wimbledon (70-68), in 2010?
Answer: NICHOLAS MAHUT or JOHN ISNER

Question: Who created and wrote the TV series `Downton Abbey'?
Answer: Julian Fellowes

Question: Who is the author of 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'?
Answer: J K Rowling

Question: Who has become the first Muslim woman to serve in the Cabinet?
Answer: Baroness Warsi

Question: Who is the author of the novel 'The Horse Whisperer'?
Answer: Nicholas Evans

Question: O R Tambo airport serves which South African city?
Answer: Johannesburg

Question: Which 2004 Tom Hanks film centres around a stranded traveler from Krakozhia?
Answer: The Terminal

Question: The only stadium to host two soccer World Cup Finals is in which city?
Answer: Mexico City

Question: Who won the Best Director Oscar at the 2011 awards?
Answer: Tom Hooper

Question: The French writer Andre Breton initiated which artistic movement in the 1920s, based on Dadaism?
Answer: Surrealism

Question: The scaup is a species of what kind of bird?
Answer: A Duck

Question: Buchanan is a major city in which West African country?
Answer: Liberia

Question: What was the venue near Newport for the 2010 Ryder Cup?
Answer: Celtic Manor

Question: The site of the 1461 Battle of Mortimer's Cross lies in which English county?
Answer: Herefordshire

Question: Which car manufacturer makes the MPV model the Roomster?
Answer: Skoda

Question: The historic area of Gastown forms part of which Canadian city?
Answer: Vancouver

Question: Which car manufacturer makes the Tacuma MPV model?
Answer: Chevrolet

Question: The Dogon are a race of people resident in which African country?
Answer: Mali

Question: Which 19th-20th century writer's first novel was 'The Napoleon of Notting Hill', published in 1904?
Answer: G K Chesterton

Question: Novi Sad is the second largest city in which European country?
Answer: Serbia

Question: Sarah Philipsz was the winner of which prize in 2010?
Answer: Turner Prize

Question: Who was the captain of the US Ryder Cup team in 2010?
Answer: Corey Pavin

Question: Compound and recurve are variations of which Olympic event's equipment?
Answer: Archery

Question: Who is the present Secretary General of NATO?
Answer: Anders Rasmussen

Question: Whose name is missing to make up the 1950s/1960s jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and ?
Answer: Ross

Question: Venta Belgarum was the Roman name for which English city?
Answer: Winchester

Question: Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair' was first published in which decade of the 19th century?
Answer: 1840s

Question: The last working gallows were housed in which of London's prisons?
Answer: Wandsworth

Question: Cyrenaica is a province of which African country?
Answer: Libya

Question: 'Lola' was a hit in 1970 for which pop group?
Answer: The Kinks

Question: Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from Manchester University won which Nobel Prize in 2010?
Answer: Physics

Question: Joan, Countess of Salisbury, also known as The Fair Maid of Kent' and the mother of a King of England, was married to whom?
Answer: EDWARD, the BLACK PRINCE

Question: Who designed the Cenotaph in Whitehall?
Answer: Sir EDWARD LUTYENS

Question: Whose first hit was 'Rock Island Line'?
Answer: Lonnie Donegan

Question: Who is the new presenter of BBC's Film 2010?
Answer: Claudia Winkelman

Question: Which Shakespearian character was stabbed when hiding behind an arras?
Answer: Polonius

Question: Which American president had a son named Kermit?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Question: Which warship, perfectly preserved in Stockholm, sank on her maiden voyage in 1628?
Answer: Vasa

Question: Which Mediterranean island was conquered by Richard 1 in 1191?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: In darts, which score is called 'bed and breakfast'?
Answer: 26

Question: 'The Tin Snail' is a nickname for which car?
Answer: Citroen 2 Cv

Question: The French word for 'hook' is the name for which craft?
Answer: Crochet

Question: Who has scored the most runs in a single Test Cricket match?
Answer: Graham Gooch

Question: Who has created the ITV serial 'Downton Abbey'?
Answer: Julian Fellowes

Question: Who was the first American President not of British descent?
Answer: Martin Van Buren

Question: Who, dying in 1282, was the last Prince of an independent Wales?
Answer: Llewelyn

Question: Who had a No. 1 hit single in 1969 with 'Dizzy'?
Answer: Tommy Roe

Question: In snooker, whose nickname is 'The Nugget'?
Answer: Steve Davis

Question: What American TV comedy of the 70s was based on Steptoe and Son?
Answer: SANFORD and SON

Question: In 'Hamlet' whose grave is being dug when Yorick's skull is found?
Answer: Ophelia

Question: Who was the mother of William 2nd and Henry 1st ?
Answer: Matilda

Question: What is measured on the Stanford-Binet scale?
Answer: Intelligence

Question: Now aged 90, June Spencer is the last of the original Archers cast. Which character does she play?
Answer: PEGGY ARCHER now WOOLLEY

Question: What do the Americans call what we call at bowler hat?
Answer: Derby

Question: In the world of rock music, Vincent Fumier is better known by what name?
Answer: Alice Coooper

Question: Who painted 'The Birth of Venus' and 'Primavera'?
Answer: Botticelli

Question: In the 2010 film, Eat, Pray, Love who plays the part of the book's author?
Answer: Julia Roberts

Question: Whose 2010 album, gospel music, is called Praise and Blame?
Answer: Tom Jones

Question: Cara, Estima and Desiree are types of what?
Answer: Potato

Question: An atom which has become electrically charged by gaining or losing electrons is known as what?
Answer: Ion

Question: Which country introduced the 'Cult of the Supreme Being' in 1794, intended to become the state religion?
Answer: France

Question: Flora Poste and the Starkadder family appear in which novel? (a parody of those by Mary Webb)
Answer: Cold Comfort Farm

Question: Bert Hardy (1913-1995) was best known for what?
Answer: Photography

Question: What is the worlds' largest carnivorous marsupial?
Answer: Tasmanian Devil

Question: Which architect designed Manchester Town Hall?
Answer: Alfred WATERHOUSE

Question: In the world of rock music, how is Paul Hewson better known?
Answer: Bono

Question: The Bible Student Movement founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1872 is now known by which name?
Answer: Jehovah'S Witnesses

Question: What do the Americans call 'mobile phones'?
Answer: Cell Phones