Question: In late-70s adverts, we were asked “Is she or isn’t she..” wearing what?
Answer: HARMONY hairspray

Question: In ‘Good King Wenceslas’, near what specific water feature does the peasant live?
Answer: St. Agnes’ Fountain

Question: In what figure of speech is understatement used to emphasize a point by denying the opposite?
Answer: Litotes

Question: What word refers to a verb form which functions as a noun, ending in –ing?
Answer: Gerund

Question: D.C.J. What part did Denise Richards play in ‘The World is not Enough’ (1999)?
Answer: Dr. Christmas Jones

Question: Six teenagers are aged 13, 13, 14, 16, 18, and 19. What is the median of their ages?
Answer: Fifteen

Question: The first what came into operation at 488 Broadway, New York, in 1857?
Answer: LIFT/safety ELEVATOR

Question: In which decade of the last century was the first patent application for a microwave oven?
Answer: 1930s

Question: Which head of state was shot by firing squad on Christmas Day 1989?
Answer: Nicolae Ceausescu

Question: Which US comedian, whose stage persona was that of a miser, died on Boxing Day 1974?
Answer: Jack Benny

Question: The USA. In which state is the geographic centre of the contiguous states?
Answer: Kansas

Question: The building known as the Atomium can be found in which European city?
Answer: Brussels

Question: Born in 1849, Edmund Barton became the first Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: What was the first name of Henry VIII’s elder sister, who married James IV of Scotland?
Answer: Margaret

Question: Who was the last Whig Prime Minister of the UK?
Answer: Lord John RUSSELL

Question: What real bird was later replaced by a fake one in traditional ‘hunts’ on Boxing Day?
Answer: Wren

Question: What major change was introduced at London Bridge last month?
Answer: A Glass Walkway

Question: ‘The knight of the doleful countenance’ refers to what literary figure?
Answer: Don Quixote

Question: According to legend who was the son of Uther Pendragon?
Answer: King Arthur

Question: What kind of creature is a fluke?
Answer: Worm

Question: Which publication used to call itself The London Charivari?
Answer: Punch Magazine

Question: Which cocktail consists of vodka, Galliano and orange juice?
Answer: Harvey Wallbanger

Question: Which creature fought the lion in Alice Through the Looking Glass?
Answer: Unicorn

Question: Opened in 1921, In which US city is the Wrigley Building?
Answer: Chicago

Question: Which multi medal winning track athlete will make his London marathon debut in April?
Answer: Mo Farah

Question: Who was the first woman jockey to complete the course?
Answer: Geraldine Rees

Question: What road divides Aintree and is crossed by National runners?
Answer: Melling Road

Question: Which city calls itself ‘The Heart of the Amazon’ and ‘The City of the Forest’?
Answer: Manaus

Question: What is the capital of Suriname?
Answer: Paramaribo

Question: Montevideo stands at the mouth of which river?
Answer: The River Plate

Question: Which French writer was nicknamed ‘The Devil’s Missionary’?
Answer: Voltaire

Question: Proverbially what does one need if one ‘sups with the Devil’?
Answer: A Long Spoon

Question: Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin is the title character in which famous novel?
Answer: The Idiot

Question: Which eponymous Dickens hero is a simpleton?
Answer: Barnaby Rudge

Question: Which title characters live in the town of Highland, Texas?
Answer: Beavis & Butt-head

Question: Which US animated series features the Griffin family?
Answer: Family Guy

Question: What does a ‘jobber’ deal in?
Answer: Stocks & Shares

Question: In which state of the USA was Elvis Presley born?
Answer: Mississippi

Question: What was Queen Victoria’s comment upon witnessing an impersonation of herself?
Answer: We Are Not Amused

Question: Which acid occurs naturally in the human stomach?
Answer: Hydrochloric

Question: Boris the ………….. (The Who)?
Answer: Spider

Question: What bird did sailors call Mother Carey’s Chicken?
Answer: Stormy Petrel

Question: What was the alter ego of Music Hall comedian Arthur Lucan in the inter-war years?
Answer: Old Mother Riley

Question: In which town is the Officer Training School for the Royal Navy?
Answer: Dartmouth

Question: Which herb is used in a sauce béarnaise?
Answer: Tarragon acc chervil

Question: Which famous medical establishment is known as GOSH?
Answer: Great Ormond St Hospital

Question: What was the nickname of American bank robber Charles Floyd?
Answer: Pretty Boy

Question: In days gone by what kind of business would be run by a ‘bawd’?
Answer: Brothel

Question: What is the name for the centre player in the front row of a rugby scrum?
Answer: Hooker

Question: If someone is crapulous - in what condition are they?
Answer: Drunk

Question: Which cartoon character says ‘Drat and double drat’?
Answer: Dick Dastardly

Question: What will our Sun become in the first stage of its death?
Answer: Red Giant

Question: Apart from the Sun which is the nearest star to Earth?
Answer: Proxima Centauri

Question: What term describes the plucking of string instruments?
Answer: Pizzicato

Question: What is the term for the background of a heraldic shield?
Answer: Field

Question: Who plays Martha Costello QC in the BBC’s legal drama Silk?
Answer: Maxine Peake

Question: Which was the first capital city to host the Winter Olympics?
Answer: Oslo

Question: Which king founded Eton College in 1440?
Answer: Henry VI

Question: Old Wykehamists are former pupils of which school?
Answer: Winchester College

Question: Which school has famous old boys – Jeremy Clarkson, Roald Dahl and Graeme Garden?
Answer: Repton

Question: Who was manager of Melchester Rovers when Roy Race joined the club?
Answer: Ben Galloway

Question: The Sovereign Base Areas are on which island?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: Which so-called sport used to be known as ‘The Royal Diversion’?
Answer: Cock Fighting

Question: Which is the American state of Wisconsin’s most populous city?
Answer: Milwaukee

Question: Brasilia is the capital but which city in Brazil has the largest population?
Answer: Sao Paulo

Question: Which is the biggest Indian city by population?
Answer: Mumbai

Question: On which Scottish island did he write 1984 between 1946 and 1948?
Answer: Jura

Question: What is the clotting substance in the blood called?
Answer: Fibrin

Question: Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is subtitled Bunthorne’s Bride?
Answer: Patience

Question: Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is subtitled The Merryman and his Maid?
Answer: The Yeoman of the Guard

Question: Which Middle-Eastern country calls itself The Hashemite Kingdom?
Answer: Jordan

Question: Which pungent spice is called ‘jeera’ in Indian cooking?
Answer: Cumin

Question: What was the first forename of the Russian composer Stravinsky?
Answer: Igor

Question: Whose £2.5 million will read last month saw nothing bequeathed to his wife?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: Phillipe Sella was a great French star in which sport?
Answer: Rugby Union

Question: Which TV cop has Detective Sergeant John Bacchus for his assistant?
Answer: Inspector George Gently

Question: Which ruthless dictator was nicknamed ‘Dada’?
Answer: Idi Amin

Question: Which eponymous classical heroine goes to Lowood School?
Answer: Jane Eyre

Question: Which of the robbers was considered the mastermind or leader?
Answer: Bruce Reynolds

Question: From which city had the mail train departed on its journey South?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: From which prison did Ronnie Biggs escape after serving only 19 months of his sentence?
Answer: Wandsworth

Question: The Land of the Long White Cloud?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: What are the elongated ‘whale shaped’ hills caused by glacial action?
Answer: Drumlins

Question: The three basic types of rock are – igneous, metamorphic and which other?
Answer: Sedimentary

Question: Which band was fronted by Poly Styrene?
Answer: X-Ray Specs