Question: The Norton Canes service area is the only one on which Motorway
Answer: M6 Toll Road

Question: Which spirit is the main alcoholic ingredient of a Tom Collins cocktail?
Answer: Gin

Question: Which instrument is played by the leader of an orchestra?
Answer: Violin

Question: Which current cabinet minister is MP for Richmond?
Answer: William Hague

Question: Which James Bond villain was played by Christopher Lee?
Answer: Scaramanga

Question: Who was the chairman of RBS who resigned in June 2013 with a reported payoff of £L6 million?
Answer: Stephen Hester

Question: What is the better known or more common name of the pharmaceutical SILDENAFIL?
Answer: Viagra

Question: Which car manufacturer's branded slogan is "The Power to Surprise"?
Answer: Kia

Question: For what does the "E" stand in the authors' name E L James?
Answer: Erika

Question: """Oh, I could hide neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings"" are the opening words to which song?"
Answer: Daydream Believer

Question: Which horse won the 2013 Epsom Derby at 7 to 1?
Answer: Ruler Of The World

Question: Which French composer composed the 1830 work Symphonie Fantastique?
Answer: Hector BERLIOZ

Question: Norman Pitkin was one of the best-known characters of which British comedian?
Answer: Norman Wisdom

Question: Who was Poet Laureate from 1850 to his death in 1892?
Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Question: What does the Welsh word "Aber" mean in place names such as Aberystwyth and Aberdaron?
Answer: River Mouth

Question: Which Scottish author wrote the books known collectively as The Waverley Novels?
Answer: Sir Walter Scott

Question: What was abolished by the 13th Amendment to the US constitution in 1865?
Answer: Slavery

Question: Which Austrian composers 8th symphony which premiered in 1910 and was nicknamed "Symphony of a Thousand'?
Answer: Gustav Mahler

Question: According to the Old Testament of the Bible who replaced Moses to lead the Israelites into the
Answer: """Promise Land""?"

Question: Who preceded Tennyson as Poet Laureate, being awarded the accolade in 1843 at the age of 73?
Answer: William Wordsworth

Question: What was abolished by the 21st Amendment to the US constitution in 1933?
Answer: Prohibition

Question: Which Scottish author created the character Richard Hannay?
Answer: John Buchan

Question: Which author created the fictional character "Horrid Henry"?
Answer: Francesca Simon

Question: In March 2006 Jack Dorsey created and was one of the co-founders of which social networking website?
Answer: Twitter

Question: What was the name of the American pilot captured by the Soviet Union when they shot down his U2 spy plane in 1960?
Answer: Gary Powers

Question: Which BBC crime drama stars Idris Elba in the title role?
Answer: Luther

Question: On which motorway are Beaconsfield and Cherwell valley services located?
Answer: M40

Question: Which spirit is combined with rum, triple sec and lemon juice to make a Between the Sheets?
Answer: Brandy

Question: Who was the last Anglo Saxon King of England?
Answer: HAROLD II (GODWINSON) in 1066

Question: What SINGLE word describes a government run by rich people?
Answer: Plutocracy

Question: What was the nationality of the artist Rene Magritte?
Answer: Belgian

Question: Who preceded Tony Blair as the leader of the Labour Party?
Answer: John Smith

Question: Which 1980's group took its name from a Vulcan priestess from Star Trek?
Answer: T'Pau

Question: Give a year in the life of the composer of some of the earliest operas, Claudio Monteverdi?
Answer: 1567-1643

Question: Sandy Park is the home of which Premiership Rugby Union club?
Answer: Exeter Chiefs

Question: Pop musician of the 1970s John Richie was better known by what name?
Answer: Sid Vicious

Question: In cricket, a batsman's score of 111 is considered to be unlucky. What is it called?
Answer: Nelson

Question: In which sport did Scunthorpe Scorpions win a premiership title in 2012?
Answer: Speedway

Question: Miss Twinkleton, Canon Crisparkle and John Jasper are characters in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: The Mystery Of Edwin Drood

Question: Which actress played the part of Mrs Hudson in the TV series Sherlock first screened in 2010?
Answer: Una Stubbs

Question: Which actor founded the Mermaid Theatre at Puddle Dock in London in 1959?
Answer: Bernard Miles

Question: What was the name of the high school that featured in the musical 'Grease'?
Answer: Rydell High

Question: Who, in Autumn 2012, broke the sound barrier in free fall from a balloon, at an altitude of 23 miles?
Answer: Felix Baumgartner

Question: In the Scottish Premier League, in which town do Ross County play?
Answer: Dingwall

Question: What name, geometrically, is given to a circle which rolls around inside or outside another circle?
Answer: Epicycle

Question: Who was Britain's first Minister of Technology, appointed in 1964?
Answer: Frank Cousins

Question: In Greek myth, who was the husband of Hecuba and father of fifty children?
Answer: Priam

Question: In which year was the English £1 coin introduced?
Answer: 1983

Question: Which golfer sank a six foot putt to retain the Ryder Cup for Europe in 2012?
Answer: Martin Kaymer

Question: Which actor, who appeared in the Harry Potter series of films, also had prominent roles in the films 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and 'Midnight Express'?
Answer: John Hurt

Question: Who wrote the play 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist' ?
Answer: Dario Fo

Question: Which songwriter penned the classic songs 'A Fine Romance' and 'Smoke gets in your Eyes'?
Answer: Jerome Kern

Question: Where, in the strip cartoon, is the home village of Rupert Bear?
Answer: Nutwood

Question: In R.L. Stevenson's novel 'Treasure Island' which of the pirates was the ship's cook?
Answer: Long John Silver

Question: Who succeeded Brendan Barber as the T.U.C's General Secretary on January 1st 2013?
Answer: Frances O'Grady

Question: In Scotland, which town is the home venue of Albion Rovers FC?
Answer: Coatbridge

Question: Which male soul singer died when his plane crashed into a lake in Wisconsin in 1967?
Answer: Otis Redding

Question: In heraldry and lyric poetry which bird is referred to as Halcyon?
Answer: Kingfisher

Question: Name the year that Terry Waite was kidnapped in Beirut, and the 'Herald of Free Enterpise' capsized off the coast near Zeebrugge?
Answer: 1987

Question: In Robert Louis Stevenson's novel 'Treasure Island', which of the pirates is trampled to death by a horse?
Answer: Blind Pew

Question: Which artist designed the sleeve for the Beatles album 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'?
Answer: Peter Blake

Question: The operas 'La Cenerentola' by Rossini and 'Cendrillon' by Massenet are based on the fairy tale Cinderella by whom?
Answer: Charles Perrault

Question: Who was the literary creator of children's favourite Paddington Bear?
Answer: Michael Bond

Question: Who wrote the play 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'?
Answer: Bertolt Brecht

Question: Who wrote the songs 'I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy' and 'Give my Regards to Broadway'?
Answer: George M. Cohan

Question: In which Italian region is the port and city of Genoa located?
Answer: Liguria

Question: 1950-60s pop star Reg Smith is better known by what name?
Answer: Marty Wilde

Question: Of which British island is St Anne's the capital?
Answer: Alderney

Question: Name the donkey that accompanied Robert Louis Stevenson on his journey in the book Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes'.
Answer: Modestine

Question: Give a year in the life of the artist George Stubbs.
Answer: 1724-1806

Question: Living History' is the memoir of which contemporary US politician?
Answer: Hillary Clinton

Question: What was the only opera written by Beethoven?
Answer: Fidelio

Question: Who was the architect of the Shard, the highest building in Europe when it was opened in 2013?
Answer: Renzo Piano