Question: In 1960 , Alberto Korda took an iconic photograph of which revolutionary leader ?
Answer: Che Guevera

Question: Name the Year: The musical My Fair Lady has its first performance on Broadway ; Elvis Presley has his first U.K. hit.
Answer: 1956

Question: Which German composer wrote the music of the overture Rienzi, often heard in the concert hall ?
Answer: Wagner

Question: Julia Gillard is the current Prime Minister of which country ?
Answer: Australia

Question: In the British and American armies, what rank is between a General and a Major-General ?
Answer: Lieutenant-General

Question: Which Monty Python film features the exploding Mr Creosote ?
Answer: The Meaning Of Life

Question: Clara Petacci was the mistress of which dictator ?
Answer: Mussolini

Question: Why was Carol Hersey once the most popular seen person on British TV ?
Answer: BBC's TEST CARD GIRL

Question: Which is the only London borough on both sides of the Thames ?
Answer: Richmond Upon Thames

Question: Which composer , when just 17, wrote the Overture A Midsummer Night's Dream ?
Answer: Mendelssohn

Question: The drug digitalis comes from which plant ?
Answer: Foxglove

Question: Which famous U.S. highway originally ran from Chicago to Los Angeles, covering 2,448 miles ?
Answer: Route 66

Question: Who, for a time, was the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta ?
Answer: Helen

Question: What broadcasting first was achieved by the Queen's 2012 Christmas Day broadcast ?
Answer: First To Be Shown In 3-D

Question: Who is the hero of George Orwell's novel 1984 ?
Answer: Winston Smith

Question: Which composition by Thomas Tallis shot to the top of the classical charts after getting a mention in the book 50 Shades of Grey ?
Answer: Spem In Alium

Question: In which century was the mausoleum known as the Taj Mahal built ?
Answer: 17th

Question: In what academic discipline does Queen guitarist Brian May hold a PhD from Imperial College , London ?
Answer: Astrophysics

Question: In Alexandre Dumas's novel The Man In the Iron Mask , the man is the twin brother of which king ?
Answer: Louis Xiv

Question: Which of his sons succeeded King Alfred the Great ?
Answer: Edward The Elder

Question: BBC TV science presenter Brian Cox played keyboards with which nineties band ?
Answer: D-Ream

Question: What rank in the British Army was abolished in 1904 ?
Answer: Commander In Chief

Question: In which country was snooker invented ?
Answer: India

Question: What in Paris is the Lapin Agile ?
Answer: A Bar/Cabaret

Question: Who was the mother of King Henry VI of England ?
Answer: Catherine Of Valois

Question: What title did George Orwell give his book recalling his time as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War ?
Answer: Homage To Catalonia

Question: The Old Kent Road in London follows the line of which Roman road ?
Answer: Watling Street

Question: Only two planets in our Solar system have retrograde rotation: Uranus and which other ?
Answer: Venus

Question: The BBC's coverage of which sporting event in 2011 marked their first venture into 3-D broadcasting ?
Answer: Wimbledon Finals

Question: What surname did actor Charles Buchinsky adopt in the Fifties before finding fame and success in films ?
Answer: Charles Bronson

Question: Who is the Patron Saint of Grocers and Policemen ?
Answer: St Michael

Question: Which group's first UK hit was ' Virginia Plain ' in 1972 ?
Answer: Roxy Music

Question: Sean Connery's first Oscar was awarded for his role in which film ?
Answer: The Untouchables

Question: Which Cricket county's 'Twenty/20' team are known as the 'Gladiators' ?
Answer: Gloucestershire

Question: The island of Rapa Nui is better known as what ?
Answer: Easter Island

Question: What name is given to small beads placed inside a ring to make it smaller such as the Duchess of Cambridge is said to have fitted inside her engagement ring ?
Answer: Speed Bumps

Question: Which actress became known as ' The Sweater Girl ' ?
Answer: Lana Turner

Question: Which country uses the international car registration ZA ?
Answer: South Africa

Question: Which Disney cartoon character was originally known as Dippy Dawg ?
Answer: Goofy

Question: What is the main currency unit of Vietnamn ?
Answer: The Dong

Question: What is the first name of Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's famous novel ?
Answer: Vistor

Question: Which brand of sweets were promoted with the slogan "What a lot I Got" ?
Answer: Smarties

Question: Westminster Abbey is dedicated to which saint ?
Answer: Saint Peter

Question: Whose first solo UK No. 1 single was ' I'm Still Waiting ' in 1971 ?
Answer: Diana Ross

Question: Name the last film in which Sean Connery played the role of James Bond.
Answer: Never Say Never Again

Question: Who exercises power in a stratocracy ?
Answer: The Military

Question: In Horseracing , at which racecourse are all five of the Irish Classics held ?
Answer: Curragh

Question: Who was the second U.S. President to be assassinated ?
Answer: (James A) Garfield

Question: A man called Snot gave his name to which English city ?
Answer: Nottingham

Question: In which building in central London was London Zoo housed before moving to Regent's Park ?
Answer: Tower Of London

Question: In the blood , there are three types of body , red corpuscles , white corpuscles - what is the third ?
Answer: BLOOD PLATELETS accept THROMBOCYTES

Question: The currency of which European country is the Kuna ?
Answer: Croatia

Question: What does J.I.T. mean , applied to production scheduling ?
Answer: Just In Time

Question: What is the name of Athens' seaport ?
Answer: Piraeus

Question: Who painted ' The Surrender at Breda ' and ' Las Meninas ' ?
Answer: Velasquez

Question: What product was advertised with the slogan " Splash It All Over " ?
Answer: Brut

Question: On which island did the actor Oliver Reed die in 1999 ?
Answer: Malta

Question: Of which famous vessel was Miles Standish the captain ?
Answer: Mayflower

Question: What does T.Q.C. mean in manufacturing industry ?
Answer: Total Quality Control

Question: In 1630 , which architect installed the world's first sash windows in a house in Norfolk?
Answer: Inigo Jones

Question: Who painted ' Supper at Emmaus ' and ' The Anatomy Lesson ' ?
Answer: Rembrandt

Question: Whose Law states that galaxies are moving apart at a rate that increases with their distance ? A telescope was named after him ?
Answer: Hubble

Question: Which museum was originally housed in a London mansion called Montague House ?
Answer: British Museum

Question: Which British astronomer , who wrote a science fiction novel called "The Back Cloud" , is particularly associated with the Steady State theory of the Universe ?
Answer: Sir Fred Hoyle

Question: What did Sir John Harrington design and have installed in his house in 1589 ? His was the first , certainly in England.
Answer: A Water Closet

Question: Who is the Vice President of the USA ?
Answer: Joe Biden

Question: To which family of instruments does the hi-hat belong ?
Answer: Percussion

Question: In which English couny are the towns of Grantham and Skegness ?
Answer: Lincolnshire

Question: In which English couny are the towns of Reading and Maidenhead ?
Answer: Berkshire

Question: Give any year in the life of the Italian painter Michaelangelo.
Answer: 1475 - 1564

Question: Which President of the USA has twin daughters named Jenna and Barbara ?
Answer: George W Bush

Question: What is the six word title of the Scottish based song that contains the famous lyrics "O Ye Tak' The High Road, I'll Tak' The Low Road" ?
Answer: The Bonny Banks O Loch Lomond

Question: Even though he only lasted for three weeks, who succeeded Adolph Hitler as President of Germany in 1945 ?
Answer: (Karl) DONITZ

Question: Which film, released in 1969 and starring Dustin Hoffman is unique in the fact that it was the first X-rated film ever to win best picture Oscar ?
Answer: Midnight Cowboy