Question: Who composed the song "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1911?
Answer: Irving Berlin

Question: In which Northern Ireland county is the Giant's Causeway?
Answer: Co. Antrim

Question: In which 1961 film did Audrey Hepburn appear as the character Holly Golightly?
Answer: Breakfast at Tiffanys

Question: Who was the last ruling Roman Catholic monarch of Britain?
Answer: James the Second

Question: The Stanley Cup is contested in which sport?
Answer: Ice Hockey

Question: What, in a German town or city, is the rathaus?
Answer: Town (City) Hall

Question: In which Scottish city is Arthur's Seat?
Answer: Edinburgh

Question: Who was the first reigning British monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: Queen Victoria

Question: What make of helicopter, manufactured by Boeing, is named after a wind originating in the Pacific, northwest of the United States?
Answer: Chinook

Question: Who composed the orchestral work Rhapsody in Blue in 1924?
Answer: George Gershwin

Question: Laxton Superb and Chelmsford Wonder are varieties of which fruit?
Answer: Apple

Question: Who is the main male character, a fairground barker, in the film "Carousel"?
Answer: Billy Bigelow

Question: Who was President of Germany from 1925 to 1934?
Answer: Paul von Hindenburg

Question: What is the common name for rubella?
Answer: German (3 day) Measles

Question: In which US town or city were the 1904 Summer Olympics held?
Answer: St. Louis

Question: Which soul group had a 1973 UK Top 10 hit with "Love Train"?
Answer: The O'Jays

Question: Which fruit is used to make the liqueur kirsch?
Answer: Cherries

Question: In which Northern Ireland county are the Mourne Mountains, which contain the highest NI peak Slieve Donard?
Answer: Co. Down

Question: In which 1957 film did Alec Guinness play the character Lt.-Col. Nicholson?
Answer: Bridge on the River Kwai

Question: The World Men's Team Championship, the Thomas Cup, is a competition in which sport?
Answer: Badminton

Question: What kind of creature is a bobolink?
Answer: Bird

Question: Which English football team won soccer's First Division title in 1946/47 season, the first after World War Two?
Answer: Liverpool

Question: In a motoring context, what is the English equivalent of the French 'peripherique'?
Answer: Ring Road

Question: In the children's TV series, 1968-1970, whose best friends were Zaza the cat, and Mrs. Kiki the frog?
Answer: Hector's

Question: Of which island is St Anne the largest town?
Answer: Alderney

Question: Which car manufacturer produced the 'Victor' and 'Velox' models?
Answer: Vauxhall

Question: Who provided the voice of cartoon character Bugs Bunny, from 1940 until his death in 1989?
Answer: Mel Blanc

Question: What name is given to the area between the two arms of the Rhone delta, famous for its flamingos, bulls and grey horses?
Answer: Camargue

Question: In which country is the world's highest (uninterrupted) waterfall?
Answer: Venezuela

Question: What starts at Cheriton and ends at Sangatte?
Answer: The Channel Tunnel

Question: The airport Cristoforo Colombo is in which city?
Answer: Genoa

Question: James Stewart was the real name of an English actor who was on stage from 1935. He was an officer in the British Army in WWII. His first starring film role was in The Man in Grey in 1943. What was his professional name?
Answer: Stewart Granger

Question: Who replaced Mickey Arthur as coach of the Australian cricket team in June?
Answer: Darren Lehmann

Question: In which castle was Charles I imprisoned from 1647 to 1648?
Answer: Carisbrooke

Question: To whom is Sophie Dahl married?
Answer: Jamie Cullum

Question: Which team were beaten by Bayern Munich in this year's UEFA Champions League final?
Answer: Borussia Dortmund

Question: The so-called Six Acts of 1819 were an attempt by the British Parliament to curb radical activity
Answer: following which event earlier that year?

Question: From which country does the cheese manchego originate?
Answer: Spain

Question: Who was the result of Zeus visiting Danae as a shower of gold?
Answer: Perseus

Question: In which country is the tourist attraction Lake Bled?
Answer: Slovenia

Question: At this year's Oscars, Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress for her role in which film?
Answer: Silver Linings Playbook

Question: Whose twelfth studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail released in July has topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic7.
Answer: Jay-Z

Question: What is the only Shakespeare play with an animal in the title?
Answer: The Taming Of The Shrew

Question: Whose opera Un ballo in maschera premiered in 1859?
Answer: Giuseppe Verdi

Question: Which painter's works include the murals on the Sandham Memorial Chapel at Burghclere and The Resurrection, Cookham?
Answer: Stanley Spencer

Question: The US state of Michigan borders all of the Great Lakes except which one?
Answer: Ontario

Question: Which 1995 film had the tag line - 'The courage to face fear'?
Answer: Braveheart

Question: What is the shape of something described as reniform?
Answer: Kidney Shaped

Question: How does the sport of Nordic Walking differ from regular walking?
Answer: It Uses Poles

Question: Who was the Governor of the Falklands at the time of the War who died in 2012?
Answer: Sir Rex Hunt

Question: In which month of the year is Australia Day?
Answer: January

Question: Which Briton, in the London Olympics, won the first ever women's boxing gold medal?
Answer: Nicola Adams

Question: Which future party leader was first elected to Parliament as MP for Plymouth Devonport in 1945?
Answer: Michael Foot

Question: Name the contemporary Scottish composer whose works include The Confession of Isobel Gowdie and Vent, Veni Emmanuel written for the percussionist Evelyn Glennie?
Answer: James Macmillan

Question: What city or town is known in its own country's language as Lefkosia?
Answer: Nicosia

Question: What was the English title of the TV crime drama, shown on BBC4 in 2012, set partly in Denmark and partly in Sweden?
Answer: The Bridge

Question: In which month is Thanksgiving Day in Canada?
Answer: October

Question: Who was MP for Orkney and Shetland from 1950 to 1983 leading his party for over 10 of those years?
Answer: Jo Grimond

Question: Give a year in the life of Scottish chemist and physicist James Dewar.
Answer: 1842 - 1923

Question: What shape is something described as cordate?
Answer: Heart Shaped

Question: Who was the first Governor of the Bank of England (1694-1697)?
Answer: Sir John Houblon

Question: Whose opera La gazza ladra premiered in 1817?
Answer: Gioachino Rossini

Question: What is the highest mountain in the contiguous states of the USA?
Answer: Mt Whitney

Question: Which 1957 film had the tag line - 'Life is in their hands - death is on their minds'?
Answer: 12 Angry Men

Question: Name the contemporary English composer who after writing avant garde works such as The Whale and Celtic Requiem, turned to more mystical, Byzantine works such as The Protecting Veil.
Answer: John Tavener

Question: Which writer born in Dublin in 1854 died in Paris in 1900?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: What city or town is known in one of its country's languages as Kaapstad?
Answer: Cape Town

Question: Which Danish TV drama, shown on BBC4 in 2012, took its title from the popular name for its country's parliament?
Answer: Borgen

Question: In which country is Pula, home to one of the best preserved Roman amphitheatres outside Italy?
Answer: Croatia

Question: At this year's Oscars, who won Best Supporting Actress?
Answer: Anne Hathaway

Question: How is the Greek playwright Aeschylus traditionally said to have died?
Answer: An Eagle Dropped A Tortoise On His Head

Question: Following what action in 1773 did the British Parliament pass The Intolerable Acts?
Answer: The Boston Tea Party

Question: Zeus' visit as a swan to whom resulted in the birth of twins Castor and Pollux?
Answer: Leda

Question: Who is married to Calista Flockhart?
Answer: Harrison Ford