Question: Which chat-show host made his name with the 1989 series The Last Resort?
Answer: Jonathan Ross

Question: The Altiplano is a high plateau in the Andes name either of the two countries in which it lies?
Answer: Bolivia Or Peru

Question: In France, a charcuterie is a shop specialising in which meat?
Answer: Pork

Question: Which actor played Al Jolson in The Jolson Story and it sequel?
Answer: Larry Parks

Question: Which town in Southwest Belgium, twinned with Bootle in 1967, was on 21 August 1914, the site of the first World War I battle between British and German forces?
Answer: Mons

Question: In the TV series 'Upstairs Downstairs' what was the name of the butler played by Gordon Jackson?
Answer: Hudson

Question: In melodrama, who was the supplier of fillings for Mrs Lovatt's pies?
Answer: Sweeney Todd

Question: What did Letchworth become in 1963 and Welwyn in 1969?
Answer: Garden Cities

Question: What is the term in French cookery meaning to fry lightly and quickly in little or no oil?
Answer: Sauté

Question: Which film, winner of the 1991 Best Film Oscar, contains the line "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner"?
Answer: Silence Of The Lambs

Question: Which winner of the 1953 Best Film Oscar is set in a Honolulu barracks immediately before and during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour?
Answer: From Here To Eternity

Question: Which chain of clothes shops was founded in the 1960s by Barbara Hulaniki?
Answer: Biba

Question: In the 18th century a thief on horseback was a highwayman, what was the name of his pedestrian counterpart?
Answer: Footpad

Question: The athletic event the triathlon consists of running, swimming and what other event?
Answer: Cycling

Question: Who was US president immediately before Ronald Reagan?
Answer: Jimmy Carter

Question: Who was Argentina's President during the 1982 Falklands War?
Answer: Leopoldo Galteri

Question: Which South Atlantic island suffered a volcanic eruption in 1963, forcing the inhabitants to be evacuated to Britain?
Answer: Tristan Da Cunha

Question: What was the title of the 1975 TV series starring Peter Strauss and Nick Nolte as the brothers Rudy and Tom Jordache?
Answer: Rich Man, Poor Man

Question: Which 1960s TV series featured the spymaster Alexander Waverley, played by Leo G Carroll?
Answer: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

Question: What was the name of the dealer with Baring's Bank who was somewhat careless with £17,000,000,000 of that bank's money in 1995?
Answer: Nick Leeson

Question: According to myth, which monster eventually killed by Theseus, inhabited and guarded the labyrinth of King Minos at Knossos?
Answer: Minotaur

Question: Which name is common to both a type of snake and she dragon of Mount Parnassus that protected the Oracle at Delphi?
Answer: Python

Question: Which singer had a 1970s number one hit with the song "When I Need You?
Answer: Leo Sayer

Question: What is the better known name of the medical condition, Tinea Pedes? (the clue is in the Latin)
Answer: Athlete'S Foot

Question: Which authoress lived at Chawton House in Hampshire in the early years of the 19th century?
Answer: Jane Austen

Question: Which TV programme turned a character named Zebedee into a star?
Answer: The Magic Roundabout

Question: The Alexandre Dumas play, "La Dame aux Camelias" was the inspiration for which Verdi opera?
Answer: La Traviata

Question: Which spice, of Asiatic origin, is commonly used as a cheaper substitute for saffron?
Answer: Turmeric

Question: In which English town or city is the Meadowhall shopping centre located?
Answer: Sheffield

Question: What is the surname of the twins, Raphael and Fabio, who play football for Manchester Utd?
Answer: Da Silva

Question: What is the surname of the test cricketer, whose initials are V.V.S.?
Answer: Laxman

Question: The major body representing which medical profession is appropriately known as BAAPS?
Answer: Plastic Surgeons

Question: Which cathedral in South West England is the only one to house a 24 hour clock, the second oldest surviving clock in England?
Answer: Wells

Question: What was the name of Dan Dare's co-pilot, in the comic strip adventures in the Eagle comic?
Answer: Digby

Question: If diners ordered Gamberoni from a Mediterranean menu, with what would they be served?
Answer: Jumbo Prawns

Question: Which Puccini opera remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1924?
Answer: Turandot

Question: In the children's TV programme, "The Magic Roundabout", what was the name of the snail?
Answer: Brian

Question: In 1964, Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, was born in which major US city?
Answer: New York

Question: Who wrote the poem, which begins, "She walks in beauty like the night. Of cloudless climes, and starry skies"?
Answer: Lord Byron

Question: Who is the only player from the Republic of Ireland to have represented Great Britain at test level in Rugby League?
Answer: Brian Carney

Question: Which famous author lived at Bateman's, a Jacobean house in East Sussex, in the first half of the 20th century?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Question: On which everyday object would you see a Latin phrase, which translates as "An ornament and a safeguard"?
Answer: On A Pound Coin

Question: In 1765, who became the first English King to be born at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: George Iv

Question: Curtis Jackson, alias 50 Cent, is an American exponent of which type of music?
Answer: Rap Music

Question: Which herb is an essential ingredient in the Swedish salmon dish, Gravlax?
Answer: Dill

Question: In art, what name is given to a statue or painting of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead Christ?
Answer: A Pieta

Question: Derived from the Greek word for "Breathless", which noun denotes temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep?
Answer: Apnoea

Question: Who played the part of Private Ryan in the 1998 film, "Saving Private Ryan"?
Answer: Matt Damon

Question: In which of Shakespeare's plays is Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, one of the main characters?
Answer: Twelfth Night

Question: Which American golfer gained his first major title, when he won the 2009 US Open?
Answer: Lucas Glover

Question: The statue of Eros, in Piccadilly in London, was the work of which sculptor?
Answer: Sir Alfred Gilbert

Question: Catherine of Braganza was the Queen of which British monarch?
Answer: Charles Ii

Question: What nationality are people born in the state of Carinthia?
Answer: Austrian

Question: Eleanor of Castille was the first Queen Consort of which English monarch?
Answer: Edward I

Question: Who sculpted the statue of Christ of the Andes which stands above Rio de Janeiro?
Answer: Paul Landowski

Question: To what was Winston Churchill referring when he said, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning"?
Answer: The Allied Victory At El Alamein

Question: Which American golfer beat Tom Watson in a play-off to win the 2009 Open Golf championship at Turnberry?
Answer: Stewart Cink

Question: In which of Shakespeare's plays does the character, Mustardseed, appear?
Answer: A Midsummer Night'S Dream

Question: Who played the part of General Omar Bradley opposite George C Scott in the 1970 film, "Patton"?
Answer: Karl Malden

Question: Liverpool FC co-owner, George Gillett, also owns which Canadian National Hockey League team?
Answer: Montreal Canadians

Question: Extending from the caecum to the rectum, the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid are four sections of which part of the large intestine?
Answer: The Colon

Question: Which was the only U.S. aircraft carrier sunk as a result of the Battle of Midway in 1942?
Answer: Uss Yorktown

Question: Which herb is a distinctive ingredient in Bearnaise sauce?
Answer: Tarragon

Question: Which actress, nominated for her role in the 2008 film, "Rachel's Getting Married", shares her name with a famous historical wife?
Answer: Anne Hathaway