Question: Excluding the baby twins John and Barbara, name either of the Christian names of the Two children that Mary Poppins was sent to look after in the 1934 book by PL Travers Their names being the same in the 1964 film ?
Answer: JANE or MICHAEL

Question: Which county won the Cricket County Championship on six occasions during the 1960’s Including three consecutive titles in 1966, 1967 and 1968 ?
Answer: Yorkshire

Question: Which county won the Cricket County Championship seven years in succession between 1952 and 1958 ?
Answer: Surrey

Question: Clara Petacci, who lived from 1912 – 1945 was the mistress of which famous politician who lived from 1883 – 1945 ?
Answer: Benito MUSSOLINI

Question: The Brenner Pass connects Italy with which other country ?
Answer: Austria

Question: Which famous historical figure who lived from 1595 to 1617 was famously linked to English captain John Smith who arrived in her country with more than 100 settlers in April 1607 ?
Answer: Pocohontas

Question: In 1971, the pop band Sakkarin under the production of Jonathan King reached number Twelve in the British pop charts with which record that had been a number one hit two Years earlier ?
Answer: Sugar, Sugar

Question: Which famous novel, published in 1939 features the main family who are named Joad, a poor family of tenant farmers during the Great Depression ?
Answer: The Grapes Of Wrath

Question: Which famous novel, published in 1922 is the main character and protagonist named Leopold Bloom and follows his encounters in Dublin ?
Answer: Ulysses

Question: What is the name of the Bridge in Southern France that opened in 2004, crossing the River Tarn in the Massif Central Mountains and with a height of 984 feet, it is the world’s highest Road bridge ?
Answer: The Millau

Question: Which renowned public school is situated in Godalming in Surrey ?
Answer: Charterhouse

Question: Which renowned independent school is situated in Elgin in Moray ?
Answer: Gordonstoun

Question: Which Austrian far right leader was killed in a car crash in October 2008 ?
Answer: Jorg HAIDER

Question: The song ‘ Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas comes from which musical ?
Answer: Meet Me In St Louis

Question: Which actor played the role of Milton Arbogast, the detective who is killed on the stairs in the Hitchcock thriller Psycho ?
Answer: Martin Balsam

Question: What name is given in canoeing to a complete roll through 360 degrees to recover after cap-sizing ?
Answer: Eskimo Roll

Question: Deborah Kerr played the female lead in the film version of which musical ?
Answer: The King And I

Question: Who wrote the fantasy literature trilogy His Dark Materials ?
Answer: Phillip Pulman

Question: In Greek mythology, whose wife was Clytemnestra ?
Answer: Agamemnon

Question: Which Doctor Who actor did David Bradley play in the recent TV drama An Adventure In Space and Time ?
Answer: William Hartnell

Question: Hansen's disease is another name for which bacterial infection ?
Answer: Leprosy

Question: What was the name of the street on which President Kennedy's limousine was travelling at the time of his assassination in 1963 ?
Answer: Elm Street

Question: Which member of Monty Python, who have announced they are planning a new stage show, was born in America ?
Answer: Terry Gilliam

Question: Which term was coined to denote the followers of the 14th-century churchman John Wycliffe ?
Answer: Lollards

Question: Which fruit contains the most calories ?
Answer: Avocado Pairs

Question: In physics , which Greek letter is commonly used to denote torque ?
Answer: Tau

Question: What is the literal meaning of the Japanese term 'hara-kiri', often used in the West as a synonym for ritual self-sacrifice ?
Answer: Cutting The Belly

Question: In Greek mythology, who rejected the nymph Echo who pined away until only her voice was left ?
Answer: Narcissus

Question: Which BBC current affairs programme, the longest-running in the world, is 60 years old this year ?
Answer: Panorama

Question: The dung of which mammal is known as spraint ?
Answer: Otter

Question: Which King of England reigned between the years 978 and 1016, succeeding his father Edgar and his half-brother Edward ?
Answer: Ethelred

Question: What in physics is the minimum amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction ?
Answer: A Quantum

Question: Where in Florida is the Flag Building, the recently completed 'cathedral' of Scientology ?
Answer: Clearwater

Question: Which aromatic herb is traditionally used as a symbol of remembrance ?
Answer: Rosemary

Question: Which apple-like fruit with the Latin name Mesipilus has to over-ripen and turn brown before it can be eaten ?
Answer: Medlar

Question: Deciduous dentition, seen in children, is better known by what name ?
Answer: Milk Teeth

Question: Which member of the Monty Python team died in 1989 ?
Answer: Graham Chapman

Question: Nellie Forbush is the female protagonist of which musical ?
Answer: South Pacific

Question: Which of the territories of Canada has the city of Yellowknife as its capital ?
Answer: The Northwest Territories

Question: The English stately home created for the Earl of Carlisle in 1699 is still owned by his descendents, and still known by the family name. Which stately home is it?
Answer: Castle Howard

Question: Ustinov, Van Mildert, and St Cuthbert's Society, are among the colleges which are constituent parts of which British university ?
Answer: Durham

Question: The character of Hercule Poirot first appeared in which Agatha Christie story ?
Answer: The Mysterious Affair At Styles

Question: When Lord Salisbury left office as Prime Minister in 1902, he was succeeded by his nephew. Who was that ?
Answer: Arthur Balfour

Question: Which Austrian composer's works are given K numbers according to the 19th century Kochel catalogue ?
Answer: Mozart

Question: In 1860, which Englishman invented an electric lamp some time before Edison registered his patent for the same device ?
Answer: (Sir Joseph) Swan

Question: Upminster and Wimbledon are termini of which London Underground line ?
Answer: District

Question: In which year did Argentina's Maradona score his infamous 'hand of God' goal?
Answer: 1986

Question: Alcuin, Goodricke, Halifax, and Vanbrugh are among the colleges which are constituent parts of which British university ?
Answer: York

Question: The radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is named after which physicist and astronomer ?
Answer: Sir Bernard Lovell

Question: The design of the Mathematical Bridge at Cambridge University is traditionally credited to which scientist (although he died some 20 years before the bridge was constructed) ?
Answer: Sir Isaac Newton

Question: The Santuari de Liuc monastery is considered the most important pilgrimage site on which Mediterranean island ?
Answer: Majorca

Question: Which city, the largest on the Australian west coast, is the capital of the state of Western Australia ?
Answer: Perth

Question: Which spirit forms the basis of a Tom Collins cocktail ?
Answer: Gin

Question: Which British rock group had a 1970 No.1 hit with In the Summertime ?
Answer: Mungo Jerry

Question: With which inventor did Elisha Gray fight a protracted legal battle, beginning in the 1870's, having filed a patent for the same device at the same time ?
Answer: (A.G.) Bell

Question: The film simply known as Star Wars on its first release in 1977 became Episode 4 in the eventual sequence of six films, and acquired a subtitle. What was the subtitle ?
Answer: A New Hope

Question: King Ludwig II of Bavaria was the patron of which German composer ?
Answer: Wagner

Question: What name is given to the form of divination through books ?
Answer: Bibliomancy

Question: Which stately home in Derbyshire formed the backdrop to the famous historical romance between Dorothy Vernon and Sir John Manners ?
Answer: Haddon Hall

Question: What is the capital of Indonesia ?
Answer: Jakarta