Question: For which government department did Anthony Trollope work before he became a full-time writer ?
Answer: Post Office

Question: In which year did rank outsider Foinavon unexpectedly win the Grand National?
Answer: 1967

Question: What was the German codename for the proposed invasion of Great Britain in 1940 ?
Answer: Operation Sealion

Question: If the race goes to plan, how many obstacles do the runners in the Grand National have to jump ?
Answer: Thirty

Question: Which animal's name comes from the anglicised form of the Spanish term for lizard ?
Answer: Alligator

Question: Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major is often known nowadays by what nickname because of its use in a Swedish film of that name ?
Answer: Elvira Madigan

Question: In the Hans Christian Andersen tale, of what were the Emperor's new clothes made ?
Answer: Nothing

Question: What is the more familiar name for vitamin B2 ?
Answer: Riboflavin

Question: Where in Germany is the Glyptothek museum ?
Answer: Munich

Question: Prime Minister David Cameron is an alumnus of which Oxford college ?
Answer: Brasenose

Question: Which restaurant chain employed waitresses known as 'Nippies' ?
Answer: J. Lyons & Co

Question: Which metal , with the atomic number 30, is used to coat iron or steel in the galvanizing process ?
Answer: Zinc

Question: What sort of new town, the first in the UK being Letchworth, was proposed in a book of 1898 by Ebenezer Howard ?
Answer: Garden City

Question: Thomas Hardy trained for which profession before he took up writing ?
Answer: Architect

Question: Which London satirical venue was co-founded by Peter Cook and Nicholas Luard ?
Answer: The Establishment

Question: Which British king was described by Henry James as "Edward the Caresser" ?
Answer: Edward Vii

Question: In Greek mythology, which Titan supported the sky on his shoulders ?
Answer: Atlas

Question: By what name is the explosion that occurred in Siberia on 30th June 1908, possibly caused by a comet or asteroid, generally known ?
Answer: The Tunguska

Question: What's the name of the unseen announcer on TV's University Challenge ?
Answer: Roger Tilling

Question: The Minoan civilization was based on which island ?
Answer: Crete

Question: What nationality is the armaments firm Bofors ?
Answer: Swedish

Question: Who was the only U.S. President to serve two non-consecutive terms ?
Answer: Grover Cleveland

Question: What was the name of 'The Little Mermaid' in the Disney film of the same name?
Answer: Ariel

Question: Which bird features on the Buckinghamshire flag ?
Answer: White Swan

Question: Which of the 'chasers' on the ITV quiz show The Chase is nicknamed 'The Governess' ?
Answer: Anne Hegarty

Question: Name the venue for the first Winter Olympic Games, held in 1924 ?
Answer: Chamonix

Question: The city of Nineveh was a capital of which ancient Empire ?
Answer: Assyrian

Question: With what type of technology is the Swedish firm Hasselblad most closely associated ?
Answer: Photographic Equipment

Question: Which UK city has the motto Virtute et Industria ?
Answer: Bristol

Question: What type of fish is Nemo in the film Finding Nemo ?
Answer: Clown Fish

Question: Which member of the Pre - Raphaelite group of artists painted the canvas known as The Scapegoat ?
Answer: (William Holman) HUNT

Question: What is the highest peak in Northern Ireland ?
Answer: Slieve Donard

Question: What's the name of the seven branched candelabrum a traditional symbol of Judaism ?
Answer: Menorah

Question: In physics, whose constant is the quantity of electric charge carried by one mole of electrons ?
Answer: Faraday'S Constant

Question: What is the Australian equivalent of the mythical beast known in the U.S. as Bigfoot and in the Himalayas as the yeti ?
Answer: The Yowie

Question: According to Greek Mythology, what was the last thing that remained in Pandora's Box ?
Answer: Hope

Question: From which language does the word 'sauna' come ?
Answer: Finnish

Question: What is a more familiar name for deuterium oxide ?
Answer: Heavy Water

Question: Who said after her divorce from Tom Cruise: "At last I can wear high heels again" ?
Answer: Nicole Kidman

Question: Which country was the birthplace of Henry V111’s fourth wife Anne Of Cleeves ?
Answer: Germany

Question: Ann Darrow was the name of the leading female character in which famous film of The 1930’s ?
Answer: King Kong

Question: Which Northern English city has districts called Manningham, Heaton and Little Horton ?
Answer: Bradford

Question: Which popular Restaurant chain, launched in 1979 now has over 125 different outlets Originally had a mascot named Charlie Chalk and has the advertising slogan "Pub Food As It Should Be" ?
Answer: Brewer'S Fayre

Question: Which moon of the planet Uranus shares it’s name with the daughter of Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest ?
Answer: Miranda

Question: If you were to order Rochebaron in a French restaurant, which food would you be served ?
Answer: Cheese

Question: Which moon of the planet Uranus shares it’s name with a surname of a current Manchester United footballer who has been at the club since 2002 ?
Answer: Ferdninand

Question: If you were to order Fladenbrot in a German or Turkish restaurant, which food would You be served ?
Answer: Bread

Question: Which Southern English city has districts called Shirley, Bassett Green and Thornhill ?
Answer: Southampton

Question: Which English author wrote the 1885 novel King Solomon’s Mines ?
Answer: H Rider HAGGARD

Question: Marion Crane was the name of the leading female character of which famous film of The 1960’s ?
Answer: Psycho

Question: William F Lamb from the construction firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon was the designer Of which famous construction that first opened in 1931 ?
Answer: Empire State Building

Question: Which year saw the kidnap of the racehorse Shergar, the introduction of the TV gameshow Blockbusters and the deaths of David Niven and Violet Carson ?
Answer: 1983

Question: Which year saw Frankie Detori famously win all six races on the card at Ascot, the introduction Of the TV gameshow Never Mind The Buzzcocks and the deaths of Jon Pertwee and Peter Swales ?
Answer: 1996

Question: Having the same surname of a Northern Town in England, what was the name of the Barrister who defended Paul Burrell when he was accused of stealing belongings from The Princess Of Wales ?
Answer: Alex CARLISLE

Question: Written about in the Bible, what eleven letter word is used to describe the area of land That covers the region of South West Asia and lies nearly the full length of the Iran/Iraq border It declined in importance after Mongol invaders destroyed it’s extensive irrigation system In A D 1258 ?
Answer: Mesopotamia

Question: First shown in 1976, which ITV series featured Gareth Hunt as the character Mike Gambit ?
Answer: The New Avengers

Question: Which snooker player who reached the semi final of the 2013 World Snooker Championship Was born in Chester in 1982 ?
Answer: Ricky Walden

Question: Which TV series, launched in 1978 saw Bob Hoskins as Arthur Parker, a sheet music Salesman attempting to make his dreams fit the promises of the lyrics he carries ?
Answer: Pennies From Heaven

Question: What seven letter name is given to the cold, dry Northerly wind that blows on the Mediterranean Coast of France, particularly concentrated on the Rhone Valley ?
Answer: Mistral

Question: Which darts player who won the world BDO Title in 2008 was born in Denbigh in 1983 ?
Answer: Mark Webster

Question: Holding the position from 1979 to 1983, who was the first Chancellor Of The Exchequer Under Margaret Thatcher ?
Answer: Geoffrey Howe

Question: Holding the position from 1993 to 1997, who was the last Chancellor Of The Exchequer Under Margaret Thatcher ?
Answer: Kenneth Clarke

Question: Which UK number one single of 1968 had the opening lyrics "I see trees of green, red roses Too, I see em bloom, for me and you" ?
Answer: What A Wonderful World