Question: In 2005, two different designs were used on the reverse of the 50p coin to commemorate the 150 anniversary of the introduction of what?
Answer: Victoria Cross

Question: The song 'Sunrise, Sunset' appears in which musical?
Answer: Fiddler on the Roof

Question: Who was the commander of the British Battle Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland?
Answer: (Admiral) Beatty

Question: Give a year in the life of Jane Austen?
Answer: 1775-1817

Question: For what does the P stand in the computer acronym 'pdf'?
Answer: Portable

Question: Which city has sports teams known as the 'Starters; the 'Pirates' and the 'Penguins'?
Answer: Pittsburgh

Question: Which European capital city has districts called Ottakring and Leopoldstadt?
Answer: Vienna

Question: Which first- class county cricket club has its HQ at the Rose Bowl?
Answer: Hampshire

Question: The Costa Smeralda is on the northeast coast of which island?
Answer: Sardinia

Question: Which book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle related the story of Professor Challenger's explorations?
Answer: The Lost World

Question: Enoch Powell's political career ended in 1987 as a member of which party?
Answer: Ulster Unionist

Question: The company 'Bloodaxe' publishes what sort of books?
Answer: Poetry

Question: Tamara Mellon co-founded which famous shoe company?
Answer: Jimmy Choo

Question: Lyman Frank were the forenames of the American author of which very famous children's book?
Answer: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Question: John Aldridge was the first player to miss a penalty in an FA Cup final at Wembley, which Tottenham Hotspur player was the second?
Answer: Gary Lineker

Question: Name the singer who, along with Vince Clarke, made up the pop group Erasure?
Answer: Andy Bell

Question: Pristina is the capital of which European state?
Answer: Kosovo

Question: What was the name of Gene Autry's famous horse?
Answer: Champion

Question: In which town or city is the University of the West of England?
Answer: Bristol

Question: Which first- class county cricket club has its HQ at the Riverside Ground?
Answer: Durham

Question: Give a year in the life of Emily Bronte?
Answer: 1818-1848

Question: I Who commanded the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland?
Answer: (Admiral) Scheer

Question: Who was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009?
Answer: Carol Ann Duffy

Question: Asmara is the capital of which African country?
Answer: Eritrea

Question: In which town or city is the University of Central Lancashire?
Answer: Preston

Question: Which philosopher wrote 'The Flies' and 'Being and Nothingness' in 1943?
Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre

Question: Caroline Lucas is the leader of which political party in the UK?
Answer: Green Party

Question: Thomas Lanier were the forenames of which very famous American playwright?
Answer: Tennessee Williams

Question: In which shipyard was Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory, built?
Answer: Chatham

Question: Who played the male lead in the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'?
Answer: George Peppard

Question: From which English football club did Rupert Lowe resign when the club was placed into administration in 2009?
Answer: Southampton

Question: Who assassinated Arch duke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914?
Answer: Gavrilo Princip

Question: The kings of which country have alternatively been called Christian or Frederick since 1513?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Mary Lennox is the central character of which 1911 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel?
Answer: The Secret Garden

Question: Chablis is the northernmost district of which French wine growing region?
Answer: Burgundy

Question: On which novel was the 1995 Clueless loosely based?
Answer: Emma

Question: What is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu?
Answer: Chennai

Question: Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee

Question: What was the forename of F Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby"?
Answer: Jay

Question: The India Pale Ale "Old Empire" is brewed by which company?
Answer: Marstons

Question: In which city is the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development located?
Answer: London

Question: In Greek Mythology who was the messenger of the gods?
Answer: Hermes

Question: In the Old Testament which son of Isaac is also known as Israel?
Answer: Jacob

Question: What is the first name of Andrew Murray's tennis playing brother?
Answer: Jamie

Question: What was the nickname of Queen Joan the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain?
Answer: Mad

Question: Who was the first UK winner of the Eurovision Song Contest?
Answer: Sandie Shaw

Question: The painting "the Girl with the Pearl Earring" is by which artist?
Answer: Vermeer

Question: Who wrote the novel "The Wide Sargasso Sea" inspired by the novel Jane Eyre?
Answer: Jean Rhys

Question: Who was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966?
Answer: Hendrik Verwoerd

Question: """Love Changes Everything"" is the best known song from which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical?"
Answer: Aspects Of Love

Question: Alfred Sisley was an exponent of which school of painting?
Answer: Impressionism

Question: Who wrote the political treatise called "The Prince" in 1513?
Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli

Question: What is the surname of the only father and son to both top the UK singles chart?
Answer: julio iglesias and enrique iglesias

Question: Which British newspaper was mainly responsible for exposing the MP's expenses scandal in 2009?
Answer: The Daily Telegraph

Question: The "Generalife" is a villa with gardens in the grounds of which famous tourist attraction in Spain?
Answer: The Alhambra

Question: Name either of the two cities who shared the Capital of Culture in 2009.
Answer: VILNIUS or LINZ

Question: What is the nationality of golfer Vijay Singh?
Answer: Fijian

Question: What is the name of the "Plum Pudding" shaped island in the outer Firth of Clyde where granite is quarried to make curling stones?
Answer: Ailsa Craig

Question: Which former Tory Cabinet Minister is reported to have put in an expenses claim for cleaning his moat in the recent scandal?
Answer: Douglas Hogg

Question: In which country did the dance "The Czardas" originate?
Answer: Hungary

Question: During the 2008 Proms series of concerts one was based upon the music written by composer Murray Gold for which TV series?
Answer: Dr Who

Question: The first Olympic Games in three decades without a boycott of some sort was held in 1992 in which city?
Answer: Barcelona

Question: Who as at March 2009 chairs the Radio 4 programme "The News Quiz"?
Answer: Sandi Toksvig

Question: Who composed "The Karelia Suite"?
Answer: Sibelius

Question: Who had a number 1 hit in 1972 with "Mouldy Old Dough"?
Answer: Lieutenant Pigeon

Question: Who wrote the novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
Answer: Truman Capote

Question: As at March 2009 who is Prime Minister of Australia?
Answer: Kevin Rudd

Question: To which religious group did the victims of the St Bartholomew's Day Massacre belong?
Answer: Huguenots

Question: Which famous English soldier was nicknamed Old Ironsides?
Answer: Oliver Cromwell

Question: Of which African mountain range is Jbel Toubkal the highest peak?
Answer: The Atlas Mountains

Question: Which war poet wrote "Dulce Et Decorum Est"?
Answer: Wilfred Owen

Question: With which musical instrument is Theolonius Monk best associated?
Answer: Piano

Question: Which product was advertised in 1970's using the song "I'd like to teach the world to sing"?
Answer: Coca Cola

Question: Which country is nicknamed "The Land of The Thousand Lakes"?
Answer: Finland

Question: Which English king was married to Charlotte of Mecklenberg?
Answer: George Iii

Question: Who wrote the novel "The Other Boleyn Girl"?
Answer: Philippa Gregory

Question: Which country refused to take part in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest on the grounds that "It was a monument to drivel" - sore losers?
Answer: France

Question: In which group of islands are Stronsay, Hoy and South Ronaldsay?
Answer: Orkneys