Question: The Bio-Bio Valley is a wine producing region in which country?
Answer: Chile

Question: The frequent absences of King George I from England and Parliament led directly to the creation of which position in government?
Answer: Prime-Minister

Question: In which town or city is the headquarters of Coleman's (of mustard fame)?
Answer: Norwich

Question: What type of engine powered the first generation of Spitfire fighters in the 1930's ?
Answer: Rolls-Royce Merlin

Question: Which vegetable is usually mixed with potatoes to make the Irish dish, Colcannon?
Answer: Cabbage

Question: What is the US equivalent of the Territorial Army?
Answer: The National Guard

Question: Who played the title role in the long-running detective series Bergerac?
Answer: John Nettles

Question: Which is the deepest lake in the English Lake District?
Answer: Wastwater

Question: What in Norht East cuisine is a 'Singing Hinny'?
Answer: Type Of Cake/Scone

Question: Pitchblende is the chief ore of which metallic element?
Answer: Uranium

Question: What is added to whisky and sweet vermouth to make a Bobby Burns cocktail?
Answer: Benedictine

Question: Whose theorem states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides?
Answer: Pythagors

Question: In which year were One Pound coins introduced?
Answer: 1983

Question: Which European country hasn't been at war since 1814?
Answer: Sweden

Question: How many masts does the vessel known as a Ketch have?
Answer: Two

Question: Who was the first woman in space, a feat she achieved in June 1963?
Answer: (Valentina) TERESHKOVA

Question: Which Roman goddess was the equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike?
Answer: Victoria

Question: What is the term for a triangle with three angles of 60 degrees?
Answer: Equilateral

Question: Yuri Gagarin made the first Soviet space flight in April 1961. Who made the first (sub-orbital ) American space flight a month later?
Answer: Alan Shepherd

Question: What was traditionally made by a Chandler?
Answer: Candles

Question: Hepatic is a adjective relating to which organ of the body?
Answer: Liver

Question: In which year did the Bank of England 10 shilling note cease to be legal tender?
Answer: 1970

Question: What part of the human digestive system is no longer needed?
Answer: Appendix

Question: Which Englich king was the father of the two boys known as 'The Princes in the Tower'?
Answer: Edward Iv

Question: Which actress last year won an EMMY award for her role as Mildred Pierce?
Answer: Kate Winslet

Question: Which was the first country to introduce Old Age Pensions?
Answer: Germany

Question: """Written by office boys, for office boys"" was the dismissive verdict of Lord Salisbury on which national newspaper, at the time of its foundation in 1896?"
Answer: Daily Mail

Question: What's the common name for the curved knife or dagger traditionally used by the Gurkhas, with its sharp edge on the concave side?
Answer: Kukri

Question: In which building were the Proms held before World War II?
Answer: Queen'S Hall

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

Question: Who wrote the melody of the song 'Swonderful'?
Answer: George Gershwin

Question: Which British opera venue was used as a dance hall during World War II?
Answer: Covent Garden

Question: Which 19th century British general, who lived between 1824 and 1901, gave his name to a type of military belt?
Answer: Sam Browne

Question: What was the original name of the 'London Times' newspaper?
Answer: Daily Universal Register

Question: Which building in London, designed by Edward Mountford and surmounted by a sculpture by F W Pomeroy, stands on the site of Newgate Prison?
Answer: OLD BAILEY or CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT

Question: Which actress said in the film All About Eve, "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night"?
Answer: Bette Davis

Question: The former Soviet republic of Tajikistan, which declared independence in 1991, has which city as its capital?
Answer: Dushanbe

Question: Which Tory politician said in 1986, "People in the North die of ignorance and chips"?
Answer: Edwina Currie

Question: Which politician was described by Neil Kinnock as, "a ditherer, a dodger, a ducker and a weaver"?
Answer: John Major

Question: In the pop music world whose nickname is 'Madge'?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Which British engineer built the first turbine driven steamship in 1897?
Answer: Sir Charles PARSONS

Question: What was the name of the publishing company founded in 1917 by Leonard and Virginia Wolfe?
Answer: The Hogarth Press

Question: Which northern English town is associated with the manufacture of Uncle Joe's Mint Balls?
Answer: Wigan

Question: What would a 17th century sailor do with galligaskins?
Answer: Wear Them

Question: Who wrote the melody of the song 'Smoke Gets In your Eyes"?
Answer: Jerome Kern

Question: Dis and Orcus are alternative names for which Roman god of the Underworld?
Answer: Pluto

Question: The carbonated soft drink generally known in the US as cream soda is flavoured with pods from plants of which genus?
Answer: Vanilla

Question: In which US state is the town of Springfield which Simpson's creator Matt Groening has revealed was the inspiration for his fictional Springfield?
Answer: Oregon

Question: Kashmir is a classic track on a 1975 album by which British rock band?
Answer: Led Zeppelin

Question: What is the English name of the dog belonging to cartoon character TinTin?
Answer: Snowy

Question: Who was lead singer with late-Sixties rock group The Doors ?
Answer: Jim Morrison

Question: Which model married both George Harrison and Eric Clapton ?
Answer: Patty Boyd

Question: Oak Apple Day , commemorating the restoration of the monarchy to England in 1660 , is on which date ?
Answer: 29th MAY

Question: What was invented by Karl Dahlman , in 1963 , to aid gardeners ?
Answer: Hover Mower

Question: Which actress was married to Orson Welles from 1943 to 1948 ?
Answer: Rita Hayworth

Question: As well as John Paul the First , which other pope died in 1978 ?
Answer: Paul Vi

Question: If you ordered Rognons in a French restaurant , with which food would you be served ?
Answer: Kidneys

Question: Which type of suit , with tapering trousers and a long wide shouldered coat , became fashionable in the 1940's ?
Answer: Zoot Suit

Question: On which Test cricket ground is the Radcliffe Road end ?
Answer: Trent Bridge

Question: In the novel by Jules Verne , where did the expedition , led by Professor Linden-brock , set out to reach ?
Answer: Centre Of The Earth

Question: What is the common name of Scrivener's Palsey ?
Answer: Writer'S Cramp

Question: Which gas was once known as ' Fire Damp ' because it often caused explosions in mines ?
Answer: Methane

Question: ' Twenty Years After ' is the sequel to which other novel ?
Answer: The Three Musketeers

Question: In which country will you find the Franz Hals museum , containing most of the works of the famous portrait painter ?
Answer: Netherlands / Holland

Question: Who wrote the ' Ode to Joy ' on which Beethoven based the last movement of his Ninth Symphony ?
Answer: Schiller

Question: The footballer John Charles played for two Italian football clubs: Roma and which other ?
Answer: Juventus

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

Question: In which Hertfordshire town are the headquarters of the Wetherspoons pub chain ?
Answer: Watford

Question: What was the name of the submarine in the novel ' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ' by Jules Verne ?
Answer: Nautilus

Question: The German cities of Dresden and Hamburg stand on which river ?
Answer: Elbe

Question: Which American boxer's thunderous right hand punch was known as ' The Suzie Q ' ?
Answer: Rocky Marciano

Question: Which medical term is derived from the Latin word for ' forty ' ?
Answer: Quarantine