Question: Which South American country's flag has three horizontal bands of blue, white and blue with a gold sun on the white band?
Answer: Argentina

Question: Which English knight helped put Henry 4th on the throne but later rebelled and was killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403?
Answer: Sir Henry Percy

Question: Name the composer born in Germany in 1685, he settled in England in 1712, was naturalised English in 1727 and died in London in 1759?
Answer: Handel

Question: Which is the largest member of the crow family?
Answer: Raven

Question: What is the name of Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'?
Answer: Antonio

Question: Which team beat Glasgow Rangers in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final played at the City of Manchester Stadium?
Answer: Zenit St Petersburg

Question: Music from which symphony is associated with a famous advertising campaign for Hovis bread?
Answer: Dvorak's 9th

Question: Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain for just seven months from October 1922 to May 1923?
Answer: Andrew Bonar Law

Question: At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who became the first British man to win three gold medals at one Games since 1908?
Answer: Chris Hoy

Question: In mythology, which son of Zeus was immersed up to his neck in water which he could not drink and surrounded by fruits which were eternally out of reach?
Answer: Tantalus

Question: Of whom did Winston Churchill say "In defeat unbeatable, in victory unbearable"?
Answer: Field Marshal Montgomery

Question: Which county cricket team waited until 1979 before their first county championship title but won it five more times by 1992?
Answer: Essex

Question: Which 1969 film told the story of contestants in a 1920s dance marathon, the title is also that of a 1977 top 20 hit for Racing Cars?
Answer: They Shoot Horses Don't They?

Question: Which male name comes from the Greek meaning farmer or agriculture?
Answer: George

Question: What is the surname of retail guru Mary featured in the TV series 'Mary Queen of Shops'?
Answer: Portas

Question: What is the American word for a cashier in a bank?
Answer: Teller

Question: Name the W-shaped constellation prominent in the northern sky?
Answer: Cassiopeia

Question: What are 'hairstreaks' and 'skippers'?
Answer: Butterflies

Question: Which member of the crow family has a grey head?
Answer: Jackdaw

Question: What is the name of the famous cartoon strip drawn by Jim Davis?
Answer: Garfield

Question: Name the composer born in Russia in 1882, he became a French citizen in 1934, and an American citizen in 1945, he died in New York City in 1971?
Answer: Stravinsky

Question: Sir Anthony Mamo, who died in May 2008, was the first President of which European country, from 1974 to 1976?
Answer: Malta

Question: On which island in the Thames was Magna Carta signed in 1215?
Answer: Runnymede

Question: What is the name of Shakespeare's shrew?
Answer: Katharina

Question: Name either of the losing semi-finalists in the 2008 FA Cup?
Answer: Barnsley or West Brom

Question: What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale?
Answer: 212°

Question: In which Texas town was Buddy Holly born?
Answer: Lubbock

Question: Which four letters are added to the end of another word to mean a diseased condition?
Answer: -osis

Question: What does a fluviometer measure?
Answer: River levels

Question: Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in which French city?
Answer: Rouen

Question: What is the boiling point of water on the Reamur scale?
Answer: 80°

Question: Which male name means 'lover of horses'?
Answer: Philip

Question: Which European country gave votes to woman for the first time as recently as 1976?
Answer: Portugal

Question: In mythology, who was condemned to eternally roll a boulder up to the top of a hill only to see it roll down the other side?
Answer: Sisyphus

Question: Who was described by Winston Churchill as "a sheep in sheep's clothing"?
Answer: Clement Attlee

Question: Which Scottish town or city is also known as 'The Fair City' or 'St John's Town'?
Answer: Perth

Question: In the theatre which colour should male actors avoid wearing as it is considered unlucky?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Sauce Bigarade is made with which fruit?
Answer: Oranges

Question: What is the name of the famous cartoon strip drawn by Scott Adams?
Answer: Dilbert

Question: What natural feature is a 'foss'?
Answer: Waterfall

Question: Who presented the TV game show 'Wipeout'?
Answer: Paul Daniels

Question: Which car company make a model called Fox?
Answer: Vw

Question: Which historical figure was executed by emasculation, evisceration and beheading at Smithfield in 1305?
Answer: William Wallace

Question: Clun Forest lies in which English county?
Answer: Shropshire

Question: In a Chinese restaurant, what does a diner get if he orders wonton?
Answer: Dumplings

Question: Which fictional, cartoon couple live at 37, Durham Street?
Answer: FLO and ANDY CAPP

Question: In the TV series, "To the Manor Born", which character was played by actress, Angela Thorne?
Answer: Marjory

Question: Which car manufacturer produces a model called "Legacy"?
Answer: Subaru

Question: What is the principal diet of reindeer and caribou?
Answer: MOSS and LICHEN

Question: Who played the part of Norman Bates in the 1998 version of the film,'Psycho'?
Answer: Vince Vaughan

Question: What is the occupation of Silas Marner, in the book by George Eliot?
Answer: A Weaver

Question: What name is given to any of the six administrative districts of the Isle of Man?
Answer: A Sheading

Question: What anatomical name is given to the bones of human fingers and toes?
Answer: Phalanges

Question: Due to his flamboyant style, which nickname was attributed to the conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent?
Answer: Flash Harry

Question: Which part of the human body has the anatomical name axilla?
Answer: The Armpit

Question: Who is the only American born motor racing driver to win the Formula 1 World Championship?
Answer: Phil Hill

Question: Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan are characters in which stage and screen musical?
Answer: Carousel

Question: What is the occupation of Adam Bede in the book by George Eliot?
Answer: A Carpenter

Question: Which actor, who first played Geoffrey Shawcross in the TV series, "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", played the part of Merry in the "Lord of the Rings" films?
Answer: Dominic Monaghan

Question: The Grand National and which flat race together comprise "The Spring Double"?
Answer: The Lincoln Handicap

Question: Which car manufacturer produces the "Grand Vitara", 4 x 4 model?
Answer: Suzuki

Question: In the early episodes of the TV series, "To the Manor Born", what was the surname of the character, Audrey, played by Penelope Keith?
Answer: Fforbes-Hamilton

Question: Which vegetable, popular in Chinese dishes, is obtained from the stem of the Bulrush?
Answer: Water Chestnuts

Question: In which English county is Savernake Forest?
Answer: Wiltshire

Question: To celebrate which event were Britain's first set of commemorative stamps issued?
Answer: The British Empire Exhibition

Question: Which U.S. City is served by O'Hare International airport?
Answer: Chicago

Question: Which Australian bowler was named "Player of the Tournament", at the end of the 2007 Cricket World Cup?
Answer: GLEN McGRATH

Question: Which moon of Jupiter is the largest in our Solar System?
Answer: Ganymede

Question: Calpurnia was the third and last wife of which famous historical character?
Answer: Julius Caesar

Question: Helen Clark is currently the Prime Minister of which Commonwealth country?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: The film musical, "Cabaret" was based on the short novel, "Goodbye to Berlin", written in the 1930's by which British author?
Answer: Christopher Isherwood

Question: Actress/singer, Millicent Martin was married to which pop singer from 1958-65?
Answer: Ronnie Carroll

Question: Which flower has varieties named, Dorothy Perkins, Grandpa Dickson and Iceberg?
Answer: The Rose