Question: Who wrote the book 'The Kalahari Typing School For Men'?
Answer: ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH

Question: Which product was advertised by a polar bear saying "Its frothy man"?
Answer: Cresta (Soft Drink)

Question: What type of creature is a Fritillary?
Answer: A Butterfly

Question: Which entertainer's autobiography, released in 2000, is called 'All of me'?
Answer: Barbara Windsor.

Question: Which car company produces the 'Lanos' model'?
Answer: Daewoo

Question: Which artistic movement was founded in 1911 by Walter Sickert?
Answer: Camden Town Group

Question: Which 19th century novelist first wrote about 'The Island of Hearsay'?
Answer: Charles Kingsley (The Water Babies)

Question: Which explorer, in 1541 was the first European to discover the Mississippi River?
Answer: Hernando De Soto

Question: Which explorer, in 1858, was the first European to disciver Lake Victoria?
Answer: John Speke

Question: Who in his play "The Birds" first wrote about 'Cloudcuckoo Land'?
Answer: Aristophones

Question: Which artistic movement was founded around 1920 in Russia and was associated with Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner?
Answer: Constructivism

Question: Which car manufacturer produced the models, Laurel, Maxima and Scarab?
Answer: Datsun

Question: Which building society was the first to relinquish mutuality?
Answer: Abbey National

Question: Which pre-decimal coin, never minted after decimalisation, was still legal tender until 1980?
Answer: Sixpence

Question: In which year was the battle of Aboukir Bay (The Nile)?
Answer: 1798

Question: Which cheese, made from ewe's milk, comes from the Aveyron region of France?
Answer: Roquefort

Question: Who wrote the poem On the Death of Dookie, the Royal Corgi?
Answer: Sir John BETJEMAN

Question: Which executive body, established 1976, advises on the implementation of equal opportunity policies etc concerning race?
Answer: Commission for Racial Equality

Question: Which building society has kept its mutual status despite the being three votes on the subject (the last in 1998)?
Answer: Nationwide

Question: Which company advertised its products with the slogan "The best a man can get"?
Answer: Gillette

Question: What was formed as a result of the Continental Congress of 1775?
Answer: The United States of America

Question: The Greeks called her Athena, what was the Roman name for this Goddess?
Answer: Minerva

Question: What type of creature is a Whirligig?
Answer: A Water Beetle

Question: Who plays the title role in BBC's series "Luther"?
Answer: Idris Elba

Question: Who was offered, but declined, the post of Poet Laureate in 1984 after the death of Sir John Betjeman?
Answer: Philip LARKIN

Question: Who composed the title music to the film "The Deerhunter"?
Answer: Stanley Myers

Question: On board which ship did explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton die in 1922?
Answer: Quest

Question: Which Northern Ireland football club plays its home matches at Windsor Park?
Answer: Linfield

Question: Which Nothern Ireland football club plays its home matches at the Oval?
Answer: Glentoran

Question: What is the county town of Louth?
Answer: Dundalk

Question: The Greeks called her Artemis, what was the Roman name for this Goddess?
Answer: Diana

Question: The town of Oswestry is situated in which English county?
Answer: Shropshire

Question: Which TV personality wrote the autobiography "Trowel and Error"?
Answer: Alan Titmarch

Question: Which city was the capital of the USA from 1790 to 1800?
Answer: Philadelphia

Question: Which British actor plays a zombie fighting lawman in the TV series "The Walking Dead"?
Answer: Andrew Lincoln

Question: In which battle of 1709 did the allied English army under Marlborough defeat a French force led by Marshal Villars?
Answer: Malplaquet

Question: Who shot Ronald Reagan on 30th March, 1981?
Answer: John W. Hinckley

Question: Who is the leader of the Bash Street Kids?
Answer: Danny

Question: What food was not rationed in Britain during World War 2 but was rationed after it?
Answer: Bread

Question: What begins with the words "Ka mate, ka mate"?
Answer: The Haka war dance

Question: What letter is at the top of an optometrist's eye chart?
Answer: E

Question: In which English cathedral were scenes of The Da Vinci Code filmed?
Answer: Lincoln

Question: Who wrote the novel 'Ben Hur'?
Answer: Lew Wallace

Question: At 76 miles which is the longest river entirely in Northern Ireland?
Answer: Bann

Question: Which punishment involved the beating of the soles of the feet with a baton or stick?
Answer: Bastinado

Question: The 1979 film 'Apocalypse Now* was based on which story by Joseph Conrad?
Answer: Heart of Darkness

Question: Which heavyweight boxing champion was known as The Cincinnati Cobra'?
Answer: Ezzard Charles

Question: Martin Roberts and Lucy Alexander are regular presenters on which BBC T.V. property programme?
Answer: Homes Under the Hammer

Question: Which rodent is known as The Nutria Rat?
Answer: Coypu

Question: How many Victoria Crosses were won at Rorke's Drift in 1879?
Answer: Eleven

Question: Which car company made the Javelin and the Jupiter models?
Answer: Jowett

Question: Who wrote the book 'The Prisoner of Zenda'?
Answer: Anthony Hope

Question: Bornite and Azurite are ores of which metallic element?
Answer: Copper

Question: Recently promoted to the Premier League which 43 year old is the manager of Burnley football club?
Answer: Sean Dyche

Question: In which constellation is the bright star Deneb?
Answer: Cygnus

Question: Which short-lived soap set in Manchester starred Helen Shapiro as Viv Harker?
Answer: Albion Market

Question: Said by John Peel to be the best pop song ever written, which group had a Top Forty hit in 1978 with 'Teenage Kicks'?
Answer: The Undertones

Question: Who played Vincent Van Gogh in the 1956 film 'Lust for Life'?
Answer: Kirk Douglas

Question: Which unit merged with the Royal Flying Corps to form the R.A.F in 1918?
Answer: Royal Naval Air Service

Question: Rubella is the medical name for which illness?
Answer: German Measles

Question: Which novel by Charles Dickens centres around the Gordon Riots of 1780?
Answer: Barnabv Rudge

Question: Which member of the royal family is the current Earl of Inverness?
Answer: Prince Andrew

Question: The Coronation Stakes are run annually at which English racecourse?
Answer: Ascot

Question: Whose law states that 'Supply Creates Demand'?
Answer: Say's Law

Question: Who played the Doctor Who companion Rose Tyler?
Answer: Billie Piper

Question: In which short-lived soap set on a North Sea ferry did Kate O'Mara play Catherine Laker?
Answer: Triangle

Question: Whose portrait replaced Michael Faraday on the English £20 note?
Answer: Sir Edward Elgar

Question: What is the capital of Dominica?
Answer: Roseau

Question: Which Swindon pop group were 'Making Plans for Nigel' in 1979?
Answer: Xtc

Question: What was the codename given to the British Commando raid on St Nazaire in March 1942?
Answer: Operation Chariot

Question: Which cheese is normally used in a Caesar Salad?
Answer: Parmesan

Question: Which Greek goddess was the mother of Achilles?
Answer: Thetis

Question: How many Eleanor Crosses were erected by Edward the First?
Answer: Twelve

Question: Who wrote the book The Red Badge of Courage'?
Answer: Stephen Crane

Question: 'The Fensman' was a regular train service from East Anglia to which London Mainline rail terminus?
Answer: Liverpool Street

Question: Siderite and Limonite are ores of which metallic element?
Answer: Iron

Question: Now in the Premier League who is the manager of Leicester City Football Club?
Answer: Nigel Pearson

Question: In which constellation is the bright star Vega?
Answer: Lyra

Question: At over 3000 feet Lugnaquilla is the highest peak in which Irish mountains?
Answer: Wicklow Mountains

Question: Which French artist painted 'Liberty Leading the People'?
Answer: Eugene Delacroix