Question: Which 1st World War battle of 1914 occured as opposing German and allied armies raced each other to gain access to the North Sea? Later the British had to hold out against German sieges.
Answer: Battle Of Ypres

Question: Which nut has a poisonous shell?
Answer: Cashew

Question: In what film did the character Vincent Vega played by John Travolta appear?
Answer: Pulp Fiction

Question: In which year was the city of Rome founded?
Answer: 753 Bc

Question: If both teams get the above tie break then on which date of that year was Rome founded?
Answer: 21st APRIL

Question: What was the name of the Italian cruise liner which sank in January 2012 with substantial loss of life?
Answer: Costa Concordia

Question: Which Irish comedian had the catchphrase "It's the way I tell 'em"?
Answer: Frank Carson

Question: In which famous film love story did the lovers meet in a railway station?
Answer: Brief Encounter

Question: Which recording artist, originally a folk singer had top ten hits in the early 1970's with "Amazing Grace" and "Send in the Clowns"?
Answer: Judy Collins

Question: What is the name of the only British M.P. to be a member of the Green Party?
Answer: Caroline Lucas

Question: What is the name of the leader of the British UKIP Party?
Answer: Nigel Farage

Question: Which recording artist, originally a folk singer, had top ten hits in the early 1970's with "There but for fortune" and "The night they drove old Dixie down"?
Answer: Joan Baez

Question: In which famous film love story did the lovers meet in a book shop?
Answer: Notting Hill

Question: Which Irish comedian had the catchphrase "and there's more"?
Answer: Jimmy Cricket

Question: Which British artist painted "The Light of the World" and "The Scapegoat"?
Answer: Holman Hunt

Question: What is the largest island in the Caribbean Sea?
Answer: Cuba

Question: On whic racecourse does the Irish Derby take place each year?
Answer: The Curragh

Question: Which American city has the nickname "Beantown"?
Answer: Boston

Question: The Ashmolean Museum is Britain's oldest public museum. In which city is it located?
Answer: Oxford

Question: In which classic novel is Lucy Hornchurch the heroine?
Answer: A Room With A View

Question: In what television knockout competition did Zara Brownless become the winner for the year 2011?
Answer: Young Apprentice

Question: Who is the chairman of Newcastle United who also owns the chain of sports shops known as Sports Direct?
Answer: Mike Ashley

Question: Who is the chairman of Wigan Athletic who also owns the chain of sports shops known as JJB Sports?
Answer: Dave Whelan

Question: In what television knockout competition did Ash Mair become the winner for the year 2011?
Answer: Professional Masterchef

Question: Which British artist painted "The Grand Canal, Venice" and "The Shipwreck"?
Answer: Turner

Question: Who composed the music for the ballet "Spartacus"?
Answer: Khachaturian

Question: On which racecourse does the Irish Grand National take place?
Answer: Fairyhouse

Question: Which American city has the nickname "Alamo City"?
Answer: San Antonio

Question: In which classic novel is Maggie Tulliver the heroine?
Answer: Mill On The Floss

Question: Mathematical Formulae - What is the mathematical formula expressing Einstein's relativity theory?
Answer: E = mc2

Question: Petra Kvitova won the Wimledon Ladies Championship in 2011. What nationality is she?
Answer: Czech

Question: Medicine: What is a patient suffering from based on the following description - a spread of infection into the blood, which thereby carries the infecting agent throughout the body?
Answer: Septicaemia

Question: Which sculptor created the classical marble statue "The Threee Graces"? He carved two separate versions, one stands in the Hermitage Museum and the other is jointly shown by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Gallery of Scotland.
Answer: Canova

Question: Judi Dench was the wife of which deceased actor?
Answer: Micael Williams

Question: What was singing legend Frank Sinatra's middle name?
Answer: Albert

Question: Other than "The News", what is the longest running feature or programme to be heard on the radio, first broadcast in 1926?
Answer: THE SHIPPING FORECAST (Also acceot "THE WEEKS GOOD CAUSE" also from 1926

Question: What is the longest running programme on television first broadcast in 1953?
Answer: Panorama

Question: What was singing legend Elvis Presley's middle name?
Answer: Aaron

Question: To which family of birds does the Siskin belong?
Answer: Finch

Question: Sam Stosur won the American Open Ladies Tennis Championship in 2011. What nationality is she?
Answer: Australian

Question: Which actor, who died in 2011, became famous when referred to as the best actor in the world by Steven Spielberg? He starred in a succession of movies including "The Usual Suspects", "Brassed Off", "Last of the Mohicans" and "The Constant Gardener"?
Answer: Pete Postlethwaite

Question: Medicine: What is a patient suffering from, based on the following description - Partial or complete blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot?
Answer: Thrombosis

Question: Which sculptor created the famous statue "St Michael and the Devil" which is shown on the facade of Coventry Cathedral?
Answer: Epstein

Question: Sheila Hancock was the wife of which deceased actor?
Answer: John Thaw

Question: What was the first book to be written by Charles Dickens, completed in 1837?
Answer: Pickwick Papers

Question: Paul McCartney had a record commonly known as "The Frog Chorus" in the top ten for 13 weeks in 1984. What was the formal title of this record?
Answer: We All Stand Together

Question: What is the name of the American student who was convicted of the murder of Meredith Kercher, along with her Italian boyfriend and released in 2011 after an appeal?
Answer: Amanda Knox

Question: On this day, 31st January , in 1943, the German army surrendered to the Russians. who was the Commander-in-Chief of the German forces who offerred the surrender?
Answer: Field Marshall Paulus

Question: During the Battle of Stalingrad who was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Red Arny forces?
Answer: Marshal Zhukov

Question: On this day, 31st January, in 1605, who was executed? Justifying his crimes he said "A desperate disease requires a desperate remedy".
Answer: Guy Fawkes

Question: What name is given to the flowers of Willow and Poplar trees?
Answer: Catkins

Question: Bourbon Whisly is named after a county in which American state?
Answer: Kentucky

Question: According to archive figures (and quoted by Wikipedia), how many casualties were suffered by the "Red Army" (excluding civilians) in The Battle of Stalingrad? Casualties comprise soldiers who were killed, wounded or captured.
Answer: 1,130,000

Question: Which chemical element, a gas, derives its name from the Greek for "sun"?
Answer: Helium

Question: What title is used in Scotland for the chief magistrate or convener of a burgh council, the equivalent of a mayor in other parts of the English speaking world?
Answer: Provost

Question: From which opera does the "Humming Chorus" come?
Answer: Madam Butterfly

Question: In the war in Afghanistan many lives have been lost due to IEDs planted by the Taliban. What is an IED ?
Answer: Improvised Explosive Device

Question: The northern extremity of Offa's Dyke is in which Welsh town?
Answer: Prestatyn

Question: The southern extremity of Offa's Dyke is in which Welsh town?
Answer: Chepstow

Question: From which opera does the "Anvil Chorus" come?
Answer: Il Travatore

Question: What title is used in Scotland for a public prosecutor who investigates sudden and suspicious deaths and conducts fatal accident enquiries, the equivalent of a coroner in other legal systems?
Answer: Procurator Fiscal

Question: Which word, beginning with E and originally German, has now been adopted into English with a meaning of "inferior or fake"?
Answer: Ersatz