Question: The title of the Agatha Christie story By the Pricking of my Thumbs is a quote taken from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Macbeth

Question: In which country does the House of Bourbon provide the current monarch?
Answer: Spain

Question: Any building built before which year is automatically 'listed' as historically or architecturally important?
Answer: 1700

Question: In a standard British scrabble set, there are two letters which score 8 points. Name either.
Answer: J and X

Question: The Cuban-born coach of Mo Farah, a former winner of the New York and Boston marathons, shares which surname with a former Prime Minister of Portugal 1936-68?
Answer: Salazar

Question: In which city would you find the Neva River, Nevsky Prospect and the ship The Aurora?
Answer: St Petersburg

Question: The Nile flows through three African capital cities: Cairo, Khartoum and which other?
Answer: Juba

Question: What gulf separates Yemen and Somalia?
Answer: Gulf of Aden

Question: Found near Avebury, Wiltshire, what, at 40 metres is Europe's highest pre-historic mound?
Answer: Silbury Hill

Question: ln 1972, Laslo Toth damaged which sculpture of 1499, by Michelangelo in St Peter's, Rome?
Answer: The Pieta

Question: In which decade of the 19th century did the Houses of Parliament burn down?
Answer: 1830s

Question: What US dollar note has Andrew Jackson on the front and the White House on the rear?
Answer: $20

Question: Which ancient Roman festival, which ran until the 4th century AD involved sacrifices, partying and owners serving their slaves and was partly subsumed into Christmas?
Answer: Saturnalia

Question: Which country has a currency of a Quetzal divided into 100 centavos?
Answer: Guatemala

Question: Which national newspaper has been edited by Bill Deedes, Max Hastings and Charles Moore?
Answer: Daily Telegraph

Question: In which team sport did Imran Sherwani and Sean Kerly win Olympic Gold for Great Britain in 1988?
Answer: Hockey

Question: Who in the Old Testament is the sister of Moses?
Answer: Miriam

Question: Which Hollywood director made his debut in 1941 with 'The Maltese Falcon'?
Answer: John Huston

Question: In food preparation, for what is a mandolin used?
Answer: SLICING or SHREDDING

Question: The shawm was a predecessor of which modem musical instrument?
Answer: Oboe

Question: Strigiformes is the name of the order of which group of birds?
Answer: Owls

Question: What is the capital city of Brunei?
Answer: Bandar Seri Begawan

Question: Two Yorkshire venues have hosted test match cricket. Headingley at Leeds is one. Name the other.
Answer: Bramall Lane

Question: Van Mildert, Trevelyan and St Chad's are constituent colleges of which university?
Answer: Durham

Question: Which American President had the forenames James Abram?
Answer: Garfield

Question: Which European country includes a representation of an armillary sphere on its national flag?
Answer: Portugal

Question: All of Shakespeare's plays are divided into how many acts?
Answer: Five

Question: Glenda Jackson won Best Actress Oscar in 1971 for her role in 'Women In Love' and again in 1974 for a role in which film?
Answer: A Touch Of Class

Question: Which normal human spasm has the medical term ptarmus?
Answer: Sneeze

Question: What type of food is Lincolnshire Poacher?
Answer: Cheese

Question: By which Christian name is the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart usually known?
Answer: Leopold

Question: In which collection can you view 'The Laughing Cavalier' by Frans Hals?
Answer: Wallace

Question: Who played Owen Newitt in the TV series 'The Vicar of Dibley'?
Answer: Roger Lloyd-Pack

Question: Which county was the setting for the ITV drama 'Broadchurch'?
Answer: Dorset

Question: In the 2012 Olympics Great Britain cyclists won the Gold medal in the Men's team sprint. One member of the team was Chris Hoy. Name either of the others.
Answer: PHILIP HINDES or JASON KENNY

Question: In which decade did Count Von Zeppelin patent and begin constructing his first guidable rigid airship?
Answer: 1890s

Question: The university in Linz, Austria, known as JKU is named after which scientist who wrote one of his major works there?
Answer: Johannes Kepler

Question: Which American President had the forenames James Earl?
Answer: Carter

Question: Which European country includes a representation of a black double-headed eagle on its national flag?
Answer: Albania

Question: Lagomorphs is the name of the order of which group of mammals?
Answer: HARES or RABBITS

Question: Three former Labour Chancellors of the Exchequer are still alive - Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown and which other?
Answer: Denis Healey

Question: What is the capital city of Botswana?
Answer: Gaborone

Question: Two London venues hosted matches at the 1966 Football World Cup. Wembley Stadium was one. Name the other.
Answer: White City

Question: The name of which cheese is derived from the name of a pear, the juice of which is made into a perry used to wash the cheese?
Answer: Stinking Bishop

Question: `Guernica' by Pablo Picasso is on show at the Museo Reina Sofia in which city?
Answer: Madrid

Question: 'A Touch of Glass', 'Friday the 14th' and 'The Miracle of Peckham' were episodes in which classic sitcom?
Answer: Only Fools And Horses

Question: What title is given in the French Navy to a seaman of the lowest rank?
Answer: Matelot

Question: Who was Children's Laureate between Michael Morpurgo and Michael Rosen?
Answer: Jacqueline Wilson

Question: Popular on menus, paella and tagine both take their name from what?
Answer: The Pan Or Pot In Which They Are Cooked

Question: The English horn is an alternative name for which orchestral instrument?
Answer: Cor Anglais

Question: In Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' who is the uncle of Olivia?
Answer: Sir Toby Belch

Question: Emma Thompson won the Best Actress Oscar in 1993 for a role in which film?
Answer: Howards End

Question: Who was the last Welshman to win the World Snooker Championship?
Answer: Mark Williams

Question: Which national newspaper has been edited by Roy Greenslade, Colin Myler and Piers Morgan?
Answer: Daily Mirror

Question: On which ship did the Japanese sign surrender terms in Tokyo Harbour in September 1945?
Answer: Uss Missouri

Question: What is the longest river in France?
Answer: Loire

Question: In which city was the first public performance of Handel's 'Messiah'?
Answer: Dublin

Question: Which Polish leader was killed in a plane crash in Gibraltar in 1943?
Answer: General Sikorski

Question: Which brothers were linked with the resignation of Peter Mandelson in 2001?
Answer: Hinduja

Question: In March 2013, which former MP was found guilty of perverting the course of justice by having his then wife take speeding points on his behalf ten years earlier?
Answer: Chris Huhne

Question: In 2006, who became the first Scotsman to appear on the reverse of the bank of England bank note?
Answer: Adam Smith

Question: Who composed the theme music for 'Coronation Street'?
Answer: Eric Spear

Question: Which English King was imprisoned and died at Pontefract Castle in 1400?
Answer: Richard Ii

Question: Swimming, show jumping, pistol shooting and cross-country running are four of the sports which make up the Modern Pentathlon. Name the other.
Answer: Fencing

Question: In which US state is Plymouth Rock, the site of disembarkation of the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1620?
Answer: Massachusetts

Question: In which country was Nick Leeson when his unauthorised trades on the futures market brought about the collapse of Barings Bank?
Answer: Singapore

Question: According to the version of the rhyme used in the vintage children's television series Magpie, what did six magpies signify?
Answer: Gold

Question: At the age of sixty-four, who was the oldest person to accede to the British throne?
Answer: William Iv

Question: Who directed the 1985 film 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' and the 2011 film 'Midnight in Paris'?
Answer: Woody Allen