Question: In October 2014, Alan Eustace broke whose record 2012 fall?
Answer: Felix Baumgardner

Question: What is the Falkirk wheel?
Answer: A boat lift

Question: Which Scottish town has the most Northerly station?
Answer: Thurso

Question: In 2014 Cate Blanchett won an acting Oscar for which film?
Answer: Blue Jasmine

Question: Together with the figure Liberty, who is also the French symbol for liberty and reason?
Answer: Marianne

Question: Introduced in 1894 how is Bibendum better known?
Answer: The Michelin Man

Question: Who is the presenter of the Radio 4 show The News Quiz?
Answer: Sandi Toksvig

Question: Which country became the European Union's 28th member in 2013?
Answer: Croatia

Question: The French wine growing areas of Macon, Beaujolais and Chablis are in which region?
Answer: Burgundy

Question: In the grounds of which building would you find the Eisenhower putting green?
Answer: The White House

Question: What do Chelmsford City, Lingfield Park, Wolverhampton and Southwell have in common?
Answer: All weather race tracks

Question: Which heritage railway runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster?
Answer: The Severn Valley Railway

Question: Golfer Rory Mcllroy has a contract endorsement for 10 years reputedly worth $100 million from which company?
Answer: Nike

Question: What is the setting for the Shakespeare play As You Like It?
Answer: The Forest of Arden

Question: Fuller’s beer is brewed in the Griffin brewery in which London district?
Answer: Chiswick

Question: In November 2014, which MP fell foul of Twitter when taking a photograph of a white van parked outside a Union Jack bedecked house?
Answer: Emily Thornberry

Question: In the standard musical repertoire what claim does Mahler's 3rd symphony have?
Answer: It’s the longest

Question: Which element has the chemical symbol B?
Answer: Boron

Question: Depicting a father and daughter, who painted the picture American Gothic in 1930?
Answer: Grant Wood

Question: In which sport or recreation would you find persons described by the acronym MAMILs taking part?
Answer: In Cycling

Question: Born in 1972 with which two words is the tenor Wynne Evans popularly associated?
Answer: Go Compare

Question: Martin Baker are the leading manufacturer of which military safety device?
Answer: Ejector Seats

Question: The Clockwork Orange is the locals name for what in Glasgow?
Answer: The local Metro/Underground

Question: What is the nickname for Denmark Street in London?
Answer: Tin Pan Alley

Question: If you were involved the craft of tatting what would you be making?
Answer: Lace

Question: Which forename is the writer JM Barrie credited with having invented?
Answer: Wendy

Question: Who is the presenter of the Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs?
Answer: Kirsty Young

Question: In the 2014/15 season which Premier League Football ground has the greatest elevation above sea level at 552ft?
Answer: West Bromwich Albion/The Hawthorns

Question: Hans-Gert Pottering first elected in 1979 is the longest serving member of what?
Answer: The European Parliament

Question: Which French region produces Camembert cheese, Benedictine and Calvados?
Answer: Normandy

Question: Launched in 1979 which was the first computer in the UK to sell for under £100?
Answer: Sinclair ZX80

Question: In the UK, tin, is the traditional gift for which wedding anniversary?
Answer: 10th

Question: In tennis how is a score of 6-0 6-0 nicknamed?
Answer: Double Bagel

Question: Which constellation is named after the mother of the legendary Greek princess Andromeda?
Answer: Cassiopeia

Question: Which Shakespeare character's final words are "The Rest is Silence"?
Answer: Hamlet

Question: Which fruit has varieties called "Thompson's", "Bristol Cross" and "Packham's Triumph"?
Answer: Pear

Question: The world number 1 ranked tennis player in March 2013, Novak Djokovic is a national of which country?
Answer: Serbia

Question: In Mathematics what is the ratio of the adjacent to the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle called?
Answer: Cosine

Question: Which bird, best known for its singing, has the scientific name "luscinia megahynchos"?
Answer: Nightingale

Question: In which English county is the site of the Civil War Battle of Naseby to be found?
Answer: Northamptonshire

Question: Which light cloth, originally made in China from a yellow variety of cotton, takes its name from a major town in China's Kiangsu province?
Answer: Nankeen

Question: In mathematics what term is given to the middle value in a series of values ordered by size?
Answer: Median

Question: Which country is separated from Singapore by the Johor Strait?
Answer: Malaysia

Question: Sleeping sickness is caused by the bite of which insect?
Answer: Tsetse Fly

Question: Who was the last King of Italy?
Answer: Umberto II

Question: Upminster and Ealing Broadway are respectively the eastern and western termini or which London Underground line?
Answer: The District Line

Question: Which actor's film roles include Charlie Chaplin and Sherlock Hoimes?
Answer: Robert Downey Junior

Question: The TV soap Coronation Street is set in which fictional district in Greater Manchester?
Answer: Weatherfieid

Question: Nephrolithiasis is the medical name for which condition?
Answer: Kidney Stones

Question: Under the 1996 Treasure Act, found property which might be classed as Treasure Trove must be reported to whom?
Answer: The Coroner

Question: Which 1993 novel by Sebastian Faulks is set during the First World War?
Answer: Birdsong

Question: Who composed the musical work "Pictures at an Exhibition"?
Answer: Modest Mussorgsky

Question: Which comedian played the title role in the 1963 film, "The Punch and Judy Man"?
Answer: Tony Hancock

Question: Which preserved railway runs services between East Grinstead and Sheffield Park, in Sussex?
Answer: The Bluebell Railway

Question: On which French racecourse is the "Prix de I'Arc de Triomphe” run?
Answer: Longchamp

Question: """Prelude a I'apres-midi d'un faune"" and ""La Mer"" are amongst the works of which impressionist composer?"
Answer: Claude Debussy

Question: In England and Wales, the investigation of sudden or unexplained deaths is handled by the Coroner. Which officer performs this function in Scotland?
Answer: The Procurator Fiscal

Question: With a population of over 380,000, what is the largest city in Switzerland?
Answer: Zurich

Question: Which Nick Hornby book concerned his being a fan of Arsenal?
Answer: Fever Pitch

Question: In which city was the original CSI television series set?
Answer: Las Vegas

Question: Which Marx Brothers film was set in the fictional country of "Freedonia"?
Answer: Duck Soup

Question: Which religion runs the Brigham Young university in the USA?
Answer: Mormons

Question: In British Horse racing the Triple Crown is regarded of being the 2,000 Guineas, Derby and which other race?
Answer: St Leger

Question: Inspired by the fairy-tale "Cinderella" Gioacchino Rossini composed which opera in 1816-17?
Answer: La Cenerentola

Question: What is the second largest city in Belgium?
Answer: Antwerp

Question: in what year where the Summer Olympic Games hosted in Montreal?
Answer: 1976

Question: Who played chemistry teacher Waiter White in the American TV series "Breaking Bad"?
Answer: Bryan Cranston

Question: George Fox was the founder of which religious grouping?
Answer: Quakers

Question: In 1968, which Poet Laureate became the first to be appointed in Queen Elizabeth II’s reign?
Answer: Cecil Day Lewis

Question: In which constellation, visible from the UK, is the bright star Regulus to be found?
Answer: Leo

Question: In what year where the Summer Olympic Games hosted in Melbourne?
Answer: 1956

Question: The Ray Bradbury novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes” takes its name from a line in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Macbeth

Question: In Greek legend what creature did Theseus kill in the labyrinth?
Answer: The Minotaur