Question: First sighted by Bartholomew Diaz in 1488, he named it then 'Cape of Storms'. What is it now called?
Answer: Cape Of Good Hope

Question: What was the name of the little girl in the popular children's novel by Johanna Spyri?
Answer: 'Heidi'

Question: Known scientifically as Triflorum hybridum and white or pink in colour, what type of flower is 'Alsike'?
Answer: Clover

Question: Whom did Estelle Morris replace as Secretary of State for Education?
Answer: David Blunkett

Question: Who replaced Dr. John Reid as Secretary of State for Scotland?
Answer: Helen Liddell

Question: Who marries 'Petruccio' in Shakespeare's, 'The Taming Of The Shrew'?
Answer: Katherina

Question: In Shakespeare's, 'The Merchant Of Venice', who has servants named 'Balthasar' and 'Stefano'?
Answer: 'Portia'

Question: Nineteenth century Japanese artist, Hokusai, made a series of 36 prints of what?
Answer: Mount Fuji

Question: Which of the Greek islands contains the highest point above sea level?
Answer: Crete

Question: Which of the principal Canary Islands contains no peak higher than 700 metres?
Answer: Lanzarote

Question: What disease claimed the life of notorious American gangster, Al Capone?
Answer: Syphilis

Question: From what disease did the English buccaneer, Sir Francis Drake, die?
Answer: Dysentry

Question: What is the origin of the word 'chipping' in place names such as Chipping Norton?
Answer: Marketplace

Question: On what date is her majesty Queen Elizabeth's real birthday?
Answer: APRIL 21st

Question: Which American city has basketball-playing 'Celtics'?
Answer: Boston

Question: The battles of 'Grant's Hill' and 'Oswego' were conflicts of which war, that lasted from 1756 to 1763?
Answer: Seven Years War

Question: Which intermittent wars between 1793 and 1815 included the battles of 'Aspern' and 'Austerlitz'?
Answer: Napoleonic Wars

Question: 'Petrology' is the study of the origin, structure and composition of what?
Answer: Rocks

Question: Whose 1769 expedition included the task of observing the transit of the planet Venus over Tahiti?
Answer: James Cook

Question: Who joined swashbucklers, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain and Frank Finlay in a 1974 adventure film?
Answer: Michael York

Question: Who joined Steve Gutttenburg, and Ted Danson as 'baby-minders' in a popular 1987 film comedy?
Answer: TOM SELLECK (in 'Three Men And A Baby')

Question: Which 10th century explorer founded an Icelandic colony which he named 'Greenland', to encourage people to settle there?
Answer: Erik The Red

Question: Which is the third largest of the Channel Islands?
Answer: Alderney

Question: If a creature is described as 'demersal', where exactly would it live?
Answer: On The Sea Bed

Question: What is the oldest order of knighthood still in existence in Britain?
Answer: Order Of The Garter

Question: Who wrote, 'Blott On The Landscape'?
Answer: Tom Sharpe

Question: Who painted "The Binding Of Samson" (1636) and "Jacob Blessing The Sons Of Joseph" (1656)?
Answer: Rembrandt

Question: Which Scottish football team moved home from Broomfield Park to the Shyberry Excelsior Stadium?
Answer: Airdrie United

Question: The name of which sport is used for a letter in the phonetic alphabet?
Answer: Golf

Question: In the movie world, how is Nicholas Kim Coppola better known?
Answer: Nicolas Cage

Question: From which continent did the flower Freesia originate?
Answer: AFRICA (southern)

Question: Which company uses the slogan "innovations beyond petroleum"?
Answer: B.P

Question: Which building in Paris did Richard Rogers and Enzo Piano design?
Answer: The Pompidou Centre

Question: In architecture, what are 'Caryatids'?
Answer: Female Figures Used As Columns

Question: In which town or city would you find the 'Cairngorm Brewery'?
Answer: Aviemore

Question: Which director won the 'Oscar' for Best Director for the picture 'Traffic' in 2000?
Answer: Steven Soderbergh

Question: Who is 'Harry Potter's' schoolboy enemy?
Answer: Malfoy

Question: Which lighthouse stands 12 miles east of the mouth of the Firth of Tay?
Answer: BELLROCK (accept Inchcape Rock)

Question: Which spirit is used to make 'Sauce a la Normandie'?
Answer: Calvados

Question: Roger Fry, Vanessa Bell, and Duncan Grant were part of which English art movement in the 1920's and 30's?
Answer: Bloomsbury Group

Question: Which group of mammals belong to the order, Chiroptera?
Answer: Bats

Question: What name is given to the edge of a flag nearest the flagpole?
Answer: Hoist

Question: Of what organisation did Jacques Rogge become President in 2000?
Answer: International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.)

Question: Who was President of Poland from 1990 to 1995?
Answer: Lech Walesa

Question: To which island group does Guadalcanal belong?
Answer: Solomon Islands

Question: Which boxer won the Olympic gold medal at Middleweight in 1976, and then went on to win the World Professional title at both Light-heavyweight and Heavyweight?
Answer: Michael Spinks

Question: Which aid to the house wife did Henry Seely invent in 1882?
Answer: Electric Flat Iron

Question: If a 'Cockney' spoke about his "Bushel", what would he be talking about?
Answer: NECK (bushel & peck)

Question: Which group of mammals belong to the order Cetacea?
Answer: WHALES (and Dolphins)

Question: In 'The Simpson's', what was the name of 'Ned Flanders' ' wife?
Answer: Maude

Question: Which aid to home comfort did Schuyler Williams invent in 1882?
Answer: Electric Fan

Question: Which architect designed Regent's Park, Regent Street, and the Marble Arch?
Answer: Nash

Question: Who, in legend, was the mighty hunter, and great- grandson of Noah?
Answer: Nimrod

Question: Which group released the albums; 'Cloud Cuckoo Land' and 'Sense And Jollification'?
Answer: Lightening Seeds

Question: In which region in France is Camembert cheese produced?
Answer: Normandy

Question: For which young king did Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, act as regent or protector?
Answer: Edward Vi

Question: What is the male equivalent of a 'Caryatid'?
Answer: ATLANTES or TELAMON

Question: Where in the human body is the 'Ileum'?
Answer: Small Intestine

Question: In the TV show 'The Simpsons', what is the name of the police chief?
Answer: Clancy Wiggum

Question: Which group had number one hits in the 1970's with 'Tiger Feet' and 'Oh Boy'?
Answer: Mud

Question: """Createur d'automobiles"", is a slogan used by which car manufacturer?"
Answer: Renault

Question: In which country was film star merle Oberon born?
Answer: INDIA (Bombay)

Question: What is another name for the 'gullet'?
Answer: Oesophagus

Question: From which continent did the flower Dahlia originate?
Answer: AMERICA (Central)

Question: If a Cockney spoke about his 'Chevy', what would he be talking about?
Answer: FACE (Chevy Chase)

Question: What name is given to a shield or emblem within a flag?
Answer: Charge

Question: Common salt is a compound formed from two elements, one is Sodium, which is the other?
Answer: Chlorine

Question: In which English county is the 'Naze'?
Answer: Essex

Question: Who has presented both 'Blue Peter' and 'The Money Programme'?
Answer: Valerie Singleton

Question: Which British artist was responsible for the 1995 work, 'Everyone I Have Ever Slept With'?
Answer: Tracey Emin

Question: Whose autobiography is entitled 'Memoirs Of An Unfit Mother'?
Answer: Anne Robinson

Question: Where is the finest non-cathedral medieval church in England? Only its proximity to York prevented it being raised to cathedral status in the 19th century?
Answer: Beverley

Question: Which company introduced the first waterproof watch in 1927?
Answer: Rolex

Question: On a standard 'Monopoly' board, what property is found between'Chance' and 'Super Tax'?
Answer: Park Lane

Question: Which brewery produces the award winning 'Black Cat' beer?
Answer: Moorehouses

Question: Which motor manufacturer produces the 'Felicia' model?
Answer: Skoda