Question: The first decade of which century witnessed the succession to the throne of Edward II?
Answer: Fourteenth

Question: Who wrote an autobiography entitled 'An Accidental MP'?
Answer: Martin Bell

Question: Which war hero's autobiography was called 'Walking Tall'?
Answer: Simon Weston

Question: Who played the mentally unstable, 'Chief Inspector Dreyfuss', in the 'Pink Panther' films?
Answer: Herbert Lom

Question: 'The Fellowship Of The Ring' opens with the news that someone in the Shire is planning a birthday party. Who?
Answer: Bilbo Baggins

Question: What do we call a crack or fracture in the earth, usually created by the movement of the earth's crust?
Answer: A Fissure

Question: In Algeria, if one was to purchase a small item, in what denomination would change be received from a Dinar?
Answer: Centimes

Question: Who played 'Sir Charles Lytton's' American-born nephew, 'George', in the original 'Pink Panther' movie?
Answer: Robert Wagner

Question: How is American actor, Issur Danielovitch, better known?
Answer: Kirk Douglas

Question: Stephen Hendry won his first World Snooker title in 1990 when beating which Englishman in the final?
Answer: Jimmy White

Question: What is the capital of Cambodia?
Answer: Phnom Penh

Question: Which Welshman did Steve Davis defeat in the final to win his first Snooker World Championship?
Answer: Doug Mountjoy

Question: What do Americans call the Guard's Van at the rear of a train?
Answer: Caboose

Question: Which Central American country boasts the active volcanoes, 'Santa Maria' and 'Pacaya'?
Answer: Guatemala

Question: 'Manam' and 'Bagana' are active volcanoes of which South-East Asian country?
Answer: Papua New Guinea

Question: In America, the triangular road sign meaning "Give Way", displays only one word. What is it?
Answer: Yield

Question: What cat-like African mammal has spotted fur and is noted for the powerful-smelling fluid from its anal glands, from which it bears its name?
Answer: Civet

Question: What family of South American, forest-dwelling mammals has an elongated snout, three-toed hind legs and four- toed forelegs?
Answer: Tapir

Question: If something is described as stellate, what shape is it?
Answer: Star-Shaped

Question: Which song by 'The Wurzels' was set top the music 'Paloma Blanca'?
Answer: 'I Am A Cider Drinker'

Question: The electric starter for motor cars was introduced in 1911, by which great American manufacturer?
Answer: Cadillac

Question: Which British manufacturer introduced the 'XK 120' sports car in 1948?
Answer: Jaguar

Question: Which TV comedy series starred Richard Briers and Prunella Scales and ran from 1963 to 1966?
Answer: 'Marriage Lines'

Question: Which republic, part of the former Soviet Union, lies between Estonia and Lithuania?
Answer: Latvia

Question: Wendy Craig and Geoffrey Palmer were the stars of which TV sit-com, which ran from 1978 to 1982?
Answer: 'Butterflies'

Question: In 1999, who became King of Jordan following the death of King Hussein?
Answer: Prince Abdullah

Question: Which part of the former Soviet Union is sandwiched between the Ukraine and Romania?
Answer: Moldova

Question: Whom did 'Sherlock Holmes' describe as "The Napoleon of crime"?
Answer: Professor Moriarty

Question: The largest natural lake in Wales is known locally as Llyn Tegid. What is its English name?
Answer: Lake Bala

Question: Which Formula One racing driver (current) has taken part in most Grand Prix races?
Answer: Reubens Barricello

Question: Which part of the south-west of Portugal shares its name with that given to Nelson's first great naval victory?
Answer: Cape St. Vincent

Question: The bulk of Kansas City lies in which US state?
Answer: Missouri

Question: UNITA was founded in 1966 by Joseph Savimbi, its original aim being the independence of which country?
Answer: Angola

Question: Made in 1981, which was Jimmy Cagney's last film, in which heplayed the part of a police commissioner?
Answer: 'Ragtime'

Question: Which gas, composed of carbon and hydrogen, burns with an intensely brilliant flame, and is used extensively in welding?
Answer: Acetylene

Question: How many guns are fired in salute for the Queen's birthday?
Answer: 62

Question: Which heavyweight defeated Lennox Lewis for the world title in April 2001, butlost in the rematch later the same year?
Answer: Nasim Rahman

Question: What is the name of the chocolate coated nutty biscuit named after the Italian city where it was firstmade?
Answer: Florentine

Question: Which is Britain's deepest lake?
Answer: Lake Morar

Question: """When I reached'Company C' lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked backat the camp, just coming into view before me through the grey mist of early morning"", is the first line of which novel?"
Answer: 'Brideshead Revisited'

Question: Which city in Uzbekistan was formerly Tamurlane's capital?
Answer: Samarkand

Question: Which parkland overlooking London lies at the southern end of Hampstead Heath?
Answer: Parliament Hill

Question: After independence, who was the first Prime Minister of Uganda?
Answer: Milton Obote

Question: Who founded the retailer 'Habitat'?
Answer: Terence Conran

Question: Which colourless, sweet liquid obtained from animal and vegetable fats, is used in the manufacture of anti- freeze, soaps, ice cream and explosives?
Answer: GLYCERINE (accept Glycerol)

Question: Which volcanic French island in the Indian Ocean has Saint Denis as its capital?
Answer: Reunion

Question: What is Cockney slang for a car?
Answer: """Jam Jar"""

Question: In musical terminology, what is a 'Burletta'?
Answer: Comic Opera

Question: Similarly, how did Miles Byrne achieve sporting infamy in 2001?
Answer: HE WAS CADDY TO IAN WOOSNAM, HE COST THE GOLFER 2 STROKES&POSSIBLE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP (had15clubs in bag)

Question: Name the detective in'The Mousetrap'?
Answer: 'Sergeant Trotter'

Question: In mythology, who was theGreek youth who drowned at night while swimming to meet 'Hero'?
Answer: 'Leander'

Question: What is the name of the main South African naval base near Cape Town?
Answer: Simonstown

Question: 'Wild Bill' Hickock was the Marshall in which US town?
Answer: Abilene

Question: Which gum resin produced in Sri Lanka is used in medicine, and also in the production of a shiny yellow colour of paint?
Answer: Gamboge

Question: Which Conservative Party Club in London was damaged by an IRA bomb in 1960?
Answer: The Carlton Club

Question: In sailing, what is a 'Kedge'?
Answer: A Lightanchor

Question: What was the name of Julie Walter's character in 'Acorn Antiques'?
Answer: 'Mrs. OVERALL'

Question: """To the red country and part of the grey country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth ""is the first line of which novel?"
Answer: 'The Grapes Of Wrath'

Question: Give one year in the life of architect Inigo Jones?
Answer: 1573 - 1652

Question: What is the name given to an attack on a fort, castle etcusing ladders?
Answer: Escalade

Question: 'A white wading bird with a black patterned head and back, and an upturned beak', describes which bird?
Answer: Avocet

Question: From shore to shore, which is the widest lake in the EnglishLake District?
Answer: Derwent Water

Question: In Moh's Scale of Hardness, if Talc is number one, what is number two?
Answer: Gypsum

Question: Give any year in the life of the Italian painter Botticelli?
Answer: 1445 - 1510

Question: In police terminology, what is 'TWOC'?
Answer: Taking Without Owners Consent

Question: Which Terrence Rattigan play is about boarders in a seaside guest house?
Answer: 'Separate Tables'

Question: In 1976 Concorde flew its first scheduled passengerflights.One route was from Paris to Rio, the other was from London towhere?
Answer: Bahrain

Question: What is Cockney slang for a thief?
Answer: """Tea Leaf"""

Question: What is the name of the exercise technique in which opposing equal pressures are used?
Answer: Isometrics