Question: In 1984 Tina Turner had a hit with 'Private Dancer'. Who wrote it?
Answer: Mark Knopfler

Question: Who played the starring role in the 1992 film 'Malcolm X'?
Answer: Denzel Washington

Question: What is the only UK No. 1 single for Fleetwood Mac?
Answer: Albatross

Question: Who had a hit with 'Rhinestone Cowboy' in 1975?
Answer: Glenn Campbell

Question: Who was supposed to have had sex with his nanny when aged 9?
Answer: Lord Byron

Question: Which animal can sleep 3 years but only mates once - 12 hours?
Answer: Snail

Question: Louis the XVI France only two what were recorded in his lifetime?
Answer: Baths

Question: The same Louis did not consummate his marriage 7 years - why?
Answer: Overgrown Foreskin

Question: How many people were reported to have died in the Great Fire of London in 1666?
Answer: 6

Question: Why could William Tell not have shot the apple with a crossbow?
Answer: Crossbow was not known in the 13th century

Question: What country do Great Danes come from?
Answer: Germany

Question: Who said - "One more drink and Ill be under the host"?
Answer: Dorothy Parker

Question: The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what?
Answer: Carrots

Question: What animal provides 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru?
Answer: Guinea Pigs

Question: Who won an Oscar posthumously, for Best Actor in the American film 'Network'?
Answer: Peter Finch

Question: Sergai Kalenikov holds the world record in what?
Answer: Pig Kissing

Question: What did ancient Egyptians rub on their penis to enlarge them?
Answer: Crocodile excrement

Question: Which bird has legs but cant walk?
Answer: Hummingbird

Question: What country invented Phone cards?
Answer: Italy

Question: What was invented in Rome 63 BC by Marcus Tiro?
Answer: Shorthand and the '&' symbol

Question: What is the literal Greek translation of Sarcophagus?
Answer: Flesh Eater

Question: An Arab/Israeli band Abu Hafla - record called 'Humping' meaning what?
Answer: Enjoyable Gathering

Question: First ad on Radio Luxemburg 1930s for Bile Beans - which are what?
Answer: Laxatives

Question: 74 year old Margaret Weldon scored two holes in one, two days in a row. Why was this unusual?
Answer: She was totally blind and aided by her husband

Question: In 1987 the Jockey Club disqualified a horse that had eaten what?
Answer: Mars Bar

Question: A Baseball travels 9% faster in which US city?
Answer: Denver - thinner air

Question: What was Joseph Pujol - La Petomanes stage act?
Answer: He flatulated - imitating music etc

Question: James H Pierce was the last silent film actor to play who?
Answer: Tarzan

Question: Who became the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961?
Answer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Question: How many Nobel Prizes are awarded each year?
Answer: 6

Question: Who was the writer of the novel 'Jurassic Park?
Answer: Michael Crichton

Question: Where would you find the Apennines mountain range?
Answer: Italy

Question: Name the plant used in the production of linen?
Answer: Flax

Question: Austin is the state capitol of which US State?
Answer: Texas

Question: What name is given to a 'Group of Hedgehogs'?
Answer: an Array

Question: Tasting of aniseed, what is the name of this Greek drink?
Answer: Ouzo

Question: The skin of a shark was once used commercially as sandpaper. True or false?
Answer: True

Question: Who was the 'Virgin' label's first recording artist?
Answer: Mike Oldfield

Question: The islands of the Azores belong to which country?
Answer: Portugal

Question: Adelaide in Australia was named after which British monarch's wife?
Answer: William 1V

Question: The plant 'Ananas comosus provides us with which fruit?
Answer: Pineapple

Question: What is the common name given to rubella?
Answer: German measles

Question: Who was the last infamous inmate of Spandau Prison?
Answer: Rudolph Hess

Question: Which was the second James Bond movie?
Answer: From Russia With Love

Question: How many Academy Awards were won by the film Ben - Hur?
Answer: 11

Question: By what name is the Lent Lily better known?
Answer: Daffodil

Question: In 1981, who became the first female cox in the University Boat Race?
Answer: Susan Brown

Question: Which Henry 8th warship was salvaged on 8th October 1981?
Answer: Mary Rose

Question: What is the Roman Numeral for 100?
Answer: C

Question: What is collected by bees?
Answer: Nectar

Question: Who was the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest?
Answer: Junko Tabei

Question: How long did it take Thomas Jefferson to write 'The Declaration of Independence'?
Answer: 18 days

Question: How tall is the monument 'Nelson's Column' in feet and inches?
Answer: 170 feet and two inches

Question: Which senior member of the Royal Family celebrates a birthday on June 10th?
Answer: Prince PhilipÂ

Question: Which Python was appointed Rector of St. Andrews University in 1971?
Answer: John Cleese

Question: Jack Warner used to start what programme by saying "Evenin all"?
Answer: Dixon of Dock Green

Question: Which TV character's catch phrase was' Boom Boom'?
Answer: Basil Brush

Question: Which Royal's Birthday is June 10th?
Answer: Prince Philip

Question: What is the relationship of Indera Ghandi and Mahatma?
Answer: None

Question: Capulet and Montague are the family names of which well known characters?
Answer: Romeo and Juliet

Question: Known throughout the world as 'Dame Edna Everage' What was the comics real name?
Answer: Barry Humphries

Question: Which dictator gave himself the title 'Big Daddy'?
Answer: Idi Amin

Question: Mary, Mary, quite contrary, goes the nursery rhyme. To whom does it refer?
Answer: Mary Queen of Scots

Question: Which comedian's usual farewell was "Goodnight, good luck and may your God go with you"?
Answer: Dave Allen

Question: In which year did Marilyn Monroe die?
Answer: 1962

Question: What was Marilyn Monroe's full real name?
Answer: Norma Jean Baker

Question: Who said "the meek shall inherit the Earth but not it's mineral rights"?
Answer: J. Paul Getty

Question: What spy did Michael Caine play in three films?
Answer: Harry Palmer

Question: Where in London would you find The National Portrait Gallery?
Answer: St. Martin's Place

Question: Complete the name of the group: Dave Dee...?
Answer: Dozy; Beaky; Mick and Titch

Question: What was the name of the infamous 'The Yorkshire Ripper'?
Answer: Peter Sutcliffe

Question: Paprika is the Hungarian word for what?
Answer: Pepper

Question: What was the former name of Thailand?
Answer: Siam

Question: What country would you have to visit if you wanted to 'Row on the Po'?
Answer: Italy

Question: In what country would you find the mountain range 'The Apennines'?
Answer: Italy

Question: From which part of it's body does a cow sweat?
Answer: Nose

Question: What name did Muhammad Ali give to his autobiography?
Answer: The Greatest

Question: In what country would you find the capital city of Jakarta?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: How many humps would you find on a dromedary camel?
Answer: one

Question: Who played Maigret in the TV series of the same name?
Answer: Rupert Davies - Michael Gambon played Maigret after Davis retired

Question: In what country was St. Patrick born?
Answer: Wales

Question: In what film would you find Jack Lemmon playing a pimp and Shirley MacLaine as a prostitute?
Answer: Irma La DouceÂ

Question: Which 1964 film recounted the true story of the Battle of Rorke's Drift?
Answer: Zulu

Question: What's the name of the character in the 'Missing in Action' films played by Chuck Norris?
Answer: Colonel James Braddock

Question: Who played the leading role in the erotic 70's Emmanuelle films?
Answer: Sylvia Krystal

Question: What character did Tom Hanks play in 'The Green Mile'?
Answer: Prison officer Paul Edgecomb

Question: Who played Edith Piaf in the 2007 film 'La Vie En Rose'?
Answer: Marion Cotillard

Question: What character was played by Donald Sutherland in the film 'M*A*S*H'?
Answer: Captain Hawkeye Pierce