Question: Who was the US swimmer who won 7 gold medals and created a new world record for each event at the Munich Olympics in 1972?
Answer: Mark Spitz

Question: In what year did Steve Davis compete in his first World Snooker Championship?
Answer: 1979 - losing 11-13 to Dennis Taylor

Question: Boxing 1975. Who did Muhammad Ali beat in the 'Thrilla in Manila'?
Answer: Joe Frazier

Question: For a point each, name the horse and the jockey who won the 1981 Derby?
Answer: Shergar with Walter Swinburn

Question: Which 'Royal' won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2006?
Answer: Zara Phillips

Question: On which horse did David Broome win the 1966 King George V Gold Cup?
Answer: Mister Softee

Question: On which London Underground line would you find 'Heathrow Airport?
Answer: Piccadilly

Question: What was the full name of the infamous German 'SS'?
Answer: Schutz-Staffel

Question: If you were imprisoned for 'Regicide', what was your crime?
Answer: Killing a king

Question: Which actress starred in 'Funny Girl'?
Answer: Barbra Streisand

Question: I which European city will you find 'Dam Square'?
Answer: Amsterdam

Question: Featuring a pig named Napoleon! Who wrote 'Animal Farm?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: Fighting ships 'Arizona'; Oklahoma' and 'Utah' all suffered the same fate. Which was?
Answer: Sunk at Pearl Harbor

Question: Name the 1972 musical starring David Essex as Jesus Christ?
Answer: Godspell

Question: Who starred in the 1933 comedy satire film 'Duck Soup'?
Answer: The Marx Brothers

Question: What character was played by Gary Cooper in 'High Noon'?
Answer: Will Kane

Question: Which TV interviewer wrote 'Cricket Mad' and 'Football Daft'?
Answer: Michael Parkinson

Question: Which playwright did Marilyn Monroe marry?
Answer: Arthur Miller

Question: In which country will you find the Churchill; Pearce; Nelson and Mackenzie rivers?
Answer: Canada

Question: There are only two landlocked countries in South America. Which are they?
Answer: Paraguay and Bolivia

Question: What nationality was Winston Churchill's mother?
Answer: American

Question: What name is given to someone that collects banknotes?
Answer: Notaphile

Question: In which American city will you find the 'Guggenheim Museum'?
Answer: New York

Question: Who scored the first snooker 147 on TV?
Answer: Steve Davis

Question: The 'Congo' river is now known as what?
Answer: Zaire river

Question: Remember the song' Where Do You Go To My Lovely'? Who wrote it?
Answer: Peter Sarstedt

Question: In what country would you find the 'Krishna River'?
Answer: India

Question: What colour is the female blackbird?
Answer: Brown

Question: What was the former name of the famous ship 'The Golden Hind'?
Answer: The Pelican

Question: Which actor played the title roll in 'Dixon of Dock Green'?
Answer: Jack Warner

Question: How long was the 'Hundred Years War'?
Answer: 115 years

Question: What is made by a 'Fletcher'?
Answer: Arrows

Question: Who was Bristol born Archibald Leach better known as?
Answer: Cary Grant

Question: Who coined the phrase 'Annus Horribilis' in 1992?
Answer: Her Majesty the Queen

Question: Which English all-rounder announced his retirement from cricket in July 1993?
Answer: Ian Botham

Question: What attraction opened its gates for the first time in Mame-la-Vallee, Paris in 1992?
Answer: Euro Disney

Question: In what year did the National Lottery begin in Britain?
Answer: 1994

Question: In what year was the first sub-surface atomic bomb detonated at Bikini Atoll?
Answer: 1946

Question: Which world record did Jonathon Edwards smash in 1995?
Answer: Triple jump

Question: Who was the author of 1990 novel 'House of Cards'?
Answer: Michael Dobbs

Question: Who married Elizabeth Taylor in 1991 to become her eighth husband?
Answer: Larry Fortensky

Question: In what year did US airline 'Pan Am' fold?
Answer: 1991

Question: In what year did US singer Del Shannon die?
Answer: 1990

Question: Nicotine patches were introduced in which year (UK)?
Answer: 1992

Question: In what country will you find the 'Giants Causeway'?
Answer: Northern Ireland

Question: Who presented the TV series 'Zoo Time'?
Answer: Desmond Morris

Question: What year follows 1 BC?
Answer: 1 Adâ

Question: Up to 50 People would have been buried in an ancient Stone Age Tomb. What name is given to such a tomb?
Answer: Barrow

Question: Why don't polar bears eat penguins?
Answer: The polar bear lives in the northern Arctic region and the penguins live in the southern seas

Question: I which country will you find the 'Great Victoria Desert'?
Answer: Australia

Question: Who was 'The Virgin Queen' and for a bonus point name her father?
Answer: Elizabeth 1 1533-1603, Henry V111

Question: In what year did cricketer Brian Lara score 501 runs (Not out!) in one innings?
Answer: 1994

Question: What city is the capital of New Zealand?
Answer: Wellington

Question: What is the largest eagle?
Answer: The Harpy Eagle

Question: Who was the first female tennis player to win $1 million for a match?
Answer: Chris Evert

Question: In what year did Arsene Wenger become manager at Arsenal?
Answer: 1996

Question: Which American President along with his Soviet Union counterpart signed the 1974 SALT Treaty?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: To the nearest month, how old was Henry V1, when he came to the throne?
Answer: 10 months

Question: How many years would you have been married to celebrate your Crystal Wedding anniversary?
Answer: 15

Question: How old does a male horse have to be before it can be called a stallion?
Answer: 5 years

Question: What were the names of William Shakespeare's three children?
Answer: Hamnet; Judith and Sussanah

Question: The 1988 album 'First of a Million Kisses' was the first album by which group?
Answer: Fairground Attraction

Question: Which State became the 11th of the United States in 1788?
Answer: New York

Question: Which fruit has the largest percentage of calories?
Answer: Avocado

Question: Swimming; running and cycling are the three disciplines of what sport?
Answer: Triathlon

Question: If you were a numismatist, what would you be studying?
Answer: Coins and Medals

Question: Who created the character 'Count Dracula'?
Answer: Bram Stoker

Question: Who was the 28th president of the USA?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Question: What nationality was the composer 'Chopin'?
Answer: Polish

Question: According to 'Forbes' who is the worlds richest man (as of October 2014)?
Answer: Bill Gates - Net Worth: $76 Billion

Question: And just for equality: According to 'Forbes' who is the worlds richest woman (as of October 2014)?
Answer: Christy Walton - reclaims her spot as the richest woman with a $36.7 billion fortune

Question: What name is given to a male horse or pony that is less than 4 years old?
Answer: Colt

Question: Who would work in a workshop called a forge?
Answer: Blacksmith

Question: Where in London will you find the Cenotaph memorial?
Answer: Whitehall

Question: Which musical film soundtrack was in the charts for a staggering 382 weeks?
Answer: Sound of Music

Question: What is the biggest selling copyright book ever?
Answer: The Guinness Book of Records

Question: How many noses does a slug have?
Answer: 4

Question: Which actress played Cathy Gale in 'The Avengers'?
Answer: Honor Blackman

Question: In which US state will you find Arlington, the national cemetery?
Answer: Virginia

Question: Mariah Carey was joined by which group on the 2000 single 'Against All Odds'?
Answer: Westlife

Question: What country is the world’s largest tea producing nation?
Answer: India

Question: Where was US President Barack Obama born?
Answer: Honolulu, Hawaii

Question: Lancelot Brown,"England's greatest gardener". Born: August 30, 1716, Northumberland. By what name was he better Known?
Answer: Capability Brown

Question: is the atomic number of which metal?
Answer: Magnesium

Question: Which Australian writer won the Nobel prize for literature in 1973?
Answer: Patrick White