Question: In the 1968 film, "The Odd Couple", the part of Oscar Madison was played by Walter Matthau. Which actor played the part in the TV adaptation?
Answer: Jack Klugman

Question: Who was the Greek God of wine, equivalent to the Roman God Bacchus?
Answer: Dionysus

Question: Which stage and film musical featured the song, "You Gotta Have Heart"?
Answer: Damn Yankees

Question: Thojib Suharto was President and dictator of which Asian country from 1968 to 1998?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: In Neolithic times, what was the purpose of a dolmen?
Answer: A Tomb

Question: In Shakespeare's play, "The Tempest", which character has the title, "Duke of Milan"?
Answer: Prospero

Question: What was the name of Russia's first permanently manned space station, launched in 1988?
Answer: Mir

Question: In which European Capital is the controversially built Parliament Palace, the second largest building in the world?
Answer: Bucharest

Question: In 1976, which Italian town was the scene of a toxic gas leak, containing the poison, Dioxin?
Answer: Seveso

Question: In which Asian Capital City is the Potala Palace, now converted to a museum?
Answer: Lhasa

Question: Who was the first female presenter of ITV's, "News at Ten"?
Answer: Anna Ford

Question: In Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet", what is the name of Hamlet's uncle, who usurps the throne, marries Hamlet's mother and becomes King of Denmark"?
Answer: Claudius

Question: What is the name of the famous Neolithic passage tomb, situated just east of Navan town, in County Meath, Ireland?
Answer: Newgrange

Question: Riding both Papillon in 2000, and Hedgehunter in 2005, which is the only jockey to ride two Aintree Grand National winners in the 21st century?
Answer: Ruby Walsh

Question: A Which stage and film musical featured the song, "Sunrise, Sunset"?
Answer: Fiddler On The Roof

Question: In the 1950's and 60's, which jazz pianist wrote the pieces, "Misterioso", "Ruby My Dear" and "Round Midnight"?
Answer: Thelonius Monk

Question: St Helens and Gt. Britain Rugby League player, Maurie Fa'asavalu was born in which country?
Answer: Samoa

Question: In which New Zealand city, at the head of the Otago peninsular, is St Paul's Cathedral?
Answer: Dunedin

Question: How does Anna Karenina commit suicide in the novel by Tolstoy?
Answer: Throws Herself Under A Train

Question: Who was the mistress of Charles II and mother of the Duke of Monmouth?
Answer: Lucy Walter

Question: Which Hollywood legend directed The Godfather trilogy of films and the Vietnam War film, "Apocalypse Now"?
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola

Question: First published in 1887, which was the first book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to feature Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: A Study In Scarlet

Question: Which artist painted the picture, "Bubbles", which was used in an advertisement for Pears Soap?
Answer: Millais

Question: What name is given to the South American garment, which is basically a single sheet of fabric with holes for the head and arms, and is worn as an over garment?
Answer: A Poncho

Question: Name the song, sung by Katrina and The Waves, which was last British entry to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Answer: Love Shine A Light

Question: Which stretch of water, off the S.E. coast of Italy, separates the Adriatic and Ionian Seas?
Answer: Straits Of Otranto

Question: In his youth, actor Leslie Grantham served ten years in prison for which crime?
Answer: Murder

Question: Which gaseous element has the Atomic Number 2?
Answer: Helium

Question: According to the words of the song, if the rain is Tess, and the fire is Joe, what is the name of the wind?
Answer: Maria

Question: In ancient Rome, the Circus Maximus was the largest example of which type of stadium?
Answer: A Hippodrome

Question: Which English authors works include, "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" and "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"?
Answer: Alan Sillitoe

Question: In 1994, the Hutu and the Tutsi tribes waged a war of mass genocide in which African country?
Answer: Rwanda

Question: Which famous explorer was killed by natives in the Philippines in 1521?
Answer: Ferdinand Magellan

Question: The Olduvai Gorge, famous for its archaeological finds, is in which African country?
Answer: Tanzania

Question: Titania is the largest moon of which planet in our solar system?
Answer: Uranus

Question: Which Shakespeare play contains the line, "Ill met by moonlight, proud Titania"?
Answer: A Midsummer Night'S Dream

Question: The village of Piltdown, scene of the infamous hoax find of a prehistoric skull in 1912, is in which English county?
Answer: (East) Sussex

Question: Which famous explorer contracted malaria shortly after his arrival in Goa in 1524, and died on Christmas Eve 1524 at Cochin?
Answer: Vasco Da Gama

Question: Darfur, scene of mass genocide over the last few years, is part of which African country?
Answer: Sudan

Question: Early works of which English playwright include, "Chicken Soup with Barley" and "Roots"?
Answer: Arnold Wesker

Question: In the 1933 film "The Private Life of Henry VIII", starring Charles Laughton, the part of Anne of Cleves was played by Laughton's wife in real life. Can you name this actress?
Answer: Elsa Lanchester

Question: Which American actress, who committed suicide in Paris in 1979, played the leading female role in the film, "Paint Your Wagon"?
Answer: Jean Seberg

Question: Which metallic element, the lightest one known, has the Atomic Number 3?
Answer: Lithium

Question: Which Lancashire born actor was convicted of conspiracy to intimidate, and sentenced to two years imprisonment in 1972, after his involvement in a building workers dispute in Shrewsbury?
Answer: Ricky Tomlinson

Question: Lake Malawi, in Africa, is bordered on its western shore by the country, which bears its name. Name either of the countries, which border its eastern shore.
Answer: TANZANIA or MOZAMBIQUE

Question: Which group won the Eurovision Song contest in 1981 with the song, "Making Your Mind Up"?
Answer: Bucks Fizz

Question: What name is given to the rectangular piece of cloth wrapped round the waist and legs, knotted at the waist, and worn by Hindus in India?
Answer: A Dhoti

Question: In the novel by Edgar Allan Poe, who solved the "Murders in the Rue Morgue"?
Answer: C Auguste Dupin

Question: Which actress, who played the part of Rocky Balboa's wife, alongside Sylvester Stallone, in the "Rocky" films of the 1980's, is the sister of Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola?
Answer: Talia Shire

Question: How were the comedy duo Ian and Janette Tough better known?
Answer: The Krankies

Question: What word is used to describe animals, which lay eggs?
Answer: Oviparous

Question: What is the name of the blind beggar in R.L.Stevenson's Treasure Island?
Answer: Pew

Question: Which British athlete won the 100 metres gold medal at the 1924 Olympics?
Answer: Harold Abrahams

Question: Which palace in Spain takes its name from the colour of its sun-dried red bricks?
Answer: Alhambra

Question: What organisation has the motto 'For Home and Country'?
Answer: Women'S Institute

Question: Who was the only English King to be crowned on the field of battle?
Answer: Henry Vii

Question: Which work by Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weil is based on a work by John Gay?
Answer: The THREEPENNY OPERA

Question: Who was World Heavyweight Boxing Champion from 1978-1985, defending his title 20 times before losing to Michael Spinks?
Answer: Larry Holmes

Question: What is the name of the mongoose in Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book'?
Answer: Rikki Tikki Tavi

Question: What product is obtained form the tree 'Hevea Braziliensis'?
Answer: Latex

Question: Who played 'First Voice' in the original BBC radio production of 'Under Milk Wood' (and also in the film version)?
Answer: Richard Burton

Question: The dialect of which Semitic language was spoken by Jesus Christ?
Answer: Aramaic