Question: Which singer was born with the forenames George Ivan?
Answer: Van Morrison.

Question: Gary Lightbody is the lead singer with which band?
Answer: 'Snow Patrol'

Question: Which is the only country in the world whose name in English begins with the letter 'O'?
Answer: Oman

Question: Which member of the 2009 Team GB won this year's Milan-San Remo cycle race?
Answer: Mark Cavendish

Question: Which company makes 'Angel' perfume?
Answer: Thierry Mugler

Question: Which product sponsors the TV programme 'Hell's Kitchen'?
Answer: Knorr Stock Cubes

Question: What animal might be described as 'Monarch', 'Imperial' or 'Royal'?
Answer: A STAG (with 16,14 or 12 points respectively)

Question: By what name is the flower Campanula better known?
Answer: Canterbury Bell

Question: Gaberone is the capital of which African state?
Answer: Botswana

Question: David Clayton Thomas was the lead singer with which 1960's formed rock band?
Answer: 'Blood, Sweat And Tears'

Question: Which Poet Laureate was born in Sligo, Eire in 1904?
Answer: Cecil Day Lewis

Question: Who wrote the poem 'The Eve of St. Agnes'?
Answer: John Keats

Question: The ship that brought 'Dracula' to England docked in which English town?
Answer: Whitby

Question: Who was the unlikely European correspondent of The New York Tribune in 1853?
Answer: Karl Marx

Question: In which city were the American shows 'Ally McBeal' and 'St. Elsewhere' set?
Answer: Boston.

Question: The 'Eduskunta' is the name given to the national parliament of which European country?
Answer: Finland

Question: In which city is the American t.v. show 'ER' set?
Answer: Chicago.

Question: Running form the lower back down through the leg, which is the longest nerve in the human body?
Answer: Sciatic Nerve

Question: The 'Vouli' is the name given to the parliament of which European country?
Answer: Greece

Question: Who was the first woman to fly solo across both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Answer: Amelia Earhart

Question: Which Greek astronomer was the first person to formally propose the heliocentric model of the solar system?
Answer: Aristarchos

Question: His debut album 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans' was released in late 2010. By what stage-name is Peter Gene Hernandez better known?
Answer: 'Bruno Mars'

Question: Which 20th century artistic movement, associated with the American painters Robert Henri and George Wesley Burrows, sought to portray scenes of daily life in poor urban neighbourhoods?
Answer: Ashcan School

Question: The 'Pio Quinto' is a cake, drenched in Rum and topped with custard and Cinnamon, which originated in which Central American country?
Answer: Nicaragua

Question: Which animal appeared in the title of Penelope Lively's Booker Prize-winning novel of 1987 and in the title of Aravind Adiga's Booker-prize winning novel of 2008?
Answer: TIGER ('Moon Tiger' & 'The White Tiger')

Question: What was the name of the Liberian oil tanker that was wrecked off the coast of the Isles of Scilly in 1967?
Answer: Torrey Canyon

Question: If the bassist was Krist Novoselic and the drummer was Dave Grohl, then who was both the guitarist and singer?
Answer: KURT COBAIN ('Nirvana')

Question: What is the capital city of Southern Sudan?
Answer: Juba

Question: What was the name of the oil tanker that split into three after running aground off the coast of Brittany in 1978?
Answer: Amoco Cadiz

Question: Which word appeared in the title of Arundhati Roy's Booker Prize-winning novel of 1997 and in the title of DBC Pierre's Booker Prize-winning novel of 2003?
Answer: GOD ('The God Of Small Things' & 'Vernon God Little')

Question: What was the name of the former Taoiseach of Ireland who died in May 2011?
Answer: Garret Fitzgerald

Question: Which Christian religious order was founded by Saint Ignatius Loyola in 1534?
Answer: JESUITS or SOCIETY OF JESUS

Question: According to Greek mythology, who was the father of Zeus?
Answer: Cronus

Question: Ferenc Madi, who died in May 2011, served as President of which country between 2000 and 2005?
Answer: Hungary

Question: Which 2010 biographical film, starring James Franco, centred on 'Aron Ralston', a mountain climber who became trapped by a boulder in Utah in April 2003?
Answer: '127 Hours'

Question: Which of the five original Cinque Ports comes first alphabetically?
Answer: DOVER (Dover, Hastings, Hythe, New Romney & Sandwich)

Question: Which late 17th and early 18th century British architect designed Brighton Pavilion, Marble Arch, and the plan for London's Regents Park?
Answer: John Nash

Question: Which of the original Cinque Ports comes last alphabetically?
Answer: SANDWICH (see answer #2)

Question: Which 19th century French composer wrote the national anthem of the Vatican City, but is perhaps best remembered for his 'Ave Maria'?
Answer: Charles Gounod

Question: Missouri shares the vast majority of its eastern border with which other state?
Answer: Illinois

Question: What is the name of the principal Franciscan church in Florence that is the burial place of some of the most illustrious Italians, such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and Rossini?
Answer: Basilica of the HOLY CROSS or Basilica di SANTA CROCE

Question: Who was the Roman Emperor at the time of the crucifixion of St. Peter?
Answer: Nero

Question: One of the circuits for the 2011 Formula One season, The Marina Bay Street Circuit can be found in which Asian city?
Answer: Singapore

Question: At which Roman Catholic cathedral and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Castile region of Spain could you visit the tomb of 'El Cid'?
Answer: Burgos Cathedral

Question: Mississippi shares its eastern border with which other state?
Answer: Alabama

Question: What is the name of the Pakistani town in which Osama Bin Laden was shot and killed in May 2011?
Answer: Abbottabad

Question: Which stategic computer game, in which the player takes control of the members of a suburban household, is the best-selling PC video game of all time?
Answer: 'The Sims'

Question: The CIA Agent 'Stan Smith' is the title character of which American animated TV series?
Answer: 'American Dad!'

Question: What is the name of the Icelandic volcano which erupted in May 2011 causing disruption of flights around northern Europe?
Answer: Grimsvotn

Question: Which car-racing simulation game is the best-selling video game of all time on both Playstation and Playstation 3?
Answer: 'Gran Tourismo'

Question: Which common component of antacids and laxatives is a suspension of Magnesium hydroxide in water?
Answer: Milk Of Magnesia

Question: The former England captain Bobby Moore had two middle names. One was Frederick; also the name of a football team, what was his other middle name?
Answer: Chelsea

Question: How were 'Mistress Ford' and 'Mistress Page' collectively known in the title of a Shakespeare play?
Answer: 'The Merry Wives Of Windsor'

Question: Magnesium sulphate is a substance used for medicinal and agricultural purposes. By what name is it better known?
Answer: Epsom Salts

Question: Also the name of a football team, what was the middle name of former Rangers and Liverpool winger Mark Walters?
Answer: Everton

Question: Thomas-a-Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral during the reign of which king?
Answer: Henry Ii

Question: What is the name of the fictional island upon which the 'Thomas the Tank Engine' stories are set?
Answer: 'Sodor'

Question: Which English scientist and philosopher invented the magnifying glass in 1250?
Answer: Roger Bacon

Question: In which country do the football teams 'Grasshopper' and 'Young Boys' play?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Nelson's flagship. HMS Victory, sits in dry dock at which
Answer: Portsmouth

Question: In which country are the headquarters of the electronics company SAMSUNG?
Answer: South Korea

Question: """And our friends are all aboard, many more of them live next door"" is a line from which 'Beatles' song?"
Answer: 'Yellow Submarine'