Question: Which no 2 hit from 1995 begins "Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you. By now you should've somehow realised what you gotta do"
Answer: Wonderwall

Question: Who presents 'Any Questions' on BBC Radio 4?
Answer: Jonathan Dimbleby

Question: Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, is in which country?
Answer: Tanzania

Question: Which day of the week features in the title of a novel by G K Chesterton?
Answer: Thursday

Question: Give a year in the reign of George IV.
Answer: 1820-1830

Question: For what does the W stand in the name of Rev W Awdry, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine?
Answer: Wilbert

Question: In cookery, what is the main flavouring of aioli?
Answer: Garlic

Question: Which comedian was born Robert Davis?
Answer: Jasper Carroll

Question: In which country will the 2010 Winter Olympic Games be held?
Answer: Canada

Question: What time features in the title of an Agatha Christie novel?
Answer: 4.50

Question: Which luxury car marque produces the Veyron?
Answer: Bugatti

Question: Of which Verdi opera is Violetta the heroine?
Answer: La Traviata

Question: From which Shakespeare play does the, line "I am a man more sinned against than sinning" come?
Answer: King Lear

Question: Who created the Garfield cartoon strip?
Answer: Jim Davis

Question: Which journalist presents This Week on BBC One?
Answer: Andrew Neil

Question: Which chemical element (atomic number 36)'derives its name from the Greek meaning hidden?
Answer: Krypton

Question: Of which Puccini opera is Mimi the heroine?
Answer: La Bohème

Question: Which number 1 hit from 1995 begins "I guess now it's time for me to give up, I feel it's time. Got a picture of you beside me, got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup"
Answer: Back for Good

Question: In cookery, which herb is the traditional main ingredient of pesto?
Answer: Basil

Question: Who said, "The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil."
Answer: John D Rockefeller

Question: In the Bible who was the mother of John the Baptist?
Answer: Elizabeth

Question: Who won a Best Actor Oscar in 1993 for Scent of a Woman, after four previous nominations in the same category?
Answer: Al Pacino

Question: Which is the largest organ of the human body?
Answer: Skin

Question: Frederick Gibberd won the competition to design which Liverpool building?
Answer: Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King

Question: What is the birthstone for May?
Answer: Emerald

Question: Which tree, common in Britain, has the Latin name Larix Decidua?
Answer: (European) Larch

Question: Which English novelist won the Nobel prize for literature in 2007?
Answer: Doris Lessing

Question: In physics, whose third law of motion states that "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"?
Answer: (Isaac) Newton

Question: In snooker, what is the total value of the coloured balls, not including reds?
Answer: 27

Question: Who created The Office and Extras with Ricky Gervais?
Answer: Stephen Merchant

Question: Who said, "If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
Answer: Albert Einstein

Question: Harvey Lonsdale Elmes won the competition to design which Liverpool building?
Answer: St George's Hall

Question: In which year did the following happen - Pope John Paul II visited Britain, compact discs went on sale to the public and Grace Kelly died?
Answer: 1982

Question: Which native British tree has the Latin name Taxus Baccata?
Answer: (Common) Yew

Question: What is the derived SI unit of electrical resistance?
Answer: Ohm

Question: How many stars were there on the flag of the USA at the turn of the twentieth century?
Answer: 45

Question: Which English Playwright was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2005?
Answer: Harold Pinter

Question: The battle of Crecy was fought during which war?
Answer: Hundred Years' War

Question: In which year did the following happen - Microsoft was registered as a trade name, Brotherhood of Man won Eurovision and Mao Zedong died?
Answer: 1976

Question: The Rokeby Venus (c1651), now part of the National Gallery's collection, was painted by whom?
Answer: (Diego) Velazquez

Question: Who created Are You Being Served and Allo Allo with David Croft?
Answer: Jeremy Lloyd

Question: Which film franchise was based on a ride at Disney theme parks?
Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean

Question: What does "su doku" mean in English?
Answer: Single number

Question: After Roger Bannister, who was the next Briton to hold the world mile record?
Answer: Derek Ibbotson

Question: b Which London landmark was designed by David Marks and Julia Barfield?
Answer: The London Eye

Question: Politician Herbert Morrison was the grandfather of which member of Tony Blair's cabinet?
Answer: Peter Mandelson

Question: The aria "La Donna e Mobile" comes from which opera?
Answer: Rigoletto

Question: In which British city was composer Frederick Delius born?
Answer: Bradford

Question: How many lines are there on the London underground railway?
Answer: 12

Question: In Greek mythology, which youth fell in love with his own reflection?
Answer: Narcissus

Question: What title is given to the wife of an earl?
Answer: Countess

Question: Marita was the codename given to the German invasion of Yugoslavia and which other country?
Answer: Greece

Question: Who is the present King of Jordan?
Answer: Abdullah II

Question: Which former Blue Peter presenter went on to present darts coverage on television?
Answer: Peter Purves

Question: What name is given to a vent on a volcano that emits smoke and gas?
Answer: Fumarole

Question: Who composed the "Antarctic Symphony"?
Answer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

Question: Which organisation has the motto "Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity"?
Answer: Fbi

Question: In which American city did Martin Luther King make his famous "I have a dream" speech?
Answer: Washington DC

Question: Who led the Prussian troops against Napoleon at Waterloo?
Answer: General von Blucher

Question: Why was the charity walker Stephen Gough arrested several times on his walk from Land's End to John O'Groats in 2003-2004?
Answer: He was naked

Question: b Which actor played the US president in the TV series "The West Wing"?
Answer: Martin Sheen

Question: In Irish folklore what is a merrow?
Answer: A mermaid

Question: Who invernted the game of Monopoly?
Answer: Charles Darrow

Question: Which university opened in Birmingham in 1966?
Answer: Aston

Question: Who was the court jester in Shakespeare's "As You Like It"?
Answer: Touchstone

Question: Which political dynasty leader died in a plane crash and was succeeded by his brother, an airline pilot?
Answer: Sanjay Gandhi

Question: What was the title of Cliff Richard's only UK number one hit during the 1970s?
Answer: """We Don't Talk Anymore"""

Question: Who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations?
Answer: Trygve Lie

Question: Which American submarine stayed submerged for three months in 1960?
Answer: USS Triton

Question: What was the name of the character played by Geoffrey Palmer in "Butterflies"?
Answer: Ben Parkinson

Question: What is the Celtic name for Edinburgh?
Answer: Dunedin

Question: Who won Britain's only track and field medal at the 1976 Olympics?
Answer: Brendan Foster

Question: In which British city was Europe's first purpose-built prison opened in 1786?
Answer: Liverpool

Question: The bands R.E.M. and the B52s both come from which town in Georgia?
Answer: Athens

Question: To which family of birds does the blackcap belong?
Answer: Warbler

Question: Which romantic novelist's first book was "Jigsaw", published in 1921?
Answer: Barbara Cartland

Question: Emil Zatopek won the Olympic gold medal in the marathon in 1952. In which event at the same games did his wife Dana also win gold?
Answer: Javelin

Question: In which country was the Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart born?
Answer: Italy