Question: Which county on the East coast of Ireland lies between County Dublin and County Louth?
Answer: County Meath

Question: In which country were the British victorious at the Battle of Plassey in 1757?
Answer: India

Question: Which city is the capital of the German state of Schleswig Holstein?
Answer: Kiel

Question: Which county won the County Cricket Championship for seven consecutive seasons in the 1950s?
Answer: Surrey

Question: In which city can the Graham Sutherland tapestry Christ in Glory be found?
Answer: Coventry

Question: Name any of the three ballets composed by Leo Delibes.
Answer: LA SOURCE, COPPELIA or SYLVIA

Question: In the TV sitcom The Good Life, what was the surname of Tom and Barbara's neighbours Margo and Jerry?
Answer: Leadbetter

Question: Which author created the Alex Rider books and the Power of Five series?
Answer: Anthony Horowitz

Question: In the Bible which of the tribes of Israel received no land and were appointed to be priests?
Answer: Levites

Question: What fictional Scottish village featured in a Lerner and Loewe musical?
Answer: Brigadoon

Question: What is the name of the play performed by the rude mechanicals in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Answer: Pyramus And Thisbe

Question: Which planet, because of changes in visibility at different times, was in fact thought to be 2 separate bodies, known as Phosphorous an Hesperus by the Greeks and Lucifer and Vesper by the Romans?
Answer: Venus

Question: In which Dickens novel would you find the character Noah Claypole?
Answer: Oliver Twist

Question: Julia Smith and Tony Holland created which TV soap?
Answer: Easenders

Question: Which Asian country won six of the seven table tennis gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Singapore

Question: What was the name of the stricken cruise ship on which the salvage operation began in September 2013 on the Italian coast?
Answer: Costa Concordia

Question: Okells Brewery is based in which part of the British Isles?
Answer: Isle Of Man

Question: Which of the Great Lakes has the smallest surface area?
Answer: Ontario

Question: Of the 46 clubs to have played in the FA Premier League since 1992 which comes last alphabetically?
Answer: Wolverhampton Wanderers

Question: Which chemical element is named after the Roman word for Paris?
Answer: Lutetium

Question: On which English town did Thomas Hardy base the town of Casterbridge?
Answer: Dorchester

Question: Which type of barometer that does not involve liquid was invented by Lucien Vidi in 1844?
Answer: Aneroid

Question: Give either of the forenames of Duke Ellington.
Answer: Edward Kennedy

Question: Who became Prime Minister after the assassination of Spencer Perceval?
Answer: Lord Liverpool

Question: What is the married surname of Catherine in Wuthering Heights?
Answer: Linton

Question: Flemish Giant is the largest breed of which animal?
Answer: Rabbit

Question: In which old children's TV programme did the character Mike Mercury feature?
Answer: Supercar

Question: Which element has atomic number 68 and symbol Er?
Answer: Erbium

Question: The song "Tomorrow belongs to me" features in which musical show?
Answer: Cabaret

Question: In which novel of 1906 does a group of children wave every day to an 'Old Gentleman' who rides in a corner seat?
Answer: The Railway Children

Question: Who was the wife of Edward IV, king of England?
Answer: Elizabeth Wood Ville

Question: A cast of which Rodin sculpture is in Victoria Tower Gardens in London?
Answer: The Burghers Of Calais

Question: What was stipulated by the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution in 1951?
Answer: Limits A Us President To Two Terms

Question: The wine-producing region of Hunter Valley is in which Australian state?
Answer: New South Wales

Question: What phrase was first used in print in 1951 by Frank Nicklin of the Manchester Evening News in a report on a Liverpool v Manchester United game? The game saw the debuts of two young Manchester United players.
Answer: Busby Babes

Question: In February 2013 Jennifer Lawrence won an Oscar for her role in which film?
Answer: Silver Linings Playbook

Question: In Hoist's 'The Planets' suite, the movement 'Saturn' is also known by what subtitle, referring to the planet's astrological character?
Answer: The Bringer Of Old Age

Question: Which Welsh golfer played in the 2014 Ryder Cup?
Answer: Jamie Donaldson

Question: Which 1999 British film includes the line, 'I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her'?
Answer: Notting Hill

Question: Which 19th century gardener, architect and MP designed the Great Conservatory, a huge glasshouse, at Chatsworth House?
Answer: Joseph Paxton

Question: Who provides the voice for Sideshow Bob in The Simpson?
Answer: Kelsey Grammar

Question: Which French electronic dance music duo had a UK Number Number One single in 2013 with 'Get Lucky'?
Answer: Daft Punk

Question: Who won the Men's Singles at the 2014 US Open?
Answer: Marin Cilic

Question: The Battle of Poltava in 1709 was a victory by Peter the Great over which state?
Answer: Sweden

Question: Two neighbouring African countries have tricolour national flags of red, yellow and green vertical stripes. Name either.
Answer: Guinea Or Mali

Question: At which theatre was the National Theatre based before the new building opened on London's South Bank in 1976?
Answer: Old Vic

Question: Who is currently the head chef patron of Le Gavroche restaurant?
Answer: Michel Roux

Question: Where did Britain surrender to the USA in 1781?
Answer: Yorktown

Question: In which English town or city would you find the Hexagon theatre?
Answer: Reading

Question: What item of military clothing is a Sam Browne?
Answer: A Belt

Question: In Hoist's 'The Planets' suite, the movement 'Neptune' is also known by what subtitle, referring to the planet's astrological character?
Answer: The Mystic

Question: Which great female Edwardian garden designer wrote the highly influential work 'Colour in the Flower Garden'?
Answer: Gertrude Jekyll

Question: The Claude Francois song "Comme d'habitude" (translation "as usual") was a hit in English for Frank Sinatra under what title?
Answer: My Way

Question: Jennifer Garner's husband Ben Affleck directed the film which won the Best Picture Oscar in 2013. What was its title?
Answer: Argo

Question: The siege of which territory between 1779 and 1783 by a Franco Spanish force ended in complete failure?
Answer: Gibraltar

Question: Name either of the items that are common to the national flags of Kenya and Swaziland?
Answer: SHIELDS or SPEARS

Question: Who is currently head chef of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons hotel and restaurant?
Answer: Raymond Blanc

Question: 'Man Pointing' is a characteristically thin figure produced by which Swiss sculptor?
Answer: (Alberto) Giacometti

Question: Who was the youngest US President elected to office?
Answer: J F Kennedy

Question: The wines Latour and Margaux are produced in which region of France?
Answer: Bordeaux

Question: Who provided the voice for Chef in South Park?
Answer: Isaac Hayes

Question: Leaving office in 2010, who was the last Labour Foreign Secretary?
Answer: David Miiliband

Question: Which Swedish DJ and record producer had a UK Number One single in 2013 with 'Wake Me Up'?
Answer: Avicii

Question: The Bislett Games held in Oslo are part of the Diamond League in which sport?
Answer: Athletics

Question: On which ship did Japan surrender to the USA in 1945?
Answer: Uss Missouri

Question: In which English town or city would you find the Marlowe theatre?
Answer: Canterbury

Question: Who wrote the Booker prize-winning novel Moon Tiger?
Answer: Penelope Lively

Question: The Household Cavalry is made up of two regiments, the Life Guards and which other regiment?
Answer: The Blues And Royals

Question: A group of girls are befriended by Laurie, the grandson of a rich old gentleman next door, in which novel of 1868?
Answer: Little Women