Question: Which writer published “Public Confessions of a middle aged woman aged 55 ¾?
Answer: Sue Townsend

Question: Which breed of dog’s name translates as “badger hound”?
Answer: Dachshund

Question: Which sea bird found around the shores of Britain is a larger relative of the Shag?
Answer: Cormorant

Question: Which exponent of Brit Art created works involving a bed, a tent and a beach hut?
Answer: Tracey Emin

Question: Specific areas of Britain, e.g. the Broads, are designated as ESA's. For what does the S stand?
Answer: Environmentally) SENSITIVE (Areas)

Question: By which common name do we better know the bird Branta canadensis?
Answer: CANADA GOOSE (full name required)

Question: Which company introduced the first water proof watch in 1927?
Answer: Rolex

Question: Which American President used the slogan: "It's morning again in America" for his presidential campaign?
Answer: Ronald Reagan

Question: Who received the best actor Oscar for the 1934 film ' It Happened One Night'?
Answer: Clark Gable

Question: Which British dependent territory has a capital called The Valley?
Answer: Anguilla

Question: What was Elvis's last No 1 record in the UK in his lifetime?
Answer: The Wonder Of You

Question: When Labour came to power in 1997, which woman became Secretary of State for Social Security?
Answer: Harriet Harman

Question: Murray Gell-Mann developed a theory in 1964 that the smallest particle in the universe was called what?
Answer: Quark

Question: Which word for a place of noise and confusion comes from the Greek, literally meaning "all demons"?
Answer: Pandemonium

Question: From which 1950 film musical does the song "I Got the Sun in the Morning" come?
Answer: Annie Get Your Gun

Question: For which film did Gary Cooper win Best Actor Oscar in 1941?
Answer: Sergeant York

Question: Which national radio station broadcasts on either 693 or 909 kHz Medium Wave?
Answer: Radio 5 Live

Question: What is the lowest bid in a game of Contract Bridge?
Answer: One Club

Question: Which sea area is immediately to the south of Ireland?
Answer: Fastnet

Question: How was Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin better known?
Answer: George Sand

Question: Which musical term is used when the music should be played quickly?
Answer: Presto

Question: Give a year in the life of Leonardo do Vinci?
Answer: 1452-1519

Question: In 1917 which Frenchman was appointed chief of the General staff and commander in chief of the Allied armies?
Answer: Marshall FOCH

Question: Which French playwright's real name was Jean Baptiste Poquelin?
Answer: Moliere

Question: Which group has released the albums "Fear Of Music", 'True Stories" and "Remain In Light"?
Answer: Talking Heads

Question: Which national radio station broadcasts between 99.9 and 101.9 Mhz?
Answer: Classic Fm

Question: Which religion celebrates the festival of Dewali?
Answer: Hindu

Question: The musical term to play at a slow and dignified pace is what?
Answer: Largo

Question: Which record went to No 1 after his (Elvis's) death in 1977?
Answer: Way Down

Question: Which word meaning a dreadful noise, derives from the Greek for "bad sounds"?
Answer: Cacophany

Question: Which island's capital is Flying Fish Cove?
Answer: Christmas Island

Question: Mikhail Fokine was the chief choreographer to which ballet company from 1909 -1914?
Answer: Ballet Russes

Question: Which religion celebrates the festival of 'Baisakhi' or 'Vaisakhi'?
Answer: Sikh

Question: Which sea area lies due east of Dogger and Humber?
Answer: German Bight

Question: Who had Hampton Court Palace built?
Answer: Cardinal Wolsey

Question: What is the name of the race of black Jews who formerly inhabited Ethiopia?
Answer: Falashas

Question: Who painted 'The Virgin of the Rocks" found in the Louvre, Paris?
Answer: Lfonardo Da Vinci

Question: Which company introduced the first instant coffee in 1937?
Answer: Nestles

Question: Give a year in the life of Galileo?
Answer: 1554-1642

Question: Which singer has released the albums "Nebraska", 'Tunnel Of Love" and "Lucky Town"?
Answer: Bruce Springsteen

Question: Henry Cooper controversially lost his British Tile in 1971 to which Boxer?
Answer: Joe Bugner

Question: Which motorway runs from Glasgow to Carlisle?
Answer: M74

Question: How many points are required to win a standard game of cribbage?
Answer: 121

Question: In Arthurian legend who accepted the challenge of the Green Knight?
Answer: Sir Gawain

Question: In an entertainment context, how was H replaced by X in 1951?
Answer: Film Censorship

Question: Who rode the winner of the 1956 Grand National, when Devon Loch slipped on the run in?
Answer: Dave Dick

Question: Who wrote the play, "The Long and the Short and the Tall"?
Answer: Willis HALL

Question: In which Grimm's fairy tale does a prince climb up a maiden's hair?
Answer: Rapunzel

Question: Which chess piece does Alice start off as in 'Through the Looking Glass'?
Answer: White Pawn

Question: In which city would you find 'Commissioner Gordon' and 'Chief O'Hara'?
Answer: 'Gotham City'

Question: The 1920's art known as 'The Group of Seven' was formed in which country?
Answer: Canada

Question: In which opera do the brothers 'Fernando' and 'Guiglielmo' appear?
Answer: 'Cosi Fan Tuti'

Question: Which archipelago, off the coast of Newfoundland, is the last remaining French possession in North America?
Answer: St. Pierre & Miquelon

Question: In which year was the £1 coin introduced into circulation?
Answer: 1983

Question: What was the first name of the daughter of Pakistani politician Zulfiqir Ali Bhutto?
Answer: Benazir

Question: Which car manufacturer makes the 'Zetec' model?
Answer: Ford

Question: Which is the most common element in the Earth's crust after oxygen?
Answer: Silicon

Question: Who succeeded Kruschev as Soviet Prime Minister in 1964?
Answer: Kosygin

Question: A 'theocracy' is government by whom?
Answer: The Church

Question: Charlotte Dod was a fine skater, an international hockey player, the best woman archer in England, and a champion golfer; all after she gave up her first game for lack of effective opposition. What game was that?
Answer: Tennis

Question: In the sci-fi book and film, by what other name was the planet 'Arakis' known?
Answer: 'Dune'

Question: 'Sack' is an old English name for wines from which island group?
Answer: Canaries

Question: In the sci-fi books, what was 'Dune's' principle export, making it so important to the 'Empire'?
Answer: 'Spice'

Question: Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, and Jim Dine were amongst the leading exponents of which 1950's / 60's style of painting?
Answer: Pop Art

Question: Footballer George Best, made his name with Manchester United, but with which club did he finish his league career?
Answer: Bournemouth

Question: Parr, Smolt Sprog, Skegger, Samlet, Mort, Grilse and Fingerling are all names used for the young of which fish?
Answer: Salmon

Question: Ring, Open and Box are all types of what?
Answer: Spanner

Question: In which year did the new halfpenny cease to be legal tender?
Answer: 1984

Question: Which English brewery produces 'Abbots Ale'?
Answer: Greene King

Question: With which area of manufacturing are the names Linn, martin Logan and Krell associated?
Answer: Hi-Fi Systems

Question: The islands of 'Ascencion' and 'Tristan da Cunha' in the South West Atlantic, are dependencies of which other British island colony?
Answer: St. Helena

Question: Fulgencio was the first name of which dictator, overthrown in 1959?
Answer: Batista

Question: What is the legal term, used in law to describe the state of those related through marriage?
Answer: Affinity

Question: Which actress starred as 'Yvette', 'Rene's' employee and lover in the TV series 'Allo, Allo'?
Answer: Vicky Michelle

Question: Joe Strummer and Mick Jones were singers and guitarists with which band?
Answer: Clash

Question: Which female singer released the autobiography, 'True'?
Answer: Geri Halliwell