Question: In the cartoon TV series, what was the name of Captain Pugwash's enemy, the captain of the "Flying Dustman"?
Answer: Cut-throat Jake

Question: What was the first single released by the Beatles on the Apple label, in 1968?
Answer: Hey Jude

Question: Which England cricketer is the most capped English player in test matches?
Answer: (Alec) Stewart

Question: Which is the home ground of FC Barcelona?
Answer: Nou Camp

Question: Agrippina the Younger was the mother of which Roman Emperor?
Answer: Nero

Question: In the Monty Python TV sketch, what type of dead parrot did John Cleese return to the pet shop?
Answer: Norwegian Blue

Question: In the TV series Friends, what is the name of Phoebe's twin sister, also played by Lisa Kudrow?
Answer: Ursula

Question: By what collective name were the comedy act Moe Howard, Shemp Howard and Larry Fine known?
Answer: Three Stooges

Question: Which ballerina is best known for the creation of the role 'The Dying Swan' in 1905?
Answer: (Anna) Pavlova

Question: Which Oscar-winning actress was born Susan Abigail Tomalin?
Answer: Susan Sarandon

Question: Why were British policemen known as "Peelers" in the nineteenth century?
Answer: After Sir Robert Peel

Question: Which character was voiced by Isaac Hayes in the TV cartoon series South Park?
Answer: Chef

Question: What form of bridge is Tower Bridge, London?
Answer: Bascule

Question: Which singer's backing group were called the Comets?
Answer: Bill Haley

Question: Which prison is situated in San Francisco Bay?
Answer: Alcatraz

Question: Which tree has the botanical name Acer Pseudoplatanus?
Answer: Sycamore

Question: What is the country of origin of the supermarket chain Aldi?
Answer: Germany

Question: In the cartoon series, whose girlfriend is named Olive Oyl?
Answer: Popeye

Question: What was the surname of the Haitian dictator Papa Doc?
Answer: (Francois) Duvalier

Question: In connection with angling what is a creel?
Answer: A Basket(to load the caught fish)

Question: Which opera house in New York is located in the Lincoln Centre for Performing Arts?
Answer: Metropolitan Opera House

Question: Wiki, as in Wikipedia, is a word that means fast or quick - in what language?
Answer: Hawaiian

Question: Which site, a location for one of the seven ancient wonders of the world, is near the modern city of Bodrum in Turkey?
Answer: Halicarnassus

Question: Which ancient calendar predicted that the world would end on 21st December 2012?
Answer: Mayan

Question: David Livingstone was brn in which Scottish mill town in 1813?
Answer: Blantyre

Question: Name the bandleader who died in March 2013, his biggest hits were 'Samantha' and 'Midnight In Moscow'?
Answer: Kenny Ball

Question: Which manufacturer returned to Formula 1 as a supplier in 1993 and a constructor in 2010 after having withdrawn from the sport in 1955?
Answer: Mercedes

Question: Aldebaran is the brightest star in which Zodiacal constellation?
Answer: Taurus

Question: At the end of the 2012-13 season, The New Saints and Airbus UK finished first and second in which football league?
Answer: Welsh Premier League

Question: Which TV series of the 1950s featured Alan Wheatley, Patricia (The Adventures of) Robin
Answer: Driscoll and Alexander Gauge as supporting actors? Hood

Question: Actresses Virginia Cherrill, Betsy Drake and Dyan Cannon all married which actor?
Answer: Cary Grant

Question: Which island, cormected to the mainland by the Jubilee Bridge, is the largest of the Furness Islands in the Irish Sea?
Answer: Walney

Question: Whose resignation prompted the Eastleigh by-election in February 2013?
Answer: Chris Huhne

Question: What is added to Prosecco to make a Bellini?
Answer: Peach

Question: The Frank Loesser musical 'Guys & Dolls' is based on characters created by whom?
Answer: Damon Runyan

Question: 'Sauce bigarade' is a traditional French sauce to accompany which meat?
Answer: Duck

Question: Who wrote the opera 'A Masked Ball' in 1859?
Answer: Verdi

Question: Which famous early steam locomotive was built by William Hedley?
Answer: Puffing Billy

Question: Who played the title role in Stephen Spielberg's film 'Lincoln'?
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis

Question: Which is the tallest building in the EU (at 310 metres high)?
Answer: The Shard

Question: At which lock does the Manchester Ship Canal join the River Mersey?
Answer: Eastham

Question: What was the biggest and bloodiest battle fought on American soil?
Answer: Gettysburg

Question: What name is given to the coast between Orcombe Point near Exmouth and Old Harry Rocks near Swanage?
Answer: Jurassic Coast

Question: Who was the only King of England to belong to the House of Blois?
Answer: Stephen

Question: Which singer had a no 1 hit in 1985 with a duet singing with Barbara Dickson?
Answer: Elaine Paige

Question: Wales won the Rugby Union Six Nations competition in 2013, which country finished bottom?
Answer: France

Question: At the end of the 2012-13 season, Cove Rangers and Formartine Utd finished first and second in which football league?
Answer: Highland League

Question: The Schick skin test is used to check immunity to which disease?
Answer: Diphtheria

Question: Which singer had a no I hit in 1987 with a duet singing with George Michael?
Answer: Aretha Franklin

Question: Which essential part of ballet training, still in use, was devised by Pierre Beauchamp in the late 17th century?
Answer: (The five) Positions of the feet

Question: The railway line between Exeter and Barnstaple is named after the title character of which Henry Williamson book?
Answer: Tarka

Question: The miracle substance Graphene was developed by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at which university?
Answer: Manchester

Question: The Battle of Towton is believed to be the longest and bloodiest battle on English soil, in which war did it take place?
Answer: Wars of the Roses

Question: Which TV series of the 1950s, one the first 'soaps' on British TV, featured Jill Browne, Desmond Carrington, Richard Thorp and John Alderton?
Answer: Emergency Ward 10

Question: The locomotive Mallard, the holder of the World Steam Speed record, was designed by which engineer?
Answer: Sir Nigel Gresley

Question: Who was the first US astronaut to walk in space?
Answer: Ed White

Question: Who sang Britain's entry to Eurovision 2013?
Answer: Bonnie Tyler

Question: The Stephen Sondheirn musical 'Sunday in the Park with George' is based on the life of which artist?
Answer: Georges Seurat

Question: The Jane Austen Museum is in which Hampshire village where she spent the last eight years of her life?
Answer: Chawton

Question: Which very famous actor had three wives, Josephine Alicia Saenz, Esperanza Baur and Pilar Pallete?
Answer: John Wayne

Question: Who played the title role of Jack Reacher in the 2012 film of Lee Child's novel 'One Shot?
Answer: Tom Cruise

Question: Englishmen Jonny Wilkinson and Delon Amiitage between them scored all of their team's points in winning the 2013 Heineken Cup with which team?
Answer: Toulon

Question: In which Zodiacal constellation is the bright star Regulus?
Answer: Leo

Question: Who wrote the opera 'Girl of the Golden West' in 1910?
Answer: Puccini

Question: Who presents the Radio 2 Rhythm & Blues Show at 7.00pm every Monday?
Answer: Paul Jones

Question: With which privately owned team did James hunt enter Formula 1 in 1973?
Answer: Hesketh

Question: Which island lies two miles off the tip of the Llyn Peninsula in North Wales?
Answer: Bardsey

Question: How is the new Leadenhall Building in London colloquially known?
Answer: The Cheesegrater

Question: The 1932 film 'Taxi' is famous for which line of dialogue?
Answer: """You dirty rat"""

Question: Which French Republic ruled France between the 1870s and the 1940s?
Answer: Third Republic

Question: What 1960's LA band took their name from the title of one of Aldous Huxley's books?
Answer: The Doors