Question: Which desert area in Southern California comprises part of what is known as the Great Basin ?
Answer: MOJAVE or MOHAVE

Question: In Which We Serve, This Happy Breed and Brief Encounter are early films by which director?
Answer: David Lean

Question: Which American composer was working on the music for a film called The Goldwyn Follies at the time of his death in 1937 ?
Answer: George Gershwin

Question: Sir Ronald Ross became the first Briton to win the Nobel Prize for medicine for his research into which disease?
Answer: Malaria

Question: In the manufacture of cloth, what is the name for the absorbent clay-like substance containing hydrated aluminium silicates that is used to cleanse the material?
Answer: Fuller'S Earth

Question: Na is the chemical substance for which element used in the manufacture of soap?
Answer: Sodium

Question: Peter Parker was the secret identity of which super-hero of TV and big-screen?
Answer: Spiderman

Question: Robert Bruce Banner was the secret identity of which super-hero of TV and big-screen?
Answer: The Hulk

Question: In the Bible what was the name of the land situated east of Eden that Cain chose to flee to after murdering his brother Abel?
Answer: The Land Of Nod

Question: Which popular prison-themed TV series that began in 1999 featured an evil prison officer named Jim Fenner, played by actor Jack Ellis?
Answer: Bad Girls

Question: Which item, of particular use to London tourists, was designed in 1931 by a man named Harry Beck?
Answer: London Underground Map

Question: Which former London prison, established in the 12th century by The Bishop of Winchester, gave its name to a generic term for imprisonment?
Answer: The Clink

Question: Taking place on September 7th 1812, the Battle of Borodino took place in which country?
Answer: Russia

Question: Famous for being the birthplace of actor William Roach, in which English county is the town of Ilkeston?
Answer: Derbyshire

Question: Introduced by American John Augustus Larson which invention, not very popular on the Jeremy Kyle show, was first seen in 1921?
Answer: Lie Detector

Question: In the Bible, what was the name of the city that Jonah was told to take God's message to?
Answer: Nineveh

Question: Taking place on March 7th 1814, The Battle of Craonne took place in which country?
Answer: France

Question: Having held the position since 1992, Paul Dacre is the editor of which daily newspaper?
Answer: Daily Mail

Question: The Central Criminal Court in London, also known as the Old Bailey stands on the site of which prison that closed in 1902?
Answer: Newgate

Question: Having a height of 2,228 metres, Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: Which popular stage show, now showing in the West End of London is based on the story of the group Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?
Answer: Jersey Boys

Question: The Willets, The Vardens and The Chesters are all families that appear in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: Barnaby Rudge

Question: Mozart symphony number 38 was named after which European capital city, also the venue for the world premiere of his Don Giovanni?
Answer: Prague

Question: Lawrence Boythorne, Sir Leicester Dedlock and Mr William Guppy are all characters that appear in which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: Bleak House

Question: Which company features an advert where a man rides on a giant water slide to the Bellamy Brothers. song 'Let Your Love Flow'?
Answer: Barclays

Question: What was the name of the Manchester City international footballer who tragically died on the pitch on June 26th 2003 whilst playing for Cameroon against Columbia?
Answer: Marc Vivien Foe

Question: Who did John Bercow replace as Speaker of the House of Commons on june 22nd 2009?
Answer: Michael Martin

Question: Released in 1960, who was the director of the film 'The Magnificent Seven'?
Answer: John Sturgess

Question: Listed at number 69 on the Periodic Table, which chemical element has the symbol Tm?
Answer: Thulium

Question: LYNCH HAMLET is an anagram of which Welsh town?
Answer: Machynlleth

Question: Specifically, what would a person have a fear of if they suffered from Gynophobia?
Answer: Women

Question: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two men to walk on the moon in 1969, but which fellow American became the third man to achieve this feat on November 19th 1969 along with fellow astronaut Alan Bean in the Apollo 12 mission?
Answer: Charles Conrad

Question: In the House of Commons, which word of three letters is used by members supporting a motion vote?
Answer: Aye

Question: On First Looking Into Chapman's House in 1816 and The Eve of St Agnes in 1820 are works by which British poet?
Answer: John KEATS

Question: What name links a former British Prime Minister, a big screen cop first seen in 1971 and a Liverpool footballer who first played for the club in 1960?
Answer: Callaghan

Question: Specifically, what would a person have a fear of if they suffered from Pediophobia?
Answer: Dolls

Question: OVER SHREWD FAT is an anagram of which Welsh town?
Answer: Haverfordwest

Question: Listed at number 96 in the Periodic Table, which chemical element has the symbol Cm?
Answer: Curium

Question: Released in 1965, who was the director of the film 'The Sound of Music'
Answer: Robert Wise

Question: What name links a former US President, an actor who starred in the film 'The Dirty Dozen' and a Liverpool footballer who first played for the club in 1974?
Answer: Kennedy

Question: In the House of Lords, which seven letter word is used by members supporting a motion vote?
Answer: Content

Question: With which song did Clodagh Rogers represent the UK in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest?
Answer: Jack In The Box

Question: What is the name of the notorious villain who, in 1996, fled to Spain after killing a fellow motorist named Stephen Cameron following an altercation near the M25 motorway?
Answer: Kenneth Noye

Question: Name the year - The Manchester Metrolink officially opens, Windsor Castle is badly damaged by fire, Gary Lineker is voted Football Writers Player of the Year and 'Stay' by Shakespeare's Sister reaches number one in the British pop charts.
Answer: 1992

Question: Which tennis player has reached the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon three times in the last eight years losing on every occasion?
Answer: Andy Roddick

Question: Released in July this year, what is the name of the female murderer who, on December 1st 1996, murderede her boyfriend Lee Raymond HArvey in his vehicle after they had stopped following an argument near Worcester?
Answer: Tracie Andrews

Question: Which TV series was won by a man named Tom Pellerau on July 17th this year?
Answer: The Apprentice

Question: Which tennis player reached the fonal of the men's singles at Wimbledon three times between 1990 and 1995, losing onevery occasion?
Answer: Boris Becker

Question: What is the name of the national currency of Thailand?
Answer: Baht

Question: What is the name of the national currency of Malaysia?
Answer: Ringgit

Question: Which animal in the world comes second alphabetically?
Answer: Aardwolf

Question: On which Wrexham thoroughfare can you find Rhosddu Primary School?
Answer: Price'S Lane

Question: In 2011, who became the first Northern Irish golfer since Fred Daly to win the Open?
Answer: Darren Clarke

Question: Which pub group owns the Toby Carvery chain?
Answer: Mitchells And Butlers

Question: Which river has gained the nickname "China's Sorrow"?
Answer: Yellow River / Hwang-He / Hwang-Ho

Question: Which family ruled Russia from 1613 until the 1917 revolution?
Answer: Romanov

Question: Odette and Prince Siegfried are lovers in which ballet?
Answer: Swan Lake

Question: Which Spanish city is traditionally known for its manufacture of swords and knives?
Answer: Toledo

Question: Which French tennis player defeated Serena Williams at this year's Wimbledon Championships?
Answer: Marion Bartoli