Question: """White Lisbon"", ""Bedfordshire Champion"" and ""Ailsa Craig"" are varieties of which vegetable?"
Answer: Onion

Question: In which century was St Andrews University, the oldest University in Scotland founded?
Answer: 15th century

Question: Founded in 1975, ECOWAS is a regional economic community, comprising 15 states. Where in the world is it to be found?
Answer: West Africa

Question: Winchester was the capital of which Anglo Saxon kingdom?
Answer: Wessex

Question: Who wrote the musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"?
Answer: Steven Sondheim

Question: Named after an American scientist, what is the SI derived unit of Inductance?
Answer: Henry

Question: Michaelmas day is in which month?
Answer: September

Question: In which year was the first parking meter installed in the UK?
Answer: 1553

Question: What is the nickname of snooker player Jimmy White?
Answer: Whirlwind

Question: By what name is a collector of postcards known?
Answer: Deltiologist

Question: What is a 30th wedding anniversary called?
Answer: Pearl

Question: Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question: Which former English footballer has the middle name Ivanhoe?
Answer: Emile Heskey

Question: Who directed the films Deliverance, Hope and Glory and the Tailor of Panama?
Answer: John Boorman

Question: In which US town or city is the United States Naval Academy located?
Answer: Annapolis

Question: What is the meaning of the Japanese word kamikaze?
Answer: Divine Wind

Question: In which battle of 1854 were 19 VCs won?
Answer: Inkerman

Question: Which New York Stadium was home to the New York Mets from 1964-2008, and was demolished in 2009?
Answer: Shea Stadium

Question: Who created the fictional detective Albert Campion?
Answer: Margery Allingham

Question: Give either of the commonnames by which the bird the green plover is also known?
Answer: Peewit, Lapwing

Question: Which state did John F Kennedy represent when a senator?
Answer: Massachusetts

Question: Jarlsberg is a cheese from which country?
Answer: Norway

Question: In which month is Martinmas?
Answer: November

Question: In a castle what is a postern?
Answer: Gate

Question: In which year did traffic wardens first appear on the streets of London?
Answer: 1960

Question: What Is the nickname of snooker player Cliff Thorburn?
Answer: Grinder

Question: The Velazquez painting "The Toilet of Venus" is also known by what name?
Answer: The Rokeby Venus

Question: Which South American country has a first division side called Everton?
Answer: Chile

Question: Who is the author of ‘‘The Uncie Remus" stories?
Answer: Joel Chandler Harris

Question: Which former Arsenal footballer has the middle name Primrose?
Answer: Bob Wilson

Question: Who directed the films Mississippi Burning, Evita and Angela's Ashes?
Answer: Alan Parker

Question: Who bad a number 1 in the 1980's with Circle in the Sand?
Answer: Belinda Carlisle

Question: What sort of creature js a boomslang?
Answer: Snake

Question: Which was the first place to host the Winter Olympics, twice?
Answer: St. Moritz

Question: What is the capitaI of the Yukon Territory?
Answer: Whitehorse

Question: In which US town or city is the United States Air Force Academy located?
Answer: Colorado Springs

Question: What does the Japanese word shogun mean?
Answer: Leader of the Army

Question: In which decade was the SS Great Britain launched
Answer: 1840's

Question: Which Scottish Stadium hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1970 and 1986?
Answer: Meadowbank

Question: Which football league team other than Newcastle United play home games at St. James Park?
Answer: Exeter City

Question: Who was King of England in the year 1400?
Answer: Henry IV

Question: Who created the fictional detective Roderick Alleyn?
Answer: Ngaio Marsh

Question: By what other name is the bird the landrail known?
Answer: Corncrake

Question: Halloumi is a cheese from which country?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: Which National Trust property was once owned by the Egerton family?
Answer: Tatton Park

Question: How long is the maximum duration of a UK Parliament?
Answer: Five years ;

Question: In the Arthur Conan Doyle stories about Sherlock Holmes who was the housekeeper at 221B Baker Street?
Answer: Mrs Hudson

Question: In Peter Pan what is the name of the Red Indian Princess rescued by Peter?
Answer: Tiger Lily

Question: Who became the 2015 PDC World Darts Champion after beating Phil Taylor in the final?
Answer: Gary Anderson

Question: What is the name of the family dog in the animated TV series ‘Family Guy?
Answer: Brian

Question: in the BBC Children’s TV programme The Woodentops, what was the name of the cow who lived on their farm?
Answer: Buttercup

Question: Derived from the name of a Chinese village and hill, what is the alternative name for China Clay?
Answer: Kaolin

Question: What animal can be found surrounded by bees on tins of Lyles Golden Syrup?
Answer: Lion

Question: The state capital of Missouri is named after which American President?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Question: On 1st January 2015 which Baltic state became the latest country to start using the Euro as its currency?
Answer: Lithuania

Question: In which 1949 film noir did James Cagney say the line “Made it Ma -Top of the World” as flames engulfed him?
Answer: White Heat

Question: The song ‘Happy’ by Pharrel Williams first appeared on the soundtrack of which computer animated film of 2013?
Answer: Despicable Me 2)

Question: In which county is the town and fishing port of Padstow?
Answer: Cornwall

Question: What is the essential vegetable ingredient of a dish cooked ‘a la florentine’?
Answer: Spinach

Question: Which 6 letter English word describes a gallows with a projecting arm from which criminals were suspended after execution?
Answer: A Gibbet

Question: Which 1882 painting by Edouard Manet clearly shows a bottle of Bass Pale Ale?
Answer: Bar at the Folies Bergere

Question: The name of which organ of the human body is derived from the Greek words for all and flesh?
Answer: Pancreas

Question: In the human body, where are the intercostal muscles located?
Answer: (Between the) Ribs

Question: Author Harper Lee announced the sequel in 2015 of her only ever book, what was the name of that sequel?
Answer: Go Set a Watchman

Question: Under what name does Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPierre act and sing?
Answer: Cher

Question: Which animal represents the Chinese New Year in 2015?
Answer: Sheep/Ram

Question: Which mammal has the Latin name Vulpes Vulpes?
Answer: (Red/Silver) Fox

Question: Which singer's albums have included Aerial (2005) and Red Shoes (1993)?
Answer: Kate Bush

Question: In a 1997 WBA Heavyweight Championship Mike Tyson was disqualified for biting the ear of which opponent?
Answer: Evander Holyfield

Question: For his role in the film The Theory of Everything’, who won Best Actor award at the BAFTA awards ceremony in 2015?
Answer: EddieRedmayne;

Question: On the standard UK Monopoly board, what colour is the property Bow Street
Answer: Orange

Question: In the UK, other than white, what colour is shown on a 5-amp use?
Answer: Black

Question: On which racing circuit would you find Ginger Hall and Kate’s Cottage?
Answer: Isle of Man TT

Question: Which English Football League club play their home games at Highbury Stadium?
Answer: Fleetwood Town FC

Question: Which well-known actor did the actress and theatre director Sophie Hunter marry in 2015?
Answer: Benedict Cumberbatch

Question: What was the name of the duo chosen to represent the UK at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song 'Still In Love With You’?
Answer: Electro Velvet (finished 24th out of 27

Question: Which mountain range extends through Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, with its highest peak at Mount Jebel Toubkal?
Answer: Atlas Mountains

Question: in which country is the most westerly point of mainland South America?
Answer: Peru