Question: When Great Britain beat the USA in the Davis Cup in March 2015, who was the other British singles player besides Andy Murray?
Answer: James Ward

Question: Adrak is the Indian name for which spice?
Answer: Ginger

Question: What aid to opticians did Adolf Eugene Frick invent in 1887?
Answer: Contact Lens

Question: According to Monday's child rhyme, what is Friday's child?
Answer: Loving and Giving

Question: Which composer wrote the Sabre Dance and the ballet Spartacus?
Answer: Aram Khachaturian

Question: In which English town do they weigh the Mayor before they take office?
Answer: High Wycombe

Question: Where in the body would you find the Harversian canals?
Answer: Bones

Question: Which is the only property on a Monopoly board worth £280?
Answer: Piccadilly

Question: Who had a No1 hit in 1993 with Young at Heart?
Answer: Bluebells

Question: Which bird can be green, black, three-toed or lesser spotted?
Answer: Woodpecker

Question: What is the name of the resinous mixture collected by bees used for sealing the hive, also used for medicinal purposes and in making stringed musical instruments?
Answer: Propolis or Bee's glue

Question: Name the Russian politician shot and killed near the Kremlin on 27th February 2015?
Answer: Boris Nemtsov

Question: In which island group would you find Rarotonga, Palmerston and Aitutaki?
Answer: Cook Islands

Question: Virginia Hensley was the real name of which 50's and 60's singer?
Answer: Patsy Cline

Question: Livermorium is a new element in the periodic table named after a town in which US state?
Answer: California

Question: Michael Fallon is Secretary of State for which department?
Answer: Defence

Question: If you were born on St David's day, what would your star sign be?
Answer: Pisces

Question: For what would you use an Endoscope?
Answer: Examining the Body Interior

Question: In the 'Batman' stories, which character was played by Pat Hindle on screen, and by Neil Hamilton on ty?
Answer: Police Commissioner Gordon

Question: Jack Cunningham, Nick Brown and Margaret Becket have all held which Cabinet post in recent years?
Answer: ENVIRONMENT, FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS (formerly Agriculture, Fisheries & Food)

Question: Which Cabinet post has been held by Stephen Byers, Peter Mandelson and Margaret Becket in recent years?
Answer: Secretary Of State For Trade And Industry

Question: Of the six 'Noble' or inert gases, which features first in an alphabetical list?
Answer: Argon

Question: What name describes the group of chemical elements that includes Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine and Fluorine?
Answer: Halogens

Question: In 1961, who became the first London club to complete football's League and Cup "double"?
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur

Question: In 1973, which club became the first Second Division side to win the FA Cup since the war?
Answer: Sunderland

Question: Avianca is the national airline of which South American country?
Answer: Columbia

Question: Norwich South is the Parliamentary constituency of which government minister?
Answer: Charles Clarke

Question: The fifth 'Harry Potter' book is due for publication on June 21st. What is it called?
Answer: 'Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix'

Question: In heraldry, if an animal is depicted as "passant", what is it doing?
Answer: Walking

Question: Which government minister is currently MP for Ashfield?
Answer: Geoff Hoon

Question: In heraldry, if an animal is described as "rampant", how is it depicted?
Answer: On Its Hind Legs

Question: Who once caused outrage by telling British students in China, "if you stay here much longer, you'll all be slitty- eyed"?
Answer: Prince Philip

Question: Who was the last Englishman to be crowned World Snooker Champion, before the 'Crucible' became the venue?
Answer: John Spencer (1971)

Question: The Colorado Beetle is a destructive pest of which crop?
Answer: Potato

Question: In 1974, who said "I don't want to be leader of the party. I'm happy to be in the top dozen"?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Question: What name is given to the cold, dry, strong wind that blows down the Rhone valley to the Mediterranean coast?
Answer: Mistral

Question: Which crop in particular is damaged by the Boll Weevil?
Answer: Cotton

Question: Who was the first Welshman to win the World Professional Snooker Championship at the 'Crucible'?
Answer: Ray Reardon (1978)

Question: What name is given to the hot, dry, dusty wind that blows from the Sahara to the Mediterranean coast?
Answer: Sirocco

Question: The title of which Rod Stewart chart-topper was in the form of a question?
Answer: 'Do Ya Think I'M Sexy'

Question: Named for the Spanish for "little cake", what name is given to a Mexican thin pancake, made from cornmeal?
Answer: Tortilla

Question: May 21st. 1471, witnessed the murder by stabbing of which king in the Tower of London?
Answer: Henry Vi

Question: Which king was murdered at Berkley Castle in September 1327?
Answer: Edward Ii

Question: Which thick French soup, made from leeks, potatoes, chicken stock and cream, is usually served cold?
Answer: Vichyssoise

Question: Which city of the USA is known as "The Athens of America"?
Answer: Boston

Question: Which was the onlY top ten single by The Rolling Stones that took the form of a question?
Answer: 'Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadows'

Question: Which George Eliot novel was first published under the title, 'The Weaver Of Raveloe'?
Answer: 'Silas Marner'

Question: The 'Pilgrim's Way' runs in an easterly direction from Winchester in Hampshire, to which city?
Answer: Canterbury

Question: Thomas Hardy took the title of which novel from a passage in "Gray's Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard"?
Answer: 'Far From The Maddening Crowd'

Question: In which country was Mike Gatting once involved in a slanging match with Umpire, Shakoor Rana?
Answer: Pakistan

Question: A cricket Test Match in 1998 was abandoned after only an hours play because of a dangerous pitch, in which country?
Answer: JAMAICA (in a match between the West Indies and England)

Question: A favourite in Asian cookery, what fragrant herb's Latin name is Cymbopogon citratus?
Answer: Lemon Grass

Question: Which Puccini opera is set in a garden, in the Japanese city of Nagasaki?
Answer: 'Madame Butterfly'

Question: Which Mozart opera is seen as a contest between "Good", the priest Sarastro, and "Evil", the Queen of the Night?
Answer: 'The Magic Flute'

Question: Which British aeronautical engineer, knighted in 1968, designed the first swing-wing aircraft?
Answer: Sir Neville Barnes Wallis

Question: In which country is the vast plateau, known as the Nullarbor Plain?
Answer: Australia

Question: The Sonoran Desert, one of the world's largest, is situated in which country?
Answer: United States Of America

Question: Which 19th century monarch had a much-publicised affair with an actress called Mrs. Robinson?
Answer: George Iv

Question: In 1712, who became the first engineer to introduce steam to an engine with a piston?
Answer: Thomas Newcomen

Question: Her portrayal of which character won Julia Roberts a "Best Actress" 'Oscar' in 2001?
Answer: Erin Brockovich

Question: From which industry does the term, "on tenterhooks", have its origins?
Answer: Textile Industry

Question: The PDC is the governing body of which sport?
Answer: DARTS (Professional Darts Council)

Question: Which sport is governed by the FIA?
Answer: MOTOR RACING (Federation Internationale de l'Automobile)

Question: The word "Salary" is derived from which everyday commodity?
Answer: SALT (from the Latin, salarium)

Question: South Africa's famous luxury train, the 'Blue Train', runs between Cape Town and which other city?
Answer: PRETORIA or PORT ELIZABETH

Question: The 'Bullet Train' of Japan runs between Tokyo and which other city?
Answer: Osaka

Question: A British pair won the mixed doubles at the 1987 Wimbledon Tennis Champioships, Jeremy Bates and who elase?
Answer: Jo Durie