Question: Captain Jack Absolute is a character in which 1775 play?
Answer: The Rivals

Question: Willy Loman is the central character in which 1949 play?
Answer: Death of a Salesman

Question: Give a year in the life of the composer Modest Mussorgsky.
Answer: 1844-1908

Question: Give a year in the life of musician Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Answer: 1844-1908

Question: What is the super-hero alter ego of DC comic book character Billy Batson?
Answer: Captain Marvel

Question: What is the super-hero alter ego of Marvel comic book character Steve Rogers?
Answer: Captain America

Question: In the Bible, who was the father of Ishmael?
Answer: Abraham

Question: In the Bible, who was the father of Jacob?
Answer: Isaac

Question: 'The Slave of Duty' is the subtitle of which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
Answer: The Pirates of Penzance

Question: 'The Witch's Curse' is the subtitle of which Gilbert and Sullivan operetta?
Answer: Ruddigore

Question: In his orchestral suite, which planet did Gustav Hoist call 'the Mystic'?
Answer: Neptune

Question: A pedagogue is another name for a member of which profession?
Answer: Teaching/Lecturing

Question: Deriving from a Turkish word for a maidservant, what French name is given to a female slave in a harem?
Answer: Odalisque

Question: In which sport is the Strathcona Cup awarded?
Answer: Curling

Question: Which Roman Emperor was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder?
Answer: Caligula

Question: Messalina was the third wife of which Roman Emperor?
Answer: Claudius

Question: What is the capital city of Nevada?
Answer: Carson City

Question: How many old pennies were there in a guinea?
Answer: 252

Question: Lack of which vitamin causes scurvy?
Answer: C

Question: To reoulate which disease is insulin used?
Answer: Diabetes

Question: Where in Britain is the National Horseracing Museum?
Answer: Newmarket

Question: In which British city is the National Media Museum (formerly National Museum of Photography, Film and Television)?
Answer: Bradford

Question: In Arthurian legend, who encounters and beheads the Greene Knight?
Answer: Sir Gawain

Question: In Arthurian legend, of which region was King Mark the King?
Answer: Cornwall

Question: In the Bible, who was the first King of Israel?
Answer: Saul

Question: In heraldry, what shape is a lozenge?
Answer: Diamond

Question: The Royal family of which country is named Bernadotte?
Answer: Sweden

Question: Hamelin is on which river?
Answer: Weser

Question: Which mythical creature had the head of a man and the body of a lion?
Answer: Sphinx

Question: What did Joseph Hobson Jagger 'break' in July 1875?
Answer: The Bank at Monte Carlo

Question: In which county is the town of Royal Wootton Bassett?
Answer: Wiltshire

Question: The 2014 Commonwealth Games.will be held in which city?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: The onion is a member of which flower family?
Answer: Lily

Question: What is the meaning of the word 'Bad' when included in a German place name?
Answer: It's a spa town

Question: Who, along with Mary Berry, is a judge on 'The Great British Bake-Off?
Answer: Paul Hollywood

Question: What sporting position is held by Bolton-born Sir Philip Craven?
Answer: President of International Paralympic Committee

Question: A 'rollmop' is a food dish containing which fish?
Answer: Herring

Question: American Theodore Geisel wrote children's books under what name?
Answer: Dr Seuss

Question: What do we call what was known to the Romans as Mare Nostrum?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea

Question: What is the name of the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, constructed in 1813/14 by William Hedley for use at Wylam Colliery, Newcastle-on-Tyne?
Answer: Puffing Billy

Question: Which clothing fabric is named after a town in southern France?
Answer: Denim

Question: Tahrir Square is in which city?
Answer: Cairo

Question: The turnip is a member of which vegetable family?
Answer: Brassica

Question: What is the name of the pop festival held annually over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Daresbury, Warrington?
Answer: Creamfields_

Question: Who was known as the 'King of Chefs' and the 'Chef of Kings'?
Answer: Escoffier

Question: Who was the last German Kaiser?
Answer: Wilhelm II

Question: What is the name of the new England Football Centre of Excellence near Burton-on-Trent?
Answer: St George's Park

Question: Which river flows through Northwich before joining the Mersey west of Runcorn?
Answer: Weaver

Question: A 'Red Rock' product was the only one ever personally endorsed by baseball star Babe Ruth, what did the Red Rock company make?
Answer: Cola and ginger ale

Question: Who was the original female judge on the TV programme `Strictly Come Dancing'?
Answer: Arlene Philips

Question: What woven fabric is named after a city in Syria?
Answer: Damask

Question: Which TV detective was assisted by Geoffrey Shawcross?
Answer: Hetty Wainthropp

Question: Which process is used to extract shale gas from the ground?
Answer: Fracking

Question: By what name do we call the herb known as cilantro by the Americans?
Answer: Coriander

Question: The Battle of Solferino, which led to the formation of the International Red Cross, was fought in 1859 in which country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Which Muslim festival celebrates the end of Ramadan?
Answer: Eid

Question: Paul Jones was succeeded by Mike D'Abo as singer with which 60s group?
Answer: Manfred Mann

Question: How many counties make up the province of Ulster?
Answer: Nine

Question: What name is given to a typographical ornament such as a pointing finger or an arrow?
Answer: Dingbat

Question: What name is given to the word puzzle in which a phrase, quotation or fact must be deduced from numbers and letters in the clue (eg 52 C in a P = 52 cards in a pack)?
Answer: Ditloid

Question: In semaphore what letter is represented by one arm held vertically upwards?
Answer: D

Question: Which letter is at the right hand end of the middle row of a computer or typewriter keyboard?
Answer: L

Question: Which rock group was founded in Seattle in 1994 by David Grohl after the break-up of Nirvana?
Answer: Foo Fighters

Question: 'Does Anything Eat Wasps?', 'Why Don't Penguins Feet Freeze?' and 'How to Fossilise Your Hamster' are books based on articles from which magazine?
Answer: New Scientist

Question: What is the first name of the Queen's first great grandchild?
Answer: Savannah

Question: The inconclusive 'Battle of the Solent' against the French on July 18/19 1545 was most notable for the loss of which ship?
Answer: Mary Rose

Question: Until 9th February 2013, we will be in which Chinese Year?
Answer: Dragon

Question: What colour are the stars on the flag of the European Community?
Answer: Yellow

Question: What is the name of the four horned breed of sheep native to the Isle of Man?
Answer: Loaghtan/Loghtan/Loughtyn

Question: What shadow cabinet post did David Cameron hold immediately prior to becoming leader of the Conservative party?
Answer: Education

Question: Now a brand of General motors what is oldest active American car make?
Answer: Buick

Question: In golf what is the trophy contested for between teams of amateur women from the United States and Europe?
Answer: Curtis Cup

Question: Who was the drummer with the band Pink Floyd?
Answer: (Nick) MASON

Question: Who wrote the horror stories "The Fog", "The Dark" and "The Rats"?
Answer: (James) HERBERT

Question: What shadow cabinet post did Ed Milliband hold immediately prior to becoming leader of the Labour Party?
Answer: Energy &

Question: After the moon, what was the second body in the solar system visited by a spacecraft from earth?
Answer: Venus

Question: Founded in 1932 by J.R.D. Tata as Tata Airlines what is it now called?
Answer: Air India

Question: What is added to gin to make a "Gimlet" cocktail?
Answer: Lime

Question: In Regency times what type of garment was a "spencer"?
Answer: (short) COAT or JACKET