Question: Who wrote the Dream of Gerontius which Elgar later set to music?
Answer: Cardinal Newman

Question: There are three kingdoms in Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland are two. Which is the third?
Answer: Morocco

Question: Anthony Kiedis is the lead singer of which US alternative rock band?
Answer: Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Question: What is the name of the Roman Road which runs from London to York via Lincoln?
Answer: Ermine Street

Question: The imp is the symbol of which English city?
Answer: Lincoln

Question: How old was Mozart when he died? (a year either way)
Answer: 35

Question: In which country does the River Danube enter the Black Sea?
Answer: Romania

Question: Which rank in the Royal Navy is the equivalent of an army brigadier?
Answer: Commodore

Question: b The drunken midwife Sarah Gamp appears in which novel by Charles Dickens?
Answer: Martin Chuzzlewit

Question: a By what name is the fruit carambola better known?
Answer: The Star Fruit

Question: Which detective featured in the film "The Maltese Falcon"?
Answer: Sam Spade

Question: Who succeeded Jon Pertwee as Dr Who?
Answer: Tom Baker

Question: Which bright orange star is the 'eye' of Taurus the Bull?
Answer: Aldebaran

Question: In musical notation what is the meaning of the term Da Capo (or DC)?
Answer: Repeat From The Beginning

Question: In Norse mythology who killed Baldur with a spear made from mistletoe?
Answer: Loki

Question: What name is given to a straight line joining any two points on a curve')
Answer: Chord

Question: Which large bird of prey, fairly common in Wales, and now becoming more widespread elsewhere, has the Latin name 'milvus milvus?
Answer: The Red Kite

Question: A hectare is 10,000 square metres; approximately how many acres does it represent (to the nearest half acre)?
Answer: 2.5 Acres

Question: In which small Middle Eastern Country were women only granted the right to vote in 2006?
Answer: Kuwait

Question: The sika, introduced into Britain in the 19th century, is what kind of animal?
Answer: A Kind Of Deer

Question: The artist Matisse was a member of which school of painting?
Answer: Fauvism

Question: Ketevan is the real first name of which female singer?
Answer: Katie Melua

Question: What series of children's books is written by Eoin Colfer?
Answer: The 'Artemis Fowl' Books

Question: In which British cathedral is the feature known as the 'Angels Choir'?
Answer: Lincoln

Question: Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' was. originally written as incidental music for which Shakespeare play in 1842?
Answer: Night'S Dream

Question: a What is the English name for the constellation Sagittarius?
Answer: The Archer

Question: Who composed the title music for Dr Who?
Answer: Ron Grainer

Question: In music what name is given to a note which is half the length of a crochet?
Answer: Quaver

Question: Who was known as "The Father of Geometry"?
Answer: Euclid

Question: To which family of birds does the jay belong?
Answer: Crow

Question: The people of which English county are known as Moonrakers?
Answer: Wiltshire

Question: Which rank in the Army equates to a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy?
Answer: Lieutenant-General

Question: Who is the patron saint of authors, journalists and deafness?
Answer: St Francis De Sales

Question: Gilian Anderson starred as Lady Dedlock in the 2005 BBC adaptation of which story by Charles Dickens?
Answer: Bleak House

Question: The Kiwi fruit is native to which Asian country?
Answer: China

Question: Who writes the books featuring detectives Dalziel and Pascoe?
Answer: Reginald Hill

Question: Who is the oldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Peter Phillips

Question: Who wrote the novels 'Resurrection Men' and 'Fleshmarket Close'?
Answer: Ian Rankin

Question: What was the surname of the poet Dante, author of the Divine Comedy?
Answer: Alighieri

Question: Which Football League team is nicknamed 'The Hornets'?
Answer: Watford

Question: What did the British Museum purchase for £35,000 in 1816 from the aristocrat Thomas Bruce?
Answer: The Elgin Marbles

Question: For which cricket county does former England test batsman Mark Ramprakash play?
Answer: Surrey

Question: Which North African dish consists of crushed semolina, which can be steamed and served with vegetables, chicken or fish?
Answer: Couscous

Question: Grand-mal and petit-mal are terms used in connection with which medical condition?
Answer: Epilepsy

Question: The adjective cervine relates to which animals?
Answer: Deer

Question: """Christ in the House of his Parents"" is one of the best known paintings of which artist?"
Answer: Sir John Everett Millais

Question: What is the rank of a British Army officer who wears a crown and two pips on his epaulettes?
Answer: Colonel

Question: Which English football team started life as Singers FC in 1895?
Answer: Coventry City

Question: Who was the daughter of Zeus and Hera, cupbearer to the gods?
Answer: Hebe

Question: What name is given to the hymn of praise by Mary, the Mother of Jesus, found in Luke's gospel?
Answer: Magnificat

Question: During which monarch's reign did the Act of Union with Scotland take place?
Answer: Queen Anne

Question: Which horse won the 2008 Aintree Grand National?
Answer: Comply Or Die

Question: What is the SI unit of energy?
Answer: Joule

Question: Which car company makes a model called the Verso?
Answer: Toyota

Question: Who composed the opera 'Albert Herring' in 1947?
Answer: Benjamin Britten

Question: In which town or city is the Fitzwilliam Museum?
Answer: Cambridge

Question: Which British monarch was incarcerated in Pontefract Castle where he died of starvation in January 1400?
Answer: Richard II

Question: Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film 'The Spy Who Loved Me' in 1977?
Answer: Carly Simon

Question: Which element, atomic number 47, has the highest electrical thermal conductivity of any metal?
Answer: Silver

Question: What is the highest point in the Peak District?
Answer: Kinder Scout

Question: What was the name of the Cyclops blinded by Odysseus?
Answer: Polyphemus

Question: Which musical features the son's 'I'd Do Anything' and 'Be Back Soon'?
Answer: Oliver

Question: Synovial fluid is a lubricant for which parts of the body?
Answer: Joints

Question: What name is given to a male guinea pig?
Answer: Boar

Question: For which cricket county does England test cricketer Ian Bell play?
Answer: Warwickshire

Question: In the US sitcom 'Frasier' what was Frasier's surname?
Answer: Crane

Question: Who composed the musical work 'Harold In Italy' in 1834?
Answer: Berlioz

Question: Which strait separates Greenland from Canada?
Answer: Davis Strait

Question: Which musical features the songs 'Brush Up Your Shakespeare' and 'From This Moment On'?
Answer: Kiss Me Kate

Question: Which British monarch was murdered at Berkeley Castle in September 1327?
Answer: Edward II

Question: Which poisonous element can be either grey, yellow or black and combines with sulphur as realgar?
Answer: Arsenic

Question: What name meaning "to hide away" is given to the books that provide an appendix to the Old Testament in some versions of the Bible?
Answer: Apocrypha

Question: Which group recorded the albums 'Gaze' and 'Painting It Red' and 'Blue is the colour'?
Answer: Beautiful South

Question: The title character of which British TV detective series has not put in an appearance for nearly 14 years?
Answer: Taggart

Question: The atmosphere of the planet Mars consists almost entirely of which gas?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide

Question: Who wrote the novel 'The Prodigal Daughter' in 1982?
Answer: Jeffery Archer

Question: In Greek mythology who was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter who became the wife of Hades and Queen of the Underworld?
Answer: Persephone

Question: Who won the 2007 Best Actor Oscar for his role in the film 'The Last King Of Scotland'?
Answer: Forest Whitaker

Question: Which horse ridden by Frankie Dettori won the 2007 Epsom Derby?
Answer: Authorized