Question: Of which TV series was Geraldine Granger the lead character?
Answer: Vicar of Dibley

Question: Which village lies to the north of Esthwaite Water, William Wordsworth was educated at the grammar school there?
Answer: Hawkshead

Question: Which King of England married Catherine of Valois?
Answer: Henry 5th

Question: Caddie, Steve Williams suffered widespread condemnation after his ill-chosen words about which former employer at an awards dinner in Shanghai in November 2011?
Answer: Tiger Woods

Question: Downton Abbey is filmed at which stately home?
Answer: Highclere Castle

Question: The Central Criminal Court is in which London street?
Answer: Old Bailey

Question: Which deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separates Peloponnese from western mainland Greece?
Answer: Gulf of Corinth

Question: Which famous sea battle was fought in 1571 in the Gulf of Corinth although the Gulf had a different name at that time?
Answer: Lepanto

Question: Which 1993 treaty established the European Union under its current name?
Answer: Maastricht

Question: Which river forms most of the county boundary between Essex and Suffolk and flows in to the North Sea at Harwich?
Answer: Stour

Question: On a standard keyboard what symbol appears above the number 8?
Answer: *

Question: Which animated characters live at 62, West Wallaby Street, Wigan?
Answer: Wallace & Gromit

Question: Who is the only person to win an acting Oscar in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock?
Answer: Joan Fontaine

Question: In which year did China resume sovereignty over Hong Kong, Princess Diana die and Tony Blair become Prime Minister?
Answer: 1997

Question: Who did Andy Murray beat in the final to win the 2012 Olympic Gold Medal?
Answer: Roger Federer

Question: What is the first name of the Dickens character Micawber?
Answer: Wilkins

Question: In the title of a BBC TV programme, which chef is 'Sweet Baby James'?
Answer: James Martin

Question: Which German mathematician developed calculus at about the same time that Isaac Newton did so?
Answer: Gottfried Leibniz

Question: The Royal Courts of Justice is in which London street?
Answer: Strand

Question: In which city is the Uffizi Art Gallery?
Answer: Florence

Question: In 1998, Bentley was taken over by which other car manufacturer?
Answer: Volkswagen

Question: Which artist painted 'The Singing Butler' in 1992?
Answer: Jack Vettriano

Question: In which year did Saigon fall to end the Vietnam War, Margaret Thatcher become leader of the Conservative Party and General Franco die?
Answer: 1975

Question: Which naturalist conceived a theory of natural selection at about the same time that Charles Darwin did so and co-published a paper on the subject with Darwin in 1858?
Answer: Alfred Russel Wallace

Question: What is the first name of the Dickens character Quilp?
Answer: Daniel

Question: Who did Andy Murray beat in the final to win the 2012 US Open?
Answer: Novak Djokovich

Question: Which group released the album 'X & Y' in 2005?
Answer: Coldplay

Question: The drink 'mint julep' contains mint, water, sugar and which alcoholic beverage?
Answer: Bourbon Whiskey

Question: Of the seven Von Trapp children in "The Sound of Music', two were boys. Name either.
Answer: Kurt or Friedrich

Question: Which French Revolutionary leader said before his execution in 1794: "Show my head to the people, it is worth seeing"?
Answer: George Danton

Question: Basil Haliward painted which notorious portrait?
Answer: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Question: What is the capital of Guernsey, Channel Islands?
Answer: St Peter Port

Question: In 1867 Byron was the first person to be honoured by which memorial?
Answer: Blue Plaque

Question: In computing, what is meant by the initials SQL?
Answer: Structured Query Language

Question: Which 20th century soldier and adventurer lived at Clouds Hill, Dorset?
Answer: T. E. Lawrence

Question: Guy Montag is the protagonist in which 1953 Ray Bradbury novel?
Answer: Fahrenheit 451

Question: Which rock band formed in 1994, is named after unexplained lights seen by WW2 pilots?
Answer: Foo Fighters

Question: Urania is the muse of which discipline?
Answer: Astronomy

Question: Whose Holy Relics 'toured' the UK in 2009?
Answer: St. Therese

Question: The proverbially wealthy Croesus was king of where?
Answer: Lydia

Question: The Wilderness Years and The Prostrate Years are volumes in which literary series?
Answer: The Adrian Mole Diaries

Question: By what name is Ted Kaczynski better known?
Answer: The Unabomber

Question: Which US hip hop group recorded the 2009 album the E.N.D., gaining three No. 1 hits?
Answer: Black Eyed Peas

Question: Singers Terry Hall, Neville Staple and Lynval Golding took what name in the early '80's?
Answer: Fun Boy Three

Question: Which is the only country to feature the image of a Kalashnikov rifle on its national flag?
Answer: Mozambique

Question: 'Sphere' was the middle name of which jazz pianist and composer?
Answer: Theolonius Monk

Question: What is the name of the broad sash worn as part of traditional Japanese dress?
Answer: Obi

Question: Which chemical element has the symbol Sb?
Answer: Antimony

Question: What was the first name of jazz musician Duke Ellington?
Answer: Edward

Question: Which US boxing world champion founded 'Golden Boy Promotions' in 2001?
Answer: Oscar De la Hoya

Question: Which US city is home to the HQ of CNN, Coca Cola, and Delta Airlines?
Answer: Atlanta, Georgia

Question: Which largely autobiographical 1957 novel is narrated by the character Sal Paradise?
Answer: On The Road

Question: The Stoop is the home of which Rugby Union team?
Answer: Harlequins

Question: Which Paris Metro Line 1 station is named after a US President?
Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question: Whose last literary work was the TV play "Karaoke and Cold Lazarus"?
Answer: Dennis Potter

Question: Brothers O'Kelly, Rudolph, Ernie, and Marvin were founder members of which US group?
Answer: The Isley Brothers

Question: Who was the last European man to hold the world one mile record?
Answer: Steve Cram

Question: The BWV catalogue lists the works of which 17/18th century composer?
Answer: J. S. Bach

Question: The 1998 Eurovision Song Contest was held in which English city?
Answer: Birmingham

Question: Spurn Head (or Point) stretches across which estuary?
Answer: Humber

Question: In the Broadway musical "Annie", who adopted her?
Answer: (Oliver) Daddy Warbucks

Question: The Pilgrim's Way ends in Canterbury - where does it start?
Answer: Winchester

Question: Alexander Gardens, Moscow, contains whose tomb?
Answer: The Unknown Soldier

Question: In literature, whose magical sword was called Sting?
Answer: Bilbo or Frodo Baggins

Question: Name one of the sisters in Chekhov's 'The Three Sisters" .
Answer: Olga / Irina / Maria

Question: In sport, whose victory song is 'Under the Southern Cross I Stand"?
Answer: Australian Cricket Team

Question: Which company, opened in 1971, shares its name with a Moby Dick character?
Answer: Starbucks

Question: The musical "Jersey Boys" tells the story of which rock 'n roll group?
Answer: The Four Seasons

Question: The US horse racing Triple Crown comprises the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and which othee?
Answer: Belmont Stakes

Question: When salted, smoked and cured, what fish is known as a bloater?
Answer: Herring

Question: Where was the first Butlin's holiday camp opened in 1936?
Answer: Skegness

Question: In a 1950's Elvis Presley song, where did Spider Murphy play the tenor sax?
Answer: In Jail(house Rock)

Question: Which is the heaviest natural occurring element?
Answer: Uranium

Question: In literature, which Dickens characters were the owners of a shipping company?
Answer: Dombey and Son

Question: The cortege of which British King was followed by his terrier Caesar?
Answer: Edward the Seventh

Question: In literature, where did Gustav von Aschenbach die?
Answer: Venice