Question: Which Icelandic explorer discovered Newfoundland in modern-day Canada early in the 11th century?
Answer: Leif Eriksson

Question: Which singer has had a 2010 UK number one album with 'Aphrodite'?
Answer: Kylie Minogue

Question: Which is the only American state beginning with the letter 'L'?
Answer: Louisiana

Question: Which actor and comedian plays the role of 'Pete Brockman' in the TV series 'Outnumbered'?
Answer: Hugh Dennis

Question: What name is given to the Scottish woollen cap, worn by Highlanders, with straight sides and a crease down the crown?
Answer: Glengarry

Question: Which famous Greek wine is flavoured with pine resin?
Answer: Retsina

Question: 'Operation Avalanche' was the codename given to the Allied invasion of which country during World War II?
Answer: Italy

Question: Which distinct, topaz-coloured wine is mentioned in the National Anthem of Hungary?
Answer: Tokay

Question: Which actor and comedian plays the role of 'Gavin Shipman' in the TV series 'Gavin & Stacey'?
Answer: Matthew Horne

Question: The name of which famous French newspaper translates into English as 'the world'?
Answer: Le Monde

Question: Which element is added to iron to make steel?
Answer: Carbon

Question: The name of which famous Spanish newspaper translates into English as 'the country'?
Answer: El Pais

Question: Which metal is mixed with steel to make stainless steel?
Answer: Chromium

Question: Which horse won the 1967 Grand National at odds of 100/1 after a melee at the 23rd. fence caused most of the field to pull up?
Answer: Foinavon

Question: Which city is the administrative centre of the French region of Alsace?
Answer: Strasbourg

Question: The group of French composers known as 'Les Six' were, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Germaine Tailleferre and which other?
Answer: Darius Milhaud

Question: In the Christian calendar, what name is given to the Sunday immediately prior to Palm Sunday?
Answer: Passion Sunday

Question: Which Christian feast is celebrated on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday?
Answer: Corpus Christi

Question: Which city is the administrative centre of the French region of Lorraine?
Answer: Nancy

Question: Released in 2009, 'Dawn Of The Dinosaurs' was the title of the third instalment of which film series?
Answer: 'Ice Age'

Question: What name is given to the cooler areas of the Sun's surface that are visible as dark patches?
Answer: Sunspots

Question: The Order of the Chrysanthemum is the highest order of which country?
Answer: Japan

Question: During the 20th century, which organisation used the pseudonym 'P. O'Neill' to sign official statements?
Answer: I.R.A

Question: What was the name of the IRA hunger striker who died in 1981 after refusing to eat for 66 days?
Answer: Bobby Sands

Question: Released in 2008, 'Escape 2 Africa' was the title of the second instalment in which film series?
Answer: 'Madagascar'

Question: In Arthurian legend, what name is given to the sunken land believed to lie off the Isles of Scilly?
Answer: 'Lyonesse'

Question: Which 2001 'Westlife' song is the only UK number one single to begin with the letter 'Q'?
Answer: 'Queen Of My Heart'

Question: Which 1980 Olivia Newton-John and ELO song is the only UK number one single to begin with the letter 'X'?
Answer: 'Xanadu'

Question: What was the name of the British nurse who was shot by a German firing squad during World War I after being court-martialled for helping Allied troops escape from a military hospital in Belgium?
Answer: Edith Cavell

Question: By what traditional name was the Chinese city of Guangzhou known in Britain?
Answer: Canton

Question: How was the American outlaw and gunfighter Harry Longabaugh better known?
Answer: 'Sundance Kid'

Question: Which girls' name gave 'Kool & The Gang' a top ten hit in 1983?
Answer: Joanna

Question: Which famous nude painting in the National Gallery was attacked with an axe, by a militant suffragette in 1914?
Answer: 'The Rokeby Venus'

Question: Which all-girl group had a hit in 1996 with 'Say You'll Be There'?
Answer: 'Spice Girls'

Question: Which car company produces a model called the 'Charade'?
Answer: Daihatsu

Question: .uk is the network identifier for the United Kingdom, which country uses the identifier .ch?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: If you are attending a local derby match between 'Flamengo' and 'Fluminence', in which city would you be?
Answer: Rio De Janeiro

Question: What is the imperial equivalent of 6.35 kilograms?
Answer: One Stone

Question: If you are attending a local derby match between 'Penerol' and 'Nacional' in which city would you be?
Answer: Montevideo

Question: .uk is the network identifier for the United Kingdom, which country uses the identifier .sg?
Answer: Singapore

Question: In which decade of the last century were 'The Samaritans' formed?
Answer: 1950's (1953)

Question: Which shipping area lies between Wight and Plymouth?
Answer: Portland

Question: Which European country was ruled by the 'House of Vasa' from 1523-1818?
Answer: Sweden

Question: Which measurement is a tenth of a nautical mile?
Answer: Cable

Question: Which coastal weather forecast area is located directly north of Shannon?
Answer: Rockall

Question: What name is given to a volcanic opening that gives out gas and steam?
Answer: Fumarole

Question: After which battle of June 1800 in northern Italy was Napoleon's future secured?
Answer: Marengo

Question: Which car company produces a model called the 'Sonata'?
Answer: Hyundai

Question: """As I walked through the wilderness of the world"" are the opening words of which classic literary work?"
Answer: 'Pilgrim'S Progress'

Question: Which game has the nickname 'Nero's Game' and is probably the oldest dice game still played?
Answer: Backgammon

Question: Deficiency in which vitamin causes 'Night Blindness'?
Answer: Vitamin A

Question: Which all-girl group had a hit in 1998 with 'C'est La Vie'?
Answer: 'B'Witched'

Question: Which 'Ivy League' University is at Ithaca in New York State?
Answer: Cornell

Question: Which country's flag incorporates a wheel in the centre?
Answer: India

Question: In mythology, who was forced to dine luxuriously beneath a sword, suspended by a single hair?
Answer: Damocles

Question: Which striking building in the Manchester area has been designed by architect Daniel Liberskind?
Answer: Imperial War Museum North

Question: Which animal has the scientific name Scirius carolinensis?
Answer: Grey Squirrel

Question: Which artefact in the British Museum was painstakingly restored after being smashed by a drunkard in 1845?
Answer: The Portland Vase

Question: Which Music Hall entertainer was known as the 'Prime Minister of Mirth'?
Answer: George Roby

Question: In Greek mythology, whose punishment was to stand in a lake whose waters receded whenever he tried to drink?
Answer: Tantalus

Question: Which battle near Moscow turned the tide against Napoleon in 1812?
Answer: Borodino

Question: Which American city is served by 'Stapleton Airport'?
Answer: Denver

Question: By what name was Music Hall entertainer Matilda Wood known to the general public?
Answer: Marie Lloyd

Question: 'Somebody, Someday' is the autobiography of which British male singer?
Answer: Robbie Williams

Question: Who was the first woman cox in a boat race?
Answer: Sue Brown

Question: What's the "best preserved Stone Age village in Europe", on Mainland in Orkney, called?
Answer: Skara Brae

Question: What temperature is Gas Mark 4?
Answer: 350'F / 180'C

Question: Which opera has 'Escamillo' as one of the central characters?
Answer: 'Carmen'

Question: Who was Archbishop of Canterbury at the start of World War II in 1939?
Answer: Cosmo Lang

Question: From which t.v. comedy series did the catchphrase "This is a local shop for local people" come?
Answer: 'League Of Gentlemen'

Question: In which English city would you find the 'Backs' and the 'Bridge of Sighs'?
Answer: Cambridge