Question: The plays 'The Barber of Seville' and 'Marriage of Figaro' were written by whom?
Answer: Beaumarchais

Question: Who played the Ringo Kid in the 1938 film 'Stagecoach'?
Answer: John Wayne

Question: 'Ophidian' refers to which kind of creatures?
Answer: Snakes

Question: Michael Caine won his first Oscar for his role in which film?
Answer: Hannah And Her Sisters

Question: The Weir of Hermiston was the incomplete last novel of whom?
Answer: R L Stephenson

Question: Who wrote the novel "Les Miserables"?
Answer: Victor Hugo

Question: Which horse racing bet entails a series of a multiple of 5 selections?
Answer: Canadian

Question: Which disease used to be called infantile paralysis?
Answer: Poliomyelitis

Question: Who is the current presenter of Radio 4s 'Desert Island Discs'
Answer: Kirsty Young

Question: The Primrose League referred to the supporters of which Prime Minister?
Answer: Benjamin Disraeli

Question: Who composed the incidental music to Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt'?
Answer: Edward Grieg

Question: Name the last ruling house of Imperial Germany?
Answer: Hohenzollern

Question: Who exercises power in a stratocracy?
Answer: The Military

Question: Who wrote a novel based on the "Titanic" story entitled "Every Man For Himself'?
Answer: Beryl Bainbridge

Question: The Wokingham Stakes is run annually at which race course?
Answer: (Royal) Ascot

Question: John Galliano is the principal couturier for which fashion house?
Answer: Dior

Question: What is the name of the bet which requires the choice of seven horses?
Answer: Goliath

Question: Which make of rocket propels research hardware for the European Space Agency?
Answer: Ariane

Question: In which overseas territory is the launch site for Ariane probes?
Answer: Guyane

Question: Sephardic Jews originated in which region of Europe?
Answer: Iberia/Spain/Portugal

Question: Which is the only horse to win five Cheltenham Gold Cups?
Answer: Golden Miller

Question: The detective Albert Campion was created by which author?
Answer: Margery Allingham

Question: What substance is the basis of the artists paint tempera?
Answer: Egg Yolk

Question: Snot the Norseman gave his name to which English City?
Answer: Nottingham

Question: What (apart from the obvious) is a Galway Hooker?
Answer: A Type Of Boat

Question: A protuberant lower lip was a general characteristic of which European dynasty?
Answer: Hapsburgs

Question: Mark Forrest and Nick Bailey are DJs on which Radio Station?
Answer: Classic Fm

Question: The first FA Cup Final took place where?
Answer: (Kennington) OVAL

Question: Who was the Republican candidate defeated by Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election?
Answer: John McCain

Question: DS Hathaway works with which TV detective?
Answer: Lewis

Question: Which composer, who died 200 years ago in 1809, wrote a series of 'London' symphonies?
Answer: Haydn

Question: Folk/blues singer/guitarist Steven Gene Wold is known by which nickname?
Answer: Seasick Steve

Question: At the 2009 Academy Awards who won the Oscar for Best Director for his film 'Slumdog Millionaire'?
Answer: Danny Boyle

Question: Name either of the two bridges under which the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race crews pass during the race?
Answer: Hammersmith or Barnes

Question: Which Scottish malt whisky, sold in a distinctive bottle, is produced by William Grant's and 'made without compromise'?
Answer: Glenfiddich

Question: A new sculpture, by Spaniard Jaume Plensa, is being completed alongside the M62 in St Helens, what is it called?
Answer: Dream

Question: Which motorway links Southampton and Portsmouth?
Answer: M27

Question: Of which nationalised industry was Peter Parker appointed Chairman in 1976?
Answer: British Rail

Question: Who is the Vice President of the USA?
Answer: Joe Biden

Question: King Charles 2nd founded the Royal Hospital in 1682, how are the occupants known?
Answer: Chelsea Pensioners

Question: In which London Square is the Royal Court Theatre?
Answer: Sloane Square

Question: What name do sailors give to a rope that hoists up a sail?
Answer: Halyard

Question: Wat Tyler led the Peasant's Revolt, against which English King?
Answer: Richard 2nd

Question: Which composer, born 200 years ago in 1809, wrote 'Scottish' and 'Italian' symphonies?
Answer: Mendelssohn

Question: Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons are two of the National Parks in Wales, name the third?
Answer: Pembrokeshire Coast

Question: Name either of the two races at Newmarket that make up the 'autumn double'?
Answer: Cesarewitch

Question: DS Hazel Wallace works with which TV detective?
Answer: Frost

Question: Under the rule of the White Witch it is always winter but never Christmas - in whose novel?
Answer: CS Lewis

Question: Perkin Warbeck and Lambert Simnel were both pretenders to the throne during the reign of which King of England?
Answer: Henry 7th

Question: Who was appointed Chairman of British Steel in 1980 and of the National Coal board in 1983, just prior to the Miner's Strike of 1984?
Answer: Ian McGregor

Question: The borders of 4 US states meet at one point; name any one of the 4 states.
Answer: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona

Question: Ebbsfleet in Kent will be the site of a giant sculpture by Mark Wallinger, what form will the sculpture take?
Answer: (Giant) Horse

Question: Which colourful, noisy bird, found across Europe, northwest Africa and Asia, is found in a woodland habitat? The common variety has the scientific name Garrulus Glandarius?
Answer: Jay

Question: Whose 'Plays Pleasant' included `Candida' and 'You Never Can Tell'?
Answer: G B Shaw

Question: Which North Yorkshire town is home to the Green Howards Regimental Museum, a castle and Fresh Radio?
Answer: Richmond

Question: What name is given in geometry to two or more shapes that are identical?
Answer: Congruent

Question: Who has become the first National Hunt jockey to ride over 3000 winners?
Answer: A P (Tony) McCoy

Question: The charity 'Bliss' supports who or what?
Answer: Premature Babies

Question: The documentary 'White Diamond', named after one of her songs, is about which pop singer?
Answer: Kylie Minogue

Question: The borders of 4 African countries meet at one point, name any one of the 4 countries.
Answer: Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Question: Which Scottish malt whisky is produced by 'the sixteen men of Tain'?
Answer: Glenmorangie

Question: What name do sailors give to a rope that pulls a sail tight?
Answer: Sheet

Question: In 'The Box of Delights', the Bishop of Tatchester is rescued from his abductors in time for Christmas - who is the author?
Answer: John Masefield

Question: In which county is Marlborough School?
Answer: Wiltshire

Question: Which jazz musician, he played the vibraphone, was nicknamed 'Bags'?
Answer: Milt Jackson

Question: The football club BATE Borisov made their debut in the European Champions League this season, in which country do they play?
Answer: Belarus

Question: Which East Yorkshire town has squares called 'Saturday Market' and 'Wednesday Market', England's most impressive church that isn't a cathedral and England's oldest state school?
Answer: Beverley

Question: Which famous novelist wrote the 1948 novel 'The Heart of the Matter' and the 1957 play 'The Potting Shed'?
Answer: Graham Greene

Question: In maths and physics, what name is given to any quantity that has both magnitude and direction?
Answer: Vector

Question: Which UK city is overlooked by Cave Hill?
Answer: Belfast

Question: The cricket pavilion at the Queen's Park Oval has been named after which player, the island's most famous cricketer?
Answer: Brian Lara

Question: The seeds of the nux vomica tree contain which poison?
Answer: Strychnine

Question: Which daily newspaper has a column called 'Mandrake'?
Answer: Telegraph

Question: What is the name of the country as it appears on Norwegian stamps?
Answer: Norge

Question: In which series of films does the character John McClane appear?
Answer: Die Hard