Question: What fruit has varieties called 'Duncan' and 'Marsh'?
Answer: Grapefruit

Question: What occupation is shared by Beverley Copella and Trevor Sorbie?
Answer: Hairdressing

Question: This woman was chief designer with the 'Chloe' fashion house from 1997 to 2001 before taking up an appointment with 'Gucci'. She married Alasdair Willis in 2003. Who is she?
Answer: STELLA McCARTNEY

Question: What is the American equivalent of the SAS?
Answer: Delta Force

Question: In 'Pinnochio', what type of creature is 'J. Worthington Fowl-Fellow'?
Answer: A Fox

Question: The Festival of Britain was held in which park in 1951?
Answer: Battersea Park

Question: Which is the smaller of Mars' moons?
Answer: Deimos

Question: Who has played more matches than any other player in the Premier League?
Answer: Gary Speed

Question: Who painted 'A Bar At The Folies Bergere'?
Answer: Edouard Manet

Question: Whose tomb bears the inscription "Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you"?
Answer: Sir Christopher Wren

Question: The characters 'Bren', 'Dolly', 'Twinkle', 'Stan' and 'Phillipa' appear in which television show?
Answer: 'DINNERLADIES' (this is how it appears on the screen !)

Question: Which Shakespeare play is subtitled 'All Is True'?
Answer: 'Henry Viii'

Question: In reaction to which British Prime Minister's speech on African affairs was the 'Monday Club' formed?
Answer: Harold Macmillan

Question: How many inches are there in a 'Span'?
Answer: Nine

Question: What is the collective noun for a group of bishops?
Answer: A Bench

Question: Who was the wife of 'King Priam of Troy' and the mother of 'Hector', 'Paris', 'Troilus' and 'Cassandra'?
Answer: 'Hecuba'

Question: In 1995 the group 'Secret Garden' won the Eurovision Song Contest with 'Nocturne'. Which country did they represent?
Answer: Norway

Question: Which English sculptor, engraver, writer, and typographer, who died in 1940, invented a classic typeface which was named after him?
Answer: Eric Gill.

Question: 'Epidemic parotitis' is better known as what?
Answer: Mumps

Question: Al Martino's 'Here In My Heart' was the first ever UK number one single, but in which year?
Answer: 1952

Question: In which Dickens novel do 'Lord George Gordon', 'Simon Tappertit'and 'Dolly Varden' appear?
Answer: 'Barnaby Rudge'

Question: What is another name for the star we know as 'Sirius'?
Answer: Dog Star

Question: Who won the 'Oscar' for Best Actress in 1994 for her roleas a mute Scottish widow. The film also starred Sam Neill and Harvey Keitel?
Answer: HOLLY HUNTER ('The Piano')

Question: How many miles is the generally accepted boundary of Territorial Waters?
Answer: Twelve Miles

Question: Which product used the catchphrase "hold it up to the light, not a stain and shining bright"?
Answer: SURF (washing powder)

Question: What does the musical instruction 'Subito' mean?
Answer: SUDDEN or ALL AT ONCE

Question: 'Frantic Elevators' was the previous name of which pop group?
Answer: 'Simply Red'

Question: """Like the brief doomed flare of exploding suns that register dimly on blind men's eyes, the beginning of the horror passed almost unnoticed"", is the first line of which book?"
Answer: 'The Exorcist'

Question: Which European country's railway system is known as the 'OBB'?
Answer: AUSTRIA (Osterreich Bundesbahn)

Question: Whose second marriage was to actress Nancy Davis?
Answer: Ronald Reagan

Question: Which apostle wrote 'The Acts of the Apostles'?
Answer: St. Luke

Question: The cocktail containing Brandy, Cointreau and Lemon juice, is known as what?
Answer: A 'Sidecar'

Question: Who was voted Ruby League's 'Man of Steel' in 2007?
Answer: JAMES ROBY (St. Helens RLFC)

Question: Which British aircraft carrier was sunk on September 17th.1939? It was the Royal Navy's first serious loss of the war?
Answer: Hms Courageous

Question: After six years of military occupation following World War II, which country regained self-government in 1951?
Answer: Japan

Question: Resembling a long-tailed rabbit, which South American rodent is bred in captivity for its soft grey fur?
Answer: Chinchilla

Question: What is the state capital of Pennsylvania?
Answer: Harrisburg

Question: Fashion. What is a 'Wide-Awake'?
Answer: A soft felt HAT with a low crown and wide brim

Question: How many tiles are there in a game of 'Scrabble'?
Answer: 100

Question: The characters 'Susan Meyer', 'Lynette Scavo', 'Gabrielle Solis', 'Bree Van De Camp', and 'Mike Delfino' appear in which television show?
Answer: 'Desperate Housewives'

Question: In Paris, next to which bridge and tunnel of the same name is there a memorial to Princess Diana?
Answer: Pont D'Alma

Question: Which island in the Atlantic that utilizes the Union Jack as part of its national flag, is closest to the USA?
Answer: Bermuda

Question: 'Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain' is a mnemonic referring to what?
Answer: THE COLOURS OF THE RAINBOW (in order)

Question: Which carmanufacturer produces a model called 'Sonata'?
Answer: Hyundai

Question: What is the name of the stadium where the French Open Tennis Championship is held?
Answer: Roland Garros Stadium

Question: Who acceded the English throne after the death of Edward III?
Answer: Richard Ii

Question: Which team was reinstated to the FA Cup in the 2008/9 season after the team that knocked them out of the second round were eliminated for fielding an ineligible player?
Answer: Chesterfield

Question: What is the name of the South American tree whose bark contains Quinine?
Answer: Cinchona

Question: Correct this quotation by Theodore Roosevelt -"Speak softly and carry a big hammer"?
Answer: """Speak softly and carry a big STICK"""

Question: Which group had a number one hit for two weeks in 1961 with 'Blue Moon'?
Answer: 'The Marcels'

Question: In which country did 'Operation Just Cause' take place?
Answer: PANAMA - it was the codename for the American invasion

Question: What is the name of the company that operates passenger rail services throughout the USA?
Answer: Amtrak

Question: Who is the Member of Parliament for the Yorkshire constituency of Normanton?
Answer: Ed Balls

Question: Roger Moore received a knighthood in 2003 for services to which organisation?
Answer: Unicef

Question: In which 1995 'Oscar' nominated film did Anthony Hopkins play the part of a US President. Other parts were played by Ed Harris, E.G. Marshall, and David Hyde Pierce?
Answer: 'Nixon'

Question: Ripon in Yorkshire, lies on which river?
Answer: Ure

Question: What was Prime Minister Gladstone's middle name?
Answer: Ewart

Question: Which gland produces a hormone that increases heart rate and blood pressure in times of stress?
Answer: Adrenal Gland

Question: Which motor car manufacturer produced models called the 'Cerbera' and 'Chimeara'?
Answer: Tvr

Question: Which book of the Bible recounts the death of Joshua and the life of Samson?
Answer: Judges

Question: Which Hungarian composer lived from 1881-1945 - his only opera was 'Duke Bluebeard's Castle'?
Answer: Bela Bartok

Question: Which 1948 film starring Robert Donat was about a father seeking to prove the innocence of his naval cadet son who had been expelled for theft?
Answer: 'The Winslow Boy'

Question: In which country was President Bashir Gemayel assassinated in 1982?
Answer: Lebanon

Question: Correct this quotation by Henry II -"Will no one rid me of this upstart priest"?
Answer: """Will no one rid me of this TURBULENT priest"""

Question: Which soccer team was disbanded in 2008 for financial reasons after only one season in the Scottish Premier League?
Answer: Gretna

Question: Which bird has been recorded at the highest speed in level flight?
Answer: Swift

Question: What sort of birds are Strigiforms?
Answer: Owls

Question: Who was born in 1940, and opened the Fulham Road clothes shop in 1967. This designer is famous for creating exotic designs on chiffon and silk?
Answer: Zandra Rhodes