Question: Which letter of the Greek alphabet is used as the trademark of a Swiss luxury watchmaker?
Answer: Omega

Question: Which professional sport has the highest ratio of officials to players?
Answer: Lawn Tennis

Question: Margaretha Geertruida Zelle was executed in October 1917, by what name is she better known?
Answer: Mata Hari

Question: Which animals indigenous to Britain have varieties called bank, grey sided, common pine and field?
Answer: Voles

Question: Which stand-up comedian ran 43 marathons in 52 days in 2009 in order to raise money for Sport Relief?
Answer: Eddie Izzard

Question: b Who was the country music singer who gave up his seat to the Big Bopper on the plane that crashed, killing Buddy Holly in 1959?
Answer: Waylon Jennings

Question: What French name is given to the showjumping competition where the main object is jumping higher and higher obstacles, over 5 rounds?
Answer: Puissance

Question: Which important battle took place in North Eastern Ireland on 12th July 1690?
Answer: Boyne

Question: Which author lived at Abbotsford House near Galashiels in the Scottish borders?
Answer: Sir Walter Scott

Question: Which Brazilian won the Wimbledon Women's Singles title in 1959, 1960 and 1964, and was runner-up in 1965 and 1966?
Answer: Maria Bueno

Question: For which film did Jack Lemmon receive the Best Actor Oscar in 1973?
Answer: Save the Tiger

Question: Which composer wrote the 1944 oratorio "A Child of our Time"?
Answer: Michael Tippet

Question: Through which artery does deoxygenated blood flow from the heart to the lungs?
Answer: Pulmonary

Question: Name one of the other two Christian names of the present Queen?
Answer: Alexandra Mary

Question: General Suharto was the 2nd president of which country from 1967 to 1998?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Give a year in the life of Dr Samuel Johnson.
Answer: 1709-1784

Question: In Greek mythology, which King of Lydia (560-547BC) was noted for his fabulous wealth?
Answer: Croesus

Question: Which battle of 1805 is also known as "The Battle of the Three Emperors"?
Answer: Austerlitz

Question: What title did Sophie Rhys-Jones receive after her marriage to Prince Edward?
Answer: Countess of Wessex

Question: In 2003 the National Trust opened a house called 'Mendips' to the public. Which famous person grew up there?
Answer: John Lennon

Question: What must a dish described as 'Lyonnaise' contain?
Answer: Onions

Question: In the novel 'Wuthering Heights', in which city is the waif Heathcliff found and adopted by Mr Earnshaw?
Answer: Liverpool

Question: Which French king was known as 'The Sun King'?
Answer: Louis XIV

Question: Who was manager of the England football team from 1946 to 1962?
Answer: Walter Winterbottom

Question: As mentioned in the title of an Arthur Miller 1949 play, what was Willie Loman's occupation?
Answer: Salesman

Question: Chesil Beach is in which English county?
Answer: Dorset

Question: Which car manufacturer's badge and logo depicts a prancing black horse on a yellow background?
Answer: Ferrari

Question: What sort of creature is a gunnel?
Answer: (Eel-like)Fish

Question: Which Swedish prime minister was assassinated in February 1986 in Stockholm?
Answer: Olaf Palme

Question: What is the common name of the flowering plant Helianthus Annuus?
Answer: Sunflower

Question: Who was the first man to win a Best Actor Oscar, in 1929?
Answer: Emil Jannings

Question: Used from 1988 to 2003, complete this TV advert jingle: "And all because the lady loves . . .".
Answer: Milk Tray

Question: Which arteries supply the head and neck with oxygenated blood?
Answer: Carotid

Question: What was the name of the queen consort to King William IV?
Answer: Adelaide

Question: In Greek Mythology, which son of Demeter was the god of wealth and riches?
Answer: Plutus

Question: In Paris, Louis XV I and many others were guillotined in the Place De La Revolution? How is it now known being renamed in 1795?
Answer: Place De La Concorde

Question: Which Australian Olympic swimming triple gold medallist announced her retirement in 1973 at the age of 16 years and 9 months?
Answer: Shane Gould

Question: What sort of creature is a lammergeyer?
Answer: Bird

Question: Which fashion designer was murdered outside his Miami home on the I5th July 1997?
Answer: Gianni Versace

Question: What is the common English name for the flowering plant Delphinium?
Answer: Larkspur

Question: Who succeeded Hitler in April 1945 as Head of State and President of Germany?
Answer: Karl Doenitz

Question: In which religion is the Rig Veda a collection of ancient myths, hymns and poems?
Answer: Hinduism

Question: Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire was the birthplace and family home of which famous scientist and mathematician?
Answer: Sir Isaac Newton

Question: Which horse was first past the post in the 1993 Grand National which was declared void due to a starting mix-up?
Answer: Esha Ness

Question: In which state is Fort Sumter, the battle for which marked the start of the American Civil War in April 1861?
Answer: South Carolina

Question: Which 1967 Beatles song contains the lines "On the corner is a banker with a motor car; the little children laugh at him behind his back"?
Answer: Penny Lane

Question: Antonio Salazar was the virtual dictator of which country from 1932 to 1968?
Answer: Portugal

Question: Which spirit is the basis of a Tom Collins cocktail?
Answer: Gin

Question: If a meal is described as "a la Dubarry" what vegetable must it contain?
Answer: Cauliflower

Question: What is the most widely accepted gemstone for January?
Answer: Garnet

Question: Who (1620-1647) claimed to have been given the title Witch Finder General?
Answer: Matthew Hopkins

Question: Tribeca, the name of a neighbourhood of Lower Manhattan, is a portmanteau word made up how?
Answer: Triangle Below Canal

Question: The Stratosphere Tower is the highest building in which US city?
Answer: Las Vegas

Question: Who came to power as Prime Minister of Italy in 1922?
Answer: Mussolini

Question: Which film features the Mos Eisley Cantina?
Answer: Star Wars

Question: How was Alf Tupper known in the boy's comic 'Victor'?
Answer: The Tough of the Track

Question: The name of which form of transport is derived from Greek words meaning spiral and wing?
Answer: Helicopter

Question: Which country is ruled by the Dragon King?
Answer: Bhutan

Question: Connie Fisher won a TV competition to find the lead for Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of which musical?
Answer: The Sound of Music

Question: If a president is elected in a presidential election, what name is given to an election to choose a governor?
Answer: Gubernatorial

Question: What is the name of France's film awards, equivalent to the BAFTAs?
Answer: Cesars

Question: Whose autobiography 'Margrave of the Marshes' was finished by his wife, Sheila Ravenscroft?
Answer: John Peel

Question: What was 'Hot, Cool, Yours' in early 2014?
Answer: Sochi Winter Olympics

Question: Bass player 'Flea' is part of which pop group?
Answer: Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Question: What is the flavour of the liqueur 'Xuxu'?
Answer: Straw erry

Question: Which England cricket captain wrote a book entitled 'Gambling: A Story of Triumph and Disaster'?
Answer: Michael Atherton

Question: Charlotte Amelie is the capital of which island territory?
Answer: US Virgin Islands

Question: Which Prime Minister died in 10 Downing Street in 1908?
Answer: Henry Campbell Bannerman

Question: Ginger McCain won the Grand National three limes as a trainer with Red Rum, which horse gave him his fourth victory in 2004?
Answer: Amberleigh House

Question: What is the name of the farm central to the radio programme 'The Archers'?
Answer: Brookfield

Question: Four people have won acting Oscars and had a no.1 hit in the USA, Frank Sinatra is one, name any one of the other three?
Answer: Cher, Shirley Jones or Barbra Streisand

Question: Which Apollo 14 astronaut played golf on the moon?
Answer: Alan Shepard