Question: Of which African country is Maseru the capital?
Answer: Lesotho

Question: Which Dutch car /truck manufacturer was taken over in the 1970's by Volvo?
Answer: Daf

Question: In internet domain names what country is represented by the domain code '.dk'?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Before entering show business, what was the occupation of Freddie Starr?
Answer: Bricklayer

Question: Which fictional hero was created by Alex Raymond and widely syndicated in 1934?
Answer: Flash Gordon.

Question: Who along with Norman Foster designed the Millennium Bridge?
Answer: Sir Anthony Caro

Question: Which brewery, based in Bedford, produces Bombardier bitter?
Answer: Charles Wells.

Question: What Suffolk town sits at the most easterly point of England?
Answer: Lowestoft

Question: In which country is there a volcano called Hecla?
Answer: Iceland

Question: What is the State Capital of Arkansas?
Answer: Little Rock

Question: In the Bible, who was the son of Elizabeth and Zacharias?
Answer: John The Baptist

Question: Which 18th-19th Century English artist painted 'Hannibal Crossing The Alps' and 'Dido Building Carthage'?
Answer: J M W Turner.

Question: What was the value of a crown coin?
Answer: 5 Shillings

Question: By what other name is the bird the apteryx known?
Answer: Kiwi

Question: Which explorer sailed on the "Endurance"?
Answer: Sir Ernest Shackleton

Question: Frederico Franco became President of which South American country in 2012?
Answer: Paraguay

Question: What instrument did jazz musician, Chet Baker play?
Answer: Trumpet

Question: Who was the Roman goddess of the Sea?
Answer: Salacia

Question: In which African capital city are the headquarters of the Organisation of African Unity?
Answer: Addis Ababa

Question: In which European capital city are the headquarters of 'Greenpeace'?
Answer: Amsterdam

Question: What instrument did jazz musician, Woody Herman play?
Answer: Clarinet

Question: In 2012 womens’ rights activist Joyce Banda became the first female president of which African Country?
Answer: Malawi

Question: Which French painter, a customs official, painted "The Sleeping Gypsy", and "The Hungry Lion"?
Answer: Henri Rousseau

Question: Which explorer sailed on the "Terra Nova"?
Answer: Capt. Robert Falcon Scott

Question: Finland has two official languages. Finnish is one. What is the other?
Answer: Swedish

Question: Complete the name of the following American baseball team 'San Diego.......'?
Answer: Padres

Question: Famous for crabs, the seaside resort of Cromer is in which English county?
Answer: Norfolk

Question: What was the setting for the TV sit-com 'Slinger's Day'?
Answer: Supermarket

Question: What is the name of the baseball team for Los Angeles?
Answer: Dodgers

Question: Before entering show business, what was the occupation of Leonard Rossiter?
Answer: Insurance Clerk

Question: Which town is the birthplace of Wordsworth and the home of Jennings brewery?
Answer: Cockermouth

Question: Which new state was proclaimed at the Gate of Heavenly Peace on 1st October 1949?
Answer: The Peoples Republic Of China

Question: Which actor has been called the French ‘de Niro’?
Answer: Gerard Depardieu

Question: What ingredient gives pasta verde its green colouring?
Answer: Spinach

Question: Which valley in South Australia produces most of that State's wine?
Answer: Barossa

Question: Who wrote the book Tarka The Otter?
Answer: Henry Williamson

Question: On a French menu what are rognons?
Answer: Kidneys

Question: What word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to represent the letter I?
Answer: India

Question: In which film did Marilyn Monroe sing 'I Wanna Be Loved By You'?
Answer: Some Like It Hot

Question: Austrian racing driver Niki Lauda was Formula One World Champion three times. Name a year?
Answer: 1975, 1979 or 1984

Question: Who replaced Anneka Rice on TV’s Treasure Hunt?
Answer: Annabel Croft

Question: Which religious building gave the New Vaudeville Band a Top Five hit In 1966?
Answer: Winchester Cathedral

Question: In mythology who famously competed against Melanion?
Answer: Atalanta

Question: Which coastal Scottish Football League team are known as The Honest Men'?
Answer: Ayr United

Question: The treaty known at The Peace of Westphalia formally ended which seventeenth-century contact?
Answer: Thirty Years Wars

Question: Which number on the Beaufort scale denotes a gentle breeze?
Answer: Three

Question: The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates the story of which woman in the Bible?
Answer: Esther

Question: What Is the name of the traditional Japanese rice straw matting used as a floor cowering?
Answer: Tatami

Question: Who painted ‘The Raft of The Medusa’?
Answer: Gericault

Question: Which song from The Beatles White Album gave Siouxsie and the Banshees a Top Five hit single in 1983?
Answer: Dear Prudence

Question: In which west country town is Pen Mill railway station?
Answer: Yeovil

Question: Sorbus is the generic name given to which trees?
Answer: Rowan

Question: Give any year in the life of the astronomer Edmund Halley.
Answer: 1656-1742

Question: By which name was the famous Swiss clown Karl Adrien Wettach better known?
Answer: Grock

Question: Ambassadors to Britain are officially accredited to which court?
Answer: St James

Question: On which ship did Doctor Crippen attempt to escape from Britain?
Answer: SS Montrose

Question: Maseru is the capital of which African Country?
Answer: Lesotho

Question: Premiered in 1924 which British composer wrote me musk for the opera 'Hugh the Drover'?
Answer: Vaughn Williams

Question: How many Years of marriage does a crystal wedding anniversary celebrate?
Answer: 15

Question: The T.V. documentary series 'Scrappers ' centres around a scrap-yard in which north-west town?
Answer: Bolton

Question: Which female figure is the French equivalent of Britannia?
Answer: Marianne

Question: Which maligned Biblical figure was the father of Enoch?
Answer: Cain

Question: What name is given to the Japanese verse form arranged in three lines of five, seven and five syllables?
Answer: Haiku

Question: Which Small Faces song gave M People a top twenty hit single in 1995?
Answer: Itchycoo Park

Question: In which North East town is Bank Top Railway station?
Answer: Darlington

Question: Which tree is known as the trembling popIar?
Answer: Aspen

Question: Give any year in the life of the pirate captain William Kidd.
Answer: 1645-1701

Question: Which plant is alternatively called Elephant's Ears?
Answer: Begonia

Question: How was the character Subtle known in the title of a play by Ben Jonson?
Answer: The Alchemist

Question: What was the name of the actress who achieved notoriety for her affair with David Mellor?
Answer: Antonia da Sancha

Question: Which number on the Beaufort scale denotes a strong gale?
Answer: Nine

Question: Which word in relation to bones and writing means 'Wedge Shaped'?
Answer: Cuneiform

Question: Dogberry is a constable in which play by William Shakespeare?
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

Question: Who wrote the book 'Ring of Bright Water’?
Answer: Gavin Maxwell

Question: How long is the term of office for a U.S. Senator?
Answer: Six Years

Question: Which word is used in the NATO phonetic alphabet to denote the letter 'U'?
Answer: Uniform

Question: Seve Ballesteros won The Open on three occasions. Name any year in which he achieved this feat.
Answer: 1979, 1984, 1988

Question: Which Hull group had a Top Five single in 1986 with 'Happy Hour’?
Answer: The Housemartins

Question: A Killick is a small what?
Answer: Anchor

Question: A Bird Of Paradise can be seen on which country's national flag?
Answer: Papua New Guinea

Question: Which type of pasta has a name meaning 'little tongues'?
Answer: Linguini

Question: Which comedy figure opened a London nightclub called The Establishment' in 1961?
Answer: Peter Cook

Question: The story ‘The Siege of Trencher’s Farm' was released as which 1971 film?
Answer: Straw Dogs