Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan Opera has the alternative title "The Town of Titipu"?
Answer: The Mikado

Question: What was the name of the first man to walk on the moon?
Answer: Neil Armstrong

Question: In Greek mythology what was the name of the goat-like man with pointed ears and a tail ?
Answer: Saytr

Question: Which lake in Africa is known as Calendar Lake on account of its size approximately 365 miles long and 52 miles wide?
Answer: Lake Malawi

Question: Lottie Dod was Wimbledon ladies singles champion five times and also represented England in which sport?
Answer: Hockey

Question: Who created the character Jason Bourne?
Answer: Robert Ludlum

Question: Who is the Shadow Home Secretary?
Answer: Andy Burnham

Question: Which international organisation was founded in Cairo on 22nd March 1945?
Answer: The Arab League

Question: When the Venus de milo was discovered in 1930 what did the fragments along the broken statue show what had been held in the left hand?
Answer: An Apple

Question: Paul. Mark and Stephen are three of the McGann acting family from Liverpool name the fourth brother.
Answer: Joe

Question: Who was the last British male athlete to hold the World Mile record?
Answer: Steve Cram

Question: In which country did the 1974 Carnation Revolution take place>
Answer: Portugal

Question: The Vauxhall Astra replaced which Vauxhall car model?
Answer: Chevette

Question: What word refers to free roaming horses in the United States descended from stock introduced by the Spanish?
Answer: Mustangs

Question: In which British City is the Squinty Bridge?
Answer: Glasgow

Question: Which publication was launched in the U.K. in 1986 with the slogan “It is, are you”?
Answer: The Independent

Question: Which fictional RAF Station gave its name to a post war radio comedy starring Richard Murdoch and Kenneth Horne?
Answer: Much Binding In The Marsh

Question: What name was given to the heir apparent to the throne of France from 1350 - 1791 and then from 1824-1830?
Answer: Dauphin

Question: In which decade was the book Lady Chatterley first published?
Answer: 1920’s

Question: Which famous bronze statue was created by Edvard Eriksen in 1913 and stands in a European capital city?
Answer: The Little Mermaid

Question: How much is available for contestants to win at the beginning of the Quiz Show Decimate?
Answer: £20,000

Question: In which sport is the Middleton Cup awarded?
Answer: Bowls

Question: Against which side did Wayne Rooney score a penalty to beat Bobby Charlton’s England goal scoring record?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Who played the title role in the 2015 film Mr Holmes?
Answer: IAN McKELLEN

Question: What is the surname of Florence of “Florence and the Machine”?
Answer: Welch

Question: Which member of the royal family resides at Anmar Hall Norfolk?
Answer: Duke Of Cambridge

Question: Which character sings the song “I don’t know how to love him” in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar?
Answer: Mary Magdelene

Question: Windlock and 2 Foot were types of which weapon used in the Middle Ages?
Answer: Crossbow

Question: What nationality was the painter Paul Klee?
Answer: Swiss

Question: How many viewing capsules are there on the London Eye?
Answer: 32

Question: In which US State is the Pentagon?
Answer: Virginia

Question: Blencathra Mountain 2850feet high in the Lake District, because of its shape is better known by what name?
Answer: Saddleback

Question: Which professional tennis player topped the first ATP ratings in 1973?
Answer: Ilie Nastasi

Question: John Hannibal Smith was the central character in which 1980’s TV series?
Answer: The “A” Team

Question: Which writer created the Detective Alex Cross?
Answer: James Patterson

Question: Named after the city where they signed the pact in 1955 where did eight eastern European states agree to form a political alliance?
Answer: Warsaw

Question: What was rediscovered in 1799 by a member of Napoleon’s expeditionary force near the town of Rashid in the Nile Delta?
Answer: Rosetta Stone

Question: Alec, William and Daniel are 3 of the Baldwin acting family from New York who is the fourth brother?
Answer: Stephen

Question: In which country did the Velvet Revolution take place in 1989 ?
Answer: Czechoslovakia

Question: The Ford Sierra replaced which car model?
Answer: Cortina

Question: What is the name of the north American Swan the heaviest living bird native to North America that became almost extinct in the 1930’s but has since recovered significantly?
Answer: Trumpeter

Question: The Bridge referred to locally as The Blinking Eye Bridge, or the Winking Eye Bridge spans which river?
Answer: Tyne

Question: What was the name of the Royal Navy Frigate featured in the Radio Comedy Series The Navy Lark?
Answer: Hms Troutbridge

Question: What French word is a measurement of textile density?
Answer: Denier

Question: On which TV programme could you win a golden gavel?
Answer: Bargain Hunt

Question: La Vuelta is the Spanish equivalent of which famous sporting event?
Answer: Tour De France

Question: Who did England play in the opening game of the 2015 Rugby World Cup?
Answer: Fiji

Question: In which decade was the book “A Brief History of Time” first published?
Answer: 1980’s

Question: In which US State is Dayton, where the Dayton Agreement was signed in 1995?
Answer: Ohio

Question: Which cathedral houses the bones of the Venerable Bede?
Answer: Durham

Question: What nationality was the painter Hieronymus Bosch?
Answer: Dutch

Question: In which English County is RAF Scampton home of the Red Arrows?
Answer: Lincolnshire

Question: Which character sings the song ”As long as he needs me” in the musical Oliver?
Answer: Nancy

Question: Who did John Bellingham assassinate in 1821?
Answer: Spencer Perc1Val

Question: What instrument did band leader Stan Kenton play?
Answer: Piano

Question: In Morse code, a single dot represents which letter of the alphabet?
Answer: E

Question: """Loves the jobs you hate"" was an advertising slogan for which product?"
Answer: Mr Muscle

Question: Who is the presenter of Sounds of the Seventies on BBC Radio 2?
Answer: Johnny Walker

Question: The Contra Dam, also known as the Verzasca Dam, is in which country?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Who was appointed as shadow Home Secretary in September 2015?
Answer: Andy Burnham

Question: What is the largest species of rodent in the world?
Answer: Capybara

Question: What is the birthstone for February?
Answer: Amethyst

Question: The Colon is the official currency of which country?
Answer: Costa Rica

Question: Which horse won the 2015 Epsom Derby?
Answer: Golden Horn

Question: In architecture, what name is given to a structure of wood, stone or brick, built against a wall, to strengthen or support it?
Answer: Buttress

Question: Who was the Greek goddess of the hunt, the equivalent of the Roman goddess Diana?
Answer: Artemis

Question: Jefferson City is the state capitol of which American state?
Answer: Missouri

Question: What is the name of the sloth currently being used in TV adverts for Sofaworks?
Answer: Neal

Question: Only You was a 1982 hit single, reaching No.2 in the UK charts for which group?
Answer: Yazoo

Question: Who was the UK Prime Minister when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space?
Answer: Harold MacMillan

Question: The Bona Vacantia Division is part of the Treasury Dept, in the UK. What does it administer?
Answer: The unclaimed estates of people who die intestate

Question: The adjective vulpine relates to which animal?
Answer: Fox

Question: England cricketer, James Taylor plays for which county side?
Answer: Nottinghamshire

Question: Which road linked Rome to Brindisi?
Answer: Appian Way

Question: In physics, what is the S I unit of force?
Answer: Newton

Question: On an Ordinance Survey map what is indicated by a red triangle?
Answer: Youth Hostel

Question: Alpha, Canberra and Nevada are varieties of which vegetable?
Answer: Cauliflower