Question: Which two word Latin phrase is used to mean the most important work of an artist or writer?
Answer: Magnum Opus

Question: George Fox founded which religious movement in the mid- 17th century?
Answer: Society of Friends

Question: Which English mountain is known as ‘Saddleback’ because of its distinctive shape?
Answer: Blencathra

Question: The train operating company c2c provides services in which part of England?
Answer: London to Southend

Question: Alan Sked founded which British political party?
Answer: Ukip

Question: Who, in 1996, became the first player from outside the British Isles to lift the FA Cup as captain?
Answer: Eric Cantona

Question: The Hahnenkamm ski-run is part of which ski resort?
Answer: Kitzbuhel

Question: What is the name of the annual rowing races held on the River Thames on the same course as the University Boat Race but in the opposite direction?
Answer: Head of the River race

Question: Prior to the 2015 General Election the Father of the House was Sir Peter Tapsell, who currently holds the post?
Answer: Gerald Kaufman

Question: Who was leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death in May 1994?
Answer: John Smith

Question: Emmet Brickowski is the lead character in which 2014 film?
Answer: The Lego movie

Question: Which three word French phrase is used to mean a feeling of pride and loyalty uniting the members of a group?
Answer: Esprit de Corps

Question: Which popular singer is the daughter of sitar player Ravi Shankar?
Answer: Norah Jones

Question: Who was the successor to Roy Plomley as host of Desert Island Discs?
Answer: Michael Parkinson

Question: Name the Chancellor of the Exchequer who had been in the post for only 30 days when he died in July 1970?
Answer: Ian Macleod

Question: Who, in 1947, was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound?
Answer: Chuck Yeager

Question: Which military leader had swords called ‘Tizona' and ‘Colada’?
Answer: El Cid

Question: Which large land mammal features in a famous woodcut of 1515 by AIbrecht Durer?
Answer: Rhinoceros

Question: The Meteorological Office was founded in 1854, which Vice-Admiral was its first head?
Answer: (Robert) Fitzroy

Question: Which 2014 Formula 1 motor racing team shared its name with a town in Surrey?
Answer: Caterham

Question: A two-handled pitcher and torch is the symbol of which religious organisation?
Answer: Gideons

Question: Which chorus completes Handel’s Messiah?
Answer: Amen

Question: On which river does Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, stand?
Answer: Dnieper

Question: The M32 is a short stretch of motorway leading in to which city?
Answer: Bristol

Question: Which art gallery is in Kensington Gardens?
Answer: Serpentine

Question: Which mountain range spans Northern Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia?
Answer: Atlas

Question: Which actor played Sir Lancelot Spratt in the Doctor films of the 1950’s and 60s?
Answer: James Robertson Justice

Question: What kind of meat is used in the Italian dish saltimbocca?
Answer: Veal

Question: Which car manufacturer produced the small car called the Lacetti?
Answer: Chevrolet

Question: The character Duke Vincentio appears in which of Shakespeare’s plays?
Answer: Measure For Measure

Question: In the film “The Man who Shot Liberty Valance”, who played Liberty Valance?
Answer: Lee Marvin

Question: To which bird family do puffins and guillemots belong?
Answer: Auk Family

Question: Which Island Nation was devastated by cyclone Pam in March 2015?
Answer: Vanuatu

Question: At which racecourse does the Ebor Racing Festival take place?
Answer: York

Question: In the texting acronym AFAIK, for what does the K stand?
Answer: Know

Question: Who directed the 2015 film The Man from UNCLE?
Answer: Guy Richie

Question: Under which South African based statesman were scholarships founded at Oxford University?
Answer: Cecil Rhodes

Question: Who was the lead singer with Spandau Ballet ?
Answer: Tony Hadley

Question: In which poem by John Masefield does the “dirty British Coaster” appear?
Answer: Cargoes

Question: In which town or city is Banksy’s Dismaland?
Answer: Weston Super Mare

Question: What is the county town of County Mayo in Ireland?
Answer: Castlebar

Question: The town of Bishop Auckland stands on which river?
Answer: The Wear

Question: The flower known as the carnation is a member of which plant family?
Answer: Dianthus

Question: Who is the Secretary of State for Transport?
Answer: PATRICK McLOUGHLIN

Question: Who was principal ballerina of the Royal Ballet from 1989 to 2006?
Answer: Darcy Bussell

Question: Which gas has the chemical formula CH4?
Answer: Methane

Question: What code name was given to the temporary harbours towed to and anchored off the Normandy beachheads?
Answer: Mulberry

Question: Who beat Andy Murray in the final of the Australian Open in 2015?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

Question: Which beer is advertised by actor Jean-Claude Van Damme?
Answer: Coors

Question: In the play of the same name what was the name of the Merchant of Venice?
Answer: Antonio

Question: Who took over from Ben Miller as the lead in TV’s Death in Paradise in 2014?
Answer: Kris Marshall

Question: What is the shortest distance a flat race can take place over, in the UK?
Answer: 5 Furlongs

Question: Which British comedian and actor published his autobiography “So anyway... ”in 2014?
Answer: John Cleese

Question: Who portrays the Kray Twins in the 2015 film Legend?
Answer: Tom Hardy

Question: In which US State is Mount McKinley?
Answer: Alaska

Question: In 1981 the single “Girls on Film” was the first top ten entry for which group
Answer: Duran Duran

Question: Which bird a common summer visitor to the UK has the Latin name hirundo rustica?
Answer: Swallow

Question: The island of Guadalcanal belongs to which island nation?
Answer: The Solomon Islands

Question: In which city in 1906 was the Rotary Club Organisation founded?
Answer: Chicago

Question: Who wrote the book The Winds of War”?
Answer: Herman Wouk

Question: Tapas were originally an accompaniment to which drink?
Answer: Sherry

Question: In the Bible who was the wife of Moses?
Answer: Zipporah

Question: Which common item has the chemical formula NaCl?
Answer: Salt

Question: “Is there anybody there? said the traveller” is the first line of which poem?
Answer: Thelisteners

Question: The River Cam is the main tributary of which major river?
Answer: Great Ouse

Question: Which artist and sculptor who died in 2010 was nicknamed Spiderwoman?
Answer: Louise Bourgeois

Question: There are three counties of the Irish Republic in the historical province of Ulster, Donegal is one, name one of the other two.
Answer: Cavan Or Monaghan

Question: Which US Baseball player was nicknamed The Yankee Clipper?
Answer: Joe Dimaggio

Question: Who is the Secretary of State for Defence?
Answer: Michael Fallon

Question: Marble is a metamorphosed form of which sedimentary rock?
Answer: Limestone

Question: The plant genus known as ilex covers several species of shrub. They are commonly known by what name?
Answer: Holly

Question: Which orange star forms the “eye” of Taurus, the Bull?
Answer: Aldebaran

Question: Which football manager appears in the BetVictor adverts playing with trains?
Answer: Sven Goran Eriksson

Question: Who became first President of Israel in 1948?
Answer: Chaim Weizmann

Question: Whose autobiography was entitled Blessings in Disguise?
Answer: Alec Guinness

Question: The Arnolfini Centre for Contemporary Arts is in which British city?
Answer: Bristol

Question: The YOP operated to help young people in this country between 1978 and 1983. For what did the letter O stand?
Answer: (Youth) Opportunities

Question: Who composed The Goldberg Variations'?
Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Question: On which river does the Balmoral estate lie?
Answer: Dee

Question: Which is the largest species of British grouse?
Answer: (Western) Capercaillie

Question: What was Margaret Thatcher’s constituency?
Answer: Finchley