Question: """New York Mining Disaster 1941"" was the first US release for which group?"
Answer: The Bee Gees

Question: Frank Richard's (Charles Hamilton) 'Billy Bunter' attended which school?
Answer: Greyfriars

Question: What is the smallest city, by population, in the United Kingdom?
Answer: St. David's, Wales

Question: Who was assassinated on April 4th 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee?
Answer: Martin Luther King

Question: Which actor played the role of John McClane in the "Die Hard" films?
Answer: Bruce Willis

Question: Alligator Alley (on Interstate 75) in which US state?
Answer: Florida

Question: Citrus unshui (or mikan), of Chinese origin, has what UK name?
Answer: Satsuma

Question: In Greek myth, which three-headed dog guarded the gate to Hades?
Answer: Cerberus

Question: Born 1892, who composed the song "Miss Otis Regrets"?
Answer: Cole Porter

Question: In Morse Code, which letter of the alphabet is dot dash?
Answer: The letter A

Question: Originating in Eastern Europe, which pressed meat is seasoned with herbs and spices, smoked, and steamed after smoking?
Answer: Pastrami

Question: Which American (1886-1956) founded the modern frozen food industry?
Answer: Clarence Birdseye

Question: Which American R&B/soul singer (1951-2005) won the 2004 Grammyfor Song of the Year Award for the track "Dance With My Father"?
Answer: Luther Vandross

Question: Which group/act were the first Germans to have a UK No. 1 hit with "The Model/Computer Love'?
Answer: Kraftwerk - -

Question: What was the first name of Stretford-born artist L. S. Lowry?
Answer: Laurence

Question: Which Cunard Line ship first came to the aid of "RMS Titanic"?
Answer: RMS Carpathia

Question: Which company is the world's largest user of silver?
Answer: Kodak

Question: Which chemical element has the symbol Hg, atomic number 80?
Answer: Mercury

Question: Give a year in the reign of King Edward the Sixth of England.
Answer: 1547-1553

Question: Clare Grogan was the lead singer with which '80's band?
Answer: Altered Images

Question: Which car was advertised as 'the ride of your life'?
Answer: Peugeot

Question: Which Welsh county is known as 'Little England beyond Wales'?
Answer: Pembrokeshire

Question: Which aircraft had its first flight in February 1969?
Answer: Boeing 747

Question: Gerry Goffin was the husband of which singer?
Answer: Carole King

Question: Which German battleship is being salvaged from the River Plate?
Answer: Admiral Graf Spee

Question: Which number president of the USA was George W Bush?
Answer: 43

Question: In population terms what is the largest Spanish speaking country in the world?
Answer: Mexico

Question: Who wrote 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' in 2003?
Answer: Bill Bryson

Question: Who was the youngest President of the USA, taking office in 1901?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Question: In which year was NATO formed?
Answer: 1949

Question: Who was the first man seen on Channel 4 TV?
Answer: Richard Whiteley

Question: In which year was Mahatma Gandhi assassinated?
Answer: 1948

Question: How many natural noble gases are there?
Answer: 6

Question: Which planet is the densest in the Solar System?
Answer: Earth

Question: Which male film star's final film in 1961 was 'The Misfits'?
Answer: Clark Gable

Question: Which planet is thought to be the hottest in the Solar System?
Answer: Venus

Question: Which painter's last words were reputedly 'Drink to me'?
Answer: Pablo Picasso

Question: Cyril Nicholas Henty-Dodd, a TV star from the1960s, died in August 2009 aged 74. Who was he better known as?
Answer: Simon Dee

Question: In the USA what is celebrated on 2"d February?
Answer: Groundhog Day

Question: In the Royal Navy what is the equivalent rank to a Field Marshal in the Army?
Answer: Admiral of the Fleet

Question: What is the date of All Souls Day?
Answer: 2nd November

Question: Which actress has the real name Illiana Lydia Petrovna Mironova?
Answer: Helen Mirren

Question: In the RAF what is the highest non-commissioned officer's rank?
Answer: Warrant Officer

Question: Which Roman road linked Lincoln to Exeter?
Answer: Fosse Way

Question: Which British coin ceased to be legal tender in 1970?
Answer: Half Crown

Question: What type of vessel is a vaporetto?
Answer: (Venice) Water Bus

Question: The Roman road Ermine Street started in London and terminated in which city?
Answer: York

Question: `If music be the food of love play on' is the opening line of which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Twelfth Night

Question: What is the name of the casing in which a ship's compass is kept?
Answer: Binnacle

Question: What is the highest denomination of dollar bill in circulation in the USA?
Answer: 100 dollars

Question: What was the Christian name of Bertie Wooster's manservant Jeeves?
Answer: Reginald

Question: How many chromosomes does a normal human have?
Answer: 46

Question: What is the most popular hymn written by Henry Francis Lyte, in 1844?
Answer: Abide With Me

Question: Who played the TV detective Maisie Raine?
Answer: Pauline Quirke

Question: Which company makes an MPV ('people carrier') model called Meriva?
Answer: Vauxhall

Question: Which team won the 2009 Rugby League Challenge Cup?
Answer: Warrington Wolves

Question: King Michael abdicated which country's throne in 1947?
Answer: Romania

Question: Which company makes an MPV ('people carrier') model called Carens?
Answer: Kia

Question: Who captained the England cricket team to victory in the 2009 Ashes series?
Answer: Andrew Strauss

Question: How many stars make up the European Union flag?
Answer: 12

Question: In which decade of the 20th century were the first Academy Awards (Oscars) ceremony?
Answer: 1920s

Question: Which shipping area is north of Forties?
Answer: Viking

Question: What is another common name for the Araucaria tree?
Answer: Monkey Puzzle

Question: Who won an Oscar for the music for Chariots of Fire in 1981?
Answer: Vangelis

Question: What is another common name for the Fireweed?
Answer: Rose Bay/Willowherb

Question: Which shipping area is due north of Trafalgar?
Answer: Fitzroy

Question: W is the symbol for which chemical element?
Answer: Tungsten

Question: Of what was the Vulgate a version?
Answer: The Bible

Question: Which Battle of 1813 is also called the Battle of The Nations?
Answer: Leipzig

Question: What is the title of the poem which begins "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck?
Answer: Casabianca

Question: Which 19th Century Prime Minister was surnamed Lamb?
Answer: Lord Melbourne

Question: According to the song in which village did John Peel live?
Answer: Troutbeck

Question: Money Ponds is a suburb of which Australian City?
Answer: Melbourne

Question: Tom Jones sang the title song of which Bond film?
Answer: Thunderball

Question: The Bactrian Camel is named after a region in which country?
Answer: Afghanistan

Question: Henry McCarty was the real name of which wild western character?
Answer: Billy The Kid

Question: What is the English alternative name for the Ruenzori mountain range in East Africa?
Answer: Mountains Of The Moon

Question: Which painter used his neighbours in the village of Cookham as the subjects of many of his works?
Answer: Stanley Spencer

Question: From which disease did Robert the Bruce die?
Answer: Leprosy

Question: Jack Point is a character in which Gilbert & Sullivan opera?
Answer: Yeomen Of The Guard

Question: David Cameron represents which parliamentary constituency?
Answer: Witney

Question: What is the capital city of Chechnya?
Answer: Grozny

Question: Which Pre-Raphaelite artist painted "The Death of Ophelia"?
Answer: John Everett Millais

Question: Which constituency is represented by Gordon Brown?
Answer: Kirkaldy & Cowdenbeath

Question: Who was elected by the Apostles to replace Judas?
Answer: Matthias

Question: Sanditon was the novel left uncompleted at the time of the death of which author?
Answer: Jane Austen

Question: The adjective anserine describes which group of creatures?
Answer: Geese