Question: Julius Caesar's warning about the 'Ides' of March refers to which day of the month?
Answer: 15th

Question: Steve McQueen had his first starring role in which 1958 cult horror/sci-fi film?
Answer: The Blob

Question: The jazz classic Mood Indigo is particularly associated with whose orchestra?
Answer: Duke Ellington

Question: What was the name of the house that Charles Darwin bought in 1842 and lived in for the rest of his life?
Answer: Down House

Question: The lead singer of The Undertones later achieved success as a solo act, what was his name?
Answer: Feargal Sharkey

Question: Name the most westerly point of the mainland of Great Britain?
Answer: Corrachadh Mòr

Question: Which Dickens novel features Pecksniff and Mrs Gamp?
Answer: Martin Chuzzlewit

Question: On which river does Lancaster stand?
Answer: Lune

Question: Dr Andrew Wakefield caused a stir when he associated the risk of autism with what?
Answer: Mmr

Question: In which country are 'The Mountains of the Moon'?
Answer: Uganda

Question: Born in 1940, by what name is the actor Ramon Estevez better known?
Answer: Martin Sheen

Question: """E Pluribus Unum"" appears on the seal of the US President. What does this Latin phrase mean?"
Answer: One from many

Question: Dushanbe is the capital of which country, a former Soviet republic in Asia?
Answer: Tajikistan

Question: Give a year in the life of composer Alessandro Scarlatti.
Answer: 1660 - 1725

Question: What is the largest inhabited castle and longest serving palace in the world?
Answer: Windsor

Question: Who was the first cosmonaut to die during a space flight?
Answer: Vladimir Komarov

Question: Who, in 1994, presented the first live UK lottery draw?
Answer: Noel Edmonds

Question: Who was the last Stuart monarch?
Answer: Anne

Question: Which was the first London Underground line to be built?
Answer: Metropolitan

Question: What is the title of Robert Browning's poem that begins "Oh, to be in England"?
Answer: Home Thoughts From Abroad

Question: Triton and Nereid are moons of which planet?
Answer: Neptune

Question: What is the name of the Microsoft Office product that provides users with an interface to design multimedia slides to be displayed on a projection system or personal computer?
Answer: Powerpoint

Question: Bond girls - what character did Jane Seymour play in the film 'Live and Let Die'?
Answer: Solitaire

Question: What is the name of the loincloth worn by male Hindus?
Answer: Dhoti

Question: What is the name of the tune composed by Ronald Binge used by Radio 4 every evening before the last Shipping Forecast Bulletin?
Answer: Sailing By

Question: Derived from the Italian word for large loaf, what is the name of the Milanese fruit cake traditionally eaten at Christmas and New Year?
Answer: Panettone

Question: In fiction to which dub do Tracy Tupman, Nathaniel Winkle and Augustus Snodgrass belong?
Answer: The Pickwick Club

Question: Which Shipping Forecast area lies south of South Utsire?
Answer: Fisher

Question: Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera has the alternate title 'The Peer and the Peri'?
Answer: Iolanthe

Question: In the Asterix books, what is the name of Asterix's closest friend?
Answer: Obelix

Question: Which girl group took 'Manic Monday' to Number two in the UK charts in 1986?
Answer: The Bangles

Question: In the 1971 David Hockney painting 'Mr and Mrs Clarke and Percy', who or what is Percy?
Answer: A (white) Cat

Question: The site of Pompeii is dose to which city, the capital of Italy's Campania region?
Answer: Naples

Question: What is the name of the 1971 Spielberg film which pits Dennis Weaver against an unseen truck driver?
Answer: Duel

Question: According to the New Testament, on which Mediterranean island did St John write the Book of Revelation?
Answer: Patmos

Question: In heraldry what is a martlet?
Answer: Bird

Question: What is herpetology the study of?
Answer: Amphibians/reptiles

Question: Who invented the clockwork radio in 1992?
Answer: Trevor Bayliss

Question: Which singer/actress founded Maverick Records in 1992?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Who wrote the novel 'The Warden' in 1855?
Answer: Anthony Trollope

Question: In the TV series 'Rising Damp' what was the name of Rigsby's cat?
Answer: Vienna

Question: Which car manufacturer built the Javelin model in the 1940s/1950s?
Answer: Jowett

Question: Which character in a 1991 film said "I do wish we could chat longer but I'm having an old friend for dinner?
Answer: Hannibal Lecter

Question: What is the NATO phonetic alphabet call sign for the letter M?
Answer: Mike

Question: What was the codename for the British/American landings in French North Africa, begun in November 1942?
Answer: Operation Torch

Question: What is the name of the Adobe software that is used to create PDF (portable document format) files?
Answer: Acrobat

Question: In which Bond film does Claudine Auger play Domino?
Answer: Thunderball

Question: What is the title of the signature tune, composed by Arthur Wood, of Radio 4's programme 'The Archers'?
Answer: Barwick Green

Question: Originally manufactured by Peek Freans, these biscuits were named after which patriot and soldier, following his visit to the UK in 1854?
Answer: Garibaldi

Question: Which Shipping Forecast area lies south of Sole?
Answer: Fitzroy

Question: In the Asterix books, what is the name of the 93-year-old, oldest inhabitant of the village?
Answer: Geriatrix

Question: Which girl group took 'Robert de Niro's Waiting' to Number 3 in the UK pop charts of 1984?
Answer: Bananarama

Question: How many symphonies did Johannes Brahms write?
Answer: Four

Question: Which artist created 'The Lobster Telephone' in 1936 and 'Mae West Lip Sofa' in 1937?
Answer: Salvador Dali

Question: For which film did Steven Spielberg win his first Oscar for Best Director?
Answer: Schindler's List

Question: According to Acts in the New Testament, on which Mediterranean island was St Paul shipwrecked?
Answer: Malta

Question: In heraldry what is a mullet?
Answer: (Five pointed) Star

Question: Of what is pogonology the study?
Answer: Beards

Question: Who invented the 'cat's eye' road safety device in 1934?
Answer: Percy Shaw

Question: What was the real name of 'Phiz', the illustrator of some of Charles Dickens' works?
Answer: (Hablot Knight) Browne

Question: Who wrote the novel Villette' in 1853?
Answer: Charlotte Bronte

Question: In the TV series 'Rising Damp', which actress played Miss Jones?
Answer: Frances de la Tour

Question: Which car manufacturer built the Magnette model in the 1950s/1960s?
Answer: Mg

Question: The line "That's not the Northern Lights, that's Manderley" is said towards the end of which 1940 film?
Answer: Rebecca

Question: What is the NATO phonetic alphabet call for Q?
Answer: Quebec

Question: What was the codename for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941?
Answer: Operation Barbarossa

Question: Give a year in the life of Mrs Gaskell.
Answer: 1810-1865

Question: By what name is Allen Stewart Konigsberg better known?
Answer: Woody Allen

Question: Whose 2000 autobiography is entitled 'An Accidental MP'?
Answer: Martin Bell

Question: Who wrote the 1845 poem 'Home Thoughts from Abroad'?
Answer: Robert Browning

Question: Which Daphne du Maurier novel is centred around a coaching house on Bodmin Moor?
Answer: Jamaica Inn

Question: What device was once known as a 'Loiusette' after its inventor, surgeon Antoine Louis?
Answer: Guillotine

Question: Who is the deputy leader of the Labour Party?
Answer: Harriet Harman

Question: What is the birthstone for March?
Answer: Aquamarine

Question: In which year were both the Chernobyl and Challenger Shuttle disasters?
Answer: 1986

Question: Possessed by Odin, what was Draupnir?
Answer: (magic gold) Ring

Question: Who was the first U.S. president to be born in the United States of America?
Answer: Martin Van Buren

Question: In which city is the Potala Palace?
Answer: Lhasa