Question: Martha Dandridge was the 1st lady of which American President?
Answer: George Washington

Question: Which town in Surrey gives its name to the common form of Hydrated Magnesium Sulphate?
Answer: Epsom

Question: In Roman legend, who was the mother of Romulus and Remus?
Answer: Ilia

Question: The military aircraft, the B29, was better known by what name?
Answer: Super Fortress

Question: Which B.B.C. children's television programme featured the dolls Hamble and Jemima?
Answer: Playschool

Question: Which river of Germany flows to the North Sea at Bremerhaven?
Answer: Weser

Question: What is the shortest name in the Bible?
Answer: Uz

Question: Mocha, a blend of chocolate and coffee made into a drink, originated in which country?
Answer: Yemen

Question: What is the common name of the flowering shrub/tree Syringa?
Answer: Lilac

Question: The Weddell Sea is part of which ocean?
Answer: Antarctic

Question: Who, in 1907, was the first woman to become a member of the Order of Merit?
Answer: Florence Nightingale

Question: Who is the only English footballer to have won league titles in four countries?
Answer: David Beckham

Question: In which US state are the cities of Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima?
Answer: Washington

Question: Which Romanian car manufacturer was bought by Renault in 1999?
Answer: Dacia

Question: Which horse racecourse hosts only one of the Classics?
Answer: Doncaster

Question: Richard Addinsell's most famous piece of music was used in the 1941 film 'Dangerous Moonlight', what is its title?
Answer: Warsaw Concerto

Question: The currency units of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates share which name?
Answer: Dirham

Question: In physics, which letter is used to represent Planck's Constant?
Answer: H

Question: Which group recorded the 2008 album 'Perfect Symmetry'?
Answer: Keane

Question: In 2013 who became the first Englishman since Tony Jacklin in 1970, to win The US Open Golf Championship?
Answer: Justin Rose

Question: The Battle of the Boyne, the Glencoe Massacre and the Salem Witch Trials all took place in which decade?
Answer: 1690s

Question: Which US President authorised the dropping of atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Answer: Harry S Truman

Question: Talisker whisky is produced on which island?
Answer: Skye

Question: Inspector Japp is found in some novels featuring which detective?
Answer: Hercule Poirot

Question: The words 'I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading' are to appear on a new £10 note, who wrote them?
Answer: Jane Austen

Question: Richard Chamberlain played which composer in a 1970 film?
Answer: Tchaikovsky

Question: Since 2000, three British cricket grounds have hosted their first test matches, two of them are the Riverside in Chester-Le-Street and the Rose Bowl in Southampton, name the third.
Answer: SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff

Question: Which former British colony stands on the delta of the Pearl River?
Answer: Hong Kong

Question: What is the common name of the flowering plant Delphinium?
Answer: Larkspur

Question: Kronos (or Cronus) was the Greek equivalent of which Roman god?
Answer: Saturn

Question: The new £5 note due to be issued in 2016 will feature whose portrait (other than the monarch)?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: In which US state are the cities of Billings, Great Falls and Missoula?
Answer: Montana

Question: Which US President was a former World War 2 supreme commander?
Answer: Dwight D Eisenhower

Question: Which South Korean car company was bought by General Motors in 2001, its cars then being produced under the Chevrolet badge?
Answer: Daewoo

Question: What is the name of the Italian owned bus company that specialises in transfers from airports such as Liverpool, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and Rome's airports, Fiumicino and Ciampino in to the city centres?
Answer: Terravision

Question: The currency units of Iran, Oman and Yemen share which name?
Answer: Rial

Question: Tony Stark is the alter ego of which comic book (and film) superhero?
Answer: Iron Man

Question: Tendring District Council is in which English county? -
Answer: Essex

Question: Which of the traditional Scotch whisky producing areas is on the Kintyre peninsula although only three distilleries survive, Glen Scotia, Glengyle and Springbank?
Answer: Campbeltown

Question: The first council meeting of the League of Nations was held in January 1920, in which city?
Answer: Paris

Question: How are the lovers Vrechen and Sali described in the title of a 1906 opera by Delius?
Answer: A Village Romeo and Juliet

Question: Makassar (the source of hair oil) is an alternative name of the port Ujung Pandang, in which country is it?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Who wrote the 1914 poem Tor The Fallen'?
Answer: Laurence Binyon

Question: In 1818, the Austrian Franz Gruber composed his only published work, the music to a poem by the curate of his church; by what name do we know this Christmas carol?
Answer: Silent Night

Question: What is the name of the long distance coach company, owned by Stagecoach, that advertises some fares as low as £1. The buses are painted blue with a picture of their mascot 'Sid' on the rear of the bus?
Answer: Megabus

Question: Tom Hanks co-stars with Emma Thompson in Saving Mr Banks, what part does he play?
Answer: Walt Disney

Question: Who recorded the 1968 album 'Astral Weeks'?
Answer: Van Morrison

Question: Selina Kyle is the alter ego of which comic book (and film) super heroine?
Answer: Catwoman

Question: The Battle of Arcot, the Black Hole of Calcutta incident and the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in Britain all occurred in which decade?
Answer: 1750s

Question: Who wrote the 1915 poem 'In Flanders Fields'?
Answer: John McCrae

Question: Which famous group, that have had several instrumental hits in their own name, were Wilson Pickett's backing group in the 1960s?
Answer: Booker T and the MGs

Question: How is the Prince described in the title of a ballet by Bela Bartok first performed in 1917?
Answer: Wooden

Question: In which zodiacal constellation is the bright star Aldebaran?
Answer: Taurus

Question: Which element, atomic number 12, is named after a district in Greece?
Answer: Magnesium

Question: The yellow-Winged Darter is a species of which insect?
Answer: Dragonfly

Question: Who wrote the novel Lolita?
Answer: Vladimir Naboukov

Question: Who directed the film Dr. Strangelove?
Answer: Stanley Kubrick

Question: Who was the Premier League player bitten by Luis Suarez?
Answer: Branislav Ivanovic

Question: In which country was the 1950 Football World Cup held?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Who plays Inspector George Gently on the TV?
Answer: Martin Shaw

Question: Which author lived at 'Chawton'?
Answer: Jane Austen

Question: What is the currency of Vietnam?
Answer: The Dong

Question: In which City is La Fenice Opera House?
Answer: Venice

Question: In which constellation is the star Sirius?
Answer: Canis Major

Question: Which is the largest lake in the World, by area?
Answer: The Caspian Sea

Question: Which American State has, as a nickname, 'The First State'?
Answer: Delaware

Question: Which poet wrote novels using the pseudonym Nicholas Blake?
Answer: Cecil Day Lewis

Question: Who designed the Mini Car?
Answer: Alec Issigonis

Question: Who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921?
Answer: Einstein

Question: Which is the heaviest naturally occurring element?
Answer: Uranium

Question: Which boxer was nicknamed 'The Ambling Alp'?
Answer: Primo Carnera

Question: Which M.P. was the first man in Britain to be killed by a train?
Answer: William Huskisson

Question: How was Burkino Faso previously known?
Answer: Upper Volta

Question: In which city are the Petronas Twin Towers?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: From which musical was the song '76 Trombones'?
Answer: The Music Man

Question: What was the name of the school in the TV sitcom 'Please Sir'?
Answer: Fenn Street

Question: Where is the H.Q. of Interpol?
Answer: Lyon