Question: What number isotope of carbon is used in radiocarbon dating, a method invented by Willard Libby in the 1940s?
Answer: 14

Question: Who was appointed as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor after the recent General Election?
Answer: Michael Gove

Question: In which country are Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Which film director is the uncle of actor Jason Schwartzman?
Answer: Francis Ford Coppola

Question: The French call this art style "nature morte". What do we call it?
Answer: Still Life

Question: Where was the Marquis de Sade imprisoned after the Chateau de Vincennes closed in 1784, until he was transferred to an asylum on July 4th 1789?
Answer: Bastille

Question: A station on line 13 of the Paris Metro is named after which Italian nationalist (1807-1882)?
Answer: Giuseppe Garibaldi

Question: Gary Player is one of three golfers to win both the Open and the Senior Open. New Zealander Bob Charles and which American, a five-time Open winner in the 1970s and 1980s are the others?
Answer: Tom Watson

Question: The chorus of which hit by glam-rock band Sweet begins: "'Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah And the man in the back said everyone attack And it turned into a …."?
Answer: Ballroom Blitz

Question: What was the name of Hanna-Barbera's space-age counterpart to The Flintstones?
Answer: The Jetsons

Question: On which race track is the Kentucky Oaks run?
Answer: Churchill Downs

Question: """Mrs Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter"" and ""I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am"" were both Number Ones in the USA in 1965 for which band formed in Manchester in 1962, although neither was released as a single in this country?"
Answer: Herman'S Hermits

Question: A Tale of the Christ is the sub-title of which 1880 novel by Lew Wallace?
Answer: Ben-Hur

Question: Flags flown on public buildings on November 14th for whose birthday?
Answer: Prince Of Wales

Question: What is the antepenultimate word of this question?
Answer: Of

Question: The ruins of the ancient city of Carthage are in which modern country?
Answer: Tunisia

Question: What was the name of "She who must be obeyed" in the novel She by H Rider Haggard?
Answer: Ayesha

Question: In which sport did Malcolm Cooper win Gold medals for Great Britain at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics?
Answer: Shooting

Question: At 22,834ft., which is the highest extinct volcano in the world?
Answer: Aconcagua

Question: Which American President was the recipient of the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Question: From which musical did the sing 'Get Me To The Church On Time' come?
Answer: 'My Fair Lady'

Question: At 19,344ft., which is the highest active volcano in the world?
Answer: Cotopaxi

Question: Which American President was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919?
Answer: Woodrow Wilson

Question: Of what is 'Pogonophobia' the morbid fear?
Answer: Beards

Question: What does the name 'Chipping' as in Chipping Norton mean?
Answer: Market Place

Question: 'Metis', 'Callisto', and 'Sinope' are three of the satellites of which planet?
Answer: Jupiter

Question: Who wrote the poems "The Solitary Reaper"and"Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3rd. 1802"?
Answer: William Wordsworth

Question: Who was the last British Prime Minister to head a Liberal Government?
Answer: Henry Herbertasquith

Question: 'Atlas', 'Mimas' and 'Calypso' are three of the satellites of which planet?
Answer: Saturn

Question: What does the name 'Pont' as in Pontefract or Pontypoolmean?
Answer: Bridge

Question: Which Conservative Prime Ministeris the only Prime Minister to have been born overseas?
Answer: ANDREW BONAR-LAW (born in Canada)

Question: Who wrote the poems "Hyperion"and"To Autumn"?
Answer: John Keats

Question: Which pop group took its name from a technique of teaching children dance and mime appreciation?
Answer: Eurythmics

Question: Which American University is situated in Cambridge,Massachusetts?
Answer: Harvard

Question: What does 'Holden Caulfield' say he will be, in the title of a famous novel?
Answer: 'The Catcher In The Rye'

Question: Which racecourse hosts the Scottish Grand National?
Answer: Ayr

Question: According to Jeanette Winterson, what are oranges not?
Answer: '..THEONLY FRUIT'(book title - 'Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit')

Question: Niagara Falls lies between two of the 'Great Lakes', name either?
Answer: LAKE ONTARIO or LAKE ERIE

Question: Which record-breaking film marked Clint Eastwood's directorial debut?
Answer: 'Play Misty For Me'

Question: """Publish and be sued""was the motto of which magazine's former editor?"
Answer: Private Eye

Question: Whose poems of obituary in 'Private Eye', invariably begin"So, farewell then.."?
Answer: 'A.E.J. Thribbs'

Question: If Clint Eastwood was 'The Good', Lee Van Cleef 'The Bad',who was 'The Ugly'?
Answer: Eli Wallach

Question: 'FL' are the international vehicle registration letters of which country?
Answer: Liechtenstein

Question: Which war was contested between 1775 and 1783 and was concluded by the 'Treaty of Paris'?
Answer: American War Of Independence

Question: A 'Crystal Wedding Anniversary' celebrates how many years of marriage?
Answer: 15 (fifteen)

Question: Hong Kong was ceded to Britain by the 'Treaty of Nanking', which ended which war that had lasted from 1839 - 1842?
Answer: Opium War

Question: 'MC' are the international vehicle registration letters for which country?
Answer: Monaco

Question: A 'Bronze Wedding Anniversary', celebrates how many years of marriage?
Answer: 8 (eight)

Question: Where on a suit of armour would you find the 'Pauldron'?
Answer: Upper Chest, Forward Of The Shoulder

Question: In what year was Olaf Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden, assassinated?
Answer: 1986

Question: Nanak (Dev) was born in 1469, he dies in 1583.He was a teacher and founder of which religious belief?
Answer: Sikhism

Question: Murdered by a bomb in asmall fishing boat off County Sligo, in which year did Lord Louis Mountbattendie?
Answer: 1979

Question: Where on a suit of armour will you find the 'Poleyn'?
Answer: On The Knee Joint

Question: Who was the recipient of the 1981 Booker Prize for their novel 'Midnight's Children'?
Answer: Salman Rushdie

Question: Tomas de Torquemada born 1420 died 1498, was a prominent leader of what?
Answer: Spanish Inquisition

Question: With regard to food and drink, what is a 'Calzone'?
Answer: A Folded-Over Pizza

Question: What is the name given to seven performing musicians?
Answer: Septet

Question: What did Nelson lose at Tenerife?
Answer: His Arm

Question: With regard to food and drink, what is Port salut?
Answer: A Cheese

Question: Which ingredient forms the topping on 'Crème Brule'?
Answer: SUGAR (caramelised)

Question: Whose first volume of war memoirs was called 'Adolf Hitler, My Part In His Downfall'?
Answer: Spike Milligan

Question: In the Elvis song, what was the name of his 'latest flame'?
Answer: 'Marie'

Question: What now regular event first took place at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel on 16th May 1929?
Answer: THE FIRST ACADEMY AWARDS ('Oscar' ceremonies)

Question: Which cinematic and TV award was originally nicknamed 'A Stella'?
Answer: Bafta

Question: Which singer had two hits about boxer Muhammad Ali?
Answer: Johnny Wakelin

Question: What did Shirley Conran say life is too short to do?
Answer: 'STUFF A MUSHROOM' (quote"Life's too short to stuff a mushroom")

Question: How many pairs of ribs do humans have?
Answer: 12 (twelve)

Question: Which demonic name means'Lord Of The Flies'?
Answer: Beelzebub

Question: Which notorious couple lived at 25, Cromwell Street, Gloucester?
Answer: FRED and ROSE WEST

Question: Who wrote the three novels featuring 'Gormenghast'?
Answer: Mervyn Peake

Question: What was the name of Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD?
Answer: 'Hegira'

Question: Give one of the three areas in which the Trade Union BECTU was formed to represent?
Answer: BROADCASTING, ENTERTAINMENT or CINEMA