Question: Which football team plays home games at the Memorial Ground?
Answer: Bristol Rovers

Question: Pitchblende is an ore of which metal?
Answer: Uranium

Question: Who won the Open Golf Championship four times in the 1950's and again in 1965?
Answer: Peter Thompson

Question: In the 1960's TV series 'Bonanza', which actor played the part of 'Hoss Cartwright'?
Answer: Dan Blocker

Question: Beside which Scottish firth is the golf course Muirfield situated?
Answer: Forth

Question: The 'Hoover Dam' is onwhich American river?
Answer: Colorado

Question: Who played the title role in the film 'Goldfinger'?
Answer: Gert Frobe

Question: Which state of the USA has only one common border with a neighbouring US state?
Answer: Maine

Question: Who would usually use a sword called an 'Estoque'?
Answer: Matador

Question: What nationality was the composer Anton Bruckner?
Answer: Austrian

Question: What name was coined by American fast foodchefs to describe cooked potatoes chopped into small pieces, formed into small cakes, then deepfried?
Answer: Hash Browns

Question: To whom did Winston Churchill refer as "a modest little manwith much to be modest about"?
Answer: Clement Attlee

Question: With which book did Peter Carey win the 1988 Booker award?
Answer: 'Oscar And Lucinda'

Question: What is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, the equivalent of our letter 'L'?
Answer: Lambda

Question: Which Spanish city houses 'La Mezquita', and was the capital of Muslim Spain from 756 until its capture in 1236?
Answer: Cordoba

Question: Which author's works include 'Pied Piper' and 'No Highway'?
Answer: Neville Shute

Question: What name is given to aline on a map showing places of equal depth of water?
Answer: Isobath

Question: In which US state is the 'Shenandoah National Park'>
Answer: Virginia

Question: Which 17th century French philosopher and religious thinker, has given his name to the SI unit of pressure?
Answer: Pascal

Question: Which film, which just failed to win an 'Oscar' in 1957, featured an all-male cast and apart from one scene was shot on a single set?
Answer: 'Twelve Angry Men'

Question: What was the 'Rolling Stones' first No. 1 hit?
Answer: 'It'S All Over Now'

Question: Which model of Ford car was introduced in 1950 and was discontinued in 1971?
Answer: Ford Zephyr

Question: What is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet, equivalent to 'S'?
Answer: Sigma

Question: In which part of the human body can the 'Tragus' be found?
Answer: The Ear

Question: The 'Sukkur Dam' is on which river?
Answer: Indus

Question: Which Italian city is served by 'Malapensa Airport'?
Answer: Milan

Question: Give one year in the life of St. Francis of Assissi?
Answer: 1182 - 1226

Question: What is the nameof the invention of John Kay which aided the early textile revolution during the 18th century?
Answer: The Flying Shuttle

Question: Which Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Archbishop Fisher

Question: In which county is Sandown Park racecourse?
Answer: Surrey

Question: With which book did Roddy Doyle win the 1993 Booker award?
Answer: 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha'

Question: Give a year in the life of the composer Schubert?
Answer: 1797 - 1828

Question: What is the name of the process, in which a fluid passes through a semi-permeable membrane, from a weaker to a stronger solution?
Answer: Osmosis

Question: Which historical character, of dubious morals, died at the Castle of Dux in Bohemia in 1798?
Answer: Casanova

Question: On French railways, what is the T.G.V.?
Answer: HIGH SPEED TRAIN (Train De Grand Vitesse)

Question: On Sunday 7th June, who became the first person to be evicted from the 'Big Brother' house?
Answer: BEINAZIR LASHARIE (accept either name)

Question: From the roots of which plant is Tapioca made?
Answer: Cassava

Question: Which English king died from Dysentery reputedly caused by poisoned ale and a surfeit of Peaches?
Answer: John

Question: What was the nationality of the painter Arthur Boyd?
Answer: Australian

Question: Spending last season on loan to Hull City from Manchester United, Manucho is the only footballer from which country to have played in the Premier League?
Answer: Angola

Question: Which gas is produced via the 'Haber Process'?
Answer: Ammonia

Question: Which American author wrote 'The Fight', a novel based on "The Rumble In The Jungle" boxing match between Ali and Foreman?
Answer: Norman Mailer

Question: Which non-metallic element is obtained via the 'Frasch Process'?
Answer: Sulphur

Question: Which major car manufacturer has its headquarters in Mumbai in India?
Answer: Tata

Question: Which American author wrote 'Death In The Afternoon', a non-fiction work about Spanish bull fighting?
Answer: Ernest Hemmingway

Question: Playing for Hull City last season, Daniel Cousin is the only footballer from which country to have played in the Premier League?
Answer: Gabon

Question: On the flag of two countries you can find Arabic script that translates as 'God Is Great', name either country?
Answer: IRAQ or IRAN

Question: In which 2009 film does Vin Diesel star as a mechanic and street racer wanted for committing numerous hijackings?
Answer: 'FAST AND FURIOUS' (aka 'Fast & Furious 4')

Question: Prior to becoming Vice-President, and later President, Richard Nixon was a Senator for which state?
Answer: California

Question: Which 2009 film stars Nicholas Cage as a professor of astrophysics who discovers that he can predict future catastrophes?
Answer: 'Knowing'

Question: Prior to becoming Vice-President, and later President, Gerald Ford was a member of the House of Representatives for which state?
Answer: Michigan

Question: 'Poker Face' was a 2009 number one for which singer?
Answer: 'Lady Gaga'

Question: Who discovered the chemical elements Potassium, Sodium and Calcium?
Answer: Humphrey Davy

Question: In Norse mythology, what kind of creatures were 'Toothgnasher' and 'Toothgrinder' who drew Thor's chariot?
Answer: Goats

Question: Which company manufactures the Wii video games console?
Answer: Nintendo

Question: Who discovered the chemical elements Polonium and Radium?
Answer: PIERRE & MARIECURIE (accept Marie Curie)

Question: Who did Roger Federer defeat in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 2009 French Open?
Answer: Robin Soderling

Question: Which Rossini opera has a title that translates into English as 'The Thieving Magpie'?
Answer: 'La Gazza Ladra'

Question: What name is given to the young of a Beaver?
Answer: KITTEN or KIT

Question: Going on to lose to Soderling in the semi-final, who defeated Andy Murray in the French Open quarterfinals?
Answer: Fernando Gonzales

Question: Which Mozart opera has a title that can be translated into English as 'Thus Do All Women'?
Answer: 'Cosi Fan Tutte'

Question: What is the first name of the title character in Dickens' novel 'Little Dorrit'?
Answer: 'Amy'

Question: Bryan Adams'(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’ spent 16 weeks at number one in 1991. Which 'U2' single finally knocked it from number one?
Answer: 'The Fly'

Question: Which British battleship was sunk by a German U-boat in Scapa Flow in October 1939?
Answer: H.M.S. Royal Oak

Question: In which African country does the Equator reach the Indian Ocean?
Answer: Somalia

Question: What is the medical name for the chest bone?
Answer: Sternum

Question: In which American state is the drama series 'The Sopranos' set?
Answer: New Jersey

Question: If all the countries that have Spanish as an official language were listed alphabetically, which country would come first?
Answer: Argentina

Question: In which American state is the US version of the sit-com 'The Office' set?
Answer: Pennsylvania

Question: If all the countries that have Spanish as an official language were listed alphabetically, which would come last?
Answer: Venezuela