Question: Which country's flag is made up of three equal vertical bands of green, white and green?
Answer: Nigeria

Question: Give a year in the life of St Jerome.
Answer: 347 - 420

Question: Which series of novels by L M Montgomery is set on and around Prince Edward Island?
Answer: Anne of Green Gables

Question: Which Scottish Premier League team play their home games at Fir Park?
Answer: Motherwell FC

Question: How is the Dardanelles campaign of World War I, which took place between April' 1915 and January 1916 better known?
Answer: (battle of) Gallipoli

Question: As at January 2015, which Rugby Union player has scored the most points in the Rugby World Cup final stages, with 277 between 1999 and 2011?
Answer: Jonny Wilkinson

Question: which actor was the maternal grandfather of actress Joely Richardson?
Answer: Sir Michael Redgrave

Question: Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia is in which range?
Answer: Snowy Mountains

Question: Who starred in the title role of Clint Eastwood's 2011 film J Edgar?
Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Question: Which chemical element, number 31 in the Periodic Table, takes its name from the Latin for France?
Answer: Gallium

Question: What type of pastry is traditionally used to make baklava?
Answer: Filo

Question: In the Bible, who was the brother of Simon Peter?
Answer: Andrew

Question: Who starred in the title role of Mike Leigh's 2014 film Mr Turner?
Answer: Timothy Spall

Question: What is the birthstone for the month of February?
Answer: Amethyst

Question: Which golfer is the most successful Ryder Cup player, having won 25 points over 11 Ryder Cups?
Answer: Nick Faldo

Question: How does the Latin phrase "Tabula rasa" translate into English?
Answer: (a) Clean slate

Question: Which nuts are traditionally used to make pesto?
Answer: Pine nuts

Question: The most successful act at the Brit awards has won 17 times, 12 as a solo artist. Who is it?
Answer: Robbie Williams

Question: Which Scottish Premier League team play its home games at McDiarmid Park?
Answer: St Johnstone FC

Question: How does the Latin phrase "Lapsus linguae" translate into English?
Answer: (a) Slip of the Tongue

Question: Who played President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing?
Answer: Martin Sheen

Question: Which company owns brands including Marmite, Wall's and Simple?
Answer: Unilever

Question: Which Battle of 1944 was the inspiration for Cornelius Ryan's 1974 book A Bridge Too Far?
Answer: Arnhem

Question: Melton Mowbray and Ashby-de-la-Zouch are towns in which English county?
Answer: Leicestershire

Question: What name was given to the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki?
Answer: Fat Man

Question: Which author wrote the Twilight series of novels?
Answer: Stephanie Meyer

Question: What was the name of the Mercury spacecraft in which John Glenn orbited the Earth in 1962?
Answer: Friendship

Question: Which group had a hit in 1960 with Apache?
Answer: The Shadows

Question: Two Books of the Old Testament begin with the letter P. One is Psalms. What is the other?
Answer: Proverbs

Question: What was the name of Gary Cooper’s character in the 1952 film High Noon?
Answer: Will Kane

Question: Which actor played Sergeant Neil Howie in the 1973 film The Wicker Man?
Answer: Edward Woodward

Question: Magician Steven Frayne is better known by what name?
Answer: Dynamo

Question: Which group had a hit in 1962 with Telstar?
Answer: The Tornados

Question: Which author wrote the Hunger Games series of novels?
Answer: Suzanne Collins

Question: What was the name of the pilot of Enola Gay, the bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Answer: Paul Tibbets

Question: Leighton Buzzard and Biggleswade are towns in which English county?
Answer: Bedfordshire

Question: How many stars are on the European flag?
Answer: Twelve

Question: Which is the largest country by area in Central America?
Answer: Nicaragua

Question: In which Dickens novel does Daniel Quilp appear?
Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop

Question: Molde and Rosenborg are football clubs from which country?
Answer: Norway

Question: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' is the opening song from which musical?
Answer: Oklahoma!

Question: Braga and Belenenses are football clubs from which country?
Answer: Portugal

Question: In which Dickens novel does Nathaniel Winkle appear?
Answer: The Pickwick Papers

Question: Which motor manufacturer produces a model called the Note?
Answer: Nissan

Question: How many stars are on the flag of New Zealand?
Answer: Four

Question: The Samoyed breed of dog originated in which country?
Answer: Russia

Question: Denis Papin is credited with inventing an early version of which kitchen device?
Answer: Pressure Cooker

Question: Which Channel 4 TV programme involves four or five amateur chefs competing against each other, hosting a dinner party for the other contestants?
Answer: Come Dine With Me

Question: The goatsucker is another name for which bird?
Answer: Nightjar

Question: Who did Ban Ki-Moon succeed as Secretary-General of the United Nations?
Answer: Kofi Annan

Question: In a one-day cricket match on January 6th 2012 against Bangladesh A the first six batsmen for England Lions, Roy, Root, Vince, Taylor, Bairstow and Buttler all have first names that begin with which letter?
Answer: J

Question: Which magazine was also known as the London Charivari?
Answer: Punch

Question: In three test matches this summer Australia picked three players with first name Mitchell. One was Mitchell Johnson. Name either of the other two.
Answer: STARC or MARSH

Question: Which town, later a city, was created to house the workers of the Hoover Dam project?
Answer: Boulder City

Question: The hedge sparrow is another common name for which bird?
Answer: Dunnock

Question: Which BBC TV programme is concerned with protecting the nation from rogue restaurants and poisonous food?
Answer: Food Inspectors

Question: In the Queen song Killer Queen, where does she keep her Moet et Chandon?
Answer: (In Her) Pretty Cabinet

Question: In which household item would you find a magnetron?
Answer: Microwave Oven

Question: Which ITV crime drama series stars Brenda Blethyn as a Detective Chief Inspector in the fictional Northumberland and City Police?
Answer: Vera

Question: Who was Editor of the News of the World from 2003 to 2007?
Answer: Andy Coulson

Question: Who was the Chancellor during German reunification in 1990?
Answer: Helmut Kohl

Question: The zygomatic bone is the medical name for which bone of the human body?
Answer: Cheek Bone

Question: In which country did the 1989 Velvet Revolution take place?
Answer: Czechoslovakia

Question: In which country did the Orange Revolution take place in 2004-2005?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: Whirligig and Longhorn are types of which creature?
Answer: Beetle

Question: What is the nationality of singer Rihanna?
Answer: Barbadian

Question: Who was Editor of the Daily Mirror from 1996 to 2004?
Answer: Piers Morgan

Question: John Bacchus played by Lee Ingleby is the sergeant to which TV police inspector?
Answer: George Gently

Question: What is the medical name for the membrane that surrounds the heart?
Answer: Pericardium

Question: Which former Prime Minister is a member of the Order of the Garter?
Answer: John Major

Question: Joe Orton, Sue Townsend and the Elephant Man were all born in which English city?
Answer: Leicester

Question: Which English king was the father of King John?
Answer: Edward III

Question: In 1986, what was the name of the European data gathering spacecraft that intercepted the path of Halley's Comet?
Answer: Giotto

Question: Which part of the human body do the French call 'la cheville'?
Answer: Ankle

Question: Which pop duo were originally called Tom and Jerry?
Answer: Simon & Garfunkel

Question: Which English Football League club was originally founded as Singers FC?
Answer: Coventry City