Question: Which Italian football club did Sven-Goran Eriksson leave in order to take over as manager of England?
Answer: Lazio

Question: Bismark is the capital of which US state?
Answer: North Dakota

Question: 'The Glorious Revolution' brought which monarch to the throne of England?
Answer: William Iii

Question: What sort of food is 'Raclette'?
Answer: Swiss Cheese

Question: Which soccer team plays at the New Meadow Stadium?
Answer: SHREWSBURY TOWN (having moved from Gay Meadow)

Question: The English National Opera is resident in which London theatre?
Answer: Coliseum

Question: Where on the body might one wear a 'Leghorn'?
Answer: ON THEHEAD (it is a straw hat)

Question: Which city on the River Volga is the centre of the Caviar industry?
Answer: Astrakhan

Question: In Wagner's 'Ring Cycle', how many 'Valkyries' are there?
Answer: Nine (9)

Question: An ally of Germany, of which country was Boris king until his murder in August 1943?
Answer: Bulgaria

Question: Which bird is also known as the 'Adjutant Bird'?
Answer: Stork

Question: In which Dickens novel do the characters 'Gaffer Hexam', 'John Harmon', and 'Bradley Headstone'?
Answer: 'Our Mutual Friend'

Question: What item of clothing is a 'Dashiki'?
Answer: A Shirt

Question: In which country is the Kasserine Pass - scene of a decisive US Army defeat in World War II?
Answer: Tunisia

Question: Which 20th century British Prime Minister lived the longest?
Answer: James Callaghan

Question: In which town was schoolteacher Peter Harvey accused of attempting to murder a pupil on July 9th (2009)?
Answer: MANSFIELD, Notts

Question: Which actor starred with Angelina Jolie in the 1999 film 'The Bone Collector' in which a paraplegic detective had to pit his wits against a sadistic serial killer?
Answer: Denzil Washington

Question: Which element discovered by Cavendish in 1766, has a name that means 'water producing'?
Answer: Hydrogen

Question: In which part of the body is the 'Talus'?
Answer: The Ankle

Question: In the Bible, whose wife was 'Zippora'?
Answer: Moses

Question: Which element, discovered by Nicolas Vauquelin in 1797, has the atomic number 24. Its name is derived from the Greek word for colour?
Answer: Chromium

Question: Jefferson City is the capital of which US state?
Answer: Missouri

Question: In which Italian town was the World G8 Conference held in 2009?
Answer: L'Aquila

Question: Which Welsh 12 year old sang at Michael Jackson's memorial concert in the USA?
Answer: Shaheen Jafargholi

Question: In which fictional Cornish village is the television series 'Doc Martin' set?
Answer: 'Portwenn'

Question: In which 1993 film starring Sylvester Stallone, did a mountain rescue expert battle gangsters who had crashed in the Rocky Mountains with suitcases stuffed with money?
Answer: 'Cliffhanger'

Question: In the Bible, King David had three sons. Solomon, Nathan, and who else?
Answer: Absalom

Question: Which 2009/10 Premiership soccer club, who have never won the FA Cup, were losing finalists in 1931 when they were beaten by West Brom., and 1956 when they lost to Manchester City?
Answer: Birmingham City

Question: Who topped the UK charts for two weeks in 2005 with 'Get Right'?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez

Question: Which is the smallest plant of the onion family?
Answer: Chive

Question: Who is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith?
Answer: Tippi Hedren

Question: In Greek mythology, which Cyclops had his only eye blinded by Odysseus?
Answer: Polyphemus

Question: The songs 'How To Handle A Woman' and 'If Ever I Would Leave You' came from which show and film?
Answer: 'Camelot'

Question: Similarly, the songs 'Younger Than Springtime' and 'I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy' came from which show and film?
Answer: 'South Pacific'

Question: The cartoon character 'Flook' appeared in which national newspaper from 1949 to 1984?
Answer: Daily Mail

Question: Which British boxer retired in 1987 as undefeated World Champion in the Light-Welterweight division?
Answer: TERRY MARSH (held IBF version of title)

Question: Which English racecourse offers outstanding views of the Blackdown Hills?
Answer: Taunton

Question: Which month is mentioned in the first line of Robert Browning's poem 'Home Thoughts From Abroad'?
Answer: April

Question: Who topped the UK charts for two weeks in 2003 with 'Be Faithful'?
Answer: 'Fatman Scoop'

Question: Which motorway runs from Coventry to Leicester?
Answer: M69

Question: The Linden Tree is also called what?
Answer: Lime

Question: Name any year in Picasso's 'Blue Period'?
Answer: 1901 - 1904

Question: Which European flag consists of three horizontal stripes. red at the top, white in the centre, green at the bottom?
Answer: Hungary

Question: What is the more common name of the Chile Pine?
Answer: Monkey Puzzle Tree

Question: The adjective 'Crural' refers to which part of the body?
Answer: The Leg

Question: Which product might you be drinking if "you were only here for the beer"?
Answer: Double Diamond

Question: Which poem by John Masefield begins with the words "I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky. And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by"?
Answer: 'Sea Fever'

Question: Actress Fenella Fielding is often wrongly credited with having a famous brother. Who is he reputed to be?
Answer: Marty Feldman

Question: Which king was on the throne at the time of 'Hereward the Wake's' resistance?
Answer: WILLIAM I, the Conqueror

Question: Similarly, which king was on the throne at the time of the 'Black Death' pandemic?
Answer: Edward Iii

Question: Why was Conrad Murray in the news on June 25th (2009)?
Answer: He Was Michael Jackson'S Doctor

Question: Which two word French phrase describes small, sweet pastries, often with icing, generally eaten after a meal?
Answer: Petit Fours

Question: Similarly, which two word Italian phrase used in cookery, means 'firm and bitter'?
Answer: Al Dente

Question: Where is the Chagos group of islands?
Answer: INDIAN OCEAN - it includes Diego Garcia

Question: Which word of the phonetic alphabet is also a type of submarine?
Answer: Kilo

Question: For what crime was Richard Reid imprisoned in January 2003?
Answer: HE WAS THE'SHOE BOMBER' who tried to blow up a transatlantic jet

Question: In which Indian city in 1984 was a toxic cloud of methyl isocynate accidentally released from a pesticide plant killing a least 15,000 people?
Answer: Bhopal

Question: In the USA, the Colorado Beetle is a major pest that attacks which crop?
Answer: Potato

Question: Who did Mohammed Ali fight in the 1974 boxing match dubbed 'The Rumble In The Jungle'?
Answer: George Foreman

Question: In the USA, the Boll Weevil is a pest that attacks which crop?
Answer: Cotton

Question: In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', what is the name of the King of Norway who arrives to take the throne of Denmark after the death of the Danish royal family in the final act?
Answer: 'Fortinbras'

Question: The three 'Fates' of Greek mythology were 'Lachesis', 'Atropos' and which other?
Answer: 'Clotho'

Question: The three 'Graces' of Greek mythology were 'Euphrosyne', 'Thalia' and which other?
Answer: 'Aglaea'

Question: Which island group in the North Pacific was known as the Catherine Archipelago prior to 1867?
Answer: Aleutian Islands

Question: In Shakespeare's 'Othello', what was the name of the wife of 'Iago', who exposes her husband's villainy but is then murdered?
Answer: 'Emilia'

Question: Which city was the capital of the Inca Empire?
Answer: Cusco

Question: From which tree is the spice 'Mace' obtained?
Answer: Nutmeg

Question: Containing the singles 'Cigarettes And Alcohol' and 'Live Forever', what is the title of Oasis' debut album?
Answer: 'Definitely Maybe'

Question: Containing the singles 'There's No Other Way' and 'Bang', what was the title of Blur's debut album?
Answer: 'Leisure'

Question: Which city was the capital of the ancient nation of Assyria?
Answer: Ninevah