Question: The flag of which African country consists of three horizontal bands of orange, white and green (top to bottom), with an orange circle in the middle of the central white band?
Answer: Niger

Question: Who reached the FA Cup final in 2011 for the first time in the club's history?
Answer: Stoke City

Question: Who were the first winners of the FA Cup at the new Wembley Stadium?
Answer: Chelsea

Question: Give either of the two forenames of the author surnamed Lewis, who is famous for the Chronicles of Narnia books?
Answer: Clive Staples

Question: CS Lewis died on 22nd November 1963, the same day that President JF Kennedy was assassinated. Which other famous author also died that day?
Answer: Aldous Huxley

Question: What was 'the devil's porridge', manufactured near Dumfries,, in a factory the site of which extended for more than 20 miles?
Answer: Cordite

Question: Which country did Charlene, now Princess of Monaco, represent at swimming in the 2000 Sydney Olympics?
Answer: South Africa

Question: The strait of Magellan separates which island from South America?
Answer: Tierra Del Fuego

Question: What is the name of the strait that separates the north and south islands of New Zealand?
Answer: The Cook Strait

Question: In heraldry, what colour is gules, when emblazoned on a coat of arms?
Answer: Red

Question: Who founded the College of Arms or Herald's College in 1484?
Answer: Richard Iii

Question: Which horse won its fifth King George VI chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day 2011?
Answer: Kauto Star

Question: Lincoln's Inn, Middle Temple and Inner Temple are three of the four Inns of Court. What is the fourth?
Answer: Gray'S Inn

Question: """Uberrimae fidei"" is the motto of Lloyds of London. What does it mean?"
Answer: """Utmost Good Faith"""

Question: What is the "Fremantle Doctor"?
Answer: A Sea Breeze

Question: Which restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, was at the centre of a novovirus scare in 2009?
Answer: The Fat Duck

Question: For which clothing company did the former Kate Middleton work as an accessory buyer?
Answer: Jigsaw

Question: Who created the works The Third of May 1808 and The Disasters of War?
Answer: Francisco Goya

Question: Fringillidae is the Latin name for which family of birds?
Answer: Finches

Question: What was the name of the official mascot for the 2012 Olympic Games?
Answer: Wenlock

Question: What is the more common name for Oil of Vitriol?
Answer: Sulphuric Acid

Question: Which island lies between North Uist and South Uist?
Answer: Benbecula

Question: Which role in Parliament is held in 2012 by Amyas Morse?
Answer: (Comptroller And) Auditor General

Question: Which role in Parliament is held in 2012 by Dominic Grieve?
Answer: Attorney General

Question: Who was the painter of the work The Treachery of Images, which includes the words "Ceci n'est pas une pipe"?
Answer: Rene Magritte

Question: What is the largest of the Orkney Islands known as?
Answer: Mainland

Question: Who is the current Chief Scout?
Answer: Bear Grylls

Question: What type of particle has 'flavours' known as top (or truth), bottom (or beauty), up, down, strange and charm?
Answer: Quark

Question: Who won the Man Booker prize for The Finkler Question?
Answer: Howard Jacobson

Question: What is the title of the novel by Julian Barnes that won the Man Booker prize in 2011?
Answer: The Sense Of An Ending

Question: Alpha particle radiation is equivalent to fast moving nuclei of which element?
Answer: Helium

Question: Which fruit is found in the dish 'Sole Veronique'?
Answer: (White) Grapes

Question: In a lava lamp, of what type of substance is the 'lava'?
Answer: Wax

Question: Who currently has dogs named Linnet, Willow, Monty and Holly?
Answer: Hm Queen

Question: Which 2010 film told the story of a group of women striking for equal pay in the British motor industry?
Answer: Made In Dagenham

Question: 'Jack Snipe', 'Tete-a-Tete' and 'Minnow' are varieties of which garden plant?
Answer: (miniature) DAFFODIL

Question: What does a soldier keep in his frog?
Answer: Bayonet

Question: In Norse mythology, which event, preceded by Fimbulvetr, is the final battle between the gods and the Frost Giants?
Answer: Ragnarok

Question: Within one year either way, in which year did the composer Rachmaninov and the actor Leslie Howard die?
Answer: 1943

Question: Who illustrated most of Roald Dahl's children's books?
Answer: Quentin Blake

Question: What was the name of the Roman festivities in mid to late December, elements of which were incorporated into Christmas?
Answer: Saturnalia

Question: Which British landmark was climbed for the first time by Chris Bonnington, Rusty Baillie and Tom Patey over a three day period in 1966?
Answer: Old Man Of Hoy

Question: Which cyclist won GB's first Gold medal of the 2012 Paralympics, the first of her four?
Answer: Sarah Storey

Question: What name, also given to the space capsules used, was given to the US space programme that ran from 1959 to 1963 with the aim of putting a man in orbit?
Answer: Mercury

Question: In the Bible how long was Jonah in the belly of the whale?
Answer: 3 Days And 3 Nights

Question: What is the name of Hercule Poirot's secretary?
Answer: Miss Felicity Lemon

Question: Whose only number 1 was in 1966 with 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me'?
Answer: Dusty Springfield

Question: Which letter in Morse Code is represented by a single dash?
Answer: T

Question: The followers of John Wycliffe were called what?
Answer: Lollards

Question: Who was Harper Lee's childhood friend and neighbour, the inspiration for the character of Dill in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
Answer: Truman Capote

Question: Bradley Wiggins won the 2012 Tour de France on which manufacturer's bicycles?
Answer: Pinarello

Question: Who was the main enemy of Flash Gordon?
Answer: Ming The Merciless

Question: Which cricketer, known as The Wall, who retired from first-class cricket in 2012, is second to Sachin Tendulkar in test runs scored?
Answer: Rahul Dravid

Question: Name any of the three sisters of Hyacinth in 'Keeping Up Appearances'.
Answer: VIOLET, ROSE or DAISY

Question: Who wrote the 'Trout Quintet'?
Answer: Franz Schubert

Question: Which London theatre was built in the 17th century and gets part of its name due to the fact that a source of therapeutic water was found while digging the foundations?
Answer: Sadler'S 'Wells

Question: If a white van man was driving a Ducato, which company would have made it?
Answer: Fiat

Question: In Greek myth who is the muse of dance?
Answer: Terpsichore

Question: What relation was Louis XV of France to his predecessor Louis XIV?
Answer: Great Grandson

Question: Which George Eliot character is a weaver in the village of Raveloe?
Answer: Silas Marner

Question: Who trained Ballabriggs to Grand National victory in 2011, following a family trend?
Answer: Donald Mccain

Question: Dundee is on which Firth?
Answer: Tay

Question: What are Bruce, Danforth and Plough types of?
Answer: Boat Anchors

Question: The 1969 novel 'The Siege of Trencher's Farm', by Gordon Williams, was adapted into which controversial film?
Answer: Straw Dogs

Question: What is the surname of Charlie, the Senior Charge Nurse played by Derek Thompson in 'Casualty'?
Answer: Fairhead

Question: A note from what instrument is used by an orchestra to tune up?
Answer: Oboe

Question: The Red Sea is a submerged section of what 4000 mile long geographical feature?
Answer: Great Rift Valley

Question: Which member of the tuba family is named after the American composer (1854-1932) who popularized its use in his band?
Answer: Sousaphone

Question: This game park is so big it is divided into Tsavo East and Tsavo West, but in which country are they situated?
Answer: Kenya

Question: Aberystwyth lies on which bay?
Answer: Cardigan

Question: What tool has a horn, a table, a face, a hardie hole, a heel, a waist and a foot?
Answer: An Anvil

Question: In which musical do we find the character Roxie Hart?
Answer: Chicago