Question: 'Teardrop', by the British hip-hop duo 'Massive Attack', is the theme tune to which American drama series?
Answer: 'House'

Question: Launched in 1973, what was the name of the USA's first space station?
Answer: Skylab

Question: From which country does Budvar lager originate?
Answer: Czech Republic

Question: Who was the English scientist who invented the light bulb independently of Thomas Edison in 1878?
Answer: Joseph Swan

Question: Which singer had a top five hit in June 2010 with 'Not Afraid'?
Answer: Eminem

Question: At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which athletics events was the men's gold medal won by the Panamanian Irving Saladino and the women's gold medal by the Brazilian Maurren Maggi?
Answer: Long Jump

Question: Richard Dodderidge were the Christian names of which English novelist, born in 1825?
Answer: R.D. Blackmore

Question: Although not the state capital, which is the largest city in Nebraska?
Answer: Omaha

Question: In which town is the University of Ulster based?
Answer: Coleraine

Question: Although not the state capital, which is the largest city in New Mexico?
Answer: Albuquerque

Question: In which town is the University of Surrey based?
Answer: Guildford

Question: At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which athletics events were the men's gold medal won by the Kenyan Wilfred Bungei and the women's gold medal won by the Kenyan Pamela Jelimo?
Answer: 800 Metres

Question: Which 18th century clergyman is considered the founder of Methodism?
Answer: John Wesley

Question: Which Robert Zemeckis film was the highest-grossing film worldwide of 1985?
Answer: 'Back To The Future'

Question: What was the name of the nurse who worked during the Crimean War and became known as 'The Black Florence Nightingale'?
Answer: Mary Seacole

Question: The Haber Processis a reaction to nitrogen and hydrogen in order to produce which gas?
Answer: Ammonia

Question: Who was given the nickname 'the American Moses' after leading the Mormon Pioneers to Utah?
Answer: Brigham Young

Question: The name of which foodstuff, made by coagulating Soya milk, means 'bean curd' in Japanese?
Answer: Tofu

Question: In which country is Potsdam, the site of the famous conference after World War II?
Answer: Germany

Question: Which is the largest nerve in the human body?
Answer: Sciatic Nerve

Question: Who stars as the title character in Ridley Scott's 2010 film 'Robin Hood'?
Answer: Russell Crowe

Question: Who stars as the title character in Mike Newell's 2010 film 'Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time'?
Answer: Jake Gyllenhaal

Question: What is the name of the mother of the puppies in the Disney film 'One Hundred And One Dalmatians'?
Answer: 'Perdita'

Question: What is the more common name for the bone with the medical name Calcaneum?
Answer: Heel

Question: David Platt left Aston Villa to join which Italian football club in 1991?
Answer: Bari

Question: In the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, what is the name of the ship that sails to 'Treasure Island'?
Answer: 'Hispaniola'

Question: Who did Bulawayo born Charlene Wittstock marry earlier this month?
Answer: Prince Albert Of Monaco

Question: In which city can you visit the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque?
Answer: Istanbul

Question: In which year did Hurricane Katrina strike New Orleans?
Answer: 2005

Question: The 'Whale Shark' is the largest living fish. What is the most common name of the second largest, also a shark?
Answer: Basking Shark

Question: Who painted 'Going To The Match' a painting of a crowd on its way to Burnden Park, Bolton?
Answer: L.S. Lowry

Question: Which 'Doctor Who' was assisted by 'Zoe Herriot' played by Wendy Padbury and 'Jamie McCrimmon' played by Frazer Hines?
Answer: Patrick Troughton

Question: A volcanic eruption in which country caused travel chaos and many cancelled flights in the southern hemisphere last month?
Answer: Chile

Question: What was the first name of 'D.I. Stanhope' played by Brenda Blethyn in a recent ITV series?
Answer: 'Vera'

Question: Which war is the setting for Hemingway's novel 'For Whom The Bell Tolls'?
Answer: Spanish Civil War

Question: By what one word name is Portuguese footballer Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha known?
Answer: Nani

Question: The four bases of DNA are usually referred to by letters. A, C and T are three. Which is the fourth letter?
Answer: G

Question: On which canal is 'Neptune's Staircase', the longest staircase lock in the UK?
Answer: Caledonian Canal

Question: Who voiced 'Dougal' in the 2005 film 'The Magic Roundabout'?
Answer: Robbie Williams

Question: Which comedienne and actress has written a novel 'A Tiny Bit Marvellous' about a family called 'Battle'?
Answer: Dawn French

Question: Yelena Bonner who died last month was the wife of which Soviet dissident and physicist, winner of the 1975 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Andrei Sakharov

Question: 'Hev Yew Gotta Loight Boy?' is the most famous song recorded by Allan Smethurst. How was he known on stage?
Answer: 'The Singing Postman'

Question: Tripoli in Libya is often known as Western Tripoli to distinguish it from the second largest city in which other country?
Answer: Lebanon

Question: 'Chapman Codes' are used in genealogy for historical administrative divisions in the UK. Which historic Scottish county has code 'KKD'?
Answer: Kirkudbrightshire

Question: Which of the 'English Classic' horse races is run over a distance of one mile, six furlongs and one hundred and thirty two yards?
Answer: St. Leger

Question: In which part of the body is the 'Sural Nerve'?
Answer: Leg

Question: Which Australian state capital lies on the Swan River?
Answer: Perth

Question: The forces of which king won the Battle of the Boyne?
Answer: William Iii

Question: What was the title of the 1970's BBC TV comedy series set around 'Hatley railway station', which starred Paul Shane and Jeffrey Holland?
Answer: 'Oh, Doctor Beeching !'

Question: 'Alfred Jingle' and 'Serjeant Buzfuz' appear in which Dickens novel?
Answer: 'Pickwick Papers'

Question: Which pop group comprised John Gorman, Roger McGough and Mike McGear?
Answer: 'The Scaffold'

Question: Which Scottish racing driver scored one point on his Formula One debut at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix, racing for the Force India team?
Answer: Paul Di Resta

Question: What is the first name of the brother of the Duchess of Cambridge, who read the lesson at her wedding?
Answer: James

Question: In which Asian country is the 'Plain of Jars', the site of thousands of megalithic jars?
Answer: Laos

Question: Which city, also the title of a Kipling poem, is the second largest in Myanmar (Burma)?
Answer: Mandalay

Question: MGY is the Chapman Code for which historic Welsh county?
Answer: Montgomeryshire

Question: At which course is the 'Prix de Diane', the French 'Oaks' run?
Answer: Chantilly

Question: In which part of the body is bile produced?
Answer: Liver

Question: Alexander Hamilton the first United States Secretary of the Treasury died on July 21st. 1804 after a duel with the Vice President the previous day. Who was the Vice President?
Answer: Aaron Burr

Question: Which former Basketball star was known as 'Wilt the Stilt'?
Answer: Wilt Chamberlain

Question: Of which magazine is Rachel Johnson the editor?
Answer: The Lady

Question: What nationality is the Manchester United footballer who wears the name 'Chicharito' on his shirt?
Answer: Mexican

Question: In RNA the base Uracil replaces which of the four bases in DNA?
Answer: Thymine

Question: Which of the wives of Henry VIII died last, in 1557?
Answer: Anne Of Cleves

Question: The epicentre of an earthquake in September last year (2010) was at Darfield, 25 miles west of which city in New Zealand?
Answer: Christchurch

Question: Which girl's name completes the title of the 1976 top ten hit by 'Sutherland Brothers & Quiver'; 'Arms Of ....'?
Answer: '..Mary'