Question: Zog the First proclaimed himself king of which country in 1928?
Answer: Albania

Question: Which would-be hunter was the arch-enemy of the cartoon character, Bugs Bunny?
Answer: Elmer Fudd

Question: Where in Wales was the first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty established in 1956?
Answer: The Gower Peninsula

Question: Which company owns the Costa coffee chain?
Answer: Whitbread

Question: Which word, derived from the Latin for 'fire', is applied to volcanic rock formed from cooling magma or lava and solidifying from a molten state?
Answer: Igneous

Question: What species of rodent is the world's largest?
Answer: The Capybara

Question: What was the name of Alexander the Great's father who ruled Macedonia between 359 and 336BC?
Answer: Philip Ii

Question: Which composer's music forms the basis of the ballet Pineapple Poll?
Answer: Sullivan

Question: Which French city, the capital of the Core D'Or department is famous for its mustard?
Answer: Dijon

Question: A government paper setting out proposals and inviting consultation on a policy, before it is ever presented as a White Paper, is identified by what colour?
Answer: GREEN Paper

Question: Who won the 2010 Man-Booker Prize with the novel The Finkler Question ?
Answer: Howard Jacobson

Question: In the endocrine system in the human body, what name is given to the pair of glands situated at the top of the kidneys?
Answer: Adrenal Glands

Question: Who was the famous son of Pepin the Short ?
Answer: Charlemagne

Question: For what do the letters M I stand in M.I.5 and M.I.6 ?
Answer: Military Intelligence

Question: Which cartoon character first appeared in an animated feature called The Wise Little Hen ?
Answer: Donald Duck

Question: In music, the short-lived skiffle group known as Johnny and the Moondogs went on to become more famous under what name?
Answer: The Beatles

Question: Which vessel, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. was the first ocean-going steamer to be built of iron?
Answer: Ss Great Britain

Question: The Okapi is most closely related to which other African mammal?
Answer: Giraffe

Question: What is the official London residence of the Archbisop of Cantebury?
Answer: Lambeth Palace

Question: Which of the planets in our solar system is closest to the Sun?
Answer: Mercury

Question: 'Sparrow Grass' is an alternatve name for which plant?
Answer: Asparagus

Question: Which annual cricket fixture which began in 1806 was last played in 1962?
Answer: Gentlemen V Players

Question: The arboreal primate known as the Lemur is native to which island country?
Answer: Madagascar

Question: The Titanic had two sister ships; name either.
Answer: Britannic / Olympic

Question: A dish served 'a la crecy' always contains which vegetable?
Answer: Carrot

Question: September 29th is a Quarter Day in the legal calendar when, traditionally, rents were due and magistrates were chosen; what is the name applied to this day?
Answer: Michaelmas

Question: Which country's London embassy was seized by hostage-takers in 1980?
Answer: Iran

Question: Which theatre was Abraham Lincoln attending when he was asassinated?
Answer: Ford

Question: When Argentinians landed on South Georgia in 1982, an event which led to the Falklands conflict, what had they supposedly come to collect?
Answer: Scrap Metal

Question: Who succeeded David Tennant in the role of TV's 'Doctor Who'?
Answer: Matt Smith

Question: What is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London?
Answer: Mansion House

Question: Knowna s the 'Evening Satr' which planet in our solar system is the closest in size to earth?
Answer: Venus

Question: In what is a food baked if it is 'en croute'?
Answer: Pastry

Question: What codename was given to the German invasion of Russia in May 1941?
Answer: Barbarossa

Question: What is the generic name given to the sparkling wines produced in the Penedes region of north-eastern Spain?
Answer: Cava

Question: What common pub name comes from the symbol associated with king Richard II ?
Answer: The White Hart

Question: What name, derived from the German 'to join', was given to the Nazi takeover of the Austrian Republic in 1938?
Answer: Anschluss

Question: What is the name of the sparkling wines of Germany, made from imported grape juice or, if made from German grapes, is preceded by the word Deutscher' ?
Answer: Sekt

Question: Which 19th century novel is subtitled 'The Parish Boy's Progress' ?
Answer: Oliver Twist

Question: What name is given in the Christian calendar to February 2nd, also a Quarter Day in the Scottish legal calendar?
Answer: Candlemas

Question: Which popular Doctor Who villains, it was revealed in 2011, are to be given 'a rest' by scriptwriters?
Answer: The Daleks

Question: Which iconic musical actress was born Frances Gumm in 1922?
Answer: Judy Garland

Question: What is the usual collective noun for a group of toads?
Answer: Knot

Question: In the Beatrix Potter stories, what sort of animal or creature is Jeremy Fisher?
Answer: A Frog

Question: Darts player Phil Taylor is normally known by what nickname?
Answer: The Power

Question: Which 1975 film features a boat called the Orca ?
Answer: Jaws

Question: What name have the Beckhams given to their fourth child and first daughter?
Answer: Harper Seven

Question: Whose report in December 1942 led to the setting up of the N.H.S.?
Answer: William Beveridge

Question: What river flows through the Grand Canyon?
Answer: Colorado

Question: Which part of the mouth can be affected by Quinsy?
Answer: The Tonsils

Question: What's the most common English name for the bird with the taxonomical name Crex crex, also known as the Land Rail?
Answer: Corncrake

Question: Which rank in the Royal Navy is equivalent to that of brigadier in the Army?
Answer: Commodore

Question: In the 'Noggin the Nog' children's stories and cartoons what is the name of Noggin's wicked uncle?
Answer: Nogbad

Question: Which South African golf player is known as 'The Big Easy'?
Answer: Ernie Els

Question: What name is popularly applied to the church tower of St Botolph's in Boston, Lincolnshire?
Answer: The Boston Stump

Question: In which gland in the human body would you find the small clusters of cells known as the Islets of Langerhans?
Answer: Pancreas

Question: In the books of Michael Bond, Paddington Bear hails from which country?
Answer: Peru

Question: Which model and businesswoman released a new magazine all about herself in the Autumn of 2011?
Answer: Katie Price

Question: The brothers in The Kinks were Ray and ... ?
Answer: Dave Davies

Question: Which 1981 film features a suave French villain named Belloq?
Answer: Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Question: The football chant "who ate all the pies?" is usually sung to the tune of which music hall ditty?
Answer: Knees Up Mother Brown

Question: Clarissa Churchill was the second wife of which British Prime Minister?
Answer: Anthony Eden

Question: Described by Elizabeth I as 'the fairest and godliest church in England', in which city is the church of St Mary Redcliffe?
Answer: Bristol

Question: Which river flows through what is known in English as 'The Iron Gate', the deepest gorge in Europe?
Answer: Danube

Question: Who was Minister of Education when the 1944 Education Act was passed?
Answer: R.A.Butler

Question: Much in evidence in the 2010 World Cup, what is the name of the horns providing a noisy background drone?
Answer: Vuvuzela

Question: What was the name of Captain Pugwash's faithful cabin boy in the BBC TV cartoon?
Answer: Tom

Question: What was formerly the highest appointment in the British Army, being abolished in 1904?
Answer: Commander-In-Chief

Question: Which Dutch astronomer and physicist, who discovered the rings of Saturn in the mid 1650's, is creditied with building the first pendulum clock?
Answer: Christiaan Huygens

Question: Thought to be a corruption of the Spanish fumade, meaning 'smoked', which fish are known in Cornwall as Fair Maids?
Answer: PILCHARDS or SARDINES