Question: Who became Prime Minister of Australia in September 2013?
Answer: Tony Abbott

Question: Which classic novel was originally to have been called 'The Sea Cook'?
Answer: Treasure Island

Question: In the Sermon on the Mount, what was promised to the poor?
Answer: Kingdom of Heaven

Question: Portia Simpson-Miller was sworn in as Prime Minister of which country in January 2012?
Answer: Jamaica

Question: In the nursery rhyme 'Sing a Song of Sixpence', what pecked off the maid's nose?
Answer: Blackbird

Question: Through which organ does food pass from the mouth through the pharynx to the stomach?
Answer: Oesophagus

Question: What was the name of the boat that included Ben Ainslie in its crew that came from 8-1 down to win the America's Cup 9-8?
Answer: Oracle

Question: Which US state was the title of a no. 1 hit for the Bee Gees in 1967?
Answer: Massachusetts

Question: Which US state was the title of a no. 1 hit for Pussycat in 1976?
Answer: Mississippi

Question: Which Greek hero was the son of the nymph Thetis, and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons?
Answer: Achilles

Question: Which muscle separates the thoracic cavity (heart, lungs & ribs) from the abdominal cavity?
Answer: Diaphragm

Question: Which year saw the opening of the Thames flood barrier, the launch of the Hubble telescope and Indira Ghandi's assassination?
Answer: 1984

Question: Which 1914 battle was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force, delaying the German advance?
Answer: Mons

Question: What is the name of the Greenpeace ship involved in protests at the Gazprom oilrig in the Pechora Sea in September 2013?
Answer: Arctic Sunrise

Question: Who invented the pneumatic tyre in 1887?
Answer: Dunlop

Question: Who invented the disc brake in 1902?
Answer: Lanchester

Question: Name either of the bridges or nearby towns captured in 1944 prior to the failure to take the Arnhem Bridge?
Answer: Eindhoven or Nijmegen

Question: Which year saw the televising of Parliament for the first time, the Romanian civil war resulting in the deaths of the Ceaucescus and the opening of the Berlin Wall?
Answer: 1989

Question: David McCallum played the character Illya Kuryakin in which TV series?
Answer: The Man From UNCLE

Question: Name the author of the Jack Ryan series of books who died in 2013?
Answer: Tom Clancy

Question: Which British coin was first introduced on 9th June 1982?
Answer: 20p

Question: Which music is traditionally played as the final encore at the New Year's Day concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra?
Answer: The Radetzky March

Question: Which author, whose books included 'A Song of Stone', 'Espedair Street' and 'Whit', died in 2013?
Answer: Iain Banks

Question: David McCallum played the character Dr Daniel Westin in which TV series?
Answer: The Invisible Man

Question: What is the surname of the three brothers selected in the England Rugby League squad for the 2013 World Cup?
Answer: Burgess

Question: How many years were between the Norman Conquest and the Great Fire of London?
Answer: 600

Question: Who assassinated Mahatma Ghandi on 306 January 1948?
Answer: (Nathuram) Godse

Question: Which organisation won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer: Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Question: Who was the British winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics?
Answer: Professor Peter Higgs

Question: Who was assassinated by Yigal Amir on 4th November 1995?
Answer: Yitzhak Rabin

Question: How many years were between the Gunpowder Plot and the Battle of Trafalgar?
Answer: 200

Question: What is the surname of the two English brothers selected in the British and Irish Lions Rugby Union tour squad in 2013?
Answer: Youngs

Question: Brown Panther, the winner of the Goodwood Cup in 2013, is owned by which ex-footballer?
Answer: Michael Owen

Question: Which Greek hero was the son of King Telamon of Salamis?
Answer: Ajax

Question: In the Bible what was the name of the blind man whose sight was returned to him by Jesus?
Answer: Bartimaeus

Question: On 'Super Saturday' Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah won athletics gold for Team GB, who was the third gold medalist on the day?
Answer: Greg Rutherford

Question: In 2012, which female Paralympian won 4 gold medals in cycling to add to the 7 golds from previous games she won for swimming? She was awarded a DBE in December 2012.
Answer: Sarah Storey

Question: Which rider won gold in both the Equestrian individual and team events? She shares her surname with the male Oscar winner for the film The Artist
Answer: Charlotte Dujardin

Question: Give the surname of the brothers who won gold and bronze in the triathlon for Team GB?
Answer: Brownlee

Question: Name any of the 3 cyclists who won gold in the women's team pursuit?
Answer: Danielle King, Joanna RowseII and Laura Trott

Question: Which male Paralympian won gold in the T44 100 metres, beating Oscar Pistorius into 4th place? He was awarded an MBE in December 2012.
Answer: Johnnie Peacock

Question: The Beatrix Potter Gallery, run by the National Trust, is in which Lake District village?
Answer: Hawkshead

Question: Which artist did Valerie Solanas shoot and wound in New York in 1968?
Answer: Andy Warhol

Question: Which Italian pasta's name means butterflies in English?
Answer: FarfaIle

Question: Which goddess is the Greek equivalent of Venus?
Answer: Aphrodite

Question: The title of the Agatha Christie story The Mirror Cracked comes from which poem by Tennyson?
Answer: The Lady of Shallot

Question: From the Greek, what word means rule by the wealthy?
Answer: Plutocracy

Question: Which is the earliest year from which a car could be described as 'vintage'?
Answer: 1919

Question: Sharing its name with another name for the city of Troy, what is the largest bone in the pelvis called?
Answer: Ilium

Question: In which city would you find the Charles River, Fenway Park and the ship USS Constitution?
Answer: Boston

Question: The Danube flows through 4 capital European capital cities: Budapest, Vienna, Belgrade and which other?
Answer: Bratislava

Question: The Java Sea is bound by Java to the south and which island to the north?
Answer: Borneo

Question: Found near Woodbridge, Suffolk what is the name of the Anglo Saxon burial site, excavated in 1939, which contained a ship and other priceless artefacts?
Answer: Sutton Hoo

Question: Which Velasquez painting of about 1650 was attacked and damaged in the National Gallery in 1914 by the suffragette Mary 'Slasher' Richardson?
Answer: The Rokesby Venus

Question: Spitfire beer is brewed in Faversham, by which company?
Answer: Shepherd Neame

Question: Which film director's credits include Memento, Insomnia, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises?
Answer: Christopher Nolan

Question: In 2012, Octavia Spenser won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as a domestic servant in which film?
Answer: The Help

Question: Which series of 2011/12, set in the 1950's is centred around a weekly BBC TV current affairs programme?
Answer: The Hour

Question: Who had a hit in 1981 with Planet Earth?
Answer: Duran Duran

Question: In 2011, Christian Bale won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as an assistant to his half-brother in which boxing related film?
Answer: The Fighter

Question: Which film director's credits include Sense and Sensibility, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi?
Answer: Ang Lee

Question: What is the name of the steam yacht, owned by the National Trust, which offers cruises on Coniston Water?
Answer: Gondola

Question: Which public school counts CB Fry, Jeremy Clarkson and Roald Dahl amongst its alumni?
Answer: Repton

Question: Which politician did Violet Gibson shoot and wound in Rome in 1926?
Answer: Mussolini

Question: On 2nd September 31 BC, Octavian's forces overcame those of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra in which decisive sea battle?
Answer: Actium

Question: Which god is the Greek equivalent of Mars?
Answer: Ares