Problem: The uninhabited Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic is a dependency of what country?
Answer: norway

Problem: John Reid holds which Government post as at October 2006?
Answer: home secretary

Problem: What is a violet variety of quartz used in jewellery, that the ancient Greeks and Romans believed protected its owner from drunkenness?
Answer: amethyst

Problem: Edward John Smith was captain of which famous ship?
Answer:
titanic