| 1 | Charlotte Cooper won which event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris? | Women’s Tennis Singles |
| 2 | What is the title of Sean Connery’s fourth James Bond film? | Thunderball |
| 3 | Caprine relates to which animal? | Goat |
| 4 | Which British satirical and current affairs magazine was first published on 1961? | Private Eye |
| 5 | A jewelled copy of which famous book of poems was amongst the cargo lost on the Titanic? | The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
| 6 | ‘2 Become 1’, ‘Say You’ll Be There’ and ‘Viva Forever’ were all number one hit singles by which British group? | Spice Girls |
| 7 | Who wrote the 1953 novel ‘The Go-Between’? | L P Hartley |
| 8 | A papio hamadryas is what type of creature? | Baboon (monkey) |
| 9 | What is the title of the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union? | The Forsyte Saga |
| 10 | What is the capital of Kenya? | Nairobi |
| 11 | Which American band had a 1970’s UK hit with ‘Let’s Work Together’? | Canned Heat |
| 12 | Dahomey was an African kingdom in which present-day republic? | Benin |
| 13 | Who plays William Hurt’s wife Sarah in the 1988 film ‘The Accidental Tourist’? | Kathleen Turner |
| 14 | Hymenopetrous Formicidae is the scientific name for which insect? | Ant |
| 15 | In which UK city is Pleasure Beach Railway Station? | Blackpool |
| 16 | What colour is Trap 4 in greyhound racing in the UK? | Black (with white number) |
| 17 | During which month in 1912 did RMS Titanic strike an iceberg and sink? | April |
| 18 | Which Bronte sister used the pseudonym Currer Bell? | Charlotte Bronte |
| 19 | What is the title of late singer Roy Orbison’s first UK number hit single? | Only The Lonely |
| 20 | Which Austrian composer is known as the ‘Father of the String Quartet’? | Joseph Haydn |
