| Which golfing legend was the first to hold all four majors at the same time? | Tiger Woods |
| Graeme Hick played international cricket for England and who? | Zimbabwe |
| What nationality is golfer Tim Clark? | South African |
| Which jockey won his first Derby on Troy in ’79? | Willie Carson |
| Which Olympic champion became Baron of Ranmore in 2000? | Sebastian Coe |
| Scotland has how many racecourses? | Five |
| In 2007, what country retained the America’s Cup? | Switzerland |
| At the 1980 Games Seb Coe won the first of his four Olympic medals in what event? | 800m |
| BASI is the British Association of Instructors in what? | Snowsports |
| Which Grand Slam tournament did Pete Sampras never win? | French Open |
| Between them, father and son trainers Ginger and Donald McCain have won the Grand National how many times? | Five |
| In 1970, who scored in all six of Brazil’s matches to help them win the World Cup? | Jairzinho |
| In the NBA, a basketball shot must be attempted within what time? | 24 seconds |
| Apart from Barcelona and Real Madrid, which club has never been relegated from Spain’s top football division? | Atletico Bilbao |
| Jake Burton Carpenter was a pioneer of what piece of sporting equipment? | Snowboard |
| In American football, how many points for a touchdown? | Six |
| Which England and Yorkshire cricketer wrote the autobiography ‘Ball of Fire’? | Fred Truman |
| What’s the maximum number of balls in a standard game of billiards? | Three |
| The 2012 Olympic Stadium is in which London borough? | Newham |
| In surfing, what is a skeg? | Fin under the board |
| What’s the longest English Classic horse race? | St Leger |
| Which English golfer’s autobiography is entitled ‘Life Swings’? | Nick Faldo |
| In the sport of takraw, what part of your body are you NOT allowed to use to hit the ball? | Hand |
| With a Timeform rating of 145, which racehorse is rated the greatest of all time? | Sea Bird II |
| What sport is ‘baloncesto’ in Spanish? | Basketball |
| In 1999, what club became the first Irish winners of rugby union’s European Cup? | Ulster |
| How many Olympic golds did Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent win rowing together? | Three |
| How many Chasers in a Quidditch team? | Three |
| Who was the first woman to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award? | Anita Lonsbrough |
| What was footballer Nobby Stiles’ full first name? | Norbert |
| In 1999, which England bowler took an Ashes hat-trick? | Darren Gough |
| Cricketer Garry Sobers was born in what country? | Barbados |
| How old was W.G. Grace when he played his last Test match for England in 1899? | Fifty |
| Full forward, follower and rover are positions in what sport? | Aussie rules |
| What pin is passed through an axle-end to keep a wheel in position? | Linchpin |
| In the ’50s, the ‘Dansette’ was what domestic electrical item? | Record player |
| Which Newcastle-born actor first played a detective in Miss Marple in 1985? | Kevin Whately |
| Which large flatfish is known as Le Roi du Careme or The King of Lent? | Turbot |
| What is the first stage in the formation of coal? | Peat |
| The publishers James Nisbet created what boy and girl in a series of childrens’ reading books from the 1940s onwards? | Janet and John |
| From its creator, what does the J stand for in J-Cloths? | Johnson |
| Which French composer wrote The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, seen in the Disney film ‘Fantasia’? | Dukas |
| In 1997, whose first crime novel was called Deja Dead? | Kathy Reichs |
| In 2011, who won the first ever Indian Grand Prix? | Sebastian Vettel |
| What was the first part of Britain settled by early man? | Norfolk coast |
| What did prehistoric hand-axes used to be called? | Thunderbolts |
| St Nicholas’s church where is the largest parish church in the country? | Great Yarmouth |
| What insect is called a ‘jasper’ in Norfolk? | Wasp |
| Canary pudding is flavoured with which fruit? | Lemon |
| Which father and son, both Chancellors, died on the same day 70 years apart? | Randolph and Winston Churchill |
| What layer covering a mollusc secretes the shell? | Mantle (also called pallium) |
| The name of what igneous rock comes from the Latin for ‘smooth’? | Gabbro |
| Countess Olenska, Newland Archer and May Welland are characters in what Wharton novel? | The Age of Innocence |
| Produced on the London stage in 1980, an 8.5 hour long adaptation of what Dickens book set new records for length? | Nicholas Nickleby |
| The Coast of Utopia is a nine-hour long trilogy of plays from 2002 by who? | Tom Stoppard |
| Which US sci fi author created Riverworld, in which everyone who has ever died is alive? | Philip Jose Farmer |
| What mineral is believed to make up the Earth’s core? | Troilite |
| What unit of pressure is equivalent to 1.33 millibars? | Torr |
| In what range of Italian mountains would you find the Museum in the Clouds? | Dolomites |
| What replaced the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords in 2009? | The Supreme Court |
| Who was the only female member of the Supreme Court when it was established in 2009? | Baroness Hale |
| In a non-fan assisted oven, what is the gas mark equivalent of 180 degrees Celsius? | Four |
| In 1982, what was the first album ever to be released on CD? | ABBA- The Visitors |
| In ancient times, what weapon was a ballista? | Catapult |
| The first commercial transatlantic telephone service began in what decade? | 1920s |
| Which comedian wrote and starred in the 2011 play ‘Stand Up and Be Counted’? | Jim Davidson |
| ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’ is a song from what Lloyd Webber musical? | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| In ‘The Sound of Music’, how many von Trapp children are girls? | Five |
| In 2010, which Hollywood star made her Broadway debut in Arthur Miller’s ‘A View From the Bridge’? | Scarlett Johanssen |
| What ballet company is based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden? | Royal Ballet |
| Miss Hannigan runs the orphanage in what stage musical? | Annie |
| Which stage musical was based on the pop songs of Boy George? | Taboo |
| Actress Alison Steadman was married to which British playwright? | Mike Leigh |
| Who did Maureen Lipman play in the one-woman show ‘Re: Joyce’? | Joyce Grenfell |
| My Wonderful Day’ and ‘Life of Riley’ are recent plays by which English playwright? | Alan Ayckbourn |
| Which P D James book gets its name from a phrase in The Duchess of Malfi? | Cover Her Face |
| According to the WW1 marching song, which county is ‘by the sea’? | Sussex |
| ‘Miss Julie’ and ‘A Dream Play’ are by which playwright? | August Strindberg |
| Joe, Chris and Kate Keller are characters in what Arthur Miller play? | All My Sons |
| Who was ‘Being Shakespeare’ in the West End in 2011? | Simon Callow |
| The TV game show ‘Celebrity Ding-Dong’ was hosted by which comedian? | Alan Carr |
| Food heaven and food hell’ is a feature of what TV cookery show? | Saturday Kitchen |
| Which cult TV show is set in the town of Mystic Falls? | The Vampire Diaries |
| Fictional US President David Palmer featured in what TV show? | Twenty Four |
| Geoffrey Shawcross was the sidekick of which TV sleuth? | Hetty Wainthropp |
| Who plays Kelly Windsor in ‘Emmerdale’? | Adele Silva |
| What was the first name of TV’s Ironside? | Robert |
| Who played ‘Lizzie Maguire’ on children’s TV? | Hilary Duff |
| In the TV series ‘Sapphire and Steel’, which actress played Sapphire? | Joanna Lumley |
| Wentworth Miller played an escaping jailbird in what TV drama series? | Prison Break |
| Who originally narrated ‘The Wombles’? | Bernard Cribbins |
| The TV series Dexter is set in what US city? | Miami |
| George, Jane, Judy and Elroy made up what cartoon family? | The Jetsons |
| Jeff Hordley plays which ‘Emmerdale’ rogue? | Cain Dingle |
| Who played Oz Osborne in ‘Auf Wiedersehen, Pet’? | Jimmy Nail |
| Who played Philippa in the TV sitcom ‘dinnerladies’? | Celia Imrie |
| Which comedienne spoofed Amy Winehouse in her ‘Big Ass Show’? | Katy Brand |
| Documentary series ‘A Passage Through India’ was presented by which comedy actress? | Caroline Quentin |
| What TV drama featured the King’s Own Fusiliers army regiment? | Soldier, Soldier |
| Who played Martin in ’80s sitcom ‘Ever Decreasing Circles’? | Richard Briers |
| The opening episode of TV comedy ‘The Black Adder’ was set on the eve of what battle? | Bosworth Field |
| What was Dr McCoy’s nickname on ‘Star Trek’? | Bones |
| Which model agency is the subject of the TV documentary series ‘The Model Agency’? | Premier |
| DS Jackie Reid features in what long-running TV drama? | Taggart |
| In ‘Coronation Street’ Doris Speed played which Rovers Return landlady? | Annie Walker |
| In the TV series ‘The Smurfs’ who was the first female Smurf? | Smurfette |
| Which vintage TV quiz show featured the famous ‘Yes-No’ section? | Take Your Pick |
| Which member of the original ‘Have I Got News For You’ team is youngest? | Ian Hislop |
| Jim Broadbent played Detective Inspector Roy Slater in what TV sitcom? | Only Fools and Horses |