| In which resort to the north west of Paris did Monet live on a river boat in the 1870s? | Argenteuil |
| Which of the impressionists contracted dysentry (but survived) after he joined the army in the Franco-Prussian war? | Pierre-Auguste Renoir |
| Which open-air dancehall was a favourite haunt of the Impressionists? | Moulin de la Galette |
| Which colour did Renoir come to appreciate after a trip to Italy to see the paintings of Raphael? Other Impressionists laughed at him. | Black |
| Cezanne gave up what job to become a painter? | Lawyer |
| Which Impressionist painted Jane-Avril Dancing? | Toulouse-Lautrec |
| Monet was famous for his paintings of which Paris station and its surroundings? | Gare St-Lazare |
| Which painter, who posed for Renoir, was encouraged to paint by Degas and was the mother of the artist Maurice Utrillo? | Suzanne Valadon |
| Which art dealer organised the one-man show of Monet’s Antibes paintings? | Theo van Gogh |
| In Leviticus Chapter 16, what is the cover on the Ark of the Covenant called, where God will appear in a cloud? | Mercy Seat |
| According to the Bible, Joseph was descended from which son of Adam? | Seth |
| Which of the major Biblical prophets was the son of Amoz? | Isaiah |
| What move in skiing means moving the skis into a V shape to slow down? | Snowplough |
| Who scored Ireland’s winning penalty in their 1990 shootout with Romania? | David O’Leary |
| Who was the German manager who won the World Cup 1974 on home soil? | Helmut Schon |
| Which fullback scored in both the 1974 and 1982 World Cup finals? | Paul Breitner |
| Which was the first African team to compete at the World Cup Finals, in 1934? | Egypt |
| Who was the top scorer at the 1954 World Cup finals? | Sandor Kocsis |
| Which twins played for the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup? | Van De Kerkhof |
| Which Mexican keeper played in five World Cups, 1950-1966? | Carbajal |
| Which Yorkshireman managed Sweden to the World Cup final in 1958? | George Raynor |
| What name was given to the 1954 quarter final between Hungary and Brazil in the World Cup? | Battle of Berne |
| In Princess Ida, what does Lady Psyche call ‘Nature’s sole mistake’? | Man |
| Which HMS Pinafore character is based on W H Smith? | Sir Joseph Porter |
| What’s the only bird in the world found solely in the British Isles? | Red grouse |
| What structure in the peregrine’s nostrils enable it to breathe while diving? | Baffles |
| The fruit of which tree is eaten year-round by the jay? | Oak |
| Which British bird is also called the storm cock? | Mistle thrush |
| Which sea bird has the scientific name Puffinus puffinus? | Manx Shearwater |
| Unlike other gulls, what colour legs does a kittiwake have? | Black |
| Which Lancs nature reserve attracts huge flocks of pink-footed geese every year? | Martin Mere |
| The General In His Labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a fictional account of whose last days? | Simon Bolivar |
| Which President said ‘The chief business of the American people is business’? | Calvin Coolidge |
| Who was the last Whig President of the USA? | Millard Fillmore |
| Which President’s wife was nicknamed Lemonade Lucy, as she banned alcohol in the White House? | Rutherford B Hayes |
| Who was the first US President to have been a US citizen from birth? | Martin van Buren |
| Who was the first US ambassador to Great Britain? | John Adams |
| At the start of the first Star Wars film, R2D2 and C3PO land on which planet? | Tatooine |
| In the first Star Wars film, which actor known for horror roles plays Grand Moff Tarkin? | Peter Cushing |
| Which owls actually go Too-whit Too whoo? | Tawny |
| Which British actor plays Supreme Chancellor Valorum in The Phantom Menace? | Terence Stamp |
| In Star Wars, Yoda lives on what planet? | Dagobah |
| Who played Darth Maul? | Peter Serafinowicz |
| What is Han Solo encased in in Star Wars? | Carbonite |
| What is the name of Hercule Poirot’s twin brother? | Achille |
| Who became consul in 64BC? | Cicero |
| Of which Emperor’s unwilling accession did Gibbon write ‘While the Senate deliberated, the Praetorian Guard had resolved’? | Claudius |
| Which Roman province could not be visited by a senator without the Emperor’s permission? | Egypt |
| Who seized office by force and was declared dictator of Rome in 82BC, but later voluntarily gave up the office? | Sulla |
| Which title, nowaday sounding more religious, did Augustus get on the death of the triumvir Lepidus? | Pontifex Maximus |
| On which Mediterranean island was the Roman philosopher Seneca exiled for a while? | Corsica |
| Which reformer, killed in 121BC, bought in a law that guaranteed free corn to the citizens of Rome? | Gracchus |
| Which heresy, supported for a while by the Emperors, held that the Son ‘was of a different substance’ from the Father? | Arianism |
| Who commanded the Roman army in Armenia before retiring to Rome, where his lavish lifestyle made him a byword for extravagance? | Lucullus |
| In 1867, Emperor Louis Napoleon attempted to buy which territory from the Dutch, but was prevented from doing so by Bismarck? | Luxembourg |
| Who was Minister of Finance in the first Dail Eireann? | Michael Collins |
| What was the world’s first building over 1000 feet and still the world’s tallest in brick? | Chrysler Building |
| Who scored an unbeaten double century at Lord’s in 1984 to held the West Indies beat England? | Gordon Greenidge |
| When Duncan Fletcher became England coach in 1999, who became England captain? | Nasser Hussain |
| Who captained the England side that regained the Ashes in 1953? | Len Hutton |
| Who captained England in 19 home Tests between 1977 and 1981 and was never on the losing side in any of them? | Mike Brierley |
| Which England batsman made his test debut in the first Test of the 2005 Ashes series? | Kevin Pietersen |
| By how many runs did Australia win both the original Test match and the Centenary Test in 1977? | 45 runs |
| In December 2000, England beat which country by 6 wickets in near darkness to claim a famous series victory? | Pakistan |
| A test series staged in England in 1912, and one staged in Asia in 1999. What’s the unusual connection? | Three countries took part |
| In the second innings of the 1952 Headingley test, Alec Bedser and which other bowler had India at 0 for 4? | Fred Trueman |
| What was the name of the first/most famous club the Beatles played at in Hamburg? | Top Ten |
| In April 1964, which Beatles record became the first to top the UK and US charts at the same time? | Can’t Buy Me Love |
| What was the name of John Lennon’s first book? | In His Own Write |
| The sound effects on which Beatles chart-topper included chains being rattled in a bath and bubbles being blown through a straw? | Yellow Submarine |
| Which DJ, then working at the pirate station Radio London, was invited to come with the Beatles on their last ever US tour? | Kenny Everett |
| When the Beatles were given MBEs, what did they claim the initials stood for? | Mister Brian Epstein |
| Snakes and lizards are members of which order within the class Reptilia? | Squamata |
| The true fer-de-lance is only found on which Caribbean island? | Martinique |
| Neurotoxic and which other are the two types of venom secreted by snakes? | Haemotoxic |
| In the Archers, which saint is Ambridge’s parish church dedicated to? | Stephen |
| On the Archers, who appeared at the Grey Gable charity fashion show in 1984? | Princess Margaret |
