• What did alchemists seek to turn base metals into gold

  Ans :  Philosophers Stone

• How did folk singer Roy Harper catch Toxoplasmosis

  Ans :  Kiss of life - to a sheep

• In which G&S operetta is eating a sausage roll a secret sign

  Ans :  The Grand Duke

• The word Angel derives from the Greek meaning what

  Ans :  Messenger

• What bridge links a Palace with a State Prison

  Ans :  Bridge of Sighs -Venice

• What does the family name Perkins mean

  Ans :  The Rock

• What capital city began as the village of Edo

  Ans :  Tokyo

• What flavouring is used in the Belgian beer Kriek

  Ans :  Cherries

• What would a Scotsman do with a spurtle

  Ans :  Eat porridge (it’s a spoon)

• Boreas Eurus Notus Zephyrus were what

  Ans :  Classic Winds NESW

• What was the first publicly televised sporting event in Japan

  Ans :  A Baseball Match

• What did the ancient Greeks use instead of soap

  Ans :  Olive Oil

• In Ackworth Georgia all citizens must own what by law

  Ans :  A Rake

• What are the ridges on corduroy called

  Ans :  Wales

• What Japanese dish consists of Tofu Beef and vegetables

  Ans :  Sukiyaki

• 47 people worked on a committee to produce what work

  Ans :  Authorised version of Bible

• In Greek legend what was Pygmalion's kingdom

  Ans :  Cyprus

• Pentagon doublespeak what is combat emplacement evacuator

  Ans :  A shovel

• Ontology is the study of what

  Ans :  Being

• Jean Claude Killy famous in which sport

  Ans :  Skiing

• Peter Falk plays Lt Colombo but who was first offered role

  Ans :  Bing Crosby

• J D Sallenger wrote Catcher in the Rye what's the J D stand for

  Ans :  Jerome David

• The WWSU governs what sport

  Ans :  World Water Skiing Union

• In 1880 Smiths Patent Germ Bread changed its name to what

  Ans :  Hovis

• What is Virga

  Ans :  Rain the don’t reach ground

• What is the main flavour of aioli

  Ans :  Garlic

• What do Ombrophobes fear

  Ans :  Rain

• Sir Eyre Massey Shaw hold what Olympic record from 1900

  Ans :  Oldest gold yachting he was 70

• Which country has the worlds biggest (on land) National Park

  Ans :  Canada - Wood Buffalo 17300s ml

• What bird can see the colour blue

  Ans :  An Owl

• How did multi millionaire Russell Sage save money

  Ans :  Not wear underwear

• What is the most common breeding bird in the US

  Ans :  Red Winged Blackbird

• By US government figures people have tried 28000 ways of what

  Ans :  Losing Weight

• In golf the no 10 iron is usually called what

  Ans :  Wedge

• Where would you find a coffin joint

  Ans :  Horses foot

• A Vexilliologist is an expert in what

  Ans :  The history of flags

• Whose symphony number seven is called the Leningrad

  Ans :  Shostakovich

• What is Warren Beatty's first name

  Ans :  Henry

• Where did you play with Ben, Pauline and Michele

  Ans :  Microsoft Windows

• Name only sports team to play professionally seven continents

  Ans :  Harlem Globetrotters

• Old superstition - a sneezing cat means what

  Ans :  It will rain

• Ananas is French for what food

  Ans :  Pineapple

• Ismene and Antigone are whose daughters

  Ans :  Oedipus

• Where would you find line of Mars - Girdle of Venus

  Ans :  Palm - lines in Palmistry

• In Bradshaws you would find information about what

  Ans :  Railways

• Whose advert slogan was You press the button we do the rest

  Ans :  Kodak

• In traditional wedding anniversaries what is given on the eighth

  Ans :  Bronze

• What was on B side of The Rolling Stones Ruby Tuesday

  Ans :  Lets Spend the Night Together

• Name woman set up free birth control clinic in Holloway in 1920

  Ans :  Marie Stopes

• What would you do with a naked lady

  Ans :  Plant it - its Colchinium