1. Alberto Contador earned his second Tour de France victory at the weekend, what nationality is he?
Spanish
2. What was first published 1768 in Scotland and contains 40m words on approx 500,000 topics?
Encyclopaedia Britannica
3. Who has been mobbed by hundreds of well-wishers and Gurkha veterans after arriving in Nepal for a week-long visit?
Joanna Lumley
4. Which breed of dog has breeds called Welsh, Scottish and Irish?
Terrier
5. Which nation has recently voted to seek entry into the EU?
Iceland
6. What numeric term describes perfect eyesight and a form of cricket?
20/20
7. Pritt Stick glue first went on sale how many years ago this week?
Forty
8. The film 'Black Hawk Down' was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country?
Somalia
9. How many boxes are used in the UK version of Deal Or No Deal?
22
10. Felipe Massa was involved in a freak accident in practise at the Hungarian Grand Prix, which team does he drive for?
Ferrari
11. In what year was the Great Train Robbery?
1963
12. Cartoonist John Ryan died last week, which children's favourite did he create?
Captain Pugwash
13. True or False - the first real person to feature on a Coca-Cola bottle was Robert Burns?
True
14. What was the original name of the Royal Air Force?
Royal Flying Corps
15. What was discovered wedged on the bow of the cruise ship Sapphire Princess as it docked last week at the Port of Vancouver?
A rare 70ft fin whale
16. In the three Bourne films starring Matt Damon what is Bourne`s first name?
Jason
17. Which group's recent chart hit is called 'Evacuate The Dancefloor'?
Cascada
18. What is the rank of a British Army officer who wears a crown and two pips on his epaulettes?
Colonel
19. Who is looking for volunteers to help him build a new house in Surrey - made entirely out of Lego bricks?
Top Gear presenter James May
20. One point each - Name the five US States with a Pacific coast?
California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii

21. One Point Each - Which three fruits are combined to make the drink Vimto?
Grape, blackcurrant and raspberry
22. Which detective featured in the film "The Maltese Falcon"?
Sam Spade
23. Whereabouts on a horse is its gaskin?
The large muscle on its hind legs
24. The atmosphere of the planet Mars consists almost entirely of which gas?
Carbon Dioxide
25. In literature, who owns a cat called Crookshanks?
Hermione Granger (from the Harry Potter stories)
26. Which actor appeared in the first and the last episodes of 'Grange Hill'?
Todd Carty
27. Which supermaket is mentioned in Chas and Dave`s song Rabbit?
Sainsbury`s
28. Which Carry On star died on the stage of the Sunderland Empire in 1976?
Sid James
29. Which country traded in the Tolar for the Euro?
The tolar was the currency of Slovenia from 1991 until the introduction of the euro on December 31, 2006
30. What official number Olympiad will London`s Olympic Games be in 2012?
XXX (30) (They are sequentially numbered every 4 years since 1896 whether cancelled or not)
31. John Lithgow played the head of a family of aliens in which US sitcom?
Third Rock From The Sun
32. Which comedian's real name is Michael Pennington?
Johnny Vegas
33. What were lost by King John, melted down by Oliver Cromwell and almost stolen by Thomas Blood?
The Crown Jewels
34. For which cricket county does England test cricketer Ian Bell play?
Warwickshire
35. What are Grey Dagger, Forester and Dingy Footman species of?
Moths
36. Who sang the theme tune to the James Bond film 'Goldeneye'?
Tina Turner
37. Which famous sailor was born in 1758 at Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk?
Horatio Nelson
38. Which musical features the son's 'I'd Do Anything' and 'Be Back Soon'?
Oliver
39. Tolmiea menziesii is a houseplant better known as — a) kittypaw plant, b) ponytail plant, c) monkeypaw plant or d) piggyback plant?
Piggyback plant
40. Which two footall teams always play in a 2-5-3 formation?
Table football teams

Tiebreaker - Britain's oldest working television has recently been tracked down in a house in London, from which year does it date?
1936
- James Bond's Lotus Esprit from the film For Your Eyes Only has been sold to a Middle Eastern buyer for how much?
£105,000
- How many years in prison did the 12 members of the Great Train Robbery gang get between them in 1964?
307