1. At which Pole are Polar Bears found? The North Pole 2. The Army parachute display team and Manchester United share which nickname? The Red Devils 3. Who starred with Michael Douglas in Fatal Attraction? Glenn Close 4. How many points do you get for a starter question in University Challenge? Ten 5. What is the name of Steven Spielberg's film company? Dream Works *6. What are the names of the British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates? Paul & Rachel Chandler 7. Michael C. Hall is the star of which TV series? Dexter *8. What is the name of the UK's former chief drugs adviser, who was sacked from his job? Prof David Nutt 9. Towing a caravan on the motorway, you shouldn’t drive any faster than what? 60 mph *10. In what country have women just won the right to a passport without a husband's approval - Tunisia, Kuwait or Syria? Kuwait 11. The V8 Vantage and the V12 Vantage are prestigious cars made by which company? Aston Martin 12. Andre Agassi is one of only six men to win all four major titles but how many Grand Slams did he win? Eight 13. Which band took their name from a fictional group in Anthony Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange — Kajagoogoo, Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran or Heaven 17? Heaven 17 *14. Who is the current Home Secretary? Alan Johnson 15. What do the initials of TV channel ESPN stand for? Entertainment and Sports Programming Network *16. Who recently secured his seventh world MotoGP crown? Italy's Valentino Rossi 17. Which popular girl band took their name from a day of the week? The Saturdays *18. True or False - Belgian prisons are so overcrowded that the country is renting space from The Netherlands? True 19. Which breed of dog has three letters in its name? Pug 20. In December, 1890, US troops massacred Sioux Indians at a creek called — a) Wounded Knee, b) Broken Leg, c) Sprained Ankle or d) Bloody Nose? a) Wounded Knee 21. Who held the office of Prime Minister for longer — Margaret Thatcher or Tony Blair? Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister for 11 years, 209 days. Mr Blair was PM for 10 years, 56 days 22. Which Spanish golfer has the nickname El Nino? Sergio Garcia 23. Who starred with Will Smith in Men in Black? Tommy Lee Jones 24. Which TV sitcom character promised his car “A damned good thrashing” if it didn’t start? Basil Fawlty, played by John Cleese *25. Which city is asking advice from London tube officials on how to modernise its subway system - Tokyo, Paris or New York? New York 26. In computing what’s a LAN? Local area network *27. Which senior British politician is known as the “Sage of Twickenham”? Liberal Democrat MP Vince Cable 28. Trina Gulliver is known as the Golden Girl of which indoor sport? Darts. She is the seven-time Ladies’ World Darts champion *29. A fossilised skull found on which county's coast belonged to a prehistoric predator called the Pliosaur? Dorset 30. Which car model only has two letters in its name? The Ford Ka 31. In which game do you flick with a squidger? Tiddlywinks 32. In which New York borough would you find Central Park? Manhattan 33. Which boy’s name can be seen if you write out the first letters of five consecutive months of the year? Jason. July, August, September, October and November 34. A peregrine falcon and a raven feature on the coat of arms of which British island? Isle of Man 35. Balfour is the middle name of which Scots comedian — Stanley Baxter, Andy Cameron, Ronnie Corbett or Graeme Garden? Ronnie Corbett 36. Smee is the friendly pirate in which classic novel? Peter Pan 37. How To Cheat At Cooking and Frugal Food are titles of cookery books by which celebrity chef? Delia Smith 38. Who’d have the letters PDTC after their name — a) a professor of dentistry, b) a doctor of philosophy, c) a post-doctoral research assistant or d) a professional dancer? A dancer. The letters stand for Professional Dancers Teaching Course 39. Is Kylie Minogue older or younger than Jason Donovan? Older by four days. Kylie was born on May 28, 1968. Jason was born on June 1, 1968 40. Which European capital city contains a word meaning crazy? MADrid Tiebreaker - Michael Jackson's This Is It opened in cinemas last week. But how much has the singer earned since he died in June? $72m