1        Who was the first model to make it to the pages of Who's Who?

          Kate Moss

 
2        What is misfeasance?

          Doing something legal in an illegal way
 

3        What, according to the Oxford English dictionary is the most common noun in the English language?

          Time
 

4        What and where is the oldest free-standing glass house in the world?

          The Temperate House, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 

5        Who published the first recipe for curry in England?

          Hannah Glasse - in Glasse's Art of Cookery .   Her 'currey' contained only pepper and coriander.
 

6        What notorious poison did the EU outlaw this year?

          Strychnine
 

7        Which daughter of a Russian aristocrat won a Oscar recently?

          Helen Mirren, born Ilnynea Lydia Mironoff, whose father was forced to leave by the Russian Revolution.
 

8        Who won this year's Templeton Prize, at £800,000, the richest in the world?

          Professor Emeritus sharks Taylor, political science at McGill university.
 

9        Who invented Mother's Day, as we now know it?

          Anna Jarvis, in the USA.
 

10      Who, in 1908, made the first powered flight in the UK?

          Sam Cody, who was killed in a flying accident in 1913
 

11      When did British troops first deploy to Northern Ireland?

          1969
 

12      What was the first jet airliner in commercial service in 1952?

          The De Havilland Comet
 

13      Who wanted to be Bobby's Girl?

          Marcie Blane, in 1962
 

14      When did the US annex New Mexico?

          1846
 

15      Who famously killed herself by clasping an asp to her breast?

          Cleopatra
 

16      Who was the lead guitarist in the Shadows?

          Hank Marvin
 

17      What was Luciano Pavrotti's fist job?

          He was a school teacher
 

18      Which claims to be Europe's busiest station?

          Clapham Junction.
 

19      Whose boots were made for walking?

          Nancy Sinatra's
 

20      When did the UK Ministry of Transport publish its first Highway Code?

          1931
 

21      Which confederate general's surrender ended the American Civil War in 1865?

          Robert E Lee
 

22      What did Britain recognise with the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

          The United States of America
 

23      What is an opsimath?

          One who learns late in life
 

24      When was the UK £1 note withdrawn?

          1984
 

25      Which musical gave us the song The Age of Aquarius?

          Hair
 

26      Where is the longest champagne bar in Europe?

          St Pancras Station, London
 

27      Who was appointed director of MI5 in April '07?

          John Evans
 

28      Where and when did the first Woolworth's open in the UK?

          In Liverpool, in 1909
 

29      Which was the BBC's first local radio station?

          Radio Leicester, which first broadcast on Thursday 8 November 1967
 

30      What were the traditional colours the British Suffragette movement?

          Purple and green
 

31      Who, in the 1950s, said it was too early to tell the result of the French Revolution?

          Chou en Lai, prime minister of the People's Republic of China.
 

32      What is the most obvious visual difference between a soprano saxophone and lower tone models?

          A soprano sax is straight, while most lower-tone saxophones have a characteristic U bend.
 

33      Who, reputedly, had the longest entry in Who's Who?

          Barbara Cartland
 

34      Why does the UK tax year start on 6 April?

          It used to start on Lady Day, 25 March, but a change to the Gregorian calendar cut 11 days off the year.
 

35      When was Harvard University founded?

          1636
 

36      When did the Marie Celeste sail from New York?

          1871
 

37      What was particularly unusual about the 1912 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race?

          Both boats sank
 

38      What is a micron?

          One millionth of a metre.   Its symbol is the Greek letter μ.
 

39      Which politician's statue was unveiled in Parliament Square, London, recently?

          Nelson Mandela.
 

40      What is a antiphon?

          A type of hymn, sung as a response.
 

41      Which airline was the first to fly the Airbus 380 'super jumbo'?

          Singapore Airlines
 

42      What date is Easter Monday on in 2008?

          24 March
 

43      Who took Great Balls of Fire to No 1 in 1958?

          Gerry Lee Lewis
 

44      In which year did the UK's Open University award its first degrees?

          1973
 

45      Who founded the British Labour Party, in 1893?

          Kier Hardie
 

46      When, over the 2007 Christmas period, is the full moon?

          Christmas Eve, 24 December.
 

47      When did Abba take Waterloo to No 1 in the UK?

          May 1974
 

48      What is a Vulture Fund?

          An outfit that buys the debt, usually of poor, developing countries and then sues the debtor for much more.
 

49      Who holds the record as England's second oldest monach?

          Queen Victoria, record was broken by the present Queen on 20 December this year.
 

50      When did the UK join the Common Market?

          1973
 

51      Who won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest?

          Serbia, with Marija Serifovic singing 'Molitva'
 

52      Who just bought more than £1,000's worth of spoons from the Savoy memorabilia sale?

          Yuri Geller
 

53      Who is the new prime minister of the Ukraine?

          Yulia Tymoshenko
 

54      Which big London hotel just closed for a year-long makeover?

          The Savoy
 

55      Who wrote Fanny Hill?

          Jonathan Cleland
 

56      Who just won the leadership of South Africa's ANC?

          Jacob Zuma
 

57      In what year was Anne Boleyn sent to the Tower of London?

          1536
 

58      Who is the England rugby team's head coach?

          Brian Ashton
 

59      In writing, how should you address a bishop?

          Dear Bishop
 

60      What is a Red Letter Day?

          A day of such civil or ecclesiastical importance that it was marked in red on early religious calendars.
 

61      How many Red Letter Days are there now in Great Britain?

          25
 

62      What was the name of the operation to invade Iraq in 1991?

          Operation Desert Storm.
 

63      Who won the 2007 Man Booker Prize for literature?

          Anne Enright, with The Gathering
 

64      How many states are there in Australia?

          Six and three mainland territories
 

65      What is the biggest island in the Indian Ocean?

          Madagascar
 

66      Which coroner is presiding over the latest inquest into Princess Diana's death?

          Lord Justice Scott Baker.
 

67      For how long may the UK police hold a suspect terrorist without charging them?

          28 days
 

68      Which of Canada's states stretches furthest south?

          Ontario
 

69      What is Alan Bennett's latest book called?

          An Uncommon Reader
 

70      Which credit card firm has just been ordered to withdraw an illegal fees scheme?

          MasterCard
 

71      In which two countries are the Atlas mountains?

          Algeria and Morroco
 

72      When did the UK and France sign the Entent Cordiale?

          1904
 

73      What is the name of the sea between Australia and New Zealand?

          The Tasman Sea.
 

74      Who has Time magazine named as Person of the Year for 2007?

          Vladimir Putin
 

75      Who is Carla Bruni dating now?

          Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France
 

76      What has Japan agreed not to kill just yet?

          Humpback whales
 

77      Which ballet is running at Sadler's Wells until 20 January 2008?

          Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!
 

78      What is name the for the piece of water between the Scottish mainland and the Isles of Skye?

          The Sound of Sleat
 

79      Britannia was the UK's last Royal Yacht.   When was she launched?

          1953
 

80      Kalaallit Nunaat is the inhabitant's name for which very large island in the Northern Hemisphere?

          Greenland
 

81      Who played 21 live gigs at the O2 Arena last summer?

          Prince
 

82      What, according to Schott, is the nickname for a pre-pubescent girl, dressed in a sexually provocative way?

          Prostitot
 

83      Who owns Liverpool Football Club?

          Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jnr
 

84      The mayor of which city plans to tax fizzy, sugary drinks to help fund the treatment of obesity?

          San Francisco
 

85      Who is the new face of Chanel No 5?

          Nicole Kidman

 
86      An albino bird made it to the pages of British newspapers this week.   What species was it?

          A robin

 
87      Who got a red card as Chelsea beat Liverpool recently?

          Peter Crouch

 
88      The fossil of a small deer-like animal from India seems to be an ancestor of which living mammals?

          Whales

 
89      Which livestock disease made its debut in England last summer?

          Bluetongue

 
90      For which paper does Lucy Kellaway write?

          The Financial Times, for which she is the management columnist

 
91      Which country's government just resolved a six-month row over language?

          Belgium, where Flemish-speaking Flemings and French-speaking Walloons did a deal to form a government

 
92      Which of Ealing Studio's schools is back on the screen?

          St Trinians

 
93      Oscar Pistorious wants, controversially, to compete in the next Olympics.   What's all the fuss for?

          He is a double amputee and would run on two artificial 'legs'

 
94      Who wrote Fahrenheit 451?

          Ray Bradbury

 
95      Kenny Richey is to return to the UK after 21 years in the US.   What was he doing there?

          He was on death row

 
96      The EU's Schengen agreement for a passport-free zone just got nine new members.   What is the total now?

          24

 
97      Sotherby's in New York just sold a 13th century copy of what for $21.3m?

          The Magna Carta

 
98      Who said 'If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody'?

          Gregory Peck

 
99      Filming for a new James Bond film is to start in early January.   What will it be called?

          Bond 22

 
100    Which EU country just banned stag hunting from horseback?

          Ireland