1       RANDOM ADVICE (anagram of a person who is often in the news)

David Cameron

2       (Easy one to start you off) in 1956 In which town was the Flying Scotsman locomotive manufactured

Doncaster

3       Which merchant bank collapsed in February 1995

Barings

4       Which city hosted the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest

Copenhagen

5       Which credit card advertised itself as your flexible friend

Access

6       Where are the headquarters of the World Health Organisation

Geneva

7       Who was the Roman god of the sea

Neptune

8       What traditional dark ale is said to derive from its consumption by early 1700s doormen and bag-carrying street workers

Porter

9       What is the most common breed of dog used by shepherds

Border collie

10    Which fifties singer was billed as the girl with the giggle in her voice

Alma Cogan

11    Where in the body is the thyroid gland

Throat

12    What was the name of the woman in the Australian dingo baby case

Lindy Chamberlain

13    What was Play Your Cards right called in the USA

Card Sharks

14    What is a female crab called

Hen

15    Who was known as The Lady of the Lamp

Florence Nightingale

16    What is the chemical symbol for mercury

Hg

17    What would a Brolliologist collect

Umbrellas

18    Which organisation claims to be the fourth emergency service

Automobile Association

19    Where on the body would you find the columella

Bit that separates the nostrils

20    In the nineteen twenties what were Oxford bags

Trousers

Round 2 GEOGRAPHY

21    Which European city is known as The Bride of the Sea

Venice

22    What is the newest capital city in Europe (by newest I mean been the capital the shortest time)

Cardiff (took over from Swansea in 1955)

23    Indo-China is the old name of which country

Vietnam

24    Which European capital stands on the river Spree

Berlin

25    The ancient city of Pompeii lies at the foot of which volcano

Vesuvius

26    What is the largest island in Europe

Great Britain

27    What lake is the largest body of fresh water in the world

Lake Superior

28    What's the name for the geographical dividing line between North and South Korea

38th parallel

29    What is the capital of Iraq

Baghdad

30    Name the five sea areas of the British Isles that share their names with rivers (point for each one)

Shannon Tyne Forth Humber Thames

BACK TO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

31    What is the name of the Picasso painting that has just been sold for a world record price at auction (May 2015)

Women of Algiers

32    Who succeeded Churchill as prime minister in 1955

Anthony Eden

33    What is the title of the latest Mad Max film

Fury Road

34    Who originally recorded Blue Suede Shoes

Carl Perkins

35    Which English car company made the Alpine sports car

Sunbeam

36    Who was the Greek god of the sea

Poseidon

37    In African cuisine what type of food is Fufu, we would usually eat it in the morning

Porridge

38    What is the inscription on the obverse side of the Victoria Cross

For Valour

39    In which British city is Barlinnie prison

Glasgow

40    CONCERTING ANALYST is a sporting anagram

Accrington Stanley