1.       ALAS, I NOBBLE ANY BENT IDIOTIC GUY (anagram, used to be seen on the Highstreet)

Abbey National Building Society

2.      What is the plural of mongoose

Mongooses

3.      Which DJ hosted the Golden Oldie Picture Show

Dave Lee Travis

4.      With which American group is Dusty Hill the lead vocalist

ZZ Top

5.      What is the most popular name for a dog in the U.S. according to Harper's Index Book

Rover

6.      Who won Britain's first gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Adam Peaty

7.      Which opera singer advertised Kenco Coffee and Renault cars

Lesley Garrett

8.      In Arthurian legend, who fought the Green Night

Gawain

9.      Complete the proverb, God helps those

Who help themselves

10.   J H Robertson invented what boon to car drivers

Automatic Gearbox

11.    With how many countries does Brazil have a border

Ten

12.   Who said when commentating on a snooker match, "That's inches away from being millimetre perfect

Ted Lowe

13.   Who had a number one in the sixties with Green Green Grass Of Home

Tom Jones

14.   Who were the formidable first-choice Arsenal full-backs throughout the 1990s

Lee Dixon and Nigel Winterburn

15.   What is cellophane made from

Wood pulp

16.   In the language of flowers/fruit what fruit stands for remorse

Raspberry

17.   Of what is Ailurophobia the irrational fear

Cats

18.   Which river in the USA has been described as too thick to drink too thin to plough

Rio Grande

19.   In whose fireplace was Mary Whitehouse´s book Cleaning Up TV seen burning after she had complained about the content of the sitcom

Alf Garnetts

20.  In Polish cuisine what type of food are kabanos

Sausages (Smoked with garlic)

21.   In which Puccini opera does Scarpia appear

Tosca

22.  What is the collective noun for sardines

Family

23.  In which Dickens novel does Pip meet a convict

Great Expectations

24.  In open court, how should one correctly address a County Court Judge

Your Honour

25.  The Duke of Norfolk's emblem is seen mainly now as a pub sign, what was it

White Lion

26.  By what name did singer Harold Lloyd Jenkins become famous

Conway Twitty

27.  The flower Sweet William is named after the Duke of Cumberland, what do the Scots call it

Stinking Billy

28.  What type of creature is a souslik

Squirrel

29.  What is the dark brown food paste made from yeast extract called in Australia

Vegemite

30.  What is the road bed of a railway called

The permanent way

POLITICS

31.   Who was the first woman prime minister of Pakistan

Benazir Bhutto

32.  Who was George W Bush's first Defence Secretary

Donald Runsfeldt

33.  What title was dubbed on David Mellor after he admitted having an affair with an actress

Minister for Fun

34.  Of which country was Sir Sidney Holland the Prime Minister from 1948 until 1957

New Zealand

35.  Which American president was a bachelor

James Buchanan

36.  What title did Anthony Eden assume when he was made an Earl

Lord Avon

37.  Who was the leader of the Nationalist Congress party of India who was imprisoned by the British nine times

Jawaharla Nehru

38.  To which political party did The Kennedy's belong

Democrats

39.  With which political party was the landlord of The Golden Lion hotel in Ashburton connected

Monster Raving Loony Party

40.  How old was Konrad Adenauer when he resigned as West German Chancellor in 1963

Eighty seven