Christmas Quiz 2007 - the questions:

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

2        What is misfeasance?

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

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

5        Who published the first recipe for curry in England?

6        What notorious poison did the EU outlaw this year?

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

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

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

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

11      When did British troops first deploy to Northern Ireland?

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

13      Who wanted to be Bobby's Girl?

14      When did the US annex New Mexico?

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

16      Who was the lead guitarist in the Shadows?

17      What was Luciano Pavarotti's first job?

18      Which claims to be Europe's busiest station?

19      Whose boots were made for walking?

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

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

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

23      What is an opsimath?

24      When was the UK £1 note withdrawn?

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

26      Where is the longest champagne bar in Europe?

27      Who was appointed director of the UK security service MI5 in April '07?

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

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

30      What were the traditional colours of the British Suffragette movement?

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

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

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

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

35      When was Harvard University founded?

36      When did the Marie Celeste sail from New York?

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

38      What is a micron?

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

40      What is a antiphon?

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

42      What date is Easter Monday on in 2008?

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

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

45      Who founded the British Labour Party, in 1893?

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

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

48      What is a Vulture Fund?

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

50      When did the UK join the Common Market?

51      Who won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest?

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

53      Who is the new prime minister of the Ukraine?

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

55      Who wrote Fanny Hill?

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

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

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

59      In writing, how should you address a bishop?

60      What is a Red Letter Day?

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

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

63      Who won the 2007 Man Booker Prize for literature?

64      How many states are there in Australia?

65      What is the biggest island in the Indian Ocean?

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

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

68      Which of Canada's states stretches furthest south?

69      What is Alan Bennett's latest book called?

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

71      In which two countries are the Atlas mountains?

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

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

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

75      Who is Carla Bruni dating now?

76      What has Japan agreed not to kill just yet?

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

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

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

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

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

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

83      Who owns Liverpool Football Club?

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

85      Who is the new face of Chanel No 5?

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

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

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

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

90      For which paper does Lucy Kellaway write?

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

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

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

94      Who wrote Fahrenheit 451?

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

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

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

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

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

100    Which EU country just banned stag hunting from horseback?