In the sitcom Dad's Army, which character always wore a thick scarf to prevent getting ill?
Private Pike

Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Al Pacino which film is about a determined Cuban immigrant who takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Scarface

In the TV series Knight Rider, Knight was aided by his car which was called KITT, but what sort of car was KITT?
Trans Am

The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

From what do we derive the word Volcano?
Vulcan – the Roman god of fire

In what year was the last manned mission to the moon?
1972

In the periodic table of elements the Atomic number represents what?
The number of protons in an element's nucleus.

Who wrote the classic British sitcom Only Fools and Horses?
John Sullivan

A quiz on the county of Durham

Created by Charlie Brooker, season three of which dark, dystopian series landed on Netflix this year?

Black Mirror

Millie Bobby Brown shot to fame with her breakout performances in Stranger Things. What was the name of her character in the show?

Eleven

The prison memories of Piper Kerman are the focus of which series created by Jenji Kohan and starring Taylor Schilling?

Orange is the New Black

A gemstone weighing 1404.49 carats and valued at at least $100m was certified as the largest ever of which stone?
Blue star sapphire

In Feb, Britain's Ordnance Survey posted maps of which location on Flickr? a) Arctic Circle b) The Atlantic seabed c) The planet Mars
c) The planet Mars

The first ever what, was grown in space on the International Space Station in 2016 a) a potato b) a moustach c) a flower
c) a flower