1: The painting Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket prompted whose feud?
2: Which was the last pitched battle on British soil?
3: What sort of drink is zubrowka?
4: Where is Mswati III the much-married king?
5: Goodbye, Farewell And Amen was the last episode of what?
6: Which instrument features a whammy bar?
7: What did New York suffer in 1965, 1977 and 2003?
8: Which novel is A Study of Provincial Life?
2: Which was the last pitched battle on British soil? I am going to guess Culloden in 1746
4: Where is Mswati III the much-married king? Swaziland
1: The painting Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket prompted whose feud?
Whistler vs some art critic, the one who likened it to a pot of paint being thrown in the face of the public?
well done Helio and Midge
Ruskin is your man! I only know of Whistler and Ruskin from a dramatised thing on TV once baout Lily Langtry, who 'got around a bit' but in a very genteel way.
3: What sort of drink is zubrowka?
The first two wrds of the three-word answer are Bison Grass..
5: Goodbye, Farewell And Amen was the last episode of what?
I thought Blackadder. I was on the right lines in a way. Think US.
6: Which instrument features a whammy bar?
Eric Clapton, Hendrix et al would know
7: What did New York suffer in 1965, 1977 and 2003?
not earthquakes... the absence of something
8: Which novel is A Study of Provincial Life?
famous one some of us had to read at school. Been on TV...
7: What did New York suffer in 1965, 1977 and 2003?
not earthquakes... the absence of something Is this when they had the blackouts due to power failures?
8: Which novel is A Study of Provincial Life? Middlemarch ty Auntie R
5: Goodbye, Farewell And Amen was the last episode of what?
I thought Blackadder. I was on the right lines in a way. Think US.
I was convinced it was Blackadder too! But it seems to be M.A.S.H. (I've seen the episode - but I still had to check. Memory like a sieve, me ...)
6: Which instrument features a whammy bar?
Eric Clapton, Hendrix et al would know
electric guitar, then?
2: Which was the last pitched battle on British soil?
15th May 2008, Glasgow, Rangers vs Celtic.
wel, in a manner of speaking.... though it says 'Sedgemoor: 1685' here
well done Midge and Helio 
3: What sort of drink is zubrowka?
Bison Grass Vodka
7: What did New York suffer in 1965, 1977 and 2003?
Blackouts, indeed, Midge. Common down Toddington way but doesn't make the news.