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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which word means divination by communing with the dead? | Necromancy |
| Which word means divination with a wand or rod? | Rhabdomancy |
| Which word means divination with ashes? | Spodomancy |
| Which country became the 17th to join the euro on January 1st 2011? | Estonia |
| Whose TV channel which debuted on January 1st 2011 is called OWN? | Oprah Winfrey (Network) |
| Which humorous TV channel adopted a new logo in 2011 featuring a letter C inside an upside down letter C? | Comedy Central |
| Which controversial miniseries was made by the History channel in 2011 but not shown on it? | The Kennedies |
| Oprah Winfrey was the first guest on whose chat show in January 2011? | Piers Morgan's |
| Advertisers led MTV to pull its controversial remake of which Channel 4 series after one season? | Skins |
| Which actor joined the cast of "Two and a Half Men" as Walter Schmidt after the death of Charlie Sheen's character? | Ashton Kutcher |
| Who beat the Pittsburg Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, with an audience of 111 million, then the most watched programme in US TV history? | Green Bay Packers |
| Which IBM supercomputer famously beat Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in 2011? | Watson |
| In 2011 which British singer hosted Saturday Night Live having last appeared on the show in 1982? | Elton John |
| What was the name of Steve Carell's character in the US version of The Office? | Michael Scott |
| In 2011, which US animator announced he was making a new version of "The Flintstones", the project being shelved the following year? | Seth McFarlane |
| The Oprah Winfrey Show finished in 2011 having run for how many seasons? | Twenty-five |
| Who replaced Cheryl Cole as a judge on the US version of "The X Factor"? | Nicole Scherzinger |
| Over 13 million viewers watched US get beaten by which country in the FIFA Women's World Cup Final? | Japan |
| Which member of the US Tea Party was the first guest to walk off mid-interview on Piers Morgan Tonight? | Christine O'Donnell |
| Who made his last appearance on 60 Minutes after 33 years and died a month later aged 92? | Andy Rooney |
| In which city is the US version of Shameless set? | Chicago |
| Who plays Frank Gallagher in the US version of Shameless? | William H Macy |
| Which supernatural drama set in Boston and running for four seasons from 2011 is based on one of the same name based in the UK in Bristol? | Being Human |
| In 2011, which country claimed to be opening the world's first International Sex School then revealed it was a hoax by action group "The Birdbase" in 2012? | Austria |
| Which invention, patented by Stephen Perry in 1845, is made of a single loop of one substance? | Rubber band |
| In 1957, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavanne attempted to make a 3-D plastic wallpaper and so invented what? | Bubble wrap |
| Which 1984 UK chart topping act shares its name with a 1920 invention of Earle Dickson? | Band Aid |
| Who was a French painter, balloonist, army officer and inventor of the modern pencil? | Nicolas-Jacques Conté |
| Which term for black children derived from Portuguese was the tribe of Tiger Lily in "Peter Pan"? | Pickaninny |
| Which French trick-taking card game is thought to have come to England during the restoration in 1660? | (Lanter)loo |
| Which German trick-taking card game features prominently in Gunter Grass's novel "The Tin Drum"? | Skat |
| Which children's TV hero is created by an invention called BIG RAT? | Joe 90 [BIG RAT is Brain Impulse Galvanoscope Record and Transfer] |
| What word do Australians usually use for a quilt or duvet? | Doona |
| Which operatic aria is inspired by Psalm 137 with words by Temistocle Solera? | Va, pensiero or Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (from Nabucco by Verdi) |
| Which two men preceded and succeeded the Queen Mother as Warden of the Cinque Ports? | Robert Menzies & Admiral Michael Boyce |
| Which US city is the birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous and is known as the Rubber Capital of the World? | Akron, Ohio |
| Which Welshman became world flyweight boxing champion in 1916 and was known as The Ghost With the Hammer in his Hand? | Jimmy Wilde |
| Which French boxer nicknamed The Orchid Man fought Jack Dempsey for the first million dollar gate in 1921? | Georges Carpentier |
| First run in 1923, and organised by ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest), the Le Mans 24 Hour Race is held on which circuit? | Circuit de la Sarthe |
| Which famous poem ends "when winter comes, can spring be far behind?"? | "Ode to the West Wind" by Shelley |
| Which 1950s radio series was about the adventures of Captain Jet Morgan? | Journey Into Space |
| Wilt Chamberlain's famous 100 point game against the New York Knicks in 1962 was for which team? | Philadelphia Warriors |
| Nicknamed the Hick from French Lick, who was the Boston Celtics' main rival to the Lakers' Magic Johnson? | Larry Bird |
| Controversial in Australia, which two word Latin term indicates that land is sovereign to no one? | Terra nullius |
| Which South African woman was world champion high jumper in 2001 and 2003? | Hestrie Cloete |
| Which pope asked Atilla the Hun not to invade Rome? | St Leo the Great |
| Who adapted the film "The Madness of King George" from his own 1991 play, "The Madness of George III"? | Alan Bennett |
| Which novelist, who wrote "Battle Cry" and "Trinity" was a US marine in World War II? | Leon Uris |
| At which tourist attraction on the slopes of Mount Hor can you see Al Khazneh meaning The Treasury and the Street of Facades? | Petra |
| In 2011, which Russian mission to Mars failed to leave Earth's orbit? | Phobos Grunt |
| Which TV series starring Diahann Carroll in the title claimed to be the first to show African Americans in a non-stereotypical role? | Julia |
| Complete the British winning sequence: Borussia Mönchengladbach, Club Brugge, Malmo FF, SV Hamburg, Real Madrid...? | Bayern Munich (beaten by British teams in 1977-82 European Cup Finals) |
| In the 1970s what part of the body was almost named the Whipple Tickle before Beverley Whipple named it after a German gynacologist? | The Grafenberg Spot (or G-Spot after Ernst Grafenberg) |
| Which former Labour MP published the diaries of his dog Buster? | Roy Hattersley |
| Phalia in Pakistan took its name from which famous animal after it died at the Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BC? | Bucephalus |
| Which popular name for pet heaven is taken from an anonymous 1980s poem? | Rainbow Bridge |
| Between which two countries did the first international cricket match take place in 1844? | USA and Canada (The United States of America versus the British Empire's Canadian Province - Canada won by 23 runs) |
| Including Laurence Olivier, Boris Karloff and Cary Grant as members, the Hollywood Cricket Club had which author as its first secretary? | PG Wodehouse |
| The la st Royal Mail ship to still deliver mail took it to which Atlantic territory after which it is named until her last trip in 2018? | St Helena |
| Which three species of swan are native to the UK? | Mute (Cygnus olor), Bewick's (Cygnus bewickii) & Whooper (Cygnus cygnus) |
| Who was paid £27 for his saxophone solo on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" with a cheque that bounced? | Raphael Ravenscroft |
| Which member of the 1960s group "The Hideaways" played the harmonica on Karma Chameleon? | Judd Lander |
| Which Chinese microblogging site had over 250 million users in October 2011? | Sina Weibo |
| Based in Wichita Kansas, which company makes the world's most produced aircraft? | Cessna (the Cessna 172) |
| What did Charles Osborne of Anthon, Iowa do for a record 68 years until his death in 1991? | Hiccup |
| Which world championship has taken place every June since 1986 at the Bottle Inn in Dorset? | Stinging Nettle Eating |
| With the surname Harding, who went viral from 2005 to 6 with his videos showing him dancing a jig in front of various landmarks around the world? | (Dancing) Matt |
| Which Welshman directed "Return of the Jedi"? | Richard Marquand |
| Who directed "A Fine Madness", "The Eyes of Laura Mars" and "The Empire Strikes Back"? | Irwin Kershner |
| Which poet laureate became a Harvard professor, wrote mystery novels as Nicholas Blake as well as children's novels "Dick Willoughby" and "The Otterbury Incident"? | Cecil Day-Lewis |
| With which fictional city state near the Circle Sea is Wincanton in Somerset twinned? | Ankh-Morpork |
| Who wrote the acclaimed score for the 1938 "Adventures of Robin Hood" starring Errol Flynn? | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| Which panel game was first presented by Robin Ray and more recently by Bob Holness and Fiona Bruce? | Call My Bluff |
| Scrofula or King's Evil was a form of which disease when it affects the neck? | Tuberculosis |
| Which part of the human body has no blood vessels as it is oxygenated by the air? | Cornea |
| On the Réaumur scale the freezing point of water is zero but what is the boiling point? | 80 |
| The Song of Roland is based on which 778 battle in which Charlemagne's troops were defeated by Basques? | Battle of Roncevaux Pass |
| The ancient area of Bactria now lies in Afghanistan, Pakistan and which other modern day country? | Tajikistan |
| Which publisher who first released the James Bond novels had a logo designed by author Mervyn Peake? | Pan Books |
| What name is the rosebay willowherb given for its ability to colonise burnt areas? | Fireweed |
| Which Swiss mathematician, brother of another famous mathematician was the teacher of Leonhard Euler? | Johann (aka Jean) Bernoulli (brother of Jacob Bernoulli) |
| Who from 1965 to 1971 was the first Labour Speaker of the House of Commons? | Horace King |
| Which range of hills is the largest officially designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales? | The Cotswolds |
| Which 1960 novel set in the village of Slad was published in the US as "Edge of Day: Boyhood in the West of England"? | Cider With Rosie |
| Which Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury did David Cameron controversially tell to "calm down, dear" in parliament? | Angela Eagle |
| Where were Marching Song and Fenix Two electrocuted in 2011? | Newbury |
| Which sport is associated with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl whose squad were wiped out by a 2011 air crash? | Ice hockey |
| Which international Christian charity named after a house in Belgium has a lamp on its logo? | Toc H (named after Talbot House) |
| On which circuit was Formula One's first Indian Grand Prix won in 2011? | Buddh International Circuit |
| How old was Sebastien Vettel when he won his first Formula 1 World Driver's Championship? | 23 |
| Nicknamed the Vyborg Rocket who in 2011 became the first Russian to have a Formula 1 podium place? | Vitaly Petrov |
| The Australian Grand Prix was the first race of the 2011 Formula One season after which race was cancelled due to civil unrest? | Bahrain |
| What was the only team in 2011 to have both drivers, both of whom were British, win a Grand Prix? | McLaren (Hamilton & Button) |
| At the 2011 European Grand Prix at Valencia a record number of drivers finished. How many? | 24 |
| Whose record of 14 pole positions in a season was beaten in 2011 by Sebastien Vettel? | Nigel Mansell |
| Which German horse won the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in a record time? | Danedream |
| Ginger McCain trained two Grand National winners. One was Red Rum but what was the other? | Amberleigh House (2004) |
| What was the first name of Ginger McCain's son who trained the 2011 Grand National winner Ballabriggs? | Donald |
| Which 2011 Derby winner was the first French trained horse to win it since Empery in 1976? | Pour Moi |
| The Arab League has its headquarters in which city? | Cairo |
| Which famous shoe designer was born and raised in the Canary Islands? | Manolo Blahnik |
| Which famous shoe designer's company, co-founded by Tamara Mellon, was bought by Labelux in 2011? | Jimmy Choo |
| Which landmark is called Ongtupqa in the language of the Hopi? | Grand Canyon |
| In "She Done Him Wrong" to which actor does Mae West ask "Why don't you come up some time and see me?"? | Cary Grant |
| Which holistic form of psychology was developed by the Berlin School in the 1920s? | Gestalt |
| Which Frenchman, a former gymnast, became World Rally Champion for a record ninth time in 2012? | Sebastien Loeb |
| Who won the manufacturers' title for the eighth time at the 2012 World Rally Championships? | Citroen |
| Which was the youngest World Rally Champion later dying in a helicopter crash in 2007? | Colin McRae |
| Which Suffolk-based sculptor is best known for The Scallop on the beach at Aldeburgh? | Maggi Hambling |
| Which bay lies between Staten Island and Monmouth County separating New York from New Jersey? | Raritan Bay |
| Who presented Grand Designs since its start in 1999? | Kevin McCloud |
| What is the only US state that ends in its postal abbreviation? | Kentucky |
| Which Mexican resort has a name thought to mean "nest of snakes"? | Cancun |
| What is the name of the drive-in movie in the opening credits of "The Flintstones"? | The Monster |
| In which comedy-drama of the 80s did three of the seven main characters have the lesser-known first names Leonard, Albert and Brian? | Auf Wiedersehn Pet (first names of Oz, Moxey and Bomber) |
| Which 1984 film was based on a fantasy novel by German writer Michael Ende? | The Neverending Story |
| Who won the 2010 Grammy for Album of the Year with her album "Fearless"? | Taylor Swift |
| Who won the 2011 Grammy for Album of the Year with their album "The Suburbs"? | Arcade Fire |
| Who in 1974 and 1975 won a unique back to back of Album of the Year Grammies, also winning in 1977? | Stevie Wonder |
| Robert Ballard famously discovered the Titanic in 1985, but which famous ship did he discover in 1989? | The Bismarck |
| Which US state capital was originally called Pig's Eye? | St Paul, Minnesota |
| Named after the Korean for "the universal way", who invented the martial art of Chun Kuk Do (CKD)? | Chuck Norris |
| On November 1st 2011, Graeme Knowles resigned from which position due to the Occupy London protests? | Dean of St Paul's |
| Which singer headlined Glastonbury in 2011 along with U2 and Coldplay? | Beyoncé Knowles |
| Which singer headlined Glastonbury in 2010 along with the Gorillaz and Muse? | Stevie Wonder |
| Who won the 2011 Brits for Best Male and Female Artists? | Plan B & Laura Marling |
| Who won the 2011 Brits for Best International Male and Female Artists? | Cee Lo Green & Rihanna |
| Who won the 2011 Brit for Best Album with "Sigh No More"? | Mumford & Sons |
| Who won both Best Single and Best Breakthrough Act at the 2011 Brits? | Tinie Tempah |
| What is the real name of Ghanaian British rapper Tinchy Stryder? | Kwasi Danquah (III) |
| How is US rapper Tramar Dillard better known? | Flo-Rida |
| Which French satirical magazine had its offices firebombed after an edition that listed Mohammed as its editor in chief? | Charlie Hebdo |
| Which Pakistani cricket captain was jailed for spot-fixing in 2011 at the same time as Mohammed Amir and Mohammed Asif? | Salman Butt |
| Which country won its sixth Miss World title at Earl's Court in 2011? | Venezuela |
| Who won the 1971 boxing match billed as the Fight of the Century? | Joe Frazier |
| Which German won the Main Event at the World Series of Poker in 2011? | Pius Heinz |
| Who became Premier of the Soviet Union on the death of Stalin? | Georgy Malenkov |
| In 2010-11, the FA Premier League introduced a cap of how many players in a squad? | 25 |
| Who was managing Nagoya Grampus Eight before becoming a Premiership manager in 1996? | Arsène Wenger |
| Who became manager of Aston Villa in 2011, five days after leaving Birmingham City? | Alex McLeish |
| Which Manchester United and Manchester City strikers shared the 2010-11 Premier League Golden Boot? | Dmitri Berbatov and Carlos Tevez |
| Which Portuguese striker was born Luis Carlos Almeida Da Cunha? | Nani |
| Which UK Number One single of 2009 mentions three Hitchcock films in the lyrics? | Bad Romance (Psycho, Vertigo & Rear Window) |
| "Skylight", "Plenty", "Pravda" & "Licking Hitler" are works by which English playwright? | David Hare |
| Who did Gordon Brown famously call that "bigoted woman" in the 2010 election run-in? | Gillian Duffy |
| The Pakistan born British singer Sarah Joyce, often said to sound like Karen Carpenter is better known by what name? | Rumer |
| Which UK chart topping singer of 2010 was born Keidran Jones in the British Virgin Islands? | Iyaz (Replay) |
| Under what name did Adam Young have a 2010 chart topping song about insomnia? | Owl City (Fireflies) |
| Which UK Number One of 2010 was the result of Gordon Brown asking Simon Cowell to make a charity record? | Everybody Hurts by Helping Haiti |
| The title of the Jason Derulo song "In My Bed" was changed to what before it became a hit? | In My Head |
| Under what name did Timothy McKenzie collaborate with Tinie Tempah on the hits "Pass Out" and "Frisky"? | Labrinth |
| Lady Gaga originally wrote the song "Telephone" for which singer? | Britney Spears |
| Terry Raymond IV are the lesser known last names of which US singer-songwriter? | Usher |
| Which English pop band with vocalist Roy Stride released the album "Everybody Wants To Be on TV"? | Scouting For Girls |
| Who is the first Native American to be canonised? | Kateri Tekakwitha |
| Which "X Factor" finallist played the title role in a revival of Jim Cartwright's "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice"? | Diana Vickers |
| Which Barbadian R&B artist gained fame as uncredited vocalist on Roll Deep's 2010 hit "Good Times (Roll Deep)"? | Jodie Connor |
| What is the stage name of Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr? | B.o.B |
| Which Dizzee Rascal hit sampled "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers? | Dirtee Disco |
| Which French DJ has had hits with "When Love Takes Over" and "Gettin' Over You"? | David Guetta |
| Which 2010 UK Number One was written as an answer song to Alicia Keys's "Empire State of Mind"? | California Gurls |
| Which singer's great uncle directed "The Swimmer" and "Mommie Dearest"? | Katy Perry's (Frank Perry) |
| Aston, Oritsé, JB and Marvin make up which boyband, previously called UFO? | JLS |
| Which lead singer of the group Paramore is the featured vocalist on the B.o.B hit "Airplanes"? | Hayley Williams |
| The banker Jarvis Lorry, spy John Barsad and barrister C.J. Stryver appear in which Dickens novel? | A Tale of Two Cities |
| What onomatopaeic phrase is a colloquial Welsh name for a microwave? | Popty Ping |
| Which real country is visited by Gulliver in part III of his travels? | Japan |
| In 2011, the house at 671 Lincoln Avenue, Chicago sold for $2.7 million, having appeared in which 1990 family film? | Home Alone |
| Which bird, scientific name Turdus iliacus, is the smallest UK member of the thrush family? | Redwing |
| Which brand of motorhome was first made by Bedford in 1957? | Dormobile |
| Which country accounts for 90% of the world's production of saffron? | Iran |
| What was the codename for the only nuclear bomb test before Hiroshima which occurred in New Mexico? | Trinity |
| Based on a real life Hungarian aviator, what was the identity of the title character in the 1992 book "The English Patient"? | László Almásy |
| Who, in 2011, became the third wife of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney? | Nancy Shevell |
| Which football side are the Shrimpers of Roots Hall? | Southend United |
| Which football side are the Iron of Glanford Park? | Scunthorpe United |
| For action in which war were 628 Victoria Crosses awarded? | World War I |
| Which New Zealander is the only man to have received a Victoria Cross and bar? | Charles Upham |
| Which Australian Super 15 rugby side based in Canberra are named after wild horses? | The Brumbies |
| Which Australian Super 15 rugby side based in Sydney are named after flowers? | The Waratahs |
| Which Queensland rugby side won the first Super 15 Rugby Championship in 2011? | Queensland Reds |
| In which South African city do the Sharks play home matches? | Durban |
| Which two Tri Nations sides compete for the Bledislow Cup? | Australia v New Zealand |
| Which two Tri Nations sides compete for the Freedom Cup? | New Zealand & South Africa |
| Which sportsman had a father Zacharie who played football for St Germain, and has a son Joakim who plays basketball for the Chicago Bulls? | Yanick Noah |
| With regards to controversial breast implants what did the letters of the French company PIP stand for? | Poly Implant Prothèse |
| What was the name of the Flintstones' sabre-tooth cat that was seen putting Fred out in the closing credits? | Baby Puss |
| Which infamous British sitcom starring Neil McCaul as Adolf Hitler living next door to a Jewish couple was cancelled after one episode? | Heil Honey I'm Home |
| Italian engineer Fernand Jacopozzi created a fake version of which city designed to fool bombers in World War I? | Paris |
| Which Swiss skater nearly doubled a previous world record in 2003 by doing 115 continuous spins on one foot? | Lucinda Ruh |
| Whose 10th studio album and the second to be released on her own label Fish People was "50 Words For Snow"? | Kate Bush |
| Which World Championship had a Lewis-Hamilton final in January 2012? | The PDC World Darts Championship |
| Which 2008 BDO runner up and 2010 PDC runner up is known as The Wizard? | Simon Whitlock |
| Which two times PDC World Darts Champion from Toronto is nicknamed Darth Maple? | John Part |
| What was the name of Kate Bush's first album in 1978? | The Kick Inside |
| Allan McLeod Cormack and Godfrey Hounsfield won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Medicine for which diagnostic technique? | (X-ray) CT or CAT or Computerised Tomography Scans |
| SASOL Ltd is a pioneering company turning coal to petrol based in which country? | South Africa |
| Invented by Ferdinand Chauvier of South Africa, the Kreepy Krauly was designed to clean which recreational areas? | Swimming poools |
| Originating in South Africa what are the names of the concrete blocks shaped like giant children's jacks used as breakwaters? | Dolosse |
| Named after the Greek for "Earth" which device measures distances using microwaves? | Tellurimeter |
| Named after a US paediatrician, which spots usually appear in the mouth two days before an outbreak of measles? | Koplik's spots |
| The classical symptoms of measles are a four-day fever and the three Cs which are a cough, coryza (or head cold) and what? | Conjunctivitis |
| Which bone is broken in a Colles', a Barton's or a Smith's fracture? | Radius |
| Which bone is broken in a Holstein-Lewis fracture? | Humerus |
| Which disease of the respiratory tract takes its name from the Greek for "two leather scrolls"? | Diphtheria |
| Which Henry Miller novel was published between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn? | Black Spring |
| Which musician is the half-sister of singer Norah Jones? | Anoushka Shankar |
| What is the main active ingredient of the children's medicine Calpol? | Paracetamol |
| What did Damien Hurst name his artwork consisting of a skull studded with 8,601 diamonds? | For The Love of God |
| Who took a famous photo of Christine Keeler sitting naked in an Arne Jacobsen chair? | Lewis Morley |
| Which Danish shoe manufacturer claims to own and manage every part of the production process from tannery to consumer? | ECCO |
| Which major company was founded by a member of the pro-Nazi New Swedish Movement in 1943? | IKEA |
| What name is given to the Henry Miller trilogy made up of the novels Sexus, Plexus and Nexus? | The Rosy Crucifixion |
| In which year was "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" first published? | 1997 |
| What is the largest region of Italy by area? | Sicily |
| What is the largest region of the Italian mainland by area? | Piedmont |
| What is the smallest region of Italy by area? | The Aosta Valley |
| Who plays King Edward VIII in the film "The King's Speech"? | Guy Pearce |
| Who plays King George V in the film "The King's Speech"? | Michael Gambon |
| Which overseas region is the largest region of France by area? | French Guiana |
| Excluding overseas regions, what is the largest region of France by area? | Midi-Pyrenées |
| Who does Derek Jacobi play in the 2010 film "The King's Speech"? | Archbishop of Canterbury/Cosmo Lang |
| What were the last three men to hold the title UK deputy PM before John Prescott and Nick Clegg? | William Whitelaw, Geoffrey Howe & Michael Heseltine |
| Which square in Athens has a name meaning Constitution Square? | Syntagma Square |
| Which cyclist from the Northern Territory, Australia won the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in 1998 and 1999? | Cadel Evans (2011 Tour de France winner) |
| What was the surname of the Luxembourg born brothers Andy and Frank who came second and third in the 2011 Tour de France? | Schleck |
| What colour jersey did Mark Cavendish win for being the points champion in the 2011 Tour de France? | Green (jersey) |
| Which Spaniard won the men's Olympic road race gold at Beijing and was King of the Mountains in the 2011 Tour de France? | Samuel Sanchez |
| By area what is the smallest Spanish speaking country in South America? | Uruguay |
| By population, what is the largest Spanish speaking country in South America? | Colombia |
| Which ancient Greek poet wrote "The Theogony"? | Hesiod |
| Who in 2010 released his autobiography "Life and Laughing: My Story" and became the youngest ever host of the Royal Variety Performance? | Michael McIntyre |
| According to the 2010 US Census, nine cities have a population over one million. Which state contains three of them? | Texas (Houston, Dallas & San Antonio) |
| Which crown prince won an Olympic gold in 1960? | Constantine of Greece (in sailing) |
| By what title was William Lamb, Queen Victoria's first prime minister usually known? | Viscount Melbourne |
| The Great Reform Act, the Swing Riots and the abolition of slave trading in the British Empire happened while who was Prime Minister? | Earl Grey (Charles Grey 1831) |
| Which Prime Minister introduced the Mines Act, which prevented children under ten going down the mines? | Sir Robert Peel |
| By what title was the PM George Hamilton-Gordon, who led the country into the Crimean War known? | Earl of Aberdeen |
| Who was UK Prime Minister during the Great Exhibition? | Lord (John) Russell |
| Who was the last UK Prime Minister to die in office? | (Henry Temple) Viscount Palmerston in 1865 |
| MP Peter Hain, food writer Prue Leith and keyboardist Manfred Mann were all born in which country? | South Africa |
| What is the name of the Rover vehicle on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)? | Curiosity |
| Which world landmark gets its popular name from the Portugese for hunchback? | Christ Corcovado |
| Coming from the Sanskrit for good man, which word means an ascetic, wandering Hindu monk? | Sadhu |
| Which South African, playing for England, is the oldest ever player to play in a Rugby World Cup final? | Mike Catt |
| Which author's travels are recounted in the 1934 book "English Journey"? | JB Priestley |
| Which American bird family contains over 400 species making it the largest bird family on Earth? | Tyrannidae OR Tyrant flycatcher |
| Which two titles did Prince William get at the same time as being made Duke of Cambridge? | Earl of Strathearn & Baron Carrickfergus |
| Which biologist was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London, the first Director of UNESCO and a founder of the World Wildlife Fund? | Julian Huxley |
| Which mythical figure was the first king of Ephyra or Corinth? | King Sisyphus |
| Who called economics the "dismal science" and was known as the Sage of Chelsea? | Thomas Carlyle |
| Emery is a black stone consisting mainly of which mineral with the chemical name aluminium oxide? | Corundum |
| Named after a Mapuche chief, which Santiago based football team is the most successful in Chile? | Colo-Colo |
| Which Baltic island lies on the German-Polish border, being shared between the two countries? | Uznam OR Usedom |
| William Walton's "Crown Imperial March" was first performed at which king's coronation? | George VI |
| Which battle of 1859, which led to the Geneva Convention and the founding of the International Red Cross, was the last major battle in which both sides were led by monarchs? | Solferino |
| Carolina Cross, Moon & Stars and Orangeglo are all varieties of which fruits? | Watermelons |
| Actinidia deliciosa is the scientific name of which fruit named after a bird? | Kiwi |
| Stamp and Go is a type of fritter traditionally eaten in which island country? | Jamaica |
| Which word, literally meaning "drowned" in Italian is a mixture of espresso and ice cream? | Affrogato |
| What sort of animal is Crash in the video games set in the Wumpa Islands? | Bandicoot |
| Situated off the coast of the Northern Territory, what is the second largest island in Australia after Tasmania? | Melville Island |
| Kangaroo Island lies of the coast of which Australian state? | South Australia |
| Nafissatou Diallo, the maid who accused Dominique Strauss-Khan of rape, was an immigrant from which African country? | Guinea |
| Who became the first one-armed presenter of CBeebies in January 2009? | Cerrie Burnell |
| Which one-legged Australian comedian won Perrier comedy award nominations in 2001, 2002 and 2003? | Adam Hills |
| In the Dream Stele, which 14th century BC pharaoh claims to have dreamt that if he restored the Sphinx he would be the next pharaoh? | Thutmose IV |
| Which capital city, nicknamed City of Acacias and Pearl of the Indian ocean was called Lourenço Marques until 1975? | Maputo |
| Which country was formally a German African colony divided between France and the UK after World War I? | Cameroon |
| Which unrefined dark sugar is also called Barbados sugar or moist sugar? | Muscovado |
| How many teams represent each of Brazil and Argentina in the annual Copa Libertadores? | Five |
| Which Brazilian team won the Copa Libertadores for the third time in 2011? | Santos |
| Which Argentine club has won the Copa Libertadores a record seven times? | Independiente |
| Which Uruguayan team won the first Copa Libertadores in 1960? | Penarol |
| Who do Leicester Tigers play in rugby union's East Midland Derby? | Northampton Saints |
| Growing out of the Swallow Sidecar Company of the 1920's, S.S.Cars Ltd changed its name to what after World War II? | Jaguar (Cars Ltd) |
| Who did Bill Gates marry in Hawaii in 1994? | Melinda (French) |
| Originally called Interactive Home Systems, what is the name of the digital image licensing company founded by Bill Gates in 1984? | Corbis (Corporation) |
| Which plant of the genus Gossypium covers 2.5% of arable land? | Cotton |
| Padstowe and Rock lie on the estuary of which river? | Camel |
| Which President was investigated by the Starr Report, the Pillsbury Report and the Ray Report? | Bill Clinton |
| Which British army officer founded the town in which Osama Bin Laden was killed? | (Major James) Abbott |
| Which city on the Gulf of Sidra saw the birth and death of President Muammar Gadaffi? | Sirte |
| Whose shooting by police led to the march that triggered the Tottenham Riot of 2011? | Mark Duggan |
| Which motorcyclist was killed at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix? | Marco Simoncelli |
| What nationality is Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs from 2010? | Finnish |
| Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the first female Danish PM, has which former British party leader as a father-in-law? | Neil Kinnock |
| Which large actor was said to have spoken 20 languages and managed the British Ice Hockey team in 1932? | James Robertson Justice |
| Which chant about a Tottenham striker became a top 20 hit for the Cockerel Chorus? | Nice One Cyril |
| How many cubes are used in a game of Boggle? | 16 |
| Which TV sitcom from 1998 to 2000 is set in HWD Components? | dinnerladies |
| What sort of flour is the main ingredient of a prawn cracker? | Tapioca/ Cassava |
| Which US First Lady was born Anne Frances Robbins in 1921? | Nancy Reagan |
| Which Punjab dish consists of fried potatoes dipped in spinach curry? | Saag aloo |
| At the 2011 Rugby World Cup who became the tournament's youngest ever team captain? | Sam Warburton (for Wales) |
| Who controversially became the second Welshman to receive a red card at the Rugby World Cup? | Sam Warburton (for Wales) |
| In Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia" whose weapons include a spear called Ron? | King Arthur |
| Which MEP took part in the first gay kiss in a British soap opera? | Michael Cashman |
| What nationality is the violinist and conductor Bernard Haitink? | Dutch |
| In 1959, which UK city was chosen as the first to be postcoded? | Norwich |
| First issued in Britain in 1841, what was the first perforated stamp? | Penny Red |
| First issued in 1881, what colour was the most issued stamp of the Victorian era? | (Penny) Lilac |
| What name was given to a railway vehicle coupled to the rear of a US train to house the crew? | Caboose |
| Which radio and TV presenter was born in Warrington, Cheshire in 1966? | Chris Evans |
| Which dessert has a name which is Italian for cooked cream? | Panna cotta |
| Which town and marine base in Virginia, USA is home to the FBI Academy and the FBI Laboratory? | Quantico |
| Which Canadian company is one of the largest manufacturers of railway rolling stock? | Bombardier (Inc) |
| Made by Bombardier Recreational Products, which snowmobiles were originally called Ski-Dogs? | Ski-Doos |
| What nationality are duo Yolanda Be Cool who had a 2010 hit with "We No Speak Americano"? | Australian |
| Which 2D black and white bar codes, widely used for ticketing, were developed by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave? | QR (Quick Response) Codes |
| What is the name of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie directed by Rob Marshall? | On Stranger Tides |
| Who directed the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies? | Gore Verbinski |
| Which animated film of 2011, directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, became the highest-grossing film directed by a woman? | Kung Fu Panda 2 |
| What sort of creature, voiced by Gary Oldman, is Lord Shen, the villain of Kung Fu Panda 2? | Peacock |
| Voiced by Ian McShane, what sort of cat was Tai Lung, the villain of Kung Fu Panda? | Snow Leopard |
| David Letterman, Madonna and Terry-Thomas all have or had a diastema. What facial feature is this? | Gap in the teeth |
| Who wrote the first book on probabilty published in English but is better known for creating John Bull in 1712? | John Arbuthnot |
| Who played Mick Travis in three films directed by Lindsay Anderson starting with "If..." in 1968? | Malcolm McDowell |
| Which Christian denomination takes its name from a Greek word for "elder"? | Prebyterian(ism) |
| Hetty Sorrel and Dinah Morris are characters in which novel, the first by George Eliot? | Adam Bede |
| Which New York photographer, associated with Patti Smith, died of complications resulting from AIDS in 1989? | Robert Mapplethorpe |
| Which country derives part of its name from a Malay word for frizzy hair? | Papua New Guinea |
| In Papua New Guinea, what is Tok Pisin? | Language |
| In Papua New Guinea, what is the main unit of currency? | Kina |
| What is the collective name for the three fates of Norse mythology who water the sacred tree Yggdrasil from the Well of Life? | Norns |
| Launched in 1859, which French ship was the world's first ironclad battleship? | La Gloire |
| Which ore is made up of the minerals gibbsite, boehmite and diaspore and named after a village in southern France? | Bauxite |
| Which compound of lead forms the ore galena? | Lead sulphide |
| Which sweet of pistacchio, marzipan and nougat created by Paul Fürst is named after a well-known composer? | Mozartkugel |
| Which 1977 book by Jay Anson claims to be about the Lutz family's experiences living in 112 Ocean Drive, New York? | The Amityville Horror (A True Story) |
| Which deaf-blind American girl was educated in the 1830s by Dr Samuel Gordon Howe, 50 years before Helen Keller? | Laura Bridgman |
| Who has been lead vocalist of the bands Slipknot and Stone Sour? | Corey Taylor |
| Which brother of a famous assassin played Hamlet 100 times, a record that stood until 1922? | Edwin Booth |
| Which playwright is best known for his stage adaption of Michael Morpurgo's book "War Horse"? | Nick Stafford |
| By which single word nicknames are Edinburgh Zoo giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang generally known? | Sweetie and Sunshine |
| Which British American actress, model and fashion designer in the ambassador for Hugo Boss's Orange perfume? | Sienna Miller |
| Handspring Puppet Company, who made the puppets for the War Horse stage play is based in which country? | South Africa |
| Who voiced Blu, a parrot who is the central character of the 2011 film "Rio"? | Jesse Eisenberg |
| Which Hollywood actor wrote and performed in the play "Asuncion"? | Jesse Eisenberg |
| Which 6 ft 8 in high West Indian fast bowler was nicknamed Big Bird? | Joel Garner |
| Which soft drink was first made by Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas and popularised at the 1904 St Louis Exposition? | Dr Pepper |
| Which member of the Dutch Socialist Party was been Dutch Senate leader from 2003? | Tiny Kox |
| "Totally Busted", "Show Us Your Wits" and "Hot Babes Doing Stuff Naked" are all made for which cable TV channel? | The Playboy Channel |
| The period called the Little Ice Age is generally defined by NASA to have started and ended in the middle of which two centuries? | 16th and 19th |
| Who painted the 1433 "Portrait of a Man in a Turban", often believed to be the artist himself? | Jan Van Eyck |
| Muriatic Acid is an old name for which acid? | Hydrochloric acid |
| In which 1933 film does Mae West ask "Why don't you come up some time and see me?"? | She Done Him Wrong |
| What name is given to the network of secret routes used by 19th century US slaves to escape to free states? | Underground Railroad |
| Which city at the confluence of the Rhine and the Moselle Rivers has a name which derives from the Latin for confluence? | Koblenz |
| How was the Saxony city of Chemnitz known from 1953 to 1990? | Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| What was rationed in the UK from 1946 to 1948 but not during either World War I or II? | Bread |
| Tarabulus al-Gharb is the Arabic name for which city? | Tripoli |
| Which Hungarian came to fame with the anti-Soviet novel "Darkness At Noon" and committed suicide with his wife in 1983? | Arthur Koestler |
| Which 1971 musical is by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey? | Grease |
| The international symbol for which sport is a diagonally divided square whose top left half is white and bottom right half is orange? | Orienteering |
| Sebastien Loeb, the French driver who is eight times World Rally Champion, switched to rallying from which sport? | Gymnastics |
| In artistic gymnastics, which two events are for women only? | Uneven bars & Balance Beam |
| Which English driver, who became 2001 World Rally Champion, died exactly four years later on the same day as George Best? | Richard Burns |
| Nicknamed Turbo, which Finn was World Rally Champion four times from 1996 to 1999? | Tommi Makinen |
| What did JJ Thompson originally call electrons when he discovered them in cathode rays? | Corpuscles |
| Isaac Newton's corpuscle theory of light was gradually abandoned in favour of which Dutch scientist's wave theory? | Christiaan Huygens |
| Which German scientist's name has been given to corpuscles associated with skin most sensitive to touch? | (Georg) Meissner |
| Including the famous phrase "Carpe diem", the Odes of which Roman poet are contained in four books? | Horace |
| Which famous Roman poet's works include the four-book poem known as "The Georgics"? | Virgil |
| Also called nutria rats, which animals were introduced to Norfolk in 1929, but declared eradicated in the UK by 1989? | Coypu |
| Maurice Ravel's "Piano Concerto For The Left Hand" was written for which famed amputee pianist? | Paul Wittgenstein |
| Where in 1797 did Horatio Nelson lose a battle and his right arm? | Tenerife |
| Germany has two Frankfurts, a city on the river Main, and the other a town on which river? | Oder |
| Medan is the most populous city on which island? | Sumatra |
| Kota Kinabalu, Banjarmasin and Kuching are the most populous cities on which island? | Borneo |
| What was the two letter name of the system voted against in 2011 in the UK's first referendum since 1975? | AV |
| In 2011, 194 delegates met at the UN Climate Conference in which South African city? | Durban |
| Which two women were judges on the 2011 UK version of "X Factor" | Tulisa (Contastavlos) and Kelly Rowland |
| Which "X Factor" contestant was voted back on to replace the disgraced Frankie Cocozza? | Amelia Lily |
| According to ATP rules of continuous play, how many seconds at the end of a game are given for players to change ends before a serve must take place? | Ninety |
| According to ATP rules of continuous play, a maximum of how many seconds are allowed between points? | Twenty |
| Michael Jackson's children are called Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II also known as what? | Blanket |
| Named after a Dane and an American, which diagram shows a plot of absolute magnitude against spectral type of stars? | Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram |
| In 1975, who played cricket for Leicestershire and football for Doncaster Rovers on the same day? | Chris Baldstone |
| What is known as the H Cup in France due to restrictions on alcohol sponsorship? | Heineken Cup |
| Which MP for Northampton was founder of the National Secular Society? | Charles Bradlaugh |
| Kindoki is a form of spirit worship found in which country? | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Which four Olympic gymnastics events are for men only? | Pommel horse, Rings, Horizontal Bar and Parallel Bars |
| What is the only spice that is quoted on the stock market? | Pepper |
| Formed by damming the Gwash River and originally called Empingham Reservoir. How is it now known? | Rutland Water |
| Which company for the over 50s was founded in 1956 by Sidney de Haan? | Saga (Group) |
| Which charity merged with Help the Aged in 2009 to form the charity Age UK? | Age Concern |
| Founded in Toulouse in 1973 for people who have retired, what is the full name of the U3A? | University of the Third Age |
| What was the pen name of journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran, noted for going around the world in 72 days and exposing an asylum by feigning madness? | Nellie Bly |
| Which 3 ft long pheasant-like bird is found in rain forests from Mexico to Ecuador? | Great Curassow |
| The Borg-Warner trophy is awarded for which race held in the Memorial Day weekend? | Indianapolis 500 |
| In the last weekend of which month is the US Memorial Day? | May |
| Which Quaker poet wrote the words to the hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind"? | (John Greenleaf) Whittier |
| Written by Hubert Parry, what is the usual name for the tune to which the hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" is sung? | Repton |
| In which Irish county is the Knock Shrine where the Virgin Mary allegedly came in 1871? | Mayo |
| Which fruit is contained in a warden pie? | Pears |
| Which international movement began with a protest over the opening of a McDonalds next to the Spanish Steps in Rome? | The Slow Food Movement |
| On whose French novels wre the films "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources" based? | Marcel Pagnol |
| Which famous landmark leads up to the Trinita dei Monti church? | Spanish Steps |
| "Come Blow Your Horn" was which American writer's first play? | Neil Simon |
| The fastest measured winds of 1500 mph were around the Great Dark Spot on which planet? | Neptune |
| Who said "Man is the only animal who blushes, or needs to"? | Mark Twain |
| Which Chinese search engine takes its name from a Song Dynasty poem? | Baidu |
| Which Russian search engine has been said to have taken its name from "yet another indexer"? | Yandex |
| Which two Orkney islands are connected by the world's shortest scheduled flight? | Westray & Papa Westray |
| In which state is Two Ocean Pass dividing waters that flow to the Pacific from those that flow to the Atlantic? | Wyoming |
| According to Google Trends in 2010, which country topped the list of searches for the word "sex"? | Pakistan |
| Which actor has a statue behind the National Portrait Gallery and was said to be an inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula? | Sir Henry Irving |
| Which Hollywood actor was, in 1988, the first to earn $5 million for one film and what was the film? | Bruce Willis in "Die Hard" |
| Who directed "Flashdance", "Fatal Attraction" and "Indecent Proposal"? | Adrian Lyne |
| Who played Anna Leonowens and King Rama VI in the 1999 film "Anna and the King"? | Jodie Foster & Chow Yun-Fat |
| Which child actor starred in many 1930s films including "Captains Courageous" and "Little Lord Fauntleroy"? | Freddie Bartholemew |
| Which is the "Year of Darkness" in the Terminator movies? | 2109' |
| Before they settled on a Delorean Car, the makers of "Back to the Future" were orginally going to use which kitchen item as the time machine? | Refrigerator |
| In which of the arts is the Prix Goncourt awarded? | Literature |
| The Scottish club Morton FC added the name of their home town in 1994 and is now called what? | Greenock Morton |
| Amelika Hui is the name for the US in which of its native languages? | Hawaiian |
| What was Enoch Powell's only cabinet position? | Minister for Health |
| Which mountain pass on the Alberta/British Columbian border was the highest point of the Canadian-Pacific Railroad? | Kicking Horse Pass |
| Which 13 stringed instrument is the national instrument of Japan? | Koto |
| Which female beings found in the Prose and Poetic Eddas are associated with the Fates of Greek mythology? | The Norns |
| The sisserou parrot or Imperial Amazon is endemic to and appears on the flag of which island nation? | Dominica |
| Which British medal was first awarded in 1917, discontinued in 1992 and then awarded again in 2012? | The British Empire Medal (BEM) |
| At British coronations, dukes, marquesses and earls traditionally wear coronets made of which leaves? | Strawberry |
| Which city in Tennessee was founded as a production site for the Manhattan Project which developed the atomic bomb? | Oak Ridge City |
| In 1817, who published an essay on six cases of paralysis agitans called "An Essay On The Shaking Palsy"? | (James) Parkinson |
| Which TV programme's annual, first sold in 1965 was discontinued in 2011? | Blue Peter |
| Barnsley in South Yorkshire lies on which river, a tributary of the Don? | Dearne |
| Which Fort lies at the south-west end of Loch Ness? | Fort Augustus |
| Which loch lies on the Caledonian Canal between Loch Ness and Loch Lochy? | Loch Oich |
| The name of which London tube station contains six consecutive consonants? | Knightsbridge |
| Named after a village near Leeds, which theme tune is a maypole dance from the 1924 suite "My Native Heath" by Arthur Wood? | Barwick Green (The Archers) |
| After morphine, which analgesic is the second most predominent alkaloid present in opium? | Codeine |
| Which 1914 composition, based on a poem by George Meredith, topped a 2011 poll by listeners to "Desert Island Discs"? | The Lark Ascending (by Vaughan-Williams) |
| The 1959 novel "Life and Fate" was the major work of which Ukrainian writer? | Vasily Grossman |
| According to a popular founding myth which god competed with Athena to be patron of Athens? | Poseidon |
| Which Italian mathematician wrote the first book to discuss both integral and differential calculus and has a curve named after her? | Maria Agnesi |
| Which 18th/19th century Frenchwoman was best known for her work on elasticity and Fermat's Last Theorem? | Sophie Germain |
| Which book says "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever"? | 1984 by George Orwell |
| Which American architect won the first Pritzker Prize in 1979 and designed the Crystal Cathedral in California? | Philip Johnson |
| Major General George O Squier, who purchased the first aeroplanes for the US army, founded which company to distribute background music? | Muzak (Holdings) |
| Who was one of the first journalists to report from Dachau concentration camp and the third wife of Ernest Hemingway? | Martha Gelhorn |
| What is a South African supposed to do in a tickey box? | Make a phone call (public phone box) |
| Who was Pope of the Coptic Church from 1971 until his death in 2012? | Pope Shenouda III |
| In which country did Sachin Tendulkar achieve his hundredth international century? | Bangladesh |
| Whose 1793 crossing of Canada was the first ever overland crossing of America north of Mexico? | Sir Alexander Mackenzie |
| Anna Lindh, murdered in a supermarket in 2003, was thought to be a likely candidate for Prime Minister of which country? | Sweden |
| In which country does the world's largest fountain squirt water 850 ft above the Red Sea? | Saudi Arabia [King Fahd's Fountain] |
| What is Rango in the 2011 film of that name, set in the town of Dirt and starring Johnny Depp in the title role? | Chameleon |
| Who in 1976 became the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States? | Shirley Temple (Black) |
| Which American electronic music producer and three times Grammy winner in 2012 has the real name Sonny John Moore? | Skrillex |
| Which car company is named after a native American murdered at Cahokia in 1769? | Pontiac |
| Which charity runs an Animal Action Club for under 12s? | RSPCA |
| Which comedian wrote the memoir "How I Escaped My Certain Fate"? | Stewart Lee |
| By what name is the fungus Fusarium venenatum marketed to vegetarians? | Quorn |
| What is the first name of Mr Knightley in the Jane Austen novel Emma? | George |
| Who does Fanny Price marry in the book "Mansfield Park"? | Edmund Bertram |
| Henry Tilney is the main romantic interest of which Jane Austen heroine? | Catherine Morland |
| Sooty's original puppeteer Harry Corbett used to play the piano in his uncle's fish and chip shop. What was his uncle's name? | Harry Ramsden |
| The DFB-Pokal is the German equivalent of which English sporting competition? | FA Cup |
| Who directed "The Jerk" and "The Man With Two Brains" and acted in the "Oceans Eleven" remake and its sequels? | Carl Reiner |
| Who won the $25,000 Orteig Prize? | Charles Lindbergh |
| Inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002, Masaoka Shiki invented which word? | Haiku |
| Which Davis won the World Snooker Championships fifteen times? | Joe Davis |
| In the first season of which TV show was Jason Lee Scott red, Zack Taylor black, Trini Kwan yellow, Billy Cranston blue and Kimberley Hart pink? | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers |
| Which country produces most of the world's emeralds? | Colombia |
| Which country is officially known as the Plurinational State? | Bolivia |
| Which American country is an Oriental Republic? | Uruguay |
| Which country is officially styled a Co-operative Republic? | Guyana |
| Which South American country is a Federative Republic? | Brazil |
| Which toy brand which began in 1982 has categories called Earth, Pegasus, Unicorn, Flutter and Sea? | My Little Pony |
| Which fossil bed in the Canadian Rockies containing 500 million year old imprints of soft parts was made famous by Stephen J Gould's book "Wonderful Life"? | Burgess Shale |
| Which sort of operations are Dr Stanley Biber and the city of Trinidad in Colorado noted for? | Sex Changes |
| Who did ceiling decoration for the Louvre in 1953, so becoming the first living 20th century artist to have work displayed there? | Georges Braque |
| Which niece of Christopher Lee was made a Dame in 2011 and played DI Natalie Chandler in "Law & Order UK"? | Harriet Walter |
| Who played Meg, the only character to appear in "Prisoner Cell Block H" for its entire eight year run? | Elspeth Ballantyne |
| What was the brand name of the ride-on hand luggage for children demonstrated by its inventor Rob Law on "Dragon's Den"? | Trunki |
| Which drop tower dark ride opened at Alton Towers in 2012? | Nemesis Sub-Terra |
| Who is the man behind the "Fonejacker" and "Facejacker" on Channel 4? | Kayvan Novak |
| Which musician and comedian who died in 2010 appeared on TV as the papier-maché headed Frank Sidebottom? | Chris Sievey |
| Who was the first Briton to walk in space? | Michael Foale |
| Which chemist became in 1991 the first Briton in space? | Helen Sharman |
| Who succeeded Arnold Schwarzeneggar as Governor of California in 2011? | Jerry Brown |
| In 2010 to 2011, England won the Ashes by what score? | 03-Jan |
| What was the stage name of the India-born magician William Oliver Wallace who was an adviser for the "Jonathan Creek" series? | Ali Bongo |
| Which controversial hologram bracelets were seen worn by several sportsmen and celebrities from Robert De Niro to the Duchess of Cambridge in 2011? | Power Balance |
| In which US city is the Salvador Dali Museum? | St Petersburg, Florida |
| What sort of vehicle is Kounotori or the Oriental Stork? | A Spacecraft |
| In which city was the Ark Royal aircraft carrier decomissioned in 2011? | Portsmouth |
| In 2011, which was the biggest carmaker by numbers of vehicles produced for the 3rd year running? | Toyota |
| In which capital city is Domodedovo International Airport? | Moscow |
| Which author who died in 2011 was the creator of the "Redwall" series of fantasy novels? | Brian Jacques |
| Whose famous horror short story, "The Monkey's Paw", was published in 1902? | W W Jacobs |
| What was the name of Bruno Mars's debut album, the third biggest selling of 2011? | Doo Wops and Hooligans |
| Who was the first player from an Asian country to win a tennis Grand Slam title? | Li Na |
| In 2011, Chelsea bought Torres from Liverpool for how much? | £50 million |
| Which hyperactive high-pitched 6 year old is played on Youtube by Lucas Cruikshank? | Fred Figglehorn |
| Which global organisation was founded by Australian barrister Roland Berrill and British scientist and lawyer Dr Lancelot Ware at Lincoln College, Oxford in 1946? | Mensa |
| What is the full name of the yarn bombing collective KTC which was founded by Deadly Knitshade in London in 2009? | Knit The City |
| Which busker, accordion player, stiltwalker and fire-eater founded the Cirque du Soleil and became the first Canadian space tourist? | Guy Laliberté |
| Whose tenth US number one album "Wrecking Ball" in 2012 brought him level with Elvis in third place for number of top albums? | Bruce Springsteen |
| With the real name Stephen Manderson, whose breakthrough hit was a cover of the INXS song "I Need You Tonight"? | Professor Green |
| The Oval Office desk used by US Presidents from Carter to Obama was made from the timbers of which British Arctic Exploration ship? | HMS Resolute |
| Based on the murders of serial killer Harry Powers, which 1955 film was the only one directed by Charles Laughton? | Night of the Hunter |
| Which virus attacking sheep and goats is named after the German town where it was first seen? | Schmallenberg |
| Malmsbury, the UK's first philosophy Town, was the birthplace of which famous 17th century philosopher? | Thomas Hobbes |
| Which religion has 10 Ancilliaries of the Faith? | Shia Islam |
| Which US TV series centres around a cancer sufferer played by Laura Linney? | The Big C |
| Which family of socialites, models and TV stars are children of the lawyer who represented OJ Simpson? | Kardashians |
| Which New York based TV series about a blogger is based on a series of books by Cicely von Ziegesar? | Gossip Girl |
| Which US TV series stars the Pritchitt and the Delgado families? | Modern Family |
| Which now common cosmetic surgery, invented by Frank Gerow, was first carried out in 1962 on a dog called Esmerelda? | Silicone breast implants |
| Which crime solving mystery novelist is played by Nick Fallion? | (Richard) Castle |
| Which famous disease is caused by Lyssavirus, named after Lyssa, a Greek goddess of madness, rage and fury? | Rabies |
| Which Fulham midfielder scored the US goal that Robert Green fumbled at the 2010 FIFA World Cup? | Clint Dempsey |
| In which US state is the Circuit of the Americas Formula One track due for completion in 2012? | Texas |
| Who played Lisbeth Salander in the 2011 English language version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"? | Rooney Mara |
| Who played Lisbeth Salander in the 2009 Swedish language version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"? | Noomi Rapace |
| Which director's films include "Seven", "Fight Club", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Social Network" and "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"? | David Fincher |
| Which group performs the song "Low Rider" used in Marmite TV commercials? | War |
| Which song, originally recorded by Ernie K Doe, was used in Boots commercials and covered by the Sugababes? | Here Come The Girls |
| Who sang the 1982 hit "Forget Me Nots", whose tune was later covered by Will Smith in his 1997 hit "Men In Black"? | Patrice Rushen |
| Which Biblical character who challenges human faith takes his name from the Hebrew for the accuser? | Satan |
| In Jewish tradition, which well-known Biblical character died seven days before The Flood? | Methuselah |
| Which country did Mark Twain call "Land of religions, cradle of human race, birthplace of human speech, grandmother of legend, great grandmother of tradition."? | India |
| What name was given to the group of professors, including the Brothers Grimm, who protested against Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover's changes to the constitution in 1837? | Göttingen Seven |
| In which university, where Gauss, Riemann and Hilbert all served as professor, is there a tradition of postgrads kissing the Goosegirl? | Göttingen |
| What was the biggest hit of German pianist Horst Jankowski? | A Walk In The Black Forest |
| Who popularised the terms McJob and Generation X in his novel "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture"? | Douglas Coupland |
| Which style writer of Harpers & Queens popularised the term Sloane by co-writing "The Official Sloane Rangers Handook" with Ann Barr? | Peter York |
| Ratified in 1992, and preventing Congressional salary amendments taking effect until the next term of office, what is the most recent amendment to the US Constitution? | Twenty-seventh |
| What is the second largest Greek island after Crete? | Euboea |
| Which is the largest of the Ionian islands? | Cephalonia |
| Which musical was created by John-Michael Tebelak as his masters thesis at Carnegie Mellon University? | Godspell |
| Which Briton created "The Apprentice" but is also known for producing various TV series from "Survivor" to "The Voice"? | Mark Burnett |
| What was the Greek or Egyptian name for the Double Crown that combined the red crown of Lower Egypt with the white crown of Upper Egypt? | Pschent/Sekhemti |
| In which century did the rule of the pharaohs end in Egypt? | 1st Century BC (31BC) |
| The earliest known representations of Sigurd the dragon-slayer are found on runestones in which country? | Sweden |
| Which well-known advertising slogan translates into English as "advancement through technology"? | Vorsprung durch technik |
| In which modern day country is the site of the ancient city of Pergamon? | Turkey |
| In Greek myth which serpent-man was the founder and first king of Athens? | Cecrops I |
| In Japanese folklore which animals, known as kitsune, have magical powers such as shape-shifting into humans and can grow up to nine tails? | Foxes |
| How is the Sonic the Hedgehog character Miles Prower better known? | Tails |
| The introduction of which religion in 538 AD traditionally marks the end of Ancient Japan? | Buddhism |
| Thought to have been spoken in northern Anatolia, which extinct language is the oldest attested Indo-European language? | Hittite |
| In Ancient Rome, which garment was the female equivalent of the toga worn by men? | Stola |
| The Flavian Palace sat on which of Rome's seven hills, which separated the Forum from the Circus Maximus? | Palatine |
| According to 16th century rumours in New Spain, now Mexico, what was the name of the province to the north containing seven cities of gold? | Cibola |
| Which oil prized in cosmetics is harvested in Morocco after being eaten by Tamri goats who graze the trees? | Argan |
| Which Chinese dynasty lasting from 960 to 1279 was the first to issue banknotes, use gunpowder and determine north with a compass? | Song |
| At 1,860 ft high and nearly half a cubic mile in volume, the world's tallest dam, the Usoi was caused by a 1911 landslide in which country? | Tajikistan |
| Which marine fish, which attaches to other fish, takes its name from the Latin for "delay" for the ancient belief that it could stop ships moving? | Remora |
| In which Dorset town does the Conger Cuddling event take place during Lifeboat Week? | Lyme Regis |
| Who beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dallas in 2011 to win the first Super Bowl with no cheerleaders? | Green Bay Packers |
| The Northrop Grumman X-47B is an example of a UCAV which stands for what? | Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle |
| Which US railway employee became famous in 1848 after surviving a tamping iron passing through his head destroying the left frontal lobe of his brain? | Phineas P Gage |
| Named after a US psychologist, what is the name of the test in which the subject has to give the colour of a word denoting the name of a different colour? | Stroop Test |
| Whose law states that "as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1."? | Godwin's Law |
| In which country does the show "Deal or no Deal" originate? | The Netherlands |
| What is the surname of the long term contributor to "The Chris Moyles Show" Comedy Dave? | Vitty |
| Who has been the tour guide on Channel 4's "Coach Trip" since it began in 2005? | Brendan Sheerin |
| Which form of Farsi is, along with Pashto, one of the two official languages of Afghanistan? | Dari |
| First awarded to Nelson Mandela in 1988 and named after a Russian dissident, which award for freedom of thought and human rights has since been given to Aung Sung Suu Kyi and Kofi Annan? | Sakharov Prize |
| Which Tunisian was postumously awarded the Sakharov Prize in 2011 for his part in the Arab Spring? | Mohamed Bouazizi |
| Which reptile takes its name from "el legarto", the Spanish for the lizard? | Alligator |
| Who appeared in 81 episodes of "Midsomer Murders" from 1997 to 2011? | John Nettles |
| Who wrote the Inspector Barnaby Mysteries on which the TV series "Midsomer Murders" was based? | Caroline Graham |
| The sexism controversy involving Sky Sports presenters Andy Gray and Richard Keys centred around which assistant referee? | Sian Massey |
| Barney Harwood replaced Joel Defries as a presenter on which show? | Blue Peter |
| The live TV musical "Frankenstein's Wedding" starring David Harewood as the Creature was broadcast from which city? | Leeds |
| Which author presented "Choosing To Die" which showed Peter Smedley's assisted suicide? | Terry Pratchett |
| Which political wife was first to be evicted on 2011's "Celebrity Big Brother" and met the winner of that show on "When Paddy Met Sally"? | Sally Bercow |
| Who became presenter of UK "Big Brother" when it moved to Channel 5? | Brian Dowling |
| Who won the first Channel 5 series of "Big Brother"? | Aaron Allard-Morgan |
| How many main presenters has TV show "Countdown" had before Nick Hewer? | Four |
| Which TV comedy duo were played in a 2011 drama by Daniel Rigby and Bryan Dick? | Eric Morecombe and Ernie Wise |
| Who created Italian detective Aurelio Zen, played on TV by Rufus Sewell? | Michael Dibdin |
| What was the name of the sitcom being adapted for US audiences in the TV series "Episodes"? | Lyman's Boys |
| Who hosted the improv based comedy show "Fast and Loose"? | Hugh Dennis |
| Who hit headlines in 2011 for shooting student Tom Cowan with an air rifle? | Ashley Cole |
| In May 2011, which Liberal Democrat MP broke the Ryan Giggs superinjunction? | John Hemming |
| Which Nobel Prize winner in 2011 said that a show presented by Dave Lee Travis made her "world much more complete"? | Aung Sung Suu Kyi |
| Lucy Ashton is the title character in which 1835 opera? | Lucia di Lammermoor |
| Which word means an Indian office worker who delivers messages? | Chaprasi |
| Which New Kingdom dynasty of Ancient Egypt included Hatshepsut, Akenatun and Tutenkhamen? | 18th or Thutmosid Dynasty |
| Which Ostragoth became in 530AD the first Germanic pope? | Pope Boniface II |
| Which Germanic leader defeated the Roman army in 9AD under Varus at the Battle of the Teutoberg Forest? | Arminius |
| Which great-nephew of Augustus famously retrieved the Roman legionary eagles lost to the Germanic tribes at the Battle of Teutoberg Forest? | Germanicus |
| Which Briton is credited with rediscovering the Buddhist temple of Borobudur and wrote an 1817 "History of Java", having been governor there for 5 years? | Sir Stamford Raffles |
| The largest known metal vessel from antiquity is the five feet high Vix Krater, a Greek wine-mixing vessel found in 1953 in which modern day country? | France |
| The German phrase K&K standing for Kaiserlich und Koniglich (Imperial & Royal) usually referred to which dual monarchy? | Austro-Hungary |
| What was the German name of the compromise of February 1867 which established the Dual Monarchy of Austro-Hungary? | Ausgleich |
| What is the only remaining British Overseas Territory in the Pacific? | Pitcairn Islands |
| Which is the only British Overseas Territory whose flag does not contain the Union Flag? | Gibraltar |
| The rock carving known as the Madara Rider is a feature in which European country? | Bulgaria |
| Which Germanic tribe conquered the Roman province of Africa in the 430s AD and lost it under Justinian in 533 AD? | Vandals |
| Which 6th century general conquered back much of the Roman Empire under Justinian and is the only Byzantine general to have been given a Roman Triumph? | Flavius Belisarius |
| In 1541 whose third voyage led to the first attempted French permanent settlement on American soil, Charlesbourg-Royal? | Jacques Cartier |
| Which word for a wide-lappelled double-breasted style of suit once worn by sailors gets its name from the Dutch for the fabric used? | Pea suit |
| Houndstooth, Windowpane and Prince of Wales check are popular patterns of which fabric? | Tweed |
| Named after the man who patented the process in 1923, what name is given to the cutting of thin slits in rubber to improve traction? | Siping |
| Which magical girl anime centres around Usagi Tsukino and her talking cat Luna? | Sailor Moon |
| Credited with inventing the modern day hair conditioner which US hairdresser gives his name to a style once associated with Michael Jackson? | Jheri Redding (the Jheri curl) |
| Who had a chopped hairstyle named after her after winning two BRIT Awards in 2002? | Dido (the Dido flip) |
| A crown braided haircut is sometimes called a Yulia after which Ukrainian prime minister? | Yulia Tymoshenko |
| Founded by Bausch and Lomb in 1937 which brand of sunglasses has included Aviators and Wayfarers? | Ray-Ban |
| Rudolf Hoss was, from 1940 to 1943, the first commandant of which concentration camp? | Auschwitz |
| During the 1820s known as "the closest woman friend" of the Duke of Wellington, whose diaries were published in 1950? | Harriet Arbuthnot |
| Which architect of 3rd Dynasty pharaoh King Djoser is usually credited with building the first step pyramid? | Imhotep |
| Which 6th Dynasty pharoah is claimed to have ruled for a record 94 years? | Pepi II (Neferkare) |
| Which US photographer is best known for his controversial work "Piss Christ"? | Andres Serrano |
| In which small county is Uppingham School from which Stephen Fry was expelled in 1972 and which has also had Johnny Vaughan, Rick Stein and Boris Karloff as old boys? | Rutland |
| Lucy Westenra is a victim of which title character of an 1897 novel? | Dracula |
| Which famous ballet company operated between 1908 and 1929 in various countries and was directed by Sergei Diaghilev? | Ballet Russes |
| How is the ball known in the London variant of nine-pins or skittles? | Cheese |
| Which highwayman, hanged in 1724, was thought to be the inspiration for Macheath in John Gay's 1728 "Beggar's Opera"? | Jack Sheppard |
| Which Olympic event was originally called The Militaire and was only open to cavalrymen? | Three Day Eventing |
| "I saw Eternity the other night. Like a great ring of pure and endless light" is a quote from "The World" by which 17th century metaphysical poet, known as The Swan of Usk? | Henry Vaughan |
| The Man Who Died" is the opening chapter of which famous 1915 novel? | The Thirty Nine Steps |
| Which Danish tightrope walker murdered by her lover was the subject of a famous 1967 Swedish film? | Elvira Madigan |
| Which composer, whose most famous work depicts the river Vltava, shares his surname with a type of sour cream? | Bedrich Smetana |
| Which famous street is named after the two sons of King George III? | Princes Street, Edinburgh |
| Which 1930 film had the strapline "Garbo Talks!"? | Anna Christie |
| In which 1932 film, which won the Oscar for Best Picture, did Greta Garbo famously say "I want to be alone"? | Grand Hotel |
| Which 1939 film making fun of Stalinist Russia was Greta Garbo's first comedy, marketed with the line "Garbo Laughs"? | Ninotchka |
| Which 17th century queen was the subject of a 1933 film starring Greta Garbo? | Queen Christina |
| Which mass-produced photographic colour-film was introduced in 1935 and discontinued in 2009? | Kodachrome |
| What, in 1814, was Napoleon's last victory over the Austrians, and the site of a proposed theme park called Napoleonland? | Battle of Montereau |
| Which notorious 1828 song, performed by Thomas D Rice, was a caricature of African-Americans? | Jump Jim Crow |
| Which US President tried and failed to be elected for a second time in 1848 under the anti-slavery Free Soil party? | Martin Van Buren |
| In which year was importation of slaves into the USA banned? | 1808 |
| Which 1868 amendment to the US constitution ruled that blacks could be citizens of the United States? | Fourteenth |
| Which city in Florida is the oldest of the continously inhabited European founded cities and ports in the US? | St Augustine |
| In 1822, Denmark Vesey was executed for attempting to plan a major slave uprising in which US state? | South Carolina |
| The Africans on board which slave ship were found not guilty of mutiny by the US Supreme Court in 1841 because they were being held illegally? | Amistad |
| Which amendment to the US constitution prevents anyone being denied a vote because of their race, colour or previous condition of servitude? | Fifteenth |
| Who described the gunshot that triggered the Battle of Lexington in 1775 as the "shot heard around the world"? | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Which orator is credited with having said, in a speech in 1775, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"? | Patrick Henry |
| Officially designated state hero of Connecticut in 1985, who allegedly said, before being hung by the British in 1776: "I only regret that I have but one life to give my country"? | Nathan Hale |
| Which former UK Defence Secretary is father of the composer of the Wallace and Gromit theme tune? | John Nott |
| Which reporter for The Times covered the Charge of the Light Brigade and coined the phrase "thin red line" for the British army? | William Howard Russell |
| Which Jamaican nurse was honoured alongside Florence Nightingale for her part in the Crimean War? | Mary Seacole |
| Which Belgian founder of palaeontology discovered the first Neanderthal skull in 1829, although it was not recognised as such until 1936? | Philippe-Charles Schmerling |
| Which Scottish born US naval hero of the War of Independence famously said "I have not begun to fight"? | John Paul Jones |
| In teh 18th century, who disguised herself as a man and joined the British marines, later keeping a pub called The Female Warrior in Wapping? | Hannah Snell |
| Which Russian mathematician's proof of the notorious Poincaré Conjecture was confirmed in 2006? | Grigori Perelman |
| Which Italian born wife of the 16th century Henry II of France was the mother of three French kings? | Catherine de Medici |
| The foundation of Amnesty International was triggered by an article in the Observer about two men imprisoned for toasting freedom in which country? | Portugal |
| Which fish is usually the main ingredient of a salad Nicoise? | Tuna |
| What is measured by the Fujita scale? | Tornado Intensity |
| Which company advertises with an orange version of a My Keepon toy? | EDF |
| Which company, founded in 1963 by Brooklyn housewife Jean Nidetch, encourages its customers to use a Points system? | Weight Watchers |
| Which Welshman composed "Let the People Praise Thee, O God" for the royal wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981? | William Mathias |
| Which Welshman composed the setting of "Ubi Caritas Et Amor" used at the royal wedding of Will and Kate in 2011? | Paul Mealor |
| Which stand-up comedian and actor has the surname McKillop? | Lee Mack |
| Along with Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, who founded the Tribeca film festival in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks? | Robert De Niro |
| In the 2008 series "The Mr Men Show" what accent does Mr Rude have? | French |
| Which Soviet mathematician gives his name to a form of descriptive complexity? | Andrey Kolmogorov |
| Which of the cast of TV's "Friends" is executive producer of the US version of "Who Do You Think You Are?"? | Lisa Kudrow |
| The Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) celebrates which 1862 defeat of the French by the Mexicans under Ignacio Zaragoza? | Battle of Puebla |
| The 1838 war between France and Mexico over an unpaid debt is usually known by what culinary name? | Pastry War |
| Which word is the Latin American term for people of mixed descent especially part Amerindian and part European? | Mestizos |
| After the Mexican Revolution, former president Porfirio Diaz died in 1915 in exile in which country? | France |
| What is the name of Irving Welsh's 2012 prequel to "Trainspotting"? | Skagboys |
| Which Sherlock Holmes novel by Anthony Horowitz was published in 2011? | The House of Silk |
| Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne formed which Scottish folk band named after a word for glacial valleys? | The Corries |
| Which Welsh poet wrote "Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve" and "Journals from the Antheap"? | Dannie Abse |
| Which 1999 Academy nominated film was shot twice, in English and in Welsh? | Solomon and Gaenor |
| Which 1992 anti-war film about a poet who died at Passchendale in 1917 was the first Welsh language film to be nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar? | Hedd Wynn |
| Which traditional Welsh sausage is made from cheese, leeks and breadcrumbs? | Glamorgan sausage |
| Until the 19th century what was Ireland's national colour, being the field of the flag of St Patrick? | Blue |
| Who won the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland with "The Voice"? | Eamear Quinn |
| Starring Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Bermondo, which 1960 Nouvelle Vague classic was Jean Luc Goddard's first film? | A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) |
| Which word is used to mean a young sea trout on its first return to fresh water? | Finnock |
| Which character is born in Nottinghamshire and sails in the Swallow, Antelope, Hopewell and Adventure? | Lemuel Gulliver |
| Which 16th century Italian gambler wrote a pioneering book on probability, regularly used negative numbers and stated the existence of imaginary numbers? | Gerolamo Cardano |
| Which golfer was, in 1957, the first Welshman to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award? | Dai Rees |
| Which equestrian was, in 1960, the second Welshman to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award? | David Broome |
| The main residence of Scottish monarchs in the 15th and 16th century and the birthplace of Mart Queen of Scots is which West Lothian palace? | Linlithgow Palace |
| Which anchorage near Portsmouth gives its name to a Royal Navy mutiny of 1797? | Spithead |
| Who, in 2011, became the first female editor of the New York Times? | Jill Abramson |
| Which son of a Hollywood star represented Britain in the double slalom in 1952 and 1956 before singing a song that won Best Song Oscar? | Noel Harrison |
| Who sculpted the Statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni, but is better known for training Leonardo da Vinci in his workshop? | Andrea del Verrocchio |
| Gian da Oreno, the pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, who inherited the Mona Lisa also painted under what name? | Andrea Salai |
| By what name is the nude version of the Mona Lisa painted by Gian de Oreno, pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, usually known? | Mona Vanna |
| From 1932 to 1990 Nizhny Novgorod, the fifth largest city in Russia, was named after which writer? | Maxim Gorky |
| Inverted sugar is made by splitting sucrose into which two components? | Fructose and glucose |
| Which former Tory Party chairman and colonial governor was chairman of the BBC Trust? | Chris Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes |
| Which former editor of Isis magazine in 2004 became DG of the BBC and the highest paid public sector employee in the UK? | Mark Thompson |
| Which New Zealand born Dutch girl became, in 2012, the youngest person to sail solo around the world with stops? | Laura Dekker |
| Which former UK party leader is Lord of Norton-sub-Hamdon? | Paddy Ashdown |
| The death sentence on Azeri born Sakineh Ashtiani, which sparked worldwide outrage, was issued in which country? | Iran |
| If Peninsulares were colonialists born in Spain or Portugal, which word was used for those of full Spanish descent not born in the Peninsula? | Criollo |
| Coming from the Latin for "foot-trap" what word means an arrangement of sharp nails so that however it fell, one was always pointing upwards? | Caltrop |
| Balmain bug and Moreton Bay bug are popular Australian species of which food animal? | Lobster |
| Pho is a popular noodle soup associated with which country? | Vietnam |
| What sort of food is the South African boerewors? | Sausage (curled) |
| Which Chinese food style involving individual portions often eaten while drinking tea has a name meaning "point of the heart"? | Dim sum |
| Which dish, often regarded as the national dish of Indonesia, has a name meaning "fried rice"? | Nasi goreng |
| Which popular Turkish dessert of filo pastry, nuts and honey was developed at the kitchens of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul? | Baklava |
| What was the full name of SOPA which led Wikipedia to switch off for a day in January 2012? | Stop Online Piracy Act |
| Which Taiwanese born founder of Yahoo! left the company in 2012? | Jerry Yang |
| Which award was given to Uggie, the Jack Russell who played Jack in "The Artist", at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival? | Palm Dog |
| Henry Hallett Dale and Otto Loewi shared the 1936 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for their work on which chemical, the first neurotransmitter to be identified? | Acetylcholine |
| Coming from the Greek for "rotten plant", which word means an organism, usually one without chlorophyll such as a fungus, that lives on dead organic matter? | Saprophyte |
| Which peasants revolt of 1358 that took place north of Paris was named after the padded jackets the peasants wore? | Jacquerie |
| How is Ab Bia Mountain usually known in the name of a controversial 1969 battle of the Vietnam War? | Hamburger Hill |
| Which hip-hop group had a 1993 hit with "Insane in the Brain"? | Cypress Hill |
| Which 18th century Scottish architect, born in Sweden, built Somerset House and was one of the founders of the Royal Academy? | Sir William Chambers |
| In "The Goon Show" who were the voices of the senile Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister? | Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan |
| Jebel az-Zeitun is the Arabic name for which Mountain Ridge containing over 150,000 graves? | Mount of Olives |
| The Great Race of Mercy was a 1925 sled run to Nome, Alaska carrying serum to attack an outbreak of which disease? | Diphtheria |
| Who won the first Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on the serum treatment of diphtheria, and twelve years later developed a successful vaccine? | Emil von Behring |
| Who is the only Faroese Nobel Prize winner, gaining an award in 1903 for his work on the phototreatment of lupus vulgaris? | Niels Ryberg Finsen |
| Which online outsize clothing brand was advertised on TV by Johnny Vegas? | Jacamo.co.uk |
| Which sport was invented by the Dutch teacher Nico Broekhuysen in 1902 and based on a Swedish game called ringboll? | Korfball |
| Which word means the movement of people and livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures? | Transhumance |
| What is the full name of JAG who reads the football results on Radio 5 Live's Sports Report? | James Alexander Gordon |
| Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System was previously named after which TV heroine? | Xena |
| What nickname was given to the 1513 Battle of Guinegate between a combined army of Henry VIII and Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, due to the French speed on running from the battlefield? | Battle of the Spurs |
| Which Queen song takes its name from a 19th century painting by Richard Dadd? | The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke |
| What organisation took its name from the German for "protection squadron"? | Schutzstaffel (SS) |
| Which island is the legendary home of the giant primate called the tratratratra? | Madagascar |
| Which CEO of The Royal Bank of Scotland declined a £1 million bonus in 2012? | Stephen Hester |
| Which creatures are attacked by the rosette agent? | Fish |
| Who is GQ Britain's Best Dressed Man of 2012? | Tinie Tempah |
| Which American author wrote "A Moveable Feast", a set of memoirs about his years in Paris? | Ernest Hemingway |
| Which Archbishop introduced the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols and had sons who wrote the Mapp and Lucia series and the lyrics to "Land of Hope & Glory"? | Edward Benson |
| Which inventor of the cyclotron had the Berkeley National Laboratory and a chemical element named after him? | Ernest Lawrence |
| Who wrote "Westward the course of empire takes its way"in his "Verses on the Prospect of Planting Arts and Learning in America"? | George Berkeley |
| Which invention of Donald Glaser superseded CTR Wilson's cloud chamber? | Bubble chamber |
| Which scientific effect is the splitting of a spectral line into components in the presence of a static magnetic field? | Zeeman effect |
| Which scientific effect is the splitting of a spectral line into components in the presence of a static electric field? | Stark effect |
| What was the title of John Strutt who, with William Ramsey, was the first Briton to win the Nobel Physics Prize? | Lord Rayleigh |
| In Rayleigh scattering, intensity is inversely proportional to which power of the wavelength of the light? | Fourth |
| Which 12th century Jewish theologian advocated negative theology in his "Guide for the Perplexed"? | Maimonides |
| What was the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from which Hong Xiuquan, acting as the brother of Christ, attacked the Qing government? | Nanjing |
| Which Nobel Prize winning physicist invented the mass spectrometer? | Joseph John Thomson |
| Most associated with measuring the speed of light, who in 1907 became the first American to win a scientific Nobel Prize? | Albert Abraham Michelson |
| At the 2008 European Championships, which bantamweight became the first Englishman to win a European amateur title since 1961? | Luke Campbell |
| Which 18th century English jurist's formulation states "better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer"? | (William) Blackstone's |
| In 2012 which Australian cyclist equalled Felicia Ballanger's record of ten world championship titles? | Anna Meares |
| In 2010, Croatian Ivano Balic was voted the best player ever by the international federation of which sport? | Handball |
| Which Australian hurdler with an English mother is 2011 IAAF Female Athlete of the Year? | Sally Pearson |
| New Zealander Valerie Adams is Olympic champion, three-times world champion and two -time Commonwealth champion in which event? | Shot put |
| Which British and Swedish scientists have given their names to SI units of radiation dose? | Louis Harold Gray & Rolf Maximilian Sievert |
| Which artist, born without arms, was famously sculpted by Marc Quinn while heavily pregnant? | Alison Lapper |
| What was the 2011 UK Christmas Number One for the Military Wives? | Wherever You Are |
| The debut single of the "X Factor" winning group Little Mix was a cover of which Danien Rice song? | Cannonball |
| Who played Morecambe and Wise in the TV film "Eric and Ernie"? | Daniel Rigby and Bryan Dick |
| Who played Moriarty in the TV series "Sherlock"? | Andrew Scott |
| Which word for the analysis of baseball statistics comes from the Society for American Baseball Research? | Sabermetrics |
| Which treaty affirmed the independence of Finland, Belarus and the Baltic States and marked the Russian exit from World War I? | Brest-Litovsk |
| Which diagrams showing mathematical equations governing the behaviour of subatomic particles are named after a Nobel Prize winning physicist? | Feynmann Diagrams |
| Which Roman writer, architect and engineer is best remembered for a diagram of man in his ten volume work, published in 15 BC, "De Architectura"? | Vitruvius |
| The ISI or Inter-Services Intelligence is the main intelligence agency of which Asian country? | Pakistan |
| Under what name did UK mother of two Erika Leonard publish the notorious "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy? | EL James |
| Who is the founder, lead vocalist and lead guitarist of the band "Green Day"? | Billie Joe Armstrong |
| Which Symbolist and Vienna Secessionist's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer sold in 2006 for $135 million, a record price for a painting? | Gustav Klimt |
| Whic environmental organisation developed out of the Vancouver-based "Don't Make A Wave Committee" of the early 1970s? | Greenpeace |
| Which Biblical substance is thought to been obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia? | Frankincense |
| Genesis 6:14 includes the only Biblical mention of which mysterious wood? | Gopher wood |
| Which oleoresin is obtained from thorny trees of the genus Commiphora? | Myrrh |
| Named after a Norwegian oceanographer, which unit of flow is a million cumecs or cubic metres per second? | Sverdlup |
| At which Parisian religious building, designed by Jacques-German Soufflot, are Victor Hugo, Voltaire, Rousseau, Madame Curie and Louis Braille all buried? | Pantheon |
| Which Algerian born deconstructivist philosopher is assiciated with the idea that "there is nothing outside the text"? | Jacques Derrida |
| The fourth century playwright Kalidasa is often regarded as one of the best writers in which language? | Sanskrit |
| What is the usual one word name of the bird Prunella modularis, also called a hedge sparrow, whose song is said to sound like a squeaky trolley wheel? | Dunnock |
| What is the name for a paragraph symbol resembling a reverse P? | Pilcrow |
| Which Australian author is married to the defence lawyer Geoffrey Robertson? | Kathy Lette |
| Which famous internet activist played himself in the 500th episode of "The Simpsons"? | Julian Assange |
| Named after its sponsor, what is the full name of the London scheme BCH, popularly known as Boris bikes? | Barclays Cycle Hire |
| Specifically the drug abiraterone, sold as Zytiga and deemed too expensive for the NHS, fights which disease? | Prostate cancer |
| In December 2011, footballer John Terry was accused of using racist language against which player? | Anton Ferdinand |
| Which 2012 Olivier Award winning musical has music and lyrics by Tim Minchin? | Matilda the Musical |
| Which Italian professional dancing pair from "Strictly Come Dancing" starred in the London show "Midnight Tango"? | Vincent and Flavia |
| What is the name of the demon that possesses Regan in the film "The Exorcist"? | Pazuzu |
| Dickinson and Sawyer are the surnames of the title characters of which 1991 movie? | Thelma and Louise |
| In which famous 1970 film was George S played by George C? | Patton |
| What character is played by Tom Hanks in the film "Philadelphia"? | Andrew Beckett |
| Meaning the "Golden Ice Axe", which annual award is given for mountaineering by the French magazine "Montagnes" and the Groupe de Haute Montagne since 1991? | Piolet D'Or |
| The musical "Wicked" is based on whose 1995 novel? | Gregory Maguire |
| In the novel and musical "Wicked", the Wicked Witch of the West is named Elphaba in memory of whose initials? | L Frank Baum |
| Who resigned in 2012 as Secretary for Energy and the Environment over a scandal involving avoiding points on his traffic licence? | Chris Huhne |
| Who in 2011 replaced Robert M Gates as US Secretary of Defence? | Leon Panetta |
| Which word for a dish of raw meat or fish thinly sliced or pounded thin takes its name from a Venetian Renaissance painter? | Carpaccio |
| Found in the Domesday Book and also called a ploughland, which word in Danelaw counties meant the area of land that could be ploughed by 8 oxen in a tilling season? | Carucate |
| Who wrote the radio play "Spoonface Steinberg", the film drama "Billy Elliott" and the play "The Pitman Painters"? | Lee Hall |
| Who are the Colliers of Post Office Road who won rugby league's Challenge Cup in 1967, 1973 and 1983 and were League Champions in 1977? | Featherstone Rovers |
| The Don Pedro Colliery in Normanton, West Yorkshire, is named after the emperor of which country who visited the place in 1871? | Brazil |
| Which actor, singer and dancer teamed up with his sister to write the memoirs "Anything Goes" and "I Am What I Am" and also the novel "Hollow Earth"? | John Barrowman |
| In which children's TV series that started in 1989 was Eric played by the appropriately named Edward Fidoe? | Woof! |
| Which word means small red or purple spots on the body caused by haemorrhaging, a classic sign of asphyxiation if found in the conjunctivas? | Petechiae |
| In 1921 John Selbit became famous as one of the first to publically perform which magic trick? | Sawing a woman in half |
| From 1993, the first, second and third recipients of the annual European Athlete of the Year award were British. Who were they? | Linford Christie, Colin Jackson, Jonathan Edwards |
| Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs play the title characters in which sitcom? | 2 Broke Girls |
| Nicknamed the "running tribe", the Kalenjin are the Nandi speakers who live largely in which country? | Kenya |
| Which US actress and model rose to fame on a viral video as Obama Girl? | Amber Lee Ettinger |
| What is the real name of the famous political blogger Guido Fawkes? | Paul Staines |
| Which 1990 hit song sampled "Super Freak" by Rick James? | U Can't Touch This |
| Born with the first name Troyal, who spent much of 1999 releasing an album and singles under the name Chris Gaines? | Garth Brooks |
| Which black puppeteer is best known as the creator and voice behind Sesame Street's Elmo? | Kevin Clash |
| With a Chinese-Malaysian father and an Austrian mother which British born chef hosts "The Little Paris Kitchen"? | Rachel Khoo |
| Which ex-model is the star of the BBC series "Baking Made Easy"? | Lorraine Pascale |
| Which 1992 hit by House of Pain starts with a horn fanfare sampled from Bob & Earl's 1963 track "Harlem Shuffle"? | Jump Around |
| Which 2006 hit starts with a sampled trumpet fanfare and mentions the singer's home town of Barranquilla? | Hips Don't Lie |
| What is the name of the device used to erase memories in the "Men in Black" film series? | Neuralyzer |
| Streams of which particles are fired at the ghosts in the film "Ghostbusters"? | Protons |
| Which film has the tagline "There will be greed. There will be vengeance"? | There Will Be Blood |
| Rainilaiarivony remained as Prime Minister of which island from 1864 to 1895 and married three queens before being exiled by the French? | Madagascar |
| Played by Andy Robinson, Scorpio, based on the real life Zodiac Killer, is the main villain of which 1971 crime film? | Dirty Harry |
| Associated with liver and kidney failure which ducts are affected by the rare congenital Caroli disease? | Bile ducts |
| Who was the lead vocalist of British R&B group Five Star? | Denise Pearson |
| Gambier Bolton, who died in 1929, was one of the first professional photographers of which subject? | Animals |
| Which half-Danish American artist, poet and actor made his acting debut in the 1985 film "Witness"? | Viggo Mortensen |
| What was the stage name of rapper Antron Singleton, who was given a life sentence for killing and eating his roommate? | Big Lurch |
| What do zoologists call the horn-like protruberances on the head of a giraffe or okapi? | Ossicones |
| Which cult film set in Preston, Idaho starred John Heder as the unlikely named title character? | Napoleon Dynamite |
| Leymah Gbowee mobilised thousands of women in an organisation that ended a 2003 civil war in which African country? | Liberia |
| What was the name of the 1965 film, written by Samuel Beckett, starring Buster Keaton and remade in 1979 starring Max Wall? | Film |
| Which film production and distribution company made "Time Bandits", "Withnail & I" and "Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels"? | HandMade Films |
| Which Spanish architect designed the Samuel Beckett Bridge and the James Joyce Bridge on the River Liffey in Dublin? | Santiago Calatrava |
| In strategic planning what do the letters of SWOT in SWOT analysis stand for? | Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats |
| Which 16th century Spanish priest who wrote about chess has a chess opening named after him? | Ruy Lopez de Segura |
| What is the minimum depth of an Olympic-sized swimming pool? | 2 metres |
| Which British swimmer won the gold at the 50m backstroke in the 2011 World Aquatics Championship in Shanghai? | Liam Tancock |
| Which British swimmer was stretchered off after winning the silver in the open water 10 km race at the Beijing Olympics? | David Davies |
| Which Russian swimmer beat Brits Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten into silver and bronze positions in the open water 10 km race at the Beijing Olympics? | Larisa Ilchenko |
| New York painter Vincent Castiglia uses which unusual medium? | His own blood |
| The novelist Joseph Conrad didn't learn English until his twenties. Which two languages could he speak before then? | Polish & French |
| In which modern day country was the author Joseph Conrad born? | Ukraine |
| What is the name of the area between Egypt and Sudan that is famously claimed by neither country? | Bir Tawil |
| Who sang the theme for "Tomorrow Never Dies"? | Sheryl Crow |
| Which month did Ted Hughes write in 1960 was "The month of the drowned dog"? | November |
| On which date is James Joyce's "Ulysses" set, a date now known as Bloomsday? | June 16th |
| What is the smallest marine mammal? | Sea Otter |
| Which US/Canadian cartoon about an eight year old aardvark is based on books by Marc Brown? | Arthur |
| Which Franz Werfel novel was made into a film about a girl who has visions of the Virgin Mary, starring Jennifer Jones? | The Song of Bernadette |
| The writer Franz Werfel's wife, Alma, was previously married to architect Walter Gropius and which composer? | Gustav Mahler |
| Which folk singer was part of the original line up of "Noah and the Whale" before releasing her solo debut album in 2008? | Laura Marling |
| Jakob of the rock band The Wallflowers has which famous singer as a father? | Bob Dylan |
| Which circulatory phenomenon named after a French physician is associated with discoloured fingers and toes? | Raynaud's phenomenon |
| Which three national football sides did Roy Hodgson manage before England? | Switzerland, UAE, Finland |
| Which potter who died in 1972 was world famous in the 1930s for her hand painted Bizarre ware? | Clarice Cliff |
| Which pair of "ladies" on radio and television lived in the village of Stackton Tressell? | Hinge and Brackett |
| What was the Duke of Exeter's Daughter in the Tower of London? | Rack |
| Which term for a Jehovah's Witness place of worship was first used to describe a building in Hawaii? | Kingdom Hall |
| With which former Tory cabinet member did fictional MP Alan B'Stard share the middle name Beresford? | Norman Tebbit |
| Jonathan May-Bowles was jailed for six months in 2011 for an attack on which famous 80 year old? | Rupert Murdoch (With a custard pie) |
| Who was made Minister for Drought in 1976 shortly before heavy rainfall created floods around the country? | Denis Howell |
| Which American linguist is best known for developing Klingon in the early 80s? | Marc Okrand |
| What was the only world record broken at 2011 World Athletics Championships? | 4 x 100 metres |
| Which Cypriot town is famous for the rock-carved necropolis called the Tombs of the Kings? | Paphos |
| Who was the last editor of the "News of the World"? | Colin Myler |
| Who was chief reporter of the "News of the World" arrested as part of Operation Weeting in April 2011? | Neville Thurlbeck |
| What was the operation name of the investigation by the Met into computer hacking at the "News of the World"? | Operation Tuleta |
| Which notorious private investigator scored AFC Wimbledon's first goal in 2002? | Glenn Mulcaire |
| Who created the TV series "Get Smart" the year after he married Anne Bancroft? | Mel Brooks |
| Created by gall wasps what are associated with a former English public holiday on May 29th? | Oak Apple |
| Deriving from Portuguese, which word means a spittoon or a dentist's spitting sink? | Cuspidor |
| Which 1911 children's novel, with the working title Mistress Mary, is named after a feature of Misselthwaite Manor? | The Secret Garden |
| Who wrote the 1958 children's novel "Tom's Midnight Garden"? | Philippa Pearce |
| Which former Test Match Special commentator was nicknamed The Alderman? | Don Mosey |
| Which former England and Lancashire cricketer is known as Bumble due to his resemblence to Michael Bentine created children's characters? | David Lloyd |
| Which Brighton MP since 2008 is leader of the Green Party and that party's first MP? | Caroline Lucas |
| What sort of creature was the Murex used in the ancient world to create Tyrian purple? | Sea snail (gastropod) |
| In which sport do competitors assume the egg position? | Skiing |
| In which year was the National Loaf abolished in the UK? | 1956 |
| Which 19th century financier was nicknamed the Railway King? | George Hudson |
| Who was the first Emperor of Austria and the last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire? | Francis I & II |
| Which Prime Minister played first class cricket for Middlesex? | Alec Douglas-Hume (as Lord Dunglass) |
| In which Charlotte Brontë novel does Thornfield Hall appear? | Jane Eyre |
| How is William Crimsworth known in the title of Charlotte Brontë's first novel? | The Professor |
| Whose TV breakthrough came as Phyllida Erskine-Brown in "Rumpole of the Bailey", and is more recently seen playing the mother in TV sitcom "Miranda"? | Patricia Hodge |
| In which country in 2011 was the moderate Thein Sein hand picked by Than Shwe to succeed him as leader? | Myanmar/Burma |
| In 2011, Yingluck Shanawatra became the first woman Prime Minister of which country, her brother having been overthrown in 2006? | Thailand |
| In a traditional game of Cluedo, Miss Scarlet rolls first. Which character rolls last? | Professor Plum |
| Which British Olympic 1500m silver medallist won the 1959 Nobel Peace Prize? | Philip Noel-Baker |
| Which singer and her brother were raised by their mother and Harry Enfield, who based toddlers Harry and Lulu on them? | Lily Allen (and Alfie) |
| Which large dog breed is notable for its double coat and webbed feet? | Newfoundland |
| On March 10th 2011, which country was the first to officially recognise the National Interim Council as Libya's only legitimate government? | France |
| According to the 1997 DVD Forum what does the V in DVD stand for? | Versatile |
| In ebay feedback the four criteria for a seller's performance on Ebay are the charge for post and packaging, the item being as described and what are the other two? | Communication & Delivery Time |
| Which product has the slogan "For ladies that crunch"? | Ryvita |
| Tom's Restaurant in New York was used as Monk's Café in which TV sitcom? | Seinfeld |
| In which modern day country is the birthplace of physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit? | Poland (Danzig) |
| Which chemical is commonly known as quicklime? | Calcium oxide |
| Which chemical is commonly known as slaked lime? | Calcium hydroxide |
| Which aria in Donizetti's "La Fille Du Regiment" contains 9 high C's and is often said to be the aria that made Pavarotti a star? | Ah! Mes Amis (Quel Jour de Fête!) |
| Which character in Donizetti's "La Fille Du Regiment" has been played by Dawn French and Anne Widdecombe? | The Duchess of Krakenthorp |
| Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" was inspired by watercolours and drawings by which Russian artist and architect? | Viktor Hartmann |
| Which character of Russian folklore lives in the House on Hen's Legs? | Baba Yaga |
| In the Bram Stoker novel, on which ship does Count Dracula arrive in Whitby? | Demeter |
| Which Indian curry has a Hindi and Urdu name that means "To braise"? | Korma |
| Who plays the sociopathic detective Saga Noren in TV's "The Bridge"? | Sofia Helin |
| Who does Sidse Babbett Knudsen play in the Danish drama "Borgen"? | Brigitte Nyborg |
| Played by Alison King, which TV character's rape by Frank Foster in 2011 led to an eightfold… | Carla Connor |
| Which actor is best known for playing DI Neil Manson in "The Bill" and Frank Foster in "Coronation Street"? | Andrew Lancel |
| Named after a Polish hero of the American War of Independence, which Tennessee city is notorious as the birthplace, in 1866, of the Ku Klux Klan? | Pulaski |
| What is added to egg on toast to make a Scotch woodcock? | Anchovies |
| The Italian wine area of Soave lies about 15 miles east of which city? | Verona |
| Starring Tara Fitzgerald, which TV series is a spin-off of "Waking the Dead"? | The Body Farm |
| Which actress was born Vera Jayne Palmer? | Jayne Mansfield |
| Who wrote the 1975 play "Same Time, Next Year" and the 1979 play "Romantic Comedy"? | Bernard Slade |
| Andre Delambre in a 1958 and Seth Brundle in 1986 were characters in a film and its remake who were accidentally combined with which creature? | The Fly |
| Who was the Uruguayan born BNP candidate at the 2012 London Mayoral Election? | Carlos Cortiglia |
| Which pop star is Sean Lennon's godfather? | Elton John |
| Which former TV presenter and game show host is a second cousin of pop singer Ed Sheeran? | Gordon Burns |
| According to DJs Redfoo and Skyblue, what does the name of their band LMFAO stand for? | Loving My Friends And Others |
| Which music mogul is father and grandfather of the members of LMFAO? | Berry Gordy |
| Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis are members of which boy band? | One Direction |
| Which Barbados band named after a cricket stroke opened for Rihanna on her Loud Tour? | Cover Drive |
| Armando Christian Perez raps under the name of which dog breed? | Pitbull |
| Pop musician Birdy is the great niece of which famous English actor? | Dirk Bogarde |
| In 1890, who was the first man to be executed using the electric chair? | William Kemmler |
| In rhetoric, what term is used to mean the repitition of words in succession for emphasis or vehemence? | Epizeuxis |
| What was the name of the 2010 sequel to "Phantom of the Opera"? | Love Never Dies |
| The film "Goodfellas", changed its title from which book by Nicholas Pileggi on which it was based, to avoid confusion with a TV series? | Wiseguy |
| Thanks to a typo, the film title changed to "Tomorrow Never Dies" from what? | Tomorrow Never Lies |
| Who was the Roman goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, magic and the inventor of music? | Minerva |
| In 1838, William Darling and his daughter Grace rescued survivors of HMS Forfarshire which was wrecked in which island group? | Farne Islands |
| Who was 2011 ICC Cricketer of the Year? | Jonathan Trott |
| John Paintsil for Fulham in 2010-11 and Andreas Jacobsson of Wigan in 2003-4 share the Premiership record for the most what in a season? | Own Goals |
| The Premier record is Alan Shearer with five in 1995-6 and runner-up is Dimitar Berbatov with three in 2010-11. The record numbers of what in a season? | Hat Tricks |
| Playing for Bolton Wanderers since 2003, who holds the record for the most fouls committed in the history of the Premier League? | Kevin Davies |
| The extinction of the dinosaurs is associated with an abnormal increase in which heavy rare metal around the world? | Iridium |
| Who managed Coventry through a number of relegation battles in the Premiership from 1996 until they finally went down in 2001? | Gordon Strachan |
| Of cricketers who have completed at least 20 innings, Don Bradman famously has the highest Test batting average with 99.94. Which South African is second with 60.97? | Graeme Pollock |
| Which famous 18th century artist had a pug-dog called Trump and frequently incorporated pugs into his works? | William Hogarth |
| Also known as Die Stijl, by what other name did Piet Mondrian call abstract art involving only horizontal and vertical lines and blocks of primary colours, black and white? | Neoplasticism |
| Which actor played Chris Finch in the UK series of "The Office"? | Ralph Ineson |
| Who succeeded Laurence Olivier in 1973 to become the second Director of the Royal National theatre? | Sir Peter Hall |
| Which substance is used by forensic scientists because it glows blue for about 30 seconds in the presence of blood? | Luminol |
| Which director of the Royal National Theatre has also directed the Falklands War drama "Tumbledown" for TV and the film "Iris"? | Sir Peter Eyre |
| Who succeeded Sir Trevor Nunn and the fifth and most recent director of the Royal National Theatre? | Nicholas Hytner |
| Of which writer did Truman Capote once famously say "That's not writing, it's typing"? | Jack Kerouac |
| Which famous writer edited a magazine called "The Woman's World" between 1887 and 1889? | Oscar Wilde |
| According to Virgil, whose two ill-fated sons were Antiphantes and Thymbraeus? | Laocoon's |
| Which Holy Roman Emperor was crowned by English pope Adrian IV in 1155 and died in the Third Crusade, trying to cross the river Saleph on his horse and drowning? | Frederick I Barbarossa |
| The train stopped in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 was travelling between which two stations? | Glasgow Central and Euston |
| At which ground did St Helens RLFC play from 1890 until its closure in 2010? | Knowsley Road |
| At which ground did St Helens RLFC play from 2012? | Langtree Park |
| In 1980, the deposed Shah of Iran died in which country? | Egypt |
| What euphemism is used for the killing of a replicant in the film Blade Runner? | Retirement |
| Which poet allegedly said before his death in 1796 "Don't let the awkward squad fire over me"? | Robert Burns |
| Whose distinctive voice could be heard on Pathé Newsreels from 1940 to 1970? | Bob Danvers-Walker |
| The cibi is a dance that is the an equivalent of the New Zealand haka in which country? | Fiji |
| Which English model was voted FHM's Sexiest Woman in the World 2011 and took over the Megan Fox role in the third Transformers movie? | Rosie Huntington-Whiteley |
| Named after a challenge supposedly given by an explorer to his critics, what three word phrase means a brilliant discovery that seems simple after the fact? | Egg of Columbus |
| Which comedienne is associated with the phrase "She knows you know"? | Hylda Baker |
| What sort of doctor has the letters DBA after his name? | Doctor of Business Administration |
| Who has interviewed eight British prime ministers and seven US presidents? | David Frost |
| Which type of geographical feature can be block, chute, plunge, funnel, horsetail or fan? | Waterfalls |
| The hryvnia, symbolised by a crossed backwards letter S, is the unit of currency in which country? | Ukraine |
| In 1980, which country replaced the escudo with the metical? | Mozambique |
| In 1974, which country replaced the rupee with the ngultrum? | Bhutan |
| Which teacher at Madeley Modern School in Shropshire became better known as the founder of the NVALA? | Mary Whitehouse |
| Which game playing items are likely to be made smaller by the activities of the leaf miner moth? | Conkers |
| Apart from Brown and Darling who was a Cabinet member throughout the Labour administrations of 1997 to 2010? | Jack Straw |
| Who in 1907 became the first American to win a Nobel Prize for one of the sciences? | Albert Michelson |
| Swedish Nobel Prize winning physicist Nils Dalen is also known for inventing which household device? | The AGA |
| Which Dutch 1913 Nobel physicist first liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity? | Haike Kamerlingh-Onnes |
| What was the nationality of X-ray spectroscopy pioneer and 1917 Nobel prize winner Charles Barkla? | British |
| First awarded in 1960 and named after one of the ancient Muses, which international advertising awards were portrayed in the drama "Mad Men"? | The Clio Awards |
| Awarded by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, what are often nicknamed the Oscars of the Internet? | The Webby Awards |
| Who resigned at 84 making him to date Britain's oldest prime minister? | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Who was Britain's only illegitimate born prime minister? | Ramsay McDonald |
| Which US state capital was seat of the Confederate government during the American Civil War? | Richmond |
| Which nickel-steel alloys created by Charles Guillaume have very low thermal expansion and low elasticity at high temperatures respectively? | Invar and Elinvar |
| Used in mass spectroscopy, by what name are canal rays also commonly known? | Anode Rays |
| Which French phrase, often attributed to Louis XV, is the motto of the 617 "Dambusters" Squadron? | Apres moi, le deluge |
| The last known pair of which birds were killed on Eldey Island off the coast of Iceland in 1844? | Great Auk |
| Who played Gilligan in the US series "Gilligan's Island"? | Bob Denver |
| Which US charity, founded by David A Williams and now operating in over forty countries grants wishes to terminally ill children? | The Make A Wish Foundation |
| What was the first name of PC Dixon, played by Jack Warner up to the age of eighty? | George |
| The 1814 poem "The Defence of Fort McHenry" was put to music to create which well-known song? | The Star-Spangled Banner |
| Which composer wrote Cranham, the tune used for the carol "In the Bleak Midwinter"? | Gustav Holst |
| According to Operabase, which Mozart opera was performed 451 times in the five seasons from 2005/6 to 2009/10? | The Magic Flute |
| What are the names of the two heroines in Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte"? | Fiordiligi and Dorabella |
| Which song first appeared in the Marx Brothers film "At The Circus" and became Groucho's theme tune? | Lydia the Tattooed Lady |
| The 40-20 rule is a feature of which sport? | Rugby League |
| Played by Philip Lowrie, which "Coronation Street" character had a record absence of 40 years between 1968 and 2011? | Dennis Tanner |
| What do Australians call a 425 mil beer glass? | Schooner |
| In 1922, Ralph Samuelson invented which sport, which he originally tried using staves from wooden barrels? | Water Skiing |
| The first feature-length computer animated film was Pixar's "Toy Story". Which Dreamworks film was the second? | Antz |
| Which member of the cast of "The Great Escape" had actually been a prisoner of war? | Donald Pleasance |
| In 2011, Usman Khawaja became the first Muslim to play for which country? | Australia |
| Nicknamed Ferg, which Australian in 1972 took eight wickets in each innings of his debut Test match against England? | Bob Massie |
| Which famous port is situated on the River Dour? | Dover |
| Which country has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites? | Italy |
| The earliest reference to which musical instrument is in an invoice dated 1710, three years after Johann Christoph Denner, the supposed inventor's death? | Clarinet |
| Who plays Roger alongside Dawn French's Val in "Roger and Val Have Just Got In"? | Alfred Molina |
| Which comic book character provided Lieutenant Pigeon with their second top twenty hit after "Mouldy Old Dough"? | Desperate Dan |
| Qaitbay Citadel is a 15th century fort built on the site of which of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World? | The Pharos of Alexandria |
| Rajadamnern and Lumpinee are the two main stadiums associated with which sport? | Thai Boxing (Muay Thai) |
| Budapest is on the site of which Roman city? | Aquincum |
| Now largely channeled underground, which tributary of the Kifissos is a river flowing through Athens? | Ilissos |
| Which jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist died in 1988 from falling out of an Amsterdam hotel window? | Chet Baker |
| Which Hungarian lake is the largest in Central Europe? | Balaton |
| Also called Gharapuri, which island in Mumbai harbour is widely visited for its sculpted caves? | Elephanta Island |
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