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| What was the Danish name for the drama known in English speaking countries as "The Killing"? | Forbrydelsen |
| Which TV series is named after the Danish nickname for the Christiansborg Palace? | Borgen |
| Which TV series set in Albuquerque is about a high school teacher called Walter White who turns to a life of crime? | Breaking Bad |
| First shown in 2011, which Channel 4 series described as "twisted parables for the Twitter age", was created by Charlie Brooker? | Black Mirror |
| Which character played by Leslie Hope dies in the first series of "24"? | Teri Bauer |
| Which quadriplegic detective in novels by Jeffrey Deaver is played by Denzel Washington in the 1999 film of "The Bone Collector"? | Lincoln Rhyme |
| Who plays the drifter detective Jack Reacher in the 2012 film of Lee Child's novel "One Shot"? | Tom Cruise |
| Who did Nelson Mandela found a law firm with in 1952? | Oliver Tambo |
| Which South African is the face of Dior's J'adore? | Charlize Theron |
| Which German world historian (1880-1936) is best known for "The Decline of the West" and "Prussiandom and Socialism"? | Oswald Spengler |
| Which US number one for the Bellamy Brothers was written by Larry E Williams, a roadie for Neil Diamond? | Let Your Love Flow |
| Possibly the earliest film with a one minute running time "La Fée aux Choux" (The Cabbage Fairy) (1896) was directed by which female film pioneer? | Alice Guy Blaché |
| In which country is the fortified city of Aït Benhaddou which has appeared in a number of films from "Time Bandits" and "The Mummy" to "Gladiator"? | Morocco |
| Which famous impressionist painter served in the African Light Cavalry in Algeria from 1861 to 1863? | Claude Monet |
| Which 1st century BC geared device, sometimes called the world's first analog computer, is named after the Greek island off which it was found in 1900? | Antikythera Mechanism |
| After Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, Kairouan is regarded by many Muslims as Islam's fourth holy city. In which country is it? | Tunisia |
| With 82 mosques, UNESCO regards Harar as the fourth holy city of Islam. In which country is it? | Ethiopia |
| The Great Manmade River is the world's largest irrigation project taking water from the world's largest fossil aquifer in which country? | Libya |
| On which country's flag did the Eagle of Saladin replace the Hawk of Quraysh in 1984? | Egypt's |
| In Egyptian Arabic, "aish" is the word for life and also for which foodstuff? | Bread |
| In which African country are nearly twice as many ancient pyramids known to have been built as Egypt? | Sudan |
| Which were the first Olympic Games to be shown on television? | 1948 (London) |
| Which was the first Olympic Games since 1972 not to have any national boycotts? | 1992 (Barcelona) |
| Deera Square, also called Justice or Chop Chop Square is the site of public executions in which capital city? | Riyadh |
| Which form of execution was ended by a review of Iranian law in 2012? | Stoning |
| Which Carry On actor wrote the lyrics of the 1960s hit "Georgy Girl"? | Jim Dale |
| Retiring from international cricket in 2012, which cricketer was the first to score a century in all ten Test playing nations? | Rahul Dravid |
| Meaning Catastrophe Day what do Palestinians call May 15th, the day after the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948? | Nakba Day |
| Who is the lead vocalist of Poison who claimed to have brain damage after being hit by a piece of the set at the 2009 Tony Awards? | Bret Michaels |
| In 2012, which European country discussed ditching its own currency in favour of the Canadian dollar? | Iceland |
| In which 2012 film, directed by Peter Berg, does the US Navy take on aliens? | Battleship |
| Which US psychologist's name is given to a common five point questionnaire scale? | Rensis Likert |
| Stephen Hawking appeared in which sitcom starring Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco? | The Big Bang Theory |
| Inedia is the alleged ability to be able to live without what? | Food |
| Which word for a teacher was the stage name of rapper Keith Edward Elam who died in 2010? | Guru |
| Which US biochemist popularised MDMA and is associated with a rating scale for psychoactive substances? | Alexander Shulgin |
| Pungency of vegetables in which family are measured on the pyruvate scale? | Onion/Allium |
| Named after a head of the British Meteorological Navy Service, which scale is a measure of wave height and sea swell? | Douglas Sea Scale |
| The Allport Scale indicates the level of what social factor? | Prejudice |
| An epergne is a decorative item designed to be put where? | In the middle of a table |
| In the TV series "Glee" who plays the glee club director Will Schuester? | Matthew Morrison |
| Which 2010 superhero movie had a screenplay by Jonathan Ross's wife Jane Goldman? | Kick-Ass |
| Who had a Billboard number one with "A Moment Like This"? | Kelly Clarkson |
| Who had a UK number one with "A Moment Like This"? | Leona Lewis |
| Which 2008 US Presidential candidate toured the US in the Straight Talk Express which, like his main rival's buses, was made in Canada? | John McCain |
| Which artist is best known for the 1995 "Sensation" exhibition where his work was a portrait of Myra Hindley made from children's handprints? | Marcus Harvey |
| Which artist at the 1995 "Sensation" exhibition was the subject of a BBC documentary called "Two Melons and a Stinking Fish"? | Sarah Lucas |
| What is the only secular country that does not have divorce available to most of population? | Philippines |
| Which organisation, whose name is short for "Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro" campaigns to liberate Western Sahara from Morocco? | Polisario |
| Which term specifically means a Muslim who regards the earliest Muslims as model examples of Islamic practice? | Salafi(st) |
| Which singer, nicknamed the Algerian Rose, who campaigned for her country's independence, died in 2012 the year Algeria celebrated 50 years of independence? | Warda Fatouki |
| In which country did choreographer Alberto Perez create the dance-inspired fitness program called zumba? | Colombia |
| Famous for its large collection of ancient mosaics, the Bardo Museum is found in which country? | Tunisia |
| The 2015 African Games will be held in which city to celebrate the first African Games being held there in 1965? | Brazzaville |
| Nick Matthew and James Willstrop have been 2012 British world number one ranking players of which sport? | Squash |
| Who failed to qualify for the 2012 African Cup of Nations having won the previous three tournaments? | Egypt |
| The holder of which international religious post is selected by a five year old boy in the Holy Altar Lottery? | Coptic Orthodox Pope |
| Singing in Portuguese, Carmen Souza, like the late Cesaria Evora was born in which African country? | Cape Verde |
| Known as the Songbird of Wassoulou, Oumou Sangaré is a popular singer from which African country? | Mali |
| Which animals are raced in the West Sumatran sport of "pacu jawi"? | Cows |
| What was the name of the suspected Lockerbie bomber found guilty in 2001 and released in 2009? | (Abdel Basset) al-Megrahi |
| Which two African countries beginning with M have the only non-decimal currencies? | Mauritania and Madagascar |
| Which company was rebranded as O2 in 2002? | BT Cellnet |
| In 2012, fighting over the Heglig oilfield took place between which two countries? | Sudan and South Sudan |
| Formerly Salmo irideus, which food fish is now classified as Onchorhynchus mykiss? | Rainbow trout |
| Radio stations that wish to use the internet domain codes .fm or .am have to apply to which two countries? | Micronesia and Armenia |
| Popular in the Horn of Africa, 40% of Yemen's water supply goes to producing which leaves for chewing? | Khat or qat |
| The Italian horror movie "I Tre volti della paura", meaning "The Three Faces of Fear" featured Boris Karloff and had an English title which inspired the name of which heavy metal band? | Black Sabbath |
| In the book "Roots" by Alex Haley, Kunta Kinte hailed from which African country? | The Gambia |
| Which West African musical instrument, usually made from a calabash fruit, is mentioned in the Senegalese national anthem? | Kora |
| Which African country has the world's largest known bauxite reserves? | Guinea |
| Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior was arrested in a 2012 coup in which African country? | Guinea-Bissau |
| Amadou Sanogo overthrew Amadou Touré in a 2012 coup in which country? | Mali |
| Koidu Town is the centre of the diamond rich Kono District in which African country? | Sierra Leone |
| Ghorfas are multistorey Berber buildings traditionally used to store what? | Grain |
| Which French climber, known as the Human Spider-Man climbed the Burj Khalifa in Dubai in March 2011? | Alain Robert |
| Which employee of Zenith Electronics invented the Flashmatic, the first wireless TV remote control in 1955? | Eugene Polley |
| Which bicycle did Nottingham designer Alan Oakley create after watching "Easy Rider"? | Raleigh Chopper |
| Which British employer at Apple was the lead designer of the iPod? | Sir Jonathan Ive |
| Who was US Secretary of Defence after Donald Rumsfeld and before Leon Panetta? | Robert Gates |
| Who was US Speaker of the House of Representatives between Dennis Hastert and John Boehner? | Nancy Pelosi |
| Which TV series centred around New York Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty? | Spin City |
| Who served as New York mayor from 1978 to 1989? | Ed Koch |
| Which English Olympic fencer was fight choreographer on the original "Star Wars" movies? | Bob Anderson |
| In which country was the music streaming service Spotify founded? | Sweden |
| Which South African founder of Paypal also co-designed an electric car, the Tesla Roadster and a space launch system, the Falcon 9? | Elon Musk |
| Which Swedish church advocating file sharing takes its name from 1 Corinthians 1:11? | Kopimism |
| Djokovic took 5 hours 53 minutes to beat Nadal in which 2012 grand slam final, the longest in history? | Australian Open |
| Which New York born actor who died in 2012 starred in over 100 movies over 60 years including "Anatomy of a Murder", "Capone" and "The Thomas Crown Affair"? | Ben Gazzara |
| Which Danish newspaper published cartoons of Muhammed in September 2005? | Jyllands-Posten |
| In which country did the Boko Haram Islamist group claim responsibility for the 2012 bombing of the offices of ThisDay newspapers? | Nigeria |
| Which mother of a famous singer recorded the original version of "Midnight Train to Georgia"? | Cissy Houston |
| What was Whitney Houston's first number one hit in both the US and the UK? | Saving All My Love For You |
| In 2012, Xoliswa Ndoyiya released a cookbook of meals she prepared for which statesman? | Nelson Mandela |
| Costing over $1 billion to build ALMA is a large millimetre/submillimetre array telescope built in which desert? | Atacama |
| Who beat who in the Superbowl finals in both 2012 and 2008? | New York Giants beat New England Patriots |
| Chaleo Yoovidhya died the third richest man in Thailand in 2012 after inventing which drink, later sold in Austria as Red Bull? | Krating Daeng |
| King George Tupou V died in 2012 having reigned for six years as king of which country? | Tonga |
| Which member of the Blue Grass Boys who died in 2012 popularised a three-finger banjo playing style that was named after him? | Earl Scruggs |
| Which word from the Greek for a sundial pedestal is the figure eight curve traced by the sun's position in the sky at the same time each day? | Analemma |
| Which newspaper, the bestselling outside Japan, announced in March 2012 it would move its Page One girls to the inside pages? | Bild |
| Who were the first British group to debut at the top of the US album charts with "Up All Night"? | One Direction |
| Which pioneer of guitar amplification, who died in 2012 was nicknamed the Father of Loud? | Jim Marshall |
| Which drummer and singer in The Band won the first Grammy Award for Best Americana Album in 2009? | Levon Helm |
| Which host of "American Bandstand" and his "Rocking New Year's Eve" was known as America's oldest teenager? | Dick Clark |
| Which US painter of kitsch was claimed to be America's most collected living artist before his death in 2012? | Thomas Kinkade |
| Which Dvorak opera based on "The Little Mermaid" was booed at the Royal Opera House for its crude staging? | Rusalka |
| Who starred in "Jack and Jill" which won in every category of the 2011 Razzies and produced "Bucky Larson" which was nominated for six further 2011 Razzies? | Adam Sandler |
| Who founded the WOMAD (World of Music Arts and Dance) festival in 1980? | Peter Gabriel |
| Which Chinese 2002 film was the first foreign and foreign language film to top the US box office? | Hero |
| What was the name of the submersible director James Cameron took to Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench in 2012? | Deepsea Challenger |
| What was the name of the bathyscape in which Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh first visited Challenger Deep in 1960? | Trieste |
| Which 2010 Rockstar video game follows the outlaw John Marston? | Red Dead Redemption |
| Which Rockstar game following LAPD detective Cole Phelps was the first to be shown at the Tribeca film festival? | LA Noire |
| The name Tribeca as an area of New York originated as an abbreviation of what? | Triangle Below Canal Street |
| Which video game character was played by Mark Wahlberg in a 2008 film based on the game? | Max Payne |
| In which 2010 film based on a video game does Jake Gyllenhall play Prince Dastan and Gemma Arterton play Princess Tamina? | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
| Which game developed by Imangi games involving demonic monkeys was downloaded a million times in under three days when released on Android? | Temple Run |
| A video about which Ugandan war criminal was shown on Youtube in March 2012 and received over 80 million hits by the end of the month? | Joseph Kony |
| Which Belgian-American fashion designer famous for her wrap dress is known as DVF? | Diane Von Fürstenberg |
| The Vogalonga is an annual non-competitive regatta in which city? | Venice |
| Laing's Nek, Ingogo and Majuba Hill were the three main engagements of which war? | First Boer War |
| Captain Kendall worked with Marconi on ship-to-shore radio and was captain of which ship when he famously recognised and reported Dr Crippen and his mistress? | SS Montrose |
| Which weapons are used to predict the future in belomancy? | Arrows |
| Which company is the world's largest producer of matzo breads and a maker of kosher wines? | Manischewitz |
| In Islam, which word means the ritual slaughter of an animal necessary for it to be halal? | Dhabihah |
| Which period of US history from the late 1860s to the 1890s is named after a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner? | Gilded Age |
| Frederick Greenwood completed the novel "Wives and Daughters" after it was left incomplete by which author's death in 1865? | Mrs (Elizabeth) Gaskell |
| Emma Brown" was completed and published in 2003, having been started by which writer who died 148 years earlier? | Charlotte Brontë |
| In the US what the British call currants are named after which Greek island? | Zante currants |
| Which white raisin grape has a name indicating its origin in the Ottoman Empire? | Sultana |
| Which villain of the Books of Maccabees famously had a line drawn round him in Egypt by a Roman making an ultimatum? | Antiochus IV |
| In his only political satire, which US author created the motorscootering amateur astronomer turned unwilling King of France, Pippin IV? | John Steinbeck |
| Which king, having abdicated in favour of his son, was made to reabdicate later the same year at Bayonne in favour of Napoleon? | Charles IV of Spain |
| Which robotic surgical system used in prostectomies is named after an artist? | da Vinci Surgical System |
| Pious, the Stammerer, from Overseas and the Lazy are nicknames of four of the first five French kings with which name? | Louis |
| The Amorous, the Bold, the Fair and the Tall are nicknames of four of the first five French kings with which name? | Philip |
| The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 took place at the north end of the Latin Bridge over which river? | Miljacka |
| In which city was the Pan American Exposition at which President McKinley was shot? | Buffalo |
| Who shot William I (The Silent) at the Prinsenhof in Delft in 1584? | Balthasar Gérard |
| Who served 20 years in a Mexican prison for the murder of Leon Trotsky in 1940? | Ramon Mercader |
| The St Bride Vase and the Geist Prize are awarded to the men and women's singles winners at the world championship of which sport? | Table Tennis |
| Which US city was built on the site of Fort Duquesne? | Pittsburgh |
| From 1960 to 2004 the world's longest passenger ship was named after which two countries? | France and Norway |
| Which city main street was previously known as Drogheda Street and Sackville Street? | O'Connell Street, Dublin |
| Whose steam turbine ship, Turbinia, turned up unscheduled at the Spithead Naval Review of 1897? | Charlie Parsons |
| As the site of his assassination, Birla House became a museum to which world leader? | Gandhi |
| What historical landmark was the execution of highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier in 1792? | First French guillotining |
| Who plays Captain Laure Berthaud in the French series Engranges, known in English as "Spiral"? | Caroline Proust |
| Who played Detective Saga Noren in the Scandinavian drama "The Bridge"? | Sofia Helin |
| Which world leader died at Petersen House in Washington? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Which country's flag, adopted in 1983, features an AK-47 with a bayonet attached? | Mozambique |
| Wouter de Backer and Mrs 'Johnson had a UK number one hit under what names? | Gotye and Kimbra |
| Poland's Natalia Partyka and South Africa's Natalie de Toit were the only sportspeople to compete in 2008 in both the Olympics and Paralympics in which sports? | Table Tennis & Swimming |
| Im Dong-Hyun is one of the world's best at which sport despite being legally blind? | Archery |
| The two time 800 metre indoor champion Abubaker Kaki Khamis competes for which country? | Sudan |
| Ismail Ahmed Ismail won which country's first ever Olympic medal for 800 metres at the 2008 games for which country? | Sudan |
| The Isla del Tiburon is the largest island off the coast of which country? | Mexico |
| What is the largest island in the United States? | Hawaii |
| Santiago is the largest of the ten islands making up which country? | Cape Verde |
| Which Brazilian island is the world's largest island surrounded by fresh water? | Marajo |
| What is China's largest island and its smallest province? | Hainan |
| Malabo, the capital city of Equatorial Guinea sits on which island? | Bioko |
| What is the largest island entirely within Indonesia? | Sumatra |
| Texel Island in the Wadden Sea is the largest in which European island group? | Frisian Islands |
| Espiritu Santo is the largest island of which Pacific nation? | Vanuatu |
| The stars of the film "Leon", Jean Reno and Natalie Portman were born in which two countries? | Morocco & Israel |
| Who scripted and directed the 2012 film "Avengers Assemble"? | Joss Whedon |
| Which English star of "Wedding Crashers" and "Confessions of a Shopaholic" was born in Oman and brought up in Perth, Australia? | Isla Fisher |
| Amy Adams, star of "Drop Dead Gorgeous" and "Enchanted" was born in which European country? | Italy |
| Bond girl Famke Janssen was born in which country? | Netherlands |
| Which resort between Genoa and Pisa gives its name to the gulf marking the eastern end of the Italian Riviera? | La Spezia |
| Which characters in the sitcom "dinnerladies" were played by "Coronation Street" actresses Thelma Barlow & Anne Reid? | Dolly and Jean |
| Changi Airport is the main airport serving which country? | Singapore |
| The Killer Inside Me and "Savage Garden" are typically bleak novels by which American pulp crime writer? | Jim Thompson |
| Voice of Fire is by which New York color field artist who called the thin strips between his blocks of colour "zips"? | Barnett Newman |
| Gerard Depardieu played Rodin in a film about which sculptress played by Isabelle Adjani? | Camille Claudel |
| What is the debut novel of Isabelle Allende in which the Poet is believed to represent Pablo Neruda and the President her uncle Salvador? | The House of the Spirits |
| What was the surname of Maya, the US singer who backed Italian dance band the Tamperer on their hits? | Days |
| Sir Shridath Ramphal of Guyana was, from 1975 to 1990, the Secretary-General of which organisation? | The Commonwealth |
| In which year is the 1990 film "Total Recall" set? | 2084 |
| Which band formed in Oklahoma City in 1983 is fronted by Wayne Coyne? | The Flaming Lips |
| Which actor is largely remembered for playing Duncan Waring in the sitcom "Doctor in the House" and its sequels? | Robin Nedwell |
| Which 19th century Oklahoma outlaw was played by Elizabeth Montgomery in a film of her life? | Belle Starr |
| How was the character CGB Spender played by William B Davies in "The X-Files" usually referred to? | (Cigarette) Smoking Man |
| In which country was World Championship sprinter Frankie Fredericks born? | Namibia |
| Briana Corrigan, Jacqui Abbott and Alison Wheeler were the successive female vocalists in which band? | The Beautiful South |
| Gary Oldman played which composer in the 1994 film "Immortal Beloved" named after a mysterious letter found in the composer's estate after his death? | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| If Anastacia's had it once, John Lee Hooker's had it twice and the Outhere Brothers's had it three times, who had it four times? | The Vengaboys (Booms) |
| Which famous assassin was nephew of the poet Cato the Younger? | Brutus |
| Which journalist's writing credits include the film "Whistle Down the Wind" and the TV series "Worzel Gummidge"? | Keith Waterhouse |
| Which Mexican boxer, nicknamed El Terrible, has defeated 15 world boxing champions in his career? | Erik Morales |
| Which Panamanian boxer won fights in five decades from the 1960s to the 2000s? | Roberto Duran |
| Nicknamed the Motor City Cobra, who was the first boxer to win five world titles in five divisions? | Thomas Hearns |
| Hector Berlioz wrote an 1838 opera about which sculptor? | Benvenuto Cellini |
| Which US author and daughter of Chinese immigrants wrote "The Joy Luck Club"? | Amy Tan |
| Pussy Riot, a punk-rock collective who wear Mexican wrestling masks, are based in which country? | Russia |
| Oskar Luts was a writer from which Baltic country? | Estonia |
| Which 17th century Danish bishop known as the father of stratigraphy has a law of constant angles in crystallography? | Nicolas Steno |
| Which Indian diplomat is the current Secretary-General of the Commonwealth? | Kamalesh Sharma |
| By what one word is the ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer known? | JUICE |
| Which newspaper sponsored a 1954 expedition to find the Abominable Snowman? | Daily Mail |
| Which Swiss author is best known for "Chariots of the Gods?" suggesting alien influence on early human culture? | Erich von Daniken |
| Which Vienna born zither player is best known for his soundtrack for the 1949 film "The Third Man"? | Anton Karas |
| The autobiography of which Scottish performer with the middle name Magdalene is called "The Woman I Was Born To Be"? | Susan Boyle |
| Look Who It Is? is an autobiography of which comedian whose first arena tour was called "Tooth Fairy"? | Alan Carr |
| Which actress is best known for playing Charlotte York Goldenblatt in "Sex and the City"? | Kristin Davis |
| Which actress is best known for playing Miranda Hobbes in "Sex in the City"? | Cynthia Nixon |
| Which ionospheric research program based in Alaska is mentioned in Marvel Comics, Tom Clancy novels and "The X-Files" is also the title of an album by Muse? | HAARP |
| Which cloud formation made of a series of roll clouds only occurs regularly over part of Northern Australia? | Morning Glory |
| Which book by Elizabeth Gilbert, made into a film where she was played by Julia Roberts, is subtitled "One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia"? | Eat, Pray, Love |
| Associated with music of the Bahamas, what sort of instrument is a goombay? | Drum |
| In soil science what name is given to a layer parallel to the soil surface which differs physically from layers above and below it? | Horizon |
| In which capital city was model Marie Helvin born? | Tokyo |
| Deriving from the Greek for height what word means the distribution of elevations over Earth or any other rocky planet? | Hypsography |
| Kirstie Allie, Carrie Fisher and Mel B have all been spokespeople for whose weight management company, a part of Nestlé Nutrition since 2006? | Jenny Craig plc |
| Norodom Sihamoni worked as a dance instructor before succeeding his father Norodom Sihanouk as king of which Asian country in 2004? | Cambodia |
| Which Tokyo based newspaper has been credited with having the highest circulation in the world? | Yomiuri Shimbun |
| Who scored in every round of the 1970 FIFA World Cup Finals? | Jairzhino |
| Which blood tests for an organ's functionality are abbreviated to LFTs? | Liver Function Tests |
| Which test for renal function and biochemical blood salts imbalances are shortened to U&Es? | Urea and Electrolytes Test |
| What are the names of the mascots of Euro 2012? | Slavek and Slavko |
| Which German born singer performed "Endless Summer" the anthem of Euro 2012? | Oceana Mahlmann |
| Which Savoy opera about the founding of a woman's university is subtitled "Castle Adamant", and originally flopped due to the hot summer of 1884? | Princess Ida |
| Which Savoy opera subtitled "The Witch's Curse", was not popular as audiences and critics felt it didn't measure up to Gilbert & Sullivan's previous hit "The Mikado"? | Ruddigore |
| Invented in the Netherlands in 1902, but also popular in Belgium and Taiwan, how many play in a korfball team? | 8 (4 men and 4 women) |
| Which word means the sperm of fish, molluscs and other water-dwelling animals who spray it onto eggs to reproduce? | Milt |
| Which country suspended flights by its Dana Air airline following a crash that killed 153 in June 2012? | Nigeria |
| What is the nearest African country to the island of St Helena? | Angola |
| What is the nearest African country to Ascension Island? | Liberia |
| Under what name does Michael Peter Balzary, the usually shirtless bass guitarist of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers perform? | Flea |
| Who was bass player on the Metallica albums "Kill Em All", "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets" and died aged 24 when his tour bus flipped over in Sweden? | Cliff Burton |
| In Texas Hold Em a face down ace-king combination is often named after which former sportsperson because it "looks good but rarely wins"? | Anna Kournikova |
| Started in 2009, which rock supergroup includes John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, David Grohl of the Foo Fighters and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age? | Them Crooked Vultures |
| Which band, mostly remembered for the theme tune to "Weird Science" was fronted by TV and film composer Danny Elfman? | Oingo Boingo |
| Before becoming President of the Tennessee Dental Association, William Morrison introduced a machine for making which confection? | Cotton Candy/Candy floss |
| What is the name Tom Hanks's character gives to his volleyball in the film "Cast Away"? | Wilson |
| What name is given to the traditional Japanese gate at the entrance of a Shinto shrine? | Torii |
| Chile is the largest producer of which metal which burns with a rose red flame? | Lithium |
| Turkey is thought to have over 60% of the reserves of which non-metallic element which burns with a bright green flame used in pyrotechnic displays? | Boron |
| Now based in Geneva, Switzerland, the YMCA was founded on June 6th 1884 in which city? | London |
| A standard of which piece of army equipment was patented by Briton John Leopold Brodie in 1915 that is still being used today? | Helmet |
| Pyrolusite consists largely of the oxide of which metal of which it is a major source? | Manganese |
| Originally developed for carrying spacecraft, which Ukrainian aircraft is the heaviest in the world? | Antonov-225 |
| What name is usually given to the Christmas carol based on "Scherdyk" by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych? | Carol of the Bells |
| Which poet and artist (1814-1861) is often regarded as the father of the Ukrainian language? | Taras Shevchenko |
| Which sand artist won the 2009 series of "Ukraine's Got Talent"? | Ksenya Simonova |
| Which Hollywood actor was born Volodymyr Palahniuk and, boxing as Jack Brazzo, won 15 consecutive fights with 12 knockouts? | Jack Palance |
| Which French 2010 Pritzker Prize winning architect is best known for the Arab World Institute in Paris and the Torre Agbar in Barcelona? | Jean Nouvel |
| Which Japanese 2002 Pritzker Prize winning architect designed the Kaohsiung National Stadium in Taiwan and the VivoCity shopping mall in Singapore? | Toyo Ito |
| Which theory of art history named after an artist and a physicist claims that realism advanced in Western art since the Renaissance due to optical aids such as cameras and curved mirrors? | Hockney-Falco Thesis |
| The bone disease pycnodysostosis is often named after which famous artist? | Toulouse-Lautrec |
| Painter and architect, Giulio Romano is the only Renaissance artist mentioned in Shakespeare where he is mentioned as a sculptor in which play? | A Winter's Tale |
| Museum Island is found in the river flowing through which capital city? | Berlin |
| Which city would you visit to see Grant Wood's "American Gothic" and Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks"? | Chicago |
| What is the usual English name for the series of 1880s paintings originally known in French as "Tournesols"? | Sunflowers |
| Which of the original Impressionist painters was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? | Mary Cassatt |
| Which Paris Museum contains the world's largest collection of paintings by Claude Monet? | Musée Marmottan Monet |
| What is the name of the race of giant cannibals who destroy eleven out of twelve of Odysseus's ships in Homer's "Odyssey"? | Laestrygonians |
| If Styx was the River of Hate and Lethe of Forgetfulness, which was the River of Fire? | Phlegethon |
| The hypothetical ass who cannot eat or drink as it is placed equidistant from food and water is named after which French philosopher? | Jean Buridan |
| In 1946 the first NBA game took place in which city? | Toronto |
| The ten tallest ever Olympic competitors were all basketballers. What sport was competed in by the tallest non-basketball playing Olympians? | Volleyball |
| Which American philosopher is best known for his 1963 paper "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"? | Edmund Gettier |
| What is the curved sword carried by Sikhs as part of the Five K's known as? | Kirpan |
| In Sikhism, if uncut hair is kesh, a wooden comb is kanga and the bracelet is kara, what are the holy underwear? | Kachera |
| Played by Jennifer Connelly and Liv Tyler in films, which daughter of a general is the main love interest of Bruce Banner in the Hulk stories? | Betty Ross |
| Played by Kirsten Dunst in films, which red-headed actress is the main love interest of Spider-Man? | Mary Jane Watson |
| Marriage to whom in 2012 caused Mark Zuckerberg to change his Facebook status to "Married"? | Priscilla Chan |
| Which Picasso painting was the most expensive sold at auction until overtaken by the $120 million paid for Munch's "Scream" in 2012? | Nude, Green Leaves and Bust |
| Who managed Spain in their 2010 World Cup victory? | Vicente Del Bosque |
| Who managed the Netherlands to the 2010 World Cup Final? | Bert van Marwijk |
| With a height of 246 feet, which country has the lowest high point in Europe? | The Vatican City State |
| After Mount Elbrus in Russia, which country has the highest highest point in Europe? | Georgia (Shkhara) |
| The Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant was inspired by a 1747 painting of "Lord Mayor's Day" by which artist? | Canaletto |
| Which city at Euro 2012 threatened football hooligans with sonic cannons that induce urination and testicle attacking Alsatians? | Krakow |
| Iso-polyphonic singing is mainly associated with which European country? | Albania |
| Which Spanish word meaning hook is a movement of the legs in a tango or the arms in a salsa? | Gancho |
| The duduk is a traditional woodwind instrument indigenous to which country? | Armenia |
| Starting at around the spring equinox, what name is given to the four day Persian new year, still the biggest holiday in Iran? | Nowruz |
| Who sang England's Euro 2012 song "Sing 4 England"? | Chris Kamara |
| Which Girl Aloud and opera singer teamed up to sing "One Vision" for Team GB at London 2012? | Kimberley Walsh and Alfie Boe |
| Who won the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix so becoming the first Venezuelan grand prix winner? | Pastor Maldonaldo |
| Which Nottinghamshire village is alphabetically the last settlement in England? | Zouch |
| Which US author invented the term "private eye"? | Raymond Chandler |
| Which British author invented the term "cold war"? | George Orwell |
| Which 1952 sci-fi novel by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M Cornbluth is credited with introducing the words "soyaburger", "R & D", "muzak" and "survey" as a verb? | The Space Merchants |
| Remotely operated hand-like mechanisms such as those for handling radioactive waste have what name after a story by Robert A Heinlein? | Waldos |
| First appearing in Ursula La Guin's 1966 novel "Rocannon's World" which word means a device capable of communicating at faster than light speeds? | Ansible |
| Which now ubiquitous word first appears in William Gibson's 1982 novel "Burning Chrome"? | Cyberspace |
| What is the southermost US state to share a latitude with part of Canada? | California |
| In 1963 who was the last American to be launched from Earth into space alone? | Gordon Cooper |
| The pnictogens are in the group of the periodic table headed by which element? | Nitrogen |
| Which word meaning "copper formers" is given to members of the oxygen group in the periodic table? | Chalcogens |
| Which chemical element was named in 2012 after the founder of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia? | Flerovium |
| In 2012, element 116 was named what after the city in California in which it was discovered? | Livermorium |
| Which 1973 song by 10cc repeatedly features the lyric "Humdrum days and a humdrum ways"? | The Dean and I |
| Which author with the same name as a world statesmen sold over two million copies of his 1899 novel "Richard Carvel"? | Winston Churchill |
| Which US series ended its eighth and final season in May 2012 with the episode "Everybody Dies"? | House |
| Which US series ended its eighth and final season in May 2012 with the episode "Finishing the Hat"? | Desperate Housewives |
| Which Ukrainian city was founded by a Welshman called John Hughes and originally named Yuzovka in his honour? | Donetsk |
| Which long running BBC show has a theme tune called "Aujourd'hui C'est Toi" by French composer Francis Lai? | Panorama |
| Which long running Channel 4 show had a theme tune called "Saint Tropez" by French composer Francis Lai? | Eurotrash |
| Named after the future king Edward VIII and first awarded in 1925, The Prince of Wales Trophy is an award in which sport? | Ice Hockey (Eastern Conference) |
| What trophy is given to the annual winners of the NBA Finals? | Larry O'Brian Championship Trophy |
| The Seattle Supersonics became which team in 2008, winning the NBA Finals in 2012? | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| Who won the Barclays Golden Glove for most clean sheets in the Premiership in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons? | Joe Hart |
| Before Euro 2012, who had made 48 appearances for England without ever playing for 90 minutes? | Jermaine Defoe |
| On which fungus species is the usual fairy tale toadstool with red head and white spots based? | Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) |
| Who directed "Cider House Rules", "Chocolat" and a number of Abba videos? | Lasse Hallstrom |
| In which city was Madonna's video for "Like a Virgin" set? | Venice |
| Which famous building designed by Renzo Piano started in 2000 as a sketch on a napkin in a Berlin restaurant? | The Shard, London |
| Who played the title role in the TV series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand", a year before dying of cancer? | Andy Whitfield |
| Which English parapsychologist invented the concept of "morphic fields" and wrote books including "The Science Delusion" and "Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home"? | Rupert Shaldrake |
| Who won a Nobel Physics Prize for work on superconductivity but is more well known for believing in paranormal phenomena such as telepathy? | Brian David Josephson |
| Introduced by Revlon in 1973, which perfume won the following year's Fifi Award for Fragrance of the Year? | Charlie |
| Introduced by Christian Dior in 1985, which perfume won the 1987 Fifi Award for Fragrance of the Year? | Poison |
| Who won the 1997 Le Tournoi, a football competition between France, England, Italy and Brazil? | England |
| What sort of animal is a Chinese crested powderpuff? | Dog |
| Which actor played characters who faced a Terminator in "The Terminator", an alien in "Aliens" and a Predator in "Predator 2"? | Bill Paxton |
| Who is the central character of EM Forster's "Room With a View", played by Helena Bonham-Carter in the 1985 Merchant Ivory adaptation? | Lucy Honeychurch |
| What was the name of the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great who is often credited with discovering the relics of the True Cross? | St Helena |
| In the so called "Gospel of Nicodemus" what names are given to the robbers crucified with Jesus? | Gestas and Dismus |
| Which Swiss psychiatrist introduced the Five Stages of Grief in her 1969 book "On Death and Dying"? | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross |
| Which ancient military work in thirteen chapters is attributed to the Chinese general Sun Tzu? | The Art of War |
| Which US author wrote the books on which TV's "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" are based? | Elizabeth George |
| Which jazz and rhythm and blues singer claimed to be the daughter of pool player Rudy Wanderone aka Minnesota Fats? | Etta James |
| Robin Gibb was a judge on which BBC talent show? | Fame Academy |
| Controversial Maltese witness Tony Gauci was central to whose conviction in 2001? | Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi |
| The son of which famous criminal was in a group called Turma do Balão Mágico who sold 13 million albums? | Ronnie Biggs |
| Amarillo, Texas has a famous art installation involving ten of which make of car half-buried nose down in the dirt? | Cadillacs (Cadillac Ranch) |
| Route 66's western end was in Los Angeles. Which city was its eastern end? | Chicago |
| Which US novelist gave Route 66 the nickname the Mother Road? | John Steinbeck |
| Often compared to Patrick O'Brian, which writer of nautical fiction wrote the Ramage novels? | Dudley Pope |
| Which volcano's volume is a record 18,000 cubic miles but is 120 feet shorter than its neighbour? | Mauna Loa |
| Which "Star Trek: Next Generation" actor first rose to fame as Kunta Kinte in "Roots"? | LeVar Burton |
| Which 1973 US Triple Crown winning horse still holds the race record for the Kentucky Derby? | Secretariat |
| In November 1938, an estimated 40 million tuned in their radios to hear Seabiscuit race which Triple Crown winning horse? | War Admiral |
| What are the first names of the co-author of "The Elements of Style" who also wrote "Stuart Little"? | Edwyn Brooks (White) |
| What are the first names of the Bombay born author of Arthurian series of novels "The Once and Future King"? | Terence Hanbury (White) |
| Gelotology is the study of what and its effect on the body? | Laughter |
| Which country in the Americas has the gourde as its unit of currency? | Haiti |
| Which country of Eastern Europe has the dram as its unit of currency? | Armenia |
| In June 2012 what replaced the K Computer as the world's fastest supercomputer? | IBM Sequoia |
| Which international financial company has the Rock of Gibraltar as its logo? | Prudential Financial |
| Which US based motor manufacturer has a pentagon containing five central spokes in its logo? | Chrysler |
| What character was played by James Corden in the Richard Bean play "One Man Two Guvnors"? | Francis Henshall |
| What character was played by Judy Dench in the David Hare play "Amy's View"? | Esme Allen |
| Novi Sad is the second largest city in which country? | Serbia |
| Which Oscar nominated film by Hiyao Miyazaki is based on a book by British author Diana Wynne Jones? | Howl's Moving Castle |
| In June 2012 which Belgian DJ was on the radio for a record eight days having only 8 hours total sleep in that time? | Peter Van de Veire |
| What does RT stand for in the operating system Windows RT? | Runtime |
| What Microsoft tablet computer running on Windows RT was announced on June 2012 by CEO Steve Ballmer? | Surface |
| Which 2012 number one album by Ed Sheeran had no letters in its title? | "+" (Plus) |
| Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion are members of which British band? | Coldplay |
| Jonny and Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway and Ed O'Brian are members of which Britain band? | Radiohead |
| Santa Cruz is the largest city by population in which South American country? | Bolivia |
| Guyaquil is the largest city by population in which South American country? | Ecuador |
| Who was named Asia's Player of the Century and holds the record for South Korea's leading goalscorer with 55 goals? | Cha Bum-Kun |
| The International Federation of Football History and Statistics named which Ghanan side Africa's best club of the 20th century? | Asante Kotoko |
| Which footballer has a world record 176 caps for Saudi Arabia? | Mohamed Al-Deayea |
| Ron Perleman is probably best known for playing which role on TV from 1987 to 1990? | Vincent in "Beauty and the Beast" |
| Britt Reid is the real name of which action hero played in a 2011 comedy film by Seth Rogen? | Green Hornet |
| Who directed and starred in the 2012 film of Shakespeare's "Coriolanus"? | Ralph Fiennes |
| Aged 82, Max von Sydow was nominated for a 2012 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for which film based on a book by Jonathan Safran Foer? | Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close |
| Which animator was the voice of Mark Wahlberg's teddy bear come to life in the film "Ted"? | Seth McFarlane |
| In the security tests known as CAPTCHAs which computer scientist does the letter T stand for? | (Alan) Turing |
| Which Guatemalan born entrepreneur coined the term CAPTCHA and also put them to use digitising books as ReCAPTCHAs? | Luis von Ahn |
| Martyred in 258 AD who is the patron saint of librarians, chefs and comedians? | St Lawrence |
| Which third century martyr is the patron saint of artillerymen, architects, miners and prisoners? | St Barbara |
| Which Texan governor was wounded when President Kennedy was assassinated? | John Connally |
| From which floor of the Texas School Book Depository did the Warren Commission say JF Kennedy was shot? | Sixth |
| Which anime series in 2012 has inspired the second most entries on FanFiction.Net after Harry Potter? | Naruto |
| Hans Gieng's famous statue of a blindfolded Lady Justice is associated with the Fountain of Justice in which Swiss city? | Berne |
| Which 20th century still life painter whose works appear in the film "La Dolce Vita" once said "Nothing is more abstract than reality"? | Giorgio Morandi |
| Which German philosopher with a botanical name is said to have coined the modern meaning of aesthetics? | Alexander Baumgarten |
| Which US artist, famous for the essay "Avant Garde and Kitsch" said artists should concentrate on what makes their medium unique? | Clement Greenberg |
| Which book by Jerzi Kosinski, made into a film with Peter Sellers starts "It was Sunday. Chance was in the garden"? | Being There |
| Whose novel "Things Fall Apart", set in Nigeria, is said to be the most widely read book in modern African literature? | Chinua Achebe |
| Which infamous 15th century manuscript, named after the book dealer who bought it, contains pictures of largely unknown plants and is in an unknown language? | The Voynich manuscript |
| From 2012, the character that Billy Batson transformed into changed name from Captain Marvel to what? | Shazam |
| The comic book artist Jean Giraud who drew storyboards for "Alien", "Tron", "Dune" and "Star Wars V" and died in 2012 used what pseudonym? | Moebius |
| Joe Simon, who died in 2011, is best known as the co-creator with Jack Kirby of which US superhero? | Captain America |
| Named after Jules Verne, Kepler, Edoardo Amaldi, Einstein and Lemaitre, which space vehicles supply the ISS? | ATVs (Automatic Transfer Vehicles) |
| Which UK company, founded in 1919, supplied the pictures for the opening credits of "Eastenders" and books such as "Football Grounds From the Air"? | Aerofilms |
| Which Frenchman dictated his 1997 memoir "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" despite only being able to move his left eyelid? | Jean-Dominique Bauby |
| People of which Christian denomination in 1945 introduced the doctrine of no blood transfusions? | Jehovah's Witnesses |
| Which Zambian economist wrote New York Times bestsellers "Dead Aid", "How the West Was Lost" and "Winner Take All"? | Dambisa Moyo |
| Which West Yorkshire market town is known as the "lesbian capital of the UK"? | Hebden Bridge |
| In 2010, who became Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs? | Caroline Spelman |
| In 2010, who became Secretary of State for Wales? | Cheryl Gillan |
| Released in 2009, what was the name of Justin Bieber's first single? | One Time |
| Which Disney actress and singer was confirmed as Justin Bieber's girlfriend in 2011? | Selena Gomez |
| Which artist who created the Femlin character for Playboy magazine? | LeRoy Neiman |
| In which modern day country was footballing legend Eusebio born? | Mozambique |
| Which "Face of Women's MMA" was Crush in "American Gladiators" and played the lead in the 2012 film "Haywire"? | Gina Carano |
| Which MMA star played BA Baracus in the "A Team" feature film? | Quinton Jackson |
| Which Swedish dish of fermented herring have studies shown to be the most putrid smelling food in the world? | Surstromming |
| Informally called "Bonnie and Clyde Syndrome", what name is given to the sexual attraction to people who have committed gruesome crimes? | Hybristophilia |
| Which cocktail containing a human body part is only drunk in Dawson City, Canada? | Sourtoe Cocktail |
| Which banana is the main cultivar replacing the Gros Michel which were devastated by Panama Disease in the 1950s? | Cavendish |
| Which Australian Nobel Prize winner famously drank Helicobacter pylori bacteria to show they caused peptic ulcers? | Barry Marshall |
| Andrew McDougall made news in 2012 after being injured by which sportsman? | David Nalbandian |
| Whose biggest claim to fame is appearing naked on Nirvana;s "Nevermind"? | Spencer Elden |
| Which band's eponymous album featured a naked 11-year old Mariora Goschen on the cover? | Blind Faith |
| Which 2012 William Friedkin movie has a notorious fried chicken scene? | Killer Joe |
| Which screenwriter, producer and director worked on "Walking With Dinosaurs", founded Impossible Pictures production company and co-created "Primeval" with Adrian Hodges? | Tim Haines |
| What do the letters of BBA LIBOR stand for? | British Bankers' Association London Interbank Offered Rate |
| What is the pen name of Gordon Ostlere who wrote the "Doctor in the House" novels? | Richard Gordon |
| Which 90s hit for rapper Ini Kamoze had the chorus "I'm the lyrical gangster" and sampled a famous "na na na" chorus? | Here Comes The Hotstepper |
| Under what name did U2 and Brian Eno featuring Pavarotti have a hit with "Miss Sarajevo"? | Passenger |
| On February 26, 1970, Tony Burrows appeared on Top of the Pops three times with Edison Lighthouse, Brotherhood of Man and which other band? | White Plains |
| Which actress who has sold over 10 million albums starred in the 2002 coming of age film "A Walk To Remember"? | Mandy Moore |
| Which conferences on global security won the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize and are named after a town in Nova Scotia? | Pugwash Conferences |
| Which presidential relative was present at the assassinations of three US presidents? | Robert Lincoln |
| Which leguminous vegetables are associated with Le Puy-en-Velay near the Loire river? | Lentils |
| Named after a battle, what name was given to the curse on US Presients elected in years divisible by twenty? | Curse of Tippecanoe |
| The sinking of which Spanish brig in 1784 led the Spanish to sell Louisiana to the French? | El Carazon |
| Coincidentally, George Edwin Ellis, the last Briton to die in World War I was buried opposite the first British soldier to die in World War I at St Symphorien military symphony. What was his name? | John Parr |
| In 1541 who completed the earliest navigation of the Amazon? | Francisco de Orellana |
| The Pearl of Africa Music Awards and the Pearl of Africa Rally take place in which country? | Uganda |
| In 1889 which author travelled to the Gilbert Islands in a schooner called "Equator"? | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| The famous city of Petra was built as the capital of which kingdom, annexed by the Romans in 106AD? | Nabataean kingdom |
| Caucasian mummies in the Xinjiang Region of China have fuelled rebellions by which Turkic people of the region? | Uyghurs |
| Introduced by the US Army in 1973 the name ALICE pack is short for what? | All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment |
| With regards to US Army rucksacks MOLLE was short for what? | Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment |
| Which Norwegian city shares its name with a backpack used by the British Army? | Bergen |
| Which former pop singer has been Her Serene Highness Princess Reuss, Countess of Plauen since 1992? | Frida Lyngstad |
| Project Steve is a famous list of scientists called Steven or some variety of the name that support which theory? | Evolution |
| Which system of philosophy was created by and is most associated with Ayn Rand? | Objectivism |
| Who wrote "The Pooh Perplex" which uses "Winnie the Pooh" to parody literary analysis? | Frederick Crews |
| Who had a number one hit along with David Guetta, singing "Titanium"? | Sia (Furler) |
| In 2012, Gotye was the second Belgian ever to top the Billboard Hot 100. Who was the first? | Soeur Sourire |
| Who had a UK number one hit and an film called "Part of Me" in 2012? | Katy Perry |
| For sports not included in the Olympics, the World Games were first held in Santa Clara, California, in which year? | '1981 |
| In 1985, what was the only capital city until 2017 to hold the World Games? | London |
| As of 2012, USA is second in the World Games medal table. Which country is top? | Italy |
| Which sitcom was set in 24 Sebastopol Terrace? | Sykes |
| Which famous character is found and taken to live at 32 Windsor Gardens, London? | Paddington Bear |
| In a series that ran from 1997 to 2003, which TV family lived at 1630 Revello Drive? | Summers (Buffy's) |
| The Shard overtook which building as the tallest in the EU? | Commerzbank Tower, Frankfurt |
| What was the Sears Tower officially renamed in 2009? | Willis Tower |
| What do the letters of BASE in BASE jumping stand for? | Building, Antenna, Span, Earth |
| How was Napoleon III related to Napoleon I? | Nephew |
| Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury from 1521 to 1608, is better known by what name? | Bess of Hardwick |
| Which Hampshire country house is used as the main setting of TV's "Downton Abbey"? | Highclere Castle |
| What was Grandad's first name in "Only Fools and Horses"? | Edward |
| What was Parker's first name in "Thunderbirds"? | Aloysius |
| What animal is the Spanish stealth that is threatening British native species? | Slug |
| Which sergeant did the morning briefing in the first three series of "Hill Street Blues"? | Phil Esterhaus |
| Which TV puppet was supported by friends including Peregrine Pengun and Prudence Kitten? | Muffin the Mule |
| Which TV series was named after the title Japan and Korea gave to "The League of Gentlemen"? | Psychoville |
| What is both the surname of a quiz show host and the fictional setting of "Howard's Way"? | Tarrant |
| In which TV series did Gerald Harper play the title role from 1969 to 1976? | Hadleigh |
| Which TV series which ran from 1966 to 1967 had a theme tune sung by Kathy Kirby? | Adam Adamant Lives! |
| Which BBC sitcom is set in the London suburb of Climthorpe? | The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin |
| "A Bar at the Folie Bergère, "The Card Players" and "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear" are found in which London gallery? | The Courtauld Gallery |
| What name links the "Birthplace of Baseball" and the cataloguer of Haydn's works? | Hoboken |
| Which physics theory depends on a 496 dimensional gauge group according to the Green-Schwarz mechanism? | String theory |
| In Greek myth, which sea nymph is largely remembered as the mother of Achilles? | Thetis |
| Which Evelyn Waugh novel took its title from TS Eliot's "The Wasteland"? | A Handful of Dust |
| Which F Scott Fitzgerald novel took its title from John Keats's "Ode to a Nightingale"? | Tender is the Night |
| Which American co-created "The Young Ones" with Rik Mayall and Ben Elton? | Lise Mayer |
| What is the real name of Rabbit in the novels by John Updike? | Harry Angstrom |
| What 2009 sequel to "The Witches of Eastwick" is the final book of John Updike? | The Widows of Eastwick |
| Which 1995 novel by Winston Groom is the sequel to "Forrest Gump"? | Gump and Co |
| Who published a book about their time in Downing Street called "Behind the Black Door"? | Sarah Brown |
| According to Scientology, what was Earth called during its rule by Xenu? | Teegeeack |
| In Scientology, the spiritual levels above Clear are labelled OT where the letters are short for what? | Operating Thetan |
| In Greek myth, which founder of Thebes is credited by Herodotus with introducing Phoenician letters to the Greeks? | Cadmus |
| According to the Ilead, which hero killed the Chimera with the aid of Pegasus? | Bellerophon |
| In Greek mythology, Perseus was the legendary founder of which Greek city? | Mycenae |
| In June 2009, which country ended Spain's 35 match undefeated football run? | United States |
| Coined by Spanish broadcaster Andrés Montes in 2006, which phrase means Spanish football's style of short passing and movement? | Tiki taka |
| Who was the only Spaniard to receive a yellow card in the Euro 2012 Final? | Gerard Piqué |
| Who was Man of the Match at the UEFA Euro 2012 Final? | Andrés Iniesta |
| Which football manager has led Spain to victory is two Euro Championships and a World Cup? | Vicente del Bosque |
| In June, which singer announced she was pregnant with her first child with boyfriend Simon Konecki? | Adele |
| What was the name of the barge that carried the Queen and Prince Phillip in the Diamond Jubilee Flotilla? | MV Spirit of Chartwell |
| Hot water freezing faster than cold is called the Mpemba effect after a student from which country? | Tanzania |
| Which NBA player with the New Orleans Hornets has trademarked the phrase "Fear the Brow"? | Anthony Davis |
| Which NBA player was the first black man and only the third man to appear on the cover of US Vogue? | LeBron James |
| What name was given to the last Pinta Island giant tortoise who died in June 2012? | Lonesome George |
| Which country was the last known habitat of the western black rhino, declared extinct in November 2011? | Cameroon |
| Which football league club played in blue from 1908 to 2012, changing to red in 2012? | Cardiff City |
| Which 2012 film centring on a whisky distillary won Ken Loach the Jury Prize at Cannes? | The Angel's Share |
| Which Android tablet computer developed by Google and Asus was launched in June 2012? | Nexus 7 |
| Displayed in Bolzano, Italy, which iceman still has in tact blood cells after over 5,000 years? | Otzi |
| Who wrote "Salmon Fishing In the Yemen" on which the 2012 film is based? | Paul Torday |
| What is the motto of the 2012 Olympics? | Inspire A Generation |
| What group of subatomic particles are named after an Indian physicist? | Bosons |
| What was the name of the YMCA PE director who in 1895 invented volleyball, calling it Mintonette? | William G Morgan |
| Which computer game for the ZX Spectrum was the sequel to Manic Miner? | Jet Set Willy |
| Whose travel documentaries include "Meet the Stans", "Tropic of Capricorn", "Equator" and "Indian Ocean"? | Simon Reeve |
| The flag of which country has a representation of the crown of a yurt tent dwelling in the centre? | Kyrgyzstan |
| Which two countries have flags each showing a shield and two spears? | Kenya and Swaziland |
| Choson and Hunguk are local names for which part of the world? | Korea (in North and South) |
| Who wrote the novel "Memoirs of a Geisha"? | Arthur Golden |
| What do contestants use to float down the River Vuoksa in Russia's annual Bubble Baba Challenge? | Sex dolls |
| The Relampago del Catatumbo, is a cloud to cloud lightning storm that has raged for 140 days a year at least since the 16th century over which country? | Venezuela |
| Which German physiologist is best known for the illusion of blobs appearing at the intersection of grids? | Ludimar Hermann |
| The solo part of Ultravox's "Vienna" is played on which musical instrument? | Viola |
| Who, in 1985, became the second man to hit six sixes in an over in first class cricket? | Ravi Shastri |
| Who succeeded Nehru as the second elected Prime Minister of India? | Lal Shastri |
| Over 50 years after Matthew Webb first swam the Channel who, in 1926, was first to swim from France to England? | Enrique Tirabocchi |
| In May 2012, which radio DJ was awarded the part of King Herod in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Jesus Christ Superstar"? | Chris Moyles |
| Which founder of "Der Blau Reiter" journal in 1911 largely painted animals such as "Foxes" and "Horse in a Landscape"? | Franz Marc |
| Which pupil of Rembrandt is best known for his painting "The Goldfinch"? | Carel Fabritius |
| Whistlejacket, famously painted by George Stubbs belonged to which 18th century Prime Minister? | Lord Rockingham |
| Which futurist painted "Dynamism of Dog on a Leach", sculpted "Boccioni's Fist", designed antineutral clothing and named his daughters Propeller and Light? | Giacomo Balla |
| Which Romanian artwork which won a landmark legal case on non-representative art in the 1920s sold at auction for $27.5 million in 2005? | Bird in Space by Constantin Brancusi |
| Who replaced Niall Quinn as the lead singer of "The Cranberry Saw Us"? | Dolores O'Riordan |
| Under what name did Eli Lily and Co market the drug fluoxetine? | Prozac |
| Which lake in Minnesota is the source of the Mississippi River? | Lake Itasca |
| A series of 11 lakes known as the Finger Lakes and Lake Oneida, nicknamed The Thumb are in which US state? | New York |
| Lake Xochimilcho in Mexico is notable as the last wild habitat of which amphibian? | Axolotl |
| In the French Alpine Grade scale, which letter indicates the easiest climbs? | F |
| In the French Alpine Grade scale, what does AD stand for? | Assez Difficile |
| In "The Lorax", who is in charge of chopping down "truffula" trees to make "thneeds"? | The Once-ler |
| Which basilica in Florence is the burial place of Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli and Rossini? | Santa Croce |
| Who described Mary Wollstonecraft as a "hyena in petticoats"? | Horace Walpole |
| Which comedian and game show host was once Northern Ireland hammer throwing champion? | Roy Walker |
| How many hours and days is it "since you took your love away" in the first line of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U"? | 7 Hrs and 15 Days |
| Larry Sanders collaborated with Coolio on "Gangsta's Paradise" as L.V. What did this stand for? | Large Variety |
| Gangsta's Paradise by Atis Ivey Jr aka Coolio and LV is based on which song by Stevie Wonder? | Pastime Paradise |
| Which Detroit band's version of "House of the Rising Sun" reached 4 in the UK charts in 1970? | Frijid Pink |
| In 2013, singer Trey Songz stars in a 3D 2013 sequel to which 1974 horror film? | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
| Who portrays Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy in the video for her song "National Anthem"? | Lana Del Rey |
| In which infamous pop video did Leon Robinson play St Martin de Porres? | Like A Prayer |
| Which Mud guitarist wrote the songs "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)", "I Need A Miracle" and "Can't Get You Out of My Head"? | Rob Davis |
| What was the name of the LA venue where Webb Simpson won his first golf major in 2012? | Olympic Club |
| Which British powerboat racer died at the inaugural Gabon Grand Prix in 2012? | William Nocker |
| In Berlin in 2009, which athlete was the first to take the 5,000 and 10,000 metre titles at one World Championship? | Kenenisa Bekele |
| Winning the 5,000m/10,000m double at Beijing, which Ethiopian is called the "Baby Faced Destroyer"? | Tirunesh Dibaba |
| Which US gymnast won series eight of "Dancing With the Stars"? | Shawn Johnson |
| Which Japanese gymnast was the first to win three consecutive men's world titles from 2009-11? | Kohei Uchimura |
| Swimmer Kirsty Coventry has won most of which country's Olympic gold medals? | Zimbabwe |
| Which swimmer was the first British athlete to qualify for London 2012? | Keri-Anne Payne |
| Asia Hansen, Katharine Merry and Denise Lewis were all members of which Birmingham athletics club? | Birchfield Harriers |
| Which Wimbledon based athletics club has included Dwain Chambers, Goldie Sayers and Phillips Idowu? | Belgrave Harriers |
| Kat Driscoll of Britain and Dong Dong of China have been competitors in which Olympic discipline? | Trampolining |
| Which country has won the most team gold medals in water polo? | Hungary |
| The flight which famously crashed into the Andes in 1972 was carrying a rugby team from which country? | Uruguay |
| Which piece of music is the most well known part of Handel's "Solomon" oratorio? | Arrival of the Queen of Sheba |
| Which work by Handel, written for George II's coronation, is named after one of the two men who anointed Solomon as king? | Zadok the Priest |
| Who is famous for his 1885 manifesto "Why Not Eat Insects"? | Vincent M Holt |
| The only insects which are Kosher according to the Torah are four varieties of which insect? | Locust |
| To which ancient philosopher is the phrase "man is a political animal" usually attributed? | Aristotle |
| Who describes the mind at birth as a "Tabula rasa" or blank slate in his 1689 work "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding"? | John Locke |
| Which city in Emilia-Romagna is noted for its Ferrari museum, balsamic vinegar and its Military Academy? | Modena |
| Sant'Agata Bolognese in Emilia-Romagna is the famous HQ of which car company? | Lamborghini |
| Which country contains the birthplace of David Ben Gurion, the first PM of Israel? | Poland (Plorisk) |
| Which country contains the birthhplace of Israeli PM Golda Meir? | Ukraine (Kiev) |
| The security firm Group 4 was founded in the 1960s in which country? | Belgium |
| The security firm Falck which merged with Group 4 in 2000 was founded in 1901 in which European country? | Denmark |
| Which major UK security business merged with Group 4 Falck to form G4S in 2004? | Securicor |
| Who, in 1967, was the first Argentinian to win the Open Championship in golf? | Roberto DeVicenzo |
| Which Egyptian won the 1954 Wimbledon men's singles title? | Jaroslav Drobny |
| Which rock vocalist played Jesus in the original 1971 album recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar"? | Ian Gillian |
| Bou Inania Madrasa is a college in Fez founded in which century? | Fourteenth |
| Which mosque, completed in 1993 in Casablanca, has the world's tallest minaret at 689 feet? | Hassan II Mosque |
| Which peak in southwest Morocco is the highest in the Atlas Mountains? | Toubkal |
| Historically, which African coastal city has shared its name with a large mammal and part of the body? | Annaba (formerly Hippo and Bone) |
| Henri Lhote made ancient astronaut theories to explain the cave paintings at which Algerian site? | Tassili n'Ajjer |
| Lost in the 7th century and redicovered in 1881, which Algerian site contains Trajan's Arch and the Capitoline Temple? | Timgad |
| Which lead singer of the group Survivor performed "I'm Always Here", the theme to "Baywatch"? | Jimi Jamison |
| Winners at the 1896 Olympics were awarded an olive branch and what else? | Silver medal |
| Before 2012, three people had won four consecutive individual Olympic golds. Carl Lewis, Al Oerter and which Danish sailor? | Paul Elvstrom |
| In which year were Olympic gold medalists also given a crown and an oak tree in a pot? | 1936 |
| How many golds did Great Britain win in each of the four Olympics from 1980 to 1992? | Five |
| Which animal is being fed on the front of the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" album? | Goat |
| In 2005, which French pilot became the first person to land a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest? | Didier Delsalle |
| Which chart topping act was formed by Brian Hibbard and other members of the "7:84 Theatre Group"? | The Flying Pickets |
| Which Spanish born Cuban-American bandleader is name checked in the song "Joe Le Taxi"? | Xavier Cugat |
| Which Peruvian soprano with a four octave range was sampled by "The Black-Eyed Peas" and name checked in the song "Joe le Taxi"? | Yma Sumac |
| Which US Civil War general was buried in 1863 in Lexington, Virginia, 100 miles from where his left arm was buried? | Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
| Which horror film series features the soul of the Lakeshore Strangler Charles Lee Ray? | Child's Play |
| Which Californian frontiersman is best known for the elkhorn and grizzly bear skin chairs he made and presented to four US Presidents? | Seth Kinman |
| Which soul singer bought the radio station in Augusta where he used to shine shoes? | James Brown |
| What specifically connects the deaths of WC Fields, Dean Martin, James Brown and Eartha Kitt? | On Christmas Day |
| What was the nationality of forger Elmyr de Hora, who claimed to have sold over a thousand forged paintings to reputable museums? | Hungarian |
| Clive Irving, who wrote a biography of art forger Elmyr de Hory called fake, then faked whose autobiography? | Howard Hughes |
| In Lucha Libre, the bad guys are called Rudos. What are the good guys called? | Tecnicos |
| Which comedian has presented documentaries called "Different Like Me" and "A Little Bit OCD"? | Jon Richardson |
| Which contact sport involves teams of five made up of a jammer and four blockers? | Roller Derby |
| In 2012, how many runs did West Indies player Tino Best make to be the best Test Number 11 batsman in an innings? | 95 |
| Rikochet, The Flea and Buena Girl are the central characters of which cartoon, based around the world of Lucha Libre? | Mucha Lucha |
| What is the surname of the character who becomes Ben 10 when he wears the Omnitrix? | Tennyson |
| The eponymous star of which US sci-fi/adventure animated series of the 1960s and 80s had a dog called Bandit? | Jonny Quest |
| Sometimes called legacy strips what name is usually given to comic strips that continue to be made after the creator working on them has died? | Zombie strips |
| You're a Star, the theme tune to "New Faces" was sung by Carl Wayne, the lead singer for which 60s group? | The Move |
| The action of which children's TV show takes place at Silver Hatch? | Roary the Racing Car |
| Katherine Hepburn's only appearance in a stage musical was playing which fashion designer? | Coco Chanel (in Coco) |
| Mentioned in the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" who is known for shooting four muggers in 1984 on the New York Subway? | Bernie Guetz |
| Mentioned in the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire", who was the first President of South Korea? | Syngman Rhee |
| In the 1949 song "My Dream is Yours", Doris Day and Jack Carson sing and dance with which cartoon character? | Bugs Bunny |
| Lame White Man was the only Cheyenne chief to die at which battle? | Little Big Horn |
| Which popular repeating pattern takes its name from a dance that gained popularity at around the same time? | Polka dots |
| Which herb has the scientific name Artemisia absinthium? | Wormwood |
| According to the Book of John, what miracle did Jesus perform at Siloam, a pool near Jerusalem? | Cured a blind man |
| Page Three model Peta Todd has a child by which sportsman? | Mark Cavendish? |
| Which Belgian cyclist died in a crash in the 3rd stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia? | Wouter Weylandt |
| Besides France, the 2012 Tour de France route passed through which other two countries? | Belgium and Switzerland |
| In which capital city was runner Mo Farah born? | Mogadishu |
| Ernie Els won the 2012 Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes after which Australian bogied the last four holes? | Adam Scott |
| Which French word is used to indicate a full-length mirror mounted so as to swivel within a frame? | Cheval |
| A 1993 film of which Shakespeare play starred Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves and Richard Briers? | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Marking an early appearance by Christian Bale, for which 1989 film was Kenneth Brannagh nominated for Best Actor and Best Director Oscars? | Henry V |
| Who starred in 163 feature films, was often called the "first superstar" of Indian cinema and died in July 2012? | Rajesh Khanna |
| Who wrote the Lone Pine children's book series, set mainly in Shropshire? | Malcolm Saville |
| Which actor played main roles in "Trackdown", "I Spy" and "The Greatest American Hero"? | Robert Culp |
| William the Silent aka William of Orange led a revolt against King Philip II of Spain in 1568, starting a war that lasted how many years? | Eighty |
| How many of the Seventeen Provinces rebelled against Spain to create the Dutch Republic? | Seven |
| Which drummer with Derek and the Dominoes suffered schizophrenia and served sixteen years in prison for murdering his mother? | Jim Gordon |
| Which famous drink was formulated by Charles Alderton at Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas? | Dr Pepper |
| Which drink created by Charles Leiper Grigg was originally called Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon Lime Soda and was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash? | 7 Up |
| A biography of Lieber and Stoller claimed that which hit for The Coasters was about venereal disease? | Poison Ivy |
| In Ancient Rome a lustrum was a period of how many years? | Five |
| In Ancient Rome, a suovetaurilia, performed once a lustrum, was traditionally a sacrifice of which three animals? | Pig, sheep & bull |
| In which European language do the days Monday to Friday have names meaning second fair, third fair, fourth fair and so on? | Portuguese |
| In the French Revolutionary Calendar, the first day of the week was called "primidi". What was the last day of the week called? | Decadi |
| What is the width in inches of the woman's balance beam in gymnastics? | Four |
| The tune known in Mexico as Jarabe Tapatio is known globally by what English name? | Mexican Hat Dance |
| Which seven times Czech gold medallist performed a floor routine to Jarabe Tapatio at the Mexico Olympics? | Vera Caslavska |
| Which gymnast was known as the Sparrow from Minsk? | Olga Korbutt |
| Which Soviet gymnast won the all-round gymnastics gold at the Munich Olympics? | Lyudmilla Tourischeva |
| At the Montreal Olympics, which Japanese gymnast completed the pommel horse and rings with a broken knee? | Shun Fujimoto |
| Backing singers sing "bop showaddy bop showaddywaddy" throughout which UK number one, which was turned down by Showaddywaddy? | Sugar Baby Love |
| Confederate General Marmaduke killed Confederate General Walker in 1863 in the last example of what in Arkansas? | Duel |
| Which quarterback made a record 297 consecutive NFL starts, mostly for the Green Bay Packers and also played Mary's former boyfriend in "There's Something About Mary"? | Brett Favre |
| Which singer had a record seven consecutive chart topping singles in the US charts? | Whitney Houston |
| Who from 1994 to 1995 spent a record 438 days in space in the Mir space station? | Valery Polyakov |
| From 1982 to 1998, Cal Ripken played 2,632 consecutive league games in which sport? | Baseball |
| In June 2012, Hilary Clinton became the first US Secretary of State to visit 100 countries on landing in which former Soviet republic? | Latvia |
| In July 2012, Hilary Clinton became the first US Secretary of State to visit which Asian country since John Foster Dulles in 1955? | Laos |
| Which Russian company made the plane, popularly known as the Concordski, which crashed at the 1973 Paris air show? | Tupolev |
| According to the song "Me & Bobby McGee", what is "just another word for nothing left to lose"? | Freedom |
| What was the usual press nickname for New York crime boss Joseph Bonanno? | Joe Bananas |
| By what name was crime boss, Salvatore Lucania, founder of the Genovese crime family better known? | Lucky Luciano |
| In the name of the South Korean business conglomerate LG Corps what do the letters LG stand for? | Lucky Goldstar |
| In 2012, which Seoul based business conglomerate accounted for a fifth of S Korea's total exports? | Samsung |
| Who caddied for Andreas Romero in the final round of the 2012 Open Championship? | Carlos Tevez |
| Which Australian tennis doubles champion caddied for Ian Baker-Finch at the 1996 Open Championship? | Todd Woodbridge |
| Which 100th ranked Czech tennis player knocked Rafael Nadal out of Wimbledon 2012? | Lukas Rosol |
| Losing to 30-year old American Lon Mitchell, who in 1994 became the first defending Wimbledon champion to lose in the first round? | Steffi Graf |
| Literally meaning beggar, which word means an ordained Buddhist monk? | Bhikku or bhiksu |
| Jathedars are ordained leaders in which religion? | Sikhism |
| The mama, bow-wow and pooh-pooh theories are attempts to explain the origins of what? | Language |
| Estrella Damm is marketed as the beer of which European city? | Barcelona |
| Formed in 1944, which was the first UK female group in the US top ten and broke a world record by still being together without a change of line-up in 2002? | The Beverley Sisters |
| Which Hungarian fencer has won gold in six consecutive Olympics? | Aladar Gerevich |
| Which Canadian show jumper competed in his tenth Olympic games in 2012? | Ian Millar |
| Which country's capital, known as Frunze for much of the 20th century, is named after a churn for making fermented mare's milk? | Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek) |
| Formerly Stalin Peak and Communism Peak, the Ismoil Somoni Peak, the highest mountain in the former Soviet Union is named after the historical founder of which people? | Tajiks |
| Which Kenyan beat Steve Cram in 1988 to become the youngest Olympic winner of the 1500 metres? | Peter Rono |
| Which Central Asian country gets over a third of its income from remittances, money sent from migrant workers abroad? | Tajikistan |
| Who was the unlikely actor to play Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez in a 1986 movie? | Sean Connery (Highlander) |
| Which film heroes worked from a 1959 Cadillac ambulance called the Ecto-1? | Ghostbusters |
| Which actress is probably best known for playing the dancing welder Alex Owens in the film "Flashdance"? | Jennifer Beals |
| Which surname connects a bass guitarist and songwriter who died in 2002 and the man who in 2012 became DG of the BBC? | Entwistle |
| Belgian Olympic hockey forward Andre Waterkeyn is better known as the engineer who designed which building? | The Atomium |
| The statue of a mermaid at Cowes on the Isle of Wight is modelled on which swimmer? | Sharron Davies |
| Which James M Cain novel was made into a 1945 film starring Joan Crawford and a 2011 miniseries starring Kate Winslet? | Mildred Pierce |
| Which James M Cain crime novel was made into a 1945 film starring Lana Turner and John Garner, and a 1981 film starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange? | The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| Which James M Cain crime novel was made into a 1944 film starring Barbara Stanwick and Fred McMurray? | Double Indemnity |
| Which two Stanley Kubrick films starred Peter Sellars? | Dr Strangelove & Lolita |
| Where were the 1908 Olympics due to have taken place before being moved to London? | Rome |
| Which country was originally selected to host the 1986 FIFA World Cup before the tournament moved to Mexico? | Colombia |
| The Copper Box in London was originally designed as an arena for which sport? | Handball |
| Who designed London 2012's Aquatics Centre? | Zaha Hadid |
| For sponsorship reasons what was branded as the North Greenwich Arena during London 2012? | The O2 Arena (the Dome) |
| Which London 2012 venue was designed by Hopkins Architects? | The London Velodrome |
| In the 800 metres who beat Sebastian Coe into silver at the 1984 Olympics? | Joaquim Cruz (Brazil) |
| Besides London and Paris, what were the other three shortlisted teams to host the 2012 Olympics? | New York, Moscow and Madrid |
| Starring in ten John Waters films, how is actor Harris Glenn Milstead better known to audiences? | Divine |
| In the video to which song from "A Rush of Blood to the Head" does Christ Martin appear to be singing forwards whilst walking backwards? | The Scientist |
| The video to which Coldplay song from "X&Y" features a 25 year old man throwing around an 84 year old woman? | The Hardest Part |
| Lady Gaga's debut single "Just Dance" featured guest vocals from which singer? | Colby O'Donis |
| In which country do spotted mist cats originate? | Australia |
| The Governing Council of Cat Fancy runs the Supreme Cat Show at the NEC in which month? | November |
| In which US state is the Circuit of the Americas motor racing circuit? | Texas |
| At the 2012 Olympics, for which country did Plymouth trained Ruta Meilutyte win gold in the 100 metres breaststroke? | Lithuania |
| At the 2012 Olympics, which Japanese footballer scored against Spain in the opening round? | Yuki Otsu |
| Which celebrity and former talent show judge is daughter of the manager of Jet Records? | Sharon Osborne |
| First mentioned in the 16th century, which Hungarian breed of dog is often referred to as the "mop dog"? | Komondor |
| Usually black, which long haired Hungarian dog breed has white varieties called Roxies? | Puli |
| In taxonomy, which term, invented by Julian Huxley in 1958, means an ancestor and all its descendents? | Clade |
| Which 19th century Irish physicist gives his name to the light scattering effect in some colloids and also causes the colour of blue eyes? | John Tyndall |
| Which word means a flap that covers the gills in fish or a lid that protects a gastropod when it retracts into its shell? | Operculum |
| In 2012, who played the title role in BBC's Henry IV Parts 1 and 2? | Jeremy Irons |
| In 2012, who played the title role in BBC's Henry V? | Tom Hiddleston |
| In which series set in Shelby, North Carolina, does Danny McBride play washed up baseballer Kenny Powers? | Eastbound & Down |
| Who created the TV series "The Wire" and co-created the New Orleans based series "Treme"? | David Simon |
| Which member of the cast of "Friends" was once Canada's 17th ranked junior at tennis? | Matthew Perry |
| Which star of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" came 12th in the 1992 World Diving Championships? | Jason Statham |
| Actress Geena Davis almost made the US team at the Sydney Olympics in which sport? | Archery |
| One of the most widely distributed photos in existence, The Blue Marble is a shot of the Earth taken from which spacecraft? | Apollo 17 |
| In 1990, which spacecraft took a photo including the Earth known as The Pale Blue Dot? | Voyager 1 |
| Which puzzle platform game for the Playstation is abbreviated to LBP and features a character called Sackboy? | LittleBigPlanet |
| For which computer was the popular puzzle platform game Lemmings originally made? | Commodore Amiga |
| With over 200 million accounts created which game, created in 2001, is the largest massively multiplier online role-playing game? | Runescape |
| Spencer Tracey won a Best Actor Oscar playing in which film based on a book by Rudyard Kipling? | Captains Courageous |
| Which of the "Little Women" in the famous novel of that name was based on the author Louisa May Alcott? | Jo March |
| Which road cyclist was the first person to win a medal for Team GB at London 2012? | Elizabeth Armitstead |
| Which women's footballer scored the first Team GB goal of 2012 in a game against New Zealand? | Steph Houghton |
| In the Team GB men's football team's first game, which Welsh player was listed in the programme as English? | Joe Allen |
| In London 2012, who were North Korea playing when their faces appeared alongside a flag of South Korea? | Colombia |
| Which team were whitewashed at the 2012 Six Nations Championships? | Scotland |
| In which stadium did Italy play their home matches at the 2012 Six Nations? | Stadio Olimpico |
| Translating as servant which word means a road cyclist that works for the benefit of a team and leader? | Domestique |
| As a term used by racing cyclists, how is a bidon more commonly known? | Water bottle |
| Which famous song has lyrics by Sir Henry Boulton in the 19th century to a tune collected by Anne Campbell MacLeod? | The Skye Boat Song |
| Which Rudyard Kipling poem was set to music by Oley Speaks and sung by Frank Sinatra on the album "Come Fly With Me"? | On the Road To Mandalay |
| Which famous 11th/12th century poet, philosopher and mathematician had a name meaning "tent maker"? | Omar Khayyam |
| At the start of "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" by Robert Service "a bunch of the boys were whooping it up" where? | In the Marmalute saloon |
| Which month is mentioned in the first line of the General Prologue at the start of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales"? | April |
| Which talent show search, presented by Amanda Holden was won by Ben Forster? | Superstar |
| Which TV program, hosted by Dara O'Briain in 2012, led two of its viewers to discover a new planet? | Stargazing Live |
| Which dog food brand launched an advert in 2012 containing noises that only a dog could hear? | Bakers |
| Which TV channel on Freeview 9 celebrated its 10th birthday in March 2012? | BBC Four |
| Having been covered by the BBC for 52 consecutive years, which sporting event moved to another channel in 2013? | The Grand National |
| Who came third in the 2012 London mayoral election? | Jenny Jones |
| Which instalment of the Michael Apted's documentary that began with "7 Up" was broadcast in 2012? | 56 Up |
| Which presenter of "Rogue Traders" was jailed for 12 weeks for benefit fraud? | Dan Penteado |
| The Lee Valley White Water Centre, the venue for canoe slalom events in London 2012, is in which county? | Hertfordshire |
| At the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the sailing events took place off the coast of which city? | Tallinn |
| Along with Britney Spears, which singer and actress became a new judge on "The X Factor USA" in 2012? | Demi Lovato |
| Which HBO series starring Dustin Hoffman was cancelled during its second series after three horses died during production? | Luck |
| With a theme tune sung by Frank Sinatra, what was the first prime time series on Fox TV? | Married...With Children |
| Deriving from Tibetan, which word means a hybrid between a yak and a cow? | Dzo or zho |
| Which peak in the Harz mountains gives its name to an optical phenomenon involving an observer's shadow? | Brocken |
| Which are the only two African countries which only have one neighbour? | Lesotho and Gambia |
| What is the largest country with only one neighbour? | Canada |
| What name is shared by the concept of natural law in Indian religions and a title role played by Jenna Elfman in a US sitcom? | Dharma |
| Which popular dystopian novel series is set in a country called Panem? | The Hunger Games |
| What is the third book in the "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy? | Fifty Shades Freed |
| Who wrote a best selling gardening book in 2012 called "American Grown"? | Michelle Obama |
| Which Australian writes the Scarecrow novels about the marine Shane Schofield? | Matthew Reilly |
| Which famous US novelist wrote the 2012 novel "Calico Joe", his first to centre around baseball? | John Grisham |
| Made into a Hollywood film starring Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver, who wrote "Circle of Friends"? | Maeve Binchy |
| Which famous US novelist wrote the screenplay for the 1959 film "Ben Hur"? | Gore Vidal |
| Who plays Katniss Everdeen in the film version of "The Hunger Games"? | Jennifer Lawrence |
| Who changed his stage name for his 2012 album "Reincarnated"? | Snoop Dogg now Lion |
| Which artist featured on Pink's 2012 album "The Truth About Love" changed her professional name to her married one? | Lily Allen to Lily Rose Cooper |
| Which Hitchcock film did a 2012 British Film Institute poll declare to be the best film ever? | Vertigo |
| Who wrote the Donny Osmond hit "Puppy Love"? | Paul Anka |
| What was Donny Osmond's only US number one, written by Goffin and King? | Go Away Little Girl |
| Which actress co-starred with Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"? | Jane Russell |
| When the Titanic sank in 1912, which ship was less than 20 miles away and failed to heed her distress signals? | SS Californian |
| Who played Joe's mum in "Lassie Come Home", the title character in "Bride of Frankenstein" and the departing nanny in "Mary Poppins"? | Elsa Lanchester |
| In a book and film, which three times Grand Prix winner was originally called the "Paragon Panther"? | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| For which country did Alexander Konokourov win the 2012 Olympic men's cycling road race? | Kazakhstan |
| In which war was "The Turtle" the first submarine used in battle? | American War of Independence |
| In Greek myth who was the "nourishing goddess" whose horn was broken by the baby Zeus and became the cornucopia or horn of plenty? | Amalthea |
| In which film does Ronald Reagan play baseball star GC Alexander? | The Winning Team |
| At which herbally named night club did Chubby Checker first introduce the Twist? | The Peppermint Lounge |
| In which film does John Wayne's refer to James Stewart's character as "pilgrim"? | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
| John Ford's Cavalry trilogy, which all starred John Wayne were Fort Apache (1948), She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) and which other film, released in 1950? | Rio Grande |
| Besides New York and Bilbao, which two cities have a Guggenheim Museum? | Venice & Berlin |
| Which US city had a Guggenheim museum from 2001 until its closure in 2008? | Las Vegas |
| Politically, who follows Mildred, Hannelore, Hannelore and Doris? | Joachim (spouses of German Chancellors) |
| Born as Jeanine Deckers, she had a foreign language hit in 1963 under what name? | The Singing Nun |
| In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", what line follows "Ay me! for aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history"? | The course of true love never did run smooth |
| On August 12th 1975, which Kiwi ran the first sub 3 minute 50 second mile? | John Walker |
| In 1994, which Algerian became the first to run the mile in under 3 minutes and 45 seconds? | Noureddine Morceli |
| Which Swedish runner's record was beaten by Roger Bannister's first sub four minute mile? | Gunder Hägg |
| With a first single written by Mike Batt, which singer's debut album in 2003 was "Call Off The Search"? | Katie Melua |
| Opening with the song "Don't Know Why", what was the name of singer-sonwriter Nora Jones's 2002 debut album? | Come Away With Me |
| Which Italian won the Golden Boot at World Cup Italia 90? | Salvatore Schillachi |
| Which German won the Golden Boot at the FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany? | Mirosalv Klose |
| Loreen singing "Euphoria" won the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest for which country? | Sweden |
| With which song did Engelbert Humperdinck enter the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest? | Love Will Set You Free |
| Who scored a record 45 goals for his country and won the Golden Boot at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Finals? | David Suker (Croatia) |
| Who succeeded Neil Hamilton and Martin Bell as MP for Tatton in Cheshire? | George Osborne |
| Roy Jenkins, who left the Labour Party was succeeded as MP for Glasgow Hillhead by which MP who also left the Labour Party? | George Galloway |
| Which unusual word meaning incapable of being repudiated or transferred is found in the US Declaration of Independence? | Unalienable |
| Which political term was formed by combining a signatory of the US Declaration of Independence with an amphibian? | Gerrymander |
| Part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, which London festival involved 37 plays of Shakespeare in 37 languages? | The Globe to Globe Festival |
| Who was artistic director of the RSC from 2003 to 2012? | Michael Boyd |
| In 1767, British mapmaker John Spilsbury created the earliest known what? | Jigsaw puzzle |
| Spirograph inventor Denys Fisher also invented which toy bricks involving a brush of plastic fingers allowing neighbouring blocks to interlock? | Stickle bricks |
| Which game did inventor Peter Adolph name after a species of bird? | Subbuteo |
| Give one of the two countries whose name added to saltpetre to indicate sodium nitrate rather than potassium nitrate? | Chile OR Peru |
| Sarah Attar made history by representing which country at the 2012 Olympics? | Saudi Arabia (first of two women to take part) |
| Which Academy Award winning actress shared the surname of her cousin, a famous British aircraft engineer? | Olivia de Havilland |
| Calling it Jason, in which model of De Havilland plane did Amy Johnson fly solo from England to Australia in 1930? | Gypsy Moth |
| A set of commemorative stamps for an event in which year were the first to feature the word "Britain" on them? | 1951 (for the Festival of Britain) |
| For which event were the first British commemorative stamps issued in 1924? | The British Empire Exhibition |
| Originally performed by Arthur Crudup, what was the first commercial single released by Elvis Presley? | That's All Right |
| Who celebrated his 2012 Olympic discus gold by tearing his shirt and jumping over the women's hurdles? | Robert Harting |
| Who won the 2012 Olympic high jump despite losing his singlet between jumps? | Ivan Ukhov |
| Which Russian beat Kim Hye Song of North Korea to win the first ever bout of Olympic women's boxing? | Elena Savelyeva |
| Who finished the first leg of a 4x400 metre Olympic relay heat in 46.1 seconds despite breaking a leg half way? | Manteo Mitchell |
| Which Briton won a silver in judo at the 2012 Olympics with a broken thumb? | Gemma Gibbons |
| Which German diver landed flat on his back at the 2012 Olympics? | Stephan Feck |
| Taking just under nine minutes to row 2,000 metres at the 2012 Olympics, Issaka "the Otter" sculled for which country? | Niger |
| Vinnie Ennis, father of athlete Jessica, was born in which country? | Jamaica |
| Born in Somalia, Mo Farah spent most of his childhood up to the age of eight living in which small African country? | Djibouti |
| At the 2012 Olympics who beat Christina Ohoruogu into silver place at the 400 metres? | Sanya Richards-Ross |
| At the 2012 Olympics Daniel Gyurta beat which Scottish swimmer into silver place at the 200 metres breaststroke? | Michael Jamieson |
| Montenegro won its first ever Olympic medal in 2012 when its women's team won a silver in which sport? | Handball |
| Nijel Amos won silver in the men's 800 metres at the 2012 Olympics, the first ever medal for which country? | Botswana |
| Which three countries beginning with G won their first ever Olympic medals at London 2012? | Gabon, Grenada & Guatemala |
| Which herb is usually referred to in the US as cilantro? | Coriander |
| In 1865 Hymn to Liberty became the national anthem of which country? | Greece |
| Who partnered Saskia Clark to an Olympic sailing silver despite a fear of the sea? | Hannah Mills |
| Which British European and Commonwealth silver medal long jumper of 2002 had an allergy to sand? | Jade Johnson |
| Whose record of four golds did Ben Ainslie break to become the most successful sailor in Olympic history? | Paul Elvstrom |
| Which 2012 British Olympic gold medalist was coached by UAE's first medalist Sheikh Ahmed Al-Maktoum? | Peter Wilson (trap shooter) |
| Which member of the Chicago Bulls and Team GB at London 2012 has a father who helped to draft South Sudan's constitution? | Luol Deng |
| Which British writer and comedian took the song "Purple People Eater" to number one in Finland? | Barry Cryer |
| The last chief of which Scottish border clan was hanged in 1610 for leading a cattle raid on Penrith? | Armstrong |
| In the NHS, which word means a patient that is admitted from a waiting list? | Elective |
| In the NHS, Caldicott Guidelines deal specifically with the handling of what? | Patient Information |
| Who was Minister for the Olympics from 2005 to 2010? | Tessa Jowell |
| Who became Minister for Sport and the Olympics in 2010? | Hugh Robertson |
| Rory McIlroy won the US PGA Championship by a record eight points over which English golfer? | David Lynn |
| J. S. Bach's "The Well Tempered Clavier" contains a total of how many fugues and preludes? | 48 |
| What was the middle name of composer Johann Bach, father of Johann Sebastian Bach and Johann Christoph Bach? | Ambrosius |
| Which famous composer was known by the surname Geyer until the age of fourteen? | Richard Wagner |
| Who wrote the opera "Mittwoch aus Licht" including a piece for a string quartet and four helicopters? | Karlheinz Stockhausen |
| Evgeni Kostitsyn's first and third symphonies are notorious for requiring two and nine what respectively? | Conductors |
| The 1950s hit "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" was based on "Espana", a rhapsody for orchestra by which French composer? | Emmanuel Chabrier |
| "Catch A Falling Star", made famous by Perry Como, was based on the "Academic Festival Overture" of which composer? | Johannes Brahms |
| Which English league football team has Pottermus the Hippo as a mascot? | Stoke City |
| What is the name of the Monkey that serves as a mascot of Hartlepool United FC? | H'Angus |
| A son of which fashion designer is married to a granddaughter of George Bush Sr? | Ralph Lauren |
| The musical "Hello Dolly" is based on a book called "The Matchmaker" by which US writer? | Thornton Wilder |
| Which English singer-songwriter's eleventh studio album "Sonik Kicks" top the UK album chart by 250 copies in 2012? | Paul Weller |
| What name is given to the silk belt worn in a match by a rikishi or sumo wrestler? | Mawashi |
| What name is given to a judo throw where the judoku is thrown onto the back with insufficient force to merit a full ippon? | Waza-ari |
| Which Frankish general was a grandfather of Charlemagne and is best remembered for beating the Moors near Tours in 732 AD? | Charles Martel |
| Coming from French which word means a longarm shorter than a rifle or musket, originally meaning ones designed for cavalrymen? | Carbine |
| What name is generally given to a rifle that fires intermediate cartridges and has a detachable magazine? | Assault rifle |
| What was the name of the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony directed by Danny Boyle as well as the subsequent soundtrack album? | Isles of Wonder |
| Which British folk/punk singer-songwriter, formerly with the band Million Dead, performed in the stadium run-up to the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony? | Frank Turner |
| A noted centre of the 1960s hippie movement, Haight-Ashbury is a district of which city? | San Francisco |
| Which famous son of an MEP has the first name Alexander, de Pfeffel as a middle name and is married to lawyer and columnist Marina Wheeler? | Boris Johnson |
| Who designed the Boris Bus and the Rolling Bridge in London, the Seed Cathedral in Shanghai and the East Beach Café in Littlehampton? | Thomas Heatherwick |
| Which 18th century French aviator gave his name to a balloon with separate chambers for heated and non-heated lifting gases? | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier |
| Which Briton is the first to visit the Geographic & Magnetic North & South Poles and climb the highest peaks in all seven continents? | David Hempleman-Adams |
| Prior to Lennox Lewis who was the last British undisputed heavyweight boxing champion? | Bob Fitzsimmons |
| Which Scottish castle is the seat of the Duke of Argyll? | Inverary |
| Which castle is headquarters of the only legal private army in Europe? | Blair (The Atholl Highlanders) |
| Which fish of the family Synanceia are named for their camouflage ability and are the most venomous in the world? | Stonefish |
| Which fish of the family Trachinidae are the most venomous found in British waters? | Weever(fish) |
| Who played Dotty Turnbull in 70 TV commercials before campaigning against the company she advertised? | Prunella Scales |
| First detected in 2008, Conficker is a notorious example of what? | Computer virus (worm) |
| Which soft drink was registered as a medicine in 1912 by its inventor John Nicholls? | Vimto |
| Giles Andreae, a schoolfriend of David Cameron at Eton, created which famous stick man, found on greetings cards and for a while used in Vimto ads? | Purple Ronnie |
| Which branded vodka drink is mixed with port to create a cheeky Vimto? | Blue WKD |
| Who was the first British athlete to win medals in track and field events at three Olympics? | Steve Backley |
| Married to a crown prince, Australian born Susan Cullen-Ward, who died in 2004, claimed to be the rightful queen of which European country? | Albania |
| Which European crown prince met his wife to be in a pub in Sydney, Australia? | Frederick of Denmark |
| Named after a German chemist and patented in 1902, which industrial process is used to make nitric acid? | Ostwald Process |
| Which metallic element is produced by electrolysis in a Downs cell? | Sodium |
| Since the 1940s, which light metallic element has been largely obtained from its ore rutile by the Kroll process? | Titanium |
| The Ames Process was developed in 1942 as the most efficient way to produce high-purity quantities of which metallic element? | Uranium |
| Which Disney film of 2004 starring the voices of Roseanne Barr and Judy Dench shared its name with the state song of Kansas? | Home on the Range |
| Which 2009 film starred Tiana, the first black Disney princess? | The Princess and the Frog |
| The Marlinsky Ballet Company is still commonly known by which pre-Soviet name? | Kirov |
| Which Prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet is married to the Russian violinist Vadim Repin? | Svetlana Zakharova |
| Which scientist and journalist is son of Noosha Fox of the mid-70s band Fox? | Ben Goldacre |
| After Han, with a population of over 18 million, what is the largest of the 55 ethnic minorities in China? | Zhuang |
| The walrus has a baculum which can be up to 25 inches in length. What is a baculum? | Penis bone |
| Deriving from Low German which word, especially in Australia and New Zealand, is used to mean a non-human penis? | Pizzle |
| The 2009 riots in Urumqi in the western Xinjiang province of China were led by which ethnic group? | Uyghur |
| Which popular Chinese dissection puzzles have a name which translates as "seven boards of skill"? | Tangram |
| Which common interlocking wood puzzles take their name from a type of plant seed with hooks? | Burr puzzles |
| "Let Your Body Drive" is a slogan and "Golden Chains" by ALB the music for a series of TV ads for which car? | Peugeot 208 |
| Crime writer Patricia Cornwell bought over thirty paintings by which artist to try and show he was Jack the Ripper? | Walter Sickert |
| Which Amazonian people of Ecuador and Peru are famous for their former practice of tsantsa or head shrinking? | Shuar |
| Racehorses in the southern hemisphere have which date as their official birthday? | August 1st |
| Using Tesla's alternating current, which company rivalled General Electric in the War of the Currents? | Westinghouse Electric |
| Which land dwelling invertebrates have 4,400 species and are divided into three categories called endogeic, epigeic and anecic? | Earthworms |
| Which role played by Ernie Hudson in "Ghostbusters" was originally created for Eddie Murphy? | Winston Zeddemore |
| According to a 2006 article in "Businessweek", which company makes 306 million tyres a year and had made 4 billion minifigures to date? | Lego |
| How was author and composer John Wilson who used his two middle names as his pen name better known? | Anthony Burgess |
| Which two chemical elements are named after asteroids discovered in 1801? | Cerium and Palladium |
| The Friendship Bridge and the Itaipu Dam lie on the border between Brazil and which country? | Paraguay |
| Monte Roraima, which inspired Conan-Doyle to write "The Lost World", contains the triple point of Brazil and which other countries? | Venezuela and Guyana |
| Operations Mobile, Harmattan and Unified Protector were military support by Canada, France and NATO forces in which country? | Libya |
| The NATO bombing to create safe areas in which country was called Operation Deliberate Force? | Bosnia & Herzegovina |
| Based in Amsterdam, which stock exchange was created in 2000 by merging those of Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris? | Euronext |
| The Cavendish experiment, to measure gravity, was conceived by which scientist, also called the "Father of Seismology"? | John Michell |
| Which Allied Operation of World War II to monitor Spain after the Civil War involved author Ian Fleming? | Operation Golden Eye |
| Which Polish-Swedish actress is best known as the main Bond girl Natalya Simonova in "Goldeneye"? | Izabella Scorupco |
| Which British actress became the first on screen Bond girl by playing Sylvia Tench in "Dr No"? | Eunice Gayson |
| Born Charles Adrian Wettach, which Swiss clown was once the highest paid entertainer in the world? | Grock |
| Which work by Giacometti sold to Lily Safra in 2010 for £65 million | L'Homme Qui Marche! |
| Which elastic therapeutic aid, worn by athletes despite no proven effectiveness, is often abbreviated to K Tape? | Kinesiology Tape |
| Which spice, made from the inner bark of a tree native to Sri Lanka, has often been consumed as a challenge on Youtube? | Cinnamon |
| In Japan what name is given to sliding doors which are opaque and made of more material than the paper thin shoji? | Fusuma |
| Also called wiffle balls in the US, what name is given to light hollow plastic balls with gaping holes, often used in golf practice? | Air flow balls |
| In orthodontics, what come in four main types called Hawley, vacuum-formed, pressure formed or fixed? | Dental Retainers |
| The Saskatchewan Province and the River Saskatchewan take their name from "fast flowing river" in which Algonquin language? | Cree |
| Which Canadian Province's flag consists of the coat of arms on a blue saltire on a white field? | Nova Scotia |
| Los Zetas are a powerful and violent criminal organisation in which country? | Mexico |
| Under what name does Cameron Jibril Thomas perform on such singles as Maroon 5's "Payphone"? | Wiz Khalifa |
| Who recorded one of the biggest selling songs on 2012 having come third in the fifth season of Canadian Idol? | Carly Rae Jepson |
| Which Romanian singer had her worldwide breakthrough hit in 2011 with "Mr Saxobeat"? | Alexandra Stan |
| In which event in 2012 did Sophie Moulds of Wales come second to Yu Wenxia of China? | Miss World |
| How many of Michael Phelps's Olympic medals are gold? | Fifteen |
| Marissa Mayer was appointed CEO of which global corporation in 2012 while six months pregnant? | Yahoo! |
| Which town in Emilia-Romagna is best known as the place where Emperor Henry IV stood for three days barefoot in snow doing penance to Pope Gregory VII in 1077? | Canossa |
| Which 17-year old pitcher's contract was voided after she struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession in an exhibition game? | Jackie Mitchell |
| In 1993, Carey Schueler became the first woman to be drafted by the MLB, when she was chosen for which team? | Chicago White Sox |
| In the Biblical Book of Genesis, Tigris and Euphrates are two of the rivers flowing out of Eden. Name one of the other two. | Pishon OR Gihon |
| Which architect, engineer and physician of the 27th century BC is the title character of a 1999 film? | Imhotep |
| First appearing in 1931, which children's character is chosen to succeed a king who eats a bad mushroom and takes his cousin as queen? | Babar the Elephant |
| Which Mughal Emperor fell down his library steps in 1556 and had a red sandstone tomb at Delhi, seen as an architectural precursor to the Taj Mahal? | Humayun |
| Which style of Bollywood movie with several genres in one film is named after a mixture of spices? | Masala Film |
| Kollywood films are those made in which Indian language? | Tamil |
| Which former Miss Teen World, Miss Liverpool and runner up in Miss England in 2010 has since become a star of Kollywood? | Amy Jackson |
| What is the primary language of the Andhra Pradesh region of India and the language of the Tollywood film industry? | Telugu |
| In 2012, which record breaking Blue Peter presenter announced her engagement to Warrington Wolves player Richie Myler? | Helen Skelton |
| Which Californian actress, model and entrepreneur appeared on the cover of the 1989 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, the biggest ever selling edition? | Kathy Ireland |
| Which Russian model is best known for her work on Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and for her relationship with Christiano Ronaldo? | Irina Shayk |
| Which singer of Kosovo-Albanian ancestry was lead vocalist on DJ Fresh's UK number one "Hot Right Now"? | Rita Ora |
| Which novel by Gore Vidal was made into a camp film with Raquel Welch in the title role? | Myra Breckinridge |
| Which French word is used to mean a bet on numbers 1 to 18 in roulette? | Manque |
| Which US President born in the 20th century was born first? | Lyndon B Johnson |
| Which UK Prime Minister born in the 20th century was born first? | Alec Douglas-Hume |
| Which electronic pop duo designed Limited Edition bottles for Coca Cola that went on sale in 2011, but only in France? | Daft Punk |
| As of 2012, who was the last British winner of the London Marathon? | Eamonn Martin |
| Sam Neill and Keira Knightley starred in which 2002 TV series based on a 1957 novel made into a famous film in 1965? | Dr Zhivago |
| La religieuse, a cake which tooks its name from its resemblance to a nun, is made of which pastry? | Choux |
| Which savoury dish takes its name from the Greek for spinach pie? | Spinakopita |
| Which sport developed in Canada in 1977 was originally called murderball? | Wheelchair rugby |
| In which three a side sport must sighted or partially sighted people wear blindfolds? | Goalball |
| Who wrote the Parade's End tetralogy of novels on which the TV series is based? | Ford Madox Ford |
| The TV series "Heartbeat" was originally based on the Constable novels by ex-policeman Peter Walker under which pen name? | Nicholas Rhea |
| Which German neurologist organised the first Stoke Mandeville Games for disabled persons in 1948? | Dr Ludwig Guttman |
| Which current charity was founded in 1946 by Judy Fryd as The National Association of Parents of Backward Children? | Mencap |
| Which city has a light festival called the Luminarie every December to commemorate the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995? | Kobe |
| Which prankster, one of the most subscribed Frenchmen on Youtube, is noted for his football based stunts? | Rémi Gaillard |
| An 140 ft high obelisk, an 110 ft high recreation of the Great Sphinx and a Sky Beam are features of which Las Vegas hotel? | Luxor Las Vegas |
| What position is head of the US Department of Justice? | Attorney General |
| A federal law enforcement agency governed by the US Department of Justice, what is the DEA? | Drug Enforcement Administration |
| A federal law enforcement agency governed by the US Department of Justice, what is the ATF? | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives |
| Which former UK ambassador wrote the controversial book "Murder in Uzbekistan"? | Craig Murray |
| Which popular online website that pairs strangers from around the world for webcam based conversations was founded by Andrei Ternovsky, a 17-year old Russian high school student in Moscow? | Chatroulette |
| The Roman Emperor Claudius was the last person known to have been able to read which language? | Etruscan |
| Which Dutch darts player of Indonesian ancestry won the 2006 BDO World Championship and is nicknamed the Matador? | Jelle Klaasen |
| What name is given to the region where, inside which, an astronomical body dominates the attraction of satelites? | Hill OR Roche sphere |
| What culinary name is given to the stretching of objects in a very strong gravitational field? | Spaghettification OR the noodle effect |
| Named after a German scientist what radius is such that, if an astronomical body's mass were compressed to a sphere of less than that radius, escape velocity from the surface would be the speed of light? | Schwarzchild radius |
| The 1960s chart topping singer Philip Blondheim, who died in 2012, was better known by what name? | Scott McKenzie |
| What was the pen name of the French writer Marie-Henri Beyle? | Stendhal |
| Which German discovered that a triangle's nine-point circle is tangential to its excircles and its incircle? | Feuerbach |
| Which of the Seven Sisters colleges is in Poughkeepsie, New York and is traditionally associated with Yale Univeristy? | Vassar College |
| Which women's college in Pennsylvania is named after a house in Wales? | Bryn Mawr |
| Which of the Seven Sisters colleges was originally called the Harvard Annexe? | Radcliffe College |
| Usually regarded as the last between the French and English in the Hundred Years War, in which 1453 battle were the English under John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury beaten by the French under Jean Bureau? | Castillon |
| At which battle of 1356 did Edward, the Black Prince capture King John II of France? | Poitiers |
| Celebrated by parades in several US cities, the German-American festival of Von Steuben Day takes place in which month? | September |
| Named after a Swiss physicist, Kocher's Method is a way of returning which body part to its normal position? | Shoulder (Dislocated) |
| Which festival was founded in 1983 by the Canadian impressario Gilbert Rozon and now claims to be the largest of its type in the world? | Just For Laughs |
| Which Canadian entrepreneur and space tourist is famous as the co-founder, in 1984, of the Cirque du Soleil? | Guy Laliberté |
| With a population of over 400,000 which people after the Inuit and First Nations are the largest aboriginal group in Canada? | Métis |
| Founded by Jamaican Gordon "Butch" Stewart in 1981, which operator of Caribbean resorts shares its name with a type of footwear? | Sandals Resorts |
| Sometimes called sea asparagus or sea pickle, which plant has a name which is a corruption of the French St Pierre? | Samphire |
| Which actor has written autobiographies called "Lucky Man" and "Always Looking Up: The Adventures Of An Incurable Optimist"? | Michael J Fox |
| Which actor has written autobiographies called 'My Name Escapes Me' and 'A Positively Final Appearance'? | Sir Alec Guinness |
| Which US politician has written "Faith of My Fathers" and "Worth the Fighting For"? | John McCain |
| Whose books are "Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership and the Olympic Games" and "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness"? | Mitt Romney |
| What was discovered in the 1580s, owned by the Berberini family, brought to Britain, broken in 1845 and has since been repaired three times? | Portland Vase |
| In criminal law which test of criminal liability has a name which is Latin for guilty mind? | Mens rea |
| Which member of the British royal family has a father-in-law who was runner-up in the prestigious Golden Shears sheep shearing contest? | Lady Davina (Lewis) [Daughter of Duke & Duchess of Gloucester] |
| Who was born in 2012 with dual Canadian-British citizenship and 13th in line to the British throne? | Isla Philips |
| Who, in 2012, announced his decision to divorce the American equestrienne Sandy Pflueger? | Captain Mark Philips |
| Named after the Norwegian for forward, which ship has sailed further north and further south than any wooden ship in history? | Fram |
| Which famous ship sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915? | Endurance |
| In 1912, what did Polish biochemist Cosimir Funk formulate the concept of after separating one from brown rice? | Vitamins |
| What did Walter Bayliss coin the concept of in 1905, having co-discovered one of them called secretin in 1902? | Hormones |
| Erected in Battersea Park in 1906, a statue of what by Joseph Whitehead led to a number of riots ending in the statue's removal? | Brown dog |
| Which satirical author popularised the word 'snob' in his 1840s "The Book of Snobs"? | William Makepeace Thackery |
| Which author made the first recorded uses of the words fragrance, debauchery, padlock, terrific and lovelorn? | John Milton |
| Which Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court's memoir called "My Grandfather's Son" was number one of the New York Times Bestseller List? | Clarence Thomas |
| Which swimmer, who won five golds at the 1988 Olympics, was known as the Californian Condor? | Matt Biondi |
| Which East German swimmer was, in 1988, the first woman to win six golds at one games? | Kristin Otto |
| Which poet spent ten years as jazz critic for "The Daily Telegraph"? | Philip Larkin |
| What is the Italian name for the basset horn under which George Bernard Shaw wrote music reviews for the Pall Mall Gazette? | Corno di Bassetto |
| Which Hungarian, in 1956, became the first boxer to win gold medals in three successive Olympics? | Laszlo Papp |
| At which sport did East Germany's Birgit Fischer win golds in six different Olympic Games from 1980 to 2004? | Kayaking |
| Which hit song from the album "Call Off The Search" originally appeared on Mike Batt's 1995 album "Arabesque"? | The Closest Thing To Crazy |
| Which classical crossover string quartet was put together by Mike Batt in 2000? | Bond |
| Which small marsupials, similar in appearance to bandicoots, are the subject of a campaign to replace the Easter Bunny in Australia? | Bilbies |
| The suborder Vombatiformes include three species of wombat and which other animal? | Koala |
| Who was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine along with Crick and Watson for his work on DNA? | Maurice Wilkins |
| Which Australian 200 metre runner was on the podium with Tommie Smith and John Carlos in 1968 during their famous Black Power salute? | Peter Norman |
| Chas and Dave and their drummer Mike Burt all played in which band, the backing group of Cliff Bennett? | The Rebel Rousers |
| At which 1861 battle did General Thomas J Jackson earn the nickname Stonewall? | Bull Run |
| General-in-Chief Winfield Scott's American Civil War plan to blockade the southern states was given which reptilian name? | The Anaconda Plan |
| How many of Indonesia's islands are in the world's ten largest by area? | Two |
| How many of Canada's islands are in the world's ten largest by area? | Three |
| Which of the earth's eight ecozones includes Central and most of Southern America? | Neotropic zone |
| What is the largest of the Earth's eight ecozones including Europe, Asia north of the Himalayas and part of North Africa? | Palearctic |
| Known by the nickname Jumbo, who is the only Indian to have taken 10 wickets in a Test Match? | Anil Kumble |
| What property is measured by the Vickers, Rockwell, Shore and Brinell Scales? | Hardness |
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