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Harder Randoms 7
Pabulum for cogitation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Founded by James Hong and Jim Young in 2000, which appearance rating website has been cited as an influence by the creators of Facebook and Youtube? | Hot Or Not |
| Which notorious website, noted for anonymous activism and launching various internet memes, was founded in 2003 by Christopher Poole under the pseudonym moot? | 4chan |
| On New Year's Day 2014, which Kiwi scored an ODI century against the West Indies in 36 balls, an international record? | Corey Anderson |
| In 2013, the UK number one album "13" was which heavy metal band's first with its original lead singer since 1978? | Black Sabbath |
| In the UK, whose "Midnight Memories" was the bestselling album of 2013? | One Direction |
| Which band, with their eponymous first album debuting at number one in 2013, are led by the son of Denise Welch and Tim Healy? | The 1975 |
| James Avery, who died on New Years Eve, 2013, was the voice of Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but was better known as who in "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"? | (Uncle) Phil(lip) Banks |
| In the world of gender politics, what three letter word is used to mean the gender a person is born with? | Cis (short for cisgender, opposite of transgender) |
| Which hybrid of French pastry and fried confectionery was trademarked by the Dominique Ansell Bakery in New York in 2013? | Cronut |
| Which word do Thames Water give to lumps of congealed matter such as one of 15-tons found in a London sewer in 2013? | Fatberg |
| The internet abbreviation ITAP, accompanying an online image usually stands for what? | I Took A Picture |
| In the US, the black-footed variety of which mammal is also called the prairie-dog hunter with prairie-dogs making up over 90% of their diet? | Ferret/Polecat |
| Which American mammals, along with the Asian raccoon dogs are the only canids who can climb trees? | Gray foxes |
| The father of which singer-songwriter is a co-founder of one of the four largest English language publishing houses? | Carly Simon (Simon & Schuster) |
| Which 1990s pop group consisted of children of members of the Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas? | Wilson Phillips |
| Also called Spirits of Saturn, what name is usually given to the white lead and vinegar based skin whitener that was popular among European women in the 16th century? | (Venetian) ceruse |
| In many languages including French, Spanish and Turkish, his name is synonymous with "mascara", which Frenchman founded a cosmetics firm in Bond Street London in 1834? | Eugene Rimmel |
| Who invented Panchromatic make-up, pancake make-up, a beauty micrometer and popularised the term "make-up" itself? | Max Factor |
| Coming from the Greek for "alongside image", which word means the psychological phenomenon in which a perceived form is seen in a random stimulus such as seeing animals in cloud formations or hearing messages in reversed music? | Pareidolia |
| In 1994, Roberto Canessa became the first known cannibal to stand as president of which country? | Uruguay (He was a survivor of flight 571) |
| What two word name is given to the skyscraper in Chengsha, Hunan, China, at the time of writing scheduled to overtake Burj Khalifa as the tallest in the world? | Sky City |
| The bespectacled look of which criminal, who died in February 2013, was said to be the inspiration for Michael Caine's portrayal of Harry Palmer? | Bruce Reynolds |
| In 2013, which BBC newsreader delivered news carrying a ream of A4 instead of his iPad and drily commented on the pointlessness of his waiting outside for the birth of Prince George? | Simon McCoy |
| Invented by Cheong Choon Ng in 2010, what toy helps children weave colourful rubber bands into bracelets? | Rainbow Loom |
| Which US reality show entering its fifth season in 2014 centres around a Louisiana family who have made much of their money from selling bird calls to hunters? | Duck Dynasty |
| FroYo is a trademarked New England dessert whose name is short for what? | Frozen Yoghurt |
| Sriracha is a hot chilli pepper sauce which takes its name from Si Racha, a city in which southeast Asian country? | Thailand |
| Which NFL side released Aaron Hernandez after he was arrested for a murder and suspected of others? | New England Patriots |
| In 2013, whose US trial for the murder of Travis Alexander was Yahoo's most searched for news story of that year? | Jodi Arias |
| In 2013, what became the first city outside England to host the Turner Prize, part of its role as the inaugural UK City of Culture? | Derry/Londonderry |
| Laure Prouvost became a surprise winner of the 2013 Turner Prize with "Wantee", an installation about a fictional relationship between her grandfather and which German artist, associated with collages? | Kurt Schwitters |
| Which famous ballet dancer became a sculptress at the German studio of Professor Lederer where she made self sculptures in various roles? | Anna Pavlova |
| The last surviving actress from "Gone With The Wind" until her death in 2014, who played India Wilkes and shared her surname with another character's first name? | Alicia Rhett |
| The Christian feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple is often also known by which one word name? | Candlemas |
| Rogation days are the three days leading up to which day in the Christian calendar? | Ascension Day |
| The 2013 film "The Internship", starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, was widely panned as being a two hour commercial for which company? | |
| What name is given to new employees at Google who have to wear a propeller beanie hat on their first Friday? | Nooglers |
| What were the two forenames of the Prince who, from his birth in 1864 to his death in 1892, was second in line to the British throne and has been cited by some authors as a suspect for the Jack the Ripper murders? | Albert Victor |
| Which physician-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria was Jack the Ripper in a 1988 TV series starring Michael Caine and in Alan Moore's comic book "From Hell" despite being in his seventes and having suffered a recent stroke at the times of the murders? | Sir William (Withey) Gull |
| In all six East Asian Games held since 1993 what has been the finishing order of the top three countries on the medal table? | China, Japan, South Korea |
| Iran has won most medals at the three West Asian Games held since 1997, which country with a name meaning "little fortress" has won second most? | Kuwait |
| Which Arctic feature with a two word name was widely used in the US media for the 2014 North American cold wave? | Polar vortex |
| In 2006, who did Sandi Toksvig replace as host of Radio 4's "The News Quiz"? | Simon Hoggart |
| Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia, but what was his sporting role during an incident that sparked the Sydney Riot of 1879? | Cricket umpire |
| What is the only amendment to the US constitution which repeals a previous amendment? | Twenty-first (repealing Prohibition) |
| In 1933,what did Franklin D Roosevelt say he would have straight after signing the Cullen-Harrison Act which made it legal? | A beer |
| Which music group was founded by Florian Schneider-Esleben and Ralf Hütter in 1970? | Kraftwerk |
| Which African-American act had twelve Billboard number ones from 1964 to 1969? | The Supremes |
| Complete this Mark Twain quote "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a" what? | Misprint |
| Yuen Woo-Ping, who choreographed martial arts fight scenes in 2000's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", did the same in which box office hit the year before? | The Matrix |
| What sort of European ship is associated with the scientific name Physalia physalia? | Portuguese man o' war |
| Which insect seen as an ill-omen has the scientific name Xestobium rufovillosum? | Death-watch beetle |
| Which UK based fast food chain with over a hundred outlets was founded in 1994 and features the word "Hallal" in its logo? | Chicken Cottage |
| Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake are two of the three main lakes in the Tri-Lakes region of New York. Which famous sports venue is the third? | Lake Placid |
| Squaw Valley Ski Resort, part of Olympic Valley, California lies near which lake, the second deepest in the US? | Lake Tahoe |
| Which earlier term for a Catch-22 style argument was named after an Archbishop of Canterbury under Henry VII? | Morton's fork |
| Jonathan Frakes voiced Xanatos, a character noted for clever plans in which he benefitted whatever the outcome, in which 90s cartoon series? | Gargoyles |
| In geological time we are living in the holocene epoch in which period? | Quaternary |
| Which names are usually given to the three epochs of the Jurassic period? | Early, middle & late |
| What was the two word motto of the 2004 Summer Olympics and the title of a 1973 UK Number One hit? | Welcome Home |
| Peter Davidson and Sandra Dickenson wrote and performed the theme song to which ITV children's programme with 91 episodes and featuring the "Junk Planet"? | Button Moon |
| Following two European countries and three Canadian provinces, which US state was the sixth jurisdiction to legalise same-sex marriages? | Massachussetts |
| In 2006, which was the first country outside Europe and the Americas to legalise same-sex marriages? | South Africa |
| Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere play singers in which US TV series? | Nashville |
| In law, which word means a rule of evidence which prevents a person denying a truth which has already been legally settled? | Estoppel |
| In English law, which word means the wood that a tenant is entitled to take from the land he holds for firewood, repairs, hedging and so on? | Estovers |
| What are the first names of prime minister David Cameron's three children? | Nancy, Arthur and Florence |
| Which Oxford College did David Cameron attand after leaving Eton? | Brasenose |
| What name follows Wagstaff, Booth and Macaulay? | Sheffield (birth names of wives of PMs Major to Cameron) |
| Who ruled in possibly the 18th or 19th century BC and had his body positively identified in 2014? | Sobekhotep (I or II) |
| Sheikh Hasina became head of the Awami League in 1981 and became Prime Minister in 2009 in which country? | Bangladesh |
| Which Irish female vocal group formed in 2004 with fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt and a changing line up of singers has been described as "Riverdance for the Voice" and have sold over 6 million records worldwide? | Celtic Woman |
| The bullying of new students, known as hazing in the US, is known by what term in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, where it can become very dark? | Ragging |
| Involving adventures of usually lower class martial artists, which genre of Chines fiction has (in our alphabet) a five letter name which translates as "martial hero"? | Wuxia |
| Which LA based mobster was part of the Jewish Mafia and was played by Harvey Keitel in "Bugsy" and by Sean Penn in the 2013 film "Gangster Squad"? | Mickey Cohen |
| What is the stage name of actor, comedian and director Cedric Kyles who, in 2013, became the host of the US version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire"? | Cedric the Entertainer |
| On June 25th 2009, Twitter crashed and so did Wikipedia after there were over a million searches in one hour for whose biography on the site? | Michael Jackson |
| Which Hong Kong entertainment mogul who died in 2014 aged 106, founded awards for astronomy, life science and medicine and maths, known as the "Nobels of the East"? | Run Run Shaw |
| Which newspaper columnist co-wrote with her sister the one-off TV sitcom "Raised by Wolves" about her childhood in Wolverhampton? | Caitlin Moran |
| Love Productions, makers of "The Great British Bake Off", also made which controversial Channel 4 documentary shown in January 2014? | Benefits Street |
| Which musical by Harry Hill is based on the TV show "The X Factor"? | I Can't Sing! The X Factor Musical |
| Which character ended in a "Right to Die" storyline in January 2014 after 15 years on "Coronation Street"? | Hayley (Cropper) |
| Which European country has a local name meaning "Land of the Understanding"? | Albania (Shqiperi) |
| The name of which modern day country was coined by a Cambridge student? | Pakistan |
| Named after a US cartoonist, which test asks if a work has at least two women who talk about something other than a man? | Bechdel test |
| Which art historian co-presents the BBC art detection programme "Fake or Fortune" with Fiona Bruce? | Philip Mould |
| Phil Tufnell on art, Mike Dilger on nature and Christine Walkden on gardening are associated which which TV show? | The One Show |
| Jon Cryer and Angus T Jones play a fraction of the title roles in which US sitcom? | Two and a Half Men |
| The instrumental "Gone Up In Flames", the 2005 debut single of Reading band Morning Runner, was later used as the theme to which Channel 4 show? | The Inbetweeners |
| Which 2014 BBC documentary, narrated by Stephen Fry, attempts to show animals from their own perspectives? | Hidden Kingdoms |
| Who founded the Ayyubid dynasty and was born in Tikrit eight centuries before Saddam Hussein? | Saladin |
| In opera, what is the corresponding male term for a prima donna? | Primo uomo |
| What name is given to the stone in the Mojave Desert, California, claimed to be the largest free standing boulder in the world? | Giant Rock |
| In "Private Eye" the fictional public school of St Cakes has who as its headmaster? | Mr Kipling |
| Referring to the excuse given by a female journalist as to why she had been upstairs with a former African cabinet member, discussions about which country are a "Private Eye" reference to illicit sex? | Uganda |
| Who lost his British heavyweight boxing title to Henry Cooper, then regained it a year later by out-pointing Joe Bugner? | Jack Bodell |
| Which British boxer in 1976 unsuccessfully fought against Mohammed Ali for the world heavyweight title? | Richard Dunn |
| Which 1888 Savoy Opera is unusual in that it ends with a central character Jack Point broken-hearted and two very reluctant engagements? | The Yeoman of the Guard |
| Which European country celebrates its National Independence Day with a March of Independence on November 11th? | Poland |
| Jamhuri Day, on December 12th, celebrates the date of the 1964 establishment of the republic, and the independence from the UK the year before, of which country? | Kenya |
| Which Baron was Chief Executive of the Liberal Democrat Party from 2003 to 2009? | Baron Rennard |
| The Huzenlaub Process is a way of parboiling which food so that it retains more nutrients? | Rice |
| The face of a Chicago maître d’hôtel named Frank Brown became the logo of which rice brand, originally called "Huzenlaub and Mars" after its two founders? | Uncle Ben |
| Mary Kom, the five times World Champion woman boxer is of the Kom tribal community in which country? | India |
| Who was the MP of diver Tom Daley's home towm of Portsmouth who, in 2014, briefly took part in his TV show "Splash!"? | Penny Mordaunt |
| Which peat bog south-west of Manchester is home to the training grounds of Manchester United, Manchester City and the Sale Sharks? | Carrington Moss |
| Hosted by the model Bar Refaeli, the first series of what was won in 2014 by the Filipina carer Rose Fostanes? | The X Factor Israel |
| Sacha Opinel has played for various football teams including Leyton Orient, Crawley, Ebbsfleet, Farnborough and Harlow Town. Who, star of the 2013 French sex comedy "You and the Night", is his better known cousin? | Eric Cantona |
| In 2014, a restaurant opened in London called Ziferblat, Russian for "Clockface", What unusual feature gives it its name? | Customers who walk in are given a clock and pay by the minute |
| Who plays the character Hannah Horvath in thw HBO series, which she created, "Girls"? | Lena Dunham |
| What make of car is driven by Saga Noren in the Scandinavian drama "The Bridge"? | Porsche |
| Which former judge prepared The Shipman Enquiry, became the fourth woman to enter the Court of Appeal and led the enquiry into the Jimmy Saville sex abuse charges? | Dame Janet Smith |
| Named after a former head of Sky News, which report looked into why a "Newsnight" report on Jimmy Saville was dropped? | Pollard Report |
| The Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Program (MFAA) in World War II is the subject of which 2014 film starring George Clooney? | The Monuments Men |
| In which film does Colin Firth play Eric Lomax, the true story of a World War II officer who reunites with his Japanese torturer? | The Railway Man |
| A global project using 5g transmitters and the International Space Station to track the movements of millions of birds and butterflies is an acronym forming the name of which character in Greek mythology? | ICARUS (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space) |
| Literally meaning adhere or cling, what name is given in Jewish mythology to a malicious possessing spirit which is the displaced soul of a dead body? | Dybbuk |
| Which leading biologist and author has written popular science books including "The Unnatural Nature of Science", "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast" and "You're Looking Very Well", the last leading to charges of plagiarism? | Lewis Wolpert |
| Part two of Pat Barker's novel "Regeneration" describes the meeting of which two famous people at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh? | Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen |
| The 2014 documentary "Plot for Peace" shows how Algerian born businessman, Jean-Yves Ollivier, worked to release Mandela and bring down apartheid working under what name? | Monsieur Jacques |
| Which UN Under-Secretary General resigned after losing the Secretary General election to Ban Ki-Moon, wrote books including "The Great Indian Novel" and had a wife who had an "unnatural sudden death" in a Delhi hotel room? | Shashi Tharoor |
| Who has owned the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team since 1988 and the Seattle Seahawks since 1997? | Paul Allen |
| Gideon Yu has been Chief Financial Officer of Facebook and Youtube, Senior Vice-Presidenr and Treasurer of Yahoo and, since 2012, the President and co-owner of which NFL team? | San Francisco 49ers |
| Which MP for Ashfield in Nottinghamshire worked for seven years as a political correspondent and newsreader on GMTV? | Gloria de Piero |
| What name was given, in the press and the title of a 2010 Broadway musical, to nine black teenagers accused of raping two white girls in Alabama in 1931 who were officially pardoned by the Alabama patrol board in November 2013? | The Scottsboro Boys |
| Which Iranian film won the Oscar in 2012 for Best Foreign Film and was the first non-English film for five years to be nominated for Best Original Screenplay? | A Separation |
| What was the full birth name of Hayley Cropper, played on "Coronation Street" until 2014, by Julie Hesmondhalgh? | Harold Patterson |
| Who wrote the 1734 play "Chrononhotonthologos: The Most Tragical Tragedy That Ever Was Tragedized by any Company of Tragedians"? | Henry Carey |
| What is the only country with a bunch of bananas on its flag? | Fiji |
| Which Pacific island state has a name meaning "behold the coconut"? | Niué |
| In a 1980 Oscar acceptance speech who said "What does the Academy Award mean? I don't think it means much of anything."? | Sally Field |
| In 1951, who said "The only way to find the best actor would be to let everybody play Hamlet and let the best man win."? | Humphrey Bogart |
| In January 2014, which world record was smashed by a gunshot in Inchindown oil storage tanks in Rossshire, which was previously held by doors slamming in Hamilton Mausoleum? | Longest echo in a man-made structure (112 s, was only 15 s) |
| Which sporting venue features the iconic 700 year old Swilcan Bridge? | The Old Course at St Andrews |
| In northeast Scots dialect, also called Doric, what are louns and quines? | Boys and girls |
| Craigowl Hill, Ark Hill, King's Seat and Dunsinane Hill are all part of which range of hills north of Dundee? | Sidlaws |
| Which 2013 Paramount movie, based on a memoir, was the first film by a major studio to be distributed in digital format only? | The Wolf of Wall Street |
| In 2013, Paramount announced that which comedy sequel would be its last movie to be released on 35mm film? | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues |
| Who won the Turner Prize in the year that Tracy Emin's "My Bed" was shortlisted? | Steve McQueen |
| Which Turner Prize winner was also the first to win the Anti-Turner Prize where the K Foundation (Bill Cauty and Jim Drummond) awarded £40,000 to the "worst artist in Britain"? | Rachel Whiteread |
| Which asterism is made up of Alnilam, Alnitak and Mintaka? | Orion's belt |
| Which star is also known as beta-Orionis despite appearing as the brightest star in Orion? | Rigel |
| In 2014, who applied to make a range of soft drinks under the name Britpop, which would be competing on the shelves with Oasis? | Alex James |
| Who has hosted a Russian TV show called "Secrets of the World", has launched careers as a fashion model and designer and made a marriage proposal to Edward Snowden on Twitter? | Anna Chapman |
| Rays of sunlight through a hole in the clouds, plants of the genus Polemonium and a toy made of blocks held together by ribbons or string all share which Biblical name? | Jacob's ladder |
| Which British retail chain operates in Ireland under the name Dealz? | Poundland |
| Winners of the BBC African Footballer of the Year, André Ayew (2011), Asamoah Gyan (2010) and Michael Essien (2006) have all played for which country? | Ghana (playing for Marseilles, Sunderland and Chelsea) |
| To date (2013), the only two players to have won BBC African Footballer of the Year twice have been Nigerian. Who are they? | Nwankwo Kanu (Inter & Arsenal) & Jay-Jay Okocha (Bolton) |
| Which Ivorian was the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year? | Yaya Traoré |
| In 2014, who won the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Trophy? | Li Na (Australian Open Women's Singles title) |
| Labour leader Jack Lang was a about to cut the ribbon when a man in uniform called Francis de Groot rode up on horseback and slashed it with his sword. Francis was arrested, This was the opening of which landmark in 1932? | Sydney Harbour Bridge |
| The town of Humpty Doo, 40km from the Northern Territory capital Darwin, has a 26 ft high statue of which animal boxing? | Crocodile |
| Mean girl Ja'mie King, delinquent Jonah Takalua and deluded drama teacher Mr G were all played by comedian Chris Lilley in which Australian mockumentary? | Summer Heights High |
| In 1953, Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa became the first elected or appointed female head of a completely recognised state when she became leader of which country? | Mongolia |
| Which country, in 2013, elected its 15th female head of state? | San Marino |
| The 2014 Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes, has since 1999 played Australian Rules football for which Sydney based team? | Sydney Swans |
| In 2013, "The Wolf of Wall Street" became the non-pornographic film with the greatest number of F-words, overtaking which 1999 flm set around the killings of David Berkowitz? | Summer of Sam |
| Which domesticated animal hisses when upset and makes a noise known as dooking when excited? | Ferret |
| In 2003, which fish were discovered to communicate by flatulence? | Herring |
| Which actor who played Troels Hartmann in "The Killing", also played a villain in BBC's "Sherlock" and has a brother who played a Bond villain? | Lars Mikkelsen (brother of Mads) |
| Which drama, dubbed "Broadchurch in the Arctic", stars Michael Gambon, Christopher Eccleston and Sofie Gråbøl in her British drama debut? | Fortitude |
| What is the one word medical name for neurological movement disorders involving sustained muscular contractions? | Dystonia |
| What are the first names of the child of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall? | Mia Grace |
| With which singer did Barcelone footballer Gerard Piqué have a child called Milan in 2013? | Shakira (Ripoli) |
| Which member of the Parachute Regiment, killed in action in 2006, was the first to win a Victoria Cross for actions in Afghanistan? | Bryan Budd |
| Which member of the Grenadier Guards, killed in action in 2012, was the second to win a Victoria Cross for actions in Afghanistan? | James Ashworth |
| The first actor from his country to win an Oscar married the first actress from that country to win an Oscar in 2010. Who are they? | Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem |
| Which royal is the brother-in-law of Claudia Winleman? | Freddie Windsor (married to Sophia Winkleman) |
| Which Egyptian novelist founded the Arab Women's Solidarity Association, co-founded the Arab Association for Human Rights and wrote "Woman At Point Zero"? | Nawal El Saadawi |
| Which former Manchester United team mates opened the Café Football in Stratford, London? | Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville |
| Which controversial pub, sharing a name with two famous Bobs, opened in 2014 on the M40 near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire? | The Hope and Champion |
| Which faction, opposed to the absolutism of King Henry III of France in the 1570s, were led by the king's brother Francis, Duke of Anjou? | The Malcontents |
| Which series of civil wars from 1648 to 1653 take their name from the slings used to smash the windows of Cardinal Mazarin's supporters? | The Fronde |
| The 1960s French TV serial "Le Chevalier Tempête" was shown on BBC children's television with what title? | The Flashing Blade |
| Which 1957 East German film, shown as a miniseries by BBC children's television, starred Christel Bodenstein as the haughty princess? | The Singing Ringing Tree |
| Which newspaper column began in 1989 with the question "How do you stop a neighbour's cat scratching up your garden?", one reply being "Concrete one or the other"? | The Guardian's "Notes & Queries" |
| '"The London Gazette" was first published in 1665, but under what title due to the Royal Court not being in London at the time? | The Oxford Gazette |
| The title of PD James's debut novel "Cover Her Face" is taken from which 1613 tragedy by John Webster? | The Duchess of Malfi |
| In the 2014 BBC series "Remember Me", who is playing his first major TV role since Alan Bleasdale's "GBH" in 1991? | Michael Palin |
| The US children's book "And Tango Makes Three" by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson tells the true story of two males, Roy and Silo, in New York's Central Park Zoo bringing up young together. What sort of animals were the homosexual Roy and Silo? | (Chinstrap) Penguins |
| In 1984, Operation Blue Star took place in which city? | Amritsar |
| The 2014 film "Frank" starring Michael Fassbender in a papier-maché head was inspired by which 1980s character? | Frank Sidebottom |
| Which 2014 coming of age film by Richard Linklater, starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, was shot at intervals over a 12 year period? | Boyhood |
| Which city in Utah is home of the Sundance Film Festival and the US Ski Team? | Park City |
| Which word in Islam means the process of declaring another Muslim a kafir or unbeliever? | Takfir |
| In Islam a kafir is a sinner by disbelief, but which word means a sinner by action? | Fajir |
| Playa El Yaque is a major windsurfing and kitesurfing venue on Margarita Island off the coast of which country? | Venezuela |
| Founded in 1997, but by 2013 with over 4,000 leased and tenanted pubs, which company, based in Burton-on-Trent, claims to be the biggest pub and bar operator in the UK? | Punch Taverns (plc) |
| Prior to "12 Years a Slave", what have been the only two films (1992 and 2009) to have a black Oscar nominated director? | Boyz 'n the Hood (John Singleton) & Precious (Lee Daniels) |
| Which sitcom character's real name was revealed on a BBC website to be Colin Ball? | Trigger |
| Michael Fallon, MP for Sevenoaks, was in 2014 made the first Minister for which city? | Portsmouth |
| Run by the USA's NSA and the UK's GCHQ, what is the name of the global surveillance collection database revealed in 2014 to include over 190 million text messages daily? | Dishfire |
| Who was Real Madrid's manager from 1939-41 and the club's President from 1943 to 1978? | Santiago Bernabeu |
| Which future king did King Charles II of England shout encouragement to whilst he consummated his marriage? | William III |
| Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov is best known for being the first person to try and create what hybrid? | Human-ape/Humanzee |
| With an insignia featuring a severed dog's head and a broom, the Oprichnik were the private army of which ruler? | Ivan IV (The Terrible) |
| Later spending time in a lunatic asylum and possibly dying in the Great Hinckley Fire, what was the name of the man who shot and killed Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth? | (Thomas) Boston Corbett |
| Invented in 1869 to take the hard work out of treating female hysteria the "Manipulator" was the first steam-driven what? | Vibrator |
| Which famous event of October 1881 actually took place in a narrow lot six doors away from where the name of the event suggests? | The Gunfight At The OK Corral |
| A site in which thousands were killed in human experimentation, the notorious Unit 731 is in which country? | China |
| In 1958, of what did 17-year old high school student, Robert G Heft, design an updated version which got him a mark of B minus, being upgraded to A when it was adopted nationally? | The US Flag (50 star version) |
| Which 16th/17th century founder of the Jesuit China Mission, translated some of the works of K'ung-fu-tzu, inventing his western name of Confucius? | Matteo Ricci |
| '"Don't fear god. Don't worry about death. What is good is easy to get, and what is terrible is easy to endure." This was the Tetrapharmakos or "four-part cure" of which Greek philosopher (341- 270BC)? | Epicurus |
| The philosopher Immanuel Kant never travelled more than ten miles from which city, then the capital of East Prussia? | Königsberg, now Kaliningrad |
| Which English philosopher claimed his birth in 1588 was premature due to his mother's fear of the approaching Spanish Armada? | Thomas Hobbes |
| Which famous philosopher's successful application to study under Bertrand Russell was a piece of paper with a short sentence written on it? Nobody knows what the piece of paper said. | Ludwig Wittgenstein |
| Killed in 43BC, who is usually credited with the quote ""There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it."? | Cicero |
| Which US comedy cop series, starting in 2013, centres on the relationship between immature smart-alec detective Jake Peralta, played by Adam Samberg, and his no-nonsense Captain Ray Holt, played by Andre Braugher? | Brooklyn Nine-nine |
| Which US TV series, starting in 2014, follows homicide detectives played by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in a seventeen year hunt for a Louisiana serial kiler? | True Detective |
| Who was named after the founder of Methodism, claimed to have killed 42 people between 1868 and 1878, and, with a minor change to his surname, had a famous 1967 album named after him? | John Welsey Hardin |
| In which German-style board game, created by Andreas Seyfarth, is the aim to gain points by constructing buildings or transporting goods to the Old World from the eponymous Caribbean island? | Puerto Rico |
| Which German-style board game, created by Uwe Rosenberg, involves developing farm land and takes its name from the Latin for farmer? | Agricola |
| Named after and developed by the Serb who worked on it in a World War I POW camp, what name is given to the effects of the Earth's movements on its climate? | Milankovitch Theory |
| In particle physics, what concept is often abbrieviated to SUSY? | Supersymmetry |
| Which actor is chairman of Greenwich Borough Football Club? | Danny Dyer |
| Formerly the daughter in the sitcom "The Upper Hand", who plays Linda Carter alongside Danny Dyer as Mick Carter in "Eastenders"? | Kellie Bright |
| Played by Kris Marshall, who solved the murder of his predecessor, DI Richard Poole, in the TV series "Death in Paradise"? | DI Humphrey Goodman |
| The song "Hollow Talk" by the Danish group Choir of Young Believers is the theme for which TV series? | The Bridge |
| A feature of every British Army tank since 1945, what is a BV or bivvie? | Boiling Vessel or Kettle |
| Hailing from a famous family of daredevils, who, in 2012, was the first man to walk a tightrope directly across the Niagara Falls? | Nik Wallenda |
| Which plant of the sunflower family has gained global attention because its leaves contain a substance that is 300 times sweeter than sucrose? | Stevia |
| Invented in Hanover in 1920, what conveyance takes its name from the surnames of its inventors Hans Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall? | Pogo Stick |
| Which cosmetics brand owned by L'Oreal makes Fructis shampoos and conditioners and Nutrisse hair colours? | Garnier |
| Which Turkish belly dancer and stripper who shot to fame after doing a striptease in an Italian restaurant in 1958 inspired Fellini to make the 1960 film "La Dolce Vita"? | Aiche Nana (real name Kiash Nanah) |
| Tazio Secchiaroli, the Italian photographer who founded Roma Press Photo in 1955, is also well known as the inspiration for which character in Italian film? | Paparazzo (in "La Dolce Vita") |
| The writer George Elliot scandalised Victorian society by her relationship with which married philosopher and critic? | George Henry Lewes |
| In 1857, George Elliot wrote an English translation of "Ethics: Demonstrated in Geometrical Order", a treatise by which 17th century philosopher? | Baruch Spinoza |
| Françoise Gilot, the artist and author, was the muse and is also the mother of the children of which artist? | Pablo Picasso |
| Painted in 1907 and 1912, Adele Bloch-Bauer was the only model who which famous artist is known to have painted twice? | Gustav Klimt |
| Darren Burnett and Katherine Rednall were 2014 winners in which world championship, held annually at Hopton-on-Sea near Greater Yarmouth? | Indoor Bowls |
| With a name from the Latin for naked and Greek for gills, which soft-bodied sea molluscs who lose their shells at larval stage, are notrd for their bright colours and strange shapes? | Nudibranches |
| Almost all mammals have seven cervical vertebrae but which have nine and are also unusual in having fur that grows away from their extremities? | (Three-toed) sloths |
| The San Juan Islands are part of which US state? | Washington |
| The oldest city in Africa, Fayyum, situated 62 miles south of Cairo, was known by what name to the Ancient Greeks due to its worship of the god Sobek and the creatures associated with him? | Crocodilopolis |
| Which Biblical character has been known as Bilqis by the Arabs, Nakuti by the Kenyans and Makeda by the Ethiopians? | The Queen of Sheba |
| Based in what is now Sudan, which ancient kingdom conquered Egypt in the 8th century and in the sixth century moved the capital to Meroë? | Kush |
| The early parts of the Great Wall of China served as a boundary between the Qin dynasty and which ancient nomadic people in the north? | Xiongnu |
| Associated with a 2nd century poet, said to have created the list of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which ancient city is the third largest in the Lebanon? | Sidon (as in Antipater of...) |
| Released in 2014, "The Marked Ones" was the subtitle of the fifth movie in which "found footage" horror film series? | Paranormal Activity |
| What is the surname of Fabio, the Italian fashion model and actor, famous for appearing on the covers of hundreds of romance novels in the 1980s and 90s? | Lanzoni |
| Which mythical hero is played in the title roles of two 2014 films by Kellan Lutz and Dwayne Johnson? | Hercules (in "The Legend of Hercules" and "Hercules:Thracian Wars") |
| Who shared the 1972 Nobel Physics Prize with John Bardeen and John Schrieffer and gives his name to the electron pairs in the BCS theory of superconductivity? | (Leon) Cooper [as in Cooper pairs] |
| Which term means the introduction of impurities into a pure semiconductor in order to modulate its electrical properties? | Doping |
| Which island in the Nile, now part of the city of Aswan, is named after a large mammal? | Elephantine |
| The 2013 film "The Invisible Woman" centres on Nelly Ternan's affair with which 19th century figure, played by Ralph Fiennes? | Charles Dickens |
| Who made over 300 trips across the Mexican border as well as trips to Denmark and Japan to smuggle drugs for himself and fellow AIDS sufferers into the US, his story being told in the 2013 film "Dallas Buyers Club"? | Ron Woodroof |
| First seen in 2013, millions of which creatures off the US coast have been infected by a mysterious disease which causes their legs to pull in different directions until their insides fall out? | Starfish |
| Often wooden and designed to listen to listen to foetal heartbeats, what form of stethoscope is named after the 19th century French obstetrician who invented it? | Pinard horn |
| Due to the way sound is used to deduce blood flow, foetal heart monitors are often given what name after an Austrian scientist? | Dopplers |
| Which false oft-quoted avian factoid is the name of a TV panel game hosted by Lee Mack? | Duck Quacks Don't Echo |
| Telling the story of an aging clown who rescues a ballerina from suicide, whose novella "Floodlights" was published in 2014, 37 years after the author's death? | Charlie Chaplin |
| Nicknamed King Glad for his sunny disposition, Hjalmar Andersen, who died in 2013, won three golds to become the most decorated athlete at the 1952 Wintwr Olympics in Oslo, in which sport? | Speed Skating (so popular in Norway, he was given a state funeral) |
| Which cross-country skier won eight gold and four silver medals from 1992 to 1998 until a roller skating accident prevented him competing in 2002? | Bjørn Dæhlie |
| Playing for the Denver Broncos who, in 2013, won a record fifth NFL Most Valued Player award? | Peyton Manning |
| Which American soprano has performed at The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, at Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Concert and in 2014, became the first opera singer to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl? | Renée Fleming |
| In 2014, Cliff Avril set a record at Super Bowl XLVIII by scoring a safety only twelve seconds into the game for which team? | Seattle Seahawks |
| Which 2008 film, set in a Catholic church in New York, gained Oscar nominations for Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Viola Davis and Philip Seymour Hoffman? | Doubt |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman appeared in "Hard Eight", "Boogie Nights", "Magnolia", "Punch-Drunk Love" and "The Master", all made by which director? | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Which Northern Irish astrophysicist discovered pulsars and was controversially not recognised for the 1974 Nobel Prize for Physics, won by Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish? | Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
| The Halo Ring, Main Ring, Amalthea gossamer ring and Thebe gossamer ring are features of which planet? | Jupiter |
| Lassell, Arago and Adams are names of rings around which planet? | Neptune |
| In 2014, which city opened the first monorail in India since the 1920s? | Mumbai |
| In the preface of which 19th century novel does the author explain that althought the heroes end in -os and -is, there is nothing mythic about them? | The Three Muskateers |
| In 2014, two lost poems were revealed that were supposedly by which writer of the 7th century BC and mention her brothers Charaxos and Larichos? | Sappho |
| Adult cells of some species can be turned into stem cells in half an hour in a process called STAP which means Stimulus-Triggered Acquisition of what property? | Pluripotency |
| Which island of North Carolina is best known for the 16th century colony, established by Sir Walter Raleigh, whose settlers disappeared, leaving the word "Croatoan" carved into a fence post? | Roanoke Island |
| '"The Crash Reel" is a 2013 documentary film about the rivalry between Kevin Pearce and Shaun White in which sport? | Snowboarding |
| In 2014, whose "Nature morte à la nappe à carreaux" ("Still Life With Checked Tablecloth") sold for £35 million, the highest price for a cubist work? | Juan Gris |
| Competing in Sochi as an independent, which Indian luger is best known for a video of a training session, lying face up on mountain roads passing goats and sliding under trucks? | Shiva Keshavan |
| Which Olympic skier was the wealthiest young entertainer in the UK in 2006? | Vanessa-Mae (Vanakorn) |
| The Russian Olympic medal winning bobsledder, Alexey Voyevoda, in 2004 won the world championship in which sport goverened by the WAF? | Arm-wrestling |
| What name is given to the study of traces left by organismal behaviour such as burrows or footprints? | Ichnology |
| The village of Happisburgh, famous for the discovery of 800,000 year old flint tools and footprints is in which English county? | Norfolk |
| Which HBO documentary series is set in the Moonlite Bunnyranch, a legal brothel in Nevada? | Cathouse(:The Series) |
| The Showtime reality TV series "Family Business" was about the film business run by Adam Glasser who had what porn name? | Seymour Butts |
| As at 2014, what is the only surname shared by two Best Actor Oscar winners? | Hoffman (Dustin & Philip Seymour) |
| In the 1950s and 1960s Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert redesigned what across the UK, which included creating two new typefaces? | Road Signs |
| In 2011, which Asian capital city offered citizens who signed up a lottery ticket for every bag of dog poo handed in? | Taipei |
| Which Normandy village is famous for being not just the only one in all France not to have no men lost in World War I, but to have also lost none in World War II, the Franco Prussian War, the Indo-China War or the Algerian War? | Thierville |
| Which notorious figure was knighted in 1990, that same year made Knight Commander of St Gregory by the Pope and spent 11 New Years Eves with Margaret Thatcher? | Jimmy Savile |
| On a certain item, millions of which are sold every November, Scotland and Canada have twice as many what as England? | Petals on the Remembrance Day poppy |
| In 2003, which country became the first to allow an indeterminate gender to be recorded on birth certificates and passports? | Australia |
| In November 2013, what became the first country in Europe to identify "indeterminate" sex on birth certificates? | Germany |
| In the first decade of the 21st century, sales of books by which Yorkshire author who died in 1988, were only topped by JK Rowling and Dan Brown? | Roger Hargreaves |
| Written by George Wilberforce Kakoma, which East African country has the shortest national anthem, which is often played twice in order to lengthen it? | Uganda |
| What were originally painted red and green until Harry N Allen had them all painted yellow in 1907 in order to be visible from a distance? | New York taxi cabs |
| Which two digit number is considered unlucky in Italy as an anagram of the Roman numeral is Latin for "I have lived"? | 17 (XVII = VIXI) |
| In 2014, there were wide reports across northern France of which garden flowers being pruned and used as a substitute for cannabis? | Hydrangeas/Hortensias |
| Who spent four weeks at the top of the UK singles chart in 1988 before becoming vice-principal of a school in Hawaii? | Glenn Madeiros |
| Which UK party leader wrote a regular column for Total Sea Fishing magazine? | Nigel Farage |
| Which ten times Grammy winner had the original hit with "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" in 1985? | George Benson |
| As at 2014, since May 2011 the longest scheduled commercial flight by distance is between Sydney and which city? | Dallas (8,578 miles) |
| In France, "Le Petit Robert" is the bestselling example of what? | Dictionary |
| The word "galocher" is a recently coined word in France for doing what in a French style? | Kissing |
| In English speaking schools into the 19th century, which symbol traditionally came after Z when reciting the alphabet? | & (and per se and, which became ampersand) |
| Invented by polyamorous communities, ones with open relationships, what word means an empathetic state of happiness and joy experienced when another individual experiences happiness and joy, said to be the opposite of jealousy? | Compersion |
| Studies at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta have revealed that elephants, cows, goats and dogs all take about 21 seconds to do what? | Empty their bladders |
| The URL Relentless.com diverts to which company's website, indicating the original name for the company? | Amazon |
| When brought back to life by Elisha in the second book of Kings, a child is the only person said to do what in the Bible, which he does seven times? | Sneeze |
| Which actor, who died in 1979, made the first recorded use of the phrase "the Big C" to describe cancer? | John Wayne |
| Which musician with the first names Bernard Stanley had his first UK top five hit with "Summer Set" and took a stage name that was a Somerset word for "friend"? | Acker Bilk |
| Melissa Bell, the mother of "X Factor" winner Alexandra Burke, was lead singer of which group? | Soul II Soul |
| Which singer and model was born in Jamaica in 1948 with the first name Beverly? | Grace Jones |
| Most famous for "pumping for love" in their hit "From Paris to Berlin", Infernal hailed from which country? | Denmark |
| The US drummer, guitarist, DJ, remixer and producer John Benitez, who has produced and remixed artists including Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and the Pointer Sisters is often knwon by which one word name? | Jellybean |
| Dr Lucie Green and Maggie Aderin-Pocock, in 2013 became presenters on which long-running show? | The Sky At Night |
| Which convicted US fraudster and motivational speaker wrote the memoir "The Wolf of Wall Street"? | Jordan Belfort |
| Which author and BBC presenter wrote "The Lost Child of Philomena Lee"? | Martin Sixsmith |
| In literature, which word specifically means a writer who creates a new work based on someone else's prior text, such as a novel or novel fragment? | Continuator |
| '"Answered Prayers" is an unfinished novel by which writer who died in 1984? | Truman Capote |
| Which suburb of Edinburgh containing Heriot-Watt University is mentioned in the title of Robert Louis Stevenson's last unfinished novel? | Hermiston (As in "The Weir of Hermiston") |
| Because of golden hairs on its abdomen, an Australian horse fly of the genus Scaptia is named after which US R&B singer? | Beyoncé (Scaptia beyonceae) |
| In 2012, which Snowdonian village, a primary destination for road signs, registered 364 misspellings of its name which contains only ten letters? | Betws-y-Coed |
| In the 2011 UK census, the borough of Rushmoor in Hampshire has the highest proportion of people declaring which religion? | Buddhism (due to former Gurkhas) |
| According to the 2011 UK census, which London borough contains the country's highest proportion of single residents? | Islington |
| Which US health food enthusiast of the Victorian era was nicknamed fthe Great Masticator for advocating that food be chewed thirty-two times? | Horace Fletcher |
| The surname of which Victorian undertaker became a verb which meant following his then popular low-carb diet? | William Banting |
| Joined by longitude and an association with books, which Welsh town is twinned with Timbuktu? | Hay-on-Wye |
| In 2014, Sergey Bubka witnessed which Frenchman clear 6.16 metres to break his twenty year old indoor pole vault record in Sergey's home town of Donetsk? | Renaud Levillenie |
| Named after its creator Satoshi Nakamoto, a satoshi is a 100 millionth of which currency? | Bitcoin |
| Shortly after its creator, Dong Nguyen, removed it from Apple's App Store and Google Play, "Splashy Fish" was regarded as one of the closest copycats to which game? | Flappy Bird |
| No UK Prime Minister has worn one in public since Margaret Thatcher, but when Barack Obama didn't wear his for a few days in September 2010, it made front page news. What item? | Wedding Ring |
| With a name meaning "gooey cake", a kladdkaka is an unleavened chocolate sponge cake from which country? | Sweden |
| On Twitter, the hashtag #oomf is generally short for what? | One of my followers |
| In 2014, when liquid cement was accidentally pumped into a London underground control room on the Victoria line, what everyday substance was added to stop it setting? | Sugar |
| According to the Official Charts Company, one in three British families owns whose 1981 compilation of greatest hits? | Queen's |
| Which comedian wrote the 1993 romantic thriller "An Echo of Shadows" under the pen name Maria Brett-Cooper? | Les Dawson |
| In 2014, which country opened its first McDonald's, run by the Harvard educated son-in-law of the country's prime minister? | Vietnam |
| Which Birmingham born skater won two golds in the 1988 Olympics in short track speed skating, when it was only a demonstration sport? | Wilf O'Reilly |
| Which group made their last appearance together until 2000 at the 1988 BRIT Awards, accompanied by fourteen partially clothed male dancers? | Bananarama |
| Who made his last public appearance at the 1990 BRIT Awards? | Freddie Mercury |
| Said to have influenced the creation of the Garibaldi biscuit, which pastry covered cake was introduced on the return of Mary Queen of Scots from France? | Black bun |
| A traditional English tart containing raspberry jam and custard topped with coconut and a cherry is named after which city? | Manchester |
| Who, as at 2014, is the only US President since FDR not to have been been featured as Time magazine's "Person of the Year"? | Gerald Ford |
| Which African country is named after a French finance minister? | Seychelles |
| Which word means a hole-in-one on a par-five hole or a two on a par-six? | Condor |
| The shield on the coat of arms of the heir to the French throne was quartered with fleurs de lis and which mammals? | Dolphins (hence dauphin) |
| Which once notorious item is carried in as part of a High Court judge's ceremonial outfit, but is no longer worn except on November 9th, when the new Lord Mayor of the City of London is presented to the Law Courts? | Black cap |
| Which pointy white hat covering the face is worn by some Spanish brotherhoods and has an unfortunate resemblance to those worn by KKK members? | Capriote |
| Which Frenchman composed the Pontifical Anthem, the national anthem of the Vatican, for Pius IX's jubilee? | Charles Gounod |
| James Sanderson was best known for setting words by Walter Scott to music to make which anthem? | Hail to the Chief |
| In 1956, Nagpur was replaced as capital of Madya Pradesh by which city that made global headlines in the 1980s? | Bhopal |
| In 1954, H Tracy Hall was given a $10 Savings Bond on top of his usual salary by General Electric for being the first person to make what? | Synthetic diamonds |
| In 1922, which employee of Bulpitt and Sons of Birmingham created the first electric kettle with the element immersed in the water? | Leslie Large |
| What name is given to the perceptual effect in which the visual information from seeing someone speak affects the way we hear a sound? | The McGurk Effect |
| Which New Zealand singer of Croatian and Irish descent was born Ella Yelich O'Connor? | Lorde |
| Which electronic music duo consists of Surrey born brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence? | Disclosure |
| In 2006 he was arrested while dressed as a woman for offering oral sex to an undercover LA cop, who is the director of "Once Were Warriors" and the Bond film "Die Another Day"? | Lee Tamahori |
| Which city of northeast China on the Sonnghua River holds an annual International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival? | Harbin |
| Terminating long wave broadcasts in 2014, Radio Rossii is the primary radio station in which country? | Russia |
| Violinist Vanessa Mae was widely reported as coming 74th out of 90 in the giant slalom in Sochi 2014, but which Slovenian won the event? | Tina Maze |
| Which Czech Olympic gold medal winning snowboarder is well-known for having a lucky moustache painted on her face in competitions? | Eva Samkova |
| In his fourth Olympic games, who was the driver of the Jamaican bobsleigh team in 2014? | Winston Watts |
| In 2014, Bruce Springsteen's tenth UK number one album shared its name with which top ten hit that saw Frank Sinatra sing with a children's chorus? | High Hopes |
| Which two surviving members of a band received the 2014 lifetime achievement Grammy? | Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr |
| In January 2014, Wawrinka became the second person outside the Big Four (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray) to win a grand slam title since 2005. Who was the first? | Juan Del Potro (2009 US Open) |
| Who replaced Bill Gates as CEO of Microsoft? | John Thompson |
| In later years he played Gibbs's dad in "NCIS", but Ralph Waites was best known on TV for having played which role from 1972-81? | Pa (John) Walton |
| In February 2014, which country banned the selling of synthetic knickers? | Russia |
| Who was the skip of the team who won Team GB's only sliver medal of the 2014 Olympics? | David Murdoch |
| Vita Sackville-West was born in which house in Kent, the Sackville family home? | Knole House |
| Armand Jean du Plessis is best known by which title which he held from 1622 until his death in 1642? | Cardinal Richelieu |
| Who was the mother of King Louis XIII of France, Elizabeth, the wife of Philip IV of Spain and Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I of England? | Marie de Medici |
| In 2013, who was elected the first Democrat Mayor of New York since 1993? | Bill De Blasio |
| In the 2014 NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium, a record NHL attendance saw the Toronto Maple Leafs beat which team? | Detroit Red Wings |
| The whole NHL season due to have begun in October of which year was cancelled due to a labour dispute? | 2004 |
| In 2014, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet and Anne Hidalgo competed to be the first woman to hold which position? | Mayor of Paris |
| The forward take-off jump known as the Axel is named after which 19th century Norwegian figure skater? | Axel Paulsen |
| What nationality was the skater Alois Lutz who, in 1913, first performed the jump named after him? | Austrian |
| In the post-Soviet era, which was the first former Soviet republic to see Russian military intervention? | Moldova (in the 1992 Transnistrian conflict) |
| In which year of the 21st century did the Russians send in tanks to fight in the Russo-Georgian war? | '2008 |
| From the Latin for little reed, what is the name given to a tube that can be inserted into the body for the delivery or removal of fluid? | Cannula |
| Bandage, Mayo, Metzenbaum and Tenotomy are all types of which cutting tool used in surgery? | Scissors |
| Former basketball star and sports agent Myron Bolitar is central to many novels by which thriller writer? | Harlan Coben |
| Which city lies on the River Ver, which gave the city its Roman name? | St Albans (Verulamium) |
| In Midsomer Murders, what relation is DCI John Barnaby to his predecessor DCI Tom Barnaby? | Cousin |
| Which European city's Technical University has slides which take its students from the upper floors to the ground floor? | Munich (The TUM) |
| Which aerospace engineer designed the Voyager and GlobalFlyer aircraft and the SpaceShipOne and Virgin Galactic spacecraft? | Burt Rutan |
| Jeana, who, with Dick Rutan, co-piloted the first non-stop non-refuelled flight around the world in 1982, coincidentally shares her surname with an earlier male pioneering aviator. What is it? | Yeagar |
| In India, the term rabi derives from the Arabic for which season and means crops harvested in that season? | Spring |
| Who introduced the metric system to Russia, made state standards for the production of vodka and founded Russia's first oil refinery? | Dmitri Mendeleev |
| Which Russian is co-credited with discovering the Aldol reaction for making carbon-carbon bonds and wrote a method for identifying urea in animal urine, but is better known in a non-scientific field? | Alexander Borodin |
| Sweden's Johan Gunnar Andersson and American Walter W Granger are best known for their 1920s discovery of which subspecies of Homo erectus in Chou k'ou-tien? | Peking Man |
| Which Dutch born palaeontologist discovered Java Man on the banks of the Solo River in 1891? | Eugène Dubois |
| Which little green alien appeared in later episodes of "The Flintstones"? | The Great Gazoo |
| In Hanna Barbera cartoons, which yellow duckling with green wings was often protected by Chopper the bulldog? | Yakky Doodle |
| Having developed over 36 vaccines including those for measles, mumps, hep A, meningitis and pneumonia, which US microbiologist is often claimed to have saved more lives than any medical scientist of the 20th century? | Maurice Hilleman |
| Having developed tetraethyl lead in petrol and CFCs, which US engineer and chemist has been claimed to have had more impact on the atmosphere than any organism in Earth's history? | Thomas Midgley (Jr) |
| What name is given to the property of reduction in fluid pressure when a fluid flows through a constricted section of pipe? | Venturi effect |
| What was named after the nationality of its early 18th century discoverer Heinrich Diesbach and began to replace the more expensive lapis lazuli? | Prussian Blue |
| Joseph Gay-Lussac named which compounds after the Greek for blue because they were made by reacting prussic acid which was obtained from Prussian blue? | Cyanides |
| Where will you find the parishes of Westmorland in Cornwall and Manchester in Middlesex? | Jamaica |
| The town of Villanueva de los Infantes is best known as a likely location of the "place" mentioned at the start of which work of literature? | Don Quixote |
| The volcano of Snæfellsjökull is best known as the starting point of which literary journey? | Journey To The Centre of the Earth |
| In 2011, a court ruled that Japanese women's chess champion Miyoko Watai could inherit whose estate? | Bobby Fischer's (in Iceland) |
| The paintings of which artist inspired the look of Tom Baker in Dr Who? | Henri Toulouse-Lautrec |
| The world's only diamond-bearing site accessible to the public, Crater of Diamonds State Park in which US state? | Arkansas |
| Sharing its name with a variety of tomato, which fungus is so named because it looks similar to raw meat? | Beefsteak |
| England's JWHT Douglas and Jack MacBryan were the only international cricketers to win which sporting award? | Olympic golds (1908 boxing and 1920 field hockey) |
| The daughter of an English 1976 Eurovision entrant for Germany, Kathleen Anne Brien sings under what name? | Katy B |
| Sisters Mary and Betty Geiss and identical sisters Marge and Mary Ann Ganser made up which 1960s group? | The Shangri-Las |
| Mick Avory and Peter Quaife were the drummer and bassist of which 60s group? | The Kinks |
| Which items have the IKEA product name "bumerang"? | Clothes hangers |
| In which country is the headquarters of IKEA? | The Netherlands (in Leiden) |
| Which province of southern Sweden is the birthplace of Ingvar Kamprad and the name given in many IKEA's to the children's play area? | Småland |
| The 19th century folk song "Korobeiniki" (translated into English as "Peddlers") is best known globally as the theme to which computer game? | Tetris |
| Covering 226 square miles on the south of Lake Walker in Nevada, which ammunition storage and production site claims to be the world's largest depot? | Hawthorne Army Depot |
| The CIA had Howard Hughes order the construction of the Glomar Explorer ship and tell the media it was for extracting manganese from the ocean floor. In reality it secretly built for raising which Russian submarine, lost in April 1968? | K-129 |
| The Boston Mountains straddle which two US states? | Oklahoma and Arkansas |
| Saskatchewan borders which two US states? | Montana and North Dakota |
| Commemorating a slave revolt of March 17th 1768, which British Overseas Territory is the only one to have St Patrick's Day as a public holiday? | Montserrat |
| In a nonlinear story, if the syuzhet means the order of events as they are told, what corresponding word is used for the chronological order of events? | Fabula |
| Which Canadian star of the films "Memento", "Chocolat" and "The Matrix" was named after a 1967 Hollies song? | Carrie-Anne Moss |
| Which Louisiana dish is made from flambéed bananas and vanilla ice cream in a rum sauce? | Bananas Foster |
| Becoming popular with brass bands and heard in the 1997 film "Btassed Off", which band had their only hit in 1979 with "Clog Dance"? | Violinski |
| Which country's economy has been ranked as the most open, least corrupt and most pro-business and has a port which, by cargo tonnage, is the second largest after Shanghai? | Singapore |
| In 1938, which Caribbean country offered to take in 100,000 Jewish refugees? | Dominican Republic |
| Which US state is the country's top producer of raspberries, peas, hops, soft cherries, apples and pears and the second biggest wine producer after California? | Washington |
| Which city in Washington stare is famous as the location of the largest building in the world by volume, the Boeing assembly plant? | Everett |
| Which city, the home of Bill Gates, is joined across Lake Washington to Seattle by the world's longest floating bridge? | Medina |
| Joseph Williams was the lead singer of which 70s/80s Californian band sharing its name with a cinematic dog? | Toto |
| Replacing the Competition Commission in 2014, which had itself replaced the Monopolies and Mergers Commission in 1999, what is the CMA? | Competition and Markets Authority |
| The first aerial bombing in 1911 was in an area corresponding to which modern country which was also suffered air strikes in 2011? | Libya |
| Which tube station is closest to Buckingham Palace? | Victoria (slightly closer than St James Park & Green Park) |
| Which tube station is closest to 10 Downing Street? | Westminster |
| The Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca surround which large island? | Vancouver |
| Which animals are created by crossing male llamas with female alpacas? | Huarizos |
| Billed as a "The Game for the Whole Brain", which board game was created in 1998 by Whit Alexander and Richard Tait, a former employee of Microsoft? | Cranium |
| Castroville, California calls itself the Artichoke Capital of the World. In 1947 who was crowned its first Artichoke Queen? | Norma Jean, later Marilyn Monroe |
| Puerto Rican transgender actress Holly Woodlawn is referred to in the opening line of which 1972 hit song? | Walk on the Wild Side ("Holly came from Miami FLA") |
| Who was the first US President to have visited all fifty states while in office? | Richard M Nixoon |
| Which British Wimbledon doubles quarter-finalist and friend of Andy Murray beat Hodgkin's disease to resume playing in 2014? | Ross Hutchins |
| Which actor, novelist, film director, screenwriter and member of the House of Lords married Emma Joy Kitchener, great grand-niece of Lord Kitchener? | Julian Fellowes |
| According to a 2014 report, which UK Overseas Territory has 50 people on it but over 70 endangered species? | Pitcairn Islands |
| Found only on the islands of Dominica and Montserrat, what sort of animal is a mountain chicken? | (A giant carnivorous) frog |
| Which keepie-uppie world record holder, managing to keep a football up for over nine hours with 55,187 touches, was married to Brazilian striker Ronaldo? | Milene Rodrigues |
| By shooting Charles Dickinson, who became the only US President to kill a man in a duel? | Andrew Jackson |
| In 1598, which playwright killed the actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel? | Ben Johnson |
| What name is generally given to the 1792 duel between Lady Amelia Braddock and Mrs Elphinstone in Hyde Park? | Petticoat Duel |
| Which British artist's 1991 work "Cold Dark Matter" involved blowing up a shed and suspending the fragments as if the explosion was suspended in time? | Cornelia Parker |
| In 2013, what overtook the Cannon Tower to become the tallest structure in China and the second tallest building in the world? | Shanghai Tower |
| Which two buildings, both intended to be the tallest in the world, began construction in April 2014? | Sky City (China) & Kingdom Tower (Saudi Arabia) |
| According to their branding the Malaysian Airlines code MH stands for Malaysian what? | Hospitality |
| From 2006 to 2009, who was the first cat at 10 Downing Street since Humphrey? | Sybil |
| What was the name of George Osborne's cat at 11 Downing Street who has been embroiled in a number of fights with Larry, the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office? | Freya |
| Who are Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera and Howard Charles known in the title of a BBC series? | The Musketeers |
| Which form of sign language for people with cognitive difficulties derives its name from the first names of the three people who created it in the 1970s? | Makaton |
| Which children's presenter plays Mr Tumble while signing in the CBeebies show "Something Special"? | Justin Fletcher |
| Which two Russian rhythmic gymnasts, who between them have won three Olympic golds and 26 World Championship titles, have surnames differeing by one letter? | Evgenia Kanaeva & Alina Kabaeva |
| What is the name of the resort in which the ITV series "Benidorn" is set? | Solana |
| In "Benidorm", who played Geoff Maltby aka The Oracle? | Johnny Vegas |
| Which pensions minister said "If you want to blow your pension pot on a Lamborghini when you retire, that's OK"? | Stephen Webb |
| In 2014, the first giant vending machine dispensing essentials such as bread, milk, eggs and pet food opened in which Derbyshire village? | Clifton |
| Who came fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest before replacing Keisha Buchanan in the Sugababes? | Jade Ewen |
| Sebastian Stan plays one of the title characters, a brainwashed Bucky, in which 2014 action film? | Captain America: The Winter Soldier |
| Named after a US economist, what name is given to goods whose demand is proportional to price such as high end wines or luxury cars? | Veblen goods |
| Which Champagne brand was created by Louis Roederer for Alexander II of Russia who wanted clear bottles so that he knew there was no bomb inside? | Cristal |
| The last of which brand of German luxury car, begun in 1909, was made in December 2012 as it failed to compete with Rolls Royce and Bentley? | Maybach |
| As Cole MacGrath, players choose to use their elecrtical superpowers for good or evil in which game for the Playstation 3? | inFAMOUS |
| Which 1987 video game about four Light Warriors has spawned a franchise which has sold over 100 million units? | Final Fantasy |
| Which Sky drama series centres around a team of London firefighters called White Watch? | The Smoke |
| Filip Peeters played police inspector Paul Gerardi in which 2012 Belgian crime drama? | Salamander |
| Alessandro Preziosi plays which inspector in a TV series set in the reign of Mussolini? | Inspector De Luca |
| Which Finnish chemist (1760-1852) discovered yttrium and is the only scientist to have a naturally occurring element named after him? | Johan Gadolin |
| Which Soviet nuclear physicist (1913-1990) in 2012 had element number 114 named after him? | Georgy Flyorov/Flerov |
| JDG is the French translation of which English three letter sporting abbreviation? | LBW (Jambe Devant Guichet) |
| A visitor to France who receives an IQT has been asked to do what? | Leave the country (Invitation à Quitter le Territoire) |
| Which 1960s band won their first Grammy in 2013? | The Beach Boys |
| Developed in Cognac in the 1990s, what became one of the world's best-selling brands of premium vodka? | Grey Goose |
| In the UK's Five a Day programme, at least how many grammes constitute one portion of fruit or vegetables? | '80 grammes |
| Which device, created by a man who also invented the portable fire extinguisher, used a shot with a line attached to rescue people from shipwrecks? | Manby Mortar |
| After the 1807 loss of HMS Anson, Henry Trengrouse created an early form of which rescue apparatus which used a rocket to deliver lines to a ship used to carry off survivors in cradles? | Breeches Buoy |
| Cannibalism by survivors from which yacht were at the centre of the 1884 Dudley and Stephens case which ruled that necessity was not a defence against murder? | Mignonette |
| The eruption of which Icelandic volcano from 1783 to 1784 killed over 50% of the island's livestock and caused a global temperature drop which killed an estimated six million people worldwide? | Laki |
| In a 1926 paper, who explained the tea leaf paradox, the motion of tea leaves to the centre and bottom of a cup when the tea is stirred? | Albert Einstein |
| Small ungraduated pipettes are named after which famous scientist? | Louis Pasteur |
| Who was the only US President to be born on the Fourth of July, being born then in Vermont in 1872? | Calvin Coolidge |
| In 1954, James McLamore and Dave Edgerton opened the first restaurant of which chain in Miami, Florida? | Burger King |
| Which subsidiary company of Burger King owns over 300 restaurants across Australia? | Hungry Jack's |
| What name is given to viruses which turn RNA into DNA, the reverse process to most viruses? | Retroviruses |
| Williamina Fleming, a Scottish astronomer working at Harvard, in 1888 made the earlist recorded discovery of which famous nebula? | Horsehead nebula |
| Which 2011 BBC drama was the first in David Hare's Johnny Worricker trilogy which continued in 2014 with "Turks and Caicos" and "Salting the Battlefield"? | Page Eight |
| What are the names of the two characters spying on their neighbour in adverts for Aunt Bessie's? | Margaret and Mabel |
| In 2013, Lorde became the youngest artist to top the US pop charts since who in 1987? | Tiffany |
| Situated in Meiklour, Perth and Kinross, beside the A93 Perth-Blairgowrie road is what the "Guinness Book of Records" cites as the world's tallest and longest what? | Hedge |
| The Mon people originated in and were responsible for the spread of Therevada Buddhism in which country? | Burma |
| Which form of Buddhism, originating in India, takes its name from the Sanskrit for "great vehicle"? | Mahayana |
| Which name appearing in two notable cities is Russian for "Newtown"? | Novgorod (Nizhny - new and Veliky - old) |
| The norovirus, which causes 90% of epidemic non-bacterial outbreaks of gastroenteritis, is named after Norwalk in which US state? | Ohio |
| The skin of a bodhran drum is traditionally made from which animal? | Goat |
| With the first name Wonga, who provided voices in the Disney films "Robin Hood", "The Aristocats" and "Jungle Book"? | (Wonga) Phil Harris |
| Luke Juckett nearly fell off his seat during which major sporting event of 2014? | The Boat Race |
| Starting in 2011, the notorious online group WWEOT feature women who do what? | Eat on Tubes" |
| Flora Sandes, the only British woman to have officially served on the front lines as a soldier in World War I, joined the army of which country? | Serbia |
| Nicknamed "The Invisible Man", which Chinese artist is famous for his "Hiding in the City" series from 2005 where he paints himself to blend into the background? | Liu Bolin |
| What name was shared by the father and son who designed the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Humber Suspension Bridge? | (Sir Ralph) Freeman |
| Which hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland facilitates birth and is sometimes called the "bonding hormone"? | Oxytocin |
| What is the traditional colour of the icing on a Tottenham cake? | Pink |
| Tottenham is part of which London borough? | Haringey |
| Which family was led by Lord Eddard, played by Sean Bean, in the first series of TV's "Game of Thrones"? | Stark |
| In a 2012 study listed in the Hollywood Reporter, which series beat "Game of Thrones" as the deadliest with 25 bodies per episode? | Spartacus Vengeance |
| Which king is played by Jack Gleeson in the HBO TV series "Game of Thrones"? | King Joffrey (Baratheon) |
| Which country's adoption of absolute primogeniture in 1980 meant that Victoria replaced Carl Philip as the heir apparent? | Sweden |
| Which Welsh writer created the TV series "Blake's 7"? | Terry Nation |
| Which sailor and slave trader, later an abolitionist, is best known for writing the words of many hymns, especially "Amazing Grace"? | John Newton |
| Who served as a Labour MP for 27 years before defecting to the Liberal Democrats in 2005? | Brian Sedgemore |
| Which major US airline started in 1924 as Huff Daland Dusters, Incorporated, a crop dusting service? | Delta Air Lines |
| Which trumpeter and flugelhorn player has voiced over ten episodes of "King of the Hill" where every tune he plays turns into his 1977 hit "Feels So Good"? | Chuck Mangione |
| Which Austrian was nominated for 24 Oscars, winning three, and won the first Golden Globe for Best Original Score in 1947? | Max Steiner |
| Michael Giacchino won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score for which Pixar film? | Up! |
| Who won Golden Globes for Best Original Score for "The Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aladdin"? | Alan Menken |
| Which 1875 poem by WE Henley ends with "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul"? | Invictus |
| Which actor reads out the last two lines of the poem Invictus to Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca"? | Claude Rains |
| What are the first names of Majors and Weiss played by Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"? | Brad and Janet |
| Andy Warhol was an alumnus of which Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania? | Carnegie |
| Which sister of a TV naturalist is a fashion designer whose clients have included Angelina Jolie, Miley Cyrus and the Duchess of Cambridge? | Jenny Packham |
| Which long-running US reality show centring on competing fashion designers was hosted by Heidi Klum? | Project Runway |
| Which 1942 film based on Graham Greene's "The Lieutenant Died Last" and taking its title from a 1918 poem included Thora Hird in her first major role as a Land Army girl? | Went The Day Well? |
| First used in World War II and entering wide use in the Vietnam War, what are NVDs or NVGs? | Night Vision Devices/Goggles |
| Also known as a thermobaric weapon, what is an SLAR? | Shoulder-Launched Assault Rocket |
| In which 2014 Ubisoft game is the aim to control Chicago as an Irish-American hacker called Aidan Pierce? | Watch Dogs |
| The New Order, a 2014 game where BJ Blazkowicz fights in a 1960s in which the Nazis have won the war, is the latest in which game series which began on the Apple II in 1981? | Wolfenstein |
| Which documentary maker replaced Mark Radcliffe as the keyboard player for the papier-maché headed Frank Sidebottom? | Jon Ronson |
| Which US born comedian wrote about the human mind in her bestseller "Sane New World"? | Ruby Wax |
| Who is the first woman to row solo across the Indian Ocean and also the first woman to row solo from Japan to Alaska? | Sarah Outen |
| Which hospitality exchange website which has claimed members in over 100,000 cities is named after the practice of temporarily staying in someone's house in whatever space is available and moving on? | CouchSurfing.com |
| Which mouthwash has the no-nonsense slogan "For people who spit blood when they brush their teeth"? | Corsodyl |
| The genus of over two thousand grassy plants which includes the sedges shares its name with an antibacterial handwash made by Cussons? | Carex |
| What are the two closest African capital cities being less than 11 kilometres apart? | Kinshasa and Brazzaville |
| After Rome and Vatican City and Vienna and Bratislava, which other pair of European capitals are less than 100 kilometres apart? | Helsinki and Tallinn |
| With properties predicted by Mendeleev in 1871, which chemical element was discovered by Lecoq de Boisbaudran in 1875? | Gallium |
| Discovered by Clemens Winkler in 1886, which chemical element predicted by Mendeleev with the provisional name ekasilicon? | Germanium |
| The 1904 Hiram Maxim Captive Flying Machine was the first major attraction in which amusement park founded by Alderman William Bean in 1896? | Blackpool Pleasure Beach |
| Which two capital cities lie on the Mekong River? | Vientiane and Phnom Penh |
| The 2013 film "The Wind Rises" was the first film directed solely by which acclaimed director for five years? | Hiyao Miyazaki |
| Founded in 1931, the Patrouille Acrobatique de France is the world's oldest what? | Aerobatic display team |
| What is the Arabic one word name for the five times daily Islamic call to prayer? | Adhan |
| Which ancient musical instrument, traditionally made of ram's horn, is used in Jewish religious services? | Shofar |
| Founded in 1946, what is the name of the US Navy's precision aerobatic demonstration team? | Blue Angels |
| Born in 1951, who was the oldest member of the Jackson 5? | Jackie |
| The Jackson 5 became the Jacksons in 1975 after which member left to be replaced by Randy? | Jermaine |
| Which Slough born athlete won, in 2007, the Italian version of "Strictly Come Dancing"? | Fiona May |
| Kelly, a model, actress, reality TV personality and winner of the first US series of "Dancing WIth The Stars" has which European country as her surname? | Monaco |
| The earliest recorded use of the word "scuzzy" is in the description of a character in which 1969 film? | Midnight Cowboy |
| Which twenty-two year old actress played the fourteen year old Mattie Ross in the 1969 film "True Grit"? | Kim Darby |
| Which 18th century cabinet-maker and Edinburgh city councillor had a secret life as a burglar to fund his gambling? | Deacon (William) Brodie |
| Richard of Pudlicott was a 14th cerntury burglar of the treasury of which King of England? | Edward I |
| Which Bob Dylan song on the "Nashville Skyline" album was written for the film "Midnight Cowboy" but was not submitted in time? | Lay Lady Lay |
| Which 1969 film set in the 1930s had nine Oscar nominations without being nominated for Best Picture? | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Which famous American came fifth in the 1912 Olympic Modern Pentathlon and designed the last sabre issued to US Cavalry? | George S Patton |
| Which film director was previously a US army combat cameraman who shot much of the war footage used in the 1970 film "Patton" and had a headstone that read "King of the Nudies"? | Russ Meyer |
| Inaugurated in 1954, Galway hosts an annual international festival celebrating which food? | Oysters |
| Since 2007, Virginia in County Cavan has held an annual festival at the end of October for which vegetable? | Pumpkin |
| Which waterproof, breathable fabric was made in 1969 by stretching Teflon rods and was named after the surname of two of its co-inventors? | Gore-Tex |
| Which brand name is usually used in Britain for the polyester known in the US as Dacron? | Terylene |
| The 1934 work "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" and the 1963 book "Conjectures and Refutations" are works by which philosopher? | Karl Popper |
| Which film theme was an orchestration based on a song called "Good Sign, Bad Sign", written for an aborted musical called "The House of Mr Biswas"? | The James Bond Theme |
| His mother having inspired Ian Fleming to create Pussy Galore, he was location manager for the film "Dr No". Who is said to be the person most responsible for turning the world onto reggae music? | Chris Blackwell (Island Records founder) |
| Which Bond stuntman is the man depicted in the gun-barrel sequence of the first three Bond films? | Bob Simmons |
| Which organisation which ran from 1943 to 1946 had a name which was a Russian acronym meaning "Special Methods of Spy Detection"? | SMERSH |
| What starts with Tea Olive and Pink Dogwood and ends with Nandina and Holly? | US Masters/Augusta golf course (first two and last two holes) |
| The 1963 assassination of which Greek politician, played by Yves Montand, was the subject of the acclaimed film "Z"? | Grigoris Lambrakis |
| Shoes with long pointy toes popular in the 15th century were named what after an East European city? | Cracows |
| Who founded the clothing range Rocawear, Roc-a-Feller Records and the Roc Nation entertainment group? | Jay-Z |
| Yorkshire hairdresser Maurice Ward invented a seemingly revolutionary heat-resistant plastic but kept how to make it a secret until his death in 2011. What was it called? | Starlite |
| Next to the Domaine de la Citadelle winery in Provence, Le Musée du Tire-Bouchon is a collection of which objects? | Corkscrews |
| Containing a variety of strange objects from a recreation of Tsar Nicholas's study to a collection of letters to Mount Wilson Observatory, the Museum of Jurassic Technology is in which US city? | Los Angeles |
| Which heiress, socialite, actress, model and member of Andy Warhol's inner circle is thought to be the subject of Bob Dylan's song "Just Like A Women"? | Edie Sedgwick |
| Truffles belong to which genus of fungi? | Tuber |
| Creatures of the species Suillia tuberiperda, which tend to lay eggs in truffles making them useful to truffle hunters, are known by what common name? | Truffle flies |
| Nicole Scherzinger was born Nicole Prescovia Valiente in which US state? | Hawaii |
| Brendan Coogan, brother of comedian Steve Coogan, was a presenter on which BBC consumer program from 1998 to 2001? | Top Gear |
| Which group, led by Steve Coogan's brother Martin, had their biggest hit in 1991 with "Can You Dig It?"? | The Mock Turtles |
| Which former radio producer has been film critic in the Observer since 1978? | Philip French |
| Who has presented The Film Programme and Back Row on Radio 4 and was a film critic for The Daily Mail from 1993 to 2013? | Christopher Tookey |
| Who was Constable of France from 1402 to 1411 and 1413 until his death leading the French forces at Agincourt? | Charles d'Albret |
| Which king was nicknamed The Fortunate despite losing his navy at Sluys in 1340, losing at Crécy in 1346 and losing his Queen to Black Death in 1348? | Philip VI |
| '"More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise" is the last line of a madrigal first published in 1612 by which composer? | Orlando Gibbons (The Silver Swan) |
| The hymn "Let all mortal flesh keep silent" is usually sung to a tune named after which French region? | Picardy |
| The hymn "Let all mortal flesh keep silent" is based on the words "Let all the earth keep silence before him" from which book of the Old Testament? | Habakkuk |
| Forming a US metropolitan area along with the city of Sparks, what is known as "The Biggest Little City In the World"? | Reno |
| The New York metropolitan area includes the six largest cities in New Jersey and parts of which other two states? | Connecticut and Pennsylvania |
| Which US entertainment company was founded in 1979 by Harvey and Bob Weinstein and named by combining the names of their parents? | Miramax |
| Which US film and TV production company features the children of JJ Abrams saying the name, thought to come from the film "The Iron Giant", over the logo? | Bad Robot |
| In the Vatican Palace, which fresco appears with "Cardinal and Theological Virtues", "Parnassus" and "La Disputa"? | The School of Athens (Raphael) |
| Which stew of turnips, carrots and potatoes served in the Boer War and in the trenches in World War I was named after the Aberdeen company which made it? | Maconochie stew |
| A vesicant is a compound such as mustard gas which causes what? | Blistering |
| Which gas, notorious in the First World War, has the chemical formula COCl2? | Phosgene |
| In Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" what are the names of the two emaciated children holding the cloak of the Ghost of Christmas Present? | Ignorance and Want |
| In keeping with the title, the five divisions of Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" are not called chapters but are called what? | Staves |
| In March 2014 it was announced that which Antarctic instrument, with a muscular-sounding name, had detected signs of gravity waves in the early universe? | BICEP2 (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) |
| Nicknamed "The People's Camera", which camera, with a multistorey-sounding name, takes detailed pictures from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter which can be viewed online? | HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) |
| Which Irish-American led La Légion Noire of 1,200 to 1,400 Frenchmen in the 1797 Battle of Fishguard, popularly known as the "last invasion of Britain"? | (Captain) William Tate |
| Which ninth century ruler of most of modern Wales inflicted a number of defeats on the Vikings? | Rhodri Mawr |
| Maureen O'Hara, Jane Seymour and Jessica Brown-Findlay have all played which character at the centre of Daphne du Maurier's "Jamaica Inn"? | Mary Yellan |
| Olivia De Havilland and Geraldine Chaplin have both played which relative of Ambrose and Philip Ashley who appears in the title of a 1951 Daphne du Maurier novel? | (My Cousin) Rachel |
| Friedrich Woehler's silver cyanate and Justin von Liebig's silver fulminate were the first ever compounds discoverd to be what? | Isomers (AgOCN and AgCNO) |
| After experimenting with bromination of benzene, which Scottish chemist postulated 3D chain and ring-shaped molecules independently of Kekulé? | Archibald Couper |
| In March 2014, having won a Military Cross in the Vietnam War and having been the Australian Chief of Army, who succeeded Dame Quentin Bryce as Governor General of Australia? | Sir Peter Cosgrove |
| Occupying an area ten times that of the White House, which European country in 2001 opened the largest government building in the world? | Germany (The Chancellery) |
| Since 1977, which palace has been the official residence of the Prime Ministers of Spain? | Palace of Moncloa |
| Since the 1970s, what has been the official residence of Vice Presidents of the USA? | Number One Observatory Circle |
| Which 1980s literary Nobel Prize winner lived mainly in Switzerland and the UK having spent his childhood years in Bulgaria and wrote in German? | Elias Canetti |
| From 1648-1657, which people swore allegiance to the Russian tsar and rose against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Khmelnytsky Uprising? | Cossacks |
| As popularised by writer Henryk Sienkowicz, The Deluge usually refers to the 17th century invasion of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by which country? | Sweden |
| By marriage, painter and Royal Academy President Edward Poynter and Edward Burne-Jones were uncles of which writer? | Rudyard Kipling |
| By marriage, painter and Royal Academy President Edward Poynter and Edward Burne-Jones were uncles of which Prime Minister? | Stanley Baldwin |
| Which singer shared his name with the scorer of the 1969 FA Cup Final? | Neil Young |
| Yang Yang (A), so designated to distinguish her from fellow competitor Yang Yang (S), won China's first Winter Olympic gold in 2002 in which sport? | Speed Skating |
| Which six-time WWF Champion was nicknamed the Bionic Redneck? | (Stone Cold) Steve Austin |
| What name is shared by Jen Lindley in "Dawson's Creek" and a member of the final and best known line-up of the group Destiny's Child? | Michelle Williams |
| Retiring in 2013 while the third highest Test wicket-taker in New Zealand’s history, who shares his name with the frontman of a multi-Grammy winning British band? | Chris Martin |
| What name links a photographer famous for pictures of Jimi Hendrix, a supplier of Hendrix's equipment and Jimi Hendrix's middle name? | Marshall (first two both called Jim Marshall) |
| What was the first name of the writer Evelyn Waugh's first wife? | Evelyn (they were known as He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn) |
| '"Indian Reservation" was a 1971 US number one hit for which group whose lead singer shared his name with a Revolutionary War hero? | Paul Revere and the Raiders |
| Born to a Bolivian father with the surname Tejada, who did Playboy dub the "Most Desired Woman" of the 1970s? | Raquel Welch |
| By winning the Open Championship in 1969, Tony Jacklin became the first British golf major winner since who in 1951? | Max Faulkner |
| Which two word term involving a natural feature was coined by Romain Rolland to describe his ten volume novel cycle "Jean Christophe"? | Roman-fleuve |
| Which 1972 film was the first to be produced by Motown? | Lady Sings The Blues |
| Which Motown group was the first to have a UK number one hit? | The Supremes |
| Which actor played Eric Babbage in "Coronation Street" in 2013 and Stan Carter in "Eastenders" in 2014? | Timothy West |
| Which village's team won football's Scottish Cup in 1888 and went on to beat FA Cup winners West Bromwich Albion to claim the title "Champions of the World"? | Renton (West Dumbartonshire) |
| Which Scottish team's home ground, Glebe Park, is notable for having a hedge running along one side? | Brechin City |
| Catherine E Coulson is an actress best known for playing which role in the TV series "Twin Peaks"? | The Log Lady/Margaret Lanterman |
| In 2012, which TV sports record was set by Michael Phelps breaking the record set by DJ Terry Wogan in 1981? | Longest televised putt (including all pro-golf tournaments) |
| The second series final of which TV show controversially showed a lingering full-frontal shot of a well-endowed squirrel? | The Great British Bake Off |
| What is Bayer's brand name for praziquantel veterinary worming tablets? | Drontal |
| In the 2001 TV series "Angelina Ballerina", based on the books by Katherine Holabird, which Oscar winning actress provided the voice of Angelina's mother Miss Lilly? | (Dame) Judi Dench |
| In November 2013, which British actress was awarded an Honorary Oscar for seventy years in the film industry? | Angela Lansbury |
| Which city in Baden-Württemberg was, in 1879, the birthplace of Albert Einstein? | Ulm |
| The village of Smiljan in central Croatia is best known for being the 1856 birthplace of which inventor, engineer and scientist? | Nikolai Tesla |
| Which fashion designer is a former primary school teacher born in Derbyshire with the surname Swire? | Vivienne Westwood |
| In Greek mythology, who usurped the throne of Iolcos from his brother Aeson and sent Aeson's son Jason and his Argonauts to look for the Golden Fleece? | Pelias |
| In Greek mythology, who was the son of Helios, brother of Circe and Pasiphaë, father of Medea, King of Colchis and keeper of the Golden Fleece? | Aeëtes |
| Which film comedy is based on the serious 1958 novel by Peter George (under the pseudonym Peter Bryant) called "Red Alert"? | Dr Strangelove |
| Which of Stanley Kubrick's films had the most Oscar nominations, gaining seven and winning four of them? | Barry Lyndon |
| Which Stanley Kubrick film was based on a 1951 novel by Henry Fast? | Spartacus |
| Since 2010, the first three places in a Formula One race win a total of how many points? | 58 (25+18+15) |
| Who won the main event of the European Poker Tour in 2006 and 2014 becoming the first person to win two such titles? | Victoria Coren-Mitchell |
| The theorem that the diameter of a circle subtends a right angle is named after which early Miletian philosopher? | Thales |
| What are mixed with onions, shallots and sautéed herbs to make a preparation known as duxelles, named after a French lord? | Mushrooms |
| Deriving its name from part of the body what measure of distance of about seven inches was the traditional distance between bow and string on an English longbow? | Fistmele |
| Sharing his name with his ill-fated father, who was the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian army at the start of the English Civil War? | Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex |
| Which stadium, formerly known the Philadelphia Municipal Stadium, was, in 1985, the US venue for Live Aid? | John F Kennedy Stadium |
| Which Washington stadium is home to DC United and the US Men's National Soccer Team? | Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium |
| The River Aker or the Akerselva runs through which capital city? | Oslo |
| Which 63 mile long river enters the Gulf of Finland at Helsinki? | Vantaa River |
| What name is shared by a Vickers airliner first flown in 1959, a Toyota crossover sport utility vehicle and a Royal Navy class of nuclear submarines? | Vanguard |
| The 2014 Tournament of Champions winner and multiple winner of the World Open, Amr Shabana is a squash player from which country? | Egypt |
| In 2009 it was won by Croatia, by Sweden in 2011 and by Spain in 2013. This is the biennial world championship in which Olympic sport? | Handball |
| In 2013, at Wimbledon, which 116 ranked player knocked out defending champion Roger Federer, his first pre-quarterfinal Grand Slam exit since 2004? | Sergiy Stakhovsky |
| In 2013, who knocked out the reigning French Open champion at Wimbledon for the fourth time by beating Serena Williams in the fourth round? | Sabine Lisicki |
| Who in 2013, at Wimbledon, became the first Polish player to reach the semifinals of a tennis Grand Slam tournament? | Jerzy Janowicz |
| Which two tennis singles Grand Slam winners announced their retirement in 2013? | Marion Bartoli and David Nalbandian |
| Because it is mentioned in King Henry IV Part One, in 1890 Shakespeare fan Eugene Schieffelin introduced which bird to the US of which there are now hundreds of millions? | Starling |
| In the 1888 Gower Statue of Shakespeare outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, who is depicted as Lady Macbeth? | Sarah Bernhardt |
| Who struggled to write an opera about King Lear before giving up and handing the project over to Mascagni? | Giuseppe Verdi |
| Which of Shakespeare's twin children died four years before separated twins were reunited in "Twelfth Night"? | Hamnet |
| Which African president translated "Julius Caesar" and "The Merchant of Venice" into Swahili? | Julius Nyerere |
| In 1796, who turned "The Merry Wives of Windsor" into a Russian play called “What it is to have Linen and Buck-baskets”? | Catherine the Great |
| Traditionally, the moons of Uranus are named after characters in the works of Shakespeare or which other poet? | Alexander Pope |
| Which two word term from the Latin for "fear of empty space" is used to mean the filling of the entire surface of a space or an artwork with detail? | Horror vacui |
| In 1973 a Sacramento restaurateur was arrested for using a prop from which Best Picture Oscar winning movie on the highway? | Ben Hur |
| In arboriculture, an averruncator is a device for doing what? | Pruning high branches |
| Abderian has been used to mean one who scoffs or laughs at others, Abdera being the Thracian home of which "laughing" philosopher? | Democritus |
| Abulia, meaning a lack of will power is also called a DDM or a disorder of diminished what? | Motivation |
| As opposed to optimism, a belief that all things are for the best, which word means a belief that there is evil but that all tends towards an ultimate good? | Agathism |
| Someone with alexithymia has difficulty in describing what in words? | Feelings/emotions |
| Actress Oona Chaplin was named after her grandmother and is the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin. Who is her Nobel Prize winning great-grandfather? | Eugene O'Neill |
| What nationality is Dominika Cibulkova, runner-up to Li Na in the 2014 Australian Open? | Slovakian |
| Which Gibraltar based online gambling company has sponsored Middlesborough FC, Sevilla FC, Premier League Darts and the World Snooker Championship? | 888.com |
| Which Philippines based online betting company sponsored Aston Villa FC from 2013 and the World Snooker Championships in 2014? | Dafabet |
| From the Greek for "to go upwards", which word describes a wind that blows up a steep slope or mountain side? | Anabatic |
| Apotropaic magic is intended to do what? | Ward off evil |
| Which pioneer of solid-fuel rockets and founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory also indulged in occultism with Aleister Crowley and L Ron Hubbard? | Jack Parsons |
| 2014 saw the launch of which search engine, similar to Google but only accessible through an anonymising browser, which enables access to illegal or blocked websites selling banned eBooks, drugs, guns and so on? | Grams |
| In 2014, Hitachi announced it was building a lift that would travel the 440 metres of 95 floors in 43 seconds for the CTF Finance Centre in which Chinese city? | Guangzhou |
| Although biographical details are sketchy, the philosopher Theano Crotona is usually regarded as being the wife of which 6th century BC philosopher? | Pythagoras |
| Named after the brand which supposedly derives from the aboriginal for head covering, what are broad rimmed felt drawstringed Australian bush hats called? | Akubras |
| Which thick corded ribbon used in hat making is named after an 18th century English viscount? | Petersham ribbon |
| Which US spokeswoman for women's lib in the 1960s and 70s co-founded Ms magazine and, in 2005, co-founded, with Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan, the Women's Media Center? | Gloria Steinem |
| Which prolific 18th/19th century Anglo-Irish writer with progressive views is possibly best known for her works "Castle Rackrent" and "Harrington"? | Mary Edgeworth |
| Which 1970 movie features So Yamamura as Admiral Yamamoto? | Tora! Tora! Tora! |
| Used as an acronym for "lighning attack" what is the literal meaning of the Japanese word "Tora" used as a Pearl Harbour code-word? | Tiger |
| Invented by Palmer Lucker, which virtual reality tech company makes the Rift mounted headset? | Oculus (VR) |
| In "The Three Musketeers", Milady de Winter is baroness of which English city? | Sheffield |
| Which US ventriloquist appears with characters including Walter and Achmed the Dead Terrorist? | Jeff Dunham |
| Which UK number one hit of January 2014 features the vocals of singer-songwriter Jess Glynne? | '"Rather Be" (by Clean Bandit) |
| Which bluegrass singer sang on the soundtrack for the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and had a 2014 hit "Hey Brother" with the DJ Avicii? | Dan Tyminski |
| Which Herefordshire born singer has sold over four million of her first two albums, "Lights" and "Halcyon"? | (Elena Jane) 'Ellie' Goulding |
| Alphonsos are one of the most popular cultivars of which Indian fruit? | Mangoes |
| Which of the twenty numbered arrondissements of Paris contains the Hôtel des Invalides, Musée d'Orsay and the Eiffel Tower? | Seventh (Palais-Bourbon) |
| Paris has twenty municipal arrondissements, Lyon has nine and how many has Marseilles? | Sixteen |
| In 2014, who became the first Formula One driver to race with the car number 13 since 1963? | Pastor Maldonaldo |
| In 1993 and 1994, which Formula One driver competed in car zero? | Damon Hill (as champion, only Mansell was entitled to use #1 and he left for America) |
| How is disgraced British former world champion Herbert Okechukwu Maduagwu better known? | Herbie Hide |
| For the 2013-14 season, the Cuba Domadores replaced the British Lionhearts in which sporting contest? | The World Series of Boxing (WSB) |
| What was the name of the three notorious acts passed by South Africa in 1950 enshrining apartheid in law? | The Group Areas Acts |
| At the 2012 Olympics, the Team GB football team were beaten on penalties by which country? | South Korea |
| Who scored Team GB's first goal at the 2012 Olympics and, in 2014, became the first player to score for seven different Premier League teams? | Craig Bellamy |
| Which French explorer founded St Louis, the first permanent settlement on the Falkland Islands and, in 1769, brought from Tahiti a man called Atuhoru, the first Pacific Islander to land in Europe? | Louis de Bougainville |
| Arriving from Tahiti on James Cook's HMS Adventure in 1774, which subject of a famous painting by Joshua Reynolds was the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe? | Mai (aka Omai) |
| Which Canadian ISS astronaut was well known for his social media updates and his rendition of Bowie's "Space Oddity"? | Chris Hadfield |
| Which Professor of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry likes to keep a low profile despite being the husband of Angela Merkel? | Joachim Sauer |
| Beau Lee and Tate Lee are the children of which girl group member? | Emma Bunton aka Baby Spice |
| What is the name of Melanie C's daughter, born in 2009? | Scarlet |
| Winners of which revived TV reality series have included Dhruv Baker, Tim Anderson, Shelina Permalloo and Natalie Coleman? | Masterchef |
| Leanne Mitchell, Andrea Begley and Jermain Jackman were the first three winners of the UK version of which show? | The Voice |
| Originating in the 17th century, Cleveland Bay is a breed of which animal? | Horse |
| What do Canadians celebrate on the second Monday of October? | Thanksgiving |
| Including those held in Buffalo, Dallas and Concord, what two word name is generally given to fun runs held in the US on or around Thanksgiving? | Turkey trots |
| An American Mammoth Jack, Poitou and a Nubian Wild are all breeds of which animal? | Donkey |
| Which prolific New York author's works include "A Garden of Earthly Delights", "them", "Black Water" and "Blonde"? | Joyce Carol Oates |
| Satirised by Henry Fielding and spawning several unauthorised sequels, which 18th century best-selling novel was subtitled "Virtue Rewarded"? | '"Pamela" by Samuel Richardson |
| In 1966, Más a Tierra was renamed after which 18th century character? | Robinson Crusoe (it is the island off Chile) |
| Mr Square and Mr Thwackum are teachers of the title character in which 18th century novel? | Tom Jones: (A Foundling) |
| Which character of 18th century literature had his nose crushed at birth, was mis-Christened and was accidentally circumcised while urinating out of a window? | Tristram Shandy |
| In "Gulliver's Travels", the title character visits Luggnugg and encounters the Struldbrugs, Immotals who age and are declared legally dead at which age? | Eighty |
| What is the difference between an aliquot and an aliquant? | Division by an aliquant leaves a remainder |
| Whose fifth and self-titled album was released unanounced in 2013 and shortly became the best selling album in the iTunes store's history? | Beyoncé |
| In April 2014, which company founded by Ma Huateng (aka Pony Ma) and called China;s answer to AOL, became the world's fifth largest Internet company after Google, Amazon, eBay and Facebook? | Tencent |
| In February 2014, who became the first woman elected to the Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank? | Janet Yellen |
| Which home automation company, founded by Apple engineers Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers in 2010, was bought by Google for $3.2 billion? | Nest Labs |
| Regarded as one of the most influential people in the art world, Sheikha Al-Mayassa is the chair of which country's Museums Authority? | Qatar (She is the Emir's sister) |
| The textile company Bionic Yarn, the clothing lines Billionaire Boys Club and ICECREAM and a Youtube channel are under the holding company i am OTHER, run by which rapper and record producer? | Pharrell Williams |
| Evan Spiegel and Robert Murphy became famous after creating which mobile app? | Snapchat |
| Which internet entrepreneur was born Jeffrey Preston Jorgensen in Albuquerque? | Jeff Bezos |
| Which Nigerian, after whom the largest conglomerate in West Africa is named, has been rated by Forbes and Bloomberg as the richest man in Africa? | Aliko Dangote |
| Before her murder by LA gangs, Yetunde Price was whose half-sister and trainer? | Venus and Serena Williams |
| A bacciferous plant is one which bears what? | Berries |
| What are the only plants which can be balaniferous? | Oak trees [bearing acorns] |
| Originally a type of cloth from Baghdad, which word means a canopy of state over a throne or altar? | Baldachin |
| Deriving from a Catalan word for a hut, which word meant a temporary place for holding slaves, especially in Louisiana or French colonial Africa? | Barracoon |
| Batrachian, like anuran, means relating to which animals? | Frogs and toads |
| Bdelloid and hirudine are both words which mean pertaining to which invertebrates? | Leeches |
| Now mainly thought of as the protagonist of a children's novel, which word, derived from a Spanish city, meant a flexible sword or an iron ankle restraint? | Bilbo |
| What is the name for the earliest type of iron smelting furnace involving a chimney with a hole at the bottom? | Bloomery |
| A bobèche is a cup or ring used for catching what? | Candle wax |
| Birling is another name for which sport, governed in America by the USLRA? | Log-rolling |
| Deriving from the Greek for "things gathered", which word is usually used as a translation for the Chinese "Lun Yu" meaning selected sayings? | Analects |
| Which Norfolk village is best known for cockles called Stewkey blues and a 1930s defrocked-vicar-turned-lion-tamer who was fatally bitten? | Stiffkey |
| In 1967, who became the first man to have won twelve Grand Slam tennis titles, a record that stood until 2000? | Roy Emerson |
| In 1930, who became the first man to have won ten Grand Slam tennis titles? | Bill Tilden |
| Which Dutch violinist is best known for creating the Johann Strauss Orchestra in 1987? | André Rieu |
| Who was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from 1949 to his death in 1976? | Zhou Enlai |
| Lily Allen, David Walliams, violinist André Rieu, Tim Vine and Emma Bunton have all made appearannces in which long running soap opera? | Neighbours |
| The FSI (Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane) is the government-owned company running what in Italy? | The rail network |
| Which two letters represent Germany's national railway company? | DB (Deutsche Bahn) |
| Since 1999, Paris's regional express rail network (RER) has how many lines? | Five |
| In English speaking countries, a sign by a railway line featuring only the letter W is known as what? | Whistle stop |
| Which European record is held by Hornindalsvatnet in western Norway? | Deepest lake (1,686 feet deep) |
| Which device, based on a carpenter's plane, was invented by Thor Bjørklund in 1925 in Norway? | Cheese slicer |
| Towed into the sea in 1996, with a height of 472 metres and a weight of 683,600 tons, which Norwegian oil platform is the tallest object ever moved by man? | Troll A |
| Sounding like something on a map, what name was given to foreign outposts of the Hanseatic League such as Bruges, Bergen, Ipswich or London? | Kontor |
| Which island has the third largest population of the British Isles? | Portsea Island |
| From 2005 to 2008, who won the Laureus World Sport Award for Sportsman of the Year four years running? | Roger Federer |
| Up to 2014, name either of the two men nominated for Laureus World Sport Award for Sportsman of the Year five times without winning it. | Valentino Rossi, Michael Phelps |
| Who won the 2013 Grammy for Album of the Year with their album "Babel"? | Mumford & Sons |
| With which album did Daft Punk win Grammy for Album of the Year in 2014? | Random Access Memories |
| Which musician, songwriter and CEO of Epic Records is possibly best known as a judge on the first two series of "The X Factor USA"? | LA Reid |
| The 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the deadliest high school shooting in US history with 28 killed, took place in which US state? | Connecticut |
| On April 16th 2007, Seung Hui-Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 17 others in which US state? | Virginia (at the Virginia Tech in Blacksburg) |
| In January 2013, which former US Secretary of State joined CBS News as a contributor and commentator? | Condoleezza Rice |
| After seven series, which US sitcom ended in January 2013, its last episode including a cameo from former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi? | 30 Rock |
| Although somewhat overshadowed by Miley's "twerking", which boyband made their first appearance in 11 years at the 2013 VMAs? | N'Sync |
| In 2013, what won the Primetime Emmy for Best Comedy series for the fourth year running? | Modern Family |
| As at 2014, what is the third largest country in the EU by area? | Sweden (after France and Spain) |
| Who has won lead actress comedy Emmies for her roles in "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "Veep"? | Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| Representing the sun in a 1:20 million scale model of the Solar System, which building is (as at 2014) the largest hemispherical building in the world? | The Ericsson Globe aka Globen in Stockholm |
| Which two teams met in the baseball World Series playoffs in 1946, 1967, 2004 and 2013? | Boston Red Sox and St Louis Cardinals |
| R-Diagrams for representing logical and set theoretical expressions are named after which US mathematician who invented them in the 1960s? | (John F0 Randolph |
| Named after a Ukrainian mathematician and sometimes called Dirichlet Teselations, which diagrams show for a set of points, the regions of all points closest to each of those points? | Voronoi Diagrams |
| Which broad flat pasta noodles, similar to fetuccini, take their name from the Italian for "to gobble up"? | Pappardelle |
| Traditionally hailing from Emilia-Romagna and Marche, which pasta similar to fetuccini takes its name from the Italian for "To cut"? | Tagliatelle |
| Fetuccini literally means little what in Italian? | Ribbons |
| Under what name did Michael David Rosenberg top the charts in at least seventeen countries with his 2012 song "Let Her Go"? | Passenger |
| Which Imperial Mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II spent a good deal of money defending his mother from charges of witchcraft? | Johannes Kepler |
| Which Cheshire born journalist is the editor of New York's Daily News? | Colin Myler |
| Who became UK Minister for Food in 1940, his title now being associated with a vegetable dish promoted during the war? | Frederick Marquis, Lord Woolton |
| Selina Meyer is the central character of which sitcom created by Armando Ianucci? | Veep |
| In which TV series does Michel Gill play Garrett Walker, the 45th President of thr United States? | House of Cards |
| Andreas Romdhane and Josef Larossi, a Swedish based duo, have written and produced songs for Diana Ross, JLS, Westlife and the Pussycat Dolls under what name? | Quiz & Larossi |
| Amanda Reifer is the lead singer of which group whose 2012 debut album was called "Bajan Style"? | Cover Drive |
| Which trophy is awarded to the ICC Cricketer of the Year? | Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy |
| Having set records for the fastest player to reach 8,000 and 9,000 test runs, which Sri Lankan batsman and wicket keeper was 2012 ICC Player of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year? | Kumar Sangakkara |
| In 2012, which Australian cricketer became the first Test cricketer to score four double centuries in a calendar year and was 2013 ICC Player and Test Player of the Year? | Michael Clarke |
| In the Premier League, as at 2014, who has scored the Manchster City record of six own goals and shares the Aston Villa record of three own goals? | Richard Dunn |
| When they won it in 1979, 1990 and 2002, Olimpia was the only football team from which country to have won the Copa Libertadores? | Paraguay |
| A team from which country won their first Copa Libertadores in 2008? | Ecuador [LDU Quito] |
| '"What we've got here is failure to communicate" is a famous line spoken in "Cool Hand Luke" by which actor? | Strother Martin |
| Which of the AFI's top 100 movie quotes is spoken by Estelle Reiner? | I'll have what she's having. |
| In which 1927 book and the 1948 film of it does Gold Hat say "Badges! We don't need no stinking badges!"? | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| Which lieutenant colonel, played by Robert Duvall in "Apocalypse Now", loves "the smell of napalm in the morning"? | (Bill) Killgore |
| Which iconic 90s film takes its name from a quote by Claude Rains in "Casablanca"? | The Usual Suspects |
| British actor, Colin Clive, has a name which rhymes with his most famous line, two words repeated, in a 1931 horror movie. What is the line? | It's alive! It's alive! [He is Dr (Henry) Frankenstein] |
| Since 1947, which Asian country has had the rufiyaa as its principal unit of currency? | Maldives |
| Introduced in 1974, which African country uses the lilangeni, plural emalangeni, as its unit of currency? | Swaziland |
| Which was the only independent South American country to send ground troops to fight in World War II, fighting primarily in Italy? | Brazil |
| Which song reached number eight in the UK charts, then five years later reached number two after being sung at an Olympic opeining ceremony? | Barcelona |
| Which Lord is seen having dinner with Margi Clarke in the video of the Pet Shop Boys song "Rent"? | Alexander Thynn, the Marquess of Bath |
| Clifton Davis wrote this song for the Supremes, but it was given to the Jackson 5 instead. Gloria Gaynor made it the first number one of the Billboard Dance/Disco chart and, sung by the Communards, it was the theme song of the sitcom "Vicious". Which song | Never Can Say Goodbye |
| Which 1980s pop duo consisted of Scottish brothers Greg and Pat Kane who claimed their biggest hit was about Tory disillusionment with Thatcherism? | Hue and Cry (Labour of Love) |
| Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and Pierre Romain were, in 1785, the first people known to have died how? | In an air crash |
| In 1869, which Irish scientist became the first road vehicle fatality when she was run over by her own steam car? | Mary Ward |
| Which European country has the official motto "Plus ultra" meaning further beyond? | Spain |
| '"One for all, all for one" is the famous motto of The Three Muskateers and, especially in the Latin form "Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno", of which European country? | Switzerland |
| Smoggies is a term traditionally given to people from which town in the northeast of England? | Middlesbrough |
| In ethics, what term is used to mean the view that ethical statements do not express propositions so cannot be true or false? | Non-cognitivism |
| Found in sociology, politics and economics, the theory that pressure exerted on a closed system needs to be exerted somewhere or the system will break is often named after which item often found in bathrooms? | Toothpaste tube (theory) |
| Which French philosopher founded the Café Philosophique in the Place de la Bastille in 1992, there being over 100 such establishments at the time of his death? | Marc Sautet |
| Deriving from their shape and one vowel different from a much more common word, which term means a series of smoothing rollers at the end of the paper making process? | Calender (from cylinder) |
| What is the usual English name for the sport of camanachd, played with a stick called a caman? | Shinty |
| In military tactics, what sort of attack is a camisado or camisade? | Night raid |
| Derived from the Portuguese for yoke, what name is given to a device used in China and other parts of the Far East until the early 20th century for corporal punishment, which was like a pillory but without a base so is carried by the prisoner? | Cang(ue) |
| Derived from the French for a wax dressing, which word means the clothing placed on a dead body? | Cerements |
| Which word can mean the mistress of a large country house or a chain formerly worn by women for carrying items such as keys? | Chatelaine |
| Named after a Roman province in south-east Asia Minor, which word means a hairshirt or other item worn for discomfort as a sign of atonement, such as that worn by Silas in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code"? | Cilice |
| In architecture, which word is used to mean windows built above eye level to let light into a space? | Clerestory |
| Once a weight equalling 7lb of wool or 8lb of cheese, which word now often means a particular dried flower bud used as a spice? | Clove |
| What are boiled to make the Irish dish crubeens? | Pig trotters |
| What was the name of the three-banded armadillo selected to be the mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup? | Fuleco |
| Made by Adidas, what is the official ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup? | Adidas Brazuca |
| The last time Adidas did not make balls for the FIFA World Cup was 1966 when they were made by which company, based in Shirebrook in Derbyshire? | Slazenger |
| In 1810, André-Marie Ampère predicted a so far unknown gas could be prepared from an acid and it took until 1896 for Henri Moissan to finally achieve this, for which, he was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Which gas? | Fluorine |
| In 1787, Henri Lavoisier predicted that alume was the oxide of an unknown element. Humphrey Davy tried and failed to isolate the element which he called aluminium. Which friend of Hans Christian Anderson succeeded in 1825? | H.C.Ørsted |
| Which black US author of "Invisible Man" who died in 1994 was given the first two names of a US writer who died in 1882? | Ralph Waldo Ellison |
| Japanese mystery writer Taro Hirai who died in 1965 was better known by which pen name after a US author who died in 1849? | Edogawa Rampo |
| Caribbean Airlines was founded in and is the national airline of which country? | Trinidad and Tobago |
| With a strong presence in South East Asia, what is the national airline of Taiwan? | China Airlines |
| Middle East Airlines is based in and is the national airline of which country? | Lebanon |
| Established in 1995, what is Latvia's national flag carrying airline? | AirBaltic |
| In the Marvel Comics universe, what is the original surname of Fantastic Four's Invisible Woman and Human Torch? | (Susan and Johnny) Storm |
| Who played the Invisible Woman and the Human Torch in the 2005 film "Fantastic Four"? | Jessica Alba and Chris Evans |
| Hunter S Thompson wrote two published novels. Which one came before "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"? | The Rum Diary |
| Which US journalist is probably best known for coining the term "gonzo journalism" to describe the work of Hunter S Thompson? | Bill Cardoso |
| Which German bacteriologist is famous in pathology for devising a species precipitin test in 1900 that can distinguish human from animal blood? | Paul Uhlenhuth |
| Known as the Sherlock Holmes of France, whose exchange principle is often summarised as "every contact leaves a trace"? | (Dr Edmond) Locard |
| What acronymic term for the Hebrew Bible comes from its three parts, the Torah, the Nevi'im and the Ketuvim? | Tanakh |
| In 1885 who, known as The Peacemaker because no major wars were fought in his reign, commissioned the first Fabergé egg? | Alexander III (for his wife Maria Federovna) |
| Lost until 2001, the Karelian Birch egg is found in the Fabergé Museum in which German spa town? | Baden-Baden |
| What is the width in metres of the border vista between the US and Canada, that is the area of cleared vegetation marking the border? | Six metres |
| Which leader of the Copperheads, a group opposed to the US Civil War, died from a gunshot wound in court when he too successfully showed how a victim might have accidentally shot himself? | Clement Vallandigham |
| Sigurd Eysteinsson, aka Sigurd the Mighty was killed in 892 AD by the severed head of one of his enemies when the teethed scratched his leg giving him an infection. He was the second Viking king of where? | Orkney |
| Which Greek derived architectural term means a convex curve added to a surface for aesthetic purposes, such as in Doric columns which are wider in the middle? | Entasis |
| Casa Milà, the last civil work completed by Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona, in also known because of its rough hewn look as La Pedrera, meaning what in English? | The Quarry |
| As of 2014, which building has the largest brick dome? | Florence Cathedral (502 ft in diameter, 315 ft high and with over 4 million bricks) |
| Protesting against the repetition of the followers of Miles van der Rohe, which architectural group, including Stanley Tigerman and Ben Weese, shared their name with a group of anti-Vietnam protesters? | The Chicago Seven |
| Completed by Pietro Bracci, which 17th/18th century architect designed the Trevi Fountain in Rome? | Nicola Salvi |
| The prototype of many New England churches, St Martin-in-the-Fields was the design of which Scottish architect who also created the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford? | James Gibbs |
| Which Finnish-born architect designed the corporate offices of IBM, John Deere and CBS, but is probably best known in the USA as the designer of the Gateway Arch in St Louis? | Eero Saarinen |
| Completed in 2007, which capital city's National Centre for the Performing Arts is commonly known as the Giant Egg Building? | Beijing |
| Which 78 metre sculpture by Richard Wilson at Heathrow Airport represents the flight of a plane in aluminium? | Slipstream |
| Deriving from the Latin for indigenous via a word for a native slave, which word means language or architecture which is indigenous to a particular time or place? | Vernacular |
| Parts of the species Arundo dorax or Giant cane are generally used to make what parts of musical intruments? | Reeds |
| Which student of Salieri and possibly Mozart is best known for completing the latter's "Requiem"? | (Franz Xaver) Süssmayr |
| Who helped actress Hedy Lamarr develop a system to make it difficult to jam torpedo signals in World War II, but is better known for composing the "Ballet Mécanique"? | George Antheil |
| Composers Mendelssohn and Chopin were born and then Haydn died, in the first half of which year? | 1809 |
| How many completed symphonies did Richard Wagner write? | One (Symphony in C Major) |
| Which composer based his first and fourth symphonies on the albums "Low" and "Heroes" by David Bowie? | Phillip Glass |
| '"To October", "The First of May" and "The Year 1905" are symphonies by which composer? | Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652) is largely remembered for which work, which the Vatican forbade copies of under threat of excommunication and which was transcribed by Mozart after hearing it twice? | Miserere |
| The phrase Tweedledum and Tweedledee originates, not with Lewis Carroll, but with a 1725 epigram by John Byrom about a feud between Giovanni Bononcini and which other composer? | (George Frideric) Handel |
| In 1940 what started with Bach's "Toccata and Fugue" and ended with Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" and Schubert's "Ave Maria", and who was the conductor? | '"Fantasia" conducted by Leopold Stokowski |
| Which of the TV viewers shown on the Channel 4 structured reality show "Googlebox" won the 1973 and 1975 British Chess Championship? | William Hartston |
| According to Herodotus, the location of "alluring prostitutes", in which modern day country was the Ancient Greek colony of Naucratis? | Egypt |
| With a name meaning "market place", which Ancient Greek colony, the largest in the Iberian peninsula has its remains in the northeast corner of Spain? | Emporion |
| From 1822 to 1823, Agustin de Iturbide was briefly declared Emperor of and is credited with designing the flag of which country? | Mexico |
| The 12th century King Suryavarman II is most famous for ordering the construction of which building? | Angkor Wat |
| In Greek mythology, who was the mother of 19 children including Hector, Paris and Cassandra? | Hecuba (wife of Priam) |
| The Kingdom of Champa lasted from the 7th century AD to 1832 before being annexed by which country? | Vietnam |
| Which of the Three Kingdoms of Korea conquered Baekje in 660 and Goguryeo in 668, unifying the southern part of the Korean peninsula? | Silla |
| When served as food it is known as a tripang in Indonesia, namako in Japanese and bêche-de-mer (sea-spade) in French. What is the English name for a marine creature of the class Holothuroidea? | Sea-cucumber |
| Originally used to mean a native Hawaiian, which word was used to mean Pacific Islanders employed in British colonies? | Kanaka |
| In 1911, which passenger ship sank off the coast of Queensland with the loss of 122 lives with its wreck now visited by 10,000 divers each year? | SS Yolanga |
| Useful in hills and headwinds, an e-bike which only produces power when the rider is pedalling below a certain speed, hence legally classed as a bicycle in many countries in known by what acronym? | Pedelec |
| Which LA based Argentinian fashion designer is probably best known for designing Lady Gaga's meat dress at the 2010 VMAs? | Franc Fernandez |
| Which word for pleasantly plump derives from the Yiddish for juicy? | Zaftig |
| Which American costume designer dressed Marilyn Monroe in eight of her films including the pink dress in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and the white dress in "The Seven Year Itch"? | (William) Travilla |
| Since 1901, which fashion house has had the Equestrian Knight Logo? | Burberry |
| Which major fashion house uses the Medusa logo? | Versace |
| Little Kiss, Laguna and Black Sun were perfumes which went on sale under the name of which artist? | Salvador Dali |
| The Exit Festival is a summer music festival held in Petrovaradin Fortress in which East European city, the second largest in its country? | Novi Sad |
| Held annually since 1989 and more cheerful than it sounds, the Dour Festival is in which European country? | Belgium |
| Which fabled spring was the destination of a proposed eighth "Road To" film in 1977, abandoned after the death of Bing Crosby? | The Fountain of Youth |
| Their biggest hit whose lyrics started with a very long Maori place name was "The Lone Ranger" in 1976. Which British band were named after an atomic electron transition? | Quantum Jump |
| Originally The Iveys,which popular 70s British rock band took their name from the injured part of John Lennon's hand that was used in the working title of "With A Little Help From My Friends"? | Badfinger (The working title was "Bad Finger Boogie") |
| With a name one vowel different to that of a port in Iraq, which Syrian city was the capital of the Roman province of Arabia? | Bosra |
| Which alphabet, named after an ancient Syrian port, has claims alongside the Phoenecian to be the oldest in the world? | Ugaritic Alphabet |
| Which record breaking clipper ship, named after an ancient battle, won an 1872 race with the Cutty Sark from Shanghai to London after the latter lost its rudder? | Thermopylae |
| Which form of brass, named after a Birmingham metal-roller, leached toxic copper in seawater, killing shipworms and barnacles and making it ideal for sheathing the bottoms of boats such as the Cutty Sark? | Muntz metal |
| Which Asian country celebrates its 1943 independence from France on November 22nd? | Lebanon |
| The Juche Tower on the Taedong River is a landmark of which capital city? | Pyongyang |
| Dzharylgach is the largest island in which sea? | The Black Sea |
| Bred in 1988 to flower on Kim Jong-Il's birthday (February 16th), the kimjongilia (not to be confused with the orchid kimilsungia) is a cultivar of which flower? | Begonia |
| The Oscar winning 2013 documentary, "20 Feet From Stardom" follows the life of people with which specific job in the entertainment industry? | Backing singers |
| The BAFTA winning 2013 docmentary "The Act of Killing" centred around a 1960s anti-communist purge in which country? | Indonesia |
| Which US singer-songwriter performed the vocals on the DJ Avicii's 2013 hit "Wake Me Up"? | Aloe Blacc |
| Which Irish-born dancer had affairs with Franz Liszt, Alexandre Dumas père and King Ludwig I of Bavaria and later had two Californian lakes and a mountain named after her? | Lola Montez (née Eliza Gilbert) |
| In which year did the British Empire reach its largest extent? | In 1922 (after WWI mandates, before Egypt left) |
| After the British, Mongol, Russian and Spanish, which 7th century AD empire was the fifth largest in history? | The Umayyad Caliphate |
| The Arab headdress called the keffiyah has a name meaning from the city of Kufa which is in which modern day country? | Iraq |
| What is the four letter Arab name for the black cord, worn doubled, around the keffiyah or headdress? | Agal |
| Which 1980s film won both an Oscar and a Razzie for acting and was also the first to show a main character using a cordless phone? | Wall Street |
| To which song by Bob Seger does Tom Cruise dance to in his underwear in the film "Risky Business"? | Old Time Rock and Roll |
| Which 1984 film was inspired by an 88 year old dancing ban in Elmore City, Oklahoma? | Footloose |
| The soap opera "Southwest General", an agent played by the director and a theme song by Stephen Bishop are features of which 1980s movie? | Tootsie |
| Which 1984 movie, the first under Disney's Touchstone Pictures label, is usually credited with making Madison a popular girl's name in the United States? | Splash! |
| A student who likens every situation to film or TV, a bored millionaire and a cross-dressing dean were features of which TV comedy series, running from 2009 to 2014, and set in a college in Greendale, Colorado? | Community |
| The TV series "Criminal Minds" centres around the BAU. What is the full name of this branch of the FBI? | Behavioural Analysis Unit |
| Which detective-comedy TV series ran from 2006 to 2014 and featured James Roday as a private eye who pretends to have paranormal abilities? | Psych |
| From 2005 to 2012, Mary Louise-Parker was best known for playing drug-dealing mother Nancy Botwin in which series? | Weeds |
| Theatrical posters for which 1995 post-modern western showed Johnny Depp in a coffin? | Dead Man |
| Russia has its longest land border at over 6,800 kilometres with which country? | Kazakhstan |
| Russia has its shortest land border of 17.5 kilometres with which country? | North Korea |
| Who (as at 2014) have won a record 24 Stanley Cups, last winning in 1993? | Montreal Canadiens |
| Which Stanley Cup winners are named after a 1992 film? | Anaheim Ducks (after "The Mighty Ducks") |
| Who founded the IFP and played his own maternal great-grandfather in the 1964 film "Zulu"? | (Mangosuthu) Buthelezi |
| Which two actors played Dr "Bones" McCoy and Scotty in the orginal series of "Star Trek"? | Deforest Kelley and James Doohan |
| Which two actors played Beverley and Wesley Crusher in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"? | Gates McFadden and Wil Wheaton |
| Who did Majel Barrett marry after playing Nurse Christine Chapel in "Star Trek"? | Gene Roddenberry |
| Former model Jolene Blalock is best known for playing which role in the TV series "Enterprise"? | (Sub-Commander) T'Pol |
| Which singer was the grandfather of the actress who played the ill-fated security officer Tasha Yar in "Star Trek:TNG"? | Bing Crosby (Denise Crosby) |
| Founded as a peer-to-peer file sharing site in 1999 and relaunching as an online music store in 2011, which company has a cat wearing headphones as its logo? | Napster |
| Which web-based e-mail service launched in 1996, was acquired by Microsoft in 1997 and later developed into Microsoft Outlook? | Hotmail |
| Which Web hosting service, originally called Beverley Hills Internet, was the third-most visited site on the web when it was acquired by Yahoo! in 1999 and is now only available in Japan? | GeoCities |
| Which MLB team, finalists in the 2007 World Series, have mountains on their logo? | Colorado Rockies |
| Ferdinand Alcinor Jr was a record six-time NBA MVP for the Milwaukee Bucks and LA Lakers playing under what name? | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| After Andorra La Vella and Lisbon, what is the closest capital city to Madrid? | Algiers |
| Deriving from a popular chant, Who Dats are fans of which NFL team? | New Orleans Saints |
| In the early 20th century there were estimated to be over three billion of these trees in the eastern US. Thanks to a blight, large examples of which tree are now rare east of the Appalachians? | (American) chestnut |
| Which French chemist coined the term "Molecular and Physical Gastronomy" in 1988 with Nicholas Kurti, shortening it to Molecular Gastronomy in 1998 after the latter's death? | Hervé This |
| Fans of which 1998 gender-bending rock musical are known as Hedheads? | Hedwig and the Angry Inch |
| Brothers Without Banners are unofficial fans of which fictional series? | Song of Fire & Ice/Game of Thrones |
| WADA added which group of chemical elements to its list of banned substances in 2014? | Noble gases |
| Which liqueur originates in the city of Zadar in Croatia? | Maraschino |
| Founded in 1725 and including the famous artist Goya among its past employees, which Madrid restaurant claims to be the oldest running restaurant in the world? | (Sobrino de) Botin |
| Which German company was official goal line technology provider at the 2014 FIFA World Cup? | GoalControl |
| Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura. was, on June 12th 2014, the first referee to use what in a FIFA World Cup game? | Vanishing spray |
| Which 3rd/4th century co-patron of Navarre is most associated with the "Running of the Bulls" in Pamplona? | Saint Fermin |
| More famous as a guitar tune performed by Andres Segovia, the piano tune Asturias (Leyenda) was written by which Spanish composer, the great-grandfather of the second wife of Nicholas Sarkozy? | Isaac Albéniz |
| What was the English name of the film by Pedro Almodovar which won the 2000 Oscar for Best Foreign Language film? | All About My Mother |
| Largely associated with the Spanish region of Galicia, gaiteros play the gaita which is a form of which musical instrument? | Bagpipes |
| A law which says that people who take advantage of everything have no regard for ethics is named after which Brazilian footballer? | Gerson |
| Written by Brazilian composer Ary Barroso, how does the title "Aguarela do Brasil" translate into English? | Watercolours of Brazil |
| The Pityusic Islands are a group including which two of the four largest members of a larger island group? | Ibiza and Formentera |
| Which country produces 70 to 75% of the world's yams and is also the world's biggest (as at 2014) producer of cassava and cashew nuts with shells? | Nigeria |
| What was the role of Gary Lewin, stretchered off in England's first game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals against Italy? | England's physio |
| Its name deriving from the Portuguese for beans, which dish of black beans, rice and meat is often described as the national dish of Brazil? | Feijoada |
| Which former model and T4 presenter took over from Reggie Yates as Radio 1's presenter of The Offical Chart? | Jamelia Jamil |
| From 1972 to 1978, who took over from Alan Freeman to be the second presenter of The Official Chart? | Tom Browne |
| Which national football team are nicknamed the Vatreni, meaning The Blazers and have the letters HNS on their team logo? | Croatia |
| Played in films including "Titanic", "True Lies", "Delicatessen" and "Schindler's List", which popular tango by Carlos Gardel has a name which translates as "By a Head"? | Por Una Cabeza |
| What is the general South American name for a barbecue especially in Argenitina where barbecued meat is considered the national dish? | Asado |
| Which US swimmer who was the most successful athlete at the 1996 Olympics, winning four golds, suffered a spinal injury in June 2014? | Amy Van Dyken |
| A rainforest area which has been noted as a route for illegal drug smuggling, La Mosquitia is a region on the Mosquito Coast in which country? | Honduras |
| In 2006, who became the first Australian to score a World Cup Finals goal? | Tim Cahill |
| Zlatni ljiljani meaning Golden Lilies and Zmajevi meaning Dragons are nicknames for which national football side? | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| A chelo kabab consisting of skewered meat over saffroned rice is the national dish of which country? | Iran |
| Deriving from the Spanish for skipping school, which football term means the kicking of a ball with the kicking leg wrapped around the back of the standing leg? | Rabona |
| Named after a German physicist who investigated it, what name is given to the effect in which a spinning ball moves out of its principal flight path, such as when curling a football? | Magnus effect |
| What was the name of the island of women in the 1510 novel "Las Sergas de Esplandián" by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo? | California |
| In the US in 2013, what was the most visited social network in the US after Facebook? | |
| Best known for a TV role from 1982-93 and a series of cameos from 1995 onwards, who had minor roles in "A Bridge Too Far", "Superman", "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Gandhi"? | John Ratzenberger |
| In which famous tourist resort did Richard Nixon deliver his famous 1973 "I am not a crook" speech? | Walt Disney World |
| According to a 2010 UN report which European country is the world's biggest consumer of cocaine per capita? | Spain |
| Next to the Niesenbahn funicular and open only once a year to the public is the world's longest staorway of 11,674 steps in which country? | Switzerland |
| Part of the BBC's Ten Pieces project to introduce children to classical music, which US composer wrote "Short Journey in a Fast Machine"? | John Adams |
| Part of the BBC's Ten Pieces project to introduce children to classical music, which Scottish composer has written "Connect It"? | Anna Meredith |
| Wizz Air is a low-cost airline based in which European country? | Hungary |
| As of 2014, what is the largest UK airline by number of passengers carried? | EasyJet |
| Transavia.com is a low cost airline based in which European airport? | Amsterdam Airport Schipol |
| In June 2014, who were announced as the co-presenters of the first BBC Music Awards? | Fearne Cotton & Chris Evans |
| Which California-based transportation network company using mobile phone aps was USA Today's 2013 Tech Company of the Year but has caused uproar among the world's licenced cab drivers? | Uber |
| Akin to a donor kebab or gyros, what is the usual Arab name for meat cooked slowly on a rotating spit, or such meat served in a wrap, often with tabbouleh? | Shawarma |
| Flowing out of the Bertrand Lake and southwest into the Pacific ocean, the Baker River is the largest river by volume in which country? | Chile |
| Which southern commune of Paris is famous as the site of the largest wholesale food market in the world? | Rungis |
| Mysterious carvings, possibly writing, known as rongorongo and the Bird Man Cult are associated with where, specifically? | Easter Island |
| The western coast of South America marks the boundary between the South American plate and which other tectonic plate, named after a region of Peru? | Nazca Plate |
| Which Pacific country gives its name to the sea to its east, to a tectonic plate and the resultant Mobile Belt? | Philippines |
| Which town 35 kilometres north of Amsterdam gives its name to a continental extreme point? | Hoorn (Cape Horn is named after it) |
| What military name is shared by main squares in cities including Lima in Peru, Santiago in Chile, Manila in the Philippines, Guadalajara in Mexico and Havana in Cuba? | Plaza de Armas |
| Though officially classified as a neighbourhood, which part of Rio, with a name meaning "little farm" is often described as the world's largest favela? | Rocinha |
| Which song about making love to a black man with a big penis is performed by children in a 2014 TV advert for the iPhone 5? | '"Gigantic" by The Pixies |
| Which song, which was written for John F Kennedy's Physical Fitness programme in US schools and includes the line "Nuts to the flabby guys", was played in a 2014 TV advert for the iPhone 5? | Chicken Fat" aka "The Youth Fitness Song" |
| Associated with the practice of locals helping someone to move house by literally picking up the house and carrying it to another place, Bayanihan is the spirit of community in which country? | The Philippines |
| Originally used in Davis and Fed Cup tennis, which two word phrase is used to mean a match in a series where the result has already been decided by previous matches in that series? | Dead rubber |
| Which two word phrase did Gwynneth Paltrow famously use in 2014 to describe her separation from Chris Martin after ten years of marriage? | Conscious uncoupling |
| Which pair of brothers play the members of ground crew who cause a taxiing plane to crash at the start of the film "Airplane!"? | David and Jerry Zucker |
| Who plays the man who brings a bomb onto the Space Shuttle in the film "Airplane II: The Sequel"? | Sonny Bono |
| Which US actor is one of only 12 athletes (to 2014) to play in both the MLB and the NBA, but is best known for playing Lucas McCain in TV series "The Rifleman"? | Chuck Connors |
| When Prince Felipe became King Felipe VI, which heiress presumptive became first in line to the Spanish throne? | Leonor, Princess of Asturias |
| Which former journalist and news anchor became Queen Consort of Spain in 2014? | Letizia |
| The Staples Centre is home to which NHL team, winners of the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014? | LA Kings |
| Playing home games at Madison Square Gardens, which NHL team were runners up in the 2014 Stanley Cup? | New York Rangers |
| Pinehurst, home of the 1999, 2005 and 2014 US Open is in which US state? | North Carolina |
| Which actor played Kurt Wallander on Swedish TV from 2005 to 2013? | Krister Henriksson |
| Who played Kurt Wallander on the nine films shown on SVT in Sweden from 1994 to 2007? | Rolf Lassgård |
| Google Android 4.4 was originally developed under the name KLP for Key Lime Pie, but later changed its name to what because "few people actually know the taste of a key lime pie"? | KitKat |
| Starting with C and representing Android 1.5 what was the first confectionary themed Android code name? | Cupcake |
| In 2014, which team won its sixth basketball Euroleague, leading to an outpouring of anti-Semitic statements on Twitter? | Maccabi Tel Aviv BC |
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