Question: The book (and later a 1981 film) called "Mommie Dearest" published in 1978 was about which actress who appeared in films and on television from 1925 to 1975?
Answer: Joan Crawford

Question: Who was the founder of engineering firm Marman Products Co, which designed and manufactured the catch which among other things held the Enola Gay bomb in place during transport?
Answer: Zeppo Marx

Question: If a boat or yacht is luffed what does it do?
Answer: Sails close to the wind

Question: Who, a drummer at the time, made the first known jazz recording using the vibraphone ("Memories of You") with Louis Armstrong & His Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra in 1930 and then concentrated on the vibraphone, joining the Benny Goodman Quintet, and later leading his own big bands?
Answer: Lionel Hampton

Question: How many sons of Philip IV of France became King?
Answer: 3

Question: What word means to watch other people play a game?
Answer: Twitch

Question: The film "Spectre" (2015) is centred on what?
Answer: James Bond

Question: With what is Christopher H. Lloyd most associated?
Answer: Gardening

Question: The Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh in 2013 was the collapse of what?
Answer: An eight-storey garment factory

Question: Andy White and Jimmy Nicol were both what?
Answer: Drummers for The Beatles

Question: In which did the franc become the single currency in 1850?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: """Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper"" is an example of what?"
Answer: Tongue twister

Question: The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker launched in 1996 was their first to do what?
Answer: Orbit and land on an asteroid

Question: What was a significance of the 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill, or Ap Bia Mountain, in Vietnam?
Answer: It was the last of the major American ground combat operations in the country

Question: If clergy, using the old Roman names, were travelling in the 11th century from Hibernia to Caledonia where, in present terms, would they be travelling from to?
Answer: Ireland to Scotland

Question: Who wrote "Treasure Island", "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "Kidnapped" and "The Master of Ballantrae"?
Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

Question: The are a number of sand dunes systems in Europe not just found in coastal areas but also inland; where is the largest?
Answer: Lomianki, Warsaw

Question: What country separates the city of Dandong and Dochon-ri village?
Answer: North Korea

Question: Where is Iraq's main port?
Answer: Basrah

Question: Who sang with UB40 on their hit record "I Got You Babe"?
Answer: Chrissy Hynde

Question: In 146BCE Rome sacked Carthage and what other major city?
Answer: Corinth

Question: What is the lead character in Copplia, a sentimental comic ballet by Lo Dlibes?
Answer: Doll

Question: Which religion has grown from 19th century teachings, of a man born in present day Iran and who died after a 24 year imprisonment in present day Israel?
Answer: Bah

Question: In 1989 Carlo Petrini founded what?
Answer: The Slow Food Movement

Question: What country would you travel through in going from Honduras to Costa Rica?
Answer: Nicaragua

Question: """Ted"" Kaczynski, an American anarchist and mathematical prodigy, became known as what?"
Answer: Unabomber

Question: """Afterlife"", a critically acclaimed 2005 TV series, centred on what?"
Answer: A psychic, and an academic who investigates her

Question: What shape is a battledore?
Answer: Small wide paddle

Question: What is the function of the smallest skeletal muscle in the human body
Answer: To control the movement or vibration of the stapes in the ear

Question: A painting discovered in France in 2016 of Judith beheading Holofernes has been attributed to what artist?
Answer: Caravaggio

Question: What country was briefly led by Emperor Maximilian - a puppet of France?
Answer: Mexico

Question: In what U.S. state would you find the city of Tombstone?
Answer: Arizona

Question: What sporting event was held for the first time in over 1,600 years?
Answer: Olympic Games

Question: What was the French term for a impoverished, unconvential, artistic person?
Answer: Bohémien

Question: What "lost" city of the Incas was rediscovered?
Answer: Machu Picchu

Question: Which ancient Egyptian pharaoh was dug up?
Answer: Tutankhamun

Question: What group of women wore short skirts, had bobbed hair, drank booze, and listened to jazz?
Answer: Flappers

Question: Who composed "Rhapsody in Blue"?
Answer: George Gershwin

Question: In what sport did Gene Tunney defeat Jack Dempsey?
Answer: Boxing

Question: What economic downturn lasted through most of the decade?
Answer: The Great Depression

Question: At what university did J.R.R. Tolkien teach?
Answer: Oxford

Question: What rebel without a cause died in a car crash?
Answer: James Dean

Question: What was Norma Jeane Mortenson better known as?
Answer: Marilyn Monroe

Question: Who was the first person to go into space?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin

Question: On what magazine's cover did Alfred E. Neuman frequently appear?
Answer: Mad

Question: What couple stayed in bed for an entire week, for peace?
Answer: John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Question: What was hosted by Seattle in 1962, New York City in 1964, and Montreal in 1967?
Answer: The World's Fair

Question: At what Presidential retreat did Israel and Egypt sign a peace accord?
Answer: Camp David

Question: What video tape technology was defeated by VHS?
Answer: Betamax

Question: What blundering politician was "no Jack Kennedy" according to Lloyd Bentsen?
Answer: Dan Quayle

Question: In what country did the Solidarity movement happen?
Answer: Poland

Question: What sprinter shattered the women's record in the 100 meter dash?
Answer: Florence Griffith Joyner

Question: What website hosted 38 million personal web pages?
Answer: GeoCities

Question: What American city was struck by a serial sniper in 2002?
Answer: Washington D.C.

Question: What Houston energy company went bankrupt due to massive accounting fraud?
Answer: Enron

Question: What micronation can be found along the French Riviera?
Answer: Monaco

Question: A crash is the name for a group of what endangered African animal?
Answer: Rhinoceros

Question: What Scottish poet wrote "Auld Lang Syne"?
Answer: Robert Burns

Question: On what lane did the Muffin Man live?
Answer: Drury Lane

Question: Who was the Greek goddess of wisdom?
Answer: Athena

Question: In which mobile app do you "swipe" the screen to assess potential love interests?
Answer: Tinder

Question: What celebration was outlawed by Puritans in the English Parliament in 1647?
Answer: Christmas

Question: What is the smallest country in the world?
Answer: Vatican City

Question: Whose twelve labors included slaying a hydra and cleaning stables?
Answer: Hercules

Question: What weapon is used in Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture"?
Answer: Cannon

Question: """Some animals are more equal than others"" is a quote from what book?"
Answer: Animal Farm

Question: On what website would you find users Smosh and PewDiePie?
Answer: YouTube

Question: Who sang "Love Me Tender"?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: What disease is also known as "consumption"?
Answer: Tuberculosis

Question: What baseball player died of ALS disease in 1941?
Answer: Lou Gehrig

Question: What's the capital of Ireland?
Answer: Dublin

Question: Until the 1960's, Catholic mass was almost always delivered in what language?
Answer: Latin

Question: What is the best-selling Swedish band of all time?
Answer: Abba

Question: Which TV network airs "The Colbert Report"?
Answer: Comedy Central

Question: On what planet did the movie "Planet of the Apes" take place?
Answer: Earth

Question: What legendary "steel-driving man" died after defeating a steam-powered hammer?
Answer: John Henry

Question: Tenerife, La Palma, and Fuerteventura are part of what Spanish island chain?
Answer: Canary Islands

Question: What fictional character has a skeleton made of adamantium?
Answer: Wolverine