Question: The New York city of Yonkers is on which river?
Answer: Hudson River

Question: Which 19th Century English poet wrote ‘Ode to  a Grecian Urn’?
Answer: John Keats

Question: ‘Good ‘Ol Boys’ by Waylon Jennings was the theme tune to which US tv series?
Answer: The Dukes of Hazzard

Question: What is Beauty’s name in the Disney film ‘Beauty and the Beast’?
Answer: Belle

Question: In medicine, a nullipara is a woman who has never done what?
Answer: Given birth to a child

Question: What was the name of the President of Granada who was executed during the 1983 coup?
Answer: Maurice Bishop

Question: The Ebro River is in which country?
Answer: Spain

Question: In which English city is the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery?
Answer: Bradford

Question: The city of Belgrade lies at the confluence of the River Sava and which other river?
Answer: Danube

Question: How many counters, or pieces, does each player start with in a game of backgammon?
Answer: 15

Question: Which country has the internet domain .at?
Answer: Austria

Question: Elvis Presley played the role of Clint Reno in which 1956 film?
Answer: Love Me Tender

Question: How many stars are on the national flag of Syria?
Answer: Two

Question: In which mountain range is the 2000 film ‘Vertical Limit’ set?
Answer: Himalayas

Question: The Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower peninsulas of which US state?
Answer: Michigan

Question: What was the title of the 1967 black comedy war film starring Michael Crawford and John Lennon?
Answer: How I Won the War

Question: In May 1940, who became British Prime Minister after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: In February 1906, which type of British battleship was launched for the first time?
Answer: Dreadnought

Question: Which cabinet position did British MP Andrew Bonar Law hold between 1916 and 1919?
Answer: Chancellor of the Exchequer

Question: Sabadell Airport is in which European country?
Answer: Spain

Question: In which country is the Aladag mountain range?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Theravada is a branch of which religion?
Answer: Buddhism

Question: The drink Caipirinha is the national cocktail of which South American country?
Answer: Brazil

Question: The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station is in which country?
Answer: Iceland

Question: What type of creature is an argentine?
Answer: Fish

Question: Apart from Geoff Hurst, which footballer scored a goal for England in the 1966 World Cup Final against Germany?
Answer: Martin Peters

Question: A formicary is the nest or dwelling of which insect?
Answer: Ant

Question: What is the basic currency in Russia?
Answer: Ruble

Question: Who played Danny Ocean in the 1960 film ‘Ocean’s Eleven’?
Answer: Frank Sinatra

Question: In the human body, what is the mandible?
Answer: Lower jawbone

Question: In which US state was the late singer Michael Jackson born?
Answer: Indiana

Question: Which artist is the subject of the 1956 film ‘Lust For Life’?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh

Question: Glassine, Azure Laid and Chromo are all types of what?
Answer: Paper

Question: Myxomatosis is a viral disease affecting which creatures?
Answer: Rabbits

Question: How many stars are on the new  national flag of Libya?
Answer: One

Question: In Greek mythology, who fired the arrow that hit Achilles in the heel?
Answer: Paris

Question: ‘I’ll Be There For You’ by The Rembrandts is the theme tune to which US tv comedy series?
Answer: Friends

Question: Which English football team play their home games at Old Trafford?
Answer: Manchester United

Question: What is the profession of Tom Selleck in the 1987 film ‘Three Men and a Baby’?
Answer: Architect

Question: The Democracy Monument is in which Asian city?
Answer: Bangkok

Question: Actor Harris Glenn Milstead was better known by what name?
Answer: Divine

Question: Who wrote the musical ‘Oliver’, which was based on Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist?
Answer: Lionel Bart

Question: Boxer Jacob ‘Baby Jake’ Matlala was born in which country?
Answer: South Africa

Question: In humans, cholecystitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: Gall bladder

Question: Which screenwriter and novelist created the Daleks for the tv series Doctor Who?
Answer: Terry Nation

Question: Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr played the title roles in which 1949 Biblical film?
Answer: Samson and Delilah

Question: What type of creature is a pintail?
Answer: Duck

Question: British monarch Henry VIII married which of his wives in 1540?
Answer: Anne of Cleves

Question: In February 1983 which US writer choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops?
Answer: Tennessee Williams

Question: Silent film star Charlie Chaplin was born in which European city?
Answer: London

Question: ‘Crome Yellow’ is the title of which author’s first novel?
Answer: Aldous Huxley

Question: Who played Hannah in the 1986 film ‘Hannah and Her Sisters’?
Answer: Mia Farrow

Question: An opah is what type of creature?
Answer: Fish

Question: British singer and actor Terence Nelhams-Wright was better known by what name?
Answer: Adam Faith

Question: Halliwell’s Guide is a reference book relating to what?
Answer: Films

Question: Who became President of France in May 1995?
Answer: Jacques Chirac

Question: The SNCF is the national railway corporation of which European country?
Answer: France

Question: Which English Monarch was created ‘Defender of the Faith’ by Pope Leo X?
Answer: Henry VIII

Question: The Codex Vaticanus is said to be the oldest almost complete manuscript of which book?
Answer: Greek Bible

Question: Amnesty International was founded in which year?
Answer: 1961

Question: In the novel ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ what is Gulliver’s first name?
Answer: Lemuel

Question: Dendrophobia is the irrational fear of which natural items?
Answer: Trees

Question: The FTSE is the stock market index of which European country?
Answer: Britain (UK)

Question: Which member of the Beatles was also known as Nelson Wilbury?
Answer: George Harrison

Question: Ben Gurion International Airport is in which country?
Answer: Israel

Question: Which character did actress Susie Blake play in the British tv soap ‘Coronation Street’?
Answer: Bev Unwin

Question: Ligustrum Ovalifolium is the Latin name for which shrub?
Answer: Privet

Question: Published in 1687, who wrote ‘Philosophae Naturalis Principa Mathematica’?
Answer: Isaac Newton

Question: Anthrophobia (or anthophobia) is the irrational fear of which part of nature?
Answer: Flowers

Question: Trichophobia is the irrational fear of which part of the body?
Answer: Hair or loose hairs

Question: Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the irrational fear of long what?
Answer: Words

Question: In humans, the deficiency of which vitamin causes pellagra?
Answer: B3

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books, what is the name of Harry’s pet owl?
Answer: Hedwig

Question: What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant?
Answer: Ricin

Question: In August 2011 NASA announced that photographic evidence had been captured of possible liquid water of which planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mars

Question: Which Scottish musician/songwriter died in January 2011?
Answer: Gerry Rafferty

Question: The restored tomb of which dramatist was unveiled in Paris in November 2011, after being ruined by lipstick smears left by thousands of kisses?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: Which 2011 Nobel Prize was jointly awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman?
Answer: Nobel Peace Prize

Question: To feign unconsciousness or death is said to ‘play’ which animal?
Answer: Possum

Question: The ‘Order of the Sun’ is the highest award bestowed by which South American country for notable civil and military merit?
Answer: Peru

Question: Which fictional character has a 12-cylinder 1927 Daimler which he calls ‘Mrs Merdle’?
Answer: Lord Peter Wimsey