Question: The Sete Quedas Falls, said to rival the famous Iguazu Falls complex on the Iguazu River, were obliterated by what?
Answer: The construction of the Itaipu Dam, beginning 1970

Question: Belgian Thierry Boutsen, winner of the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix and the 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix, drove for the Formula One teams of Benetton, Williams-Renault, Ligier, Jordan-Hart and what other?
Answer: Arrows

Question: What is a document that sets out the disposal of assets after death?
Answer: Will

Question: Who is the director for "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens"?
Answer: J.J.Abrams

Question: Jessye Norman, Jos Carreras and Giuseppe Verdi are associated with what style of music?
Answer: Opera

Question: The fraction of the total incident solar radiation reflected by a planet back to space would be measured as its what?
Answer: Bond albedo

Question: What is the name of the garden created in the 1930s by Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson that is designed as a series of "rooms", each with a different character of colour and/or theme, divided by high clipped hedges and pink brick walls?
Answer: Sissinghurst

Question: The Meuse River rises in France and flows through which other country or countries?
Answer: Belgium and the Netherlands

Question: A group of quails or snipe is usually called what?
Answer: Covey

Question: Who played with the "Runaways" and the "Blackhearts"?
Answer: Joan Jett

Question: What professional sport is Arthur Ashe known in?
Answer: Tennis

Question: The mathematician, al-Khwarizmi, in the royal court of Baghdad in the 9th century CE gave his name to what procedure or formula for solving a problem?
Answer: Algorithm

Question: Caractacus, Cartimandua and Scapula had what in common?
Answer: British resistance to Roman invasion in Britain

Question: Who created the English schoolboy hero "Jennings"?
Answer: Anthony Buckeridge

Question: The character "Eliza Doolittle" in "My Fair Lady" was originally created by whom?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Question: What do the areas of Uberwald, Llamedos, and Ankh Morpork share?
Answer: Extensive mining systems

Question: What was the first feature film under its new persona by the studio formed from The Graphics Group of Lucasfilm?
Answer: Toy Story

Question: In 2003 the unmanned Galileo spacecraft's mission was terminated how?
Answer: Sending it into the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter

Question: What is the Tipitaka (sometimes called Tripitaka)?
Answer: The doctrinal foundation of Theravada Buddhism

Question: When Gerald Ford was president of the USA, who was his vice president?
Answer: Nelson A Rockefeller

Question: Ade Adepitan, who reports and presents for the BBC, was part of a team which was successful in 2005 how?
Answer: Gold medal for Great Britain in basketball at the Paralympic World Cup

Question: At what location was the US Transcontinental Railroad completed?
Answer: Promontory Point, UT

Question: What sport do players in the Super League compete in?
Answer: Rugby league

Question: In 2015 pop artist Taylor Swift won a disagreement over pay with what organisation?
Answer: Apple

Question: Where are the Paralympics Games 2016?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Question: In the 2015 World Rowing Championships which country was not in the top four medal winners?
Answer: Usa

Question: The main technical advance in the diving bell, following its development and use in about the 4th century BCE, was by whom?
Answer: Dr Edmond Halley (1656  1742)

Question: In 2013 actress Angelina Jolie very publicly did what?
Answer: Had a preventive double mastectomy

Question: Who had the lead roles in the TV series "Callan" and "The Equaliser"?
Answer: Edward Woodward

Question: On 1 May 1707, who became the first sovereign of the "Kingdom of Great Britain"?
Answer: Queen Anne

Question: Torvill and Dean are famous in which winter activity?
Answer: Figure skating

Question: What nationality is the tennis player Marcos Baghdatis?
Answer: Cypriot

Question: How many "tines" does a tuning fork usually have?
Answer: Two

Question: In 1999, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania became the rulers of which country?
Answer: Jordan

Question: """Vichysoisse"" is a type of what?"
Answer: Soup

Question: What is a violet variety of quartz used in jewellery, that the ancient Greeks and Romans believed protected its owner from drunkenness?
Answer: Amethyst

Question: Where is the only Playboy Club that is still operating in 2012?
Answer: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Question: Where was BBC presenter and journalist Ade Adepitan born?
Answer: Lagos, Nigeria

Question: On 12 July 1856, US citizen William Walker declared himself president of where?
Answer: Nicaragua

Question: How did the Russian physicist and politician, Boris Nemtsov, die in February 2015?
Answer: He was shot in the back near the Red Square in Moscow

Question: The SS Great Eastern which set sail on 13 July 1866 carrying the second (and the first successful) transatlantic telegraph cable was under what kind of power?
Answer: Steam-driven paddles and propeller

Question: What does a "Paludarium" simulate?
Answer: A rain forest or swamp

Question: In April 2010, the engagement of a princess from which country was called off after allegations of her fianc's affair?
Answer: Sweden

Question: In England, the "dissolution of the monasteries" occurred under the reign of which king?
Answer: Henry VIII

Question: Prominent UK philanthropist Dr Naim Dangoor CBE set up and heads which charitable foundation?
Answer: The Exilarch's Foundation

Question: Raymond Briggs, English graphic novelist, artist, illustrator and cartoonist, first found enduring popularity with what work?
Answer: The Snowman

Question: How many rounds did it take for Lennox Lewis to beat Mike Tyson in 2002?
Answer: 8

Question: Which Roman poet wrote "The Aeneid" and "The Eclogues"?
Answer: Virgil

Question: Who was given a personalised iPod by Barack Obama when he visited in April 2009?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth II

Question: The Kalandula Falls, one of the largest waterfalls by volume in Africa, are in which country?
Answer: Angola

Question: Who is the creator of a 2006 web serial dealing with the running of the world?
Answer: Francis Stokes

Question: Who wrote the 1998 novel "About A Boy"?
Answer: Nick Hornby

Question: The prolific Dennis Spooner worked in UK TV with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and with Terry Nation, Brian Clemens, and Tony Williamson on series ranging from Thunderbirds to the early Dr Who to The Avengers and Bergerac, in what capacity?
Answer: Scriptwriter or script editor

Question: Which US president was re-elected with the slogan "Don't change horses in mid-stream"?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: In Raymond Chandler's comment in the book Farewell My Lovely "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was ..." what figure of speech was he using?
Answer: Anaphora

Question: What date was the US Transcontinental Railroad completed?
Answer: May 10, 1869

Question: The musical "The Music Man" is set in what city?
Answer: River City

Question: Strictly speaking what would Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh's name lead one to expect?
Answer: He loves horses

Question: An ancient American two player war game called Patolli uses 5 or 6 dice together with how many game pieces and what shaped board?
Answer: 6 pieces, X-shaped board

Question: """Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live"", attributed to Socrates 5th century BCE, is an example of what figure of speech?"
Answer: Chiasmus

Question: Where would halophiles be found?
Answer: Hypersaline lakes

Question: When did "play" become a current word in English for a mimic representation, or dramatic or theatrical presentation?
Answer: 14th century