Question: Which bird lays the largest eggs?
Answer: Ostrich

Question: How many points are scored for a dropped goal in rugby union?
Answer: Three

Question: Who wrote the 1817 novel ‘Northanger Abbey’?
Answer: Jane austen

Question: ‘Bertha and Bernie’ is a 1961 painting by which British artist?
Answer: David Hockney

Question: Banjul is the capital of which African country?
Answer: Gambia

Question: In which US city does Macaulay Culkin end up at Christmas time in Home Alone 2?
Answer: New York

Question: Which British group were banned from performing in the US for four years in the 1960’s?
Answer: The Kinks

Question: How many people ride each elephant in the game of Elephant Polo?
Answer: Two

Question: Sheppey and Canvey are islands in which English river estuary?
Answer: River Thames

Question: In which country is Lake Chapala?
Answer: Mexcico

Question: Conglomerations of frozen ice crystals which fall through the Earth’s atmosphere are commonly known as what?
Answer: Snowflakes

Question: Bucket, Poison Ivy, Cincinnati and Pumpkin are all terms used in which sport/game?
Answer: Ten-pin bowling

Question: Juan Velasco Alvarado became President of the Revolutionary Government in October 1968 in which south American country?
Answer: Peru

Question: Celine Dion won the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest for which country?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Footballer Mario Balotelli joined which English football club in 2010?
Answer: Manchester City

Question: In the human body, which teeth are known as the ‘cutting teeth’?
Answer: Incisors

Question: Apart from a clan, what is another name the collective term for a group of hyenas?
Answer: Cackle

Question: In which country is the 2008 film ‘The Hurt Locker’ set?
Answer: Iraq

Question: Ichicascadiggaphobia is the fear of which part of the body?
Answer: Elbows

Question: Holly Valance and Jason Donovan competed in which 2011 UK television show?
Answer: Strictly Come Dancing

Question: Which Chicago building was formerly known as the Sears Tower?
Answer: The Willis Tower

Question: ‘Stone Cold Sober’ is the 2009 debut single of which English singer/songwriter?
Answer: Paloma Faith

Question: What is the name of the alley in which cartoon character Top Cat lives?
Answer: Hoagy’s Alley

Question: The world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated in 1945 in which US state?
Answer: New Mexico

Question: US rock musician Carmine Appice is famous for playing which instrument?
Answer: Drums

Question: A scratchplate is a plate usually attached to which musical instrument?
Answer: Guitar

Question: Who served only 119 days as British Prime Minister in 1827, before dying of pneumonia?
Answer: George Canning

Question: Which British actor was the recipient of the 2012 Bafta for ‘Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema’?
Answer: John Hurt

Question: Which Nazi war criminal was officially charged with war crimes in February 1983?
Answer: Klaus Barbie

Question: In medicine, what does obstetric relate to?
Answer: Pregnancy/childbirth

Question: Mungo National Park is in which Australian state?
Answer: New South Wales

Question: In which 2001 film does Robert Redford play a court-martialled Lieutenant General who’s sent to jail?
Answer: The Last Castle

Question: Which Japanese car manufacturer has a logo which features a silver ‘H’ inside a rectangle?
Answer: Honda

Question: The 1914 poem ‘The Soldier’ was written by which English poet?
Answer: Rupert Brooke

Question: The oil tanker Exxon Valdes ran aground off which US state in 1989?
Answer: Alaska

Question: In the game of Bingo, ‘Man alive’ is the nickname of which number?
Answer: 5

Question: Independence Day is celebrated in Panama during which month of the year?
Answer: November

Question: Which English actor/singer was born Michael Dumble-Smith in 1942?
Answer: Michael Crawford

Question: What is the title of the fourth ‘Dirty Harry’ film, starring and directed by Clint Eastwood?
Answer: Sudden Impact

Question: Who defeated Edward Heath in 1975 for the leadership of the British Conservative Party?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Question: In humans, Ritter disease affects which part of the body?
Answer: Skin

Question: Which French philosopher and mathematician has been dubbed ‘The Father of Modern Philosophy’?
Answer: Rene Descartes

Question: Xyrophobia is the irrational fear of which grooming items?
Answer: Razors

Question: Who was the closing act at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival?
Answer: Richie Havens

Question: What is the long, loose garment, covering the whole body, worn by some Muslim women?
Answer: Burka (Burkha)

Question: Getulio Vargas served as President of which South American country for 15 years from 1930?
Answer: Brazil

Question: ‘The Road to ‘where’ is the fifth ‘Road’ film starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?
Answer: Rio

Question: The United Arab Republic, which began in 1958 and ended in 1961, was a union of which two nations?
Answer: Egypt and Syria

Question: On which part of the body would a tabi be worn?
Answer: Foot

Question: In which country was late actor and comedian Sid James born?
Answer: South Africa

Question: What is the name of the eagle in the children’s television show ‘The Muppets’?
Answer: Sam

Question: Harare is the capital of which African country?
Answer: Zimbabwe

Question: Mescaline, a hallucinogenic compound, occurs naturally in several species of which plant?
Answer: Cactus

Question: What is the first name of Welsh singer Duffy?
Answer: Amie

Question: Who announced their resignation as leader of the British Labour Party in October 1980?
Answer: James Callaghan

Question: Assamese cuisine originated in which country?
Answer: India

Question: British actress Alison Steadman married which film director/writer in 1973?
Answer: Mike Leigh

Question: Introduced in the 19th Century in Britain, what were Penny Black and Penny Red?
Answer: Postage stamps

Question: ‘World in ‘what’ was a UK current affairs television programme which ran from 1963 to 1998?
Answer: Action

Question: Late English actor Oliver Reed played Uncle Frank in which 1975 film?
Answer: Tommy

Question: The ‘Great Flag Debate’ took place in which country in 1964?
Answer: Canada

Question: In January 1987, who became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Answer: Aretha Franklin

Question: Ommetaphobia is the irrational fear of which part of the body?
Answer: Eyes

Question: Which British bank issued piggy banks, whose names included Woody, Annabel and Maxwell, to child account holders in the 1980’s?
Answer: National Westminster Bank

Question: Which US stadium was nicknamed the ‘House that Ruth Built’?
Answer: Yankee Stadium

Question: In a standard game of chess, how many queens does each player start with?
Answer: One

Question: In the board game ‘Operation’, how many Doctor’s points are scored by successfully removing the Funny Bone (humerus)?
Answer: 200

Question: Who was Vice-President to US President Jimmy Carter?
Answer: Walter Mondale

Question: Which river separates New York City from New Jersey?
Answer: The Hudson River

Question: In January 1973, the pilot episode of which British television comedy series, the longest-running sitcom in the world, was broadcast?
Answer: Last of the Summer Wine

Question: What is the main ingredient of a Foo Young dish?
Answer: Eggs

Question: Which British writer coined the phrase ‘Youth is wasted on the young’?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Question: St Andrew’s Day, the patron saint of Scotland, falls in which month of the year?
Answer: November

Question: A rambutan is what type of foodstuff?
Answer: Fruit

Question: The marabou is what type of bird?
Answer: Stork

Question: Albion is the oldest known name for which nation?
Answer: Great Britain

Question: The song ‘Fashion for His Love’ by Lady Gaga is a tribute to which late fashion designer?
Answer: Alexander McQueen