Question: Which New Zealand-born operatic bass-baritone who made his formal debut in "Nabucco" in 1959 has had famous roles in "Wotan" at Bayreuth (1979-80), "Der Fliegende Hollnder" (1974), "Elektra" (1980), "Die Meistersinger" (c.1990), and "Arabella" (with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 1994)?
Answer: Donald McIntyre

Question: Which compound on the surface of Mars makes it appear red?
Answer: Iron oxide

Question: Who played Neil, the hippie, clinically depressed, pacifist, vegetarian and environmentalist who is victimised by other housemates in the UK TV series "The Young Ones"?
Answer: Nigel Planer

Question: Where was the Maguindanao massacre on 23 November 2009, when 58 victims, including a politician's wife, his two sisters, journalists, lawyers, aides, and motorists who were witnesses, were kidnapped and brutally killed?
Answer: Philippines

Question: Who played "Sandy" in the 1975 film "Grease"?
Answer: Olivia Newton-John

Question: In a general election in 1990, the National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 80% of the seats in Parliament, but did not get into power. Which country was this?
Answer: Myanmar

Question: A job that is abbreviated to ASM is in what field?
Answer: Theatre

Question: US baseball player Pete Rose was accused in 1989 of (and he confessed in 2004 to) what, that has made him ineligible to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Answer: Betting on baseball

Question: What constellation is sometimes called "the Chained Lady", "the Chained Woman" "Perseus's wife" or "Cepheus's daughter"?
Answer: Andromeda

Question: Which moon of Jupiter is named after a divine hero in Greek mythology whose homeland was Troy who was abducted by Zeus in the form of an eagle to serve as cupbearer to the gods and as Zeus's beloved?
Answer: Ganymede

Question: Basel, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Mainz, Koblenz, Bonn, Cologne and Dsseldorf are on which river?
Answer: Rhine

Question: Ansel Adams and Terence Donovan were prominent in what field?
Answer: Photography

Question: On 2 February 1997, Jeremy Sonnenfeld of Nebraska, USA, was the first to be recognised by the American Bowling Congress to do what while playing ten-pin bowling?
Answer: Roll 3 perfect games of 300 in a 3-game series

Question: Who plays Meredith Grey in the US TV series "Grey's Anatomy"?
Answer: Ellen Pompeo

Question: In "Through the Looking Glass", Alice reads the "Jabberwocky" in an unusual way. What is it?
Answer: In a mirror

Question: The US Civil War was fought between the Union Army and which other?
Answer: Confederate

Question: The Balfour Declaration of 1917 concerned what?
Answer: Establishing the nation of Israel

Question: In online gaming, what is the term for a multi-user real-time virtual world described in text that combines elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, interactive fiction, and online chat that were the forerunners of modern games like World of Warcraft, and social virtual worlds such as Second Life?
Answer: Mud

Question: What was HMS Bounty transporting at the time of the famous "Mutiny"?
Answer: Breadfruit seedlings

Question: Which dog appears in comics with Shaggy, Fred, Velma & Daphne?
Answer: Scooby-Doo

Question: What name is given to the list of all the accounts contained in the ledger of a business and their values, from which most financial reports are produced?
Answer: Trial balance

Question: In the James Bond film "From Russia with Love" who played Bond girl Tatiana Romanova?
Answer: Daniela Bianchi

Question: Which car maker has marketed models called Passat and Golf?
Answer: Volkswagen

Question: Who won the Super Bowl in 2006?
Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers

Question: Which claimant to the Kingdoms of England and Ireland was de facto monarch of England after the death of Edward VI for just over a week in July 1553, and was executed in 1554?
Answer: Lady Jane Grey

Question: Who created the comic strip "The Far Side"?
Answer: Gary Larson

Question: What is the closest city to the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator?
Answer: Geneva, Switzerland

Question: The Mason-Dixon line, which came to symbolise the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern United States, was originally surveyed to define the border between Maryland and which other state?
Answer: Pennsylvania

Question: Which religion features the Five Duties or the Five Pillars?
Answer: Islam

Question: What award is the equivalent of the Oscars for the music industry?
Answer: Grammys

Question: On 1 July 1967, what was the first official colour broadcast transmitted on television in the UK?
Answer: Wimbledon Gentlemen's Final

Question: After Jack and Jill had gone up the hill and Jack had had an accident, what was his injured part wrapped in?
Answer: Vinegar and brown paper

Question: What is the name of an official judge at a cycling event?
Answer: Commissaire

Question: If someone is called "bibulous", what activity are they frequently involved in?
Answer: Drinking

Question: What river runs through Memphis, Tennessee, USA?
Answer: Mississippi

Question: What name is given to the group of elements that includes fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine?
Answer: Halogens

Question: Larry Page and Sergey Brin started what computer application?
Answer: Google

Question: World War I flying ace Baron von Richtofen, the Red Baron, was credited with how many "kills" before he himself was killed?
Answer: 80

Question: What was the name of Michael Jackson's pet chimpanzee?
Answer: Bubbles

Question: In which war was the napalm incendiary bomb first used?
Answer: World War II

Question: What TV sitcom was originally intended to be called "The Fighting Tigers"?
Answer: Dad's Army

Question: Who appeared in the films "Gigli", "Jersey Girl", "El Cantante" and "The Back-Up Plan"?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez

Question: In what year did Germany officially reunify?
Answer: 1990

Question: What is the word for a piece of material that is used to mend a hole in an item of clothing?
Answer: Patch

Question: Mstislav Rostropovich is most associated with which musical instrument?
Answer: Cello

Question: What film about racial prejudice in the USA by Clarence Brown, from a novel by William Faulkner, involved a black boy, a white boy and an old woman assisting a black man accused of murder?
Answer: Intruder In The Dust

Question: Which vehicle maker has marketed models called Corolla, Corona, Celica and Camry?
Answer: Toyota

Question: The term "Hispanic" means relating to what country?
Answer: Spain

Question: What London establishment was created in 1826 by Sir Stamford Raffles?
Answer: London Zoo, Regents Park

Question: Who invented the ferris wheel?
Answer: George Washington Ferris

Question: The islands of Alderney, Herm, Jethou, Brecqhou, Burhou, Lihou and Sark are administered directly by a government based where?
Answer: The island of Guernsey

Question: In 1970, who began to popularise a style of journalism known as "Gonzo journalism"?
Answer: Hunter S. Thompson

Question: In which war did the British army first deploy tanks?
Answer: World War I

Question: Who was Attorney General of the USA from 1961 to 1964, US Senator for New York from 1965 to 1968, and was assassinated while running for president in 1968?
Answer: Robert Kennedy

Question: Who created the statue of "David", which is held in Florence's Academia Gallery?
Answer: Michelangelo

Question: Who played gangster Don Logan in the 2000 film "Sexy Beast"?
Answer: Ben Kingsley

Question: The Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, the Uffizi, the Pitti Palace, the Fontana del Nettuno and the Boboli Gardens are in what city?
Answer: Florence

Question: What is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the islands of Tuvalu?
Answer: .tv

Question: Which character in European folklore murdered his wives?
Answer: Bluebeard

Question: Something tense and exciting is what "biting"?
Answer: Nail