Question: What is the name of the convenience store in the tv cartoon show ‘The Simpsons’?
Answer: Kwik-E-Mart

Question: In which year was the first London to Brighton veteran car run in the UK?
Answer: 1896

Question: Which US actor has children named Rumer, Scout and Tallulah?
Answer: Bruce Willis

Question: How many drivers are awarded points at the end of a Formula One Grand Prix race?
Answer: 10

Question: What type of foodstuff is gelato?
Answer: Ice cream

Question: A ‘Cockle’ is English slang for what amount of money?
Answer: 10

Question: Who was elected President of the European Parliament in July 2009?
Answer: Jerzy Buzek

Question: In the UK tv series ‘Rising Damp’, what was the first name of Rigsby’s estranged wife?
Answer: Veronica

Question: One of the principal rules taught in medical school, ‘Primum non nocere’, translates to what in English?
Answer: ‘First do no harm’

Question: The Gardiner Dam is in which country?
Answer: Canada

Question: Who headlined at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970?
Answer: Tyrannosaurus Rex (T. Rex)

Question: The Cagayan River is the largest river in which country?
Answer: Philippines

Question: Michelle LaVaughn Robinson married which future world leader in 1992?
Answer: Barack Obama

Question: During World War II, which spiritual leader addressed letters to Adolph Hitler as ‘My Friend’, requesting him to stop the war which Germany had started?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi

Question: Who was Britain’s Prime Minister before Winston Churchill’s first term in office?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Question: In the 1988 film ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, what is the name of the town in which Roger Rabbit lives?
Answer: Toontown

Question: Who played waitress Maggie Fitzgerald in the 2004 film ‘Million Dollar Baby’?
Answer: Hilary Swank

Question: In which year was the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, otherwise known as The Proms, founded?
Answer: 1895

Question: The Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah stands on the shore of which sea?
Answer: Red Sea

Question: Fitch fur comes from which animal?
Answer: Polecat

Question: Which former US airline, founded in 1927, ceased to operate in 1991?
Answer: Pan American

Question: Which cricketer won Pipe Smoker of the Year Award in 1986?
Answer: Ian Botham

Question: In humans, plumbism is chronic poisoning due to the absorption of what into the body?
Answer: Lead

Question: Which Roman Emperor was named ‘Little Boots’?
Answer: Caligula

Question: The Franklin River is in which Australian state?
Answer: Tasmania

Question: John Lennon and Yoko Ono recorded ‘Give Peace a Chance’ at the Hotel La Reine in which city in Canada in 1969?
Answer: Montreal

Question: In January 1936, the England rugby union team celebrated it’s first ever win over which national team?
Answer: The All Blacks (New Zealand)

Question: Pneumoconiosis is a disease of which part of the human body?
Answer: Lungs

Question: Mount Parnassus is in which European country?
Answer: Greece

Question: What is the name of retired gunslinger, played by Clint Eastwood, in the 1992 film ‘Unforgiven’?
Answer: William Munny

Question: What are the civilian or plain clothes called worn by police or military staff for their jobs?
Answer: Mufti

Question: Which actress played nightclub singer Dorothy in the 1986 film ‘Blue Velvet’?
Answer: Isabella Rossellini

Question: Russia was defeated by which country in the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914?
Answer: Germany

Question: An oribi is what type of animal?
Answer: Antelope

Question: The Aqua Tower, the first tallest building in the world designed by a team led by a woman, Jeanne Gang, is in which US city?
Answer: Chicago

Question: What is Lake Kinnernet in Israel known as in the Bible?
Answer: The Sea of Galilee

Question: Who played Martha Jones in the UK tv series Doctor Who?
Answer: Freema Agyeman

Question: Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in Canada during which month of the year?
Answer: October

Question: Charles Merivale of Cambridge University and Charles Wordsworth of Oxford University started which annual tradition in 1829?
Answer: Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race

Question: The ‘Vichy Regime’ described the government of which European country during World War II?
Answer: France

Question: Which US President died in 1841, on his 32nd day in office?
Answer: William Henry Harrison

Question: The Ferrorie dello Stato is the main railway operator in which European country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Which Mexican food translates into English as ‘Little donkey’?
Answer: Burito

Question: Which 1966 ‘Carry On’ film is a spoof of the ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’?
Answer: Carry On – Don’t Lose Your Head

Question: French artist, Fernande Olivier, was known primarily for being the model of which painter/artist, who painted over 60 portraits of her?
Answer: Pablo Picasso

Question: Triticale is a hybrid of which two cereal crops?
Answer: Wheat and Rye (Tritum and Secale)

Question: The Chicago Bears defeated which team 73-0 in the 1940 NFL Championship game?
Answer: Washington Redskins

Question: Which of the Great Lakes is the only one located entirely in the United States of America?
Answer: Lake Michigan

Question: Which district in London is famous for its Royal Hospital for old soldiers?
Answer: Chelsea

Question: The Vistula Lagoon is a freshwater lagoon on which sea?
Answer: Baltic Sea

Question: If a person is micturating, what are they doing?
Answer: Urinating

Question: The Uffizi Gallery is a museum in which European city?
Answer: Florence

Question: Which BBC radio programme introduces a castaway every week?
Answer: Desert Island Discs

Question: Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from which 2009 Formula One Grand Prix?
Answer: Australian

Question: Who played Dudley Moore’s butler in the 1981 film ‘Arthur’?
Answer: John Gielgud

Question: In the animal world, nidification is the building of what?
Answer: Nests

Question: Fashion brand Miu Miu is a subsidiary of which famous Italian fashion house?
Answer: Prada

Question: The gemstone ruby is the birthstone of people born in which month of the year?
Answer: July

Question: The novels ‘The Shipmaster, ‘The Iron Ships’ and ‘The Trade Winds’ by Cyril Abraham, are based on which 1970’s British tv series?
Answer: The Onedin Line

Question: The Anatolian Peninsula comprises most of which modern day country?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Which US soap opera, which started on radio and moved to tv in 1952, ran for 72 years before ending in 2009?
Answer: Guiding Light

Question: Which country hosted the second modern Olympic Games in 1900?
Answer: France

Question: Spa is a resort town in which European country?
Answer: Belgium

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the father of Achilles?
Answer: Peleus

Question: Sugar Loaf Mountain is in which country of the UK?
Answer: Wales

Question: In which US city are the Academy Awards held?
Answer: Los Angeles

Question: Bobby Cox was manager of which US professional baseball team before his retirement in 2010?
Answer: Atlanta Braves

Question: Ian Stewart was known as the sixth member of which British rock group?
Answer: Rolling Stones

Question: In the game of bridge, what is the term for bidding and winning a contract of thirteen tricks?
Answer: Grand Slam

Question: What colours are on the national flag of Belgium?
Answer: Black, yellow and red

Question: Felipe de Jesus Calderon Hinojosa became President of which country in December 2006?
Answer: Mexico

Question: One minute of longitude at the equator is equal to how many nautical miles?
Answer: One

Question: Cuevo de las Manos (Cave of the Hands), famous for the paintings of hands made around 9,000 years ago, is in which Spanish-speaking country?
Answer: Argentina

Question: In the film Casablanca, how many times does Rick Blaine, played by Humphrey Bogart, say the words ‘Here’s looking at you kid’?
Answer: Four times

Question: What was the name of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s steamship, launched in 1858?
Answer: The Great Eastern