Question: British sportswoman Anita Lonsbrough won a 1960 Olympic Gold medal in which sport?
Answer: Swimming

Question: Who wrote the 1969 song ‘Je T’aime, Mois Non Plus’?
Answer: Serge Gainsbourg

Question: The Joseon Dynasty built the ‘Five Grand Palaces’ in which capital city?
Answer: Seoul

Question: Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is the medical term for which pain associated with eating or drinking?
Answer: Brain Freeze (ice-cream headache)

Question: Tennis player Vijay Amritraj appeared in which James Bond film?
Answer: Octopussy

Question: Musical duo Ron and Russell Mael were better known by what name?
Answer: Sparks

Question: Which UK country did Queen Elizabeth II visit on her first official tour after her coronation?
Answer: Northern Ireland

Question: White and which other colour make up the national flag of Poland?
Answer: Red

Question: Princess Charlene became the wife of which European prince in 2011?
Answer: Prince Albert of Monaco

Question: Who wrote the 1970 novel ‘Love Story?
Answer: Erich Segal

Question: The first ‘Miss World’ winner, in 1951, was from which country?
Answer: Sweden

Question: The French Opera House was opened in 1859 in which US city?
Answer: New Orleans

Question: In medicine, a sialogogue is a drug that promoted the secretion of what?
Answer: Saliva

Question: The British company Winmau is associated with which sport?
Answer: Darts

Question: What is the US state capital of Minnesota?
Answer: Saint Paul

Question: How many red stripes are on the American national flag?
Answer: Seven

Question: In the children’s television show, what is the name of the yellow Teletubby?
Answer: Laa-Laa

Question: What colour rose is the title of a Thin Lizzy song?
Answer: Black

Question: English wrestler Shirley Crabtree Jr was better known by what name?
Answer: Big Daddy

Question: The Trafford Shopping Centre is in which English city?
Answer: Manchester

Question: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow named her first child after which fruit?
Answer: Apple

Question: What is the least number of games that have to be played to win a set in a tennis match?
Answer: Six

Question: Which fictional character went ‘Around the World in 80 Days’?
Answer: Phileas Fogg

Question: What is the name of the blood-sucking worm sometimes used by doctors?
Answer: Leech

Question: The 1980’s UK television series ‘Bergerac’ was set on which island?
Answer: Jersey

Question: Fictional characters Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen work for which newspaper?
Answer: The Daily Planet

Question: St Michael is the brand name of which major British high-street chain of retailers?
Answer: Marks and Spencer

Question: ‘Ruby Rose’ is Cockney rhyming slang for which part of the body?
Answer: Nose

Question: Which vitamin is known to prevent night-blindness?
Answer: Vitamin A

Question: Late American actor Bernard Schwarz was better known by what name?
Answer: Tony Curtis

Question: Which laundry product was advertised with the slogan ‘Trust pink, forget stains’?
Answer: Vanish

Question: How many states make up Germany?
Answer: 16

Question: If someone is born on the 24th May, what is their Zodiac sign?
Answer: Gemini

Question: Seal point is a dark brown marking on the fur of which animal?
Answer: Cat

Question: In which year was the ‘Storming of the Bastille’ in Paris?
Answer: 1789

Question: Simpkin is the name of the cat that appears in which Beatrix Potter book?
Answer: The Tailor Of Gloucester

Question: Who became British Prime Minister in April 1976?
Answer: James Callaghan

Question: Elizabeth Woodville was the wife of which English monarch?
Answer: King Edward IV

Question: Xanthophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Who played detective Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film ‘In the Heat of the Night’?
Answer: Sidney Poitier

Question: During which year did the UK television series ‘Emmerdale Farm’ change its title to ‘Emmerdale’?
Answer: 1989

Question: Who wrote the poem ‘ The Ballad of Reading Gaol’?
Answer: Oscar Wilde

Question: Which British industrialist was the maternal grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin?
Answer: Josiah Wedgewood

Question: Ancient Greek statesman Demosthenes used to practice his speaking, to cure his speech impediment, by placing what in his mouth?
Answer: Pebbles

Question: Which circle of latitude divides the Earth’s Southern and Northern Hemispheres?
Answer: The Equator

Question: In which European country is Lake Pielinen?
Answer: Finland

Question: ‘Gramen’ is the Latin name for which plant?
Answer: Grass

Question: In Britain, who is traditionally first to make a speech at a wedding?
Answer: Bride’s father

Question: In the British royal family, who did Prince Andrew marry in 1986?
Answer: Sarah Ferguson

Question: The 1972 film ‘The Man of La Mancha’ is based on which fictional character?
Answer: Don Quixote

Question: Goodwood Race Course is in which English county?
Answer: West Sussex

Question: What is the name of the village fishmonger in the ‘Asterix’ series of cartoons?
Answer: Unhygienix

Question: What is the name of the Italian liqueur made from alcohol, sugar, water and rose essence?
Answer: Rosolio

Question: The ‘Senior Service’ is the nickname for which of the British Armed Forces?
Answer: Royal Navy

Question: Who is the lead singer of British rock group The Arctic Monkeys?
Answer: Alex Turner

Question: Which publisher of children’s books is named after an insect?
Answer: Ladybird

Question: The poem ‘Funeral Blues’ by W H Auden is popularly known by what name?
Answer: Stop All the Clocks

Question: In the novel ‘Oliver Twist’ by Charles Dickens, what is The Artful Dodger’s real name?
Answer: Jack Dawkins

Question: Who sang the title song for the 2002 James Bond film ‘Die Another Day’?
Answer: Madonna

Question: The Sejm is the lower house of parliament in which European country?
Answer: Poland

Question: Doge’s Palace is in which European city?
Answer: Venice

Question: Who played the role of Vin in the 1960 film ‘The Magnificent Seven’?
Answer: Steve McQueen

Question: Which British haulage company has a long tradition of naming its trucks after females?
Answer: Eddie Stobart

Question: What is the name of the cat of cartoon character Minnie Mouse?
Answer: Figaro

Question: Bulent Ecevit was Prime Minister of which country from 1999 to 2002?
Answer: Turkey

Question: In anatomy, malar relates to which part of the body?
Answer: Cheek/cheekbone

Question: In which Australian state is the seaport of Bunbury?
Answer: Western Australia

Question: The ‘Upper Pool’, part of the Pool of London, lies between which two bridges?
Answer: London Bridge and Tower bridge

Question: Which drink originated from the Arabic word ‘qahwa’?
Answer: Coffee

Question: ‘The Appliance of Science’ was the advertising slogan for which electrical goods brand?
Answer: Zanussi

Question: In the fashion industry, what does ‘Pret-a-porter’ mean?
Answer: Ready to wear

Question: Which British comedian had the catchphrase ‘And it’s goodnight from him’?
Answer: Ronnie Barker

Question: The Tatra Mountains is the highest range in which mountain range?
Answer: Carpathian Mountains

Question: Who wrote the 1984 novel ‘The Witches of Eastwick’?
Answer: John Updike

Question: Which celebrity won the first series of the UK television show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’?
Answer: Natasha Kaplinsky

Question: What does ‘He’ represent in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Helium

Question: In the Jewish calendar, what is the eleventh month of the religious year called?
Answer: Shevat (or Shvat)

Question: The Joad family are characters in which 1939 novel by John Steinbeck?
Answer: The Grapes of Wrath

Question: How many months of the year have 31 days?
Answer: Seven

Question: In the cartoon comic strip ‘Peanuts’, what is Snoopy’s sister called?
Answer: Belle

Question: The Ten Commandments appear in which book of the Bible?
Answer: Exodus

Question: The Gorce National park is in which European country?
Answer: Poland