Question: Mechanics Bay Airport serves which New Zealand city?
Answer: Auckland

Question: Who directed the 1997 film ‘Jackie Brown’?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino

Question: In England in 1880 the introduction of a compulsory minimum school leaving age meant that children had to stay in education until what age?
Answer: 10 years old

Question: In the game of Scrabble, the ‘C’ tile is worth how many points?
Answer: 3

Question: How many red stripes are on the national flag of Austria?
Answer: Two

Question: Which human sub-species was named after a valley near Dusseldorf in Germany, where they were known to have lived?
Answer: Neanderthals

Question: Which epic poem by John Milton tells the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve?
Answer: Paradise Lost

Question: Which chemical element is represented by Zr on the Periodic Table?
Answer: Zirconium

Question: ‘Timen of…..’where’? is a play by William Shakespeare?
Answer: Athens

Question: What is the staff called carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of imperial authority?
Answer: Sceptre

Question: Sauternes wine comes from which country?
Answer: France

Question: A ‘Fresh Breeze’ is what number on the Beaufort Scale?
Answer: 5

Question: Miss Able and Miss Baker, the first living creatures to return alive to Earth from space, aboard the flight Jupiter AM-18 in 1959, were what type of animals?
Answer: Monkeys

Question: Which darts player has the nickname ‘Celtic Warrior’?
Answer: Wayne Atwood

Question: Which scientist was appointed as Chemical Assistant at the Royal Institution by Humphrey Davy in March 1813?
Answer: Michael Faraday

Question: The ‘Tennis Court Oath’ was signed at the beginning of which revolution?
Answer: French Revolution

Question: ‘Duck and dive’ represents which number in the game of Bingo?
Answer: 25

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ad libitum’ translate to in English?
Answer: At one’s pleasure

Question: Doi Inthanon is the highest mountain in which country?
Answer: Thailand

Question: Which dessert is also known as ‘Omelette Surprise’?
Answer: Baked Alaska

Question: US actress Courtney Cox became famous after appearing in the 1984 video of which US singer/songwriter?
Answer: Bruce Springstein

Question: Who wrote the 1975 book ‘Superwoman’?
Answer: Shirley Conran

Question: What was the name of the London pub in which gangster Ronnie Kray murdered Geroge Cornell in March 1966?
Answer: The Blind Beggar

Question: The ‘Petit Trianon’ is a small chateau located in the grounds of which palace?
Answer: Palace of Versailles

Question: The island of Corsica belongs to which country?
Answer: France

Question: Which Scottish photographer took the famous 1969 photo of The Beatles on a zebra crossing on Abbey Road?
Answer: Iain MacMillan

Question: What were the first names of British politician Rab Butler?
Answer: Richard Austen

Question: What is the postcode for BBC’s soap ‘Eastenders’?
Answer: E20

Question: Carrageenan is a substance extracted from red and purple what?
Answer: Seaweed

Question: What type of paper changes colour when testing whether a substance is acid or alkali?
Answer: Litmus paper

Question: What is the method of hair removal called in which strands of cotton are used to pluck unwanted hair?
Answer: Threading

Question: What is the title of the theme tune to the BBC radio show ‘The Archers’?
Answer: Barwick Green

Question: Which tennis player beat Andre Agassi in the Men’s Wimbledon Singles Finals in three straight sets in 1999?
Answer: Pete Sampras

Question: What is the first name of fictional diarist Adrian Mole’s mother?
Answer: Pauline

Question: A Pratincole is what type of creature?
Answer: Bird

Question: Which month in the Gregorian calendar was originally the seventh month of the Roman calendar?
Answer: September

Question: Which luggage company is named after a Biblical strongman?
Answer: Samsonite

Question: The ‘Great Bells of Bow’ church were used to time the executions at which London prison?
Answer: Newgate

Question: Arboreal animals live in or among which habitat?
Answer: Trees

Question: Who played Queen Victoria in the 1997 film ‘Mrs Brown’?
Answer: Dame Judi Dench

Question: In 1995, Mario J Molina became the first Mexican to win the Nobel Prize in what?
Answer: Science (chemistry)

Question: In Greek mythology Charon was said to have ferried the souls of the newly arrived dead across which rivers?
Answer: Styx and Acheron

Question: Which US animated television series 90 second pilot episode clip was called the ‘Flagstones’?
Answer: The Flintstones

Question: ‘Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway’ is a painting by which artist?
Answer: Joseph Turner

Question: The English city of Norwich lies on which river?
Answer: River Wensum

Question: Sevruga, Sterlet and Ossetra are all types of which delicacy?
Answer: Caviar

Question: In poetry, a sonnet consists of how many lines?
Answer: 14

Question: What is the name of the twin sister of the Disney character Donald Duck?
Answer: Della

Question: How many points is a conversion worth in a game of rugby union?
Answer: Two

Question: Which English town was called Camulodunum in Latin?
Answer: Colchester

Question: ‘Happy Rabbit’ was the original name for which cartoon character?
Answer: Bugs Bunny

Question: Comma, Peacock and Swallowtail are all types of which insect?
Answer: Butterfly

Question: According to the nursery rhyme, what did Tom the Piper’s son steal?
Answer: A pig

Question: What is the title of the 1944 film in which Lauren Bacall made her movie debut?
Answer: To Have and Have Not

Question: Which 18th Century artist painted a portrait of actress Sarah Siddons entitled ‘Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse’?
Answer: Joshua Reynolds

Question: Brown Windsor is what type of food dish?
Answer: Soup

Question: Which British singer released a 2009 album entitled ‘3 Words’?
Answer: Cheryl Cole

Question: ‘Caballo’ is Spanish for which animal?
Answer: Horse

Question: The Italian cooking sauce pasata is made from which vegetable?
Answer: Tomato

Question: Slovenia was once part of which former European country?
Answer: Yugoslavia

Question: Which country will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games?
Answer: Russia

Question: The Ashmolean Museum is in which English city?
Answer: Oxford

Question: Which British poet wrote ‘Kubla Khan’?
Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Question: An echidna is what type of animal?
Answer: Anteater (spiny)

Question: Which artist designed the logo for UK television children’s show ‘Blue Peter’?
Answer: Tony Hart

Question: Who wrote the 1966 comic novel ‘The Virgin Soldiers’?
Answer: Leslie Thomas

Question: ‘Odette’ is a character in which ballet?
Answer: Swan Lake

Question: Arborio rice comes from which European country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Which three countries signed the ‘Triple Entente’ in 1907?
Answer: France, Great Britain and Russia

Question: Saxony is a region of which European country?
Answer: Germany

Question: A ‘Scissor Hold’ is used in which sport?
Answer: Wrestling

Question: Humphrey Pumphrey is a character in which British television sitcom?
Answer: George and Mildred

Question: The goat represents which sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: Capricorn

Question: In cookery, the traditional Austrian Wiener Schnitzel is made with which meat?
Answer: Veal

Question: Dustin Hoffman plays army medic Colonel Sam Daniels in which 1995 film?
Answer: Outbreak

Question: Which planet lies between Jupiter and Uranus?
Answer: Saturn

Question: English singer Sandie Shaw married which fashion designer in March 1968?
Answer: Jeff Banks

Question: Mickey Murphy was the baker in which British children’s television programme?
Answer: Camberwick Green

Question: The Carnation Revolution took place in which European country in the 1970’s?
Answer: Portugal

Question: What is the title of the 18th James Bond film?
Answer: Tomorrow Never Dies

Question: Which American actress was born Ruth Elizabeth Davis?
Answer: Bette Davis