Question: What traditional 'comic book' expression of annoyance is an adapted contraction of the pre-1800s oath 'God rot'?
Answer: Drat

Question: The music genre 'Musique d'Ameublement' originated by Erik Satie in 1917 is commonly called '(What?) music' in English?
Answer: Furniture

Question: What common word in human body enhancement shares its root meaning with a word for the universe?
Answer: Cosmetic/Cosmetics

Question: Telltale, Mainsheet, Crosstree, Shroud and Forestay are parts of what?
Answer: Yacht

Question: Which Spanish corporation bought the UK O2 phone corporation in 2005?
Answer: Telefónica

Question: What is a rock containing a mineral/element, and is also a sub-unit of Scandinavian currencies?
Answer: Ore

Question: What is the common name of the lighter/fuel gas, formula C4H10?
Answer: Butane

Question: What sort of artworks are the Cloth of St Gereon, Hunt of the Unicorn, Apocalypse, Wawel, and New World?
Answer: Tapestries

Question: The European rebec/rebeck, Arabic rebab/rebeb, and Cretan lyra, are old instruments played with?
Answer: Bow

Question: The '(What number-th?) Amendment' refers to US legal or informal refusal to answer a self-incriminating/awkward question?
Answer: Fifth

Question: What sort of flooring meant in French 'small enclosed space'?
Answer: Parquet

Question: Greave, Cuisset, Tasset, Paulron, and Visor are parts of what sort of workwear suits?
Answer: Armour

Question: NASA's Voyager I probe, leaving our solar system 12 billion miles from Earth in September 2013, contains a voice message from which US president, in office at its launch?
Answer: Jimmy Carter

Question: Name the author of the British children's TV animated series The Herbs, and Paddington book series?
Answer: Michael Bond

Question: Which country first bred Doberman Pinscher dogs?
Answer: Germany

Question: A litany originally referred to a repetitious series of communications in?
Answer: Church

Question: Name the generally synthesized music genre pioneered by Brian Eno in the 1970s?
Answer: Ambient

Question: What acronymic internet alternative to traditional university campus learning was substantially extended in the UK in 2013?
Answer: MOOCs

Question: Named onomatopoeically, a sistrum is an ancient Egyptian instrument of?
Answer: Musical percussion

Question: From Latin meaning 'stake', what is the hinged or pivoted catch preventing reverse motion of a ratchet wheel?
Answer: Pawl

Question: What traditional strong ceramic material is named ultimately from a pig?
Answer: Porcelain

Question: What does the Greek prefix 'iso' mean?
Answer: Equal

Question: How many curves characterize a Cupid's Bow?
Answer: Two

Question: Superannuation is an alternative (and Australian/NZ) term for what sort financial payment scheme?
Answer: Pension/Retirement

Question: The mythological Phoenix bird originally and essentially symbolized?
Answer: Rebirth

Question: What part of the human body contains bone-forms called Phalange, Cuneiform, Talus and Calcaneus?
Answer: Foot

Question: Musk, a common basic fragrance, takes its name from Sanskrit 'muska' meaning?
Answer: Scrotum

Question: The Malayalam language is from, and still used by over 30 million people in?
Answer: India

Question: Copra is the dried white meat or flesh of what?
Answer: Coconut

Question: What does the internet top level domain '.cat' represent?
Answer: Catalan

Question: What term refers to a traditional alternative to electronic or digital technology, and separately to something which corresponds to another?
Answer: Analogue

Question: Which country borders Finland, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia?
Answer: Russia

Question: What is the fourth root of 625 (i.e., what number multiplied by itself four times is 625)?
Answer: 5

Question: What analytical field is traditionally called 'the dismal science'?
Answer: Economics

Question: The devastating water-borne disease Schistosomiasis, or Snail Fever, is more commonly called what?
Answer: Bilharzia

Question: A burgh in Scotland (as in Edinburgh) originally meant a?
Answer: Corporate entity

Question: What French term refers to the standing on 'tip-toes' position in ballet?
Answer: Pointe

Question: What (originally US) slang for earthly deposits worth mining is a metaphorical term for a potentially profitable/useful discovery or idea?
Answer: Pay Dirt

Question: What term referring (in the northern hemisphere) to something/someone of Australia/NZ derives from Greek 'those who have their feet opposite'?
Answer: Antipodean

Question: What was abolished in the British Empire in 1833, the French Colonies in 1848, and the USA in 1865?
Answer: Slavery

Question: Sassafras, a traditional aromatic ingredient of perfume and medicine, is a?
Answer: Tree

Question: In 2013 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjayu controversially made the news for reportedly suggesting what could not be worn freely in Iran?
Answer: Jeans

Question: What US corporation originated and became a genericized trademark for the common cylindrical lock?
Answer: Yale

Question: What two-verb expression refers to a formal notification to stop an activity, prior to legal action?
Answer: Cease and Desist

Question: Imperative, perfect, pluperfect, perfect, and infinitive are types of?
Answer: Verbs

Question: What popular spirit drink brand includes a bat in its logo?
Answer: Bacardi

Question: Viewed from the front, the stripes (W=White, B=Black) of a European badger's head are, left to right?
Answer: Wbwbw

Question: The 'Tube' in the website name YouTube also refers informally to what traditional display technology, abbreviated to CRT?
Answer: Cathode Ray Tube

Question: The development of what sort of pumping engine in 1785 gave rise to the description 'draught/draft' for its pumped product?
Answer: Beer

Question: What business model name derives from Old French 'free' and a late-Middle Ages English grant of legal immunity?
Answer: Franchise/Franchising

Question: What is a PC's Alt key traditionally called on a MacIntosh computer?
Answer: Option

Question: What profession is shared by Joseph Stiglitz, Milton Friedman, Ken Galbraith, and Janet Yellen?
Answer: Economist

Question: What became known in the 1800s as 'the gay science'?
Answer: Poetry

Question: The popular UK 2010s acronymic 'Towie' fashion/lifestyle derives from what?
Answer: The Only Way Is Essex

Question: What is the correct representation of the burger chain brand?
Answer: McDonald's

Question: Monandry refers to having at any one time only one?
Answer: Husband

Question: Which country is officially named Bharat (and many similar cultural variations), eponymously based its ancient legendary emperor?
Answer: India

Question: Which country borders Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile?
Answer: Peru

Question: The Pascal (Pa) is a unit of measurement of what?
Answer: Pressure

Question: The alphabetically first-listed internet top-level domain (used quite differently as a subdomain by educational institutions) belongs to which island?
Answer: Ascension Island

Question: What does the 'Waffen' mean in the World War II German 'Waffen SS'?
Answer: Armed

Question: Stereo (as in stereophonic, stereogram, etc) originally meant in Greek?
Answer: Solid

Question: The word Tsar derives for which earlier famous leadership name and title?
Answer: Caesar

Question: What two-word term refers to a coastal tide of little movement, especially when turning from low to high?
Answer: Slack water

Question: What must an earthly spacecraft exit for its travel to be interstellar?
Answer: The Solar System

Question: Name the (founding) nationality of the 2010s women's rights group Femen, bare-breasted ambushers of Vladimir Putin and Parish Fashion Week, etc?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: The two hugely popular triangular and barrel-shaped logos of the mid 1900s UK brewery industry were which colour/color?
Answer: Red

Question: According to the popular metaphorical expression, "Revenge is a dish best served (what?)"?
Answer: Cold