Question: In Greek mythology, what is the name of the son of Daedelus, for whom Dadaelus made wings from feathers and wax so he could escape Crete, but the wax melted when he flew too near to the Sun, and he fell into the sea and drowned?
Answer: Icarus

Question: Scaramanga’s servant Nick Nack is a character in which James Bond film?
Answer: The Man With the Golden Gun

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Videre est credere’ translate to in English?
Answer: Seeing is believing

Question: In poetry, an alexandrine is a line of verse comprising how many syllables?
Answer: 12

Question: A group of which birds is known as a Muster or a Phalanx?
Answer: Storks

Question: The Raymond Revue Bar strip club featured in which Beatles film?
Answer: Magical Mystery Tour

Question: What is the title of late actor Spencer Tracy’s last film?
Answer: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Question: The United Nations was created in which US city?
Answer: San Francisco

Question: Oenophobia is the hatred or extreme dislike of which drink?
Answer: Wine

Question: Which British television chef has ‘Kitchen Nightmares’?
Answer: Gordon Ramsay

Question: Luna is the Roman goddess of which celestial body?
Answer: The Moon

Question: The six masts of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s steamship The Great Eastern were said to be named after what?
Answer: Days of the week

Question: Polydactyl in humans is the condition of having more than the normal number of what?
Answer: Fingers and/or toes

Question: Lake Torrens is in which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: Sir Robert Peel was British Prime Minister for the first time during the reign of which monarch?
Answer: King William IV

Question: How many Summer Olympic Games were held during the 1990’s?
Answer: Two

Question: Which city’s airport is the largest in Latin America?
Answer: Mexico City

Question: Who played Lara Croft in the 2001 film ‘Tomb Raider’?
Answer: Angelina Jolie

Question: Ginocchio is Italian for which part of the body?
Answer: Knee

Question: Who became British Prime Minister in October 1809?
Answer: Spencer Perceval

Question: Lutraphobia is the fear of which animal?
Answer: Otter

Question: The logo for which Japanese car manufacturer features a rounded rectangle with a winged V-shape in the centre?
Answer: Mazda

Question: In which 1950 film do prisoners of war escape from Stalag Luft III?
Answer: The Wooden Horse

Question: Who wrote the novel ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Question: ‘A duck and a flea’ is the Bingo call for which number?
Answer: 23

Question: In January 1990, who became the first modern head of government to give birth whist in office?
Answer: Benazir Bhutto

Question: Which is the fourth planet from the Sun?
Answer: Mars

Question: A sika is what type of animal?
Answer: Deer

Question: What is the name of the body of water that separates the Isle of Wight and mainland England?
Answer: The Solent

Question: Who played Great Train Robber Buster Edwards in the 1988 film ‘Buster’?
Answer: Phil Collins

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what are the first names of Tony Soprano’s two sisters?
Answer: Janice and Barbara

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is Salvatore Bonpensiero’s nickname?
Answer: Big Pussy

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, who plays Adriana La Cerva?
Answer: Drea De Matteo

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is Uncle Junior Soprano’s first name?
Answer: Corrado

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is the title of the Christopher Moltisanti’s film which premiered in 2007 at a private screening?
Answer: Cleaver

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is the name of the nursing home in which Tony Soprano’s mother Livia lived?
Answer: Green Grove

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is the first name of Tony and Carmela’s daughter?
Answer: Meadow

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what did Janice Soprano change her name to after joining an ashram in Los Angeles?
Answer: Parvati Wasatch

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, which university did Meadow Soprano attend?
Answer: Columbia University

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is the name of the club in Long Beach, New Jersey, in which Christopher set Adriana up as manager?
Answer: Crazy Horse

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is the name of the race horse owned by Tony Soprano and Ralph Cifarreto?
Answer: Pie O My

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is the nickname of Paulie Gualtieri?
Answer: Walnuts

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, who had to return to Italy after a flirtation with Tony Soprano’s wife Carmela?
Answer: Furio Giunta

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, who made an inappropriate joke about Johnny Sack’s wife’s weight?
Answer: Ralph Cifarreto

Question: In the US television show ‘The Sopranos’, what is the name of Adriana’s dog, which was killed when Christopher accidentally sat on it while high on drugs?
Answer: Cosette

Question: Who created the US television show ‘The Sopranos’?
Answer: David Chase

Question: British television commentator Kent Walton was associated with which sport for 33 years?
Answer: Wrestling

Question: In which Hollywood hotel was singer Janis Joplin found dead of an accidental heroin dose?
Answer: Landmark Motor Hotel

Question: RMS Titanic called at which Irish port on her way to America in 1912?
Answer: Queenstown (now COBH)

Question: Psittacosis is a contagious disease that affects which type of birds?
Answer: Parrots

Question: The ‘Chorleywood Process’ is used in the making of which foodstuff?
Answer: Bread

Question: Fotheringhay Castle is in which English county?
Answer: Northamptonshire

Question: During which month of the year is Oak Apple Day  (Royal Oak Day) celebrated?
Answer: May

Question: Joey, Chandler and Ross are all characters from which US television series?
Answer: Friends

Question: What was the name of the ship that housed pirate radio station Radio Caroline, which sank in March 1980?
Answer: MV Mi Amigo

Question: Which famous concert venue is located at 881 Seventh Avenue, New York?
Answer: Carnegie Hall

Question: In February 2007 which Welsh town was twinned with Timbuktu in Africa?
Answer: Hay-on-Wye

Question: Who plays George Carter in the 2012 film ‘The Sweeney’?
Answer: Ben Drew

Question: What is the term for a painting which consists of four or more leaves or panels, usually joined by hinges, and often used as an alterpiece?
Answer: Polyptych

Question: Smiriti is a religious text containing traditional teaching in which religion?
Answer: Hinduism

Question: On a standard dart board, what number lies between 16 and 19?
Answer: 7

Question: Who became British Prime Minister in July 1902?
Answer: Arthur James Balfour

Question: During which month of the year is India Independence celebrated?
Answer: August

Question: Who plays Fanny Brice in the 1968 film ‘Funny Girl’?
Answer: Barbra Streisand

Question: Cou is French for which part of the body?
Answer: Neck

Question: How many stations are there on the Paris Metro rail system?
Answer: 303

Question: Hippoglossus Hippoglossus is the Latin name for which flat fish?
Answer: Halibut

Question: The county of Pembrokeshire is in which British country?
Answer: Wales

Question: What is the full length of a badminton court in feet?
Answer: 44 feet

Question: Which English monarch founded Eton College?
Answer: King Henry VI

Question: What is the name of the marriage bureau in the 1970 film ‘Carry on Loving’?
Answer: Wedded Bliss Marriage Bureau

Question: Which artist co-wrote and appeared in the 1927 Luis Bunuel film ‘Un Chien Andalou’?
Answer: Salvador Dali

Question: What was the name of the hurricane that battered New York in October 2012?
Answer: Hurricane Sandy