Question: Apart from writing Tom Jones, the English author Henry Fielding also founded which the organization the Bow Street Runners which is seen as the first attempt at creating what unit of London?
Answer: Police force

Question: What is the American English term for a voting system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, most commonly in single-winner elections?
Answer: Instant runoff voting (IRV)

Question: The Dickin Medal that bears the words 'For Gallantry' and 'We Also Serve' was instituted in 1943 by Maria Dickin to honour the work of whom/what in war?
Answer: Animals

Question: Taking its name from the Latin for dove and originally referring to housing for doves/pigeons, what is the name given to a place where cinerary urns are stored?
Answer: Columbarium

Question: When a meeting, or part thereof, is held under 'C H' Rules, participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed. Can you expand 'C H'?
Answer: Chatham House

Question: What term is used in the US and Canada to describe the weight gained by students during their first year of study in a college or university?
Answer: """Freshman fifteen"""

Question: What did George Holliday capture on his videotape on March 3, 1991 that led to civil unrest in the US?
Answer: Beating of Rodney King that led to the subsequent trial and riots

Question: Named for the fictional town in the radio series A Prairie Home Companion, what is the Lake Wobegon effect? (Hint: According to Garrison Keillor, the presenter of the show, here "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average")
Answer: Tendency to overestimate one's achievements and capabilities

Question: What is the correct term for the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest?
Answer: Gleaning

Question: If you were at the home of Joseph Barbara in Apalachin, New York on November 14, 1957, I'd be very wary of you. Who met there?
Answer: American mafia

Question: In both Christianity and Islam, what kind of a prayer is an intercession?
Answer: Prayer on behalf of another person

Question: Located at 1651-1653 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., what is the official state guest house for the President of the United States?
Answer: Blair House

Question: The Bodleian Library, one of the oldest libraries in Europe, is the main research library of which seminal institution?
Answer: University of Oxford

Question: Usually associated with monarchical and aristocratic titles, what is the term for a widow who holds a title or property derived from her deceased husband?
Answer: Dowager

Question: Often confused with the Caduceus of Mercury, which symbol, a staff entwined by a single serpent is part of the symbol of the WHO and American Medical Association?
Answer: Rod of Asclepius (or) Staff of Asclepius

Question: Which word of Swedish origin denotes an official appointed by a government to investigate and address the complaints made by individual citizens?
Answer: Ombudsman

Question: Now a generic term for any shooting range devoted to tactical training, what facility that opened in 1987 took its name from a comic strip and was designed to provide a realistic urban setting for training the agents of the FBI and the DEA?
Answer: Hogan's Alley

Question: Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989), who was born George William Jorgensen was famous for having been the first wordly-known individual to have undergone what procedure?
Answer: Sex change surgery

Question: What does the Japanese word 'karoshi' translate to, which workaholics must be aware of?
Answer: Death from overwork

Question: The Ryugyong Hotel, a partially constructed concrete skyscraper that was intended to be a hotel was called 'The Worst Building in the History of Mankind' by Esquire in 2008. Where is it located?
Answer: Pyongyang, North Korea

Question: What were found in a cave near Qumran, Jordan by Mohammed Ahmed el-Hamed in 1947 that significantly impacted the world's understanding of religion and history?
Answer: Dead Sea Scrolls

Question: If 'mafia' is to Italy and 'triad' is to Hong Kong/China, what is to Japan?
Answer: Yakuza

Question: What is the claim to fame of the US millionaire Dennis Tito who soared high and achieved a first of sorts on April 28, 2001?
Answer: First space tourist

Question: Henotheism, a term coined by philologist Max Müller means devotion to a single god while professing what other belief? Sure to warm the cockles of the secular.
Answer: Accepting the existence of other gods

Question: In phonetics, what is a sound that is characterized by an open configuration of the vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure above the glottis?
Answer: Vowel

Question: What Chan Buddhist monastery in the Henan province of China is best known to the world for its association with martial arts?
Answer: Shaolin

Question: In US railway history, what name is given to a station at which a train stops only on request when there are passengers/freight to be taken on or discharged?
Answer: Whistle stop

Question: Which Shinto shrine located in Tokyo is dedicated to those who died fighting for the Emperor of Japan and is a source of considerable controversy?
Answer: Yasukuni shrine

Question: In color theory, what is the difference between a tint and a shade?
Answer: A tint is the mixture of a color with white, and a shade is the mixture of a color with black.

Question: Literally 'Practice of the Wheel of Law' in Chinese, what system of mind and body cultivation has been the focus of international attention since the Chinese government began a crackdown on it?
Answer: Falun Gong (or) Falun Dafa

Question: In 1994, Bill Gates bought The Codex Hammer at an auction for $30.8 million, making it the most expensive book ever. Whose writings does it contain?
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci's

Question: In the US, what is a 'Son of Sam' law concerned with?
Answer: Law designed to keep criminals from profiting from their crimes

Question: Don't swear if you get this wrong. According to an experiment conducted in 2002 by psychologists at a UK university, what animal attracts the most humor and silliness in all cultures?
Answer: Duck

Question: The Thomas Jefferson Building, The John Adams Building and The James Madison Memorial Building in Washington DC together make up what seminal institution?
Answer: Library of Congress

Question: In the jokes of Soviet Union, the KGB headquarters Lubyanka was called the tallest building in Moscow because what could be seen from its basement?
Answer: Siberia!

Question: What type of work is 99 Cent II Diptychon by Andreas Gursky which was sold for USD 3.3 million in 2007 and holds the record for the highest price paid for an artifact in that field?
Answer: Photograph

Question: Who once described Tarzan as a major influence on her childhood and said that she would be a much better spouse for him than his fictional wife, Jane? Naturally, she spent time around apes like him!
Answer: Jane Goodall

Question: The hunters phrase 'Big Five game' refers to what five African animals?
Answer: Lion, African elephant, African buffalo, leopard and black rhino

Question: Presaged by a 1784 letter of Ben Franklin, what concept saw its first widespread use in 1916 as a wartime measure aimed at conserving coal?
Answer: Daylight saving time

Question: In 2006 when George W. Bush hosted the Japanese PM and music fan Junichiro Koizumi here, what became the only residence on American soil other than an embassy/White House/Presidential retreat to have hosted a joint-visit by a sitting US president and a head of a foreign government?
Answer: Graceland, the estate of Elvis