Question: Which British television channel was launched on 2nd November 1982?
Answer: Channel 4

Question: In medicine, Renal Calculus is another term for what?
Answer: Kidney Stone

Question: Soceraphobia is the irrational fear of which members of the family?
Answer: Parents-in-law

Question: Which British soap opera was the first to feature a gay wedding?
Answer: The Archers

Question: Which country invaded and now controls the north of the island of Cyprus?
Answer: Turkey

Question: In October 2012, which British MP was said to have had to pay for an upgrade after he sat in a first class train carriage with a standard class ticket?
Answer: George Osborne

Question: ‘Winnie the Pooh’ is the Bingo call for which number?
Answer: 42

Question: Which religious movement, developed from ideas of political activist Marcus Garvey, who wanted to improve the status of fellow black people, and which proclaims Garvey as a prophet?
Answer: Rastafari

Question: Who plays the title role in the 1970 film ‘Kelly’s Heroes’?
Answer: Clint Eastwood

Question: In humans, the medical condition Enuresis is what involuntary function?
Answer: Urination

Question: Seersucker is what type of fabric?
Answer: Cotton

Question: The 1999 book ‘Black Hawk Down’ by Mark Bowden chronicles the events of which 1993 battle?
Answer: Battle of Mogadishu

Question: Jake, Ben and Karen Brockman are the three children in which UK television series?
Answer: Outnumbered

Question: Which historical figure was said to have told his tailor to sew buttons onto the sleeves of his soldiers jackets to stop them wiping their noses on their sleeves?
Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Question: Falda is Spanish for which item of clothing?
Answer: Skirt

Question: In the 17th Century, which Eurasian country ordered men to pay a tax on their beard, in order to keep the men clean shaven?
Answer: Russia

Question: Which natural facial feature does the ‘Mona Lisa’ not have?
Answer: Eyebrows

Question: From 1784 to 1811 the British government levied a tax on which item of men’s attire?
Answer: Hats

Question: In 16th Century Italy, what were ‘Chopines’?
Answer: Platform shoes

Question: In 1913, New York socialite Mary Phelps Jacob created which first modern item of clothing out of two silk handkerchiefs?
Answer: Brassiere

Question: Fashion designer Helmut Lang was born in which country?
Answer: Austria

Question: The Kelly Bag was named after which Hollywood actress?
Answer: Grace Kelly

Question: Red-soled shoes are the signature of which fashion designer?
Answer: Christian Louboutin

Question: What style of coat was referred to in the Royal Navy as a ‘Convoy Coat’?
Answer: Duffle coat

Question: In 1936, what colour tab was attached to the right rear pocket of Levi jeans, so they could be identified at a distance?
Answer: Red

Question: Who designed Victoria Beckham’s wedding dress?
Answer: Vera Wang

Question: In 1958, ‘His Clothes’ was the first boutique to open in which London street?
Answer: Carnaby Street

Question: Which British luxury brand has a logo featuring an equestrian knight and the Latin word ‘Prorsum’?
Answer: Burberry

Question: American businesswoman Bobbi Brown is famous for which fashion items?
Answer: Make-up/cosmetics

Question: Who first designed the jersey wrap dress in 1972?
Answer: Diane von Furstenberg

Question: ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ is a line from which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Hamlet

Question: How long, in feet, is a regulation NBA basketball court?
Answer: 94 feet

Question: Shavout is a major festival in which religion?
Answer: Judaism

Question: What type of creature is a koel?
Answer: Bird

Question: In which year was Ferdinand Marcos first elected as President of the Philippines?
Answer: 1965

Question: Who was the first actress to win an Oscar for a performance entirely in a foreign language?
Answer: Sophia Loren

Question: Stanford University is in which US state?
Answer: California

Question: What is the title of the 2000 film in which Bruce Willis plays a security guard who is the sole survivor of a train crash?
Answer: Unbreakable

Question: ‘The Sunshine Showdown’ took place in January 1973 in Jamaica between Joe Frazier and which other boxer?
Answer: George Foreman

Question: Scientist Albert Einstein was born in which country?
Answer: Germany

Question: Diablo is another name for who?
Answer: The Devil

Question: What is the title of Alfred Hitchcock’s last completed film?
Answer: Family Plot

Question: In native American folklore, what is ‘The beast that walks like a man’?
Answer: Bear

Question: UK television fitness guru Diana Moran is better known by what name?
Answer: The Green Goddess

Question: If a creature is spinulose they have a small what?
Answer: Backbone/spine

Question: What is the name of Kathy Burke’s character in the UK television series ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’?
Answer: Linda La Hughes

Question: Chili Dip, Dormie, Fringe and Shagging are all terms used in which sport?
Answer: Golf

Question: The Chao Phraya River is in which Asian country?
Answer: Thailand

Question: In which British country are there laws known as ‘Assembly Bills’?
Answer: Wales

Question: Bare-nosed and Hairy-nosed are the two basic kinds of which marsupial?
Answer: Wombat

Question: Laslo Papp won three gold Olympic medals in which sport?
Answer: Boxing

Question: Who played Tom Powers in the 1931 film ‘The Public Enemy’?
Answer: James Cagney

Question: What was the first name of the husband of English novelist Virginia Woolf?
Answer: Leonard

Question: ‘Refusing to ignore people in crisis’ is the slogan of which charity?
Answer: British Red Cross

Question: Edward VII was the only British monarch to have been born and died at which royal residence?
Answer: Buckingham Palace

Question: What is the metal tip of an umbrella called?
Answer: Ferrule

Question: What is mixed with soda water to make a spritzer?
Answer: Wine

Question: Cathy Hytner was the original ‘Letters Girl’ on which UK television quiz show?
Answer: Countdown

Question: Who was the first Roman Catholic President of the US?
Answer: John F Kennedy

Question: Square Leg is a position in which sport?
Answer: Cricket

Question: Auld Reekie is the nickname for which Scottish city?
Answer: Edinburgh

Question: Which English singer/songwriter, born in 1935, was the frontman for The Pirates?
Answer: Johnny Kidd

Question: Which Cardinal gave Hampton Court Palace to King Henry VIII?
Answer: Cardinal Wolsey

Question: The Brannock Device was invented by Charles F Brannock for measuring a person’s what?
Answer: Shoe/foot size

Question: Mother Gothel, Vladimir and Flynn Rider are all characters in which 2010 Disney film?
Answer: Tangled

Question: Which animal has the highest known blood pressure of any mammal in the world?
Answer: Giraffe

Question: Who was appointed manager of the England football team in May 2012?
Answer: Roy Hodgson

Question: Bump, Hook, Neck Shot and Wraps are all terms used in which sport?
Answer: Polo

Question: In June 1957, John Diefenbaker became Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: Canada

Question: In 1960, which actress received the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles?
Answer: Joanne Woodward

Question: Which two actors have played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars’ series of films?
Answer: Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor

Question: What is the name of the full-dress fur hat worn by hussars and footguard regiments of the British Army?
Answer: Busby

Question: Who is the voice of chief mechanic ‘Big Chris’ in the children’s UK television series ‘Roary the Racing Car’?
Answer: Peter Kay

Question: In March 2012, a Florida law firm sacked 14 employees for wearing what colour shirts on a Friday, because employers thought they were making a protest?
Answer: Orange

Question: Bess Wallace was the wife of which US President?
Answer: Harry S Truman

Question: The latissimus muscle is in which part of the human body?
Answer: Back