Question: A standard guitar commonly has fretboard markers for the octave (ie half string length) at what fret?
Answer: 12th

Question: Technically called the masseter, what is the common name of the human muscle able to exert the most force?
Answer: Jaw

Question: Six inches equates to how many millimetres?
Answer: 152

Question: Roughly what are the beats per minute of a hummingbird's wings?
Answer: 3000

Question: What currency is abbreviated to SAR, and contains 100 Halalas and 20 Qirsh?
Answer: Saudi Riyal

Question: Name the town in the city district of Milan which gave its name to a famously strong blue-veined cow's-milk cheese?
Answer: Gorgonzola

Question: Ephemera/ephemeral refers to a quality of?
Answer: Short-life

Question: What is the common name for the inflammatory arthritis called podagra when frequently affecting the big toe joint?
Answer: Gout

Question: Obelix and Dogmatix are companions of which eponymous Frenco-Belgian comic book character?
Answer: Asterix

Question: In 2015 Volvo developed an automatic detection/braking system for what in its Australian cars?
Answer: Kangaroos

Question: The Baden Aniline and Soda Factory is more commonly known as what world-leading brand?
Answer: Basf

Question: The lollipop brandname Chupa Chups comes from Spanish 'chupar' meaning?
Answer: Suck/Lick

Question: Spelter is an old/industrial term for what metal element, and alloys containing it, notably brass?
Answer: Zinc

Question: Stapedius, Trapezius, Gluteus Maximus, Sartorius, and Subclavius are?
Answer: Human muscles

Question: Bolas - the South American hunting weapon - comprises rope and?
Answer: Balls/weights

Question: Chlorophyll/chlorophyl, critical for photosynthesis enabling plants to absorb energy from light, is a pigment of?
Answer: Green

Question: The terms boobook, morepork and mopoke all refer onomatopoeically to a small Australasian?
Answer: Owl

Question: """Como se llama usted?"" is Spanish for what introductory question?"
Answer: What is your name?

Question: Braeburn, Jazz, Gala, and Fuji are varieties of what?
Answer: Apple

Question: In 2015 a joint Turkish/Greek Cyrpiot campaign sought PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) for what national cheese?
Answer: Halloumi

Question: What element was removed from soft solders used to join metal parts/electrical connections, since c.2006?
Answer: Lead

Question: What restored Rome feature appeared in movie La Docle Vita and receives c.3,000 Euro coins every day?
Answer: The Trevi Fountain

Question: Brahmanism, or Vedism, is a religion emerging around 900BC in?
Answer: India

Question: The size of the International Space Station orbiting Earth is similar to a?
Answer: Football Pitch

Question: The 1927 animated character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is considered the precurser to which more famous icon?
Answer: Micky Mouse

Question: What was subsequently added to a publicity photo of UK Prime Minister David Cameron by his team in Nov 2015?
Answer: A lapel poppy

Question: London's black taxi-cab training is called 'The (What?)'?
Answer: Knowledge

Question: The infinity symbol is a sideways number?
Answer: 8

Question: Since Ancient Rome, lime mortar (masonry cement) includes for reinforcement/moisture flexibility?
Answer: Horse hair

Question: The British Standards Institute (BSI) reported in 2015 that Marilyn Monroe (1960 dress size 12-14) would now fit ?
Answer: 8-10

Question: Name the popular 1970s Kenner Products' 15" toy body-builder figure of latex rubber filled with corn syrup, elastic to c.five feet?
Answer: Stretch Armstrong

Question: What country's simple-form name derives from a translation of 'Land of the Aryans' and cryptically/oronymically suggests 'past self-propulsion'?
Answer: Iran

Question: India's 'Mountain of Light' group of prominent people sued Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for the repatriation to India of the?
Answer: Koh-i-Noor diamond

Question: In 2015 Indonesian authorities announced (What?), for psychological reasons, would guard a top-security island prison?
Answer: Crocodiles

Question: A French manicure on finger/toenails is traditionally?
Answer: Natural pink/clear with white tips

Question: Named after the Yorkshire town where it was conceived in the 16th century, Penistone is a rough?
Answer: Woollen cloth

Question: In 2015 (What headwear?) was permitted on a USA driver's licence photo justified by (What religion?)?
Answer: Colander/Pastafarian

Question: A cezve is typically used for heating/processing?
Answer: Turkish coffee

Question: In chemistry what element is always present in an amalgam?
Answer: Mercury

Question: The island name Barbados (in Portuguese - Spanish equivalent is los Barbados) refers to what physical characteristic of men, and likely of the original inhabitants?
Answer: Beard/Bearded

Question: The sequence JFM - AMJ - JAS - (???) is completed by?
Answer: Ond

Question: Ghillie, Character, Tap, and Hi/High-top are types of?
Answer: Footwear

Question: Zome, K'Nex, Erector Set, Lincoln Logs and Kre-O are/were major brands in which consumer product sector?
Answer: Construction Toys

Question: Willy Loman is the lead character in Arthur Miller's famous 1949 play 'Death of a (What?)'?
Answer: Salesman

Question: The South American 'Feve Tonka' vanilla-like spice popularized in French cuisine is a?
Answer: Bean

Question: Author/entrepreneur Cynthia Payne (1933-2015) famously provided what personal service for men of status/authority in 1980s London?
Answer: Brothel

Question: Named after its town of origin, Marsala fortified wine originated on which island, the largest of its surrounding sea?
Answer: Sicily

Question: What is a kick, a cut, a horse, and uninspiring journalist?
Answer: Hack

Question: The old Anglicized-French occupational word 'colporteur' was a distributor of?
Answer: Bibles

Question: The technique known as 'Beurre manié' is used in?
Answer: Cooking

Question: The general exception to the tendency for most circular/track human activities (eg athletics) to be anti-clockwise is?
Answer: Motor racing

Question: Aquae Sulis is the Roman name for what aptly renamed English spa city?
Answer: Bath

Question: What friendly word produces six new words when it prefixes?
Answer: Pal

Question: Pomology is the science of?
Answer: Apple cultivation

Question: A Muscovite refers to a native of where in the world?
Answer: Moscow

Question: What is a third of a half?
Answer: A sixth

Question: The Great Wall of China generally runs?
Answer: East-to-West

Question: In Shakespeare's Richard III, King Richard's horse (killed prior to Richard's plea 'My kingdom for a horse') is called?
Answer: Surrey

Question: A prebiotic induces growth in humans (and other living hosts) of beneficial?
Answer: Fungi/bacteria

Question: 101325 Pa (Pascal) or 1.01325 bar is the regulation standard/unit for?
Answer: Atmospheric pressure

Question: What eponymous brand, founded1946, re-established Paris as world-centre of women's fashion?
Answer: Dior

Question: What asset in London UK was valued at £6billion in 2015?
Answer: Trees

Question: Thermae and Balneae are Ancient Roman large and small facilities for?
Answer: Bathing

Question: What famous French endurance motor racing track/city is named after the early inhabiting Cenomani Celtic people?
Answer: Le Mans

Question: Horace Walpole created a popular term for unexpected lucky events/discovery in his 1754 fairy story 'The Three Princes of (Where?)'?
Answer: Serendip

Question: A term for a dark shape against a brighter background is named after 18th century French author/politician Etienne de (Who?) ?
Answer: Silhouette

Question: The 'twi' in the word twilight meant originally?
Answer: Two

Question: Amethyst is a variety of?
Answer: Quartz

Question: A little appreciated, very common human characteristic is the spilt or separated (technically 'accessory')?
Answer: Fifth toenail