Question: The variable vast plasma stream of electrons and protons from the Sun is called?
Answer: The Solar Wind

Question: Doggerel is a crude form of what, originating in many cultures in the late middle-ages?
Answer: Poetry

Question: Whose name was licensed in 2014 for cannabis products, anticipating a market of $10bn?
Answer: Marley

Question: Name the actor who died in 2014, star of The Rockford Files and The Great Escape?
Answer: James Garner

Question: What word differentiates the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final from the 2014 'repeat' in which Germany beat Argentina 1-0?
Answer: West

Question: In what city did a nurse become the first person outside Africa to be infected by Ebola in the 2014 outbreak?
Answer: Madrid

Question: What was Miley Cyrus's award-winning record-breaking 2014 video/hit song, being the thing on which she controversially swung nude?
Answer: Wrecking Ball

Question: Graffitied and repainted often since 1980, and obliterated in 2014 except from the ironic statement "Wall is over", the 'Freedom Wall' in Prague celebrates whose memory?
Answer: John Lennon

Question: On which planet did NASA's Curiosity rover complete its first year, equal to 687 Earth days, in June 2014?
Answer: Mars

Question: Which city in Russia hosted the XXII Olympic Winter Games?
Answer: Sochi

Question: Name the Rolling Stones' saxophonist and session player who died in 2014?
Answer: Bobby Keys

Question: The mysteriously lost Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March 2014 was bound from Kuala Lumpur to where?
Answer: Beijing

Question: Charity executives Justin Forsyth and Jonathan Powell attracted 'crony' jibes when their organization gave a controversial 'global legacy award' to whom, their previous boss?
Answer: Tony Blair

Question: Betty Joan Perske, who died in 2014, was better known as which famous film star, from the 1940s-2000s?
Answer: Lauren Bacall

Question: In 2014 Belgium became the first country in the world to legalize what controversial treatment of terminally ill people?
Answer: Euthanasia

Question: Name the three previous winners eliminated at the group stage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: England, Spain, Italy

Question: According to 2014 market capitalization, Google, Microsoft, Apple and (which oil corporation?) were globally the most valuable companies?
Answer: ExxonMobil

Question: Narendra Modi became prime minister of which country in May 2014?
Answer: India

Question: Wedding plans were announced in 2014 for a 26 year-old Illinois woman and which 80 year-old incarcerated mass murderer?
Answer: Charles Manson

Question: Which famous Portuguese single-named footballer and top scorer of the 1966 World Cup died in 2014?
Answer: Eusébio

Question: Which male artist won most awards at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards?
Answer: Justin Timberlake

Question: In May 2014 the World Health Organization declared an international emergency due to major outbreaks of what nearly-eradicated disease?
Answer: Polio

Question: Which name is shared by the two popes made saints by the Vatican in April 2014?
Answer: John

Question: Which city, previously made famous in 2014, hosted the first Russian F1 Grand Prix for over 100 years?
Answer: Sochi

Question: Buddhist politician and businessman Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan briefly, until a military coup in 2014, acted as prime minister of which nation, once known as Siam?
Answer: Thailand

Question: The multi-award-winning actor Robin Williams, who died in 2014, was also particularly noted for?
Answer: Improvisational stand-up

Question: A 2014 cardiology study (Taborsky/ESC) found that wine reduces cardiovascular disease only in people who?
Answer: Exercise

Question: The heavily hyped end-November shopping day of mass brawling for bargains in UK stores in 2014 is called?
Answer: Black Friday

Question: Which country replaced President Viktor Yanukovych with Oleksandr Turchynov in Feb 2014 after lethal riots in Kiev?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: In 2014 who became the oldest person to be identified using DNA analysis?
Answer: King Richard III

Question: The long-running BBC Radio comedy show, censured in 2014 for sexual innuendo directed at imaginery scorer Samantha is "I'm sorry I haven't a (What?)"?
Answer: Clue

Question: Sony and Emirates Airlines withdrew their sponsorship in 2014 from which global organization after ongoing corruption scandals?
Answer: Fifa

Question: What was the first day of the week in 2014?
Answer: Wednesday

Question: Which Baltic state replaced its Lats currency with Euros on 1st Jan 2014?
Answer: Latvia

Question: Lord Richard Attenborough, who died in 2014, played which serial killer in his early acting career, in 10 Rillington Place?
Answer: John Christie

Question: Who triumphed playing 2014 Glastonbury Festival's 'legends' Sunday teatime slot?
Answer: Dolly Parton

Question: According to 2014 Twitter statistics, how many million tweets are sent every day?
Answer: 500

Question: Geographically, Guantanamo Bay is located in?
Answer: Cuba

Question: What kitchen-related term refers to a major music publishing/retailing street, notably Manhattan's West 28th Street and London's Denmark Street?
Answer: Tin Pan Alley

Question: Which sugar confectionery adopted the slogan 'Taste the Rainbow' in 1994?
Answer: Skittles

Question: The Golden Spurtle is an annual world championship, held at Scotland's Cairngorms National Park, for?
Answer: Porridge making

Question: What commodity value is benchmarked in the USA and elsewhere according to (among more technical terms) 'Texas Light Sweet'?
Answer: Oil

Question: The dinosaur Archaeopteryx or (German) 'Urvogel' is considered a main ancestor of modern?
Answer: Birds

Question: Warren Buffett coined (What?) key investment term to symbolize 'competitive immunity' of a corporation?
Answer: Moat

Question: If five baskets contain respectively 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3 apples, what is the average number of apples in two baskets?
Answer: Ten

Question: The coffin of which famous assassin, buried in 1963 and exhumed in 1981, was sold at auction for $87,500 in 2010?
Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald

Question: What disease causes the human immune system to attack healthy tissue, named/believed originally from the bite of a wolf?
Answer: Lupus

Question: Whose December 2014 official photographs, wearing a guardsman-design knitted pullover, prompted huge sales interest in the product?
Answer: Prince George

Question: Dr Dre became the highest earning musician in 2014 by selling his headphones company (What?) to Apple for c.$600m?
Answer: Beats

Question: The expression 'to shirtfront' someone (confront head-on), adopted by certain politicians in 2014, originated in?
Answer: Australian Rules Football

Question: The largest ever white (What?) weighing 4.16lbs was sold at NYC Sotheby's for $61,250 in 2014?
Answer: Truffle

Question: Name the controversial 'extreme' global taxi-hailing smartphone app, banned by several territories in 2014?
Answer: Uber

Question: A Weihnachtsbaum or Tannenbaum in Germany is a Christmas?
Answer: Tree

Question: A square grid of square cells, with five cells in each of its longest diagonals, contains how many cells in total?
Answer: 25

Question: The Geminids of December are a?
Answer: Meteor shower

Question: Latin 'Aurum' refers to which precious commodity?
Answer: Gold

Question: In Austria and Germany an Eierpunsch is a?
Answer: Egg drink

Question: What sort of song takes its name from old French for a circle dance?
Answer: Carol

Question: The notable drinks brands/makers Warninks, De Kuyper and Bols all originated in what country?
Answer: Netherlands

Question: In the Christian calendar the 1st of January is traditionally a feast celebrating Christ's what?
Answer: Circumcision

Question: According to biblical tradition the three 'magi' (wise men or kings) came from the?
Answer: East

Question: What is an interface, a side, a logistics facility, and a geographically protected drink name?
Answer: Port