Question: Russia is the largest republic which emerged from the former Soviet Union; which is the second largest?
Answer: Kazakhstan

Question: Up until 1959, Karachi was the capital of Pakistan. Which city was capital from 1959 to 1969 whilst Islamabad was being built?
Answer: Rawalpindi

Question: In the Morecambe and Wise 1971 Christmas special, there was a famous sketch featuring Andre Previn; what was the piece of music which was supposedly being played?
Answer: Grieg Piano Concerto

Question: Pudong International Airport serves which Far Eastern city?
Answer: Shanghai

Question: Klaipeda is the main port sewing which EU country?
Answer: Lithuania

Question: Which group had a 1968 number 1 hit with 'Baby, Come Back'?
Answer: The Equals

Question: Which Austrian composed the opera 'La Clemenza di Tito'?
Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Question: In James Fenimore Cooper's novel who is 'The Last of the Mohicans'?
Answer: Uncas

Question: Which country's team won the 2011 Women's Football World Cup?
Answer: Japan

Question: The wording R. Mutt on a urinal appears in a work of art by which artist?
Answer: Marcel Duchamp

Question: The 2011 Open in golf was played at which English course?
Answer: Royal St George'S

Question: Which fruit has the varieties Arthur Turner, Discovery and Winter Gem?
Answer: Apple

Question: What is the name of the Norwegian mass murderer at Utoya Island in 2011?
Answer: Anders Breiviek

Question: Who is the subject of the biopic film 'Great Balls of Fire!'?
Answer: Jerry Lee Lewis

Question: Krubera, the deepest known cave at over 2000 metres deep, is in which country of south-east Europe?
Answer: Georgia

Question: Name the English general who surrendered to American forces at Saratoga in 1777.
Answer: John Burgoyne

Question: Who won the Booker Prize in 2001 with 'True History of the Kelly Gang'?
Answer: Peter Carey

Question: The film 'De-Lovely' is a biopic on which musician's life?
Answer: Cole Porter

Question: Name the 19th century American artist famous for his illustrated book 'The Birds of America'.
Answer: John J Audubon

Question: Who was captain of the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia in 2011, who abandoned his ship?
Answer: Francesco Schettino

Question: Where in the body is the stapes bone?
Answer: Ear

Question: Sky Harbor International Airport serves which US state capital?
Answer: Phoenix

Question: Who was the pianist and arranger who worked with Miles Davis to produce the jazz albums
Answer: 'Porgy and Bess' and 'Sketches of Spain' among others?

Question: In Russia shchi is a soup made using which vegetable?
Answer: Cabbage

Question: 'Sanditon' was an unfinished novel by which 18th/19th century author?
Answer: Jane Austen

Question: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the first female African head of state - in which country?
Answer: Liberia

Question: Which Austrian composer's symphony number 104 has the title 'London'?
Answer: Joseph Haydn

Question: Mr Jaggers and the clerk Wemmick appear in which of Dickens' novels?
Answer: Great Expectations

Question: Which London art gallery is situated in a Victorian mansion in Manchester Square?
Answer: The Wallace Collection

Question: Who won a 2012 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 'Beginners'?
Answer: Christopher Plummer

Question: The first cancellation to be used on British postage stamps in 1840 was of what form?
Answer: A (Maltese) Cross

Question: Deneb is the brightest star of which constellation?
Answer: Cygnus

Question: In the 2008 film 'Charlie Wilson's War' which actor took the title role?
Answer: Tom Hanks

Question: The town of Ystad and its area are largely the setting for the exploits of which literary and TV detective?
Answer: Wallander

Question: The site of the old English and pirate harbour of Port Royal is to be found where in the Caribbean?
Answer: Jamaica

Question: Benghazi is the chief town of which province in Libya?
Answer: Cyrenaica

Question: What is the common name of the purple flowering garden plant Lunaria valued for its seed pods?
Answer: Honesty

Question: The French gold coin used until 1795 known as a 'Louis' had a value of how many francs?
Answer: Twenty

Question: The Rhodope Mountains lie mostly in which East European country?
Answer: Bulgaria

Question: Moya Greene is the Chief Executive of which UK company?
Answer: Royal Mail

Question: Spica is the brightest star in which constellation?
Answer: Virgo

Question: Which US boundary line was named after two English surveyors who surveyed the area in the 1760s?
Answer: Mason-Dixon Line

Question: According to mythology Hermes wore talaria to aid him. What were they?
Answer: Winged Sandals

Question: Who plays Holmes in the recent TV series entitled 'Sherlock'?
Answer: Benedict Cumberbatch

Question: Mulhacen, the highest peak on mainland Spain, lies in which range?
Answer: Sierra Nevada

Question: Miss Pross and Jarvis Lorry are characters in which of Dickens' novels?
Answer: A Tale Of Two Cities

Question: The International Airlines Group was formed from a merger of British Airways and which other airline?
Answer: Iberia

Question: In Greek mythology by what name are mountain nymphs known?
Answer: Oreads

Question: Which actress won the 2012 Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance in 'The Help'?
Answer: Octavia Spencer

Question: Mozart's Symphony number 31 is named after which European city?
Answer: Paris

Question: Who was the jazz trumpet musician leading the Tijuana Brass?
Answer: Herb Alpert

Question: The Hindu deity Hanuman appears in the form of which animal?
Answer: A Monkey

Question: Who was the Russian author of 'Taras Bulba' and 'Dead Souls'?
Answer: Nikolai Gogol

Question: Which bird is associated with Lundy Island?
Answer: Puffin

Question: What is the colour of the flower edelweiss?
Answer: White

Question: Which footballer was known as 'The Flying Pig'?
Answer: Tommy Lawrence

Question: Who wrote romantic navels under the name Mary Westmacott?
Answer: Agatha Christie

Question: What was the profession of the composer Vivaldi?
Answer: Priest

Question: Who did Richard Nixon defeat in the l988 American Presidential election?
Answer: Michael Dukakis

Question: In Britain we put icing on cakes what do Americans call icing?
Answer: Frosting

Question: What is the maximum number of letters and spaces that can be in the name of a racehorse?
Answer: 18

Question: What is the capital city of Albania?
Answer: Tirana

Question: Which cricketer holds the record of being the longest serving captain of his country?
Answer: W. G. Grace

Question: Give a year in the life of artist Frans Hals?
Answer: 1580-1666

Question: Which Shakespeare's play does the character Petruchio appear?
Answer: Taming Of The Shrew

Question: What is the alternative name for the flower digitalis purpurea?
Answer: Foxglove

Question: What mythical creature has a dragon's head, a serpent's tail and a body with wings and legs?
Answer: Wyvern

Question: Boris Johnson was once the editor of which weekly political magazine?
Answer: Spectator

Question: Which was the first National Park in the United States of America?
Answer: Yellowstone

Question: Which poet famously wrote 'Tis better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all'?
Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Question: The Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological term used for the process of bonding between whom?
Answer: Hostages And Captors

Question: What is the collective noun for hedgehogs?
Answer: Array

Question: Give any year in the reign of King Edward II.
Answer: 1307-1327

Question: Which bird is the largest member of the crow family?
Answer: Raven

Question: What is the alternative name for the flower belladonna?
Answer: Deadly Nightshade

Question: Who was manager of Manchester United, when they were last relegated?
Answer: Tommy Docherty

Question: Which bird can swim as fast as a seal?
Answer: A Penguin