Question: The Karnak Temple Complex, a conglomeration of ruined temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings, is near where?
Answer: Luxor, Egypt

Question: What was the title of Britney Spears' second album (and the single that was released from it)?
Answer: Oops!...  I Did It Again

Question: Where in the human body is the sacroiliac joint?
Answer: Between the base of the spine and the pelvis

Question: Shakespeare's "King Lear" is set in which country?
Answer: England

Question: How many theses were nailed to a church door by Martin Luther in 1517 (generally accepted to be the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, on All Saints Eve, 31 October)?
Answer: 95

Question: Who created and hosts the TV series "America's Next Top Model"?
Answer: Tyra Banks

Question: The single rule of sudoku is what?
Answer: Each column, row and square must contain one each of the numbers 1 to 9

Question: Where would you go to see exposed one of the most complete sequences of rock anywhere, representing a period of nearly 2 billion years of the Earth's history?
Answer: The Grand Canyon, USA

Question: What is the dish called "Picalilli"?
Answer: A relish of chopped pickled vegetables and spice

Question: Which French singer and actress has been in a relationship with American actor Johnny Depp since 1998, with whom she has a daughter and a son?
Answer: Vanessa Paradis

Question: Where was the area known as "The Spanish Main?
Answer: Caribbean Sea

Question: Spain has been through the upheaval of civil war more than once; what were the dates of the war in the 20th century?
Answer: 1936-39

Question: Which planet has 67 confirmed moons?
Answer: Jupiter

Question: What is another name for the throw, or toe, line in a darts game?
Answer: Oche

Question: What British TV series was set at Maplins Holiday Camp?
Answer: Hi De Hi

Question: Minh Mng, Emperor of Vietnam 1820-1841, was deeply opposed to western involvement in his country and in 1825 outlawed what?
Answer: Christian missionaries

Question: Which band performed at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia in 2009 and in the halftime show of the Super Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida in 2010?
Answer: The Who

Question: What was QR-code labelling first developed for?
Answer: Japanese automotive industry

Question: """You had me at 'Hello'!"" is a line from which film?"
Answer: Jerry McGuire

Question: What was the name of the German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron", officially credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories, who died in 1918, from wounds sustained in combat?
Answer: Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen

Question: What does the Republic of Ireland call itself?
Answer: ire

Question: The orangutan is found on Sumatra and which other island?
Answer: Borneo

Question: Which family of palaeoanthropologists is most associated with work in the Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania?
Answer: Leakey

Question: What is a state of stability, in which all forces are equal and opposing, cancelling each other out?
Answer: Stasis

Question: What creature is a "red snapper"?
Answer: Fish

Question: In 1927 Australian Sir Hubert Wilkins and Carl Ben Eielson were the first to do what?
Answer: Fly a plane to Antarctica, and make the first land-plane descent onto drift ice

Question: In 1961, orienteering organisations representing 10 European nations founded the International Orienteering Federation (IOF); what does orienteering involve?
Answer: Navigating, using a map and compass only, in usually unfamiliar surroundings

Question: The First Lady of which US president was known as Pat, though her first name was Thelma?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: When was the first season of rugby league played?
Answer: 1895-6

Question: Which one of these co-wrote with David Bowie, to a guitar riff written by Carlos Alomar, the song "Fame", which was released by Bowie in 1975 on his "Young Americans" album?
Answer: John Lennon

Question: What body of water does the Mississippi River empty into?
Answer: Gulf of Mexico

Question: The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was destroyed on July 21, 356 BC in an act of arson committed by whom?
Answer: Herostratus

Question: Which team defeated Pakistan in the 2007 inaugural ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament?
Answer: India

Question: According to Edward Lear, who went to sea in a sieve?
Answer: Jumblies

Question: A scarab beetle is also known as what?
Answer: Dung beetle

Question: Which flowers are "in the hospital", according to a 1993 hit by the Manic Street Preachers?
Answer: Roses

Question: Canada contains much of the world's fresh water, including approximatelly how many large lakes?
Answer: 31,700

Question: Glencoe, Praga, Peterloo, Waterloo Creek, and Hue are known as what?
Answer: Massacres

Question: What is an essential ingredient of Bouillabaisse?
Answer: Fish

Question: What currency is used in China?
Answer: Yuan

Question: What is another name for caustic soda?
Answer: Sodium hydroxide

Question: What objects feature in the game "Ker-Plunk!"?
Answer: Marbles and plastic needles

Question: How often does a solar eclipse happens somewhere in the world?
Answer: Every 18 months

Question: Which instrument originated in the 19th century as a Hawaiian interpretation of a small guitar-like instrument taken there by Portuguese immigrants?
Answer: Ukulele

Question: David Ben-Gurion was the first prime minister of where?
Answer: Israel

Question: What major sporting event was held, also in London, shortly after the London 2012 Summer Olympics?
Answer: 2012 Summer Paralympics

Question: What is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze?
Answer: Ormolu

Question: What tourist destination is near Owicim, Poland?
Answer: Auschwitz concentration camp

Question: In 1884 Pope Leo XIII published the encyclical "Humanum Genus", which denounced a number of beliefs and practices such as popular sovereignty and the separation of church and state, in relation to which group in particular?
Answer: Freemasons

Question: The London 2012 Summer Olympics was remarkable, among other things, for what?
Answer: It was the first Olympics at which every sport had female competitors

Question: Which 2004 film, directed by Mike Nicholls and starring Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Jude Law and Natalie Portman concerns two obsessive couples whose intimacy pushes them further apart?
Answer: Closer

Question: How many players are there in a men's lacrosse team?
Answer: 10

Question: """Operation Market Garden"" took place in the Netherlands and Germany during which war?"
Answer: World War II

Question: The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine, built by Frederic C. Williams, Tom Kilburn & Geoff Tootill that first ran on 21 June 1948, was an early form of what?
Answer: Computer

Question: Which art museum, on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City, USA, has a permanent collection containing more than two million works of art?
Answer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Question: What religious organisation was founded in England by William Booth in 1877?
Answer: Salvation Army

Question: What is the most likely use for a privet shrub?
Answer: Hedge

Question: The British television reality series "Airline" featured the activities of which company?
Answer: Easyjet

Question: Where would one find the Swiss Guard on duty?
Answer: Guarding the Pope

Question: In 1972, who became the youngest Formula One Champion Racing Driver at the age of 25?
Answer: Emerson Fittipaldi

Question: For what activity is Sir Anthony Carrow famous?
Answer: Sculpture

Question: Niccol di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, a Renaissance man of many talents, is well-known for his writings on politics but was also a well-known politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, letter writer, playwright, poet, songwriter, and what else?
Answer: Historian