Question: Which figure of speech is represented by such phrases as 'pretty ugly' and 'black Is white'?
Answer: Oxymoron

Question: Where in the human body would you find the pineal gland?
Answer: Brain

Question: According to the latest census, in 2001, what is the second most spoken language In Australia?
Answer: Chinese

Question: In the 2009 remake of "Reggie Perrin" who played the title role?
Answer: (Martin) CLUNES

Question: Which of the United States was the first to give women the vote?
Answer: Wyoming

Question: The shawm has developed into which modern musical instrument?
Answer: Oboe

Question: Which English long distance path runs from Hassle to Filey?
Answer: Wold'S Way

Question: Which artery supplies blood to the head and brain?
Answer: Carotid

Question: On which fictitious estate does the TV series "Shameless" take place?
Answer: Chatsworth

Question: What was the name of Ghana prior to independence?
Answer: Gold Coast

Question: Who wrote the 1972 novel "Watership Down"?
Answer: Richard Adams

Question: On TV Peter Griffin is the father figure in which cartoon series?
Answer: Family Guy

Question: Which sport was, allegedly, invented by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York in 1839?
Answer: Baseball

Question: Which writer created the the character Walter Mitty?
Answer: (James) THURBER

Question: The Afon Hafren is Welsh name for which British river?
Answer: Severn

Question: In WWII what name was given to the top secret material gained from the Enigma machines?
Answer: Ultra

Question: On TV Stan Smith is father figure in which cartoon series?
Answer: American Dad

Question: William George Morgan of Holyoke, Massachusetts invented which sport in 1895?
Answer: Volleyball

Question: How many Imperial gallons are there in a barrel of beer?
Answer: Thirty Six

Question: Which writer created the character Sergeant Cuff?
Answer: (Wilkie) COLLINS

Question: Three of the stations on an English monopoly board are King's Cross, Marylebone and Liverpool Street what is the fourth?
Answer: Fenchurch Street

Question: Ethel Le Neve was the mistress of which criminal?
Answer: (Dr.) CRIPPEN

Question: A dish described as "a la Du Barry" contains which vegetable?
Answer: Cauliflower

Question: Who played Cat Woman in the 1997 film "Batman Returns"?
Answer: (Michelle) PFEIFFER

Question: Which small European country's flag is two horizontal bands light blue over white with the nation's coat of arms in the centre?
Answer: San Marino

Question: In the game of Scrabble how many blank files are there?
Answer: Two

Question: Whom did Valerie Solanas shoot in 1968?
Answer: (Andy) WARHOL

Question: What is the all-weather racecourse in Essex which opened in 2008 and went into administration less than a year later?
Answer: Great Leighs

Question: Which of the United States is known as the "Garden" state?
Answer: New Jersey

Question: The Italian dish carpaccio was originally made with which meat?
Answer: Beef

Question: Which small European country's flag is divided horizontally blue over red with a yellow crown in the top left corner?
Answer: Liechenstein

Question: What is the name of the ruling house of Monaco?
Answer: Grimaldi

Question: What is the collective noun for a group of goldfish?
Answer: GLINT or TROUBLING

Question: Which lion did Hercules kill as one of his twelve labours?
Answer: Nemean

Question: In which year did George the Fourth become king of the United Kingdom?
Answer: 1820

Question: Which cleric won the 1984 Nobel Prize for Peace?
Answer: (Desmond) TUTU

Question: What type of motor cycle did Steve McQueen ride in the film " The Great Escape"?
Answer: Triumph

Question: What is the name of the ruling house of Sweden?
Answer: Bernadotte

Question: Who, in Greek myth, killed the gorgon Medusa?
Answer: Perseus

Question: What is the collective noun for cockroaches?
Answer: Intrusion

Question: Which type of car did Steve McQueen drive in the film "Bullitt"?
Answer: Mustang

Question: Which US President, along with Queen Elizabeth ,opened the St. Lawrence Seaway in June 1959?
Answer: (Dwight D) EISENHOWER

Question: What is the desert that occupies the southern part of Israel?
Answer: Negev

Question: In which century did the Venerable Bede die?
Answer: Eighth

Question: Which country were the first winners of FIFA's Women's World Cup?
Answer: United States

Question: Which character in Shakespeare "was more sinned against than sinning"?
Answer: King Lear

Question: Who appeared on the first cover of "Playboy" magazine?
Answer: Marilyn MONROE

Question: Who had a UK No.1 album, in 2002, with "Escapology"?
Answer: (Robbie) WILLIAMS

Question: Name the ocean current flowing northwards past the west coast of South America.
Answer: HUMBOLDT or PERU Current

Question: Which saint, who died in 612, is the traditional founder of Glasgow?
Answer: ST KENTIGERN or ST.MUNGO

Question: What type of poisonous plant is a destroying angel?
Answer: Fungi/Mushroom

Question: Which character in Shakespeare "loved not wisely but too well"?
Answer: Othello

Question: Who, in 1954, were the first winners of Rugby League's World Cup?
Answer: Great Britain

Question: With which instrument is jazz musician Earl Hines principally associated?
Answer: Piano

Question: Which ice-cream business was founded by Rueben and Rose Mattus?
Answer: Haagen Dazs

Question: In classification of living creatures, which level comes between Class and Family, for example Primates?
Answer: Order

Question: Who, between 1859-1885, composed the four Mephisto Waltzes?
Answer: Franz Liszt

Question: Who played the Prince Regent in "Blackadder the Third"?
Answer: Hugh Laurie

Question: Manalo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin are principally associated with which fashion item?
Answer: hoes

Question: In the Old Testament, whose wife was Zipporah?
Answer: Moses

Question: Which US author wrote a series of novels about the Women's Murder Club?
Answer: James Patterson

Question: Who, in 1887, composed the symphonic poem "Capriccio Espagnol"?
Answer: Rimsky-Korsakov

Question: How many pods does the London Eye have?
Answer: Thirty-two

Question: Lulu Guinness and Anya Hindmarch are principally associated with which fashion accessory?
Answer: Handbags

Question: In ancient Greece, whose wife was Xanthippe?
Answer: Socrates

Question: Who wrote the musical "We Will Rock You" in collaboration with Brian May?
Answer: Ben Elton

Question: Fanny Brawne was betrothed to which English romantic poet?
Answer: John Keats

Question: Which US author wrote a series of novels about the Camel Club?
Answer: David Baldacci

Question: Luke Howard proposed which type of weather nomenclature in 1802?
Answer: Cloud Types

Question: In which country will the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup be played?
Answer: England

Question: Which European country's flag consists of three horizontal bands of white, green, and red?
Answer: Bulgaria

Question: Which newspaper was formerly called The Daily Herald'?
Answer: The Sun

Question: Which country will host the 2016 European Nations football finals?
Answer: France

Question: Of what is brontology the study?
Answer: Thunder

Question: Which South American country's flag consists of three vertical stripes of red, white, and red?
Answer: Peru

Question: An ARP detachment leader called Thomas Alderson was the first recipient of which award?
Answer: George Cross

Question: The 'Daily Sketch' was taken over and merged with which other newspaper in 1971?
Answer: Daily Mail

Question: Which car company manufacturers the Juke model?
Answer: Nissan

Question: Where in the human body is the trapezium bone?
Answer: Wrist

Question: In Greek mythology who was the muse of comedy?
Answer: Thalia

Question: What other, non-scientific, name is given to the extinct smilodon?
Answer: Sabre-toothed Tiger

Question: What do Ballinsloe in Co. Galway and Appleby in Cumbria have in common?
Answer: Horse Fairs

Question: In drama, which character says 'parting is such sweet sorrow'?
Answer: Juliet