Question: Late US singer LaDonna Adrian Gaines was better known by what name?
Answer: Donna Summer

Question: Which British monarch was known as ‘Bertie’ to his family?
Answer: King Edward VII

Question: Which planet in our solar system has around 244 Earth days to one year?
Answer: Venus

Question: Incirlik Air Base is located in which European country?
Answer: Turkey

Question: Rhode Island Red is a breed of which bird?
Answer: Chicken

Question: What is the national flower of Scotland?
Answer: Thistle

Question: Lula da Silva was re-elected President of which South American country in 2006?
Answer: Brazil

Question: In the novel ‘1984’, in which ministry is room 101?
Answer: Ministry of Love

Question: English artist Damien Hirst was born in which city?
Answer: Bristol

Question: In which James Bond film did Sean Connery wear the Bell Rocket Belt (Jet Pack)?
Answer: Thunderball

Question: The ‘Qumran Scrolls’ are better known by what name?
Answer: Dead Sea Scrolls

Question: What is the name of Mr Carburettor’s mother in the children’s television series ‘Roary the Racing Car’?
Answer: Mama Mia

Question: Remus and Castrol Edge are corners on the  Formula One Grand Prix race track in which country?
Answer: Austria

Question: Myoglobin is the primary oxygen-carrying pigment of which type of body tissue in humans?
Answer: Muscle tissue

Question: In the standard game of chess, which colour is always the first to move?
Answer: White/light

Question: A colubrid is what type of creature?
Answer: Snake

Question: The House of Grimaldi has ruled which European principality since 1927?
Answer: Monaco

Question: Convicted felon Henri Charriere was better known by what name?
Answer: Papillon

Question: Jack Dawson is a character in which 1997 Oscar-winning film?
Answer: Titanic

Question: What is the official language of The Netherlands?
Answer: Dutch

Question: Ailurophobia is the irrational fear of which animals?
Answer: Cats

Question: Who plays the deaf man in the 1989 film ‘See No Evil, Hear No Evil’?
Answer: Gene Wilder

Question: Which animal is featured on the logo of car manufacturer Porsche?
Answer: Horse

Question: In September 1850, what was the 31st American state to join the Union?
Answer: California

Question: ‘The Codex Leicester’ (or Codex Hammer) is a collection of mostly scientific writings by which scientist/inventor?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

Question: The Sankamphaeng Hot Springs are in which Asian country?
Answer: Thailand

Question: Who directed the 1973 film ‘Serpico’?
Answer: Sidney Lumet

Question: Which composer wrote the World’s first football chant?
Answer: Edward Elgar

Question: Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of which other country?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Which Australian band released their album ‘Back in Black’ in July 1980?
Answer: Ac/Dc

Question: The WPBSA is the governing body of which sports?
Answer: Snooker and billiards

Question: English writer and raconteur Denis Charles Pratt, born December 1908 was better known by what name?
Answer: Quentin Crisp

Question: How many feet in a UK mile?
Answer: 5280

Question: Nocciola is Italian for which nut?
Answer: Hazelnut

Question: What is the title of the third film in the ‘Twilight Saga’ series?
Answer: Eclipse

Question: In which English city was singer Chuck Berry’s live recording of ‘My Ding-A-Ling’ recorded in 1972?
Answer: Coventry

Question: The islands of Oahu, Molokai and Lanai are part of which US state?
Answer: Hawaii

Question: Which US comedian was the first celebrity guest to appear as himself in a episode of the US television series ‘Hannah Montana’?
Answer: Larry David

Question: In which year did golfer Tiger Woods turn professional?
Answer: 1996

Question: Musician Richey Edwards, who went missing in February 1995, was the rhythm guitarist in which band?
Answer: Manic Street Preachers

Question: Developed by IBM, Deep Blue was a computer that played what?
Answer: Chess

Question: A group of which animals is known as a cackle?
Answer: Hyenas

Question: Which US record label was bought by Polygram in August 1993?
Answer: Motown

Question: A ‘Flower Moon’ is the traditional name for the first full moon of which month of the year?
Answer: May

Question: What is the official fruit of New York, USA?
Answer: Apple

Question: Annapolis is the capital of which US state?
Answer: Maryland

Question: Which English actress was born Julia Wells in 1935?
Answer: Julie Andrews

Question: What is the subtitle of the 1965 song ‘Norwegian Wood’ by The Beatles?
Answer: This Bird Has Flown

Question: Ophidian relates to which creature?
Answer: Snake

Question: What is the title of Alex Comfort’s best-selling illustrated manual, first published in October 1972?
Answer: The Joy of Sex

Question: The eight year old daughter of which British politician was left behind in a pub in Buckinghamshire after a family lunch in April 2012?
Answer: David Cameron

Question: Fiorello LaGuardia was mayor of which city from 1934 to 1945?
Answer: New York

Question: Which British rhythm and blues/jazz singer and keyboard player was born Clive Powell in June 1943?
Answer: Georgie Fame

Question: Who was the Vice President of former US President Bill Clinton?
Answer: Al Gore

Question: Which four herbs are mentioned in the Simon and Garfunkel song ‘Scarborough Fair’?
Answer: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Question: In a standard game of chess, how many knights does each player start with?
Answer: Two

Question: On a regular clock face, which number lies opposite 10?
Answer: 4

Question: Arachnids usually have how many legs?
Answer: Eight

Question: On the human body, Walrus, Pencil and Toothbrush are all types of what?
Answer: Moustache

Question: Which mountain is known as ‘The White Spider’?
Answer: Eiger (North Face)

Question: In which colour strip does the England football team traditionally play home games?
Answer: White

Question: What is the name of the wizard and Leader of the Fellowship of the Ring in Tolkein’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’?
Answer: Gandalf

Question: Orso is Italian for which animal?
Answer: Bear

Question: The Notting Hill Carnival in London is held during which month of the year?
Answer: August

Question: Which composer wrote the ‘Brandenburg Concertos’?
Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach

Question: In 1942, what was the US President’s summer home Camp David named by Franklin D Roosevelt?
Answer: Camp Shangri -La

Question: A florican is what type of creature?
Answer: Bird

Question: What is the Latin phrase ‘ad lib’ short for?
Answer: Ad libitum

Question: Who starred as Lieutenant Danny Roman in the 1998 film ‘The Negotiator’?
Answer: Samuel L Jackson

Question: Stonewall is a CDP (Census-designated place) in which US state?
Answer: Texas

Question: In which 1955 film does actor Robert Mitchum play a psychopathic self-appointed preacher?
Answer: The Night of the Hunter

Question: What is the first name of former world number one professional tennis player McEnroe?
Answer: John

Question: What is a female guinea pig called?
Answer: Sow

Question: Related to religion, staurophobia is the fear or hatred of what?
Answer: Cross/crucifix

Question: Ladies in White is an opposition movement, consisting of wives and female relatives of jailed dissidents, in which country?
Answer: Cuba

Question: Which city is the start and finish of the 1873 novel ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’?
Answer: London

Question: Singer/actor Will Young made in his London West End stage debut in which musical?
Answer: Cabaret

Question: Sligo, Galway and Limerick are all cities in which European country?
Answer: Ireland

Question: Robinson Crusoe Island lies off the coast of which South American country?
Answer: Chile

Question: Which English-Australian singer had a 1962 hit single entitled ‘I Remember You’?
Answer: Frank Ifield