Question: What does ‘Habeas corpus’ translate to in English?
Answer: You have the body

Question: Which men’s sport was transferred permanently from the Summer Olympics to the Winter Olympic Games from 1924?
Answer: Ice hockey

Question: In 1930, Australian cricketer Don Bradman scored a world record how many runs in 415 minutes at Sydney Cricket Ground?
Answer: 452

Question: The dairy product ‘Skyr’ originated in which country?
Answer: Iceland

Question: What is the name of comic hero Desperate Dan’s pet dog?
Answer: Dawg

Question: The cocktail ‘Death in the Afternoon’, consisting of Absinthe and Champagne, was invented by which American author?
Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Question: Cavendish, Orinoco and Lady Finger are all varieties of which fruit?
Answer: Banana

Question: The two small pieces of dark meat at the back of poultry near the thigh are commonly known by what name?
Answer: Oysters

Question: According to the Bible, which fruit was Moses told by God must be worn on the hem of the robes for ministering service?
Answer: Pomegranates

Question: Lactuca Sativa is the Latin name for which common vegetable?
Answer: Lettuce

Question: Halloumi cheese originated on which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: In January 2009, which British politician submitted a recipe for ‘Rumblethumps’ to a cook book for Donaldson’s School for the Deaf, describing it as his favourite food?
Answer: Gordon Brown

Question: What was the boot made of which actor Charlie Chaplin ate in the 1925 film ‘The Gold Rush’?
Answer: Licorice

Question: Which British singer famously said in 1983 that he preferred a cup of tea to sex?
Answer: Boy George

Question: Which chef starred in the British reality television series ‘The Restaurant’?
Answer: Raymond Blanc

Question: What is the favourite food of fictional characters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Answer: Pizza

Question: Which dessert is also known as ‘Tuscan Trifle’?
Answer: Tiramisu

Question: Who played Davy Crockett in the 1960 film ‘The Alamo’?
Answer: John Wayne

Question: Which 18th Century author wrote ‘Clarissa’ (or ‘The History of a Young Lady), said to be the longest novel in the English language?
Answer: Samuel Richardson

Question: Vitricophobia is the irrational fear of which member of the family?
Answer: Step father

Question: Which country singer was known as ‘The Man in Black’?
Answer: Johnny Cash

Question: In May 1952, which UK airline was the first to introduce the passenger jet?
Answer: BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation)

Question: The Rimac River is in which South American country?
Answer: Peru

Question: Which British Prime Minister declared ‘Peace in our time’ in September 1938?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Question: Which fictional TV family had pets called Spot, Igor and Kitty?
Answer: The Munsters

Question: Which BBC Radio 2 host includes ‘The Tracks of My Years’ in his weekday programme?
Answer: Ken Bruce

Question: In Sikhism, what is the practice of allowing one’s hair to grow naturally, as a symbol of respect for the perfection of God’s creation?
Answer: Kesh

Question: In humans, glossitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: Tongue

Question: The Coco Cola prototype recipe was formulated in a drugstore in which US state?
Answer: Georgia

Question: Tuber melanosporum is a variety of which luxury food?
Answer: Truffle

Question: Which female swimmer won six Olympic Gold Medals for East Germany in 1988?
Answer: Kristin Otto

Question: In which Scottish city is the Robert Gordon University?
Answer: Aberdeen

Question: The Davis Cup is a challenge trophy contested by men in which sport?
Answer: Tennis

Question: Which artist said ‘Everything you can imagine is real’?
Answer: Pablo Picasso

Question: Which animal is known as the ‘Earth Pig’?
Answer: Aardvark

Question: The ‘Pastry War’ of 1838 was an invasion of which country by France, after a French pastrycook accused local officers of looting his shop?
Answer: Mexico

Question: Meles Zenawi became Prime Minister of which country in 1995?
Answer: Ethiopia

Question: The Burgos Cathedral is in which European country?
Answer: Spain

Question: Which champion racehorse, who died in 1932, was sometimes referred to as ‘Australia’s Wonder Horse’?
Answer: Phar Lap

Question: Mountjoy Prison is in which European city?
Answer: Dublin

Question: What colour are post/mail boxes in Morocco?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Napoleon and Snowball appear in which 1945 novel?
Answer: Animal Farm

Question: Renaissance astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in which modern-day European country?
Answer: Poland

Question: Actor Sid James played the character Sid Boggle in which ‘Carry On’ film?
Answer: Carry On Camping

Question: What is the basic currency in Greenland?
Answer: Krone

Question: Nefertiti was the wife of which Egyptian Pharaoh?
Answer: Akhenaten

Question: Which country has the internet domain .fi?
Answer: Finland

Question: What was the first name of Roget, the compiler of the first ‘Roget’s Thesaurus’?
Answer: Peter

Question: In which 1974 and 2003 films does the character ‘Leatherface’ appear?
Answer: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Question: Campanology is the study and art of what?
Answer: Bell ringing

Question: Who was former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Chief Press Secretary?
Answer: Bernard Ingham

Question: Which South American country has borders with all other South American countries apart from Ecuador and Chile?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Fanny Price is the main character in which Jane Austen novel?
Answer: Mansfield Park

Question: Which 1980 film, starring Kris Kristofferson, and generally considered the biggest flop in cinema history contributed to the bankruptcy of United Artists?
Answer: Heaven’s Gate

Question: The Russian seaport Novorossiysk lies on which body of water?
Answer: Black Sea

Question: Jock, Trusty, Toughy and Pedro are all characters in which Disney film?
Answer: Lady and the Tramp

Question: A hangover cure, made traditionally with raw, egg, Worcestershire Sauce and seasoning, is known as a ‘Prairie….what’?
Answer: Oyster

Question: To win a gold disc, how many copies of an album needs to sell in Britain?
Answer: 100,000

Question: Who composed the opera ‘Madame Butterfly’?
Answer: Giacomo Puccini

Question: What is the title of the United States of America National Anthem?
Answer: The Star-Spangled Banner

Question: What is the title of the first pop video aired on MTV, in 1981?
Answer: Video Killed the Radio Star – Buggles

Question: Who wrote ‘Doe Eyes’, the theme to the 1995 film ‘The Bridges of Madison County’?
Answer: Clint Eastwood

Question: What does Franz Schubert’s ‘Die Forelle’ translate to in English?
Answer: The Trout

Question: Who was the last member of The Beatles to marry?
Answer: Paul McCartney

Question: Who designed the Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars?
Answer: Leo Fender

Question: What is the lowest female singing voice?
Answer: Contralto

Question: Who played Lorry Jones/Laura Lorraine in the 1944 musical film ‘Pin Up Girl’?
Answer: Betty Grable

Question: The 2006 film ‘Once’, starring Glen Hansard as a busker, is set in which European city?
Answer: Dublin

Question: Former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm dueted with which Canadian singer-songwriter on the 1998 single ‘When You’re Gone’?
Answer: Bryan Adams

Question: The 2011 album ‘The King of Limbs’ was released by which English rock band?
Answer: Radiohead

Question: In 1889 which American inventor devised the first flexible transparent film suitable for motion pictures?
Answer: George Eastman

Question: A halophyte is a plant that grows in what type of conditions?
Answer: Saline

Question: Which author wrote the book ‘The Firm’, ‘The Pelican Brief’ and ‘The Rainmaker’?
Answer: John Grisham

Question: In humans, emesis is more commonly known as what?
Answer: Vomiting

Question: In which 1932 film does Greta Garbo say the line ‘I want to be alone’?
Answer: Grand Hotel