Question: Slivovitz is a type of brandy made from which fruit?
Answer: Plums

Question: St Wenceslas Day is celebrated in the Czech Republic during which month of the year?
Answer: September – 28th

Question: How many countries border Turkey?
Answer: Eight

Question: Amychophobia is the abnormal fear of being what?
Answer: Scratched or clawed

Question: A sophomore is a student in which year of university?
Answer: Second year

Question: How many stars are on the logo of car manufacturer Subaru?
Answer: Six

Question: Which late US actor and musician said ‘If you think it’s hard to meet people, try picking up the wrong golf ball’?
Answer: Jack Lemmon

Question: In cooking, 160 degrees Celsius is equivalent to which gas mark?
Answer: 3

Question: Canis Lupus Familiaris is the scientific name for which animal?
Answer: Dog

Question: In the US, how many Ivy League universities are there?
Answer: Eight

Question: How much money, in pounds sterling and US dollars, does each player receive from the bank at the beginning of a game of Monopoly?
Answer: 1,500

Question: For which 1976 film was actor Peter Finch awarded a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor in Leading Role?
Answer: Network

Question: Which playing card is known as ‘Spadille’?
Answer: Ace of spades

Question: The line ‘It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done’ is from which novel by Charles Dickens?
Answer: A Tale of Two Cities

Question: Mount Sodom lies along which body of water?
Answer: The Dead Sea

Question: Lorenzo, Tubal and Jessica are all characters in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: The Merchant of Venice

Question: Who was the father of King Edward VI of England?
Answer: Henry VIII

Question: What nationality was painter Frida Kahlo?
Answer: Mexican

Question: How many points are scored for a penalty goal in a game of rugby league?
Answer: Two

Question: Salta International Airport is in which South American country?
Answer: Argentina

Question: ‘Verdant’ relates to which colour?
Answer: Green

Question: On a QWERTY keyboard, which letter lies between X and V?
Answer: C

Question: How many Concorde planes were built?
Answer: 20

Question: Who played the title role in the 1968 film ‘Witchfinder General’?
Answer: Vincent Price

Question: In which UK town is Priory Railway Station?
Answer: Dover

Question: The sartorius muscle is found in which part of the human body?
Answer: Thigh

Question: During which month of the year is the British Open Golf Championship held?
Answer: July

Question: Who became British Prime Minister in June 1970?
Answer: Edward Heath

Question: The statue ‘Venus de Milo’ is currently on permanent display in which museum?
Answer: The Louvre Museum – Paris

Question: What colour ‘Onions’ is the title of a 1962 hit for Booker T and the MG’s?
Answer: Green

Question: How many teeth does an adult cat normally have?
Answer: 30

Question: What is the first name of fictional character ‘Jones the Steam’, the driver of Ivor the Engine?
Answer: Edwin

Question: Who is the lead singer of British band The Cure?
Answer: Robert Smith

Question: Which type of racing is held at the Belle Vue Stadium in Manchester?
Answer: Greyhound racing

Question: A sevruga is what type of creature?
Answer: Fish

Question: In which year did English monarch Elizabeth I die?
Answer: 1603

Question: Which bird is the unofficial national symbol of France?
Answer: (Gallic) Rooster

Question: Who became former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s private secretary in 1956?
Answer: Marcia Williams (Lady Falkender)

Question: In Greek mythology, who slayed the half-man, half beast Minotaur, which was kept in a labyrinth on the island of Crete?
Answer: Theseus

Question: Who played the title role in the 1998 film ‘Stepmom’?
Answer: Julia Roberts

Question: The tune to the hymn ‘I Vow To Thee My Country’ was taken from which ‘Planet’ by Gustav Holst?
Answer: Jupiter

Question: In which Irish county is the resort of Bray?
Answer: County Wicklow

Question: The Lev is the currency of which country?
Answer: Bulgaria

Question: British television chef Phil Vickery married which television presenter in 2000?
Answer: Fern Britton

Question: The eagle on the Great Seal of the US has how many arrows in its left talon?
Answer: 13

Question: What is the name of the dog in the television series ‘The Magic Roundabout’?
Answer: Dougal

Question: What colour, traditionally, are cabs in New York?
Answer: Yellow

Question: What is the square root of 81?
Answer: 9

Question: In which war did Florence Nightingale nurse wounded soldiers?
Answer: Crimean War

Question: If something is ‘Biennial’, how often does it occur?
Answer: Every two years

Question: Zucchini is another name for which vegetable?
Answer: Courgette

Question: What is a group of lions called?
Answer: A pride

Question: Which footballer was best man at David and Victoria Beckham’s wedding?
Answer: Gary Neville

Question: Who was the first female Prime Minister of the UK?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the ruler of the Olympian gods?
Answer: Zeus

Question: How many US Presidents faces are carved into Mount Rushmore?
Answer: Four

Question: What is the capital of Monaco?
Answer: Monaco – ville

Question: Foinaven, Valentines and the Canal Turn are all features of which British racecourse?
Answer: Aintree

Question: Which British band released a 2006 album entitled ‘Beautiful World’?
Answer: Take That

Question: In which 1969 film were Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper heading for New Orleans?
Answer: Easy Rider

Question: In architecture, where in a house would you find a purlin?
Answer: The roof

Question: ‘Cheval’ is French for which animal?
Answer: Horse

Question: What is a female Red Deer called?
Answer: A hind

Question: Denzil Washington played which black militant leader in the 1992 film of the same name?
Answer: Malcolm X

Question: In the ‘Tom & Jerry’ cartoons, what is the name of Spike’s son?
Answer: Tyke

Question: What does each angle of a regular pentagon measure in degrees?
Answer: 108

Question: Zugzwang, Skewer, Royal Fork and Indian Defence are all terms associated with which board game?
Answer: Chess

Question: ‘O, say can you see by the dawn’s early light…’ is the opening line to which national anthem?
Answer: The Star-Spangled Banner

Question: Who resigned as Prime Minister of France in August 1976?
Answer: Jacques Chirac

Question: Who played Rosemary Shanahan in the 2001 film ‘Shallow Hal’?
Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow

Question: In the human body, what is the name of the large muscle which covers the shoulder?
Answer: Deltoid

Question: Which monarch united the Scottish and English thrones?
Answer: James

Question: Which US President said ‘The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend’?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: In the James Bond film ‘Goldfinger’, who is Goldfinger’s bodyguard?
Answer: Oddjob

Question: An ‘Ascham’ is a tall, narrow cabinet that contains implements used in which sport?
Answer: Archery

Question: Which letters of the English alphabet depict Roman Numerals?
Answer: I V X L C D M

Question: Who played the role of Becky Sharp in the 2004 film ‘Vanity Fair’?
Answer: Reese Witherspoon

Question: Quomotion is a tribute band to which British band?
Answer: Status Quo

Question: What is the boiling point of water on the Farenheit scale?
Answer: 212 degrees

Question: In 1970, Russia’s (USSR) Venera 7 became the first manmade spacecraft to land successfully on which planet, and transmit data back to Earth?
Answer: Venus

Question: Who scored the first televised maximum snooker break, in 1982?
Answer: Steve Davis

Question: ‘Puff’ is the German name for which board game?
Answer: Backgammon

Question: The 1937 novel ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ was written by which British author?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: Which Californian computer software company was founded in 1995 by Bill Coleman, Ed Scott and Alfred Chuang?
Answer: BEA Systems Inc.