Question: A distributed printed book/newspaper (16-18thC), named from an occupational surname for a travelling salesman is a?
Answer: Chap

Question: Marron glacé is a confection of glazed sugar-coated what?
Answer: Chestnuts

Question: Name the debatably categorized celestial body that NASA's New Horizons probe targeted in 2015 after 9 years and 3bn miles?
Answer: Pluto

Question: If something is pensile it is?
Answer: Hanging down

Question: Emetophobia is a fear of what human product/action?
Answer: Vomit/Vomiting

Question: Which vast US corporation confidentially settled a c.13year dispute in 2010 with The Smiley Company for the use of the smiley face logo?
Answer: Walmart

Question: What popular collective UK brand was first called 'unclaimed' and then 'peace'; reshaped and individually named (c.1989) Brilliant, Bubbles, Bonny, Boofuls, Bigheart and Bumper; thrown by fans at The Beatles; and used as a conflict diffuser by Dr Who?
Answer: Jelly Babies

Question: Which famous pottery city is a (1910) merger of its original town and the adjacent Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Fenton and Longton?
Answer: Stoke-on-Trent

Question: Reggae evolved from what three-letter Jamaican music genre?
Answer: Ska

Question: Vermicular refers to patterns or movements like?
Answer: Worms

Question: The inclusion of 'C/O' or 'C O' in a postal address means what?
Answer: Care Of

Question: Vernal refers to which season?
Answer: Spring

Question: The word 'fabulous' originally referred to something?
Answer: Mythical

Question: Led by Ethan Allen, The Green Mountain Boys, c.1764-1776, established which US state, defeating the British provinces New York and New Hampshire?
Answer: Vermont

Question: Amitabh Bachchan is a famous Indian?
Answer: Film star

Question: Who, more known for detective stories, popularized the term 'The Lost World' in his 1912 book of that name?
Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle

Question: The traditional western military salute derives from an older gesture of?
Answer: Hat removal

Question: State the recall aim of the mathematical mnemonic "How I wish I could recollect (what?) easily today" ?
Answer: Pi

Question: What common product is named from Greek 'rock oil'?
Answer: Petroleum

Question: Which common element has the highest melting point of all elements?
Answer: Carbon

Question: Name the joint US/Europe orbiting telescope launched in 1990?
Answer: Hubble

Question: The colour/color dun is a shade of?
Answer: Brown

Question: Which famous vehicle has used licence plates SCV 00919 and SCV 1 (through to SCV 9)?
Answer: The Popemobile

Question: The Gini coefficient (or index or ratio), devised by Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini in 1912, is a common measure of?
Answer: Wealth inequality

Question: What fundamental physics term derives from Greek 'not cut' (a temnein)?
Answer: Atom

Question: Geococcyx, a ground cuckoo of southern US and Mexico, is the basis of which popular cartoon, its common name?
Answer: Roadrunner

Question: In physics/maths, density is defined as mass divided by?
Answer: Volume

Question: John Ambrose (Who?) devised his eponymous 'left/right hand rules' to deduce motion/current direction in electric motors/generators?
Answer: Fleming

Question: Pernio (or perniosis), a human medical condition caused by exposure to cold and humidity, is commonly known as what?
Answer: Chilblains

Question: What marketing term derives from the centuries-old practice of burning an owner's mark on a beast?
Answer: Brand

Question: The world's bitterest chemical Denatonium, branded 'Bitrex' and 'Aversion', is used in?
Answer: Shampoo

Question: The famous song Una Paloma Blanca means in Spanish a white?
Answer: Dove

Question: Which city has the most moving bridges in the world?
Answer: Chicago

Question: The traditional African instrument called a djembe is a small?
Answer: Drum

Question: In music what note is a tone above B?
Answer: C#

Question: The bench seats of the British House of Commons and House of Lords are respectively?
Answer: Green/Red

Question: Which South-Asian curry dish is named from Persian 'two onions'?
Answer: Dopiaza

Question: What famous striped creature shares the same genus as the onager and kiang?
Answer: Zebra

Question: What old prefix word makes five new words in front of?
Answer: Epi

Question: K'ung Futse (Venerated Master Kong) is better known as which major philosopher and religious founder?
Answer: Confucius

Question: Scorpion W2 (USA), Woodland Pattern (USA), Flecktarn (Germany), and Multi-Terrain Pattern (UK) are notable designs of what?
Answer: Camouflage

Question: The Astros, Rockets, and (defunct) Oilers are sports clubs of which city?
Answer: Houston

Question: What informal term for illicit or counterfeit product derives from smuggling liquor in footwear?
Answer: Bootleg

Question: Oslo University claimed in 2015 that the Bubonic plague outbreaks of the middle ages were caused by flea-carrying?
Answer: Gerbils

Question: What February saint's day traditionally sees a following rise in residential property markets?
Answer: St Valentine

Question: The successful and regionally dominant people called Goths in medieval times were?
Answer: East-Germanic

Question: Catatonia is a technical term for?
Answer: Human stupor

Question: What was originally called 'wireless telegraphy'?
Answer: Radio

Question: What military term for a multiple gun discharge referred originally in Latin/Italian to being out of danger or safe?
Answer: Salvo

Question: What's the largest capital city without a river, and also the oldest capital of its continent?
Answer: Mexico City

Question: The strongest known biological material was identified by scientists (2015) in the teeth of a?
Answer: Limpet

Question: What hyphenated surname was adopted for members of British Queen Elizabeth II's family?
Answer: Mountbatten-Windsor

Question: Titan is the project codename for Apple's development?
Answer: iCar

Question: Who became the fastest-selling Playmobil toy figure, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017?
Answer: Martin Luther

Question: What technical term, prefixed with 'extraordinary/irregular', refers euphemistically to the abduction/transfer of a person by one nation to another?
Answer: Rendition

Question: In 1895 German company Bayer created what genericized trademark for a diacetylmorphine cough suppressant, alluding to the Greek god/goddess of bravery and self-sacrifice?
Answer: Heroin

Question: In 2015 the World Health Organization made 'single-use' mandatory for what (by 2020 worldwide)?
Answer: Syringes

Question: The flags of China, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay, Greenland and Bangladesh share what common feature?
Answer: Sun

Question: Circumvallate papilla, fungiform papilla, and foliate papilla are commonly called?
Answer: Taste buds

Question: In the conventional game of darts, 'madhouse' is the name given to a 'Double-(What?)' finish?
Answer: One

Question: What mathematical term for a part derives from ecclesiastical Latin for 'breaking bread'?
Answer: Fraction

Question: The cemetery of which chaotic 16th century London hospital became a major archeological project in 2015?
Answer: Bedlam

Question: Michelin star chef Kevin Lowe moved from Heston Blumenthal's organization in 2015 to?
Answer: Lidl

Question: Which dog breed was popularized in the Oscar winning 2012 silent film The Artist?
Answer: Jack Russell

Question: The byssal threads of a water-dwelling mussel which attach to a surface are commonly called its?
Answer: Beard

Question: The typical unit measure of 3.6MJ (mega joules) by which electric power is typically sold is more commonly called one?
Answer: Kilowatt/hour

Question: (As at early 2000s) which non-Olympic women's athletic event has a world record points total of just over 5,000 points?
Answer: Pentathlon

Question: Among suggestions of people's most loved words, 'defenestration' means throwing a?
Answer: Person/Object out of a Window