Question: The Oregon Treaty of 1846, which divided "the Oregon Country" along the 49th parallel, gave the USA land which later became parts of Montana and Wyoming, and the states of Washington, Oregon and which other?
Answer: Idaho

Question: Which singer had a "wardrobe malfunction" at the half time show at the 2004 Super Bowl?
Answer: Janet Jackson

Question: Tianhe-1A, the supercomputer at the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, China which in October 2010 became the world's fastest supercomputer, uses what operating system?
Answer: Linux

Question: What is the name for a forked twig used in searching for something that is hidden?
Answer: Divining rod

Question: Early in 2010, Norway's Magnus Carlsen, at 19 years old, became the youngest person to top the world ranking in what?
Answer: Chess

Question: Before it was changed to "Washington D.C." after his death, what had George Washington named Washington D.C.?
Answer: Federal City

Question: What is the name of the fictional character in the land of Oz created by L. Frank Baum as "the Good Witch of the South" who, in the 1939 film version of "The Wizard of Oz" was called "the Good Witch of the North"?
Answer: Glinda

Question: Where are the Huygens Gap and the Maxwell Gap?
Answer: Saturn

Question: A club in central London called "The Night Tripper" that opened on 23 December 1966 later changed its name to what?
Answer: The UFO

Question: In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" from the first ball in both innings?
Answer: King pair

Question: What is the name of the stretch of water between India and Sri Lanka?
Answer: Palk Strait

Question: Who did Barbie break up with in February 2004?
Answer: Ken

Question: The Spanish throne had been vacant since 1936, and on 22 November 1975, Juan Carlos was designated King. What event caused this?
Answer: The death of General Franco

Question: Which island is the home to a breed of tailless cat?
Answer: Isle of Man

Question: Who did "True Blood" star Anna Paquin marry on 21 August 2010?
Answer: Stephen Moyer

Question: Which coach of the Notre Dame american football team was killed in a plane crash in 1931?
Answer: Knute Rockne

Question: During World War I, US president Woodrow Wilson raised an army through conscription and gave total command to whom?
Answer: General John J. Pershing

Question: Mescaline comes from what plant?
Answer: Cactus

Question: In the 20th century what year did Estonia first declare independence?
Answer: 1918

Question: What was the winning team in the Formula One Championship 2011?
Answer: Red Bull, with Sebastian Vettel in a Renault

Question: What did Elvis Presley tell people not to step on in 1956?
Answer: Blue suede shoes

Question: What type of speech includes the words "for", "and", "nor", "but", "or", "yet", and "so"?
Answer: Conjunction

Question: The series of numbers that is obtained by adding the previous two together is named after whom?
Answer: Fibonacci

Question: The plot of the book and films entitled "The Day of the Jackal" concerns an attempt to kill the leader of which nation?
Answer: France

Question: Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins and Dolly Parton are associated with what style of music?
Answer: Country

Question: What was the first name of Madame Tussaud, who founded a wax museum in London?
Answer: Marie

Question: The city of Odessa is on which sea?
Answer: Black Sea

Question: What was the name of the English law court, subsequently abolished in 1641, that had a mandate from Henry VII to deal with nobles who were too powerful to be punished by ordinary courts?
Answer: Star Chamber

Question: What former Grand Prix motorcycle racer from New Zealand published his autobiography in late 2010?
Answer: Graeme Crosby

Question: What Louisiana Creole dish is traditionally made with meats, vegetables, stock and rice?
Answer: Jambalaya

Question: What is the name for the five long bones in the foot that are numbered from the big toe (the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth) and are analogous to the metacarpal bones of the hand?
Answer: Metatarsals

Question: An aster is a type of what?
Answer: Plant

Question: What was the name of the line of fortification that ran across Italy during World War II from just north of where the Garigliano River flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea in the west, through the Apennine Mountains to the mouth of the Sangro River on the Adriatic coast in the east via Monte Cassino and Monte Cairo?
Answer: Gustav Line

Question: Chester Gould created which comic character, which first appeared in 1931?
Answer: Dick Tracy

Question: What name is given to 7 mathematics problems stated by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000, for which a US$1,000,000 prize will be awarded for a correct solution to any of them?
Answer: The Millennium Prize Problems

Question: Who opened the restaurants called Petrus and Amarylis in Britain?
Answer: Gordon Ramsay

Question: With what instrument are Charlie Christian, Les Paul, Tiny Grimes, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Jimmy Raney, Tal Farlow, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, and Jim Hall associated?
Answer: Guitar

Question: What land, a British colony for 155 years, and occupied by Japan briefly in WW II, was ceded to the People's Republic of China in 1997?
Answer: Hong Kong

Question: How many sports were contested at the Summer Paralympics in 2012?
Answer: 20

Question: What was the Giotto spacecraft sent to investigate in 1985?
Answer: Halley's comet

Question: What is the largest city in the province of New Brunswick, Canada?
Answer: Saint John

Question: What is the name of the Jewish New Year festival?
Answer: Rosh Hashanah

Question: An act passed on 5 July 1900 and given Royal Assent by Queen Victoria on 9 July 1900 led to what milestone in the constitutional history of Australia?
Answer: Creation of the Commonwealth of Australia

Question: Which 1959 film starring Charlton Heston won a record 11 Academy Awards?
Answer: Ben Hur

Question: On 12 November 1991, where in Dili were pro-independence student demonstrators who were protesting the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, shot at by Indonesian forces, killing at least 250?
Answer: The Santa Cruz cemetery

Question: What was the native language of Albert Einstein?
Answer: German

Question: Which member country of the Council of Europe has the smallest population?
Answer: San Marino

Question: An "imam" is from which religion?
Answer: Islam

Question: """Devil"" was the pet wolf of which comic strip character?"
Answer: The Phantom

Question: What is the highest bid in a game of contract bridge?
Answer: 7 no trumps

Question: What word is used to denote a summary or miniature form of something, and is also used as a synonym for "embodiment"?
Answer: Epitome

Question: Who played the role of Howard Hughes in the 2004 film "The Aviator"?
Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Question: When did people last walk on the moon?
Answer: 14 December 1972

Question: Which cartoon series relies on the voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria & Harry Shearer?
Answer: The Simpsons

Question: What numbers are on the two green pool balls?
Answer: 6 and 14

Question: The Iguazu Falls are on the border of which two countries?
Answer: Brazil & Argentina

Question: What chemical element with atomic number 55 is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28 C (83 F), and one of only five metals that are liquid at or near room temperature?
Answer: Caesium

Question: What colour connects 29 October 1929, 19 October 1987 and 22 November 1963?
Answer: Black

Question: What word is used to describe someone who speaks many languages?
Answer: Polyglot