Question: By what name was a member of the serf underclass known in Ancient Sparta?
Answer: Helot

Question: San Andreas is one setting for 2013's fifth instalment of which video game franchise?
Answer: Grand Theft Auto / GTA

Question: What 'rank' is used to denote the iconic video game hero featured in the Halo series?
Answer: Master Chief Petty Officer

Question: Barium chlorate is used as an oxidiser in fireworks to produce which colour?
Answer: Green

Question: Which TV series initially concerned passengers from Oceanic Flight 815?
Answer: Lost

Question: In 1984, which Cosmonaut became the first woman to perform a spacewalk?
Answer: Svetlana Savitskaya

Question: By what name is Paul David Hewson better known?
Answer: Bono

Question: Which country is the world’s top producer of orange juice?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Which Chinese phrase can be translated as Wind &Water?
Answer: Feng Shui

Question: Who was the father of King Henry IV of England?
Answer: John of Gaunt

Question: Which was the second country to adopt postage stamps?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Why was the colour of the Penny Black changed to red?
Answer: To make it easier to see

Question: In Louisiana, what type of foodstuff is a Po’boy?
Answer: Sandwich/Baguette

Question: Which TV detective is the 8th Earl of Asherton?
Answer: Inspector Lynley

Question: In which part of the body is the brachial artery?
Answer: Arm

Question: In which English city is the Don Valley Stadium?
Answer: Sheffield

Question: What is a Lulworth skipper?
Answer: Butterfly

Question: Which Greek god was the twin sister of Apollo?
Answer: Artemis

Question: To which family of birds does the chiffchaff belong?
Answer: Warbler

Question: Dido was the legendary founder of which ancient city?
Answer: Carthage

Question: What is the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago?
Answer: Port of Spain

Question: Who is the famous father of the film director Duncan Jones?
Answer: David Bowie

Question: Which English cathedral has an octagonal tower?
Answer: Ely

Question: Who will captain the European team in the 2010 Ryder Cup?
Answer: Colin Montgomery

Question: Who played the character Solitaire in Live and Let Die?
Answer: Jane Seymour

Question: Which number in Pennsylvania Avenue is The White House?
Answer: 1600

Question: Which fictional detective lived at 110A Piccadilly, W1?
Answer: Lord Peter Wimsey

Question: Who played Private Joe Walker in Dad’s Army?
Answer: James Beck

Question: In river geography, what is a distributary?
Answer: A river that branches off from a

Question: “Wish You Were Here” are a tribute band for which group?
Answer: Pink Floyd

Question: The Ohm are a tribute band to which group?
Answer: The Who

Question: The Rolling Stones were the first, and Girls Aloud the last, to do what?
Answer: Appear on Top of the Pops

Question: What structures appear on the reverse sides of all Euro banknotes?
Answer: Bridges

Question: According to the Old Testament, who invented wine?
Answer: Noah

Question: Who was the last person to hold the title ‘Queen of Ireland’?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother

Question: “Your name will also go on the list; what is it?”
Answer: Don’t tell him Pike.

Question: Which 2008 presidential biopic was directed by Oliver Stone?
Answer: W

Question: Who is the narrator of Three Men in a Boat?
Answer: J

Question: In science, what symbol is normally used for the speed of light?
Answer: c

Question: In which sitcom did a Jack Russell terrier called Eddie appear?
Answer: Frasier

Question: Jimmy Wales was the co-founder of which major Web site?
Answer: Wikipedia

Question: Who was born Vera Margaret Welsh on 20th March 1917?
Answer: Vera Lynne

Question: In which city was the first Disney theme park opened in 1955?
Answer: Anaheim

Question: Plovdiv is the second city of which European country?
Answer: Bulgaria

Question: In which town is the Devonshire Campus of the University of Derby?
Answer: Buxton

Question: Where in England is the Ceremony of the Keys held every evening?
Answer: Tower of London

Question: Which British fabric has an ‘Orb’ trade mark?
Answer: Harris Tweed

Question: Born 1917, which Australian painter is well known for his portraits of outlaw Ned Kelly?
Answer: Sidney Nolan

Question: In The Mikado who does Nanki-Poo love and eventually marry?
Answer: Yum Yum

Question: What is the name of the device from which cards are dealt in a casino?
Answer: Shoe

Question: Which model was described as the ‘Face of ‘66’?
Answer: Twiggy

Question: ‘Hit and Miss’ was the theme tune to which TV pop show?
Answer: Juke Box Jury

Question: Which German canal links the North Sea with the Baltic?
Answer: Kiel Canal

Question: Which TV cop was quite easily persuaded out of retirement by Superintendent Innocent?
Answer: Lewis

Question: Cassegranian, Gregorian and Schmidt are all types of what?
Answer: Telescope

Question: What was the nickname of the American gangster and bank robber Charles Floyd?
Answer: Pretty Boy

Question: Which king of Corinth is a byword for fruitless toil?
Answer: Sisyphus

Question: According to De Gaulle France had 246 what?
Answer: Cheeses

Question: In a James Bond film what was Operation Grand Slam intended to rob?
Answer: Fort Knox

Question: What is produced by the larva of ‘bombyx mori’?
Answer: Silk

Question: The macaroni is a breed of which bird?
Answer: Penguin

Question: Whose life is the subject of the Hadith?
Answer: Muhammad

Question: Which is the only Dickens novel to have a female narrator?
Answer: Bleak House

Question: What is The Devil’s Appendix in Cwm Idwal, Snowdonia?
Answer: Waterfall

Question: What is the largest firth in Scotland?
Answer: Moray Firth

Question: What is the common name of the small flowering tree ‘syringa’?
Answer: Lilac

Question: What connects the plants dahlia, fuchsia and gardenia?
Answer: All named after people

Question: In desert regions what is a ‘haboob’?
Answer: Sandstorm

Question: Okta is a unit measurement of what?
Answer: Cloud Cover

Question: Wind speed is measured in which unit?
Answer: Knot

Question: What was the name of the robot played by Ian Holm in Alien?
Answer: Ash

Question: The character Katniss Everdeen is a protagonist in which series of films?
Answer: Hunger Games

Question: Which musical is based on the Puccini opera Madame Butterfly?
Answer: Miss Saigon

Question: What word was used for the costume or outfit of a Court Jester?
Answer: Motley

Question: Born 1801, who led the Mormons into Utah and co-founded Salt Lake City?
Answer: Brigham Young

Question: Francis Walsingham was the spymaster for which monarch?
Answer: Elizabeth I

Question: Which musical instrument has a name that translates as ‘jumping flea’?
Answer: Ukulele

Question: Patagonia is an area of which country?
Answer: Argentina acc Chile

Question: Which George Bernard Shaw play centres around the Salvation Army?
Answer: Major Barbara

Question: Who was voted King of Hollywood in 1937 by a New York Daily News poll?
Answer: Clark Gable

Question: What do Americans call what we call a ‘hen party’?
Answer: Bachelorette Party

Question: Which palace is the London home of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?
Answer: Kensington Palace

Question: What sitcom title character is the TV alter ego of Adil Ray?
Answer: Citizen Khan

Question: What was the title of the latest David Attenborough offering on BBC1?
Answer: Life Story

Question: Which Championship side conceded 8 goals in a home match this autumn?
Answer: Birmingham City

Question: Which hero of legend lived at Joyous Guard?
Answer: Sir Lancelot

Question: Who bought Necker Island in 1979?
Answer: Richard Branson

Question: Maimiti was which seaman’s Tahitian wife?
Answer: Fletcher Christian

Question: The Minoan civilisation was based on which island?
Answer: Crete

Question: What is Europe’s smallest game bird?
Answer: Quail

Question: Who was the last Norman king of England?
Answer: Stephen