Question: What was the name of the missionary who is the subject of the 1958 film ‘Inn of the Sixth Happiness’?
Answer: Gladys Aylward

Question: Who was the only female competitor in the 1976 Montreal Olympics not to have been subjected to a sex test?
Answer: Princess Anne

Question: Sororal relates to, or is like, which member of the family?
Answer: Sister

Question: The 2011 film ‘The Hangover Part II’ is set in which country?
Answer: Thailand

Question: Which Japanese car manufacturer features a logo with three red diamonds arranged in the shape of a triangle?
Answer: Mitsubishi

Question: The Pushkin Prize, established in 1881, is awarded for the highest standard of literary excellence to authors from which country?
Answer: Russia

Question: ‘Play the ball as it lies’ is one of the rules of which sport?
Answer: Golf

Question: Which make-up brand is advertised as ‘The make-up of make-up artists’?
Answer: Max Factor

Question: How many hotels are there in a game of Monopoly?
Answer: 9 inches

Question: How wide, in inches, is the width of  a wicket in a game of cricket?
Answer: 9 inches

Question: Which martial art means ‘The way of the sword’?
Answer: Kendo

Question: What are Queen Elizabeth II’s racing colours?
Answer: Purple and scarlet

Question: Batterhead, Flam and Rimshot are all terms associated with which musical instrument?
Answer: Drum

Question: What is the name of the famous London museum which houses the most famous collection of wax figures in the world?
Answer: Madame Tussauds

Question: Lithology is the study of which natural substance?
Answer: Rocks

Question: An octadecagon has how many sides?
Answer: 18

Question: Sn is the symbol for which chemical element?
Answer: Tin

Question: Harris, Lewis and Donegal are all types of which fabric?
Answer: Tweed

Question: Souchong is a black variety of what?
Answer: Tea

Question: Who played Squadron Leader Peter Carter, who cheated death, in the 1946 film ‘A Matter of Life and Death’?
Answer: David Niven

Question: What is the name of the python in Rudyard Kipling’s novel ‘The Jungle Book’?
Answer: Kaa

Question: Who won the 1994 Men’s Singles Finals at Wimbledon?
Answer: Pete Sampras

Question: In British politics, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from November 1990 to May 1993?
Answer: Norman Lamont

Question: Erica Roe, Michael O’Brien and Mark Roberts are all famous for doing what at sports venues?
Answer: Streaking

Question: English monarch Richard I is known by what nickname?
Answer: Richard the Lionheart

Question: Who’s got ‘A Lovely Daughter’ in the 1965 hit by Herman’s Hermits?
Answer: Mrs Brown

Question: A ‘Simoon’ is what type of weather condition?
Answer: Wind

Question: French, Butterfly, Spiderman and Eskimo are all types of what?
Answer: Kiss

Question: The ‘Palmer Method’, developed by Austin Palmer, is a system used in what?
Answer: Handwriting

Question: What do all the numbers on a standard roulette wheel add up to?
Answer: 666

Question: The Luna 17 spacecraft was launched by which country in November 1970?
Answer: Russia (Soviet Union)

Question: Who became English monarch in May 1660?
Answer: King Charles II

Question: In shooting, if two birds is a brace, what is the term for three birds?
Answer: A leash

Question: Which two colour balls were introduced into the game of ‘Snooker Plus’ in 1959?
Answer: Purple and Orange

Question: In 1979, which nation was the first to give limited rights to same-sex couples in a scheme called ‘Unregistered Cohabitation’?
Answer: Netherlands

Question: Actresses Judi Dench, Helen Mirren and Maggie Smith all hold which title?
Answer: Dame

Question: What is the middle name of cartoon character Donald Duck?
Answer: Fauntleroy

Question: Which colour light indicates the port side of a ship?
Answer: Red

Question: How many players are on the field at one time in an American Football team?
Answer: Eleven

Question: ZZ Tripp is a tribute band to which famous band?
Answer: ZZ Top

Question: SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) is located in which European country?
Answer: Belgium

Question: The 1968 MCC tour of South Africa was cancelled when the South Africans refused to accept the presence of which England cricket player?
Answer: Basil D’Oliveira

Question: What is the name of the holiday camp in the UK television series ‘Hi De Hi’?
Answer: Maplins

Question: In 1966, in an interview with a London Evening Standard reporter, which Beatle stated that they had become ‘More popular than Jesus’?
Answer: John Lennon

Question: What was the name of the Belfast shipyard in which RMS Titanic was built?
Answer: Harland and Wolff

Question: Which actor became the 38th Governor of California, USA in 2003?
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Question: Who was the second wife of US actor Tom Cruise?
Answer: Nicole Kidman

Question: The ‘Squiddy Awards’ (or The Squiddies) are awarded for achievement in what type of publication?
Answer: Comics

Question: American author John Steinbeck was born in which US state?
Answer: California

Question: In astronomy, the ‘Aurora Borealis’ is better known by what name?
Answer: The Northern Lights

Question: The James Bond film ‘You Only Live Twice’ is set in which country?
Answer: Japan

Question: Which two English footballers had a hit single with ‘Diamond Lights’ in 1987?
Answer: Glenn Hoddle and Chris Waddle

Question: Who wrote ‘If you can keep your head when all about you/Are losing theirs and blaming it on you….’?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Question: How many noggins are in an Imperial pint?
Answer: Four

Question: Who played Phil Archer in the BBC radio series ‘The Archers’?
Answer: Norman Painting

Question: ‘Lovers of the Stinking Rose’ have a great fondness for what?
Answer: Garlic

Question: Broken Heart, Charley Horse, Wish Bone and Brain Freeze are all parts of which board game?
Answer: Operation

Question: In a standard game of chess, how many bishops does each player start with?
Answer: Two

Question: The Nansen Basin contains the lowest part of which ocean?
Answer: Arctic ocean

Question: How many vowels are in the English alphabet?
Answer: Five

Question: What is the surname of Del-boy and Rodney in the UK television series ‘Only Fools and Horses’?
Answer: Trotter

Question: What colour ‘Haze’ is the title of a 1967 hit by Jimi Hendrix?
Answer: Purple

Question: What is the capital of France?
Answer: Paris

Question: Which US singer is known by the nickname J Lo?
Answer: Jennifer Lopez

Question: On which fictional planet was Superman born?
Answer: Krypton

Question: If something is biannual how often does it occur?
Answer: Twice a year

Question: Which English artist painted ‘The Hay Wain’?
Answer: John Constable

Question: Which nuts are traditionally used to make pesto sauce?
Answer: Pine nuts

Question: Bill Oddie, Tim Brook Taylor and Graeme Garden created and starred in which UK television sketch show?
Answer: The Goodies

Question: How many holes are there, usually, in a ten-pin bowling ball?
Answer: Three

Question: A spinone is what type of animal?
Answer: Dog

Question: David Vine, David Coleman and Sue Barker have all hosted which BBC television quiz show?
Answer: A Question of Sport

Question: Which motorcycle stuntman set a world record in February 1971, by jumping 19 cars?
Answer: Evel Knievel

Question: The US citizenship of which American Civil War General was restored in 1975?
Answer: General Robert E Lee

Question: What is the title of the only ‘Dirty Harry’ film directed by Clint Eastwood?
Answer: Sudden Impact

Question: Which animal is the symbol of the US Republican Political Party?
Answer: Elephant

Question: How deep, in feet, is a fathom?
Answer: Six feet

Question: The drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamin) is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Ecstasy

Question: How many Triple Letter squares are on a standard Scrabble board?
Answer: 12

Question: What colour ‘Cadillac’ did Bruce Springsteen sing about in 1984?
Answer: Pink