Question: Completed in 1973 and made into a World Heritage site in 2007, which building was designed by Jorn Utzon on Bennelong Point?
Answer: Sydney Opera House

Question: The Survivor song "Eye of the Tiger" was the theme tune to which film?
Answer: Rocky

Question: The word "jute", describing the fibre used in the making of canvas, gunny and similar materials, is derived from which Asian language?
Answer: Bengali

Question: What is the capital city of Slovakia?
Answer: Bratislava

Question: To which family of birds do the Razorbill and the Guillemot belong?
Answer: Auks

Question: Which motor manufacturer produces the Berlingo MPV and van?
Answer: Citroen

Question: Ellen Terry was painted by Lady Macbeth in a celebrated work by which artist?
Answer: John Singer Sargent

Question: Perth, in Scotland, stands on the banks of which river?
Answer: The River Tay

Question: In which 1986 film did Patsy Kensit star alongside Eddie O'Connell?
Answer: Absolute Beginners

Question: Who wrote the novel "The Water Babies"?
Answer: Charles Kingsley

Question: From what Asian language is the word "batik", to describe a means of dyeing cloth using wax to shield certain areas from the process, derived?
Answer: Javanese

Question: Now in the "Galleria dell'Accademia" in Florence, the Renaissance masterpiece, 'The Statue of David" is by which sculptor?
Answer: Michelangelo

Question: Which actor has appeared in the most "Carry On" films making a total of 26 appearances?
Answer: Kenneth Williams

Question: Which motor-manufacturer produces a model called the Scenic?
Answer: Renault

Question: Which battle, the first major engagement of the Crimean War took place on 20th September 1854?
Answer: The Battle of the Alma

Question: After rising near Mallerstang in the Yorkshire Dales, which river flows through Kirkby Stephen arc Appleby-in-Westmoreland on its way to the sea?
Answer: The River Eden

Question: Who wrote the novel "Barchester Towers"?
Answer: Anthony Trollope

Question: What commissioned rank in the British Army is equivalent to that of Air Commodore in the Royal Air Force?
Answer: Brigadier

Question: Designed by Edvard Eriksen, which bronze statue in Copenhagen is based on a Hans Christian Andersen character?
Answer: The Little Mermaid

Question: What is the principal currency unit of Paraguay?
Answer: The Guarani

Question: """Mr Tom Piperson"" features in which of Beatrix Potter's stories?"
Answer: The Tale of Pigling Bland

Question: Near which northern town, now a city, did the last battle of the English Civil War take place, in 1648?
Answer: Preston

Question: Which dancing troupe was founded by irishwoman Margaret Kelly at the Folies Bergere, France in 1932?
Answer: Bluebell Girls

Question: What character did Ursula Andress play in the Bond film "Dr No"?
Answer: Honey Rider

Question: Which philosopher was a tutor to Alexander the Great?
Answer: Aristotle

Question: The Quetzal is the principal unit of currency of which country?
Answer: Guatemala

Question: The songs 'Too darn hot" and "True love" come from which Cole Porter musical which was filmed in 1956 starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly?
Answer: High Society

Question: What medical term is used for convulsions which arise from severe toxaemia during or shortly after childbirth?
Answer: Eclampsia

Question: In 1981, which American athlete became the first man to run the 110m Hurdles in under 13 seconds?
Answer: Renaldo Nehemiah

Question: Which actor was born David McDonald in Scotland in 1971, taking his stage name from a member of the Pet Shop Boys?
Answer: David Tennant

Question: What is traditionally given to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary in the UK?
Answer: Diamond

Question: What method of selling, involves starting at a price and then dropping it until a buyer is found?
Answer: Dutch Auction

Question: Which film and TV actor is the son of actress Wanda Ventham?
Answer: Benedict Cumberbatch

Question: More famous for a series of crime stories, who wrote the 1891 adventure story ‘The White Company’?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Question: Who played Captain Phillips in the 2013 film of that name?
Answer: Tom Hanks

Question: In 1981, which was the first Space Shuttle to be launched into orbit?
Answer: Columbia

Question: A flittermouse is an archaic name for which animal?
Answer: Bat

Question: In Islam, what is the meaning of the word Haram as in Boko Haram?
Answer: Sinful/not Halal/not lawful/illegal/forbidden

Question: Which town on the A49 is almost midway between Ludlow and Hereford?
Answer: Leominster

Question: Graham Moffatt played Albert alongside which comedian in a series of films in the 1930s?
Answer: Will Hay

Question: Which Scottish patriot was executed on 23rd August 1305 in London?
Answer: William Wallace

Question: Protium and tritium are isotopes of which element?
Answer: Hydrogen

Question: Who did Francois Hollande succeed as French President in 2012?
Answer: Nicolas Sarkozy

Question: In Hans Anderson’s tale, the princess could feel the presence of a pea under how many mattresses?
Answer: Twenty

Question: Charles Guiteau assassinated which US President in 1881?
Answer: James A Garfield

Question: What is the name of the Swedish arms manufacturing company formed in 1646 and located in Karlskoga?
Answer: Bofors

Question: The late James Avery played Uncle Phil in which 1990s US TV series?
Answer: The Fresh Prince of Bel Air

Question: Julius was the Christian name of which Bond villain in the eponymous 1958 novel later filmed?
Answer: Dr No

Question: Which European country has had four kings named Valdemar in the Middle Ages?
Answer: Denmark

Question: What form of carbon was first isolated by Dr Andire Geim and Kostya Novoselov of Manchester University - ts development earned them a Nobel Prize in 2010?
Answer: Graphene

Question: Name either of the two Rolling Stones top ten UK hits of the 1980s.
Answer: Emotional Rescue OR Start Me Up

Question: What was US tennis player Billie Jean King’s maiden name?
Answer: Moffitt

Question: Which cloud formation is abbreviated to Sc?
Answer: Stratocumulus

Question: In Malay it means muddy estuary; what is the capital of Malaysia?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: Which film and TV actress is the daughter of Dame Diana Rigg?
Answer: Rachel Stirling

Question: Which French author wrote the 1850 adventure story The Black Tulip ?
Answer: Alexandre Dumas

Question: In the Bible who was “comforted” by Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar?
Answer: Job

Question: In surveying, what is measured by a goniometer?
Answer: Angles

Question: In the 2013 film, who played The Railway Man’ of the title?
Answer: Colin Firth

Question: What was the last Space Shuttle to orbit the Earth, doing so on the 21st July 2011?
Answer: Atlantis

Question: Who was the leader and pianist of the group ‘Brasil 66’?
Answer: Sergio Mendes

Question: Which town is on the A6 almost midway between Buxton and Matlock?
Answer: Bakewell

Question: For which Rugby Union club does Leigh Halfpenny play?
Answer: Toulon

Question: According to Shakespeare which king rode a horse called ‘White Surrey’?
Answer: Richard III

Question: How many atoms make up one molecule of ozone?
Answer: Three

Question: Which French singer/songwriter and former model is married to Nicolas Sarkozy and was romantically linked to Mick Jagger in the early 1990s?
Answer: Carla Bruni

Question: In the Washington Irving short story, for how many years did Rip van Winkle sleep in the Catskill Mountains?
Answer: Twenty

Question: Leon Frank Czolgosz assassinated which US president in 1901?
Answer: William McKinley

Question: Which company -whose factory was in North London-made the standard 303 British Army issue rifle?
Answer: Lee Enfield

Question: On television who played Dr Elizabeth Corday in the medical drama ER, and River Song in Dr Who?
Answer: Alex Kingston

Question: What was the Christian name of the Bond villain Goldfinger?
Answer: Auric