Question: The fungal infection dermatophytosis is better known by what misleading name?
Answer: Ringworm

Question: Derived from the description of a skinned herb, what old English word means a bald-headed man?
Answer: Pilgarlic

Question: In geology, particles of what range from 0.0625mm to 2mm?
Answer: Sand

Question: What UK city is a person metaphorically 'sent to' when ignored or ostracized by a group?
Answer: Coventry

Question: Madison Avenue is an American term for what industry?
Answer: Advertising

Question: Which compound, from the bark of the Cinchona tree, and used in tonic water, was the first effective drug used to treat malaria?
Answer: Quinine

Question: In the Bible, after killing his brother Abel, Cain fled to the land of where?
Answer: Nod

Question: In which country was Osama bin Laden born?
Answer: Saudi Arabia

Question: Which metallic element is refined from Cassiterite, SnO2?
Answer: Tin

Question: A cachalot - an old French word for tooth - is better known as what creature, the largest living toothed animal?
Answer: Sperm Whale

Question: Created by the Hoover Dam, what is the largest manmade lake/reservoir in the US?
Answer: Lake Mead

Question: In geometry and mathematics, what is an angle of less than 90 degrees?
Answer: Acute

Question: Greek jeweller Sotirio Voulgaris founded which luxury goods brand, noted for its capitalized branding including Latin-style V for a U?
Answer: Bulgari

Question: Where are the Carnac Stones, the largest megalithic site of its kind anywhere, containing over 3,000 huge rocks erected by pre-Celtic people c.4,000-3,300BC?
Answer: Brittany

Question: How many litres (or liters) are in a cubic metre?
Answer: 1,000

Question: As at 2011 what four countries have the world's largest railway networks?
Answer: USA, Russia, China, India

Question: Which planet (in terms of its orbit) is between Saturn and Neptune?
Answer: Uranus

Question: Name the founder of psychoanalysis who wrote the The Interpretation of Dreams, and Beyond the Pleasure Principle?
Answer: Sigmund Freud

Question: In 1968 the Treaty of Tlatelolco was drafted by the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean to keep their region of the world free of what?
Answer: Nuclear weapons

Question: The team sport Bandy (or Russian Hockey) is played on what surface?
Answer: Ice

Question: Known also in the US and elswhere as President, what traditionally and descriptively is the most senior position in a company and other hierarchical organizations?
Answer: Chairman

Question: Stephen Covey's first hugely popular guide to business and life is called The Seven 'what' of Highly Successful People?
Answer: Habits

Question: The Han ethnic group of people, the largest in the world, is native to which country?
Answer: China

Question: What is Tesco's US 'neighborhood' grocery chain brand, founded in 2007 with HQ in California?
Answer: Fresh & Easy

Question: Traditionally the largest book publishers trade show in the world, where in Germany is the (city name) Book Fair held each October?
Answer: Frankfurt

Question: In Western Christianity what is the first day of Lent?
Answer: Ash Wednesday

Question: The traditionally shaped sound-holes in instruments such as violins and cellos are referred to by what letter of the alphabet?
Answer: F

Question: To what countries do these two-letter country-code domains belong?
Answer: Australia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, South Africa

Question: To what note is the fourth string (fourth highest in pitch) on a standard six-string guitar normally tuned?
Answer: D

Question: What famous 1945 book includes the first of seven commandments, "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy."?
Answer: Animal Farm

Question: What chemical element has the symbol S?
Answer: Sulphur

Question: Yandex, in 2011 probably the largest internet company flotation after Google in 2004, was founded and dominates web searching in which country?
Answer: Russia

Question: The fourth film in what movie series is subtitled 'On Stranger Tides'?
Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean

Question: What country announced a sales ban on the yeast extract Marmite in 2011 due to its law forbidding vitamin additives?
Answer: Denmark

Question: As at 2010, how many bicycles are in the world, compared to motor cars?
Answer: Double

Question: Name the UK state owned bookmaker, set up by Winston Churchill when Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1928?
Answer: The Tote

Question: The elusive and increasingly rare omnivorous bird, tetrax tetrax, nicknamed in French 'the farting chicken', is more commonly called the Little what?
Answer: Bustard

Question: Christine Lagarde emerged as a candidate to succeed 'DSK' as head of what organization following his 2011 arrest on rape charges?
Answer: Imf

Question: What, mainly, is the 'lava' in a conventional lava lamp?
Answer: Wax

Question: What manufacturer, sharing its name with a more hi-tech mode of transport, recalled its US pushchair products in 2009 and paid substantial compensation elsewhere following (alleged) injuries to children's fingers in hinges?
Answer: McLaren

Question: The quirky activity in the news in Australia due to its first fatality, previously called 'the lying down game', became an internet photo craze now known by what less obvious name?
Answer: Planking

Question: A threat to air travel in 2011, Grimsvotn is a?
Answer: Icelandic volcano

Question: Tamara Mellon co-founded (with the person after whom the company is named) what fashion label, sold for £500m in 2011?
Answer: Jimmy Choo

Question: What strongly branded devolutionary initiative, central to the UK Tory Party's 2010 general election campaign, was relaunched (again, after three previous attempts) in 2011?
Answer: Big Society

Question: Manal al-Sherif was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2011 for posting a protest video of herself doing what, which is effectively banned for women?
Answer: Driving

Question: What 2008 internet start-up company did Twitter buy in 2011 that enables customized use of its microblogging service?
Answer: Tweetdeck

Question: What colour/color is used to describe a seared steak (of beef) - cooked very quickly and very rare, just one stage from being raw?
Answer: Blue

Question: Originating in French, from the French word for bicycle and the Greek word for course, what is a track cycling arena called?
Answer: Velodrome

Question: A 2011 exposé revealed that a 2007 party in Budapest held by German insurance company Hamburg-Mannheimer for its top sales people included awards of what, colour-coded according to graded entitlement?
Answer: Prostitutes

Question: What world renowned academy, originated in 1741, relocated to Camberley, Surrey in 1947, has the motto, "Serve to Lead"?
Answer: Sandhurst

Question: When acid rain is caused by power generation plants, normally what acid does it contain?
Answer: Nitric acid

Question: Thingvalla Lake is in which country?
Answer: Iceland

Question: In 2006, Romania banned sturgeon fishing in which river?
Answer: Danube

Question: As at 2011 who is the world's youngest self-made billionaire?
Answer: Mark Zuckerberg

Question: In what Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark' ?
Answer: Hamlet

Question: Campione d'Italia, is an Italian enclave in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: What large dangerous short-snouted variety of creature, from India, is a mugger?
Answer: Crocodile

Question: Name the South African record-breaking Paralympic sprinter known as the 'Blade Runner' (referring to his carbon-fibre artificial limbs)?
Answer: Oscar Pistorius

Question: On which part of the body would Russian valenki normally be worn?
Answer: Feet

Question: Norwegian politican, Trygve Lie, was the first Secretary General of which organisation?
Answer: The United Nations

Question: What popular rosy-cheeked animal character, launched on UK TV in 2004, was licensed to US Fisher Price Toys in 2011?
Answer: Peppa Pig