Question: In the 1971 film ‘Willard’, the title character has a strange affinity for which creatures?
Answer: Rats

Question: The 1992 film ‘Candyman’ is based on which short story by Clive Barker?
Answer: The Forbidden

Question: The plot of which 1999 film revolves around a giant, 30-foot long man-eating crocodile of Black Lake, Maine?
Answer: Lake Placid

Question: Daniel Radcliffe stars as solicitor Arthur Kipps in which 2012 film?
Answer: The Woman in Black

Question: What type of fruit is a Comice?
Answer: Pear

Question: A Saturniid is what type of creature?
Answer: Moth

Question: Who released a 1980 album entitled ‘Tennis’?
Answer: Chris Rea

Question: A polynya is a stretch of open water surrounded by what?
Answer: Sea ice

Question: In British politics, who had the nickname ‘The Beast of Bolsover’?
Answer: Dennis Skinner

Question: Avian influenza affects which type of creatures?
Answer: Birds

Question: Bubble Eye, Shubunkin and Oranda are all types of which creature?
Answer: Goldfish

Question: On a standard dartboard, which number lies between 13 and 18?
Answer: 4

Question: What is the profession of Bill Murray’s character in the 1993 film ‘Groundhog Day’?
Answer: Weatherman

Question: Ornithophobia is the irrational fear of which creatures?
Answer: Birds

Question: The town of Purgatory is in which US state?
Answer: Maine

Question: What was the first scheduled television programme to be shown in the UK on BBC2?
Answer: Play School

Question: Which English agriculturalist developed a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701?
Answer: Jethro Tull

Question: British comedian Michael Joseph Pennington is better known by what name?
Answer: Johnny Vegas

Question: The National Art Library is in which London museum?
Answer: Victoria and Albert Museum

Question: Which famous monument stands in the centre of the ‘Place Charles de Gaulle’ in Paris?
Answer: Arc de Triomphe

Question: Which US musician launched ‘Mansinthe’, his own brand of Absinthe in 2007?
Answer: Marilyn Manson

Question: Which ship picked up over 700 Titanic survivors in April 1912?
Answer: RMS Carpathia

Question: Austria is divided into how many states?
Answer: Nine

Question: How many bones are in the human neck?
Answer: Seven

Question: Which chemical element is also know as ‘Inflammable Air’?
Answer: Hydrogen

Question: In the nursery rhyme, ‘…who…put the kettle on?
Answer: Polly

Question: In which European city was writer and poet Oscar Wilde born?
Answer: Dublin

Question: What do the interior angles of an octagon add up to in degrees?
Answer: 1080

Question: What is the title of the theme tune to BBC radio’s ‘Desert Island Discs’?
Answer: By the Sleepy Lagoon

Question: In Greek mythology, who was condemned to the eternal task of rolling a large stone up to the top of a hill, from which it always rolled down again?
Answer: Sisyphus

Question: Which member of The Beatles used the pseudonym L’Angelo Misterioso?
Answer: George Harrison

Question: In cookery, ‘agneau’ is French for which meat?
Answer: Lamb

Question: Which energy drink is advertised with the slogan ‘…..gives you wings’?
Answer: Red Bull

Question: A pontil is a metal rod used in the process of what?
Answer: Glassblowing

Question: What colour are the flowers of the saw-wort?
Answer: Purple

Question: A Schick test is a skin test for previously acquired immunity to which disease?
Answer: Diptheria

Question: Jafar, Abu and Iago are all characters in which Disney film?
Answer: Aladdin

Question: Who became the Mayor of New York City in 2002?
Answer: Michael Bloomberg

Question: The Scales represent which sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: Libra

Question: Which English Rugby Union team play their home games at Franklins Gardens?
Answer: Northampton Saints

Question: Who plays the politician who becomes the boyfriend of Jennifer Lopez in the 2003 film ‘Maid in Manhattan’?
Answer: Ralph Fiennes

Question: What was jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke’s first name?
Answer: Leon

Question: What is the name given to a word or sentence which reads the same forwards and backwards?
Answer: Palindrome

Question: Which 20th Century American artist was well known for his unique style of ‘Drip Painting’?
Answer: Jackson Pollock

Question: Gary Burrell and Min Kao founded which US-based navigation systems company in 1989?
Answer: Garmin

Question: Morty and Ferdie are the nephews of which cartoon character?
Answer: Mickey Mouse

Question: What type of bird is a kookaburra?
Answer: Kingfisher

Question: In Greek mythology, the 100 eyes of watchman Argus were placed on the tail of which bird by Juno, after he fell asleep, closing all of his eyes?
Answer: Peacock

Question: What is the national flower of France?
Answer: Fleur de Lis (Iris)

Question: The city of Samara is in which European country?
Answer: Russia

Question: Pruritus is the medical name for which skin condition in humans?
Answer: Itching

Question: ‘Miercoles’ is the Spanish name for which day of the week?
Answer: Wednesday

Question: What type of creature is a quarrion?
Answer: Bird – parrot

Question: What is the geometric figure or design which represents the universe in Hindu or Buddhist symbolism?
Answer: Mandala

Question: In heraldry, a bar sinister, a broad diagonal stripe from top right to bottom left on a shield, was supposed to signify what?
Answer: Bastardy

Question: Which tennis player won the 2005 Wimbledon Men’s Finals?
Answer: Roger Federer

Question: In which 1979 film did Pierce Brosnan make his movie debut as an IRA hitman?
Answer: The Long Good Friday

Question: What is the longest chapter in a book of the Bible?
Answer: Psalm 119

Question: What is the branch of medicine called that is concerned with the causes and effects of disease?
Answer: Pathology

Question: Flora, Merryweather and King Hubert are all characters in which Disney film?
Answer: Sleeping Beauty

Question: In which country was actress Audrey Hepburn born?
Answer: Belguim

Question: Pearl and Moonstone are traditional modern birthstones for which month of the year?
Answer: June

Question: In religion, what is the name of the place where Sikhs come together for congregational worship?
Answer: A Gurdwara

Question: Josephine Cochran(e) made which first practical mechanical household appliance in 1886?
Answer: Dishwasher

Question: The Sudirman Cup is a challenge trophy contested by mixed teams in which sport?
Answer: Badminton

Question: Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson play the head butler and housekeeper in which 1993 film?
Answer: The Remains of the Day

Question: The European city of Rome lies on which river?
Answer: The Tiber

Question: Isaan is the northeast region of which Asian country?
Answer: Thailand

Question: Which scientist wrote a letter in 1704 in which he predicted the end of the world in 2060 after studying Biblical texts?
Answer: Sir Isaac Newton

Question: Which actress played Sid James’ wife in the UK television series ‘Bless This House’?
Answer: Diana Coupland

Question: The medical condition ‘epicondylitis’ is better known by what name?
Answer: Tennis elbow

Question: What was the name of the river by which Julius Caesar stood when he reputedly said ‘The die has been cast’?
Answer: The Rubicon River

Question: Which bird is the symbol of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)?
Answer: Avocet

Question: In the UK television series ‘Hollyoaks’, which musical instrument does Rhys Ashworth play?
Answer: Drums

Question: Retinol is a form of which vitamin?
Answer: Vitamin A

Question: A ‘Ruby-tailed’ is what type of creature?
Answer: Wasp

Question: The town of Ilkley in Yorkshire lies on which river?
Answer: River Wharfe

Question: In which year was the first Olympic Commemorative Coin minted?
Answer: 1951

Question: What is the name of the traditional Japanese hand-concealed weapon, often in the form of a star with projecting blades or points?
Answer: Shuriken