Question: Northern Rhodesia is now known by what name?
Answer: Zambia

Question: Thermodynamics is the study of what?
Answer: Heat

Question: A ‘Nelipot’ is someone who is said to walk without what?
Answer: Shoes

Question: Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II, had what middle name?
Answer: Rose

Question: Which English world professional darts player walks onto the stage to the tune of ‘We Are The Champions’ by Queen?
Answer: Bobby George

Question: Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is in which country?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: What was the name of the first US space station, launched in 1973?
Answer: Skylab

Question: What breed of dog is a Blenheim?
Answer: Spaniel

Question: In medicine, dysphonia is difficulty in doing what?
Answer: Speaking

Question: Sophie, Mark and Jeremy are the three main characters in which UK Channel 4 television series?
Answer: Peep Show

Question: What type of animal is a chital?
Answer: Deer

Question: Who won the gold medal in light-heavyweight boxing in the 1960 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali)

Question: US actress Susan Tomalin is better known by what name?
Answer: Susan Sarandon

Question: Who plays Dr John Becker in the US television series ‘Becker’?
Answer: Ted Danson

Question: Freetown is the capital of which African country?
Answer: Sierra Leone

Question: Russian doctor Ivan Pavlov was known for his experiments on which animals?
Answer: Dogs

Question: Which British monarch died in October 1760?
Answer: King George II

Question: In nature, what are Spring and Neap?
Answer: Tides

Question: The Singapura is one of the smallest breeds of which animal?
Answer: Cat

Question: The First World War began during which month of 1914?
Answer: July

Question: Who wrote the 1963 novel ‘Ice Station Zebra’?
Answer: Alistair MacLean

Question: ‘The Fight of the Millennium’ took place in Las Vegas in September 1999 between Felix Trinidad and which other boxer?
Answer: Oscar de la Hoya

Question: In which year was the maximum speed limit of 70 mph introduced in the UK?
Answer: 1965

Question: What was the name of the speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr in Washington DC in August 1963?
Answer: I Have a Dream

Question: Roman Abramovich bought which English football club in 2003?
Answer: Chelsea FC

Question: Phobophobia is the irrational fear of developing a what?
Answer: Phobia

Question: Which famous British graffiti artist describes himself as a ‘Quality Vandal’?
Answer: Banksy

Question: Mount Tiede is a volcanic peak in which group of islands?
Answer: Canary Islands

Question: What is the title of J K Rowling’s first book for adults?
Answer: The Casual Vacancy

Question: If a creature is ‘Abranchiate’ what does it not have?
Answer: Gills

Question: The Kosheh Massacre took place in which African country in 2000?
Answer: Egypt

Question: How many stations are there on the Chicago ‘L’ rail system?
Answer: 145

Question: Actor and theatre producer Bill Kenwright became chairman of which English football club in 2004?
Answer: Everton FC

Question: The Parietal lobe and Temporal lobe are part of which organ of the body?
Answer: Brain

Question: How many white stripes are there on the national flag of Greece?
Answer: Four

Question: ‘Poor Man’s Weather Glass’ is another name for which plant, the flowers of which only open when the sun shines?
Answer: Scarlet Pimpernel

Question: In which US city was Senator Robert F Kennedy assassinated in June 1968?
Answer: Los Angeles

Question: Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War?
Answer: General Robert E Lee

Question: Which London university was founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design?
Answer: Royal College of Art

Question: How many tiles are there in a standard game of Scrabble?
Answer: 100

Question: The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire was the birthplace of which 19th Century naturalist?
Answer: Charles Darwin

Question: ‘The Beehive’ is the common name of the Executive Wing of the parliamentary building in which country?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Which modern-day country was known as the Khmer Republic between 1970 and 1975?
Answer: Cambodia

Question: The wine Retsina is native to which European country?
Answer: Greece

Question: Who became British Prime Minister in June 2007?
Answer: Gordon Brown

Question: The Naga Viper is what type of foodstuff?
Answer: Chilli pepper

Question: Who hosted the ‘$64,000 Question’ on British television?
Answer: Bob Monkhouse

Question: Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim holiday which marks the end of what?
Answer: Ramadan

Question: In the novel ‘The Lord of the Rings’, who is the King of Rohan?
Answer: Theoden

Question: Which historic figure was reputed to have said ‘The die is cast’ as they stood at the edge of the Rubicon River?
Answer: Julius Caeser

Question: A sheepshead is what type of creature?
Answer: Fish

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the King of Corinth, condemned to eternal punishment for deceitfulness to push a heavy rock up a steep hill which would always roll down again?
Answer: Sisyphus

Question: What is the capital of Belarus?
Answer: Minsk

Question: The tune to which pop song is used in the UK television advert ‘Confused.com’?
Answer: Ymca

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ubi fumis ibi ignis’ translate to in English?
Answer: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

Question: In which English palace was British politician Winston Churchill born?
Answer: Blenheim Palace

Question: The ptarmigan belongs to which bird family?
Answer: Grouse

Question: A cartomaniac is a collector of what?
Answer: Maps

Question: Juliana was the queen of which European country between 1948 and 1980?
Answer: Netherlands

Question: Composer Joseph-Maurice Ravel was born in which country?
Answer: France

Question: In football, which British goalkeeper was known as ‘The Cat’?
Answer: Peter Bonetti

Question: Which city has the largest port in Europe?
Answer: Rotterdam

Question: Pyrosis is the medical tern for which common complaint?
Answer: Heartburn

Question: The Oaks horse race is run at which British race course?
Answer: Epsom Downs

Question: Turkey, Clover, Nadler and Gutter are all terms used in which game?
Answer: Ten-pin bowling

Question: Hirci is the hair on which part of the body?
Answer: Armpit (axilla)

Question: Cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was born in which country?
Answer: South Africa

Question: The Athabasca oil sands are large deposits of heavy crude oil located in which country?
Answer: Canada

Question: Disco Volante is the name of Emilio Largo’s yacht in which James Bond film?
Answer: Thunderball

Question: Who wrote the 1952 book ‘The Borrowers’?
Answer: Mary Norton

Question: ‘The curfew tolls the knell of parting day’ is the first line of which poem?
Answer: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Question: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was Member of Parliament for which London borough?
Answer: Finchley

Question: A seismograph is an instrument which measures and records details of what?
Answer: Earthquakes

Question: Who played Sir James bond in the 1967 comedy spy film ‘Casino Royale’?
Answer: David Niven

Question: What is Madame Bovary’s first name in the 1856 novel by Gustave Flaubert?
Answer: Emma

Question: On a QWERTY keyboard, which two letters have raised marks to assist with touch typing?
Answer: F and J

Question: Who is the Roman goddess of the dawn?
Answer: Aurora

Question: What is the name of the first three Michelin Star restaurant in England?
Answer: La Gavroche

Question: A Silver Jubilee is the anniversary of how many years of a significant event?
Answer: 25

Question: The Blisworth Canal Tunnel is in which English county?
Answer: Northamptonshire

Question: What was the maiden name of Prince Charles’ second wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall?
Answer: Shand

Question: Atonement, Enduring Love and Solar are all novels by which Author?
Answer: Ian McEwan