Question: 'Roadhouse' is the ironic US Secret Service codename for what famous standard-setting luxury Art Deco hotel at 301 Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York City?
Answer: Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Question: What is the international telephone dialling code for France?
Answer: 33

Question: On a conventional piano keyboard, what note is the white key which immediately follows the two black notes together (as distinct from the three black notes together)?
Answer: E

Question: Name the 1959 instrumental piece by The Dave Brubeck Quartet - arguably the first ever mainstream jazz hit record - whose title referred to its unusual 5/4 time-signature?
Answer: Take Five

Question: What African capital city is regarded as the largest French-speaking city after Paris?
Answer: Kinshasa

Question: How many centimetres are in a foot, to two decimal places?
Answer: 30.48

Question: What plant and source of starch, used in cooking and medicine, is named after the Arawak word aru-aru, meaning 'meal of meals', and also by association with its use in treating poisoned arrow wounds?
Answer: Arrowroot

Question: On which British comedian's (technically comedienne's) US TV show did The Simpsons first appear?
Answer: Tracey Ullman

Question: In what century was the Indian mausoleum the Taj Mahal built?
Answer: 17th

Question: Created in 1949 and used by the US Air Force, Sierra Sam was the first what?
Answer: Crash Test Dummy

Question: What is the surname of the famous German brother fairy tale writers, Jacob and Wilhelm?
Answer: Grimm

Question: What is the square root of 441?
Answer: 21

Question: What is the more common name of the oak nut?
Answer: Acorn

Question: What area in square metres is a hectare?
Answer: 10,000

Question: What iconic Wrigley brand, launched in 1893, is considered the first product bought using a barcode scanner?
Answer: Juicy Fruit

Question: Penthesilea, Myrine and Hippolyte were queens of which legendary warrior people?
Answer: Amazons

Question: A solution of magnesium hydroxide in water is better known by what name?
Answer: Milk of Magnesia

Question: In the Bible, which of the apostles refused to believe in the resurrection until he had seen and touched Christ?
Answer: Saint Thomas

Question: Latrodectism is a clinical syndrome caused by the bite of which creature?
Answer: Spider

Question: Emily Watson played which famous cellist in the film 'Hilary and Jackie'?
Answer: Jaqueline du Pre

Question: Conkers are the fruit of which tree?
Answer: Horse chestnut

Question: Who or what is Goodluck Jonathan?
Answer: 14th President of Nigeria

Question: What corporation (as at 2011) owns and operates the Norton internet security product range?
Answer: Symantec

Question: Noi Boi International Airport serves (and rhymes with the second syllable of) which Asian city?
Answer: Hanoi

Question: Beehive, Chonmage and Hoxton Fin are types of what?
Answer: Hairstyles

Question: What is a plane figure with nine straight sides and nine angles?
Answer: Nonagon

Question: The classic 1892 comedy novel written by George and Weedon Grossmith is 'Diary of a 'what'?
Answer: Nobody

Question: How many cubic inches are in a cubic foot?
Answer: 1,728

Question: Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) affects which insect?
Answer: Bee

Question: Winnie Madikizela are the first names of the ex-wife of which iconic leader?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: Andre Serrano's controversial 1987 artwork destroyed by 'anti-blasphemists' in 2011 in Avignon, France, was subtitled 'Immersion (what)'?
Answer: Piss Christ

Question: What is the chemical formula for laughing gas (nitrous oxide)?
Answer: N2O

Question: In a standard deck of playing cards, which is normally the only king without a moustache?
Answer: King of Hearts

Question: Which chemical element, not found as a free element on Earth, has the atomic number 9 and the symbol F?
Answer: Fluorine

Question: Which motor company won the contract in May 2011 to provide the next generation of New York's yellow taxis?
Answer: Nissan

Question: What city has c.520 miles of shoreline?
Answer: New York

Question: What is the (usually somewhat aspirational) meaning of Latin term Ad Astra, often used in slogans and marketing?
Answer: To the Stars

Question: What organization, loosely translated from Arabic to mean 'the Base' or 'maxim' or 'methodology', was founded in 1988 in Peshewar, Pakistan?
Answer: Al-Qaida

Question: (According to the International Telecommunications Union) how many SMS/text messages were sent globally in 2010?
Answer: 6.1trillion

Question: Name the Chinese social networking website (whose name translates to mean 'everyone') which when converting to a public company on the US stock exchange in 2011 became the first major social networking company flotation?
Answer: RenRen

Question: From top-left, moving clockwise, what are the four colours/colors in the MSWindows 'flag' logo (as in Windows 7)?
Answer: Red, Green, Yellow, Blue

Question: The flower-gardened residence Giverny, in Normandy, France, was home to what impressionist painter, noted for his garden pond scenes?
Answer: Claude Monet

Question: Heinz Baked Beans are branded with the ironically misleading byline of "(how many) Varieties"?
Answer: 57

Question: Name the long-standing much-respected British, European and Commonwealth Heavyweight Boxing Champion who died in 2011, age 76?
Answer: Henry Cooper

Question: What is the collective name for a flock of geese in flight, especially in V-formation?
Answer: Skein

Question: How many petals do buttercup and columbine flowers commonly have?
Answer: Five

Question: As at 2011 what car corporation owns the Rolls Royce and Mini marques?
Answer: Bmw

Question: The slang term vajazzling refers to what increasingly popular decorative jewelled fashion?
Answer: Vaginal

Question: What large computer software corporation, whose products include Acrobat and Photoshop, is named after a 2,000-year-old word meaning 'mud-brick'?
Answer: Adobe

Question: Which is the only letter in the English alphabet never (as at 2011) to appear in the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements?
Answer: J

Question: What is the gamekeeper's name in D H Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover?
Answer: Mellors

Question: According to the UK Health and Safety Executive how many UK workers suffered from illness caused or worsened by work in the 2009-10 year?
Answer: 1.3million

Question: The Imperial War Museum in London was originally based in which building at Sydenham Hill, famously destroyed by fire in 1936?
Answer: The Crystal Palace

Question: The UK Millennium Cohort Study of 10,000 babies born 2000-01 found a clear correlation between positive childhood behaviour/behavior and what?
Answer: Breastfeeding

Question: The Stanley Cup, for which various USA and Canada clubs compete and said to be the oldest sports trophy in N America, is awarded in which sport?
Answer: Ice Hockey

Question: What is the Strait between Sicily and mainland Italy?
Answer: Messina Strait

Question: The Latin phrase 'Ecce Homo' means Behold the what?
Answer: Man

Question: Completed in 1985 what City of London banking centre became the subject of opposing demolition and architectural heritage protection efforts in 2011?
Answer: Broadgate

Question: What political first lady appeared in Woody Allen's 2011 film Midnight in Paris?
Answer: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

Question: The LEAF Award (as at 2011, fully the Emirates Glass LEAF Award) is a prize awarded for what?
Answer: Architecture

Question: Medicine, crystal and stress are all very different types of what?
Answer: Ball

Question: In British currency slang, how much is a 'Monkey' worth?
Answer: £500

Question: What is the informal term for a bullet with a hollowed tip so as to increase spread and damage on impact?
Answer: Dumdum

Question: In the Mood and Moonlight Serenade were popular hits during the 2nd World War for which band leader's orchestra?
Answer: Glenn Miller