Question: ‘Jueves’ is Spanish for which day of the week?
Answer: Thursday

Question: Fanny Blankers-Koen was the first woman to win how many gold medals in a single Olympic Games in 1948?
Answer: Four

Question: Violinist Yehudi Menuhin was born in which City?
Answer: New York

Question: The islands of Jura, Sanday, Shapinsay and Balta belong to which European country?
Answer: Scotland

Question: Which US President had children named Tricia and Julie?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: Which hymn is traditionally played before the start of the FA Cup Final?
Answer: Abide With Me

Question: Stargazy Pie originated in which English county?
Answer: Cornwall

Question: What is the longest side called on a right-angled triangle?
Answer: Hypotenuse

Question: Prosciutto is what type of foodstuff?
Answer: Ham

Question: What was the name of the submarine in which film director James Cameron made a solo descent to the deepest place in the Pacific ocean in March 2012?
Answer: Deepsea Challenger

Question: What is the minimum alcohol drinking age in bars in Iceland?
Answer: 20 years

Question: What type of creature is Snowball in the 1945 novel ‘Animal Farm’?
Answer: Pig

Question: Black Sigatoka is a leaf spot disease of which fruit plant?
Answer: Banana

Question: Which game was nicknamed ‘Wiff Waff’?
Answer: Table tennis

Question: Paul Weller was the lead singer in which 1970’s/1980’s band?
Answer: The Jam

Question: Which Australian cricket ground is known as ‘The Gabba’?
Answer: Brisbane Cricket Ground

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Errare humane est’ translate to in English?
Answer: To err is human

Question: Which US singer married Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor and Connie Stevens?
Answer: Eddie Fisher

Question: Which author created James Bond?
Answer: Ian Fleming

Question: Which branch of the British military did fictional character James Bond serve in?
Answer: Royal Navy

Question: In which James Bond film does Felix Leiter lose a leg in a shark attack?
Answer: Licence To Kill

Question: In the 2012 James Bond film ‘Skyfall’, what is Skyfall?
Answer: James Bond’s childhood home

Question: Gobinda is the henchman in which James Bond film?
Answer: Octopussy

Question: What is the title of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel?
Answer: Casino Royale

Question: Agents 002, 003 and 004 appear in which James Bond film?
Answer: Thunderball

Question: James Bond married Teresa de Vincenzo in which Bond film?
Answer: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Question: Who directed the 2012 James Bond film ‘Skyfall’?
Answer: Sam Mendes

Question: In the James Bond series of films, what is the name of ‘M’s’ personal secretary?
Answer: Miss Moneypenny

Question: Who is the henchman to villain Karl Stromberg in the 1977 James Bond film ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’?
Answer: Jaws

Question: Who played James Bond in the 1973 film ‘Live and Let Die’?
Answer: Roger Moore

Question: In which film does James Bond go to Paris and climb the Eiffel Tower?
Answer: A View to a Kill

Question: English artist Ben Nicholson married which British sculptor in 1938?
Answer: Barbara Hepworth

Question: In 2002, who was the first athlete to win FHM’s ‘Sexiest Woman in the World’ award?
Answer: Anna Kournikova

Question: Hamida Djandoubi was the last person in France to be executed by what method, in September 1977?
Answer: Guillotine

Question: The coffee shop ‘Central Perk’ features in which US television series?
Answer: Friends

Question: What were the first names of Scottish author A J Cronin?
Answer: Archibald Joseph

Question: What type of weather condition was known as a ‘London Particular’?
Answer: Fog

Question: Which two words are inscribed on the Victoria Cross?
Answer: For Valour

Question: Which two cities did the Orient Express originally travel between?
Answer: Paris and Istanbul

Question: Delft pottery comes from which European country?
Answer: Netherlands

Question: How many contestants are at the start of the UK television quiz show ‘The Chase’?
Answer: Four

Question: ‘The Singing…’what’ is a famous painting by Scottish artist Jack Vetriano?
Answer: Butler

Question: Which US author won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel ‘The Old Man and the Sea’?
Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Question: Anna Leonowens is a character in which 1956 film?
Answer: The King and I

Question: Who directed the 2009 film ‘Avatar’?
Answer: James Cameron

Question: Roquet, Tice and Pioneer are all terms used in which game?
Answer: Croquet

Question: In the 1940 Disney film ‘Pinocchio’ what is the name of Geppetto’s goldfish?
Answer: Cleo

Question: Austrian monk Gregor Mendel discovered the Laws of ‘what’?
Answer: Heredity

Question: The leaf of which plant is said to relieve nettle stings?
Answer: Dock

Question: If something is ‘Napiform’, it’s shaped like which vegetable?
Answer: Turnip

Question: What was the first name of Labour politician Keir Hardie Sr?
Answer: James

Question: On which island is Ronaldsway Airport?
Answer: Isle of Man

Question: British comedians Jo, Katy and Russell all share which surname?
Answer: Brand

Question: Musician and composer Ravi Shankar was associated with which musical instrument?
Answer: Sitar

Question: Bufonophobia is the fear of which creatures?
Answer: Toads

Question: What was the name of British singer Lulu’s 1960’s backing group?
Answer: The Luvvers

Question: What colour is the ‘Little Corvette’ in the 1983 single by Prince?
Answer: Red

Question: The port of Dover is in which English county?
Answer: Kent

Question: During which month of the year is Hogmanay celebrated?
Answer: December

Question: In which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical does the cast wear roller skates?
Answer: Starlight Express

Question: Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by the fish?
Answer: Pisces

Question: What is 255 divided by 5?
Answer: 51

Question: Which fictional character uses the expression ‘Eat my shorts’?
Answer: Bart Simpson

Question: How many letters are on the bottom letters row of a QWERTY keyboard?
Answer: Seven

Question: Which US city is known as The Windy City?
Answer: Chicago

Question: How many toes does a cat have on each front paw?
Answer: Five

Question: Single-Line, U-Shaped and Island are all designs of which room in the house?
Answer: Kitchen

Question: What is the title of late actor Steve McQueen’s last film?
Answer: The Hunter

Question: The ‘Aurora Australis’ is also known by what name?
Answer: Southern Lights

Question: The disease rickets is caused by the lack of which vitamin?
Answer: Vitamin D

Question: What is the capital of Ecuador?
Answer: Quito

Question: Which fictional scarecrow has a set of interchangeable turnip, mangel worzel and swede heads?
Answer: Worzel Gummidge

Question: Tennis player Mary Pierce was born in which country in January 1975?
Answer: Canada

Question: An ortolan is what type of creature?
Answer: Bird

Question: Who created the fictional character Harry Lime?
Answer: Graham Greene

Question: In the 1977 film ‘Smokey and the Bandit’, which brand of beer is to be transported to Georgia?
Answer: Coors

Question: Carl XVI Gustav became king of which European country in September 1973?
Answer: Sweden

Question: How wide is a volleyball court in feet?
Answer: 30 feet

Question: Which novel by A J Cronin is credited with laying down the foundation in Great Britain for the introduction of the National Health Service?
Answer: The Citadel

Question: In which English city is Temple Meads Railway Station?
Answer: Bristol

Question: What is the official language of Liberia?
Answer: English

Question: In 1966, which African-American revolutionary socialist organization was founded in California by Huey P Newton and Bobby Seale?
Answer: Black Panther Party

Question: Jack Nicholson received his second Oscar for which 1983 film?
Answer: Terms of Endearment

Question: In the nursery rhyme, who ‘Went to Gloucester in a shower of rain’?
Answer: Doctor Foster