Question: The 'Laws of Robotics' appeared in a 1942 short story `Runaround' by which author?
Answer: Isaac Asimov

Question: Which boxer held various world titles at cruiserweight and heavyweight between 1986 and 2000 and was nicknamed 'The Real Deal'?
Answer: Evander Holyfield

Question: The Shona people come from which country?
Answer: Zimbabwe

Question: Patch, fringing and barrier are types of what natural formations?
Answer: Coral reefs

Question: Blaise Castle, described as "the finest place in England" in Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey', is in which city?
Answer: Bristol

Question: In what year did Julius Caesar first land in Britain?
Answer: 55 Bc

Question: Located in Morocco, Mount Toubkal is the highest peak in which range?
Answer: Atlas Mountains

Question: Which university's colleges include St John's, St Aidan's, St Chad's, St Mary's, Ustinov and Van Mildert?
Answer: Durham

Question: Prince Hans-Adam II is the head of state of which country?
Answer: Liechtenstein

Question: Which Elvis Presley hit was simply 'O Sole Mio' with a new lyric?
Answer: It's Now or Never

Question: Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer make up which island group?
Answer: Aran Islands

Question: Which poet and author used the pseudonym 'Brunette Coleman' when writing some of his early work?
Answer: Philip Larkin

Question: Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, the world's busiest airport (more than 92 million passengers in 2011) serves which US city?
Answer: Atlanta

Question: Who writes the children's fantasy books featuring Artemis Fowl?
Answer: Eoin Coffer

Question: The South African 'Handspring Puppet Company' won a special Tony award for which play?
Answer: War Horse

Question: Who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change?
Answer: Al Gore

Question: Which character in a musical is based on the famous early 20th century gambler Titanic Thompson?
Answer: Sky Masterson

Question: Name the singer who died in 2010, he had two hits in 1966, 'You Were On My Mind' and 'Pied Piper'?
Answer: Crispian St Peters

Question: With which instrument was bandleader Johnny Dankworth associated?
Answer: (Alto) Saxophone

Question: Who famously said that Margaret Thatcher had "the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe"?
Answer: Francois Mitterrand

Question: The Tocantino River (the name means Toucan's Beak) runs for 2640 km from South to North in which country?
Answer: Brazil

Question: In Indian cookery 'brinjal pickle' is made from which vegetable?
Answer: Aubergine

Question: Born in Geneva in 1936, Karim Al-Husayn Shah holds which hereditary title?
Answer: Aga Khan

Question: Reigning from 27BC to 14AD, who was the first Roman Emperor?
Answer: Octavian

Question: Which author created 'the Toff', the 'Baron' and Gideon of the Yard?
Answer: John Creasy

Question: Who wrote the book 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' on which the film is based?
Answer: Truman Capote

Question: Who succeeded Paul Stephenson as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police?
Answer: Bernard Hogan-Howe

Question: The jewellery company 'Pandora' is based in which country?
Answer: Denmark

Question: What flavour is traditional satay sauce?
Answer: Peanut

Question: Which writer created the detective Harry Hole?
Answer: Jo Nesbo

Question: Which football club play home games at Turf Moor?
Answer: Burnley

Question: Freddie Eynsford-Hill is a character in which musical that premiered in 1956?
Answer: My Fair Lady

Question: Which country's euro coins feature flying swans and cloudberries?
Answer: Finland

Question: What type of art is Banksy famous for?
Answer: Graffiti Art

Question: In the Ashes series in Australia 2010-11 in which city did the Australians achieve their only victory?
Answer: Perth

Question: 'February made me shiver' is a line from which song?
Answer: American Pie

Question: Admiral Nelson lost his right arm whilst attacking which Spanish island in 1797?
Answer: Tenerife

Question: What is the official language of Angola?
Answer: Portuguese

Question: All Formula One cars use the same make of tyres. Who is the current manufacturer?
Answer: Pirelli

Question: Beheaded in 1483, Anthony Woodville was the brother-in-law of which English Icing?
Answer: Edward Iv

Question: Apart from its Atlantic coastline which country surrounds Gambia?
Answer: Senegal

Question: Which awards were founded by American publicist John J B Wilson on Oscar night 1981?
Answer: Golden Raspberry Awards

Question: `Carte Blanche' is a 2011 James Bond novel by which writer usually associated with the crime genre?
Answer: Jeffery Deaver

Question: What is the chief characteristic of a plant described as pilose?
Answer: Covered With Hair

Question: Who coined the phrase 'A verbal contract is not worth the paper it's written on'?
Answer: Sam Goldwyn

Question: What is the common name of the species panthera pardus of the Felidae family?
Answer: Leopard

Question: Who succeeded Brian Cowen as the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic in 2011?
Answer: Enda Kenny

Question: Which British actress played Dylan Thomas's lover Vera Phillips in the 2008 film 'The Edge of Love'?
Answer: Keira Knightley

Question: What was the name of Long John Silver's parrot?
Answer: Captain Flint

Question: The common word for the human body part known as the omphalus gives which citrus fruit its name?
Answer: Navel Orange

Question: The Royal Mail allotted which originally fictional postcode to London's Olympic Park?
Answer: E20

Question: What is the maximum engine capacity of Formula One cars?
Answer: 1832-1883

Question: -Give a year in the life of the painter Edouard Manet.
Answer: 1832-1883

Question: Who is the youngest person to become King of England?
Answer: Henry Vi

Question: Swaziland is bordered by South Africa and which other country?
Answer: Mozambique

Question: What would you be eating if you ordered pamplemousse in a French restaurant?
Answer: Grapefruit

Question: Who played Lionel Hardcastle in the TV series 'As Time Goes By'?
Answer: Geoffrey Palmer

Question: Who coined the phrase 'The female of the species is more deadly than the male'?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Question: Frogs with translucent skin through which the internal viscera are visible, have what appropriate common name?
Answer: Glass Frogs

Question: Which action painter was nicknamed 'Jack the Dripper'?
Answer: Jackson Pollock

Question: Which prize originally had 'McConnell' in its name and in 2002 incorporated the name of the investment company that had become its sponsor?
Answer: (Man) Booker Prize

Question: Published in 2011, 'The House of Silk' is the first new official Sherlock Holmes mystery and was written by which author who has won many awards for his children's books?
Answer: Anthony Horowitz

Question: Name either of the cities where England played cricket test matches against Pakistan in early 2012?
Answer: DUBAI or ABU DHABI

Question: The Duke of Wellington was born in which city?
Answer: Dublin

Question: Which Coalition Cabinet Minister resigned from office within three weeks of the general election of 2010 following revelation of financial irregularities?
Answer: David Laws

Question: Which football club play home games at Pride Park?
Answer: Derby County

Question: Miss Hannigan is a character in which musical that premiered in 1977?
Answer: Annie

Question: What fish is the base of 'Gentleman's Relish'?
Answer: Anchovy

Question: Called 'These Friends of Mine' for season one, which US sitcom centred on a neurotic bookstore owner?
Answer: Ellen

Question: In whose books is Lisbeth Salander a leading character?
Answer: Stieg Larsson

Question: The fertile Bekaa Valley is in which Middle Eastern country?
Answer: Lebanon

Question: What is the date of St David's Day?
Answer: 1st March

Question: The Straits of Hormuz connect the Persian Gulf and which other Gulf?
Answer: Gulf of Oman

Question: Which singer had a 2011 hit with 'Rolling in the Deep'?
Answer: Adele