Question: What are the first names of the two former boxing brothers Spinks?
Answer: Leon and Michael

Question: Somen Banerjee and Paul Snider founded which male touring dance troupe in 1979?
Answer: Chippendales

Question: Which famous London building was destroyed by fire in November 1936?
Answer: The Crystal Palace

Question: What colour is the name of a US Ivy league university?
Answer: Brown

Question: How many books, altogether, make up The Bible?
Answer: 66

Question: What is Margaret Houlihan’s nickname in the US television series M*A*S*H?
Answer: Hotlips

Question: What is the name of the official country residence of the British Prime Minister?
Answer: Chequers

Question: In poetry, a quatrain is a stanza or complete poem consisting of how many lines of verse?
Answer: Four

Question: Who wrote the 1921 book ‘Scaramouche’?
Answer: Rafael Sabatini

Question: Laguna del Carbon (Coal Lagoon) is the lowest point in which South American country?
Answer: Argentina

Question: Which queen was the last British monarch to veto an Act of Parliament?
Answer: Queen Anne

Question: ‘The ultimate driving machine’ is an advertising slogan for which make of car?
Answer: Bmw

Question: In the US, which state lies to the east of Arizona?
Answer: New Mexico

Question: In medicine, Dupuytren’s Contracture affects which part of the body?
Answer: Hand/fingers

Question: What was the name of the horse ridden by jockey Frankie Dettori in the 2007 Epsom Derby?
Answer: Authorized

Question: Who played the father, Col. William Ludlow, in the 1994 film ‘Legends of the Fall’?
Answer: Anthony Hopkins

Question: Who was the spouse of Queen Mary I of England?
Answer: Philip II of Spain

Question: What is the Zodiac sign of someone born on 31st May?
Answer: Gemini

Question: Sovereignty of the Liancourt Rocks is disputed between which two Asian countries?
Answer: South Korea and Japan

Question: Who has been shown the most yellow cards while playing for the England football team?
Answer: David Beckham – 17

Question: Which is the largest city in Europe by population?
Answer: London

Question: Which town in Wales has been the home of the Royal Mint since 1968?
Answer: Llantrisant

Question: What is a female zebra called?
Answer: Mare

Question: What is a line called that goes straight from the centre of a circle to the circumference?
Answer: Radius

Question: ‘Ebony and ‘what’ is the title of a 1982 hit single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder?
Answer: Ivory

Question: In 2001, protester Craig Evans was arrested after throwing what at politician John Prescott?
Answer: An egg

Question: Mount Etna is on which European island?
Answer: Sicily

Question: How many wings does a bee have?
Answer: Four

Question: The musical ‘West Side Story’ is based on which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Romeo and Juliet

Question: According to the Bible, whose wife was turned into a pillar of salt as soon as she looked back at Sodom?
Answer: Lot’s wife

Question: Terry McCann and Arthur Daley are characters in which UK television series?
Answer: Minder

Question: Whose 1988 autobiography is entitled ‘Moonwalk’?
Answer: Michael Jackson

Question: How many dice are used in a standard game of ‘Craps’?
Answer: Two

Question: Which character begins play in a standard game of Cluedo?
Answer: Miss Scarlett

Question: What is the boiling point of water in degrees Farenheit?
Answer: 212

Question: US Singer Bobby, Australian actor Bryan and British politician Gordon all share which surname?
Answer: Brown

Question: What is the cube root of 27?
Answer: 3

Question: Which animals are the subject of the novel ‘Watership Down’?
Answer: Rabbits

Question: During which month of the year is the US PGA golf tournament held?
Answer: August

Question: Which US television sitcom, starring Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker, debuted in January 1971?
Answer: All In The Family

Question: In humans, Polyphagia is an excessive desire to do what?
Answer: Eat

Question: The River Seine empties into which body of water?
Answer: English Channel

Question: What type of creature is a Smooth Hound?
Answer: Shark

Question: Who became Secretary General of the United Nations in January 1972?
Answer: Kurt Waldheim

Question: The ‘Dinshaway Incident’ is the name given to a 1906 dispute between British military officers and the locals of which African country?
Answer: Egypt

Question: The ‘Delta Works’ is a series of construction projects in which European country, to protect large areas of land from the sea?
Answer: Netherlands

Question: James and Elizabeth are the children of which former British Prime Minister?
Answer: John Major

Question: Chorophobia is the irrational fear of which activity?
Answer: Dancing

Question: Which is the only US state to have only one syllable in its name?
Answer: Maine

Question: What is the name of the little girl who appears in the UK television series ‘The Magic Roundabout’?
Answer: Florence

Question: In ancient history, which Carthagian general beat the Romans at Cannae in 216 BC?
Answer: Hannibal

Question: Edward Woodstock, The Black Prince, was the eldest son of which English monarch?
Answer: King Edward III

Question: Which fashion designer opened his ‘Little Black Jacket’ photo exhibition in Paris in November 2012?
Answer: Karl Lagerfeld

Question: Rappelling is another name for which activity/sport?
Answer: Abseiling

Question: Which UK retail chain sells the ‘Florence and Fred’ range of clothing?
Answer: Tesco

Question: Russian Olive is a north American term for which garden plant?
Answer: Oleaster

Question: Baldwin I was crowned first king of where in 1100?
Answer: Jerusalem

Question: Situated in Piccadilly, what is the name of London’s oldest bookshop?
Answer: Hatchards

Question: What were the first names of English author H G Wells?
Answer: Herbert George

Question: Who was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover?
Answer: Queen Victoria

Question: The Caribbean island of Martinique is administered by which European country?
Answer: France

Question: Singers Janis Joplin and Cee Lo Green both released singles with which title?
Answer: Cry Baby

Question: What is the boy in the Dreamworks film logo holding in his hand?
Answer: Fishing rod

Question: Si is the symbol for which chemical element?
Answer: Silicon

Question: The ‘English Riviera’ is in which county?
Answer: Devon

Question: Protanopia is colour blindness resulting in insensitivity to which colour light?
Answer: Red

Question: St Michael’s Mount is off the coast of which English county?
Answer: Cornwall

Question: English monarch King John signed Magna Carta in which century?
Answer: 13th Century

Question: How long is the rest period between rounds in a professional boxing match?
Answer: 60 seconds (one minute)

Question: The Hawaiian word ‘Anela’ translates to what in English?
Answer: Angel

Question: Julian Casablancas is the lead singer in which US rock band?
Answer: The Strokes

Question: In music, what is the name of a whole note which has the time value of two minims or four crotchets?
Answer: Semibreve

Question: A Ryokan is a traditional inn in which country?
Answer: Japan

Question: How many letters are in the Hebrew alphabet?
Answer: 22

Question: In humans, adductor tendonitis is the term for which complaint?
Answer: Ahtlete’s groin

Question: ‘What You See is What You Get’ is the autobiography of which British businessman?
Answer: Alan Sugar

Question: British athlete Dai Green competes in which track event?
Answer: Hurdles

Question: An eighth month ban on which Dire Straits song was lifted by Canadian radio in September 2011?
Answer: Money For Nothing

Question: Who became British Prime Minister in March 1974?
Answer: Harold Wilson

Question: What is the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival?
Answer: Palm d’Or

Question: The medical condition glaucoma affects which part of the body?
Answer: Eye