Question: Richard Colvin Reid is a self-admitted member of al-Qaeda who pleaded guilty in 2002 in US federal court to 8 criminal counts of terrorism stemming from his attempt to destroy a commercial aircraft in-flight by detonating explosives hidden where?
Answer: In his shoes

Question: The "Alexandra", "Empress of Australia", "Gothic" and "Britannia" were what kind of ship?
Answer: British Royal Yachts

Question: Mick Rock has what occupation in the recording industry?
Answer: Photographer

Question: What name is given to someone who can follow an animal that is some distance ahead in the wild?
Answer: Tracker

Question: How many orbits of the earth did John Glenn make in Mercury-Atlas 6 in 1962?
Answer: 3

Question: Who was the Roman god of the underworld?
Answer: Pluto

Question: Who, in Formula One, between 2006 and 2010, was the youngest Formula One driver to: drive at a Grand Prix meeting, score points, lead a race, secure pole position, win a race and win the championship?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel

Question: Who directed the 2003 film starring Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup and Albert Finney called "Big Fish"?
Answer: Tim Burton

Question: Which musical was written by Tim Rice with two ex-members of ABBA?
Answer: Chess

Question: The Dalai Lama fled Tibet in 1959 due to its occupation by troops from what country?
Answer: China

Question: The Jewish festival of the Passover is held around the same time as which Christian festival?
Answer: Easter

Question: What part of the body is affected by conjunctivitis?
Answer: Eye

Question: On 13 November 2010, who became the first boxer to win world titles in eight different weight divisions and the first boxer to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes?
Answer: Manny Pacquiao

Question: In England, what breed of dog is raced in an industry which, in 2007, attracted gates of around 3.2 million people at over 5,750 meetings across 26 stadiums?
Answer: Greyhounds

Question: What type of music is Handel's "Messiah"?
Answer: Oratorio

Question: The element cobalt gets its name from the German word for what?
Answer: Goblin

Question: Which country was proclaimed a People's Republic on 1 October 1949, following the defeat of forces led by Chiang Kai-shek?
Answer: China

Question: What name is generically given to any football match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, the most followed club football match in the world, watched by hundreds of millions?
Answer: El Clsico

Question: What bridge, completed in the 12th century, is on the Rhone?
Answer: Pont d'Avignon

Question: What is the sum of the whole numbers from 1 to 10 inclusive?
Answer: 45

Question: Which company designed the "safety pin dress" worn by Liz Hurley to a 1994 Los Angeles film premiere?
Answer: Versace

Question: What is the meaning of the word "dinosaur"?
Answer: Terrifying lizard

Question: What sport is competed in the Giro de Italia?
Answer: Cycling

Question: What country is due north of Hawaii?
Answer: Usa

Question: What was the setting for the 1980 film "Fame"?
Answer: New York High School of Performing Arts

Question: Between 1903 and 1904, sites in the Australian townships of Albury, Tumut, Orange, Bombala and Dalgety were considered for what purpose?
Answer: The capital of Australia

Question: In what TV series was Oceanic Airlines flight 815 a critical factor?
Answer: Lost

Question: """Peptic"" refers to which activity of the human body?"
Answer: Digestion

Question: Where is the 82,000 seat Maracana Stadium?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Question: What is the title of Geri Halliwell's autobiography, published in 1999?
Answer: If Only

Question: Tony Hawk won 9 gold medals at what annual event between 1995 and 2002?
Answer: Summer X-Games

Question: What was the only single by ABBA to reach number 1 on the US "Billboard" charts?
Answer: Dancing Queen

Question: If Prince William of Wales, the elder son of Charles and Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales, becomes "King William", what number will he be?
Answer: William V

Question: Which country is the world's largest producer of rice?
Answer: China

Question: Which character in the comic strip Charlie Brown plays the piano?
Answer: Schroeder

Question: The US Civil War was in which century?
Answer: 19th

Question: What is the shape of a standard cricket pitch?
Answer: Oblong

Question: What colour is a domesticated Pekin duck?
Answer: White

Question: In which sea is the British overseas territory of Montserrat?
Answer: Caribbean

Question: The musical "The Sound of Music" is set in what city?
Answer: Salzburg

Question: What is the most popular sports competition in Australia?
Answer: AFL Football

Question: Usually, the United Kingdom holds general elections every four years. In the 20th century, how many times did the UK hold more than one general election in one year?
Answer: 2

Question: The stress that causes a metal object to break is called metal what?
Answer: Fatigue

Question: What is a religious censure used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community?
Answer: Excommunication

Question: In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" for no runs on the second ball they face?
Answer: Silver duck

Question: What is the offficial language of Australia?
Answer: English

Question: From 1885 to 1908, a corporate state of 2,344,000 km (905,000 square miles), privately controlled by Leopold II, King of the Belgians, became infamous for mistreatment of the local peoples and exploitation of natural resources. What was this area known as?
Answer: Congo Free State

Question: A coherer, hot wire barretter and cat's whisker were all types of what?
Answer: Radio detector

Question: What US state borders both Kansas and Utah?
Answer: Colorado

Question: What word means a "sudden revelation"?
Answer: Epiphany

Question: What was the first black and white short cartoon film produced by Walt Disney?
Answer: Steamboat Willie

Question: Which American explorer claimed to have been the first person, on 6 April 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole?
Answer: Robert E Peary

Question: What are Prowl, Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, Ironhide, Skids, Swoop, Gears, Huffer, Windcharger, Reflector and Soundwave?
Answer: Transformer toys

Question: What was the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by Germany in World War II?
Answer: Channel Islands

Question: What game is played on ice with large stones fitted with handles with the aim to place them as close as possible to a fixed mark called a tee?
Answer: Curling

Question: What was the fate of 57 Africans (53 adults and 4 children who, in July 1839, as captives being transported aboard the ship "La Amistad", revolted and gained control of the ship near Cuba, and were discovered by the US Navy?
Answer: They were freed and returned to Africa

Question: A candela is a measure of what?
Answer: Luminous intensity

Question: In the British version of "The Apprentice", which first went to air in February 2005, who do the contestants try to get a job with?
Answer: Alan Sugar (Lord Sugar)

Question: On which island is Marsamxett Harbour?
Answer: Malta

Question: What does the French word "croissant" mean?
Answer: Crescent

Question: What is the median of 1, 2, 2, 5, 9 and 17?
Answer: 3.5

Question: The migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to the city of Medina in 622, which marked year one of the Islamic calendar, was known as what?
Answer: Hijra

Question: Which King of Macedon created one of the largest empires in ancient history between 336 and 323BC, including most of the city-states of mainland Greece and the (then) Persian-ruled Asia Minor?
Answer: Alexander The Great

Question: Where are the Minoan ruins of Knossus?
Answer: Crete

Question: Sleepers are used to support what?
Answer: Railway lines