Question: What is someone waving in a well-known music hall song, "The boy I love is ... a'wavin' of his ..."?
Answer: Handkerchee

Question: Which is closest to the prevailing climate in Mongolia?
Answer: Dry

Question: What, holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other, traditionally represents "Justice"?
Answer: Blindfolded woman

Question: In the 1968 feature film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, of what country is Baron Bomburst the tyrant ruler?
Answer: Vulgaria

Question: By what name was Shane Fenton better known as a performer in the 1970s and 1980s?
Answer: Alvin Stardust

Question: Where is the radar site Link Quality Indicator (LQI) based to monitor the Traffic Separation Scheme in the Strait of Hormuz?
Answer: A small island north of the Musandam Peninsula, Oman

Question: By what name is Theodor Geisel better known?
Answer: Dr Seuss

Question: In 1984, Malcolm Morley was the first winner of what prize?
Answer: Turner Prize for Modern Art

Question: Who wrote "The Coming of the Fairies" (1921) which shows he was apparently convinced of the veracity of photographs of fairies, in which he theorised about the nature and existence of fairies and spirits?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Question: In 1997 Bougainville gained autonomy within Papua New Guinea, after negotiations brokered by what country?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: What does sauerkraut traditionally consist of?
Answer: Finely shredded cabbage, fermented by various lactic acid bacteria

Question: What is the William Webb Ellis Cup awarded for?
Answer: Winning the Rugby World Cup Championship

Question: The seventh film in what series was released in December 2015 to audience and critical acclaim and a record box office take in the first month?
Answer: Star Wars

Question: The highest peaks of the Atlas Mountains, the highest being 4,167 metres (13,671 ft), are in country?
Answer: Morocco

Question: Who launched a career with the book "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly"?
Answer: Anthony Bourdain

Question: When Europeans first came to New Zealand, Mori told them that they themselves had come from where?
Answer: Hawaiki

Question: Someone who engages in skulduggery is doing what?
Answer: Engaging in underhand malpractice

Question: Twenty years after the NFL began formally to review effects of injuries from repetitive play-related head blows e.g. CTE in NFL players, researchers in 2015 announced they had found CTE in what percentage of deceased NFL players examined?
Answer: 96

Question: What do the matches played under the auspices of the FIDE take place on?
Answer: A board

Question: 19th century English theatrical manager and producer Richard D'Oyly Carte was responsible for the building of which London theatre?
Answer: Savoy

Question: The celebrated 18th century Englishman, Lancelot Brown, was better known by what name?
Answer: Capability

Question: Where are China's largest natural gas reserves found?
Answer: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Question: The name of the Doukhobor religious sect means what?
Answer: Spirit wrestler

Question: The actor who plays police sergeant, then manager of the post office and eventually publican, Oscar Blaketon in the UK TV series "Heartbeat" was formerly well-known in which role?
Answer: Mr Derek in the children's show, "The Basil Brush Show" (1969-73)

Question: What was the surname of English 20th century siblings: Edith, a poetess who led a movement in contemporary poetry, Osbert, the author of poems, satires, novels and essays, and Sacheverell, an author of books on history and travel?
Answer: Sitwell

Question: What post did Gaius Julius Caesar hold at the time of his death?
Answer: Dictator of the Roman Republic and Consul of the Roman Republic

Question: A cravat is worn on which part of the body?
Answer: Neck

Question: Joanna Koerten (1650-1715) in the Netherlands was sought after for what?
Answer: Painting and paper-cut art

Question: What forces were involved in the Battle of Omdurman 1898?
Answer: British and the Sudanese Mahdi

Question: Which film featured the voices of Hugh Grant in his animated feature film debut, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, and David Tennant?
Answer: The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Question: In 2015 Swiss explorers Bertrand Piccard and Andr Borschberg completed what?
Answer: The first half of the first around the world zero-fuel, solar-powered flight

Question: Which children's book character was named after the London railway station where he was first met?
Answer: Paddington

Question: The Tien Shan, or Tian Shan, mountains lie to the north of which?
Answer: Taklimakan Desert

Question: From 2011 to 2019 who are the holders of the William Webb Ellis Cup?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: Which musical, based on characters created for single-panel cartoons in "The New Yorker" beginning 1938, opened on Broadway in April 2010 after a tryout in Chicago?
Answer: The Addams Family

Question: On 26 December 2004 Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia, was devastated by what?
Answer: A tsunami

Question: The Port of Hambantota, for which construction began in January 2008 to provide bunkering, ship repair, ship building and crew change facilities, is in which country?
Answer: Sri Lanka

Question: To roquet in a game what must a player do?
Answer: Hit one ball into another

Question: Which is the odd one out?
Answer: Scholar

Question: The film "Vera Drake" (2004) by Mike Leigh has as a central focus which field of activity in 1950s Britain?
Answer: Abortion

Question: Whose record album, produced by Phil Spector, was released while he is in jail serving a 19 year sentence for murder?
Answer: Rachelle Short

Question: Where would barn doors, fresnels and gobos be found together?
Answer: In a theatre

Question: What is the name for a steak stuffed with oysters?
Answer: Carpetbag

Question: Which artist collaborated with architects Herzog & de Meuron as consultant in building the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics?
Answer: Ai Weiwei

Question: Who was the mother of James V of Scotland, the father of Mary, Queen of Scots and the son of King James IV of Scotland?
Answer: Princess Margaret Tudor of England

Question: Which river did the Pont d'Avignon of the French song bridge?
Answer: Rhne

Question: In 2005, a rift of 500 metres (1,640 ft) long, and 60 metres (197 ft) deep was formed in just a few days when a volcano, situated in the north of what region, erupted?
Answer: Afar Triangle, Ethiopia

Question: Named for its colour, originally called Greek and prized as a paint pigment, is the mixture of compounds of what?
Answer: Copper

Question: What prompted British statisticians Duckworth and Lewis to devise the system now used to reset the target score for the team batting second in a limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances?
Answer: The semi-final in the 1992 Cricket World Cup

Question: Anabolism, as in "anabolic steroids", refers to what?
Answer: A metabolic process, synthesising complex molecules from simpler ones with the storage of energy

Question: Part or all of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are claimed by how many different countries?
Answer: 6

Question: In Star Wars, what is the name of Han Solo's spacecraft?
Answer: Millenium Falcon

Question: In his voyage west for Spain in 1492 what did Christopher Columbus hope to discover?
Answer: An easy sea route to India and China

Question: What are a pony, a jigger and a jackpot?
Answer: Units of measurement of volume

Question: Who recited the poem "The Gift Outright" at John F Kennedy's inauguration as president of the USA in 1961?
Answer: Robert Frost

Question: Artists Ma Desheng, Wang Keping, Huang Rui, Li Shuang, Zhong Acheng, Ai Weiwei and Qu Leilei are associated with which avant-garde art group?
Answer: Stars

Question: How many different countries does the 4,370 km (2,715 mi) Congo River run through or border?
Answer: 10