Question: Which grocery retailer has a fir tree inside a circle as its logo?
Answer: Spar

Question: Umberto II (nicknamed the King of May) was the last king of which European country between 9th May and 12th June 1946?
Answer: Italy

Question: The EEC (European Economic Community) was created by the 1957 ‘Treaty of….’where’?.
Answer: Rome

Question: In the game of Bingo, ‘Little Boy Blue’ is the nickname for which number?
Answer: Two

Question: Anchor, Honeycomb, Satin and Faggot are all what?
Answer: Embroidery stitches

Question: Who played Mr Brown in the 1991 film ‘Reservoir Dogs’?
Answer: Quentin Tarantino

Question: In the UK, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh’s, birthday is celebrated during which month?
Answer: June

Question: In 1994 Wendy Toms became the first female official in which sport?
Answer: Football League

Question: Which actress played the role of Cora Smith in the 1946 film ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’?
Answer: Lana Turner

Question: Joseph Cyril Bamford was the founder of which British company in 1945?
Answer: Jcb

Question: Who was US gossip columnist Hedda Hopper’s friend turned arch-rival?
Answer: Louella Parsons

Question: Who played the role of Georgiana Cavendish in the 2008 film ‘The Duchess’?
Answer: Keira Knightly

Question: In poetry, how many lines are in a clerihew?
Answer: Four

Question: Which country hosted the 2000 Summer Olympic Games?
Answer: Australia

Question: Which English poet wrote ‘Arms and the Boy’?
Answer: Wilfred Owen

Question: A podiatrist works on which part of the human body?
Answer: Feet

Question: How many properties are on a standard Monopoly board?
Answer: 28

Question: Puppet Troy Tempest, from the television series ‘Stingray’, was said to have been modelled on which US actor?
Answer: James Garner

Question: Who became British Prime Minister in May 1937?
Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Question: Which river forms the boundary between Burma and Thailand?
Answer: Salween River

Question: Chionophobia is the irrational fear of which weather condition?
Answer: Snow

Question: Caroline of Ansbach was the wife of which British monarch?
Answer: King George II

Question: ‘The Hunting of the …’what’? is a poem by Lewis Carroll?
Answer: Snark

Question: Lake Malaren is in which European country?
Answer: Sweden

Question: Who sang the theme song to the 1963 James Bond film ‘From Russia With Love’?
Answer: Matt Monroe

Question: Which South American country is bordered on the north by Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Who has appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine more times than any other woman?
Answer: Pamela Anderson

Question: In the television cartoon series, which town is the home of ‘The Flintstones’?
Answer: Bedrock

Question: ‘Here Comes the Fuzz’ was the 2003 debut album of which English dj and musician?
Answer: Mark Ronson

Question: A ‘Picture Palace’ is an old-fashioned term for what?
Answer: Cinema

Question: Foucault’s Pendulum, which demonstrated the rotation of the Earth, was staged in which European city in 1851?
Answer: Paris

Question: What is the person called who manages the financial affairs of a college or university?
Answer: Bursar

Question: Who plays groundsman Carl Spackler in the 1980 film ‘Caddyshack’?
Answer: Bill Murray

Question: Which part of their body do butterflies taste with?
Answer: Feet

Question: The Sheffield Shield is competed for by teams of cricketers in which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: In the Disney film ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’, what did the dwarfs mine for?
Answer: Diamonds

Question: A Russian woman was arrested in Paris in August 2009 for throwing a cup of tea at which work of art?
Answer: The Mona Lisa

Question: ‘Prithee’ is an ancient word which means what today?
Answer: Please

Question: In January 2012, who became the new presenter of the UK television show ‘Countdown’?
Answer: Nick Hewer

Question: In Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’, what is the name of Othello’s lieutenant?
Answer: Michael Cassio

Question: A Sharif, a descendant of Muhammed through his daughter Fatima, is entitled to wear which colour turban or veil?
Answer: Green

Question: Cuddles the Monkey was a puppet of which British television presenter/ventriloquist?
Answer: Keith Harris

Question: The tomb of William the Conqueror is in which French city?
Answer: Caen

Question: A simcha is a private party or celebration in which religion?
Answer: Judaism

Question: Who conducted the wedding in the poem ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ by Edward Lear?
Answer: The Turkey

Question: Which 18th Century English historian wrote ‘The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
Answer: Edward Gibbon

Question: What was the first name of American author F Scott Fitzgerald?
Answer: Francis

Question: Which nation’s football team were the runners up in the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: France

Question: In humans, atelectasis affects which part of the body?
Answer: Lungs

Question: What is the official language of Chile?
Answer: Spanish

Question: Framboise is French for which fruit?
Answer: Raspberry

Question: In the US television series ‘The Simpsons’, what colour is Lisa’s necklace?
Answer: White

Question: Which song by Irish band U2 is a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr?
Answer: Pride (In the Name of Love)

Question: Cochin, Red Shaver and Sulmtaler are breeds of which bird?
Answer: Chicken

Question: On a QWERTY keyboard, which letter lies between C and B?
Answer: V

Question: In the UK television series ‘On The Buses’, what are the first names of Stan and Olive’s mother?
Answer: Mabel Ethel

Question: Death Valley is in which US state?
Answer: California

Question: What is the capital of Sicily?
Answer: Palermo

Question: Sago is extracted from which plant?
Answer: Palm

Question: What colour light indicates the starboard side of a ship?
Answer: Green

Question: What is the name of the galaxy that contains the Earth?
Answer: Milky Way

Question: In which English city is Preston Park railway station?
Answer: Brighton

Question: In Roman mythology, Aestas is the goddess of which season?
Answer: Summer

Question: Which US President is depicted on a $5 bill?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: Seal Point and Blue Point are types of which cat?
Answer: Siamese

Question: How many gills are in an Imperial pint?
Answer: Four

Question: Chinese Restaurant Syndrome, a collection of symptoms caused in some people after eating Chinese food, is said to be caused by which food additive?
Answer: Monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Question: What is the national flower of Australia?
Answer: Golden Wattle

Question: What is the first name of comic-book hero Captain Marvel’s twin sister?
Answer: Mary

Question: Which actor replaced Charlie Sheen in the US television series ‘Two and a Half Men’?
Answer: Ashton Kutcher

Question: In boxing, what is thrown into the ring to stop a fight?
Answer: Towel

Question: In which building is London’s Whispering Gallery?
Answer: St Paul’s Cathedral

Question: In mathematics, what is 3.14159 better known as?
Answer: Pi

Question: Which is the softest mineral on the Mohs Scale?
Answer: Talc

Question: Which is the largest ocean on Earth?
Answer: Pacific

Question: Which is the longest river in the world?
Answer: River Nile

Question: What colour is a polar bears skin?
Answer: Black

Question: The bark of which tree was the original source of making aspirin?
Answer: Willow

Question: Which desert in Chile is the driest in the world?
Answer: Atacama Desert

Question: What are the formations of calcium carbonate which hang down from the roof of a cave?
Answer: Stalactites

Question: Nephology is the study of what?
Answer: Clouds

Question: Which English scientist first described the colours of the rainbow as ‘numbering seven’?
Answer: Sir Isaac Newton

Question: Rafflesia Arnoldii, the world’s largest flower, is better known by what name?
Answer: Corpse Flower