Question: What name is given to an ornamental, usually coloured, design made of small pieces of hard material such as stone, tile or glass?
Answer: Mosaic

Question: Who was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa?
Answer: Louis Botha

Question: A bronze medal is traditionally awarded for which place in a competition or race?
Answer: Third

Question: Irish darts player John MaGowan is known by what nickname?
Answer: Mr Magoo

Question: Which spirit is traditionally used to make a Tom Collins cocktail?
Answer: Gin

Question: Which English singer/songwriter released a 2010 album entitled ‘Lights’?
Answer: Ellie Goulding

Question: Which French king was known as ‘The Quarrelsome’ (Le Hutin)?
Answer: Louis X

Question: In a rugby union team, what number does the fly half wear on their shirt?
Answer: 10

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ad astra’ translate to in English?
Answer: To the stars

Question: What is the square root of 225?
Answer: 15

Question: Misr is the local name for which North African country?
Answer: Egypt

Question: What is the first name of Mr Darcy in the 2001 film ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’?
Answer: Mark

Question: A ladder-back is a type of what?
Answer: Chair

Question: Which river runs past Balmoral Castle in Scotland?
Answer: River Dee

Question: Hafnia was the Latin name for which Danish city?
Answer: Copenhagen

Question: Who did Venus Williams defeat in the 2000 Ladies Singles Finals at Wimbledon?
Answer: Lindsay Davenport

Question: Which two actors play the fire-fighting McCaffrey brothers in the 1991 film ‘Backdraft’?
Answer: Kurt Russell and William Baldwin

Question: Omar Suleiman was the Vice President of which African country?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Ergasiomania is the obsessive need to do what?
Answer: Work

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite?
Answer: Adonis

Question: Which Briton set the Women’s Freediving World Record in April 2009?
Answer: Sara Campbell

Question: The Cerrado is a tropical savanna ecoregion in which South American country?
Answer: Brazil

Question: The Yom Kippur War, or October War, took place during which year?
Answer: 1973

Question: An antipyretic drug reduces what in humans?
Answer: Fever

Question: A pupitre is a rack used in the production of what?
Answer: Champagne/sparking wine

Question: In the novel ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Bronte, what is the name of Mr Rochester’s home?
Answer: Thornfield Hall

Question: On a mobile phone keypad, the letters ‘MNO’ are on which number button?
Answer: 6

Question: ‘The Backgammon Players’ is a 17th Century painting by which Dutch artist?
Answer: Dirck Hals

Question: The Bank of England was established during the reign of which British monarch?
Answer: William III

Question: Which fraternal organisation has a square and compasses, with or without a letter ‘G’, as its logo?
Answer: Freemasons

Question: How many hoops are in a game of association croquet?
Answer: Six

Question: The 17th Century ‘Meal Tub Plot’ was against which future king of England?
Answer: James II

Question: The ram represents which sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: Aries

Question: What does a cordwainer make?
Answer: Shoes

Question: In British politics, who was described as ‘The Chingford Skinhead’?
Answer: Norman Tebbit

Question: ‘Mehefin’ is Welsh for which month of the year?
Answer: June

Question: What type of creature is a quelea?
Answer: Bird

Question: The island of Feurteventura lies in which body of water?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Question: Douglas, Fraser and Noble are all which type of tree?
Answer: Fir

Question: A Rockhopper is what type of bird?
Answer: Penguin

Question: Braeburn is a variety of which type of fruit?
Answer: Apple

Question: ‘Cuneiform’ relates to which shape?
Answer: Wedge

Question: In humans, hirsutism is an overabundance of what?
Answer: Hair

Question: Porphyrophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?
Answer: Purple

Question: What is the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Rho

Question: Bezique is a card game for how many players?
Answer: Two

Question: Which singer was born Gloria Fowles in September 1948?
Answer: Gloria Gaynor

Question: What are the names in the two rival taxicab firms in the 1963 film ‘Carry On Cabby’?
Answer: Speedee Taxis and Glamcabs

Question: Donatien Alphonse Francois were the first names of which French aristocrat, born in 1740?
Answer: Marquis de Sade

Question: A Skipjack is which type of fish?
Answer: Tuna

Question: In 2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin performed which 1940’s song in front of an audience for a children’s charity?
Answer: Blueberry Hill

Question: What is the title of the only film for which actor John Wayne won an Oscar?
Answer: True Grit

Question: Who designed the Luftwaffe’s Bf-109 fighter plane?
Answer: Willy Messerschmitt

Question: Which metal is obtained from the ore cinnabar?
Answer: Mercury

Question: Who played Richard Hillman in the British tv soap ‘Coronation Street’?
Answer: Brian Capron

Question: Giacomo Agostini was seven times world champion between 1966 and 1972 in which sport?
Answer: Motorcycling

Question: What is the first name of Goldfinger in the 1964 James Bond film ‘Goldfinger’?
Answer: Auric

Question: Which heavyweight boxer won a gold medal in the 1964 Olympic Games?
Answer: Joe Frazier

Question: Cosmo Smallpiece was a character played by which English comedian?
Answer: Les Dawson

Question: Vladimir and Estragon are characters from which Samuel Beckett play?
Answer: Waiting for Godot

Question: Postbellum relates to the period following a what?
Answer: War ? especially American Civil War

Question: Exobiology is the study of what?
Answer: Life in outer space or on other planets

Question: Which national football team won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games?
Answer: Poland

Question: In humans, what is the name of the fibrous protein found in the outer layer of the skin and is a major constituent of hair and nails?
Answer: Keratin

Question: The Jack Adams Award is a prize given to a team coach in which sport?
Answer: Ice Hockey

Question: Which US author said ‘ Habit is not to be thrown out of the window, but it is to be coaxed down the stairs one step at a time’?
Answer: Mark Twain

Question: What is usually kept in an alabastrum?
Answer: Perfume/oils or ointments

Question: Which two countries joined the European Union on 1st January 2007?
Answer: Romania and Bulgaria

Question: On which side of the road do motorists drive in Japan?
Answer: Left

Question: Boo, Randall Boggs and Celia Mae are all characters in which 2001 animated film?
Answer: Monsters Inc.

Question: Who wrote the 1855 epic poem ‘The Song of Hiawatha’?
Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Question: Who played King Louis XIV of France and his twin brother Philippe in the 1977 film ‘The Man in the Iron Mask’?
Answer: Richard Chamberlain

Question: In cookery, what is the mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour called, used in making sauces?
Answer: Roux

Question: Who was the captain of Brazil’s national football team when they won the 1970 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Carlos Alberto

Question: Lake Geneva (or Lake Leman) lies in which two countries?
Answer: France and Switzerland

Question: Decompression Sickness in SCUBA divers is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: The bends

Question: In the US, Black Friday occurs during which month of the year?
Answer: November

Question: How many numbered boxes are there at the beginning of a game of UK tv’s ‘Deal or No Deal’?
Answer: 22

Question: A cottage pie is traditionally made with with meat?
Answer: Minced beef

Question: In the Classic Edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit, what colour is the category for history?
Answer: Yellow

Question: In the game of Monopoly, what is the name of the character on the board who is locked behind bars?
Answer: Jake the Jailbird