Question: Which four letter word beginning with H is a Romanian or Israeli dance in which the performers form a ring?
Answer: Hora

Question: Which four letter word beginning with I is the person who leads prayers in a Mosque?
Answer: Imam

Question: Which four letter word beginning with J is a soft, long shiny vegetable fibre that can be spun into coarse strong threads?
Answer: Jute

Question: Which four letter word beginning with K is a narcotic, sedative drink made in Polynesia from the crushed roots of a plant of the pepper family?
Answer: Kava

Question: Which four letter word beginning with M describes the Wise Men from the East who brought gifts to the infant Jesus?
Answer: Magi

Question: Which four letter word beginning with P is a beaver skin used as a standard unit of value in the fur trade?
Answer: Plew

Question: Which four letter word beginning with Q is one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy?
Answer: Quin

Question: Which four letter word beginning withR is a large, flightless South American bird, resembling a small osrtich?
Answer: Rhea

Question: Which four letter word beginning with S is an Arab marketplace or bazaar?
Answer: Souk

Question: Which four letter word beginning with U is the pigmented layer of the eye, lying beneath the sclera and cornea, and comprising of the iris, choroid and ciliary body?
Answer: Uvea

Question: Which four letter word beginning with V is a small, usually glass, closable container for holding liquids?
Answer: Vial

Question: Which four letter word beginning with X is an Arctic fork-tailed gull?
Answer: Xeme

Question: Which four letter word beginning with Y is the basic monetary unit of China, equal to 100 Fen?
Answer: Yuan

Question: Which four letter word beginning with Z is an ornamental metal cup-shaped holder for holding a coffee cup?
Answer: Zarf

Question: Charlotte Cooper won which event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris?
Answer: Women’s Tennis Singles

Question: What is the title of Sean Connery’s fourth James Bond film?
Answer: Thunderball

Question: Which British satirical and current affairs magazine was first published on 1961?
Answer: Private Eye

Question: ‘2 Become 1’, ‘Say You’ll Be There’ and ‘Viva Forever’ were all number one hit singles by which British group?
Answer: Spice Girls

Question: Who wrote the 1953 novel ‘The Go-Between’?
Answer: L P Hartley

Question: A papio hamadryas is what type of creature?
Answer: Baboon (monkey)

Question: What is the title of the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union?
Answer: The Forsyte Saga

Question: Dahomey was an African kingdom in which present-day republic?
Answer: Benin

Question: Hymenopetrous Formicidae is the scientific name for which insect?
Answer: Ant

Question: In which UK city is Pleasure Beach Railway Station?
Answer: Blackpool

Question: Which Bronte sister used the pseudonym Currer Bell?
Answer: Charlotte Bronte

Question: What is the title of late singer Roy Orbison’s first UK number hit single?
Answer: Only The Lonely

Question: Which Austrian composer is known as the ‘Father of the String Quartet’?
Answer: Joseph Haydn

Question: Basement, Splash, Upstairs and Robin Hood are all terms used in which game?
Answer: Darts

Question: Saleem Sinai is the chief protagonist and narrator in which 1980 novel by Salman Rushdie?
Answer: Midnight’s Children

Question: The Tom Robinson Band sang about what colour Cortina in 1978?
Answer: Grey

Question: How many players in a team are on the field at one time in a game of shinty?
Answer: 12

Question: The Morganza Spillway (or Morganza Control Structure) is on the western bank of which US river?
Answer: Mississippi River

Question: In the Harry Potter series of book, what is the name of Hermione Granger’s pet cat?
Answer: Crookshanks

Question: Which was the first spaceflight that landed the first humans on the moon in July 1969?
Answer: Apollo 11

Question: Boris Tadic became President of which European country in July 2004?
Answer: Serbia

Question: What are the first names of US film makers Coen brothers?
Answer: Ethan and Joel

Question: Which musical instrument does Jack Nicholson’s character  play in the 1970 film ‘Five Easy Pieces’?
Answer: Piano

Question: Which UK band released a 1971 album entitled ‘Electric Warrior’?
Answer: T Rex

Question: The medical condition dactylitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: Digit (finger or toe)

Question: Burgenland, Tyrol and Vorarlberg are all states in which European country?
Answer: Austria

Question: Who was the first US President to serve three full terms in office?
Answer: Franklin D Roosevelt

Question: In the Christian calendar, which day comes after Maundy Thursday?
Answer: Good Friday

Question: Who wrote the book ‘On the Origin of Species’ in 1859?
Answer: Charles Darwin

Question: What are the full names of fictional television gardening sleuths Rosemary and Thyme?
Answer: Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme

Question: What is the name of Siegfried Farnon’s younger brother in the UK television series ‘All Creatures Great and Small’?
Answer: Tristan Farnon

Question: The Montreux Jazz Festival is held annually in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: What type of animal is a kudu?
Answer: Antelope

Question: Who was the original host of UK television game show ‘Wheel of Fortune’?
Answer: Nicky Campbell

Question: What are the three books in Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy?
Answer: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King

Question: In which year in the 21st Century did the US senate pass a resolution apologising for slavery?
Answer: 2009

Question: In Greek mythology, one of the 12 Labours of Hercules was to produce ‘what’ item belonging to Amazonian queen Hippolyte?
Answer: Magical Girdle

Question: The SANDF is the armed forces of which country?
Answer: South Africa _ South Africa National Defence Force

Question: The Ao dai is the traditional dress of women in which Asian country?
Answer: Vietnam

Question: On a standard dartboard, what number lies opposite 13?
Answer: 8

Question: Who plays Julia Roberts brutal husband in the 1991 film ‘Sleeping With the Enemy’?
Answer: Patrick Bergin

Question: Who stars as the title characters of the 1925 spoof film ‘Dr Pyckle and Mr Pryde’?
Answer: Stan Laurel

Question: Romano is what type of foodstuff?
Answer: Cheese

Question: Which band released a 2008 album entitled ‘Konk’?
Answer: The Kooks

Question: Mount Apo is the highest point in which Asian country?
Answer: Philippines

Question: In the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, what is the name of the headmaster of Lowood Institution?
Answer: Mr Brocklehurst

Question: What is the US state capital of Utah?
Answer: Salt Lake City

Question: In the game of Scrabble, how many points is a ‘P’ tile worth?
Answer: Three

Question: Who does John Wayne play in the 1960 film ‘The Alamo’?
Answer: Davy Crockett

Question: The ‘Rodney Riots’ took place on which Caribbean island in October 1968?
Answer: Jamaica

Question: What was the name of Adolph Hitler’s German Shepherd dog?
Answer: Blondi

Question: What is the family surname in the 2003 film ‘Cheaper By The Dozen’, starring Steve Martin?
Answer: Baker

Question: ‘Ionawr’ is Welsh for which month of the year?
Answer: January

Question: The 1950 FIFA World Cup was held in which country?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Protophobia is the fear of disease or pain in which part of the body?
Answer: Rectum

Question: 1962 saw the first trans-Atlantic satellite broadcast via which satellite?
Answer: Telstar

Question: The US Statue of Liberty is the work of which French sculptor?
Answer: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Question: Professor Caractacus Pott appears in which children’s novel by Ian Fleming?
Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Question: According to the folklore of which European country, Santa Claus has a brother called Bells Nichols?
Answer: France