Question: The Romanov Dynasty (Peter I, Catherine I, Peter II, Anna, Ivan VI, Elizabeth, Peter III, Catherine II the Great, Paul I, Alexander I, Constantine I, Nicholas I, Alexander II , Alexander III and Nicholas II) ruled which country?
Answer: Russia

Question: What is the motto of the Hells Angels?
Answer: When we do right, nobody remembers. When we do wrong, nobody forgets

Question: A shadoof is for lifting what?
Answer: Water

Question: The parliament of which country has met at the Binnenhof since 1446?
Answer: Netherlands

Question: Where was the Battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066 between the Norman army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army of King Harold II?
Answer: Senlac Hill

Question: Who produced the film "12 Angry Men", which was scripted by Reginald Rose, starred Henry Fonda and was directed by Sidney Lumet?
Answer: Henry Fonda

Question: What murderer lived at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London?
Answer: John Christie

Question: On 9 November 2010, what first-person shooter video game broke the 24-hour sales record, selling more than 5.6 million copies in the U.S. and U.K., breaking the record set by its predecessor, "Modern Warfare 2" by around 900,000 copies?
Answer: Call of Duty: Black Ops

Question: What part of the body is affected by the condition called rickets?
Answer: Bones

Question: What was the code name for the German invasion of Russia in World War II?
Answer: Operation Barbarossa

Question: With what activity was Isadora Duncan associated?
Answer: Dance

Question: What type of story begins "once upon a time" and ends "they lived happily ever after"?
Answer: Fairy tale

Question: There are 259 steps from where to where?
Answer: The floor of St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK, to the Whispering Gallery inside the dome

Question: What was the first land passage between Manhattan Island and Brooklyn that, on its opening in 1883, became the longest suspension bridge in the world and its towers the tallest structures in the Western Hemisphere?
Answer: Brooklyn Bridge

Question: Which medieval work of literature, sometimes called the world's first novel, is still available today?
Answer: The Tale of Genji

Question: What is the name of Janet Jackson's (deceased) superstar brother?
Answer: Michael

Question: What phrase means "let the buyer beware"?
Answer: Caveat emptor

Question: King Umberto II ruled Italy for forty days from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946. What caused it to end?
Answer: A public referendum decided it should be a republic

Question: What multi-user adventure game was developed from 1978 by Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle from 1980, students at Essex University in the UK, that revolved around gaining points till one achieved the wizard rank, giving the player immortality and certain powers over mortals?
Answer: MUD (Multi-User Dungeon)

Question: At the start of a game of chess, there are 16 of which pieces on the board?
Answer: Pawns

Question: In which state of Australia would you find the area known as the Barkly Tableland?
Answer: Northern Territory

Question: Religious reformer Martin Luther famously burnt what letter?
Answer: From the pope, excommunicating him

Question: What are Italy's national colours?
Answer: Green, red and white

Question: What spoken word competition, which has been organised for many years by Gary Hallock, has been held every May since 1978 in Austin, Texas?
Answer: The O. Henry Pun-Off

Question: What is the generic title of a series of French comic strips that follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation by means of a magic potion brewed by their druid, which gives them superhuman strength?
Answer: The Adventures of Asterix

Question: What name is given to the disease whereby parasites can change the behaviour of rats and mice, making them drawn to rather than fearful of the scent of cats?
Answer: Toxoplasmosis

Question: Clive Owen played "Dwight" in which 2005 film?
Answer: Sin City

Question: The team from which country won the tennis tournament for the Davis Cup in 2010?
Answer: Serbia

Question: What attracts tourists to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada?
Answer: It is a ski resort

Question: In biology, what word is given to the change in the genetic material of a population of organisms from one generation to the next?
Answer: Evolution

Question: 31 March, the birthday of Csar Chvez, is recognised as a holiday in the US states of California, Texas, Arizona and Colorado. What role did he play in the history of the USA?
Answer: Labour unionist

Question: Who said "Pressure, I'll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmidt up your backside. Playing cricket is not"?
Answer: Keith Miller

Question: Why is the scarlet pimpernel, a low-growing annual plant found in Europe, Asia and North America, known as 'the poor man's barometer' and 'the poor man's weatherglass'?
Answer: The flowers close when atmospheric pressure decreases and bad weather is approaching

Question: Which country held its bicentennial celebrations in 1976?
Answer: Usa

Question: Who wrote the books "Fourplay" (published in 2001), "The Ex Files" (2003), "dot.homme" (2004), "Second Wives Club" (2005) and "Love @ First Site" (2005)?
Answer: Jane Moore

Question: What was the occupation of the character called Ross Geller in the TV series "Friends"?
Answer: Palaeontologist

Question: The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for King Khufu as a what?
Answer: Tomb

Question: What bird is nicknamed "man of war" because it steals food from other birds in the air?
Answer: Frigate bird

Question: Why were George Atzerodt, Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell and David Herold hanged in Washington, D.C., on 7 July 1865?
Answer: They were conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Question: Formaggio marcio is notable for containing what?
Answer: Live insect larvae

Question: The lyric "Then I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote, and for my 19th birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat" is from which song?
Answer: """The River"" by Bruce Springsteen"

Question: Which English King was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Answer: Henry II

Question: Who created the work "A Thousand Years", consisting of a cow's head, maggots and an insect electrocutor?
Answer: Damien Hirst

Question: What is an insincere expression of sorrow?
Answer: Crocodile tears

Question: The "Byzantine Empire" is the term used since the 19th century to describe the Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centred on its capital, where?
Answer: Constantinople

Question: """Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk"" are lyrics from which song by the Bee Gees?"
Answer: Stayin' Alive

Question: Appenzeller, Bndner Bergkse. Casalina, Crava, Dorset Blue Vinney, Giglio Sardo, Labneh. Piave, Sage Derby and Strica are all types of what?
Answer: Cheese

Question: Anthony Wilding is the only New Zealander in what sport's Hall of Fame?
Answer: Tennis

Question: Where are the Dodecanese Islands?
Answer: Aegean Sea, near Tukey

Question: Where did the Phnom Penh stampede occur, on 22 November 2010 when 378 people died and upwards of 755 more were injured?
Answer: On a bridge

Question: In the twelve years since it began on 4 September 1998, how many contestants in the UK version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" won 1,000,000?
Answer: 5

Question: Which professional surfer who died on 2 November 2010, the only surfer to have won a title at every venue on the ASP calendar, had won 3 world titles (2002, 2003, 2004) and as recently as 3 September 2010 had won the Billabong Pro in Tahiti?
Answer: Andy Irons

Question: In the English legal system, what does a lawyer become when he "takes silk"?
Answer: Qc

Question: How many different people were Prime Minister of New Zealand in the first 100 years after it became a Dominion in 1907?
Answer: 21