Question: Covering an area in excess of 130,000 square miles, in which country can you find the 'Taklamakan Desert' the largest to lie wholly in it's own country ?
Answer: China

Question: In mythology, apart from Medussa, name either of the two Gorgons ?
Answer: Euryale / Stheno

Question: The trio The Andrews Sisters consisted of Patty, Maxine and which other ?
Answer: Laverne

Question: Which European capital city was once known as Christiania ?
Answer: Oslo

Question: Which Peugeot model won the award for European Car Of The Year in 1988 ?
Answer: 405

Question: By what collective name, referring to the town in North Wales where they settled, were the aristocratic eccentrics Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby known in the 18'th century ?
Answer: Ladies Of Llangollen

Question: The principle that 'work expands to fill the time available' is known as whose law ?
Answer: Parkinson'S

Question: In the card game 'Happy Families', how many cards make up a complete family ?
Answer: Four

Question: In the original version of the board game Trivial Pusuit, how many subject categories are there ?
Answer: Six

Question: Which commonly used acid has the formula HNO3 ?
Answer: Nitric Acid

Question: What type of creature is a muntjac ?
Answer: Deer

Question: Which European city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1753 ?
Answer: Lisbon

Question: What's the name of the land of the giants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels ?
Answer: Brobdingnab

Question: In which calendar year did the following events all take place: Alfred Hitchcock died, Ronald Reagan was elected as President of the USA, and the Summer Olympic Games were held in Moscow ?
Answer: 1980

Question: Which musical, for long entrenched at the Palace theatre in London, is currently running at the Queens theatre ?
Answer: Les Miserables

Question: Which chemical element has the symbol C and atomic number 6 ?
Answer: Carbon

Question: Although not called a lake as such, what is usually said to be the western-most lake in the English Lake District ?
Answer: Ennerdale Water

Question: Who played chief villain Spats Columbo in the classic comedy movie 'Some Like It Hot' ?
Answer: George Raft

Question: In Greek mythology, the Titan Mnemosyne was the personification of what ?
Answer: Memory

Question: Who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 ?
Answer: Gavrillo Princip

Question: Who won this year's cycling Tour of Britain ?
Answer: Sir Bradley Wiggins

Question: Which musical, the winner of 9 Tony awards, is currently running at the Prince of Wales theatre in London ?
Answer: The Book Of Mormon

Question: Which social media attraction was founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams ?
Answer: Twitter

Question: What type of fish is a Megamouth ?
Answer: Shark

Question: In which film did Jack Lemmon play the role of Professor Fate ?
Answer: The Great Race

Question: Which commission published its report on the assassination of President Kennedy on September 17, 1964 ?
Answer: Warren Commission

Question: What is the clinical word for the navel or belly button ?
Answer: Umbilicus

Question: Which British-born aviatrix is credited with being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west ?
Answer: Beryl Markham

Question: Often seen in Africa and the Middle East, the mechanism known as a Shadoof is used for what purpose ?
Answer: Raising Water

Question: Coir is the name given to the fibre from which fruit ?
Answer: Coconut

Question: The term 'Time Immemorial' was set as the period before the reign of which English king ?
Answer: Richard I

Question: Whose new solo album - his first in 14 years - is called Since I Saw You Last ?
Answer: Gary Barlow

Question: In Roman mythology, who was the guardian of gates and doors ?
Answer: Janus

Question: In which town or city are the headquarters of the Wetherspoons pub chain ?
Answer: Watford

Question: For which ancient ruler was the Mausoleum at Harlicarnassus built ?
Answer: Mausolus

Question: Who is the mother of the actor and director Samuel West ?
Answer: Prunella Scales

Question: Which Australian attraction is known as 'The Coathanger' ?
Answer: Sydney Harbour Bridge

Question: Which Australian attraction is also known as Uluru ?
Answer: Ayers Rock

Question: Which island group in the Indian Ocean, a popular tourist destination, has the city of Victoria as its capital ?
Answer: Seychelles

Question: Which herb is principally associated with Bearnaise sauce ?
Answer: Tarragon

Question: Which sport, known as jeu de paume in France , is still played at Hampton Court Palace ?
Answer: Real Tennis

Question: The American microbiologist Albert Bruce Sabin is noted for his invention of a vaccine, usually known by his name, for which once-common condition?
Answer: Polio

Question: In Indian houses, what word denoted a primitive type of ceiling fan consisting of a large flap of cloth operated by a rope ?
Answer: A Punkah

Question: Who is the mother of actress Rachel Stirling ?
Answer: Dame Diana Rigg

Question: Who was the last U.S. astronaut to go alone into space ?
Answer: Gordon Cooper

Question: Name the only English monarch to belong to the House of Blois.
Answer: Stephen

Question: Who wrote the orchestral work Carnival of the Animals in 1886 ?
Answer: Saint-Saens

Question: What spirit is the base of a Black Russian cocktail ?
Answer: Vodka

Question: Which French phrase commonly used in English means literally 'bottom of the bag' ?
Answer: Cul De Sac

Question: Who chairs the Radio 4 comedy panel game The News Quiz ?
Answer: Sandi Toksvig

Question: Which former England football manager recently took charge of Derby County?
Answer: Steve Mclaren

Question: The original 'Star Trek' TV series was set in which century ?
Answer: 23Rd

Question: Queen Anne was the second daughter of which king ?
Answer: James Ii

Question: What is the main currency unit of Hungary ?
Answer: Forint

Question: What does a candela measure ?
Answer: Luminous Intensity

Question: At his own request, which writer's auto-biography was published in 2010, one hundred years after his death ?
Answer: Mark Twain

Question: The Egyptian god Anubis has the head of what type of creature ?
Answer: Jackal

Question: Which lines on a map connect points with equal atmospheric pressure ?
Answer: Isobars

Question: Which eating disorder is named after the Greek for 'ox hunger' ?
Answer: Bulimia

Question: Which Enterprise captain in Star Trek: The Next Generation had the catchphrase 'Make it so' ?
Answer: Jean-Luc Picard

Question: The Triskelion is used as the symbol for which part of the British Isles ?
Answer: Isle Of Man

Question: Every January , the inhabitants of Lerwick on the Shetland Islands burn a full-size replica of what ?
Answer: Viking Longship

Question: In which country was Manchester United's new 18-year old signing Adrian Januzaj born ?
Answer: Belgium

Question: Which American singer was known as 'The Big O' ?
Answer: Roy Orbison

Question: In computing , for what does the acronym LAN stand ?
Answer: Local Area Network

Question: From which plant is the Mexican drink tequila distilled ?
Answer: (The blue) AGAVE

Question: In mythology , which bird can be reborn from its own ashes ?
Answer: Phoenix

Question: Who chairs the Radio 4 programme Round Britain Quiz ?
Answer: Tom Sutcliffe

Question: What is the longest river in Italy ?
Answer: The Po

Question: How is the plant monstera deliciosa better known ?
Answer: Swiss Cheese Plant

Question: What was the host city of the 1984 Summer Olympics ?
Answer: Los Angeles

Question: How many bells signify the end of a nautical watch ?
Answer: Eight

Question: In which of London's Royal Parks is Speakers' Corner located ?
Answer: Hyde Park

Question: In Shakespeare's Richard III, the Duke of Clarence is famously drowned in a vat of what type of wine ?
Answer: Malmsey

Question: Swanhilde is the lead role in which ballet ?
Answer: Coppelia