Question: The obsequious "ever so 'umble" money-lender in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, is?
Answer: Uriah Heep

Question: In 2014, Illinois University research found higher casualty rates from female-named (what?) due to victims' complacency, compared to having higher perceived fear of male names?
Answer: Hurricanes

Question: Unusually for a whale, the Arctic Ocean narwhal (or narwhale) possesses?
Answer: One long straight spiral tusk

Question: Originating in Turkish cuisine terminology the 'shish' in a shish kebab refers to? Lamb; Skewer; Spice; or the 'Sizzle' sound?
Answer: Skewer

Question: Cumulus humilis is commonly described as?
Answer: Fair weather cloud

Question: The convincing diamond substitute Zircon (zirconium silicate) is?
Answer: Naturally occurring in rock

Question: Who wrote 'This be the Verse', starting famously "They f*** you up, your Mum and Dad, They may not mean to, but they do..."?
Answer: Philip Larkin

Question: Brazil's first ever football match as a national team was in 1914 at Laranjeiras stadium, Rio de Janeiro state, against?
Answer: Exeter City

Question: The UHF wireless technology developed by Eriksson in 1994 for data transfer between devices in close proximity is?
Answer: Bluetooth

Question: What is the '1c Magenta', which (at $20m) became the most expensive man-made object ever in terms of weight to value?
Answer: Postage stamp

Question: A circular partner-swapping ballroom dance, named after a 1700s maritime leader, is the?
Answer: Paul Jones

Question: The Stone Age was roughly how many years ago?
Answer: 4-5,000

Question: Originally a French portmanteau word combining a shoe and boot, what means 'wilfully destroy'?
Answer: Sabotage

Question: What is the recurring number when two-thirds is expressed as a decimal?
Answer: 6

Question: Which controversial Swiss sports head, accused of racism, sexism and corruption 1990s-2000s, was once president of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders, which advocated women should not replace stockings and suspenders with pantyhose?
Answer: Sepp Blatter

Question: Bambino is the family trust of which controversial business mogul, subject to criminal proceedings in Germany 2014?
Answer: Bernie Ecclestone

Question: What abbreviated term refers to songs/music used in film, TV, adverts, games etc?
Answer: Sync

Question: What pollen-receiving part of a flower also refers to negative perceptions and also Christian imagery?
Answer: Stigma

Question: Which famous sports-sponsoring organization has a winged hourglass logo, the oldest registered mark of its industry?
Answer: Longines

Question: In 2014 the European Union required member states to add what revenues to national economic reporting of GDP?
Answer: Drug dealing and prostitution

Question: What word is punningly used to describe serious campers?
Answer: Intense

Question: Approximately how many million people play regular organized football in the world (at the early 2000s)?
Answer: 250 million

Question: The word soccer derives from?
Answer: Association

Question: What is not required by the rules of soccer?
Answer: Goal net

Question: What city/club football rules, which spread widely in the late 1800s, introduced heading, corners, throw-ins, changing ends, and the goal crossbar?
Answer: Sheffield

Question: FIFA's 2014 World Cup Finals/Qualifying rules dictate a match squad of how many players?
Answer: 23

Question: In the 2010 World Cup Final, Jo'bulani was the?
Answer: Ball

Question: The minimum rest-period between two games for any team at the 2014 World Cup is how many hours?
Answer: 48

Question: Soccer rules award what after an 'own goal' directly from a throw-in?
Answer: Corner

Question: Who has made the World Cup footballs since 1970?
Answer: Adidas

Question: The World Cup Qualifiying matches between El Salvador v Honduras in 1969 coincided with what mutual event?
Answer: War

Question: A white ball was first used in a World Cup in?
Answer: 1950

Question: The centre circle of a soccer pitch is used only at kick-offs/re-starts, and in which other game feature?
Answer: Penalty shoot-outs

Question: Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day?
Answer: Belgium

Question: In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly?
Answer: Rhythm

Question: What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912?
Answer: Rubber

Question: What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above?
Answer: Arriba

Question: What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive?
Answer: Dam/Damn

Question: The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art?
Answer: Impressionism

Question: Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil?
Answer: Real

Question: What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval?
Answer: Deprecate

Question: What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)?
Answer: Dill

Question: Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications?
Answer: Lieu

Question: Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Question: The modern 21-day/stage Tour de France is roughly what total distance?
Answer: 2,200m/3,500km

Question: What French railway term refers to the bicycle gear system for shifting the chain between sprockets?
Answer: Derailleur

Question: What country produces Flying Pigeon bicycles, at 2010 the most popular mechanical vehicle in history?
Answer: China

Question: What was a bicycle first called (and still today also any human powered wheeled vehicle), a Latin portmanteau of 'speed' and 'foot'?
Answer: Velocipede

Question: A modern 'balance bicycle' is purpose-designed for?
Answer: Children

Question: In 2013 Dutch cyclist Sebastiaan Bowier set a world speed record for a bicycle (unassisted, human powered vehicle) of what mph? 49; 57; 72 or 83?
Answer: 83

Question: A penny-farthing (high-wheel) bicycle is steered by which wheel(s)?
Answer: Front

Question: Slang for an eccentric person, what bicycle part converts reciprocal leg-power into circular wheel motion?
Answer: Crank

Question: The green jersey is worn by the Tour de France's?
Answer: Best sprinter

Question: As at 2014 which nation has never hosted a Tour de France stage?
Answer: Austria

Question: Who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in October 2012 due to doping?
Answer: Lance Armstrong

Question: What French word commonly refers to a bunch or pack of cyclists?
Answer: Peloton

Question: Developed, named (c.1950) and hugely popular in Japan for gambling, what Olympic track cycling event requires riders to follow a motorized bike until the last few hundred metres of free sprint?
Answer: Keirin

Question: Drop, Randonneur, Porteur, Aero and Moustache are types of bicycle what?
Answer: Handlebars

Question: Traditionally when in colour/color, the Samsung logo is?
Answer: Blue

Question: What is an eighth when expressed as a percentage?
Answer: 12.5%

Question: The French medieval term 'jongleur' refers to the trade of?
Answer: Entertainer

Question: A loggia is a room or gallery characterized by the absence of?
Answer: External wall

Question: 'Pinyin', the original and common other Chinese/Japanese name for the tile game Mahjong means?
Answer: Sparrow

Question: If two sides of an isosceles triangle each measure 5cms then the other side cannot be?
Answer: 5cms

Question: The popular mid-2010s children's fad My Friend Cayla is a?
Answer: Talking Doll