Question: In 1407, Dick Whittington was simultaneously Lord Mayor of London and Mayor of which French town?
Answer: Calais

Question: Which English poet wrote ‘The Prisoner of Chillon’?
Answer: Lord Byron

Question: Who was Prime Minister of Australia at the outbreak of World War I?
Answer: Andrew Fisher

Question: Which Essex town was granted city status for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: Chelmsford

Question: In the William Wordsworth poem ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’, how many daffodils are mentioned?
Answer: Ten thousand

Question: Which English football team is nicknamed ‘The Cobblers’?
Answer: Northampton Town FC

Question: Ehud Olmert became Prime Minister of which country in 2006?
Answer: Israel

Question: Which English airport features in a television advert for ‘Specsavers’?
Answer: Luton Airport

Question: Villain Hugo Drax appears in which 1979 James Bond film?
Answer: Moonraker

Question: The volcano Hekla is on which island?
Answer: Iceland

Question: An 18th Century dandy and a type of pasta share which name?
Answer: Macaroni

Question: If an organism is halophile, what type of conditions can it tolerate?
Answer: Saline/salt

Question: Which American philosopher built a hut near Walden pond, Concord in 1845, and lived there as a hermit for a few years?
Answer: Henry David Thoreau

Question: Which band released an 1984 album entitled ‘Legend’?
Answer: Bob Marley and the Wailers

Question: The medical condition aphagia is the inability or refusal to do what?
Answer: Swallow

Question: The 1988 film ‘Frantic’, starring Harrison Ford, is set in which European city?
Answer: Paris

Question: ‘Jam and Jerusalem’ is associated with which British institution?
Answer: Women’s Institute

Question: Anserine relates to which creature?
Answer: Goose

Question: What is the name of Tom and Barbara’s goat in the UK television series ‘The Good Life’?
Answer: Geraldine

Question: Jenny Pitman was the trainer of which 1995 Grand National winning horse?
Answer: Royal Athlete

Question: The 17th Century explorer Robert Cavelier (or Robert de la Salle) canoed down which American river and claimed the entire river basin for France?
Answer: Mississippi River

Question: What was Britain’s first local BBC radio station, launched in 1967?
Answer: BBC Radio Leicester

Question: Which French port did RMS Titanic call at after leaving Southampton in April 1912?
Answer: Cherbourg

Question: Which novelist won the 1993 Booker Prize for his novel ‘Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha’?
Answer: Roddy Doyle

Question: Singer Doug Trendle is better known by what name?
Answer: Buster Bloodvessel

Question: The ‘Explorer Belt Award’ is awarded to which group of people?
Answer: Boy/Girl Scouts

Question: Barbara Pierce is married to which former US President?
Answer: George H W Bush

Question: What is the cube-root of 343?
Answer: 7

Question: The city of Linz is in which European country?
Answer: Austria

Question: The bull represents which sign of the Zodiac?
Answer: Taurus

Question: What is the surname of rowing brothers Greg and Jonny, who won Olympic Gold Medals in 1992?
Answer: Searle

Question: Joe Frazier said ‘He’s phoney, using his blackness to get his way’, about which other boxer?
Answer: Muhammed Ali

Question: What is the title of the 1978 sequel to the 1970 film ‘Love Story’, starring Ryan O’Neal’?
Answer: Oliver’s Story

Question: Who wrote the children’s story ‘James and the Giant Peach’?
Answer: Roald Dahl

Question: Soft, Rigid Gas Permeable and Plano are all types of what?
Answer: Contact Lenses

Question: The Battle of Caporetto was fought during which war?
Answer: World War I

Question: What is the name of the official residence of the Mayor of the City of New York?
Answer: Gracie Mansion

Question: ‘The Postage Stamp’ is a hole on which Scottish golf course?
Answer: Royal Troon

Question: The Guinness Book of Records described which actor as ‘The most versatile actor in the world’ in a 1979 entry?
Answer: Robert Duvall

Question: Zermatt and Verbier are ski resorts in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: In King Arthur’s ‘Camelot’, what is Excalibur?
Answer: A sword

Question: What does a philographist collect?
Answer: Autographs

Question: What is the name of Britain’s highest chalk sea cliff?
Answer: Beachy Head

Question: Which British actor played the role of Leon Trotsky in the 1972 film ‘The Assassination of Trotsky’?
Answer: Richard Burton

Question: In September 1951, which three countries signed a mutual defence pact, known as the ANZUS Treaty?
Answer: Australia, New Zealand, United States

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

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books during which month of the year is Harry Potter’s birthday?
Answer: July

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of the driver of the Knight Bus?
Answer: Ernie Prang

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books who killed Cedric Diggory in the Goblet of Fire film?
Answer: Peter Pettigrew

Question: Which late actor played Albus Dumbledore in the first two Harry potter films?
Answer: Richard Harris

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books which animal is Hagrid allergic to?
Answer: Cats

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what are the names of Molly Weasley’s brothers who were killed by Death Eaters in the First Wizarding War?
Answer: Gideon and Fabian Prewett

Question: What is the name of the wizarding pub in London in the Harry Potter novels?
Answer: The Leaky Cauldron

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what make and model is the Weasley family’s flying car?
Answer: Ford Anglia

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of Harry Potter’s pet owl?
Answer: Hedwig

Question: In the world of Harry Potter to get into the Ministry of Magic via the visitor’s entrance, what number must be dialled?
Answer: 62442 – spells MAGIC on a phone

Question: What is the title of the third Harry Potter book?
Answer: The Prisoner of Azkaban

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books which animal is James Potter’s ‘Patronus’
Answer: A stag

Question: In the Harry Potter series of books what is the name of the Charms Master at Hogwarts School?
Answer: Filius Flitwick

Question: The 1999 film ‘Topsy Turvy’ by Mike Leigh is about which playwright and composer duo?
Answer: Gilbert and Sullivan

Question: Malacology is the branch of zoology concerned with which type of creatures?
Answer: Molluscs

Question: Which band had a 1959 hit with the song ‘I Only Have Eyes For You’?
Answer: The Flamingos

Question: Which Polynesian island was originally called Rapa Nui before it was discovered by Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeeven in 1722?
Answer: Easter Island

Question: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ is the opening chapter of which children’s novel?
Answer: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Question: By area, what is the smallest of the United Arab Emirates?
Answer: Ajman

Question: In March 1935 which cartoon character made his debut in Looney Tunes ‘I Haven’t Got a Hat’?
Answer: Porky Pig

Question: Joan Fussey, Miss Haggard and Josh Fiddler are all characters in which ‘Carry On’ film?
Answer: Carry On Camping

Question: In the nursery rhyme ‘Sing a Song of Sixpence’ how many blackbirds were baked in a pie?
Answer: 24

Question: The vitelus is which part of an egg?
Answer: Yolk

Question: What is the title of Samuel Beckett’s play which consists of about 25 seconds of screams and heavy breathing?
Answer: Breath

Question: ‘Teardrop’ by Massive Attack is the theme tune to which US television medical drama starring Hugh Laurie?
Answer: House

Question: How many ‘Books’ make up the Old Testament of the Bible?
Answer: 39

Question: Chartwell was the family home of which British Prime Minister?
Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: Dhaka is the capital of which Asian country?
Answer: Bangladesh