Question: John Milton created what name for the capital of Hell in his poem "Paradise Lost"?
Answer: Pandemonium

Question: What is the name for a wasps' nest?
Answer: Vespiary

Question: A filibuster is typically found where?
Answer: A decision-making body

Question: What is another name for the childhood disease called laryngotracheobronchitis?
Answer: Croup

Question: What strait is between the Russian island of Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaid?
Answer: La Perouse Strait

Question: Which honour was conferred by James II on John Dryden in 1630?
Answer: Poet Laureate

Question: The national flag of which country features a map of it in a copper-yellow colour, symbolising large deposits of copper ore, with, to symbolise peace, two olive branches below on white?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: What is a word for the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane?
Answer: Protoplasm

Question: Who wrote "A Brief History Of Time" and "Black Holes and Baby Universes"?
Answer: Stephen Hawking

Question: Where will the Paralympics be held in 2020?
Answer: Tokyo

Question: What does the dish called "Welsh rarebit" traditionally consist of?
Answer: A savoury sauce of melted cheese and other ingredients, served hot on toast

Question: What lives in a "holt"?
Answer: Otter

Question: Who died at 17 rue Beautrellis, Paris, on 3 July 1971?
Answer: Jim Morrison

Question: A 1962 film was called "The Mutiny on the ... " what?
Answer: Bounty

Question: What computer operating system that can be installed on a wide variety of computer hardware (including mobile phones, smartphones, wristwatches, mainframes & supercomputers) is an example of free and open source software collaboration?
Answer: Linux

Question: Where is 0 degrees latitude and 180 degrees longitude?
Answer: Among the islands that make up Kiribati

Question: It was his 18th pop single, was released in July 2012, and by the end of July 2013 was YouTube's most watched video with 1.715 billion hits; who and what is it?
Answer: Psy with "Gangnam Style"

Question: How many pieces are on a chessboard at the start of a game?
Answer: 32

Question: What ballroom dance is inspired by the bullfight?
Answer: Pasa doble

Question: Where is the "Scenic Railway", built in 1911, the oldest continually-operating roller coaster in the world, and one of only two in existence that require a brakeman to stand in the middle of the train?
Answer: Luna Park, Melbourne, Australia

Question: In any version of the TV series "Law & Order", the opening credits start with the actors playing what parts?
Answer: Police

Question: What everyday items are graded on "B" and "H" scales?
Answer: Pencils

Question: The portrait of which US statesman appears on the US $100 bill?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Question: What is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning have changed over time?
Answer: Etymology

Question: Rogaining, a sport of long distance cross-country navigation or orienteering, is recognised as originating where?
Answer: Australia

Question: Where would you find the Machu Picchu mountain?
Answer: Peru

Question: What science features in the "Indiana Jones" film series?
Answer: Archaeology

Question: Khalid Al Qassimi, Daniel Sorda, Sebastien Ogier, Franois Duval & Jar-Matti Latvala regularly competed in 2010 in which championship?
Answer: World Rally Championship

Question: Where is the area that France administers called Terre Adlie?
Answer: Antarctica

Question: A book by Ernest Hemingway is "The Snows of " where?
Answer: Kilimanjaro

Question: In French cuisine, what is the name for a baked dish originating in Germany that is based on a custard made from eggs and milk or cream in a pastry crust, which usually is blind baked before the other ingredients are added for a secondary baking period?
Answer: Quiche

Question: What bridge, between Millers Point and Milsons Point, opened on 19 March 1932?
Answer: Sydney Harbour Bridge

Question: The names Corbett and Brambell are most associated with which well-known UK TV series?
Answer: Steptoe and Son

Question: Mohandas Gandhi studied law at which English educational institution?
Answer: London University

Question: Bile is made in the liver and discharged into the duodenum. Where is it stored and conentrated on this journey?
Answer: Gall bladder

Question: What is a stanza or poem consisting of four lines?
Answer: Quatrain

Question: Who was president of the USA when Chiang Kai-shek and his National Revolutionary Army fled to Taiwan from mainland China, during the "House Un-American Activities Committee" under Senator Joseph McCarthy, and during most of the US involvement in the Korean War?
Answer: Harry S. Truman

Question: When was the first Great Reno Balloon Race held?
Answer: 1982

Question: Traditionally, what is used to coat Edam cheese?
Answer: Wax

Question: Who were the two contenders for the America's Cup in yachting in 2013?
Answer: USA and New Zealand

Question: What term is applied to the selective breeding of people?
Answer: Eugenics

Question: What was the only combat medal created in the US, and subsequently cancelled in April 2013, for a military service member who is not physically in the geographic combat zone?
Answer: Distinguished Warfare

Question: What was the Muse d'Orsay in Paris used for before it was an art gallery?
Answer: Railway station

Question: What type of instrument is a lute?
Answer: String

Question: What electricity voltage is provided as mains power in Japan?
Answer: 100 Volts

Question: Who were, respectively, the first conductor and Artistic Director of the Glyndebourne Opera?
Answer: Fritz Bosch & Carl Ebert

Question: According to Greek legend, who was the king of Cyprus who fell in love with a statue he had made and married her after Aphrodite brought her to life?
Answer: Pygmalion

Question: In 2005, who became the youngest Formula One Champion Racing Driver at the age of 24?
Answer: Fernando Alonso

Question: In 1779 Captain James Cook, having surveyed the West Coast of the continent of North America, was killed at which islands?
Answer: Hawaiian Islands

Question: In Japan, what is the Shinkansen?
Answer: High speed rail line

Question: What name is given to fluctuations in the curvature of spacetime that were predicted to exist by Albert Einstein in 1916 on the basis of his theory of general relativity?
Answer: Gravitational waves

Question: Circe transformed Odysseus' companions into what?
Answer: Swine

Question: What is a "passion play" about?
Answer: The suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ

Question: Who would use an orange stick?
Answer: Manicurist

Question: What was the real name of the fictional character Jason Bourne, the main character in 3 films based on stories by Robert Ludlam?
Answer: David Webb

Question: What name did Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe perform under?
Answer: Jelly Roll Morton

Question: Who is the native American subject of a poem by Longfellow?
Answer: Hiawatha

Question: What is the generic title of a series of French comic strips that first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959?
Answer: The Adventures of Asterix

Question: Sean Murphy became the World Champion in 2005 in what sport?
Answer: Snooker

Question: What is the name of the cross-pieces on a guitar fingerboard?
Answer: Frets

Question: In Greek mythology, who was the multi-headed dog, encircled by a serpent, that guarded the portal to the underworld?
Answer: Cerberus

Question: What is the world's largest cat?
Answer: Tiger

Question: What was the first name of Dr. Watson, Sherlock Homes' assistant?
Answer: John

Question: Which country on the east coast of the Bay of Bengal is bordered by China, Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh and Nepal?
Answer: Burma

Question: What word is commonly used in North America to mean "soup"?
Answer: Chowder

Question: Who is killed by the Shakespearean character Macduff?
Answer: Macbeth