Question: Algophobia is an irrational fear of what?
Answer: Pain

Question: What type of animal is a bongo?
Answer: Antelope

Question: If an item is described as sagittate, what shape is it?
Answer: Arrowhead

Question: A janissary was a soldier in which Empire?
Answer: Turkish/Ottoman

Question: Who was the Prime Minister at the start of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837?
Answer: Viscount Melbourne

Question: What annual sporting event first took place at the Kennington Oval in 1872?
Answer: FA Cup Final

Question: What is the world's most widely read magazine?
Answer: Reader's Digest

Question: Little Nell is a character in which Dickens novel?
Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop

Question: Which freshwater fish has the Latin name Tinca Tinca?
Answer: Tench

Question: Which actor wrote the book The Moon's a Balloon?
Answer: David Niven

Question: Name either of the two Yorkshire cities served by Robin Hood airport.
Answer: Doncaster / Sheffield

Question: Which South American country's national airline is called Varig?
Answer: Brazil

Question: What is the name of the virus that frequently occurs on cruise ships?
Answer: Norovirus

Question: Give a year in the life of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera.
Answer: 1886-1957

Question: George de Mestral invented what type of fastener in 1948?
Answer: Velcro

Question: Which jockey won the 2007 Derby?
Answer: Frankie Dettori

Question: For what offence was Al Capone jailed?
Answer: Tax evasion

Question: The Ainu are an aboriginal people from which country?
Answer: Japan

Question: What do you call the bat in a game of shuttlecock?
Answer: Battledore

Question: What is the state capital of New Mexico?
Answer: Santa Fe

Question: Who created the sculpture of a bird on a pole outside Liverpool Cathedral?
Answer: Tracey Emin

Question: In which year was NATO founded?
Answer: 1949

Question: What was the name of the bank that rogue trader Nick Leeson worked for?
Answer: Barings

Question: What is the capital of the Sultanate of Oman?
Answer: Muscat

Question: What is the largest species of tree, in terms of height and trunk girth?
Answer: Giant Sequoia

Question: The Kookaburra belongs to which family of birds?
Answer: Kingfisher

Question: Pyorrhoea is a disease associated with which part of the human body?
Answer: Gums

Question: Apiophobia is a morbid fear of what?
Answer: Bees

Question: A pinnate item is what shape?
Answer: Feather

Question: What were the American militiamen called during the War of Independence?
Answer: Minutemen

Question: Who was the Prime Minister when Queen Victoria died in 1901?
Answer: arquis of Salisbury

Question: In which city did Roger Bannister become the first man to break the four minute barrier for the mile?
Answer: Oxford

Question: Which newspaper group owns the Liverpool Echo?
Answer: Trinity Mirror Group

Question: The Lambeth Walk is a dance from which musical?
Answer: Me and My Girl

Question: A muster is a group of what?
Answer: Peacocks

Question: Where would you find Moai statues?
Answer: Easter Island

Question: In which year was the International Garden Festival held in Liverpool?
Answer: 1984

Question: Which country has ET as the international car registration number?
Answer: Egypt

Question: The azalea is a member of which genus of plants?
Answer: Rhododendron

Question: Which town is the administrative HQ of Flintshire?
Answer: Mold

Question: Whose first novel was Buddenbrooks, published in 1901?
Answer: Thomas Mann

Question: Give one year in the reign of King Henry III?
Answer: 1216-72

Question: The cassowary is native to two countries. Name one.
Answer: Australia / New Guinea

Question: In which city was Charles Dickens born?
Answer: Portsmouth

Question: Give a life in the year of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Answer: c.1343-1400

Question: Retinol is another name for which vitamin?
Answer: Vitamin A

Question: Which American state has the nickname the Green Mountain state?
Answer: Vermont

Question: Which mammal is the nearest relative of the giraffe, and is only found in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Answer: Okapi

Question: Who wrote the novel Agnes Grey, in 1847?
Answer: Anne Bronte

Question: Saffron is obtained from which flower?
Answer: Crocus

Question: Who wrote the poetic drama 'Murder in the Cathedral' in 1939?
Answer: T S Eliot

Question: What is the capital of Venezuela?
Answer: Caracas

Question: What type of animal is a fulmar?
Answer: A (large) (sea) bird

Question: What type of tool is a bolster?
Answer: A wide nosed chisel

Question: Which film star was born on 20 June 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania?
Answer: Errol Flynn

Question: What is the official language of Ethiopia?
Answer: Amharic

Question: What is the alternative English name for the rowan tree?
Answer: Mountain Ash

Question: Which year saw the culmination and end of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Answer: 1962

Question: What does the Russian word Pravda mean?
Answer: Truth

Question: How many stars are there on the Australian flag?
Answer: 6

Question: Which country owns the Aland Islands?
Answer: Finland

Question: Which American film actor who died in 1993 was known principally for his roles in horror films such as 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher'?
Answer: Vincent Price

Question: In which New York borough is Greenwich Village?
Answer: Manhattan

Question: In which US state is Palm Springs?
Answer: California

Question: On what river does Bristol (UK) stand?
Answer: River Avon

Question: To within one year either way, in which year was Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh?
Answer: 1930

Question: To within one year either way, when was the Sydney Opera House formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II?
Answer: 1973

Question: Which character did Penelope Keith play in 'the Good Life'? (Christian name and surname required)
Answer: Margot Leadbetter

Question: In which country was Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law born?
Answer: Canada

Question: What is the literal meaning of the Jewish word 'Kosher'?
Answer: Pure

Question: King George V changed the surname of the British Royal family to Windsor; what had it been previously?
Answer: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Question: Which animal married the Owl and the Pussycat in the Edward Lear poem?
Answer: The Turkey

Question: What name is given to the traditional type of folk song sung by Venetian gondoliers?
Answer: Barcarolle

Question: Name the town in California where Clint Eastwood was elected mayor in 1986.
Answer: Carmel(-by-the-sea)

Question: The Irish town of Drogheda stands on which river?
Answer: River Boyne

Question: Saddam Hussein was born in which town?
Answer: Tikrit

Question: Which website was founded by Steve and Julie Pankhurst in 1999?
Answer: Friends Reunited

Question: Which is the largest species of tiger?
Answer: Siberian

Question: Which type of dolphin is most commonly seen in zoos and aquaria?
Answer: Bottlenose

Question: What is the present-day name of the Canadian city known in the early 19th century as York?
Answer: Toronto

Question: What is the meaning of the word Beijing?
Answer: Northern Capital

Question: The Good Companions (1929) and Dangerous Corner (1932) were both written by whom?
Answer: J B Priestley

Question: During World War II what was the German plan to flood Britain with forged currency called?
Answer: Operation Bernhard

Question: Prompted by Operation Bernhard, which security measure was adopted by British banknotes in 1946?
Answer: Metallic strip

Question: Which English king is buried in Faversham?
Answer: Stephen

Question: In which town or city could you consult Mma Ramotswe of the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency?
Answer: Gabarone

Question: The author of the Harry Potter books is J.K. Rowling. Give either of the names for which her initials stand.
Answer: Joanne/Kathleen

Question: In which county are the Mountains of Mourne?
Answer: Down

Question: Edale is the southern end of which walking trail?
Answer: Pennine Way