Question: Which American singer who starred in "The New Mickey Mouse Club" from 1993 to 1994 and released her debut album "...Baby One More Time" in 1999 was ranked by Forbes in 2009 as the 13th most powerful celebrity and the 2nd biggest-earning young musician?
Answer: Britney Spears

Question: A five block area of which city was permanently closed to traffic in May 2009 in an attempt to make the city "more liveable"?
Answer: New York

Question: The legend of Robin Hood, which dates from the 14th century and includes tales of Friar Tuck, Little John and Alan Adale, is centred on which forest?
Answer: Sherwood

Question: Who was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors, through the process he called natural selection?
Answer: Charles Darwin

Question: What is the most prestigious event at the Henley Royal Regatta, for a cup which has been awarded since the regatta was first staged?
Answer: The Grand Challenge Cup for Men's Eights

Question: Where were tanks used for the first time in battle?
Answer: Somme, 1916

Question: What term is used to describe Western European architectural style for the period from the late 10th to the 12th century which was identifiably Medieval and prefigured the Gothic, yet maintained the rounded Roman arch?
Answer: Romanesque

Question: Which countries hosted the first three American Football World Cup (also known as the IFAF World Cup and Gridiron World Cup) contests in 1999, 2003 and 2007?
Answer: Italy, Germany & Japan

Question: Which country has borders with the Central African Republic, Sudan, Zambia, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (with Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika)?
Answer: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Question: The US state of Virginia was named after which queen?
Answer: Elizabeth I

Question: Who rests in the Hotel des Invalides, Paris?
Answer: Napoleon

Question: How long is the Greek measure called a "stadium"?
Answer: One tenth of a mile

Question: The Grand Canyon is in which US state?
Answer: Arizona

Question: Which country was the setting for the novels of Neville Shute?
Answer: Australia

Question: What is the term for the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated, common examples of which include the behaviour of light, sound and water waves?
Answer: Reflection

Question: The publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852 aroused much public feeling about what issue in the USA?
Answer: Slavery

Question: In Roman numerals, what is signified by the letter V?
Answer: 5

Question: Who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)?
Answer: Anthony Hopkins

Question: William Gilbert Grace was a famous player of which sport?
Answer: Cricket

Question: What is the area of a triangle whose sides are 5, 12 and 13 inches long?
Answer: 30 square inches

Question: Where did Jonathan Swift set his imaginary island of Lilliput?
Answer: Indian Ocean

Question: What are the Yeoman Warders, who have guarded the Tower of London since 1485, commonly called?
Answer: Beefeaters

Question: Braslia has been the capital of Brazil since 1960. Where was the capital before that?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro

Question: Who was the previous King of Spain before King Juan Carlos I succeeded on 22 November 1975?
Answer: Alfonso XIII

Question: In which century was the Panama Canal opened?
Answer: 20th

Question: At the 1896 Olympics, winners received a silver medal and second place received a bronze medal. In 1900, most winners received cups or trophies instead of medals. What present tradition was introduced at the 1904 Games?
Answer: Awarding gold, silver & bronze medals for the first three places

Question: Roswell, the "UFO crash site", is in which US state?
Answer: New Mexico

Question: How many fence posts are required to surround a field that is 12 metres square, if a post must be provided every metre?
Answer: 48

Question: Which British sculptor and artist of the 20th century, whose work was said to exemplify Modernism, was made a Dame in 1965 and died aged 72 in a fire in her studio at St Ives, Cornwall, in 1975?
Answer: Barbara Hepworth

Question: What is the longest river on the island of New Guinea?
Answer: Sepik

Question: The Hong Kong Sevens, a competition for seven-a-side rugby, has been held at what venue since 1994?
Answer: Hong Kong Stadium

Question: The chief rivers of which country are the Ebro, Jucar, Guadalquivir, Tagus, Douru and Minho?
Answer: Spain

Question: How old was the oldest person to win an Olympic Medal?
Answer: 72

Question: In the episode of Coronation Street that aired in Britain on 3 March 2008, who pushed Gail Platt down the stairs, leaving her hospitalised and suffering short term amnesia?
Answer: David Platt

Question: Who was elected President of Argentina in 1946 after a military coup and was forced to resign and leave in 1955?
Answer: Juan Pern

Question: Which country, governed by the Danish government as its colony, was made an equal part of the Danish Kingdom in 1953?
Answer: Greenland

Question: What is the common name for peristalsis?
Answer: Swallowing

Question: In which country is the Plateau of the Great Karroo?
Answer: South Africa

Question: How many players from each team usually make up a rugby sevens scrum?
Answer: 3

Question: What was the name given to wandering players in 12th and 13th century France, England and Germany who recited poems of love and wine?
Answer: Goliards

Question: What number cannot be written in Roman numerals?
Answer: Zero

Question: What is the name of the bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada, which forms the first part of their Constitution Act, 1982?
Answer: Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Question: In chess, what piece can only move diagonally?
Answer: Bishop

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

Question: Which country became a separate state in 1890 after having been, since 1443, part of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands?
Answer: Luxembourg

Question: In astronomy, what is the next letter in the sequence O, B, A, F, G, K
Answer: M

Question: Who directed the films Cocoon, Willow, Parenthood, Backdraft and Apollo 13 between 1985 and 1995?
Answer: Ron Howard

Question: An expression that means to leave things as they are when there is no immediate problem is "let sleeping dogs ..." what?
Answer: Lie

Question: Who married Liam Neeson in 1994 after they met on the set of the film "Nell"?
Answer: Natasha Richardson

Question: The Union of South Africa was formed in 1910: which area did not join the Union until 1919?
Answer: South West Africa

Question: Which country has borders with Brazil, Paraguay and Peru?
Answer: Bolivia

Question: What needs to be added to the sum of the first three prime numbers to equal the fifth?
Answer: 1

Question: What is the name of Morocco's capital, which is 60 miles north of Casablanca?
Answer: Rabat

Question: Which country won the most World Polo Championships between the inaugural tournament in 1987 and 2001?
Answer: Argentina

Question: What is the name for the private office in the White House of the President of the USA?
Answer: Oval Office

Question: Which country's air forces owned the two planes that fatally crashed in April and May 2009?
Answer: Indonesia

Question: Who is associated with the make of car that was used to travel in time in the film "Back To The Future"?
Answer: John DeLorean

Question: What was the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine, launched on 21 January 1954?
Answer: Nautilus

Question: Who began dating cyclist Lance Armstrong in 2003, and announced their engagement in September 2005 and their split in February 2006?
Answer: Sheryl Crow