Question: Who did Franklin D. Roosevelt defeat in the 1944 US Presidential elections?
Answer: Thomas E. Dewey

Question: Which English football club became temporary ground-sharing tenants with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in 1991?
Answer: Wimbledon FC

Question: Who plays the Wolf Man in the 1941 horror film ‘The Wolf Man’?
Answer: Lon Chaney Jr

Question: Buffalo, Bermuda, Fescue and Carpet are all types of what?
Answer: Grass

Question: Inactive volcano Mount Sabalan is in which country?
Answer: Iran

Question: What is the US state capital of Oregon?
Answer: Salem

Question: The Duke de Richelieu’s French chef invented which sauce in 1756?
Answer: Mayonnaise

Question: What is the name of the proof reading symbol which indicates where something is to be inserted in a line of printed or written text?
Answer: Caret

Question: Ronald Reagan was governor of which US state?
Answer: California

Question: In November 1935, Parker Brothers released which board game in the US?
Answer: Monopoly

Question: Which scientist was granted 1093 US patents for his inventions?
Answer: Thomas Edison

Question: Who invented the Miners Safety Lamp in 1815?
Answer: Humphrey Davy

Question: What is the highest range of the female singing voice?
Answer: Soprano

Question: Dublin, in Ireland, lies on which river?
Answer: River Liffey

Question: Which playing card is known as ‘The Death Card’?
Answer: Ace of Spades

Question: Mirin is a type of wine used for flavouring the cuisine of which country?
Answer: Japan

Question: Emerald and aquamarine are varieties of which gemstone?
Answer: Beryl

Question: Which World War ll criminal died of suicide by asphyxiation in Spandau Prison in 1987?
Answer: Rudolph Hess

Question: Which US state was considered the first to join the Union?
Answer: Delaware

Question: Who is the narrator at the beginning and end of each episode of the children’s tv programme ‘Roary the Racing Car’?
Answer: Stirling Moss

Question: Who wrote the books ‘The Good Companions’ and ‘An Inspector Calls’?
Answer: J.B. Priestly

Question: Who played the title role in the 1977 film ‘Annie Hall’?
Answer: Diane Keaton

Question: Navigator Fred Noonan disappeared with who, after taking off in their plane from New Guinea?
Answer: Amelia Earhart

Question: Which actor plays a chain-smoking, womanising angel in the 1996 film ‘Michael’?
Answer: John Travolta

Question: The Rimutaka Railway Tunnel is in which country?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: After their wedding in April 2011, Prince William’s bride placed her bouquet on whose tomb?
Answer: ‘The Unknown Warrior’ – Westminster Abbey

Question: In the UK, who was the Queen’s press secretary from 1978 to 1987?
Answer: Michael Shea

Question: US comedian and actor Nathan Birnbaum, born in 1898, was better known by what name?
Answer: George Burns

Question: On 26th September 1953, the rationing of what ended in the UK?
Answer: Sugar

Question: What type of flower is a cattleya?
Answer: Orchid

Question: Which former England rugby union player was nicknamed ‘Squeaky’?
Answer: Rob Andrew

Question: Used in cooking, Royal, Fondant, Buttercream and Foam are all types of what?
Answer: Icing

Question: A carillon is a set of at least 23 what, often located in a tower, each producing a musical note and usually played from a keyboard?
Answer: Bells

Question: In 1879, the Zulu War ended after which battle?
Answer: The Battle of Rorke’s Drift

Question: What is the name of the two-handled, narrow-necked jar, used by ancient Greeks and Romans for holding oil or wine?
Answer: Amphora

Question: Which British Prime Minister introduced income tax, to help offset a reduction in revenue caused by a decline in trade?
Answer: William Pitt the Younger

Question: The Krimml Falls are in which European country?
Answer: Austria

Question: Borachio is a villain in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

Question: American Larry Adler was known for playing which musical instrument?
Answer: Harmonica

Question: Which English-born businessman and politician was Rhodesia named after?
Answer: Cecil Rhodes

Question: Pung and Chow are terms used in which game?
Answer: Mah jong

Question: In mythology, which Roman goddess often assumed the form of a cat in order to mate with her brother Lucifer?
Answer: Diana

Question: Budo is a Japanese term that describes what?
Answer: Martial arts

Question: The Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon are popular tourist attractions in which country?
Answer: Mexico

Question: Which US actor appears in the video for Travis’s ‘Closer’?
Answer: Ben Stiller

Question: The islands of La Gomera and Tabarca belong to which European country?
Answer: Spain

Question: Which American dancer died in 1927 when the scarf she was wearing caught in the wheel of her car breaking her neck?
Answer: Isadora Duncan

Question: Pisiform and hamate are bones in which part of the human body?
Answer: Wrist

Question: In which French cathedral were the kings of France crowned until 1825?
Answer: Notre Dame de Reims

Question: Which Danish island was blown up by the British in 1947?
Answer: Heligoland

Question: The Rosetta stone was used to decipher the hieroglyphics in which country?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Which European country is often referred to as ‘The Hexagon’,  because of its geometric shape?
Answer: France

Question: Which English chemist and physicist invented the rubber balloon in 1824, to use in his experiments?
Answer: Michael Faraday

Question: ‘Roligans’ are well-mannered football fans from which European country?
Answer: Denmark

Question: The former penal colony Devil’s Island lies in which ocean?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean

Question: From which country does the Lambada dance originate?
Answer: Brazil

Question: Olympus Mons is the highest mountain on which planet in our solar system?
Answer: Mars

Question: The Saporta Cup was played for in which sport?
Answer: Basketball

Question: Renaissance astronomer Nicolas Copernicus was born in which modern day European country?
Answer: Poland

Question: In the game of golf, a Bo Derek is a score of what at any hole?
Answer: Ten

Question: Which three digits can be found in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial on a US $5 (Five dollar) bill?
Answer: 172

Question: Which two words make up the shortest verse in the King James version of the Bible?
Answer: ‘Jesus wept’ -John 11:35

Question: In the film ‘Ben Hur’, what was the title character’s first name?
Answer: Judah

Question: What is the square root of one quarter?
Answer: One half (0.5)

Question: In the nursery rhyme ‘The House That Jack Built’, what did the rat eat?
Answer: The malt

Question: Sabena Airlines was the national airline of which European country 1923 – 2001?
Answer: Belguim

Question: Adelphogamy is a marriage in which brothers share what?
Answer: Their wife or wives

Question: On a clothes label, what does a square with a circle inside it indicate?
Answer: Tumble Dry

Question: Which music impresario’s theatre group became the owner of the London Palladium in 2000?
Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber – Really Useful Group

Question: In the American Wild West, what was the name of the gang, members of which included Butch Cassidy and kid Curry?
Answer: The Hole in the Wall Gang

Question: What is the name of the key which is used for tightening and loosening the neck around a drill bit?
Answer: Chuck Key

Question: In World War ll, what type of planes were used by the Dambusters?
Answer: Lancasters

Question: Jalousie, Bay and Palladian are all types of what?
Answer: Windows

Question: ‘Hector the Cat’ is a fictional mascot created for teaching children what in Australia?
Answer: Road Safety

Question: Which British pre-decimal coin was worth two shillings?
Answer: Florin

Question: In which sport might a ‘Long Jenny’ be played?
Answer: Billiards

Question: What is the collective term for a group of unicorns?
Answer: Blessing

Question: Which of Disney’s Seven Dwarfs wears glasses?
Answer: Doc