Question: What caused Richard I of England to be out of the country between 1190 and 1194, when his younger brother John tried to take control?
Answer: The Third Crusade

Question: Who is Rome's airport named after?
Answer: Leonardo Da Vinci

Question: In Euclidean geometry what is the definition of a triangle?
Answer: A two-dimensional plane determined by any three points

Question: Where was "the Maccabiah bridge collapse", the failure of a pedestrian bridge over the Yarkon River on 14 July 1997 which killed 4 and injured 60?
Answer: Tel Aviv, Israel

Question: Who is the author of the 2009 political memoir "Going Rogue"?
Answer: Sarah Palin

Question: Danny and Sandy are the main characters in which musical?
Answer: Grease

Question: What is the name of the lighthouse off the coast of Angus at the mouth of the Firth of Tay, which is also called Bell Rock?
Answer: Inchcape

Question: What word means the judgement (using analysis and evaluation) of the merits and faults of the actions or work of another individual, which now has an implication of an expression of disapproval?
Answer: Criticism

Question: After 2007, which boat class was not run as a World Rowing Championship event?
Answer: Coxed fours

Question: Stories about what fictional heroes were written under the pen name of Franklin W Dixon?
Answer: The Hardy Boys

Question: Who is the nursery rhyme gardener?
Answer: Mary Mary

Question: During World War II, Operation Sealion was the codename for the invasion of which area?
Answer: Britain

Question: What board game is played with 24 pieces on a board marked with 64 squares, where the object is to capture an enemy piece by passing over it to a vacant square behind it?
Answer: Draughts

Question: The last element to be discovered in nature, rather than synthesized, was discovered In 1939. What was it?
Answer: Francium

Question: What does "savoir faire" mean?
Answer: Ability to act appropriately in social situations

Question: """Nimrod"" is a piece of music written by Edward Elgar as part of what larger work?"
Answer: The Enigma Variations

Question: In which country did a suicide bombing take place in Taksim Square on 31 October 2010, resulting in at least 32 injuries, 15 of whom were police officers?
Answer: Istanbul

Question: What country has borders with Libya, Sudan and Israel?
Answer: Egypt

Question: With which country is the bouzouki most associated?
Answer: Greece

Question: According to Greek mythology, what was the deepest part of hell?
Answer: Tartarus

Question: The word "Droogies" was coined in which novel, made into a film directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick in 1971?
Answer: A Clockwork Orange

Question: Which of the few of the original Star Wars trilogy cast believed that the film would be a box office hit and did a deal for two percent of the gross, but later proposed to George Lucas that his character be killed off because he "just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines"?
Answer: Alec Guiness

Question: What is the word for a male turkey?
Answer: Tom

Question: """Whispering"" Ted Lowe was associated with which sport?"
Answer: Snooker

Question: Who portrays the fictional character Captain Jack Sparrow on film?
Answer: Johnny Depp

Question: Who was Indiana Jones' 11 year old Chinese sidekick in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom?
Answer: Short Round

Question: What is the basic design of the new state flag adopted by The Republic of the Union of Myanmar on 21 October 2010 to replace the former flag that had been in use since 1974?
Answer: Yellow, green & red horizontal stripes with a five-pointed white star in the middle

Question: Who, in 2009, had the most UK #1 singles by a female co-writer (third after Lennon and McCartney), and was the only female to reach the UK #1 as part of a quintet, quartet, duo and as a solo artist?
Answer: Melanie Chisholm (Mel C)

Question: The Ishtar Gate, constructed around 575BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II, was a gate to which city?
Answer: Babylon

Question: What are the epic tales associated with Iceland traditionally called?
Answer: Sagas

Question: The Tracy family were the lead characters in which British TV series?
Answer: Thunderbirds

Question: What was the name of the official news agency of the USSR before it broke up?
Answer: Tass

Question: Which famous English model of the 1960s was once romantically linked to '60s photographer David Bailey and actor Terence Stamp, but married photographer Michael Cox, with whom she runs a small hotel in Penzance, Cornwall?
Answer: Jean Shrimpton

Question: Who has published "Olympic Review" and "Revue Olympique" since 1894, now an 84-page full-colour glossy magazine that is issued quarterly?
Answer: The International Olympic Committee

Question: Which member of the UK Parliament and member of the IRA died on hunger strike while in prison at The Maze near Belfast in 1981?
Answer: Bobby Sands

Question: Who released an album in 2005 called "Confessions on a Dance Floor"?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Who painted "Red Car Crash" as a part of his 196263 "Death and Disaster" series?
Answer: Andy Warhol

Question: Which part of the cardamom plant is used as a spice?
Answer: Seed

Question: What is the currency used in Egypt, Syria and Lebanon?
Answer: Pound

Question: Traditionally, in rugby, what number appears on the jersey of the fullback?
Answer: 15

Question: What is the name for partially decayed vegetable matter that is dug up and used for fuel?
Answer: Peat

Question: The line "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" is spoken by which Shakespearean character?
Answer: Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Question: The early use of the new technology of the wireless telegram helped British police to capture whom on 31 July 1910?
Answer: Dr Crippen

Question: On air, in September 2010, David Letterman asked whom during an interview for $US1 million for the use of a section of his programme in a film?
Answer: Joaquin Phoenix

Question: Vemont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire & Maine are collectively known as what?
Answer: New England

Question: Compared to playing the string open, placing a finger behind the 12th fret on a guitar finger board raises the note by how much?
Answer: An octave

Question: Neophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: New things

Question: What is the Latin for "therefore"?
Answer: Ergo

Question: What is a voluntary association of mainly former British colonies that co-operate with common values and goals that include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism and world peace?
Answer: Commonwealth of Nations

Question: Which musical includes the characters Jean Valjean, Javert, Fantine, Cosette, ponine, Thnardier, Gavroche, Enjolras, Grantaire and Marius?
Answer: Les Misrables

Question: Until 1997, the Group of Eight (G8), a forum for powerful governments, was the G7. Which country was the last to join, making it G8?
Answer: Russia

Question: Who is the engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR and a co-inventor of video tape recording while at Ampex?
Answer: Ray Dolby

Question: Which Indonesian volcano erupted in October / November 2010, forcing 70,000 people from their homes?
Answer: Mount Merapi

Question: What is the name for a group of lines that is repeated throughout a poem or song?
Answer: Refrain

Question: Which traditional game is played on the fingers with string?
Answer: Cat's Cradle

Question: What did British comedian Benny Hill use as his signature tune?
Answer: Yakkety Sax

Question: Which of king of England was overthrown in the "Glorious Revolution" that occurred in Britain in 1688?
Answer: James II

Question: Who of these was a US senator for the state of New York from 2000 to 2008?
Answer: Hilary Clinton