Question: Preto is Portuguese for which colour?
Answer: Black

Question: Who plays crime boss John Rooney in the 2002 film ‘Road to Perdition’?
Answer: Paul Newman

Question: Who was the mother of English monarch James I?
Answer: Mary Queen of Scots

Question: What type of creature is an argali?
Answer: Sheep

Question: Aristotle Bolt, Tia Malone and Biff Jenkins are all characters in which 1975 Disney film?
Answer: Escape to Witch Mountain

Question: Which US President was given the nickname ‘The Great Emancipator’?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: What is the name of the cow in the television series ‘The Magic Roundabout’?
Answer: Ermintrude

Question: Who released a 2009 album entitled ‘The Element of Freedom’?
Answer: Alicia keys

Question: What is the capital of Malaysia?
Answer: Kuala Lumpur

Question: Formula One racing driver Robert Kubica was born in which country?
Answer: Poland

Question: What is the V-shaped formation of a flock of wild geese called?
Answer: Skein

Question: What was the first name of British film producer J Arthur Rank?
Answer: Joseph

Question: In cookery, what are the two ingredients of ganache?
Answer: Chocolate and cream

Question: Which chemical element is also known as Hydrargyrum?
Answer: Mercury

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Potius sero quam numquam’ translate to in English?
Answer: It’s better late than never

Question: What is the medical term for the shoulder blade?
Answer: Scapula

Question: Royal Gala is a variety of which fruit?
Answer: Apple

Question: In motoring, which creature is featured on the logo of the Porsche?
Answer: Horse

Question: Kyudo is the Japanese art of which sport?
Answer: Archery

Question: Which American-born engineer invented the first portable, fully automatic machine gun?
Answer: Hiram Stevens Maxim

Question: What is the state capital of South Australia?
Answer: Adelaide

Question: According to the Bible, who was King Solomon’s father?
Answer: King David

Question: Oberon, Puck and Lysander are characters in which Shakespeare play?
Answer: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Question: Matthew Boulton was the business partner of which Scottish inventor and engineer?
Answer: James Watt

Question: Who wrote the 18th Century play ‘The Rivals’?
Answer: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Question: Who wrote the 1963 novel ‘The Bell Jar’?
Answer: Sylvia Plath

Question: Painter Joshua Reynolds was knighted by which British monarch?
Answer: King George III

Question: Tritanopia is a visual defect characterised by the inability to discern which two colours?
Answer: Blue and yellow

Question: In which country was the 1990 FIFA World Cup held?
Answer: Italy

Question: By what name was Mongol leader Temujin better known?
Answer: Genghis Khan

Question: Fictional character Detective Inspector John Rebus was created by which author?
Answer: Ian Rankin

Question: Originating in France, what is the name of the small ball of choux pastry, usually filled with cream and often covered with chocolate?
Answer: Profiterole

Question: In the UK, which animals are traditionally associated with the first of the month?
Answer: White rabbits

Question: On the UK television game show ‘The Chase’ which chaser is known as ‘The Governess’?
Answer: Anne Hegerty

Question: The disused Vajont (or Vaiont) Dam is in which European country?
Answer: Italy

Question: What is the first name of fictional character Sherlock Holmes friend and assistant Dr Watson?
Answer: John

Question: Tartarology is the study of what?
Answer: Hell

Question: A Shavian is an admirer of which dramatist and his work?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Question: In Sumo wrestling, a handful of what is thrown into the ring before combat?
Answer: Salt

Question: Which 1945 film was based on the Noel Coward play ‘Still Life’?
Answer: Brief Encounter

Question: Which former English cricketer is nicknamed ‘The Cat’?
Answer: Phil Tufnell

Question: What is the highest number on a Euromillions lottery ticket?
Answer: 50

Question: What was the name of the first American space station, which fell to Earth in 1979?
Answer: Skylab

Question: Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Answer: Venus

Question: Which two letters in the English alphabet do not to appear at the beginning of names of elements in the Periodic Table?
Answer: J and Q

Question: What is the hardest substance known to man?
Answer: Diamond

Question: The term ‘Googol’ is written in number form as number 1 followed by how many zeros?
Answer: 100

Question: Which element makes iron rust?
Answer: Oxygen

Question: In 1907 Belgian-born chemist Leo Baekeland created which type of plastic?
Answer: Bakelite

Question: Relating to mobile phones, what is the area covered by a base station (or aerial) called?
Answer: A cell

Question: Which three elements in the Periodic Table are magnetic?
Answer: Iron, Cobalt, Nickel

Question: The Ishihara Test is used for testing for what in humans?
Answer: Colour Blindness

Question: Which four letters of the English alphabet are used in the Genetic Code?
Answer: A C G U

Question: What is the science that deals with the origin, nature, chemistry, effects and use of drugs?
Answer: Pharmacology

Question: Pamplemousse is French for which fruit?
Answer: Grapefruit

Question: What is the name of actor Vin Diesel’s character in the 2002 film xXx?
Answer: Xander Cage

Question: What was the name of the space shuttle in which Alan Shepard went into space in 1961?
Answer: Freedom 7

Question: Which British comedian has a character called ‘The Pub Landlord’?
Answer: Al Murray

Question: Lady Jane Grey, known as the ‘Nine Day Queen’, was executed during the reign of which English monarch?
Answer: Mary I

Question: The medical condition arthralgia affects which parts of the human body?
Answer: Joints

Question: Who won the Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper in the 1998 World Cup?
Answer: Fabien Barthez

Question: On a mobile phone keypad, the letters ‘jkl’ are on which number button?
Answer: 5

Question: Who was the last British MP to hold the post of Postmaster General?
Answer: John Stonehouse

Question: Which was the first English football club to win the European Cup Final?
Answer: Manchester United

Question: What type of weather condition is a Meltemi?
Answer: Wind

Question: Which US entertainer had a twin brother named Jesse Garon, who died at birth?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: The laws of cricket state that the length of a cricket bat must be no more than how many inches?
Answer: 38

Question: The novels of which English author are set in the ‘Five Towns’?
Answer: Arnold Bennett

Question: A Gold Medal is traditionally awarded for which place in a race or competition?
Answer: First

Question: 18th Century artist Samuel Hieronymous Grimm was born in which European country?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth founded which British-based engineering company in 1958?
Answer: Cosworth

Question: In days, what is the average gestation period of a lioness?
Answer: 110

Question: What does a numismatist collect?
Answer: Coins/currency

Question: The goddess Aphrodite was said to have been born on which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: The Pulitzer Prize is awarded in how many categories?
Answer: 21

Question: ‘Blood and Fire’ is the motto of which organisation?
Answer: Salvation Army

Question: How many years make up a vicennial period?
Answer: 20

Question: What is the name of the pub at Topsham near Exeter to which Queen Elizabeth made her first official pub visit, in 1998?
Answer: The Bridge Inn

Question: Which channel of water separates the two parts of Istanbul?
Answer: The Bosphorus

Question: Which alcoholic drink is often referred to in historical literature as ‘The Green Fairy’?
Answer: Absinthe

Question: British comedian John Bishop was born in which city?
Answer: Liverpool

Question: Which spirit is traditionally used to make a Daiquiri cocktail?
Answer: White rum