Question: Name the iconic Bond girl character introduced by Ian Fleming in 1959?
Answer: Pussy Galore

Question: In 2015 Norway unveiled the world's tallest statue (10m) of a what, 30cm higher than Canada's?
Answer: Elk

Question: Mae West said of sex and bridge "If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good (What?)
Answer: Hand

Question: What word prefixes the following to make five new words?
Answer: House

Question: In 2015 The Lancet published Canadian University research asserting that weak (What?) indicates cardio-vascular health risk?
Answer: Handgrip

Question: Which pseudonymous artist's most valuable works include Kissing Coppers and Vandalised Phone Box?
Answer: Banksy

Question: Hosni Mubarak was ousted as leader in 2011 from which nation?
Answer: Egypt

Question: The process of becoming a (What?) begins with Aspirancy, then Postulancy and Novitiate?
Answer: Nun

Question: 'Pas de deux' in dressage and ballet equates to a what?
Answer: Duet

Question: Launched 1999, Co-op owned, claimed to be the first ever full-service internet bank was?
Answer: Smile

Question: The mid-1900s slang term 'clip-joint' refers to a?
Answer: Extortionate bar/club

Question: Wagner, Verdi, Bellini and Rossini are famous composers of particularly what type of music?
Answer: Opera

Question: Englishman Eric Arthur Blair, who fought for the Spanish Workers' Party of Marxist Unification against Franco's forces in 1936 was later known by what famous pen-name?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: American jazz musician Chet Baker was a virtuoso player of the?
Answer: Trumpet

Question: Popular in Cyprus, Greece, Turkey and increasingly elsewhere, which unripened brined cheese can be fried due to its high melting-point?
Answer: Halloumi

Question: Which large-flowered plant is named after Paeon/Paean, Greek god of medicine and healing?
Answer: Peony

Question: Who painted 'Women of Algiers', sold at auction for a record $160m in 2015?
Answer: Picasso

Question: What sea creature might be punned with an expression of agreement or authorization?
Answer: Seal

Question: By adding one letter to a word meaning 'compose', what word is produced which means 'squirm'?
Answer: Writhe

Question: Hitsville, in Detroit, is the original recording studio of which famous record label?
Answer: Motown

Question: What recreational apparatus might be seen as present and past? (The clue is in the question)
Answer: See-saw

Question: Which technology corporation launched major music streaming services including Beats1 radio in 2015?
Answer: Apple

Question: How many one-centimetre-diameter spherical marbles can fit at most into a cube space one metre high?
Answer: 1,401,611

Question: On which Mediterranean island is the famous nightlife holiday resort of Magaluf?
Answer: Majorca

Question: What are metal rope-fixings on a boat and cyclist's shoes?
Answer: Cleats

Question: The 1974 book Helter Skelter, co-written by lawyer Vincent Bugliosi, recounts whose famous crime?
Answer: Charles Manson

Question: Anna Wintour is globally famous in?
Answer: Fashion

Question: The global corporation Merlin, subject of disaster/safety investigations in 2015, operates in the sector of?
Answer: Attractions and theme parks

Question: Which nation, international calling code +90, has a currency divided into 100 kuruş?
Answer: Turkey

Question: All the gold ever mined in global history equates to a cube how high?
Answer: 20metres

Question: The acronum BAME refers to what in matters of discrimination/equal opportunities?
Answer: Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic

Question: Which king signed the Magna Carta and died in Newark having lost his treasure in the salt marshes of eastern England?
Answer: John

Question: What activity would you find at Philippe Chatrier, Roland Garros?
Answer: Tennis

Question: The sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, 'stolen' before its release in 2015, is titled?
Answer: Grey

Question: Psilocybin (pronounced 'sillasybin') is the natural active ingredient of?
Answer: Magic Mushrooms

Question: The Swiss-founded Hublot corporation famously provides certain major sports events?
Answer: Timekeeping

Question: The onomatopoeic Greek originating borborygmi refers medically to?
Answer: Stomach rumble

Question: Which famous ex-premier's wife founded the controversial Omnia legal consultancy, accused of working for repressive nations in the 2010s?
Answer: Cherie Blair

Question: What took place near Brussels, celebrated and re-enacted for its 200th anniversary in June 2015?
Answer: The Battle of Waterloo

Question: Inspired largely by John Calvin, the Hugeunots minorities of the 16th century were?
Answer: Protestants

Question: The piddock (Pholadidae and 'angelwings') is a rock-boring?
Answer: Mollusc

Question: Queen's Club Championship tennis tournament is held annually on grass courts in?
Answer: London

Question: Which media organization successfully tested its 'mind/thought control' EEG TV/Radio remote control headset in 2015?
Answer: Bbc

Question: The past tense word 'hove' refers (esp nautically) to the action of?
Answer: Lifting/hauling

Question: The celeste, which features in Tchaikovsky's 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' (The Nutcracker ballet) is a?
Answer: Musical instrument

Question: What term, extending widely metaphorically, refers to the soldiers behind a larger group, especially giving protection while retreating?
Answer: Rearguard

Question: Diegesis refers to what in a film, play, story, etc? Cast of characters; Plot; Suspense; or Laughter coefficient?
Answer: Plot

Question: The rhea is a large South American species of?
Answer: Flightless bird

Question: Orson Welles' iconic character in the film The Third Man is?
Answer: Harry Lime

Question: Noted for cameos in The Simpsons and other TV/music, name the only person (at 2015) ever to act as himself in Star Trek?
Answer: Professor Stephen Hawking

Question: The Defender is a longstanding model of which automotive company? Landrover; Lotus; Toyota; or Bentley?
Answer: Landrover

Question: What is 11,000 divided by 440?
Answer: 25

Question: What was the location of London's famous 17th century 'Frost Fairs'?
Answer: The River Thames

Question: Which controversial US icon's three versions are The.. 'Stars and Bars', 'Stainless Banner' and 'Blood-Stained Banner'?
Answer: Confederate Flag

Question: What is the famous scenic wooded area of SW Germany which gave its name to a locally originating chocolate and cherry cake?
Answer: Black Forest

Question: A loofah (or luffa) bath sponge is previously a sort of?
Answer: Cucumber

Question: The famous tea brandname Typhoo, created c.1903 by the Sumner pharmacy/grocers in Birmingham UK, is from the Chinese word for?
Answer: Doctor

Question: What is produced by asexual reproduction from mycelium?
Answer: Fungus

Question: The Ross Sea is a bay of which continent?
Answer: Antarctica

Question: What Anglicized French word for an outdoor shelter or camp likely derives from Swiss-German 'biwacht' for night patrol?
Answer: Bivouac

Question: The popular website Pinterest was founded basically for?
Answer: Photo-sharing

Question: Which European nation's flag has nine horizontal blue and white stripes, and top-left a white cross on a blue square?
Answer: Greece

Question: Breathe-Relax-Aim-Sight-Squeeze refers to the essential process for effective?
Answer: Rifle-shooting

Question: The grammatical term for a word which joins two independent clauses is a?
Answer: Conjunction

Question: Mnemosyne (pronounced 'nemmoseeny') is the Greek goddess Mother of the Muses and also goddess of?
Answer: Memory

Question: Camel spin, Mohawk turn, Twizzle and Walley jump are?
Answer: Ice figure-skating moves

Question: In maths, the single digits within every 'product' (answer) of which single number's 'times-table' (up to 10x) helpfully also add up to the number itself?
Answer: 9