Question: Which type of creature can reputedly uniquely disguise itself as at least fifteen different species in defensive camouflage?
Answer: Octopus

Question: What is the square root of 529?
Answer: 23

Question: Bushmills, Jameson, Tullamore Dew, and Writers Tears are brands of what nation's what (two-word answer required)?
Answer: Irish Whiskey

Question: What creature appears in the coat of arms of Berlin?
Answer: Bear

Question: The Coca-Cola corporation launched its Sprite drink in 1961 to compete with which similarly famous earlier product?
Answer: 7 Up

Question: What 1500s tradename for a harnesses maker, later a slaughterer of old horses, and dialectal term for castanets, became slang for testes and verb terms for various states of uselessness?
Answer: Knacker

Question: The medical term sclerosis refers to the abnormal (what?) of body tissue?
Answer: Hardening

Question: Hank is a unit of measurement of?
Answer: Yarn/twine

Question: From ancient Greek 'all gods' what word refers to (a temple for) the collective dieties of a religion, and metaphorically to the leaders of a field?
Answer: Pantheon

Question: Originating in India, paneer (or panir/chhena/chhana) is a type of?
Answer: Cheese

Question: The hawse is a hole in the side of a ship for the?
Answer: Anchor cable/chain

Question: What plant provides the raw material for linen?
Answer: Flax

Question: What is the approximate total coastline of Australia, excluding its islands?
Answer: 22,000miles

Question: Pele is which nation's goddess of volcanoes?
Answer: Hawaii

Question: Name the late 1800s eponymous and genericized trademark cutting tool with replacement blade, whose founding organization merged with Black & Decker in 2010?
Answer: Stanley knife

Question: Sprachgefühl is a German term for the (and possessing the) natural?
Answer: Feeling of language

Question: Into which body of water does the river Nile empty?
Answer: Mediterranean Sea

Question: Which colour/color is generally considered between violet and green in the optical spectrum?
Answer: Blue

Question: Automotive/car batteries typically contain lead plates in a mixture of water and what acid?
Answer: Sulphuric/Sulfuric

Question: Which organ of the human body comprises the dermis and epidermis?
Answer: Skin

Question: In 2013 which nation became the first in Europe to recognize indeterminate gender (neither male nor female) in official registration/records?
Answer: Germany

Question: The strange 500-year-old hyphenated description of excessive friendliness is 'Hail-(what-three-words?)?
Answer: Fellow-well-met

Question: Developed in 1941, the Nickel-Strunz classification scheme categorizes?
Answer: Minerals

Question: The flower buds of the Flinders rose (Capparis spinosa), pickled for culinary seasoning/garnish, are more commonly called what?
Answer: Capers

Question: In Spanish-speaking nations a hacienda is a big what?
Answer: Estate

Question: Which symbol is derived from Greek meaning 'small star'?
Answer: Asterisk

Question: What common three-letter word prefixes the following to make six different words?
Answer: For

Question: The (International Standards Organization) ISO 4217, within which TRY refers to Turkey, provides designations for international?
Answer: Currencies

Question: The drinks Sprite and 7 Up traditionally comprise which two-fruit combination?
Answer: Lemon-Lime

Question: Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) is considered to be the inventor of the electric?
Answer: Battery

Question: What was the Twix chocolate bar called in mainland Europe pre-1991 (Scandinavia pre-2000)?
Answer: Raider

Question: What is the most heavily populated river basin in the world?
Answer: The Ganges

Question: What sort of alcoholic drink is made from the blue agave plant?
Answer: Tequila

Question: The word 'Aloha', a friendly greeting, is originally from what Island's language?
Answer: Hawaii

Question: Established in 1802 the 'Legion of Honour' (UK-English translation) is the highest civil or military award given in which nation?
Answer: France

Question: A butterfly has how many legs?
Answer: Six

Question: Amygdaloid refers to the shape of what nut?
Answer: Almond

Question: German-British businessman Hans Snook founded which phone company in 1994?
Answer: Orange

Question: What household item is the Australian-English 'doona', a genericized trademark registered by Kimpton Feather Mills Pty Ltd in 1973?
Answer: Duvet

Question: The hurdy gurdy is what sort of instrument?
Answer: Stringed

Question: What is the connection between the £ sterling sign and astrology?
Answer: Libra

Question: The Philippines comprises how many islands?
Answer: 7,107

Question: What was the Nintendo corporation's first main product line?
Answer: Playing cards

Question: The 'Turing test' assesses whether a computer possesses what characteristic?
Answer: Human

Question: What major group of organisms possess bodily features called operculum, caudal peduncle, and photophores?
Answer: Fish

Question: Super, Magic, Brønsted and Lewis are prefixes for chemical substance?
Answer: Acid

Question: Which capital city is located at 64°08'N 21°56'W?
Answer: Reykjavík

Question: The highest paved road in the world, the 1,300km Karakoram Highway, connects which two nations?
Answer: China-Pakistan

Question: Artichoke is a variety of?
Answer: Thistle

Question: The term 'ignition' derives from which archaic 'element'?
Answer: Fire

Question: In Greek mythology when Pandora opened her box (actually jar), all the evil spirits escaped, and only Elpis, goddess of (what?) remained?
Answer: Hope

Question: The children's story/TV character Noddy was created in 1949 by which English author?
Answer: Enid Blyton

Question: Which best-selling 2008/9 book, whose concepts were adopted by political leaders, was written by Thaler and Sunstein?
Answer: Nudge

Question: What mammalian hormone is associated with birthing, milk ejection, and the refractory period?
Answer: Oxytocin

Question: The ancient Greek term/goddess 'Sophrosyne' represents?
Answer: Moderation

Question: The Latin term 'requiescat in pace' equates to what common English phrase?
Answer: Rest in peace

Question: What date is St Stephen's Day?
Answer: 26th December

Question: The song White Christmas was first performed in which 1942 film?
Answer: Holiday Inn

Question: London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country?
Answer: Norway

Question: Name the original eight reindeer from the 'Twas the night Before Christmas' poem?
Answer: Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Donner, Blitzen

Question: Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power, when we were gone astray..'?
Answer: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Question: The character Jack Skellington appears in which 1993 Tim Burton film?
Answer: The Nightmare before Christmas

Question: In the inspirational 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, what's the name of George Bailey's guardian angel?
Answer: Clarence

Question: What are the names of the three wise men said to have brought gifts to the baby Jesus?
Answer: Balthasar, Melchior, Caspar

Question: What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?
Answer: Hogmanay

Question: What Christmas item was invented by London baker and wedding-cake specialist Tom Smith in 1847?
Answer: Christmas cracker

Question: Who wrote How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
Answer: Dr Seuss

Question: From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?
Answer: Mexico

Question: Who is officially credited as the author of Auld Lang Syne?
Answer: Robert Burns

Question: What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas?
Answer: Panettone

Question: India mines/produces 60% of the world's (what mineral?), used in hi-tech industries for its properties of insulation, transparency, and machining tolerance?
Answer: Mica