Question: The largest individual tree in the world, a Giant Redwood, is known by what name?
Answer: General Sherman

Question: Cattleya Labiata is a species of which exotic flowering plant?
Answer: Orchid

Question: Agriglyphs are better known by what name?
Answer: Crop Circles

Question: Who was British Prime Minister in 1994?
Answer: John Major

Question: Which British cricket commentator died in January 1994, aged 81?
Answer: Brian Johnston

Question: In February 1994 which painting by Edvard Munch was stolen from a gallery in Oslo?
Answer: The Scream

Question: Which English football club won the 1994 FA Cup?
Answer: Manchester United

Question: Which US singer did Lisa Marie Presley marry in May 1994?
Answer: Michael Jackson

Question: Who took over as host of BBC’s Question Time In January 1994?
Answer: David Dimbleby

Question: Which US Olympic figure skater attacked her rival Nancy Kerrigan during a 1994 practice session?
Answer: Tonya Harding

Question: Which band had a 1994 Christmas number one single in the UK with ‘Stay Another Day’?
Answer: East 17

Question: In 1994 which consortium was granted the licence to run the UK’s first National Lottery?
Answer: Camelot Group

Question: Who was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black President in May 1994?
Answer: Nelson Mandela

Question: Which nation won the 1994 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Brazil

Question: In which month in 1994 was the Channel Tunnel officially opened between England and France?
Answer: May

Question: In Europe which colour denotes runs for expert skiers?
Answer: Black

Question: Andrew Motion, Cecil Day-Lewis and John Betjemin all held which post?
Answer: Poet Laureate

Question: How many US Presidents have resigned from office?
Answer: One

Question: What was the currency of Austria before the Euro?
Answer: Austrian Schilling

Question: In Greek mythology who became the first queen of Crete?
Answer: Europa

Question: The European country of Switzerland is made up of how many cantons?
Answer: 26

Question: Which English singer/musician hosted a television show called ‘Later with……’?
Answer: Jools Holland

Question: Which English author’s major novels are set in Wessex?
Answer: Thomas hardy

Question: In humans, somnology is the scientific study of what?
Answer: Sleep

Question: In the game of darts, what score is known as ‘Bag O’nuts’?
Answer: 45

Question: Which singer/songwriter wrote the musical ‘9 to 5’?
Answer: Dolly Parton

Question: In the International Morse Code which letter is represented by two dashes?
Answer: M

Question: Larry Mullen Jr is the drummer in which Irish band?
Answer: U2

Question: Annapurna is a section of which mountain range?
Answer: Himalayas

Question: ‘Dangerously In Love’ and ‘B’Day’ are albums by which US singer?
Answer: Beyonce Knowles

Question: Which month of the year comes first alphabetically?
Answer: April

Question: How many stars are there on the national flag of Australia?
Answer: Six

Question: Box, Stunt and Delta-Wing are all types of which flying object?
Answer: Kite

Question: Clinophobia is the irrational fear of going where?
Answer: To bed

Question: The Eurasian Basin is part of which ocean?
Answer: Arctic Ocean

Question: Caprine relates to which animal?
Answer: Goat

Question: Red Grant is the name of the villain in which James Bond film?
Answer: From Russia With Love

Question: Pierogi, dumplings of unleavened bread, originated in which European country?
Answer: Poland

Question: The line ‘Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink’ comes from which poem?
Answer: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Question: The Peroni Brewery is based in which European country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Not including Sundays, how many days are there in Lent?
Answer: 40

Question: Bluewater Shopping Centre is located in which English county?
Answer: Kent

Question: Who became the mother-in-law of England rugby player Mike Tindall in 2011?
Answer: Princess Anne (Princess Royal)

Question: Which breed of dog is the cartoon dog Marmaduke?
Answer: Great Dane

Question: Which US President famously said ‘I’m not a crook’?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: Magere Brug, or Skinny Bridge is located in which European city?
Answer: Amsterdam

Question: The English Civil War took place in which century?
Answer: 17th Century

Question: In Douglas Adams ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’, what number is the answer to the ultimate question?
Answer: 78 feet

Question: Which musical instrument does fictional detective Sherlock Holmes play?
Answer: Violin

Question: When You’re Strange is a tribute band to which band?
Answer: The Doors

Question: Dorchester Heights is a historic district of which US city?
Answer: Boston

Question: Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss founded which American record label in 1962?
Answer: A & M Records

Question: In a standard game of chess, how many rooks does each player start with?
Answer: Two

Question: Magnum Force, The Enforcer and The Dead Pool are all film featuring which fictional police inspector?
Answer: Harry Callaghan (Dirty Harry)

Question: What is the name of the presenter/food eater in the US television series ‘Man v. Food’?
Answer: Adam Richman

Question: In nature, Buttress, Tap and Strangler are all types of what?
Answer: Root

Question: Which English fruit merchant and amateur sailor returned to Portsmouth, England, on 4th July 1968, after sailing round the world in 354 days?
Answer: Alec Rose

Question: What is the name of the spaceship in the 1979 film ‘Alien’?
Answer: Nostromo

Question: What is the name of the rich fruit cake, with a layer of marzipan on top, and sometimes inside, eaten at Easter?
Answer: Simnel Cake

Question: The phrase ‘Listen very carefully, I will say this only once’ comes from which UK television comedy series?
Answer: ‘Allo ‘Allo

Question: The US television series ‘The Wire’ is set in which city?
Answer: Baltimore

Question: Lacrimal fluid lubricates which part of the human body?
Answer: Eyes

Question: Grape Nehi (Knee-high) was the favourite drink of which M*A*S*H* character?
Answer: Radar O’Reilly

Question: Newmarket, Cheltenham and Epsom are towns in England associated with which sport?
Answer: Horse racing

Question: Which Thomas hardy novel is often referred to in the book ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ by E L James?
Answer: Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Question: Which bespoke gentleman’s tailor is located at No 1 Savile Row, London?
Answer: Gieves & Hawkes

Question: English poet John Keats is buried in which European country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Xylology is the study of which natural substance?
Answer: Wood

Question: In the human body, Stress, Greenstick and Compound are all types of what?
Answer: Bone fracture

Question: At which European winter sports resort is the Cresta Run?
Answer: St Moritz

Question: What is the collective name for the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution?
Answer: Bill of Rights

Question: How many Cardinal Virtues are there?
Answer: Four

Question: A pentadecagon has how many sides?
Answer: 15

Question: What colour Cat’s-Eyes mark the nearside of a motorway in Britain?
Answer: Red

Question: According to the proverb, ‘Many hands make… ‘what’?
Answer: Light work

Question: Which breed of bird was used in mines to detect dangerous gases?
Answer: Canary

Question: In Greek mythology which of the three Gorgons was the only mortal?
Answer: Medusa

Question: Which member of The Beatles returned his MBE medal in protest against the British government’s support of the US war in Vietnam?
Answer: John Lennon

Question: Mark Renton, Daniel Murphy and Francis Begbie are all characters in which 1993 novel?
Answer: Trainspotting

Question: In which British city is Ninian Park railway station?
Answer: Cardiff

Question: Which country hosted the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country?
Answer: South Africa