Question: During a speech in January 1992, then-president George H. W. Bush mentioned that he wanted to "make American families a lot more like ... which family? ... and a lot less like the Simpsons".
Answer: The Waltons

Question: What device is designed to measure a gravitational field and changes to it?
Answer: Gravimeter

Question: What nationality is Justine Henin, winner of 7 Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal, who retired from professional tennis in 2008 when ranked World No. 1 and returned in 2010?
Answer: Belgian

Question: Which cartoon series relies on the voices of Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis & Mike Henry?
Answer: Family Guy

Question: Who is the bulldog who appears in "Tom and Jerry" cartoons?
Answer: Spike

Question: What name was applied to lightly-armed Russian horsemen?
Answer: Cossacks

Question: What was the name of the British India "Special Force", the brainchild of British Brigadier Orde Charles Wingate, that operated behind Japanese lines in Burma & India in 1943/1944 during World War II?
Answer: The Chindits

Question: In May 2010, at the age of 13, Jordan Romero became the youngest person to do what?
Answer: Climb Mt. Everest

Question: What weapon used in the middle ages had the cord of a bow fixed in a notch and an iron bolt released from it by a trigger?
Answer: Crossbow

Question: The Victoria Falls is on which river?
Answer: Zambezi

Question: Australopithecus sediba, an early hominid, whose only discovered remains date to 1.78 to 1.95 million years ago, is known from two partial skeletons discovered where?
Answer: South Africa

Question: What is the name of the thick dark green fluid manufactured by the liver?
Answer: Bile

Question: Who supposedly wrote the fictional diaries written by Sue Townsend?
Answer: Adrian Mole

Question: Which instrument, with a range of around 3 -4 octaves, has its lowest string tuned to C 2 octaves below middle C, and the others tuned in fifths?
Answer: Cello

Question: About how long does it take for the moon to make one orbit of the Earth?
Answer: 27 days

Question: On 30 January 2006, which album was certified at 29 Multi Platinum, tying with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as the biggest selling album in the US market?
Answer: """Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)"" by the Eagles"

Question: What was Emma Bunton's nickname when she was in the Spice Girls?
Answer: Baby

Question: In the nursery rhyme beginning "Hey Diddle Diddle", who jumped over the moon?
Answer: Cow

Question: What is featured on the flag of Mexico?
Answer: An eagle eating a snake

Question: Which American medical doctor, professor, and molecular biologist was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporins (water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane)?
Answer: Peter Agre

Question: What geographical feature is Bull Run, the site of the battle that was famously lost by troops commanded by General George Custer?
Answer: River

Question: What event, devised by Jennifer McCreight, took place on 26 April 2010 in response to reports that Hojatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi, Friday Prayer Leader for Tehran in Iran, had blamed earthquakes on women who dress immodestly?
Answer: Boobquake

Question: Who is the next in this series: Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johansson, Floyd Patterson, ...?
Answer: Sonny Liston

Question: Daniel O'Connell did what in 1828 and 1829 as part of a campaign to remove the restrictions on Roman Catholics in the UK?
Answer: He stood for election

Question: What designer is connected with the clothing brands Purple Label, Black Label, Polo, Blue Label, RLX, Tennis, Pink Pony and Chaps?
Answer: Ralph Lauren

Question: What is the name given to a randomly derived change to the nucleotide sequence of the genetic material of an organism?
Answer: Mutation

Question: Which theme park in LA County, California, USA, initially created to offer tours of soundstages and sets, is one of the oldest movie studios still in use and was the first of many similar theme parks in, for example, Florida and Japan?
Answer: Universal Studios

Question: What was the name of the Liverpool club where the Beatles played in the early 1960s?
Answer: Cavern

Question: Ronald Ross won a Nobel prize in medicine for his work on what subject?
Answer: Malaria

Question: The word "nebula" derives from the latin word for what?
Answer: Cloud

Question: Peter The Hermit is known for leading what group in 1095?
Answer: The First Crusade

Question: What is the unconventional use of TLDs in domain names (such as using .tv, .fm and .am to denote television or radio stations) known as?
Answer: Domain hacks

Question: In a 1934 song, Nol Coward warned Mrs Worthington: "Don't put your daughter on the ... " what?
Answer: Stage

Question: What was the name given to regulations governing import tariffs designed to protect the prices of cereal crops prices in Britain against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846?
Answer: The Corn Laws

Question: Which US state produces the most maple syrup?
Answer: Vermont

Question: Actor John Wayne is mostly associated with what type of film?
Answer: Western

Question: What Roman road, which began to be constructed in 312 BC, connected Rome to Brindisi in southeast Italy?
Answer: Appian Way

Question: The American Landrace, Australian Yorkshire, British Landrace, Bulgarian White, Gascon, Hereford, Krskopolje, Mangalitsa, Moody Woody, Red Wattle, Tamworth and Wuzishan are all types of what?
Answer: Pigs

Question: What word, originally applied to a large, flawless diamond, is now used to denote a model of excellence or perfection of any kind?
Answer: Paragon

Question: John McEnroe ended whose long term role as Wimbledon Champion?
Answer: Bjorn Borg

Question: These are the first lines from what song: "They asked me how I knew, My true love was true. Oh, I of course replied, Something here inside cannot be denied"?
Answer: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Question: What was the middle name of writer G B Shaw?
Answer: Bernard

Question: In the 17th century, who invented the measurement called the "chain" used in surveying, which is made up of 100 "links"?
Answer: Edmund Gunther

Question: In many countries, the Second Sunday of May is dedicated to which group?
Answer: Mothers

Question: In 1904 the Russian cruiser "Rossia" used what, the first time it was used by a warship on the high seas during a time of war?
Answer: Observation balloon

Question: On 9 October 2009, who was elected for an 8 year period to membership of the International Olympic Committee, replacing former Danish member Kaj Holm?
Answer: Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

Question: A binnacle is the name for the surround of what item found on a ship?
Answer: Compass

Question: Who is the next in this series: Muhammad Naguib, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Muhammad Naguib, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar El Sadat, Sufi Abu Taleb, Hosni Mubarak, Atef Ebeid ... ?
Answer: Hosni Mubarak

Question: What was the name given to an insurrection (the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798) led by schoolteacher and barrister Patrick Pearse from 24 April to 30 April 1916, with the aim of establishing the Irish Republic?
Answer: The Easter Rising

Question: What was the title of Pink Floyd's 11th studio album, released in 1987, that contained the single releases "Learning to Fly" and "One Slip"?
Answer: A Momentary Lapse of Reason

Question: In which decade was John F Kennedy born?
Answer: 1910s

Question: In 2008 at Beijing, Laura Kay Berg became one of 4 women to have won 4 Olympic medals in what sport, having won 3 golds and 1 silver?
Answer: Softball

Question: Florida produces 74 percent of which citrus fruit grown in the USA, 95% of which is processed, mostly for the official state beverage?
Answer: Oranges