Question: ‘Nighthawks’ is the work of which American artist?
Answer: Edward Hopper

Question: Which actor played the President in the 1997 film ‘Air Force One’?
Answer: Harrison Ford

Question: How many lines are in an English sonnet?
Answer: 14

Question: Mount Elbert is in which US state?
Answer: Colorado

Question: Which US President said ‘I don’t know who my grandfather was, I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be’?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: Which country has the internet domain .se?
Answer: Sweden

Question: Lake Nasser is in which African country?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Which trio made their last feature film appearance in the 1949 film ‘Love Happy’?
Answer: The Marx Brothers

Question: Vermelho is Portuguese for which colour?
Answer: Red

Question: Which ‘crisis’ is also referred to as the ‘Tripartite Aggression’?
Answer: Suez Crisis

Question: In the human body, where is the atrium?
Answer: Heart

Question: Which animal is depicted on the logo of Peugeot cars?
Answer: Lion

Question: ‘Fragaria’ is the Latin name for which fruit?
Answer: Strawberry

Question: A brontometer records the activity of what?
Answer: Thunderstorms

Question: Bert and Ernie are the names of the policeman and the taxi driver in which Frank Capra film?
Answer: It’s a Wonderful Life

Question: In British currency slang, how much is a ‘Pony’ worth?
Answer: 25

Question: Who was the Danish King of England 1016-1035?
Answer: King Canute (Cnut)

Question: Igglepiggle and Makka Pakka are characters from which children’s tv programme?
Answer: In the Night Garden

Question: In which Shakespeare play does the character Mustardseed appear?
Answer: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Question: John George Diefenbaker was Prime Minister of which country from 1957 to 1963?
Answer: Canada

Question: Part of the boundary between which two US states runs down the middle of of the main street of the town of Texarkana?
Answer: Texas and Arkansas

Question: Which basketball star is kidnapped by cartoon characters in the 1996 film ‘Space Jam’?
Answer: Michael Jordan

Question: A caracal is what type of animal?
Answer: Cat

Question: The ‘Fringe Festival’, held in August each year, is hosted by which European city?
Answer: Edinburgh

Question: New Zealand born cartoonist David Low created which ‘Colonel’ in the 1930’s?
Answer: Blimp

Question: In medicine, myology is the study of the structure, arrangement and action of what?
Answer: Muscles

Question: In Greek mythology, one of the labours of Hercules was to procure the ‘what’ belonging to Zeus, which were guarded by the Hesperides?
Answer: Golden apples

Question: Alice Springs is in which Australian state?
Answer: Northern Territory

Question: Manuka, Tupelo and Firewood are all types of which foodstuff?
Answer: Honey

Question: Actress Phyllis Diller said ‘His favourite exercise is climbing tall people’, about which Hollywood actor?
Answer: Mickey Rooney

Question: Which English football player has a daughter called Harper Seven?
Answer: David Beckham

Question: Who directed and starred in the 1968 film ‘The Green Berets’?
Answer: John Wayne

Question: Which ‘stone’ was removed from London’s Westminster Abbey on Christmas day 1950?
Answer: Stone of Scone

Question: In medicine, metritis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: Uterus

Question: Which 18th Century scientist and politician published the literary work ‘Poor Richard’s Almanack’?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Question: Which English singer-songwriter’s pet spaniel was a special guest at his civil partnership ceremony?
Answer: Elton John

Question: What is the name of the dragon which guards the treasure in the novel ‘The Hobbit’?
Answer: Smaug

Question: In which year was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in the USA?
Answer: 1941

Question: The 2001 film ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ is set on which Greek island?
Answer: Cephallonia (Kefalonia)

Question: In British government, Sir George Cornewall Lewis was replaced by George Grey in 1861 in which cabinet post?
Answer: Home Secretary

Question: In which year was the Jif Plastic Lemon launched by Reckitt and Colman?
Answer: 1957

Question: What was the first name of 18th Century English poet Lord Byron?
Answer: George

Question: What is the main ingredient of the dish lutefisk?
Answer: Fish

Question: The Sopot International Song Festival is held annually in which European country?
Answer: Poland

Question: What is the title of the only ‘Carry On’ film in which US actor Phil Silvers appeared?
Answer: Follow That Camel

Question: Liberation Day is celebrated in the Netherlands during which month of the year?
Answer: May – 5th

Question: Which English Lord led the Charge of the Light Brigade at the Battle of Balaclava in 1854?
Answer: Lord Cardigan

Question: In which continent is the Beardmore Glacier?
Answer: Antarctica

Question: The Republic of the Union of Myanmar is otherwise known by what name?
Answer: Burma

Question: Which French driver won the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix, his first Formula One victory?
Answer: Olivier Panis

Question: What is the name of the German origin biscuit baked in a looped knot and often glazed with salt.
Answer: Pretzel

Question: Which British comedian’s catchphrase was ‘Just like that’?
Answer: Tommy Cooper

Question: Ainsley Harriot was once head chef at which UK cricket ground?
Answer: Lord’s

Question: In politics, psephology is the study of what?
Answer: Elections

Question: What is the name of Romeo’s friend and cousin in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?
Answer: Benvolio

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Caveat emptor’ translate to in English?
Answer: Let the buyer beware

Question: Lyon (or Lyons) is the capital of which French departement?
Answer: Rhone

Question: Which national football team is nicknamed ‘Bafana Bafana’?
Answer: South Africa

Question: In mathematics, acute, obtuse and reflex are all types of what?
Answer: Angles

Question: What relation was Napoleon III of France to Napoleon I of France?
Answer: Nephew

Question: Which US state is known as the ‘Bluegrass State’?
Answer: Kentucky

Question: Who played Ron Kovic in the 1989 film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’?
Answer: Tom Cruise

Question: Which planet in our solar has the longest year, equal to 164 Earth years?
Answer: Neptune

Question: Who wrote the 1804 poem ‘Jerusalem’?
Answer: William Blake

Question: Who directed and starred in the 1969 film ‘Easy Rider’?
Answer: Dennis Hopper

Question: Which cleric is known as the ‘Primate of England’?
Answer: Archbishop of Canterbury

Question: Which Sanskrit word means ‘awakened one’?
Answer: Buddha

Question: What is the piece of turf called which is cut out of the ground by a golf club striking a ball?
Answer: Divot

Question: In chemistry, Heavy Hydrogen is another term for what?
Answer: Deuterium

Question: Caravane, Paneer and Mondseer are all types of what?
Answer: Cheese

Question: Talipes is the medical term for which condition?
Answer: Club foot

Question: Who is the creator of animated characters Wallace and Gromit?
Answer: Nick Park

Question: The River Lyn is in which English county?
Answer: Devon

Question: Which John Steinbeck novel is based on the Biblical story of Cain and Abel?
Answer: East of Eden

Question: Mar Chiquita (Cordoba) is the largest natural salt lake in which South American country?
Answer: Argentina

Question: British singer Gaynor Hopkins is better known by what name?
Answer: Bonnie Tyler

Question: During which month of the year does Mexico celebrate its independence from Spain?
Answer: September

Question: How many times does the word ‘Christian’ appear in the King James version of the Bible?
Answer: Three

Question: In January 1955, Marian Anderson was the first black person to perform at which New York venue?
Answer: The Metropolitan Opera

Question: Who was the first Prime Minister of Australia?
Answer: Edmund Barton