Question: The Imperial Crown of India was created when which British monarch visited Delhi as Emperor of India?
Answer: King George V

Question: Which bird was depicted on a British pre-decimal farthing?
Answer: Wren

Question: Which northern Spanish city is famous for the ‘Running of the Bulls’?
Answer: Pamplona

Question: ‘Racecourse Telegraphists’ are better known by what name?
Answer: Tic-Tac Men (Tick Tackers)

Question: In the human body, Skeletal, Smooth and Cardiac are all types of what?
Answer: Muscle

Question: In which European country was industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie born in 1835?
Answer: Scotland

Question: Which planet in our solar system lies between Earth and Mercury?
Answer: Venus

Question: On a standard dartboard, which number lies between 10 and 13?
Answer: 6

Question: The Obvodny Canal is in which European country?
Answer: Russia

Question: Thomas Percy, the 7th Earl of Northumberland, 1st Baron Percy, was executed during the reign of which English monarch?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

Question: Which human rights activist delivered a speech in Cleveland, Ohio in April 1964 entitled ‘The Ballot or the Bullet’?
Answer: Malcolm X

Question: The ‘Aeneid’, an epic poem in 12 books, is the work of which ancient Roman?
Answer: Virgil

Question: ‘Chien’ is French for which animal?
Answer: Dog

Question: Howard Kirk is the fictional university lecturer in which Malcolm Bradbury novel?
Answer: The History Man

Question: Which animal is the national symbol of the Netherlands?
Answer: Lion

Question: Which English club is nicknamed ‘The Cottagers’?
Answer: Fulham FC

Question: Which British city has areas called Anfield and Toxteth?
Answer: Liverpool

Question: Osteology is the study of which part of the human body?
Answer: Bones

Question: In the children’s television programme, who is the voice of Bob the Builder’s father?
Answer: Richard Briers

Question: Who play the title roles in the 1989 film ‘Tango and Cash’?
Answer: Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone

Question: How many fluid ounces in one Imperial pint?
Answer: 20

Question: Equus Ferus Callabus is the scientific name for which animal?
Answer: Horse

Question: A sovereign is a British gold coin worth how much in sterling?
Answer: One pound

Question: How many points are scored for a converted try in Rugby Union?
Answer: Seven

Question: How many bronze lions are at the base of Nelson’s Column in London?
Answer: Four

Question: What is the middle name of fictional scarecrow Worzel Gummidge?
Answer: Hedgerow

Question: Who was the first person to commit murder in the Bible?
Answer: Cain

Question: In 2000, who became the first British rower to win gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games?
Answer: Steven Redgrave

Question: Farrokh Bulsara was the lead singer in which British band?
Answer: Queen (Freddie Mercury)

Question: Aberdeen’s Bridge of Dee has how many arches?
Answer: Seven

Question: The San Siro football stadium is in which European city?
Answer: Milan

Question: Which US President is depicted crossing the Delaware River in the 1851 painting by Emanuel Leutze?
Answer: George Washington

Question: What is the official language of Venezuela?
Answer: Spanish

Question: Captain Morgan is a brand of which type of alcoholic drink?
Answer: Rum

Question: Bogus, Cachet, Phosphor and Albino are all terms used in which hobby?
Answer: Stamp Collecting

Question: Grampus Eight football team are based in which country?
Answer: Japan (Nagoya Grampus Eight)

Question: Sargassum is what type of plant?
Answer: Seaweed

Question: Which British designer made the miniskirt popular in the 1960’s?
Answer: Mary Quant

Question: Wicca is the religion or practice of what?
Answer: Witchcraft

Question: What is a female crab called?
Answer: Hen

Question: Who plays Cinna in the 2012 film ‘The Hunger Games’?
Answer: Lenny Kravitz

Question: A ‘What’…..boom’ is an explosive noise caused by the shock wave of an aircraft travelling faster than the speed of sound?
Answer: Sonic

Question: Which English football club play their home games at The King Poer Stadium?
Answer: Leicester City FC

Question: Which was the first British football club to win the European Cup?
Answer: Celtic FC

Question: What was late US actor/comedian Oliver Hardy’s first name?
Answer: Norvell

Question: Which British composer based an opera on Henry James novella ‘The Turn of the Screw’?
Answer: Benjamin Britten

Question: Who plays Mrs Kay Miniver in the 1942 film ‘Mrs Miniver’?
Answer: Greer Garson

Question: In which English county did the 1963 Great Train Robbery take place?
Answer: Buckinghamshire

Question: How many prisoners were locked in the Bastille in Paris when it was stormed by the people in 1789?
Answer: Seven

Question: In medicine, septicaemia is more commonly known by what name?
Answer: Blood poisoning

Question: Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck are all types of which fictional characters?
Answer: Hobbits

Question: How many Euro coin denominations are there?
Answer: Eight

Question: What would you do with a sarod?
Answer: Play it

Question: Which vegetable is served in a dish described as ‘a la Florentine’?
Answer: Spinach

Question: What is the name of the park in San Francisco where, in 1966, the Beatles performed their final official live concert?
Answer: Candlestick Park

Question: In 1692, on the orders of William III, nearly 80 members of which Scottish clan were massacred at Glen Coe?
Answer: MacDonald

Question: In medicine, a rhinologist is concerned with which part of the human body?
Answer: Nose

Question: In November 2011, a copy of the first issue of Action Comics, featuring the debut of which action hero, sold for 2.6 million dollars?
Answer: Superman

Question: Which famous statue was discovered by a peasant on the Greek island of Melos in 1820?
Answer: The Venus de Milo (Aphrodite of Melos)

Question: What was the name of Napoleon I’s second wife?
Answer: Marie Louise

Question: A cut of silverside beef is from which part of the animal?
Answer: Hindquarters

Question: A megapode is what type of creature?
Answer: Bird

Question: Who was the first British monarch to voluntarily abdicate?
Answer: Edward VIII

Question: Pozole is a soup or stew which originated in which country?
Answer: Mexico

Question: In January 1994, US President Bill Clinton and which Russian President signed a series of treaties known as the ‘Kremlin Accords’?
Answer: Boris Yeltsin

Question: The 2003 documentary drama ‘Touching the Void’ recounts the story of two mountaineers on which mountain range?
Answer: The Andes

Question: In 1998, who did Australian Prime Minister describe as ‘The greatest living Australian’?
Answer: Sir Donald Bradman

Question: Aulophobia is the irrational fear of which musical instrument?
Answer: Flute

Question: What colour is Swiss cartoon character ‘Globi’?
Answer: Blue

Question: Who became British Foreign Secretary in May 2010?
Answer: William Hague

Question: Which US golfer’s first names are Eldrick Tont?
Answer: Tiger Woods

Question: How many triple-word squares are there on a standard Scrabble board?
Answer: Eight

Question: What does each angle of a regular octagon measure in degrees?
Answer: 135

Question: A ‘Sloppy Joe’ is an informal name for which item of clothing?
Answer: Jumper/sweater

Question: Which British Prime minister’s first name was Leonard?
Answer: James Callaghan

Question: Which US singer released a 2000 album entitled ‘Music’?
Answer: Madonna

Question: Omonia, Enosis and Anorthosis are football clubs in which European country?
Answer: Cyprus

Question: What does a pluviometer measure?
Answer: Rainfall

Question: Meadowhall Retail Park is in which English city?
Answer: Sheffield

Question: Arbor, Bullet Sinker, Reaper and Wobbler are all terms used in which sport?
Answer: Fishing

Question: According to the proverb, what are you supposed to do ‘before you leap’?
Answer: Look