Question: The most famous versions of what type of book were produced by Bailey in 1721, Johnson in 1755 and Oxford University from 1884?
Answer: Dictionary

Question: What region of the Mediterranean Sea separates Italy from Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Answer: Adriatic

Question: In "Through the Looking Glass", Alice uses a mirror to read which poem?
Answer: Jabberwocky

Question: Who won his 6th gold medal (a record for canoeists) at the Olympic Games in 1960?
Answer: Gert Fredriksson

Question: Who was exiled to Siberia three times, was active in the plot that overthrew Kerensky in 1917, and became Secretary of the Russian Communist Party?
Answer: Stalin

Question: Which company made the Zero fighter that Japan used in World War II?
Answer: Mitsubishi

Question: What occurs when a ray of light meets an obstacle such as a fine wire?
Answer: Diffraction

Question: A word opposite in meaning to another in the same language is called what?
Answer: Antonym

Question: French intelligence service (DGSE) agents Captain Dominique Prieur and Commander Alain Mafart were convicted of the manslaughter of photographer Fernando Pereira and sinking a ship, Greenpeace's the "Rainbow Warrior", in 1985, in which harbour?
Answer: Auckland, New Zealand

Question: What word describes a vertical window in a projection from a steeply sloping roof of a building?
Answer: Dormer

Question: What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra

Question: Who was the author of the plays "The Professor's Love Story", "Quality Street", "The Admirable Crichton" and "Peter Pan"?
Answer: J M Barrie

Question: What is the "First Law of Robotics" devised by Isaac Asimov in his science fiction stories?
Answer: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Question: What was the capital of the Inca Empire from 1438 to 1532 which, at its peak, dominated a territory that included (from north to south) Ecuador, part of Colombia, the northern half of Chile, and the north-west part of Argentina, and (from west to east) from Bolivia to the Amazonian forests and Peru?
Answer: Cuzco

Question: Which author and playwright wrote "An Inspector Calls", "When We Are Married" and "Dangerous Corner"?
Answer: J B Priestley

Question: In "The Hobbit", what type of creature was Smaug?
Answer: Dragon

Question: The names of how many US states begin with the letter "I"?
Answer: 4

Question: What is dichlor-diphenyl-trichlorethane used for?
Answer: Insecticide

Question: Who led the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the earth between 1519 and 1522, and was killed during the voyage?
Answer: Magellan

Question: Which ship transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620?
Answer: Mayflower

Question: What is the name of the group of 140 islands 25 miles south west of Lands End, Cornwall, England?
Answer: Scilly Isles

Question: At which battle, which began on 4 May 1942, were Japanese losses at least 7 warships, with over 20 others damaged, and USA losses included the aircraft carrier "Lexington" and two other ships?
Answer: The Battle of the Coral Sea

Question: Which legendary character is the subject of musical settings of his adventures, notably by Purcell, Glck and Mozart?
Answer: Don Juan

Question: What is the motto of the Boy Scout movement?
Answer: Be Prepared

Question: Havana is closest to which extremity of Cuba?
Answer: Northern-most

Question: Which outdoor game played by 2 to 4 persons with balls and mallets was introduced to England from France in the 1850s?
Answer: Croquet

Question: The experimental new village of Poundbury in England, much of which has been built to traditional lines, is built on land belonging to whom?
Answer: Prince Charles

Question: Which mystic symbol among Buddhists was adopted in reverse by the Nazi party in Germany?
Answer: Swastika

Question: What method of engraving involves cutting lines cut into copper by means of a pointed steel tool?
Answer: Dry point

Question: What is the world's richest horse race?
Answer: Dubai World Cup

Question: What is the English name for the red wines of Bordeaux, especially from vineyards in the Medoc district of the Gironde?
Answer: Claret

Question: Portuguese rule of which country ended in 1975, with the appointment of Samora Machel as its first president?
Answer: Mozambique

Question: On which planet is Olympus Mons?
Answer: Mars

Question: Gingivitis is a general term for what?
Answer: Diseases affecting the gums

Question: Who married Timothy Laurence in 1992?
Answer: Princess Anne

Question: What name was given to Australian bandits who raided its remoter settlements until the late 19th century?
Answer: Bushrangers

Question: The "galop" from Offenbach's "Orphe aux Enfers" is generally associated with what?
Answer: Can can

Question: Which river runs through the cities of St. Louis, Saint Charles, Jefferson City and Kansas City?
Answer: Missouri

Question: Which cricket commentator, who began his broadcasting career at the BBC in 1960 and commentated in Britain to 2005 and Australia from 1964, announced his 2010 retirement on 18 February 2009?
Answer: Richie Benaud

Question: Which 19th century French physicist erected a pendulum 200 feet high in the Pantheon in Paris to demonstrate the earth's rotation?
Answer: Jean Foucault

Question: What is the next in this series: Sarajevo, Calgary, Albertville ...
Answer: Lillehammer

Question: What is the name for a mechanical saw with a (usually vertical) blade, formed by an endless toothed band?
Answer: Bandsaw

Question: According to Burt Bacharach's theme for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", what "keep fallin' on my head"?
Answer: Raindrops

Question: What is the name for the British manufacturing district that includes Birmingham, Wolverhampton, West Bromich, Dudley, Smethwick and Walsall?
Answer: Black country

Question: What is the name for a loose mock-biographical quatrain such as "When Alexander Pope / Accidentally trod on the soap / And came down on the back of his head / Never mind what he said"?
Answer: Clerihew

Question: Who was an 8 year old English girl murdered on 24 August 1867 by solicitor's clerk Frederick Baker in Alton, Hampshire: the body was found in a hop field, her head and legs severed, her eyes put out, her torso emptied and her organs scattered?
Answer: Fanny Adams

Question: LeeAnne Rimes and Carrie Underwood are associated with what sort of music?
Answer: Country

Question: Who was Hugh Grant's female co-star in the film "Music and Lyrics"?
Answer: Drew Barrymore

Question: On 4 July 2009, Joey Chestnut logged his third consecutive win with a new world record in what annual contest?
Answer: Coney Island's hot dog eating contest

Question: What is the name for an organised body of professional applauders employed in French theatres?
Answer: Claque

Question: Who sang while Ray Manzarek, Robbie Kreiger and John Densmore played?
Answer: Jim Morrison

Question: Which English classic horse race for 3 year olds held at Doncaster every September began in 1776?
Answer: St Leger Stakes

Question: Which race, the first of which was in 1829 and held annually since 1856 (with the exception of the two world wars) is rowed each spring on the Thames in London?
Answer: The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

Question: The 520 men and 197 women who arrived in 11 ships at Botany Bay, Australia, on 26 January 1788, were mostly what?
Answer: Convicts

Question: Which English botanist became famous for his research during expeditions to the east coast of Canada in 1766, the Pacific in 1769 and Iceland in 1772?
Answer: Joseph Banks

Question: How many times has cricket been an Olympic sport?
Answer: 1

Question: In 1782, what was made the official bird of the USA?
Answer: Bald eagle

Question: In Greek mythology, Croesus was known for what?
Answer: Wealth