Question: Morado is Spanish for which colour?
Answer: Purple

Question: Heathrow Airport is on which London underground line?
Answer: Piccadilly Line

Question: Which religious figure wears the Ring of the Fisherman?
Answer: The Pope

Question: Who was Britain’s last Liberal Prime Minister?
Answer: David Lloyd George

Question: In the game of golf, a ‘Condor’ is how many strokes under par for a hole?
Answer: Four

Question: Which animal is known as the Ship of the Desert?
Answer: Camel

Question: What was the name of the supertanker that ran aground between Land’s End and the Scilly Isles in March 1967?
Answer: Torrey Canyon

Question: In September 1968, Marcelo Caetano became Prime Minister of which European country?
Answer: Portugal

Question: In 1964, what was The Supremes first number one hit single in the US?
Answer: Where Did Our Love Go

Question: Which country hosted the 1962 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Chile

Question: Who assassinated US Senator Robert F Kennedy in June 1968?
Answer: Sirhan Sirhan

Question: Which aircraft made its first trans-US flight from Seattle to New York in 1969?
Answer: Concorde

Question: Which fashion designer created the miniskirt in 1964?
Answer: Mary Quant

Question: Which golfer won the Masters Tournament and the British Open in 1966?
Answer: Jack Nicklaus

Question: Which English politician made his ‘Rivers of Blood’ Speech in April 1968?
Answer: Enoch Powell

Question: In 1964, murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen were the last people to be hanged in which UK country?
Answer: England

Question: In 1964, Terence Conran opened his first of which chain of shops in Fulham Road, London?
Answer: Habitat

Question: Which English pirate radio station was founded by Ronan O’Rahilly in 1964?
Answer: Radio Caroline

Question: What was the name of the chimp that was sent into space in Project Mercury mission MR-2 in January 1961?
Answer: Ham

Question: Phantom IV, Silver Wraith and Silver Dawn are all models of which car?
Answer: Rolls Royce

Question: What is the name of the temple on the Athenian Acropolis?
Answer: The Parthenon

Question: ‘Rosie Lee’ is cockney rhyming slang for what?
Answer: Tea

Question: Who played Police Chief Martin Brody in the 1978 film ‘Jaws 2’?
Answer: Roy Scheider

Question: What is the National Flower of England?
Answer: Rose

Question: The testicles of a calf cooked and served as food are known as ‘Prairie….’what’?
Answer: Oysters

Question: In Greek mythology, who was awarded the armour of the dead Achilles, after competing for it with Ajax?
Answer: Odysseus

Question: Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf appear in which 1999 film starring Brad Pitt?
Answer: Fight Club

Question: On the human body, the axilla is better known as what?
Answer: Armpit

Question: Which film starring Judy Garland was based on a novel by L Frank Baum?
Answer: The Wizard of Oz

Question: The English town of Colchester lies on which river?
Answer: River Colne

Question: ‘People in the Sun’ is the work of which American artist?
Answer: Edward Hopper

Question: In the British monarchy, who succeeded King George III to the throne?
Answer: King George IV

Question: Which three South American countries lie on the Equator?
Answer: Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil

Question: What is the capital of Germany?
Answer: Berlin

Question: Harry, Liam, Niall, Louis and Zayn are all members of which British boy band?
Answer: One Direction

Question: In 1992, who became the first female Director-General of the British Security Service MI5?
Answer: Stella Rimington

Question: What is the the first name of the Hungarian inventor of the Rubik’s Cube?
Answer: Erno

Question: Usually affecting children, the medical condition pertussis is better known by what name?
Answer: Whooping cough

Question: Babcock, Elberta and Rubidoux are all varieties of which fruit?
Answer: Peach

Question: In Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ who is the leader of the Company of Dwarves?
Answer: Thorin Oakenshield

Question: In America, a run-down part of a town, frequented by vagrants and alcoholics, is known informally as ‘Skid…what’?
Answer: Row

Question: What is the art of preparing, stuffing and mounting the skins of animals for display called?
Answer: Taxidermy

Question: The Sundance Film Festival takes place annually in which US state?
Answer: Utah

Question: On a London Underground train map which colour depicts the Circle Line?
Answer: Yellow

Question: Who wrote the ‘Discworld’ Series of books?
Answer: Terry Pratchett

Question: Persil is the French name for which herb?
Answer: Parsley

Question: Dancer and actress Virginia McMath was better known by what name?
Answer: Ginger Rogers

Question: The city of Buffalo lies on which North American Great Lake?
Answer: Lake Erie

Question: Who played Mr Darcy in the 1995 television series ‘Pride and Prejudice’?
Answer: Colin Firth

Question: The Roman goddess Ceres is the protector of what?
Answer: Crops

Question: Which English author wrote The Kate Hannigan series, The Mallen novels and The Tilly Trotter trilogy?
Answer: Catherine Cookson

Question: Malmsey is a type of which alcoholic drink?
Answer: Wine

Question: In which century was the Royal Greenwich Observatory opened in London?
Answer: 17th Century

Question: Which James Bond film was named after Ian Fleming’s home in Jamaica?
Answer: Goldeneye

Question: Who wrote the 1961 play ‘The Night of the Iguana’?
Answer: Tennessee Williams

Question: A heitiki would normally be worn round which part of the body?
Answer: Neck

Question: Which British comedian hosts a television programme called ‘TV Burp’?
Answer: Harry Hill

Question: In Greek mythology what is the drink of the gods?
Answer: Nectar

Question: Which 1999 film starring Tom Hanks is set in a Louisiana prison?
Answer: The Green Mile

Question: In which South African country was Australian rugby player George Gregan born?
Answer: Zambia

Question: In May 1936 the first flight by which Irish airline took place between Dublin and Bristol?
Answer: Aer Lingus

Question: How many Oscars did the film ‘Avatar’ win at the 2010 Academy Awards?
Answer: Three

Question: Louisville, Kentucky, USA was named after which French monarch?
Answer: King Louis XVI

Question: The island groups Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao form which country?
Answer: The Philippines

Question: The lemur is endemic to which island?
Answer: Madagascar

Question: Jazz musician Benny Goodman was famous for playing which instrument?
Answer: Clarinet

Question: Columbia University is in which US city?
Answer: New York

Question: Henrietta Maria was the French wife of which British monarch?
Answer: King Charles I

Question: Who played football coach Dave Dodds in the 2001 film ‘Mike Bassett:England Manager’?
Answer: Bradley Walsh

Question: Mrs Grose and Miss Jessel appear in which novella by Henry James?
Answer: The Turn of the Screw

Question: Who wrote the 1951 novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?
Answer: J D Salinger

Question: English soothsayer and prophetess Ursula Southill was better known as ‘Mother…who’?
Answer: Shipton

Question: ‘Touch the rainbow. Taste the rainbow’ is the advertising slogan for which confectionery product?
Answer: Skittles

Question: Chemist and physicist Marie Curie was born in which modern-day European country?
Answer: Poland

Question: What is cartoon cat Garfield’s favourite food?
Answer: Lasagne

Question: Which post in the UK did Rowan Williams take up in February 2003?
Answer: Archbishop of Canterbury

Question: The Fountain of Wealth is in which Asian city?
Answer: Singapore

Question: In cooking which herb is traditionally used to make Bernaise Sauce?
Answer: Tarragon

Question: British singer Stuart Goddard is better known by what name?
Answer: Adam Ant

Question: An autotonsorialist is a person who cuts their own what?
Answer: Hair

Question: What is the name of the stainless steel sculpture, by William Pye, in London’s Greenland Dock?
Answer: Curlicue