Question: The Merciless Parliament convicted of treason the entire court of which British monarch?
Answer: Richard the Second

Question: Which British boxer and past world middleweight champion committed suicide in his flat in Leamington Spa in 1966?
Answer: Randolph Turpin

Question: What was Lily Munster's maiden name?
Answer: Dracula

Question: What is the main ingredient of the dish Borscht?
Answer: Beetroot

Question: What is the US state capital of Virginia?
Answer: Richmond

Question: What is the generally accepted collective term for a group of starlings?
Answer: Murmuration

Question: In which year was the Channel Tunnel (between England and France) opened?
Answer: 1994

Question: What was the name of Napoleon's horse at Waterloo?
Answer: Marengo

Question: A 2007 film celebrated the 50th anniversary of which typeface?
Answer: Helvetica

Question: If something is bicephalous it has two what?
Answer: Heads

Question: Which famous fashion emporium was started by Barbara Hulanicki in London in 1964?
Answer: Biba

Question: Who wrote the ballet The Firebird?
Answer: Igor Stravinsky

Question: Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?
Answer: George the Fifth

Question: Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950's Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas?
Answer: I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

Question: On which date is Epiphany celebrated in the traditional Western calendar?
Answer: 6th January

Question: What liqueur goes into making a 'snowball' cocktail?
Answer: Advocaat

Question: What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian priest Josef Mohr originally called Stille Nacht?
Answer: Silent Night

Question: The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date?
Answer: 24th December

Question: Which US state in 1907 was the last to declare Christmas a legal holiday?
Answer: Oklahoma

Question: Presepe in Italy refers to what Christmas tradition?
Answer: Nativity scene

Question: Christmas Crackers is cockney rhyming slang for which part of the male anatomy?
Answer: Testicles

Question: Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of gold for the baby Jesus?
Answer: Melchior

Question: The 1954 movie White Christmas was the first to be made using what new Paramount film format?
Answer: VistaVision

Question: Which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night in 1776 in the American Revolutionary War?
Answer: Delaware

Question: According to the UK National Meteorological Office what year (prior to 2007) was the last White Christmas in Britain?
Answer: 2004

Question: The Christmas period of 1813-14 saw the last what in London?
Answer: Christmas Fair on a frozen River Thames

Question: How many gifts are given in total in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas?
Answer: 364

Question: The words "Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes of life, of gathering gloom..." come from which Christmas carol?
Answer: We Three Kings of Orient Are

Question: Which diarist noted on 25th December 1662, "(Christmas Day). Had a pleasant walk to White Hall, where I intended to have received the communion with the family, but I have come too late..."
Answer: Samuel Pepys

Question: The USA's official National Christmas Tree is in which National Park?
Answer: King's Canyon National Park, California

Question: John Callcott Horsley designed what first commercial Christmas item in 1843?
Answer: Christmas card

Question: In Victorian England what people were popularly called robins because of their red uniforms?
Answer: Postmen

Question: Which popular poem was alternatively known as A Visit from St Nicholas?
Answer: 'Twas The Night before Christmas

Question: Which token vegetable is often included in the ingredients of a Christmas pudding?
Answer: Carrot

Question: What is a bicycle called with seats and pedals for two riders, one behind the other?
Answer: Tandem

Question: A marmoset is what type of animal?
Answer: Monkey

Question: What is the name of the popular Japanese alcoholic drink made from rice?
Answer: Sake

Question: What colour are the berries from the rowan tree?
Answer: Red

Question: Who made the Gettysburg Address in 1863?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: Who played Don Vito Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather?
Answer: Marlon Brando

Question: Which musician, who died in 1987, famously had a candelabra on his piano?
Answer: Liberace

Question: Which country has the international car registration letter A?
Answer: Austria

Question: Who is sixth in line to the British throne (as at December 2007)?
Answer: Princess Eugenie

Question: What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet?
Answer: Delta

Question: Chinese gooseberry is another name for which fruit?
Answer: Kiwifruit

Question: Glaucoma affects which part of the human body?
Answer: Eyes

Question: The resort of Faliraki is on which Greek island?
Answer: Rhodes

Question: A book about someone's life written by someone else is called what?
Answer: Biography

Question: In which sport would you see a Boston Crab?
Answer: Wrestling

Question: A 'pea-souper' is which type of weather condition?
Answer: Fog

Question: What is a maker of casks and barrels called?
Answer: Cooper

Question: During the US 1920s prohibition what was the name given to an illegal drinking place?
Answer: Speakeasy

Question: What is a two-dimensional geometric shape with five equal straight sides and five equal angles called?
Answer: Pentagon

Question: Which organisation produces the UK's ABC1C2 (etc) Social Grade Classifications Statistics?
Answer: NRS Ltd

Question: Who developed the 'Equity Theory' of job motivation in the 1960's?
Answer: J Stacey Adams

Question: The Ansoff matrix correlates what two aspects of business development from the 'new' and 'existing' perspectives?
Answer: Products and Markets

Question: In business accounts and financial reporting, expenses which change according to scale of performance or usage or demand are known as what?
Answer: Variable Costs

Question: What is the name of Ingham and Luft's model and theory which deals with hidden and open areas of knowledge about a person?
Answer: The Johari Window

Question: The '360 degree' appraisal method collects feedback from whom, about whom?
Answer: A '360 Degree' feedback appraisal collects the views from people who work with the appraisee, about the appraisee, including subordinates, peers, upline managers; effectively anyone who comes into contact with the appraisee and who is happy to provide constructive feedback about the appraisee's strengths and areas for improvement

Question: What are the four levels of learning evaluation defined in Donald Kirkpatrick's original four-stage model?
Answer: 1. Enjoyment; 2. Transfer of learning; 3. Application of learning; 4. Effect of application

Question: One of the most effective and efficient forms of marketing is abbreviated to the initials WOM; what is it?
Answer: Word Of Mouth

Question: Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Domains divides learning development into three main aspects?
Answer: Knowledge, Attitude, Skills

Question: Who wrote the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People?
Answer: Dr Stephen Covey

Question: What are the four metaphorical terms used to describe products/services in Boston Matrix model according to market share and market maturity?
Answer: Dog, Cash Cow, Problem Child and Star (or Rising Star)

Question: The financial ratio which divides a company's 'liquid assets' by 'current liabilities' is known by what popular term?
Answer: Acid Test

Question: What three important things should be confirmed and understood before conducting a brainstorming ideas session?
Answer: The purpose or aim of the exercise; a time limit; the fact that all ideas are welcome and to be respected (ie., sometimes the craziest-sounding ideas are the best ones).