Question: What international humanitarian institution was founded in Switzerland in 1863?
Answer: Red Cross

Question: He is a playwright, screenwriter, film director and essayist with a Pulitzer Prize (1984) and Tony and Oscar award nominations; he is married to singer-songwriter Rebecca Pidgeon; what is his name?
Answer: David Mamet

Question: What does the Gdel solution, proposed to Einstein's equations, imply as a technical possibility?
Answer: Time travel

Question: According to the old saying, what is "the spice of life"?
Answer: Variety

Question: The Armagnac region of France lies between the Adour and Garonne rivers and near which other feature?
Answer: The Pyrenees

Question: What is the earliest definitely known use of the axled wheel?
Answer: For making pottery

Question: In 1892, who became the first heavyweight boxing champion to fight under the Marquess of Queensberry rules?
Answer: Jim Corbett

Question: By what name is Mrs Montagu Barstow better known?
Answer: Baroness Orczy

Question: What is the official language of the principality of Andorra?
Answer: Catalan

Question: It is generally accepted that the first true "Beat" novel was "Go" by John Clennon (1952) followed by "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg (1956). The Beat culture entered its heyday with the publication of what novel by Jack Kerouac?
Answer: On the Road

Question: In 1497 one of the world's best known explorers rounded Cape Agulhas. Who was he, and what was he looking for?
Answer: Vasco da Gama from Portugal, sea route from Europe to India

Question: In the history of thought concerning natural rights, who said "we are born for Justice, and that right is based, not upon opinions, but upon Nature"?
Answer: Cicero (106-43 BCE)

Question: What animals travel in groups led by the "Old Man" or "Boomer"?
Answer: Kangaroos

Question: In the English version of the "Astrix" books, the character of Fulliautomatix has what occupation?
Answer: Ironmonger

Question: On 2 February 2015 who became the youngest person to be ranked No 1 in professional golf?
Answer: Lydia Ko

Question: An early type of futures market, and a huge speculative bubble, related to what?
Answer: Tulip bulbs, in 1636-7

Question: Who coined the expressions 'a curate's egg' and 'bedside manner', and wrote three novels, including "Peter Ibbetson" (adapted to a 1935 film starring Gary Cooper and an opera), and another which gave its name to the trilby, a type of hat?
Answer: George du Maurier

Question: Which country, after 500 years of Ottoman domination, became independent in 1912, adopted a republican form of government in 1920, became a kingdom in 1928, came under Italian control in 1939, became a Communist state after World War II, and is now a parliamentary democracy established under a constitution renewed in 1998?
Answer: Albania

Question: Paribas, formed in 1872 from two companies respectively in Paris and Amsterdam, operated in what field?
Answer: Finance

Question: Michael Caine appeared as which character in 5 films?
Answer: Harry Palmer

Question: Who co-starred with Kevin Costner in "Bodyguard" and released a song from the movie, "I Will Always Love You", which became a hit?
Answer: Whitney Houston

Question: """Falling in love does not mean you love to fall"" is an example of chiasmus and what other figure of speech?"
Answer: Metaphor

Question: The Treaty of San Francisco established the ending of hostilities between which countries, and when?
Answer: Allied Powers and Japan, 1952

Question: Which musical with book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot opened in October 1967 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater?
Answer: Hair

Question: Which club drug, particularly popular, and fatal, in some areas, was originally developed as an anaesthetic and painkiller and used mainly by veterinary surgeons?
Answer: Ketamine

Question: In mediaeval years what would the regular occupants of a charterhouse be?
Answer: Monks

Question: The play "Saint Joan" by George Bernard Shaw centres on whom?
Answer: Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

Question: Who was World Superbike Champion in 1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999?
Answer: Carl Fogarty

Question: Who was elected Governor of Texas in 1994?
Answer: George W Bush

Question: Where is the village of Chibok?
Answer: Nigeria

Question: Where were the Qumran Scrolls discovered between 1946 and 1956?
Answer: Caves in cliffs near the Dead Sea

Question: What nut is used in making marzipan, nougat, and amaretti?
Answer: Almond

Question: Who wrote and directed the Bafta Award winning short film "Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life" (1993)?
Answer: Peter Capaldi

Question: What did Sepp Blatter do four days after the 2015 elections for FIFA president after which he was declared re-elected president for his fifth term?
Answer: Announced his resignation

Question: Who were the parents of Ricky Nelson?
Answer: Ozzie and Harriet

Question: One of the tools developed and launched in 2014 as a brand for Sweden is ...?
Answer: Sweden Sans

Question: The series "Marvel's Daredevil" was created as what?
Answer: Web television

Question: One of the rarest reptiles, a species of crocodile, is found in the wild exclusively where?
Answer: The Orinoco River

Question: The song "Hark, hark, the lark at heav'n's gate sings" appears in what play"?
Answer: """Cymbeline"" by William Shakespeare"

Question: In 1956 who wrote and introduced the song, ranked by the magazine Rolling Stone as #97 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, "Roll Over, Beethoven"?
Answer: Chuck Berry

Question: In George Orwell's book "Animal Farm", "Boxer" was what kind of animal?
Answer: Horse

Question: The ancient city of Petra in Jordan, thought to have built around 312 BCE, is known for its towering rose red rocks and what quality of its buildings?
Answer: They are cut into the rock

Question: Whose last compositions, composed in 1948 when the composer was 84, were called "Four Last Songs"?
Answer: Richard Strauss

Question: Some early cellos are found with holes drilled in the base of the neck; what purpose did the holes serve?
Answer: For rope to hold it round the player's neck when the cello was played in processions

Question: Which Italian poet and librettist was known under the name of Metastasio?
Answer: Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi

Question: Which government banned the Ainu language in 1869?
Answer: The Meiji government in Japan

Question: An "americano" is a type of what?
Answer: Coffee

Question: What organisation was initially behind the first Geneva Convention signed in 1864?
Answer: International Committee for Relief to the Wounded

Question: What is the name of 100 novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio, a medieval allegorical work known for its bawdy tales of love from the erotic to the tragic, which were probably written in the 1350s?
Answer: The Decameron

Question: Dean Martin starred in 4 films as which fictional US government counter-agent, created by Donald Hamilton?
Answer: Matt Helm

Question: Noisette chocolate tastes of what kind of nut?
Answer: Hazel

Question: A 1951 film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Kasey Rogers and Patricia Hitchcock was called "Strangers on a ... what"?
Answer: Train

Question: """Taramasalata"" is traditionally made from what base?"
Answer: The roe of the cod or the carp

Question: What was the subtitle of the Beatles song "Norwegian Wood"?
Answer: This bird has flown

Question: The Terracotta Army marched underground frozen in time from the burial of an emperor in the third century BCE until 1974 CE, where?
Answer: China

Question: What term is not used to describe the fruit of the coffee tree?
Answer: Beans

Question: What purpose does lustration serve?
Answer: Purification or purge

Question: What disco hit of 1975 by Donna Summer was banned by the BBC because of the background noises?
Answer: Love to Love You, Baby