Question: In the game of Bridge, what is the name of a 13-card hand containing only cards numbered up to 9?
Answer: A Yarborough

Question: What is the first name of fictional character ‘Smiley’, created by the author John Le Carre?
Answer: George

Question: How is SOS depicted in international Morse code?
Answer: Three dots, three dashes, three dots

Question: Which bird is on the national flag of Papua New Guinea?
Answer: Bird of Paradise

Question: The Isle of Man lies in which body of water?
Answer: Irish Sea

Question: Singer David Bowie teamed up with UK band Queen on which 1981 hit single?
Answer: Under Pressure

Question: How many mythical creatures represent years in the Chinese Zodiac?
Answer: One

Question: Who was the first British sitting MP to appear on a television reality show?
Answer: George Galloway

Question: The asteroid belt lies roughly between which two planets in our solar system?
Answer: Mars and Jupiter

Question: During which month in 1666 did the Great Fire of London rage for four days?
Answer: September

Question: Who was billed as ‘Undefeated’ in a boxing match in December 2007 against Floyd Mayweather Jr?
Answer: Ricky Hatton

Question: What is the surname of Sam in the US television series ‘Cheers’?
Answer: Malone

Question: How many stations are on the Glasgow subway rail system?
Answer: 15

Question: Stermutation is the medical term for which involuntary action in humans?
Answer: Sneezing

Question: A roughy is what type of creature?
Answer: Fish

Question: In 1921, Edith Cowan was the first woman elected to any Parliament in which country?
Answer: Australia

Question: Mount Monaslu is in which South Asian country?
Answer: Nepal

Question: Hyperemesis Gravidarum is severe what in females?
Answer: ‘Morning’ sickness

Question: Which character does Antonio Banderos provide the voice for in the 2010 film ‘Shrek Forever’?
Answer: Puss in Boots

Question: Which gas is used to make the bubbles in fizzy drinks?
Answer: Carbon dioxide

Question: Juan Evo Morales Ayma became President of which South American country in 2006?
Answer: Bolivia

Question: The Ngultrum is the basic currency of which Asian country?
Answer: Bhutan

Question: ‘Ida May’ was the original title of which hit single by Chuck Berry?
Answer: Maybellene

Question: In November 1966, which team defeated the New York Giants 72-41 in the highest-scoring game in NFL history?
Answer: Washington Redskins

Question: In 1897, Theodor Herzl became the first President of the political form of which movement?
Answer: Zionism

Question: Commemorating the Battle of Staningrad, what is the name of the statue in the Russian city of Volgograd?
Answer: The Motherland Calls (or The Motherland)

Question: Which is the only US state to begin with the letter ‘D’?
Answer: Delaware

Question: What is the name of a ghost or other supernatural being which is supposedly responsible for physical disturbances, such as creating disorder and noises?
Answer: Poltergeist

Question: Ben Macdui is part of which European mountain range?
Answer: Cairngorms

Question: Sherborne Castle is in which English county?
Answer: Dorset

Question: Who was the first foreign coach of the England football squad?
Answer: Sven Goran Eriksson

Question: Jack Nicholson plays the role of private detective Jake Gittes in which 1974 film?
Answer: Chinatown

Question: Which plant has the Latin name Ribes Rubrum?
Answer: Redcurrant

Question: Which business directory had the ‘Walking Fingers’ logo?
Answer: Yellow Pages

Question: Which British rock band’s original line-up was Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright?
Answer: Pink Floyd

Question: What is the name of a surface weather condition in a snow-covered area in which no object casts a shadow, and only dark objects can be seen?
Answer: White-out

Question: Which 2010 film stars Mila Kunis as Lily and Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers?
Answer: Black Swan

Question: Which US bus company was founded in Minnesota in 1914?
Answer: Greyhound (Lines Inc)

Question: Adam Levine is the lead singer of which US pop rock band?
Answer: Maroon 5

Question: Which baby pram company, founded in 1877, provided the baby carriage to King George VI for Princess Elizabeth?
Answer: Silver Cross

Question: What was the maiden name of Jemima, ex-wife of cricketer Imran Khan?
Answer: Goldsmith

Question: Which plant, used as a herb, is also known as barbed-wire grass?
Answer: Lemongrass

Question: Which institution, based in Northern Ireland and founded in 1796, has a name which is a tribute to the Dutch-born Protestant king of England, Ireland and Scotland?
Answer: Orange Order/Lodge

Question: What is the title of the 1984 film starring singer Prince as The Kid?
Answer: Purple Rain

Question: Actor David Prowse portrayed which character in a road safety awareness campaign for children in the UK?
Answer: Green Cross Man

Question: Which chemical element has the symbol Pt?
Answer: Platinum

Question: Which ancient European period came before the Iron Age?
Answer: Bronze Age

Question: What is the name of the unofficial accolade given to passenger liners crossing the Atlantic Ocean in regular service with the record highest speed?
Answer: The Blue Riband

Question: Richard Attenborough played which gang member in the 1947 film ‘Brighton Rock’?
Answer: Pinkie Brown

Question: Who won their first Formula 1 race at the 2012 Chinese Grand Prix?
Answer: Nico Rosberg

Question: How old was playwright William Shakespeare when he died?
Answer: 52

Question: The ‘Heliocentric Model’ is a theory that places which object as the centre of the Universe?
Answer: The Sun

Question: What is the most traded commodity in the World?
Answer: Crude oil

Question: Carl Fredricksen, Russell and Dug are all characters in which 2009 Disney film?
Answer: Up

Question: Southern Indian Lake is in which country?
Answer: Canada

Question: In which year did colour television begin broadcasting across Australia?
Answer: 1975

Question: What type of creature is a Kentish Glory?
Answer: Moth

Question: Great Train robber Ronald Biggs spent over 20 years in which country before returning to Britain?
Answer: Brazil

Question: The Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought in which US state?
Answer: Montana

Question: Which 1968 film starring Marianne Faithful was also known as ‘Naked Under Leather’?
Answer: Girl on a Motorcycle

Question: ‘It’s the real thing’ was a 1970’s advertising slogan for which product?
Answer: Coca Cola

Question: In the UK television quiz show ‘The Chase’ which chaser is is known as ‘The Beast’?
Answer: Mark Labbett

Question: Who plays architect Doug Roberts in the 1974 film ‘Towering Inferno’?
Answer: Paul Newman

Question: How many digits do frogs have on their back feet?
Answer: Five

Question: In Britain, who does the Best Man traditionally sit next to at a wedding reception?
Answer: Groom’s mother

Question: The Banoffee Pie was invented at the Hungry Monk restaurant in which English county?
Answer: East Sussex

Question: Who  played British fictional television detective Freddie Spender?
Answer: Jimmy Nail

Question: Who wrote the novel ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’?
Answer: Ken Kesey

Question: Visage is French for which part of the body?
Answer: Face

Question: ‘The Stolen Generations’ were children of which country who were taken from their families to be adopted or brought up by the state?
Answer: Australia

Question: ‘The Entertainer’ by Scott Joplin is the theme tune for which 1973 film?
Answer: The Sting

Question: Late actress Greta Garbo was born in which country?
Answer: Sweden

Question: ‘The Long March’ took place in which country in 1934-35?
Answer: China

Question: The River Danube empties into which body of water?
Answer: Black Sea

Question: Which number is the title of singer Beyonce’s 2011 album?
Answer: 4

Question: In which year was the Cannes Film Festival founded?
Answer: 1946