Question: Which evergreen flowering climbing plant is said to be associated with Jesus Christ?
Answer: Passion Flower

Question: On a standard violin, to which notes are the four strings normally tuned?
Answer: G D A E

Question: British aviator J.C. Savage started the craze for which aerial art in 1922?
Answer: Skywriting

Question: How many imperial gallons of oil are in a barrel?
Answer: 35

Question: Rocinante is the name of which fictional character’s horse?
Answer: Don Quixote

Question: In humans, enteritis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: Small intestine

Question: Who became Archbishop of Canterbury in February 2003?
Answer: Rowan Williams

Question: In literature, the Kate Greenaway Medal is awarded for what?
Answer: Illustration – in children’s books

Question: In the Bible, what was the name of Jacob’s only daughter?
Answer: Dinah

Question: Felsic, Mafic and Intermediate are all types of which natural substance?
Answer: Lava

Question: What is the name of the scarlet and gold banner of St Denis, which was given to early French kings on setting out for war?
Answer: Oriflamme

Question: In which year was the death penalty for treason formally abolished on the mainland UK?
Answer: 1998

Question: In 1776, the United States Declaration of Independence decreed that how many American colonies, which were at war with Britain, were no longer part of the British Empire?
Answer: Thirteen

Question: Which nation’s football team won the FIFA World Cup in 2006?
Answer: Italy

Question: What type of food item is an andouille?
Answer: Spicy pork sausage

Question: What is the flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant women which nourishes the foetus through the umbilical cord?
Answer: Placenta

Question: What type of plant is an opuntia?
Answer: Cactus

Question: What was the final battle of the Napoleonic Wars?
Answer: Waterloo

Question: The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of which Greek god?
Answer: Helios – God of the Sun

Question: What is the rank of officer in the US Army above Colonel and below Major General?
Answer: Brigadier General

Question: Which British singer had a lily named after her in 2010, which is officially registered as ‘Popstar’?
Answer: Lily Allen

Question: The Cuillin Hills are on which Scottish island?
Answer: Skye

Question: What is the name of the soft fatty tissue in which blood cells are produced, found in the cavities of bones?
Answer: Marrow

Question: In which English county is Dunster Castle?
Answer: Somerset

Question: Which prime number is between 11 and 17?
Answer: 13

Question: Frederico Fellini was famous for his work in which of the arts?
Answer: Film making

Question: Which piece of post-modern furniture, a design icon of the 1980’s, by Ettore Sottsass, was said to be inspired by Bod Dylan’s song ‘Memphis Blues’?
Answer: A bookcase

Question: What name is given to atoms with the same atomic number but different numbers of neutrons in their nuclei?
Answer: Isotopes

Question: Seppuku, part of the code of Samurai warriors, is better known by what name?
Answer: Hari-Kari

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

Question: What is the name of Willy Loman’s son in the play ‘Death of a Salesman’ by Arthur Miller?
Answer: Biff

Question: The radio adaptation of which H G Wells novel, narrated by Orson Welles caused panic in parts of the USA in October 1938?
Answer: The War of the Worlds

Question: What was the native language of Jesus Christ?
Answer: Aramaic

Question: Which British actress appeared as a teenager in a 1950’s Gas Board commercial?
Answer: Joan Collins

Question: What is the name of Captain Hook’s boat in the children’s novel ‘Peter Pan’?
Answer: Jolly Roger

Question: In humans, nephrosis is the degeneration of which organ?
Answer: Kidney

Question: In a 2009 article in The Economist, which late artist was described as the ‘bellwether of the art market’, referring to a painting of his which was sold in 1963 for $100 million?
Answer: Andy Warhol

Question: Achille Maramotti founded which Italian fashion house in 1951?
Answer: Max Mara

Question: Who is the only driver in Formula One history to win the championship in a car which he built himself?
Answer: Jack Brabham

Question: Which comedian played Kevin Turvey in the British tv sketch series ‘A Kick Up the Eighties?
Answer: Rik Mayall

Question: What is the name of the tool used by astronauts that combines pliers and wrench?
Answer: Plench

Question: What is the name of the small light ball of woven flax swung rhythmically at the end of a string in Maori songs and dances?
Answer: Poi

Question: Titania, Miranda and Bianca are all moons of which planet in our solar system?
Answer: Uranus

Question: What is the fold of loose skin called hanging from the throat or neck of an animal or bird?
Answer: Dewlap

Question: Which Greek goddess is the muse of erotic poetry?
Answer: Erato

Question: Which US disc jockey is credited with coining the phrase ‘Rock and Roll’ during the 1950’s?
Answer: Alan Freed

Question: The Java Trench is part of which ocean?
Answer: Indian Ocean

Question: Who became the youngest man, at age 35, to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964?
Answer: Martin Luther King

Question: Which planet in our solar system is known is ‘The Morning Star’ when it appears in the eastern sky before sunrise?
Answer: Venus

Question: Bicerin is a traditional hot drink native to which Italian city?
Answer: Turin – a mix of cappuccino and hot chocolate

Question: In British politics, who succeeded Jeremy Thorpe as acting leader of the Liberal Party in 1976?
Answer: Jo Grimond

Question: On which part of the body would a ghillie normally be worn?
Answer: Foot

Question: In science, a pascal is a measure of what?
Answer: Pressure

Question: Who played Father Noel Furlong in the British tv series ‘Father Ted’?
Answer: Graham Norton

Question: Which Biblical figure destroyed the Temple of the Philistines?
Answer: Samson

Question: Domingo Liotta MD, of Argentina, designed and developed the first artificial what, which was successfully implanted in a human in 1969?
Answer: Heart

Question: In which 2000 film starring Jude Law does former boxer Ricky Grover make a cameo appearance?
Answer: Love, Honour and Obey

Question: On the human body, a sanguineous crust is better known by what name?
Answer: A scab

Question: ‘The First Lord of the Treasury’ is inscribed on the letterbox of which address in London?
Answer: 10, Downing Street

Question: In which year did the Euro become the official currency in Ireland?
Answer: 2002 – 1st January

Question: How many goals were scored in the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: 147

Question: In which European country is the Briksdal Glacier?
Answer: Norway

Question: In the children’s ‘Mr Men’ books, what shape is Mr Rush?
Answer: Triangular

Question: A painting by which artist was damaged in January 2010 when a student fell into it at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York?
Answer: Picasso – ‘The Actor’

Question: What is the title of the 1983 film in which teenager Tom Cruise turns his parents home into a brothel?
Answer: Risky Business

Question: What was the name of the ship in which Captain Robert Scott set sail for the Antarctic in 1901?
Answer: The Discovery

Question: What is the capital of Switzerland?
Answer: Bern or Berne

Question: Mycroft is the older brother of which fictional detective?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes

Question: What is the name of the short red cape, or piece of cloth, suspended from a hollow staff and brandished by a matador during a bullfight?
Answer: Muleta

Question: In which year were women allowed to compete in athletics events for the first time in the Olympic Games?
Answer: 1928

Question: How many wives did ‘Coronation Street’s ‘ Mike Baldwin have?
Answer: Four

Question: What nationality is tennis player Goran Ivanisevic?
Answer: Croatian