Question: In which city are the headquarters of OPEC, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries?
Answer: Vienna

Question: Which Australian tennis player did Goran Ivanisevic defeat in the 2001 Wimbledon final?
Answer: Pat Rafter

Question: In which city are the headquarters of the European Central Bank?
Answer: Frankfurt

Question: In which country did the 'Sepoy Mutiny' of 1857 take place?
Answer: India

Question: The independentist forces led by Antonio Jose de Sucre, which country's independence was won at the 1824 'Battle of Ayacucho '?
Answer: Peru

Question: Playing on the title of another of the director's films, which 1984 movie starred Robert de Niro and James Woods as Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organised crime?
Answer: 'Once Upon A Time In America'

Question: Anatolijs Gorbunovs became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1990?
Answer: Latvia

Question: The day in 1896 that he was executed is now a national holiday. Jose Rizal was a nationalist and polymath and a national hero of which country?
Answer: Philippines

Question: Following this year's reshuffle, who is the current Minister of State for International Development?
Answer: Justine Greening

Question: Following this year's reshuffle, who is the current Minister of State for Children and Families?
Answer: David Laws

Question: Leonid Kravchuk became the first President of which former Soviet state in 1991?
Answer: Ukraine

Question: What name is given to a plant that has a stem that grows horizontally below the surface of the soil?
Answer: Rhizome

Question: The 'Cerne Abbas Giant' is a 180 foot high carved hill figure located in which county?
Answer: Dorset

Question: In which US city do the Basketball team known as the 'Nuggets' play their home games?
Answer: DENVER, Colorado

Question: Kimberley and Vancouver are cities in which Canadian province?
Answer: British Columbia

Question: Which French tennis player did Pete Sampras defeat in the 1997 Wimbledon final?
Answer: Cedric Pioline

Question: The 'Uffington White Horse' is a 370 foot-long prehistoric hill figure located in which county?
Answer: Oxfordshire

Question: Calgary and Medicine Hat are cities in which Canadian province?
Answer: Alberta

Question: Which dramatist wrote the trilogy of plays known collectively as 'The Norman Conquests'?
Answer: Alan Ayckbourn

Question: The adjective 'Hirundine' refers to which bird?
Answer: Swallow

Question: During the eighth century, of which kingdom was Offa the king?
Answer: Mercia

Question: Salix babylonica is the Latin name for which British tree?
Answer: Willow

Question: From which country does 'Kronenbourg' lager originate?
Answer: France

Question: Who is the patron saint of travellers?
Answer: St. Christopher

Question: Which common British tree has the Latin name Fraxinus excelsior?
Answer: Ash

Question: Which Californian blues-influenced boogie rock band of the 1960's took their name from the title of a Tommy Johnson blues hit of 1928 that told the story of an alcoholic who had desperately turned to drinking cooking fuel?
Answer: 'Canned Heat'

Question: Although best known for his novels and essays, Gore Vidal, who died in 2012, also co-wrote the screenplay for which extremely successful film of the 1950's?
Answer: 'Ben Hur'

Question: Recorded in 1935, 'I Want To Be A Cowboys Sweetheart' was the first country song by a female artist to sell more than one million copies. It was recorded by which singe who shared her surname with an American state?
Answer: Patsy Montana

Question: Released posthumously in 2004, '2666' was the bestselling final novel by which Chilean author?
Answer: Roberto Bolano

Question: At his death in 2012, Ernest Borgnine was the oldest living winner of the 'Oscar' for Best Actor at the age of 95. Which man, ten years his junior, has now taken that title?
Answer: Sidney Poitier

Question: Teddy Roosevelt was climbing this mountain when William McKinley died (and had therefore become President). Which mountain is both the highest in the Adirondacks and the highest in New York State?
Answer: Mount Marcy

Question: This summer, Arsenal signed Santi Cazorla for £16 million from which Spanish football club?
Answer: Malaga

Question: This summer, Manchester United signed Shinji Kagawa for £17 million from which German side?
Answer: Borussia Dortmund

Question: In which American state is the successful t.v. drama series 'Boardwalk Empire' set?
Answer: New Jersey

Question: Who was the Emperor of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish conquest?
Answer: Montezuma

Question: What was the name of the rock group formed by former 'Nirvana' drummer Dave Grohl that had hits with 'This Is A Call', 'Learn To Fly' and 'The Pretender'?
Answer: 'Foo Fighters'

Question: Which 'Oscar'-nominated actress is the mother of Carrie Fisher?
Answer: Debbie Reynolds

Question: In which city was Gianni Versace murdered in 1997?
Answer: Miami

Question: Which British city was designated the first ever 'World
Answer: Edinburgh

Question: Who won the Turner Prize in 1994 with his cast-iron work entitled 'Testing A World View'?
Answer: Anthony Gormley

Question: 'Model White', 'Goldenball' and 'Green Globe' are all varieties of which vegetable?
Answer: Turnip

Question: Which duo won the Turner Prize in 1986 with a photo- piece entitled 'Coming'?
Answer: Gilbert & George

Question: To which country do the Chatham Islands belong?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: What name is given to a male Ferret?
Answer: Hob

Question: What is the highest score possible from one shot in Billiards?
Answer: Ten (10)

Question: Which rock group had a hit album in 1975 with 'Toys In The Attic'?
Answer: 'Aerosmith'

Question: What name is given to a male Weasel?
Answer: Whittret

Question: How many cards are dealt to each player in a game of 'Contract Bridge'?
Answer: Thirteen (13)

Question: Socotra is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean belonging to which country?
Answer: Yemen

Question: What is the title of the 2010 film that is the sequel to the 1999 film East is East?
Answer: West Is West

Question: In which sport did Liberal Democrat MP Menzies Campbell compete in the 1964 Olympics
Answer: Athletics

Question: Which country did Pope Francis visit in August?
Answer: South Korea

Question: Which poem by John Masefield begins 'Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine'?
Answer: Cargoes

Question: The Spurn Lightship is a museum in which city
Answer: Hull

Question: Published in 2009 and set in 2006-2007 complete the title of the last book in the series Adrian Mole:
Answer: The Prostrate Years

Question: Name either of the Cabinet Ministers who fought a duel on Putney Heath in September 1809.
Answer: George Canning or Viscount (accept Lord) Castlereagh

Question: Which city lies at the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile?
Answer: Khartoum

Question: The album So Long, See You Tomorrow, based on the novel of the same name by William Maxwell, was a number one earlier this year for which band? Their name sounds like they could be a sports group from India.
Answer: Bombay Bicycle Club

Question: Who hosted the celebrity version of Fifteen to One which had one episode last September and four in June this year?
Answer: Adam Hills

Question: In the English version of Scrabble there are 100 tiles. The letter E has most tiles. How many
Answer: 12

Question: The recent test cricket series between England and India was sponsored by Investec. Which animal is on its advertising logo?
Answer: Zebra

Question: Which spice is obtained from the plant Crocus sativus
Answer: Saffron

Question: Who won the Ladies' Singles Championship at Wimbledon this year?
Answer: Petra Kvitova

Question: Der Konig der Lowen is the German version of which musical?
Answer: The Lion King

Question: Ramadan is which number month of the Islamic calendar
Answer: Ninth