Question: The wreck of which warship, one of the largest in the English navy of King Henry VIII in the first half of the 16th century, was rediscovered in 1971 and salvaged in October 1982?
Answer: Mary Rose

Question: What is the name of the coffee shop that was a regular set for the US TV series "Friends"?
Answer: Central Perk

Question: Where are the "Spanish Steps"?
Answer: Rome

Question: """Historia Naturalis"" was a major work by whom?"
Answer: Pliny the Elder

Question: What is the name of the vinegar made from Trebbiano grapes?
Answer: Balsamic vinegar

Question: According to the Bible, what did Samson kill 1,000 Philistines with?
Answer: An ass's jawbone

Question: Reynald Temarii, president of the Oceania Football Confederation, was banned from soccer administration by FIFA because it was alleged that he had said that his vote for the election of hosts of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup could be influenced through the construction of a sports academy. Where was it to be built?
Answer: Tahiti

Question: What US television series (the format for which is now syndicated world-wide) involves a chief executive spending time as a trainee in his or her own firm?
Answer: Undercover Boss

Question: What 2005 film, directed by Ang Lee, was based on a short story by Annie Proulx?
Answer: Brokeback Mountain

Question: According to the Bible, who was freed by Pontius Pilate, thus condemning Jesus Christ to crucifixion?
Answer: Barabbas

Question: In the alphabet, how many consonants are there between the letters "I" and "U"?
Answer: 10

Question: Sherpas and Gurkhas are native to which country?
Answer: Nepal

Question: Where is NASA's Johnson Space Centre?
Answer: Houston, Texas

Question: A pair of angles is complementary if the sum of their measures is how many degrees?
Answer: 90

Question: Which German brothers published fairy tales in the 19th century?
Answer: Grimm

Question: In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" on the first ball of the match?
Answer: Royal Duck

Question: What Christian festival commemorates the coming of the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem?
Answer: Epiphany

Question: Which river flows through six countries before reaching the sea at Rotterdam?
Answer: Rhine

Question: What liner was destroyed in Hong Kong harbour while undergoing renovations in 1972?
Answer: Queen Elizabeth

Question: What was the name of the lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", a 2005 film based on the "Narnia" books by C S Lewis?
Answer: Aslan

Question: If someone is called a "pen pusher", what sort of occupation do they have?
Answer: A clerk in an office

Question: In which decade was Horatio Nelson born?
Answer: 1750s

Question: What computer game was invented by Toru Iwatani, first released in Japan in May 1980?
Answer: Pac-Man

Question: In British history, what "House" ruled after the House of Hanover?
Answer: Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Question: Who created the fictional CIA man Jack Ryan?
Answer: Tom Clancy

Question: What is the name collectively given to several groups of people in Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique, originally known as the Karanga?
Answer: Shona

Question: In 1988, 290 people were killed when an Iranian airliner was shot down by a ship belonging to what navy?
Answer: Usa

Question: Which Pope was elected in 2005?
Answer: Pope Benedict XVI

Question: In the 2004 film "Sideways", the character of Miles is disparaging about what?
Answer: Merlot

Question: Where are the islands called Big Chicken, Chick, Hen, East Sister, Middle and Mohawk?
Answer: Lake Erie

Question: What British television programme starring Stephen Fry, based in a small Norfolk town (where the local pub is called the "Startled Duck"), was cancelled after 3 series?
Answer: Kingdom

Question: Which wedding anniversary is "coral"?
Answer: 35th

Question: Which King was less than a year old when he became King of England?
Answer: Henry VI

Question: What is the meaning of the old English word "coomb"?
Answer: Valley

Question: The "Pangboche Hand" is used as proof of the existence of what?
Answer: Yeti

Question: What are usually found in an aquarium?
Answer: Fish

Question: How many US states share a land border with the state of Maine?
Answer: 1

Question: With how many pieces does each player start a game of Backgammon?
Answer: 15

Question: Who took the official photographs on 25 November, relating to the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton, which were released in December 2010?
Answer: Mario Testino

Question: What is the name for a two-edged sword traditionally used by Scottish highlanders?
Answer: Claymore

Question: The British and the French fought a battle on the Plains of Abraham in 1759. In which country did it take place?
Answer: Canada

Question: William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, was executed for his anti-puritan views during what period of British history?
Answer: English Civil War

Question: How many points are scored for a touchdown in American football?
Answer: 6

Question: What colour is associated with jaundice?
Answer: Yellow

Question: In "Silence of the Lambs", what was the nickname of the killer that Hannibal Lecter helped to catch?
Answer: Buffalo Bill

Question: The medical specialty called obstetrics is to do with what?
Answer: Pregnancy & childbirth

Question: A "mugger" is a type of what?
Answer: Crocodile

Question: Where was the English TV comedy series "Hi De Hi" set?
Answer: Holiday camp

Question: Which country invaded Afghanistan on 24 December, 1979?
Answer: Soviet Union

Question: Michelangelo sculpted his statue of David in which century?
Answer: 16th

Question: A "shar pei" is a type of what?
Answer: Dog

Question: What fruit is mentioned in the official nickname of the US state of Georgia?
Answer: Peach

Question: In 47 BC, after the war with Pharnaces II of Pontus in the city of Zela (now known as Zile, in Turkey), who is credited with saying "Veni, vidi, vici"?
Answer: Julius Caesar

Question: Chip Ganassi is a prominent figure in what sport?
Answer: Motor racing

Question: Where do aquatic creatures live?
Answer: In water

Question: What is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust?
Answer: Aluminium

Question: In the 6th century BC, where was the empire of Cyrus the Great?
Answer: Persia

Question: What continent is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean?
Answer: North America

Question: What is a group of conditions involving damage to the joints of the body, the most common form of which is a result of trauma to or infection of the joint, or age?
Answer: Arthritis

Question: In the comic strip "Peanuts", whose father is a barber?
Answer: Charlie Brown

Question: The extensive interconnected network of trade routes across the Asian continent connecting East, South, and Western Asia with the Mediterranean world, as well as North and Northeast Africa and Europe, was known as what?
Answer: The Silk Road

Question: Why was wrestler Ara Abrahamian of Sweden disqualified by the IOC and stripped of his rejected bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics?
Answer: Disrupting the award ceremony

Question: """Don't Cha"" and ""Stickwitu"" were #1 hit singles for which group?"
Answer: Pussycat Dolls

Question: What is the Spanish name for Saint James, son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus?
Answer: Santiago

Question: What is one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869, one of the few that publish original research articles across a wide range of scientific fields?
Answer: Nature

Question: What is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada?
Answer: Calgary

Question: """Five card brag"" is a simplified verion of what game?"
Answer: Poker