Question: What was the name of the German Chancellor, the primary force behind the unification of Germany 1871, who also had a famous battleship named after him?
Answer: Otto von Bismarck

Question: A Stephen King 1975 horror fiction novel which involves a writer (named Ben Mears) who returns to the town where he lived as a boy, to discover that the residents are all becoming vampires?
Answer: Salem's Lot

Question: In what year was George Washington inaugurated as the first president of the United States?
Answer: 1789

Question: How many presidents have been assassinated?
Answer: Four

Question: Which president served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the 22nd and 24th president?
Answer: Grover Cleveland

Question: Who became president following the assination of John F Kennedy in 1963?
Answer: Lyndon B Johnson

Question: Which president was married to the actress Jane Wyman?
Answer: Ronald Reagan

Question: Who was the only president to resign from office?
Answer: Richard Nixon

Question: Who was president for the duration of the First World War?
Answer: Thomas Woodrow Wilson

Question: What do the 1st, 3rd, 16th and 26th presidents have in common?
Answer: Mount Rushmore

Question: Which book features the characters Passepartout, Mr Fix and Aouda?
Answer: Around The World In Eighty Days

Question: Who wrote the classic thriller The Thirty-Nine Steps?
Answer: John Buchan

Question: Who wrote the novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang : The Magical Car?
Answer: Ian Fleming

Question: Who wrote the novel Black Beauty, first published in 1877?
Answer: Anna Sewell

Question: Which author wrote the Foundation series of science fiction novels?
Answer: Isaac Asimov

Question: What is the first part of JRR Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy called?
Answer: The Fellowship of the Ring

Question: Who wrote East of Eden, Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath?
Answer: John Steinbeck

Question: Who wrote Jurassic Park, which the Spielberg film was based on?
Answer: Michael Crichton

Question: Who wrote Three Men In A Boat?
Answer: Jerome K Jerome

Question: Which broadsheet newspaper founded in 1821 as 'The New Observer' became the first to produce a colour supplement?
Answer: The Sunday Times

Question: What was the title of The Beatles' first film released in 1964?
Answer: A Hard Day's Night

Question: What did 15 men led by Bruce Reynolds do on August 8th, 1963 in Ledburn, Buckinghamshire?
Answer: The Great Train Robbery

Question: 'Live Aid' pop concerts are staged on July 13th 1985 in London and which other US city?
Answer: Philadelphia

Question: At the 84th Academy Awards in 2012, which silent French film received ten nominations, winning five awards, including Best Picture?
Answer: The Artist

Question: What was the name of Apollo 11's Lunar Module that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon in 1969?
Answer: Eagle

Question: What name is given to a cow that has not had a calf?
Answer: Heifer

Question: How many walking legs does a lobster have?
Answer: Ten

Question: What is measured in Scoville Units?
Answer: The heat of chillies

Question: From which animal do we get cashmere?
Answer: Goats

Question: Which element is represented by the symbol 'P' in the periodic table?
Answer: Phosphorus

Question: What is a Kerry Blue?
Answer: A breed of dog

Question: By what name is the plant 'Atropa bella-donna' more commonly known?
Answer: Deadly Nightshade

Question: What is the common game given to the spectacular light show the Aurora Borealis?
Answer: The NORTHERN Lights.

Question: Where in London would the Statue of Eros be found?
Answer: PICCADILLY Cirus.

Question: Which London museum houses the world's largest collection of decorative and design?
Answer: The VICTORIA and Albert Museum.

Question: In the U.S., who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offences?
Answer: The DISTRICT Attorney.

Question: What is the proper name of the Liverpool cathedral colloquially known as Paddy's Wigwam?
Answer: Liverpool METROPOLITAN (of Christ the King).

Question: What geometric shape is common to the flags of Japan and Bangladesh?
Answer: A red CIRCLE.

Question: What was the name of Stanley Kubriks landmark 1968 sci-fi blockbuster?
Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Question: Who directed Alien and Blade Runner?
Answer: Ridley Scott

Question: Who wrote 'The War of the Worlds' which has been adapted to film on four occassions?
Answer: H. G. Wells

Question: What was the name of the superhuman cyborg law enforcer played by Peter Weller in 1987?
Answer: Robocop

Question: Who supplied the voice for Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy between 1977 and 1983?
Answer: James Earl Jones

Question: What was the name of the robot in 1986 smash 'Short Circuit'?
Answer: Johnny 5

Question: Who plays Sarah Connor in the first of the Terminator movies?
Answer: Linda Hamilton

Question: Who co-wrote,produced,directed and starred in the 1981 film Reds?
Answer: Warren Beatty.

Question: Who was the lead singer of Simply Red?
Answer: Mick Hucknall.

Question: The Red River is a tributary of which U.S.river?
Answer: Mississippi.

Question: In which branch of the British Army would a Redcap serve?
Answer: Royal Military Police.

Question: Which toy manufacturer produces the Connect 4 game?
Answer: Hasbro.

Question: What is the name of the high speed train service that connects London to Paris and Brussels?
Answer: Eurostar.

Question: The Connect trades union is for workers in which sector of industry?
Answer: Communications.

Question: The film The French Connection is set in New York and which French city?
Answer: Marseilles.

Question: Who is the host of BBC4's Only Connect?
Answer: Victoria Coren Mitchell.

Question: What is the anatomical name given to the tube that connects the pharynx and larynx to the lungs?
Answer: The trachea.

Question: What is the name of the strait that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: Golden Gate.

Question: What is the name of the device that connects a computer to the internet?
Answer: A router.

Question: The Briish Airways subsidiary BA Connect was sold to which other airline?
Answer: Flybe.

Question: The human body has 5 basic types of taste: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter and Umami. From what language do we borrow the word Umami from?
Answer: Japanese

Question: Keith Floyd used the song Peaches as a theme tune for many of his cookery programmes. Which group performed this song?
Answer: The Stranglers

Question: True or False: Apples belong to the rose family?
Answer: True

Question: One of the most hydrating foods to eat is the cucumber, which contains what percentage of water? 76%, 86% or 96%?
Answer: 96%

Question: Which actor has played the policeman Nick Rowan in the UK TV retro soap Heartbeat'?
Answer: Nick Berry

Question: On 1st May 2014, renowned Michelin star chef Jason Atherton opened City Social' restaurant situated on level 24 of Tower 42 in London. Who was the previous highly rated chef to run a restaurant at this location?
Answer: Gary Rhodes

Question: In which city was the world's biggest McDonalds fast food restaurant opened in 2012?
Answer: London

Question: Which of Shakespeare's plays begins with the words `If music be the food of love, play on`?
Answer: Twelfth Night

Question: The Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was set up on October 16 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother, what was his brothers' first name?
Answer: Roy

Question: The company trademark incorporates the character Mickey Mouse, but was Mickey's original screen name?
Answer: Mortimer

Question: Which 1940 film was the first commercial film to be shown in stereophonic sound?
Answer: Fantasia

Question: In which year (+/- 2 years) was the original Disneyland resort to open to the general public?
Answer: 1955

Question: There are three Disney resorts in the far east. Where are they according to the name of the resorts?
Answer: Tokyo, Hong Kong & Shanghai