Question: Who is the English logician who devised an algebraic system that has since been adopted for the analysis of digital electronic circuitry?
Answer: George Boole

Question: What is wrapped in bacon to make the hors d'oeuvre Devils on Horseback?
Answer: Prunes/dates

Question: In which book of the Bible is the story of the Good Samaritan?
Answer: Luke

Question: Insulin is produced by which organ of the human body?
Answer: Pancreas

Question: Name either of the races that comprise the Autumn Double in English National Hunt racing.
Answer: Cesarewich/Cambridgeshire Handicap

Question: The 1995 film Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone is based on which novel by Jane Austen?
Answer: Emma

Question: What was the aim of the World War 2 allied operation Market Garden?
Answer: To cross the Rhine

Question: What is the first name of the Czech composer Janacek?
Answer: Leos

Question: The name of which variety of rice derives from the Hindi for 'Queen of Fragrance?
Answer: Basmati

Question: Which element, atomic no. 74 derives its name from the Swedish word for heavy stone?
Answer: Tungsten

Question: With the county town of Lifford, which is the most northerly of the counties of the Irish Republic?
Answer: Donegal

Question: In baseball, what name is given to an ambidextrous batter?
Answer: Switch hitter

Question: To date, no full member of the E.U. has ever left, but which autonomous country within the union voted to leave in 1982, leaving in 1985?
Answer: Greenland

Question: Who became MP for Uxbridge South & Ruislip at the 2015 General Election?
Answer: Boris Johnson

Question: During World War 2 Operation Chastise was the code name for which event of 1943?
Answer: Dambusters Raid

Question: PH Newby was the first winner in 1969 of which award?
Answer: Booker Prize

Question: Name one of the two countries that joined the European Union with United Kingdom in 1973.
Answer: Eire/Denmark

Question: Which government post is held by Jeremy Wright, MP for Kenilworth & Southam?
Answer: Attorney General

Question: In terms of area, which is the second largest lake in North America after Lake Superior?
Answer: Lake Huron

Question: Which African country uses the cedi as its currency?
Answer: Ghana

Question: What is the most common name for the drug Sildenafil Citrate?
Answer: Viagra

Question: In which year did the Channel Tunnel open?
Answer: 1994

Question: Turks Head, Flemish Flake and Dutch Cringle are types of what?
Answer: Knot

Question: How many stars are there on the EU flag?
Answer: 12

Question: Which Democrat candidate did Ronald Reagan defeat in the 1984 US Presidential Election?
Answer: Walter Mondale

Question: Which country's parliament is called the Folketing?
Answer: Denmark

Question: Tokophobia is fear of what?
Answer: Pregnancy or Childbirth

Question: What type of cake derives its name from the French word for lightning?
Answer: Eclair

Question: What maritime order is also termed The Birkenhead Drill?
Answer: Women and children first

Question: Nancy Sinatra sang the theme tune for which 1967 James Bond film?
Answer: You Only Live Twice

Question: In 1939 ‘Pied Piper’ was the codename for which wartime operation in Britain?
Answer: The evacuation of British children from cities

Question: Which country will host the 2019 Rugby Union World Cup?
Answer: Japan

Question: Which is the latest country to join the EU, doing so in July 2013?
Answer: Croatia

Question: Which film starring Michael Keaton and Amy Ryan won the Best Picture Oscar in 2015?
Answer: Birdman

Question: Which South American country uses the Nuevo Sol as its currency?
Answer: Peru

Question: What type of animal is a mulefoot?
Answer: Pig

Question: Who was assassinated on 6th October 1981 by troops when he was inspecting at a victory parade?
Answer: Anwar Sadat

Question: What is the most common trade name of the drug Fluoxetine?
Answer: Prozac

Question: Which medical process derives its name from the French word for ‘to separate or to sort’?
Answer: Triage

Question: Timothy, Bermuda and Kangaroo are all types of what?
Answer: Grass

Question: Which internet company was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995?
Answer: eBay

Question: In a 1961 novel, which title character taught at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls?
Answer: Miss Jean Brodie

Question: What is the English name for the Japanese Parliament?
Answer: Diet

Question: What was the name of the Queen Mother’s official residence in London until 2002? It is now the official residence of Prince Charles.
Answer: Clarence House

Question: In which country is the port of Fray Bentos?
Answer: Uruguay

Question: Koniophobia is the fear of what?
Answer: Dust

Question: ‘He who can does, he who cannot teaches’ is a quotation by which writer?
Answer: G B Shaw

Question: Which is the only racecourse in Staffordshire?
Answer: Uttoxeter

Question: Which vitamin is also known as Retinol or Retinal?
Answer: A

Question: In which year was the Great Train Robbery in Buckinghamshire?
Answer: 1963

Question: In terms of area, what is the largest island in Asia?
Answer: Borneo

Question: Which debtors’ prison, in Southwark, was depicted in Charles Dickens’ book Little Dorrit?
Answer: Marshalsea

Question: Apart from coins and banknotes-what else can a numismatist collect?
Answer: Medals

Question: Which desert covers much of Botswana, and parts of Namibia and South Africa?
Answer: The Kalahari

Question: The French drink Kir consists of white wine and which other ingredient?
Answer: (Creme de) Cassis

Question: Which Saint founded the monastery on the island of Iona and died there in 597 AD?
Answer: Saint Columba

Question: Which organisation has its headquarters at One Brewer’s Green, London?
Answer: The Labour Party

Question: Which battle between England and France was fought in August 1346?
Answer: Crecy

Question: In 1872, which country played England in the first ever international game of football?
Answer: Scotland

Question: The word for which discipline is derived from the Sanskrit word for ‘to unite’ or ‘to join’?
Answer: Yoga

Question: What name was given to one of the ten divisions of a legion?
Answer: A Cohort

Question: Which theatre did David Garrick, the famed actor manage and run from 1747-1776?
Answer: Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Question: Which organisation founded in Pulaski Tennessee in December 1865 by 6 former members of the Confederate Army?
Answer: Ku Klux Klan

Question: Which orchestral instrument is known as fagotto in Italian?
Answer: Bassoon

Question: In which city did Martin Luther King make his ‘I have a dream’ speech in August 1963?
Answer: Washington DC

Question: What two word phrase means the smallest amount of fissile material needed for a sustained nuclear chain reaction?
Answer: Critical Mass

Question: Which ancient measurement mentioned in the Bible was approximately 18 inches?
Answer: A Cubit

Question: Give a year in the First Crusade called by Pope Urban II.
Answer: 1095-1099

Question: By what name is Acetylsalicylic Acid better known?
Answer: Aspirin

Question: Who was the first British Labour Prime Minister?
Answer: Ramsey McDonald

Question: Who wrote the 1932 novel ‘Brave New World’?
Answer: Aldous Huxley

Question: Which 1927 musical features the song ‘Old Man River’?
Answer: Show Boat

Question: The Mount Rushmore National Memorial is in which American state?
Answer: South Dakota

Question: How many Imperial gallons of beer are in a firkin?
Answer: Nine

Question: Tony Stark is the real name of which super-hero featured in Marvel comics and later films?
Answer: Iron Man

Question: Which is Scotland’s longest river?
Answer: Tay

Question: Which god was said to be the father of Romulus and Remus the legendary founders of Rome?
Answer: Mars

Question: In English Common Law, what is the minimum number of people that can constitute a riot?
Answer: Three

Question: Who was the first left-hander to win the ladies singles title at Wimbledon, doing so in 1969?
Answer: Ann Jones