Question: Who was one of the first female movie stars, called "The First Lady of the Silent Screen", who was the only star from the silent era to receive the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, and who received a Special Academy Award in 1971?
Answer: Lillian Gish

Question: Young Australian test and ODI cricketer Phillip Hughes died in November 2014 after an incident during an Shield match in Australia; what was the cause of his death?
Answer: He was struck on the neck by a ball bowled to him

Question: Which retired English jockey was popularly known as the Long Fellow?
Answer: Lester Piggott

Question: The harsh Yuma Desert lies to the east of which river?
Answer: Colorado River, USA

Question: Brian Cox, who is known among other things for presenting science TV programmes in the UK, is a professor at the University of Manchester in what field?
Answer: Particle Physics

Question: What is used to tune the pitch of a snare drum?
Answer: None

Question: Rosalind Franklin, a biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer who made critical contributions to the understanding of DNA, RNA, and viruses, was what nationality?
Answer: British

Question: The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society founded in 1907 was established to focus on what?
Answer: Provide health services for babies and young children

Question: The Five Eyes security intelligence gathering group is an alliance between USA, New Zealand, Australia, UK and what other country?
Answer: Canada

Question: Who hosted and won the 1995 Rugby Union World Cup?
Answer: South Africa

Question: What was the middle name of Franklin D Roosevelt?
Answer: Delano

Question: Since 2006 Spencer Kelly has been presenting what TV show for the BBC?
Answer: Click

Question: The Labrador Sea and the Labrador Basin are what?
Answer: Stretches of sea off the coast of Canada

Question: What does the French word "jambon" mean in English?
Answer: Ham

Question: Edgar Mueller, Julian Beever, Kurt Wenner, Manfred Stader, and Eduardo Rolero are known for which form of expression?
Answer: Chalk art on pavements

Question: What is another name for the gladioli?
Answer: Sword lily

Question: Broadsheet and tabloid are two types of what?
Answer: Newspaper

Question: What do the dark fantasy films "Stardust"(2007) and "Coraline"(2009) have in common?
Answer: They were films of books written by Neil Gaiman

Question: August 23 1991 saw what?
Answer: Debut of the World Wide Web as a publicly available service on the internet

Question: Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim are most usually associated with which work?
Answer: West Side Story

Question: Who directed the film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"?
Answer: Peter Jackson

Question: What internationally recognized unit of length (though not formally defined within the International System of Units (SI)) equal to 0.1 nanometre or 1 1010 metres is often used in the natural sciences for expressing the sizes of atoms, lengths of chemical bonds and the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, and in technology for the dimensions of parts of integrated circuits?
Answer: Angstrom

Question: What did the Congress of Vienna, September 1814 to June 1815, achieve?
Answer: A stable and benign equilibrium of power among the territories of Europe

Question: What is a quid pro quo?
Answer: Something in return

Question: Prolonged deep-sea diving was first made possible in Europe by the invention of a diving bell in what century?
Answer: 16th

Question: Which painter was particularly known for depicting the fte galantes of 17th and 18th century France?
Answer: Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

Question: What is the Italian for the English word "air"?
Answer: Aria

Question: Five of what animal, the first of a planned 33, were airlifted from South Africa to Tanzania's Serengeti National Reserve in May 2010?
Answer: Black rhinoceros

Question: Who takes part in the annual Umhlanga Reed Dance in Swaziland?
Answer: Childless, unmarried girls

Question: What was the arbalest which came into use in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries?
Answer: A missile launcher on the principle of the crossbow

Question: What was the first name of Doctor Barnardo?
Answer: Thomas

Question: What was the fictional TV family, with children named John, Jason, Mary Ellen, Erin, Benjamin, James Robert and Elizabeth, that first came to US TV screens in 1972?
Answer: The Waltons

Question: In classical Rome the use of "Dis" referred to what?
Answer: The ruler of the Underworld

Question: What is the surname of the actors Lloyd and Beau, who are father and son?
Answer: Bridges

Question: What is the official language in Guyana, on the South America mainland and on the southern limits of the Caribbean?
Answer: English

Question: """All About the Power"" is the theme tune for which WWE Superstar?"
Answer: David Otunga

Question: Who won the Association of Professional Surfers 2014 Men's Championship?
Answer: Gabriel Medina, Brazil

Question: With whom was Miley Cyrus performing at the MTV Video Music Awards 2013 when she twerked?
Answer: Ray Thicke

Question: A person in disgrace is said to be in what?
Answer: The dog house

Question: For which artistic medium was Albrecht Drer first known, and is still well-known?
Answer: Woodcuts

Question: The ancient city of Carthage is in which modern day country ?
Answer: Tunisia

Question: What phrase indicates an instruction to hold mail until it is collected?
Answer: Poste restante

Question: The UK TV channel BBC developed a crime drama series, featuring Kenneth Branagh as the lead detective; what was the series called?
Answer: Wallander

Question: Where is it sometimes possible to walk from Japan to Russia?
Answer: Over La Prouse Strait in winter

Question: The pasta called "conchiglie" is in the shape of what?
Answer: Seashells

Question: With whom did CM Punk hold the World Tag Team Championships?
Answer: Kofi Kingston

Question: On 24 June 2010 Julia Gillard was elected to the leadership of her party and therefore became Prime Minister of Australia. Who was the previous Prime Minister?
Answer: Kevin Rudd

Question: Where did Princess Diana, ex-wife of the Prince of Wales, UK, die?
Answer: The Pont de l'Alma road tunnel, Paris, France

Question: What or who was the "Pi" in the film *Life of Pi"?
Answer: The name of the human protagonist

Question: If someone is on their high horse what could be said of them?
Answer: They are acting superior

Question: Australian Sidney Cotton was responsible for the development of which long-reaching facility, used first for the Allies in WW II?
Answer: Aerial photo reconnaissance

Question: What is the most recent season raced in the A1 Grand Prix series?
Answer: 2008-2009

Question: Where are the Rocky Mountains in North America?
Answer: Inland on the west

Question: In Japan's feudal era, from 1185 onwards, a dominant warrior class emerged called what?
Answer: Samurai

Question: Visors, gloves and finger spikes are worn in which Olympic sport?
Answer: Luge

Question: Where did the Spring of Nations, or the Year of Revolutions, happen in 1848?
Answer: Europe

Question: Which is the largest working water wheel in the world?
Answer: Laxey Wheel on the Isle of Man, UK

Question: Why was the June horse race at Royal Ascot postponed for a month in 1955?
Answer: Rail strike

Question: When was the first UK film released with the title "Carry On... " - "Carry On London"; it was not part of the later series starting in 1958 although it included a common cast member?
Answer: 1937

Question: Which former President of the USA was the father of American actress and author Patti Davis, who was called the "black sheep" of the family and had many well publicised conflicts with her parents?
Answer: Ronald Reagan

Question: Dampier in Western Australia is noted for iron ore and which other?
Answer: The largest man-made solar evaporation salt pans