Question: Who played Sandy Richardson in the British tv series ‘Crossroads’?
Answer: Roger Tonge

Question: A squab is the young of which breed of bird?
Answer: Pigeon

Question: In which part of the body would a person have a Pott’s fracture?
Answer: Ankle

Question: What does ‘Au’ represent in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Gold

Question: What is the title of singer Bruno Mars debut album, released in October 2010?
Answer: Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Question: Ephebiphobia is the irrational fear of which members of society?
Answer: Teenagers

Question: Iatrophobia is the irrational fear of which profession?
Answer: Doctors

Question: Vestiophobia is the irrational fear of which items?
Answer: Clothing

Question: Sophophobia is the irrational fear of doing what?
Answer: Learning

Question: Thalassophobia is the irrational fear of which natural expanse?
Answer: Sea

Question: Leukophobia is the irrational fear of which colour?
Answer: White

Question: Nosocomephobia is the irrational fear of which institutions?
Answer: Hospitals

Question: Hedonophobia is the irrational fear of ‘what’ that should be good for people?
Answer: Pleasure

Question: Podophobia is the irrational fear of which part of the body?
Answer: Feet

Question: Gamophobia is the irrational fear of what type of relationship?
Answer: Marriage

Question: Uranophobia is the irrational fear of which place or state of bliss?
Answer: Heaven

Question: Gymnophobia is the irrational fear of which natural state in humans?
Answer: Nudity

Question: Triskaidekaphobia is the irrational fear of which number?
Answer: 13

Question: Which famous British Army officer died after a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England in May 1935?
Answer: Lieutenant Colonel T.E. Lawrence

Question: What is the name of the long iron-tipped staff used by mountain climbers and hikers?
Answer: Alpenstock

Question: Which African country is regarded as the spiritual home of the Rastafari religious movement?
Answer: Ethiopia

Question: In economics, which four countries are known as the BRIC countries?
Answer: Brazil, Russia, India, China

Question: A peregrine is what type of bird?
Answer: Falcon

Question: James Baskett, who sang the song ‘Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah’, played which character in the 1946 Disney film ‘Song of the South’?
Answer: Uncle Remus

Question: Who became the Royal Ballet’s youngest principal dancer in 1989, at the age of 20?
Answer: Darcey Bussell

Question: The Spratly Islands lie in which body of water?
Answer: The South China Sea

Question: Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya was married to which Russian politician?
Answer: Vladimir Lenin

Question: Which English chemist and physicist invented the dynamo?
Answer: Michael Faraday

Question: Sila and Majella are national parks in which European country?
Answer: Italy

Question: Saffron and Bubbles are characters in which UK tv comedy series?
Answer: Absolutely Fabulous

Question: Which play by Arthur Miller opened on Broadway in New York in January 1953?
Answer: The Crucible

Question: The original Guggenheim Museum is in which city?
Answer: New York

Question: Clidro, Pipeline and Backdoor are terms that are used in which sport?
Answer: Surfing

Question: Which US state has borders with Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma?
Answer: Missouri

Question: Which former British Prime Minister played cricket for Middlesex?
Answer: Sir Alec Douglas-Home

Question: Which English poet died in 1915 from septicaemia after being bitten by a mosquito?
Answer: Rupert Brooke

Question: What is  the name of the dog in the children’s tv programme ‘The Herbs’?
Answer: Dill

Question: How many lines usually make up a limerick?
Answer: Five

Question: Taxus is the Latin name for which tree?
Answer: Yew

Question: What is the name of the official Scottish residence of the British monarch?
Answer: The Palace of Holyroodhouse

Question: How many points are scored for a drop-goal in rugby union?
Answer: Three

Question: Convict George Joseph Smith was known as the ‘Brides in the ‘what’ murderer’?
Answer: Bath

Question: Which late actor and comedian was born Solomon Joel Cohen in May 1913?
Answer: Sid James

Question: Which US author wrote the novel ‘Get Shorty’?
Answer: Elmore Leonard

Question: What is the person called who calls Muslims to prayer from the minaret of a Mosque?
Answer: Muezzin (or Muzim)

Question: Which artist is known for his ‘Blue Period’?
Answer: Pablo Picasso

Question: Which country hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Usa

Question: The Solheim Cup is contested by women in which sport?
Answer: Golf

Question: In the human body, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis is commonly known by what name?
Answer: Hayfever

Question: Italian musician David Rizzio was private secretary to which British monarch?
Answer: Mary Queen of Scots

Question: Who was World Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1919 to 1926?
Answer: Jack Dempsey

Question: What type of creature is a bulbul?
Answer: Bird

Question: How many players are on the field at one time in a men’s lacrosse team?
Answer: Ten

Question: What is the name  of the dark, dense German bread made from coarsely ground rye?
Answer: Pumpernickel

Question: Asturias, Aragon and Murcia are regions in which European country?
Answer: Spain

Question: US singer Thomas DeCarlo Callaway is better known by what name?
Answer: Cee-Lo Green

Question: ‘Down and Out in Paris and London’ was written by which British author?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: Who won the 2010 Brit Award for best British Female Solo Artist?
Answer: Lily Allen

Question: The city of Qom is in which country?
Answer: Iran

Question: X Type, Open End, Two Way and Closed End are all types of what used in the fashion industry?
Answer: Zip

Question: What was the name of the late King’s jester in Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’?
Answer: Yorick

Question: Who assassinated US President Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
Answer: John Wilkes Booth

Question: Which is the only novel by Charles Dickens to have a female narrator (Esther Summerson)?
Answer: Bleak House

Question: Which racing circuit held the 2011 British Formula One Grand Prix?
Answer: Silverstone

Question: Nancy Shevell married which English singer/songwriter in October 2011?
Answer: Paul McCartney

Question: The Puyehue volcano erupted in which South American country in June 2011?
Answer: Chile

Question: The President of which African country resigned in February 2011 after widespread protests calling for his departure?
Answer: Egypt

Question: Which film won the 2011 Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film?
Answer: Toy Story 3

Question: Which British newspaper closed down in July 2011 after several allegations of phone-hacking by journalists?
Answer: The News of the World

Question: An ‘E coli’ outbreak, said to be caused by bean sprouts, killed over 30 people in which European country in June 2011?
Answer: Germany

Question: What is the title of the novel which won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for Julian Barnes?
Answer: The Sense of an Ending

Question: What was the name of the hurricane which hit the East Coast of America in August 2011?
Answer: Irene

Question: Which English singer/songwriter was found dead in her apartment on 23rd July 2011?
Answer: Amy Winehouse

Question: Which film, based on a comic book series created by Peyo, was released in July 2011?
Answer: The Smurfs (in 3D)

Question: The 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics took place in which country?
Answer: South Korea

Question: On which date in 2011, according to the Gregorian calender, was the Islamic New year?
Answer: 26th November

Question: Which national team won the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup?
Answer: New Zealand

Question: The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival was held in which country in January 2011?
Answer: China

Question: In September 2011, which two countries signed a pact to end a 40 year border demarcation dispute?
Answer: India and Bangladesh