Question: Mrs Chippy was the name of the ship’s cat aboard which vessel used by Ernest Shackleton for his Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition?
Answer: Endurance

Question: ‘Best of Both Worlds’ by Miley Cyrus is the theme song to which US tv show?
Answer: Hannah Montana

Question: A ‘moderate breeze’ is which number on The Beaufort Scale?
Answer: 4

Question: The sixpenny coin ceased to be legal tender in Britain during which year?
Answer: 1980

Question: How many wings does a honeybee have?
Answer: Four

Question: In the novel by Daniel Defoe, for how many years was Robinson Crusoe shipwrecked?
Answer: 28

Question: Uranium deposit Rum Jungle is in which Australian state?
Answer: Northern Territory

Question: Albino, Grimshaw and Plachutta are terms used in which game?
Answer: Chess

Question: The resort town of Sliema is on which Mediterranean island?
Answer: Malta

Question: In the Bible, what is the Decalogue more commonly known as?
Answer: The Ten Commandments

Question: ‘Now what I want is, Facts’ is the opening line of which Charles Dickens novel?
Answer: Hard Times

Question: In British currency, how many pre-decimal pennies were in a pound?
Answer: 240

Question: The Kirin is a supernatural spirit in the mythology of which country?
Answer: Japan

Question: Hoss, Little Joe and Ben are characters in which US tv series?
Answer: Bonanza

Question: In the book by Miguel de Cervantes, who was Don Quixote’s squire?
Answer: Sancho Panza

Question: American Buff, Pilgrim and Cotton Patch are breeds of which bird?
Answer: Goose

Question: ‘Mercredi’ is French for which day of the week?
Answer: Wednesday

Question: 22 ‘What’ Avenue’ is the title of a song by Iron Maiden?
Answer: Acacia

Question: Which ‘A’ is a bright blue colour, often associated with a clear, unclouded sky?
Answer: Azure

Question: Axilla is the scientific term for which part of the body?
Answer: Armpit

Question: Which ‘A’ is a liqueur originally distilled from wine and wormwood?
Answer: Absinthe

Question: Which ‘A’ is an account of the life of a person, written by that person?
Answer: Autobiography

Question: Which Greek god was the twin brother of Artemis?
Answer: Apollo

Question: In the religious calendar which ‘A’ is the first day of Lent?
Answer: Ash Wednesday

Question: Which sign of the Zodiac is represented by the ram?
Answer: Aries

Question: According to the Bible, which ‘A’ was the last battle between good and evil before the Day of Judgement?
Answer: Armageddon

Question: In humans, which ‘A’ is another term for memory loss?
Answer: Amnesia

Question: Which ‘A’ is the white of an egg?
Answer: Albumen

Question: Which ‘A’ is another name for an enemy or opponent?
Answer: Adversary

Question: Globe, Omaha Fiesole and Chianti are all varieties of which vegetable?
Answer: Artichoke

Question: British sportswoman Charlotte Cooper, born in 1870, was famous in which sport?
Answer: Tennis

Question: Haneda Airport is in which Asian country?
Answer: Japan

Question: Bob Pettit is associated with which sport?
Answer: Basketball

Question: Who plays Susan Delfino in the US tv series Desperate Housewives?
Answer: Teri Hatcher

Question: What was the name of the boat in which English car and speedboat racer Donald Campbell was killed in 1967?
Answer: Bluebird K7

Question: What type of foodstuff is a cascabel?
Answer: Chilli pepper

Question: The Winter War from 1939 – 1940 was a military conflict between Russia (Soviet Union) and which other country?
Answer: Finland

Question: Who became President of Germany in June 2010?
Answer: Christian Wulff

Question: A curassow is what type of creature?
Answer: Bird

Question: Which of Henry Vlll’s wives was known as the Flanders Mare?
Answer: Anne of Cleves

Question: A Hereford is what breed of animal?
Answer: Cow (cattle)

Question: What colour are the stars on the national flag of China?
Answer: Yellow

Question: What was the name of the camp which was set up in Chile when 30 miners where trapped underground?
Answer: Camp Hope

Question: The litas is the basic monetary unit of which country?
Answer: Lithuania

Question: Jah, Afrocentrism, Ital, Zion and Cannabis use are the main doctrines of which religious movement?
Answer: Rastafari

Question: During World War 2, what did the Local Defence Volunteers later became known as?
Answer: The Home Guard

Question: In 1991, a spoof Nobel Prize, called The Ig Nobel Prize, for achievements that cannot or should not be repeated was  instigated by which US university?
Answer: Harvard

Question: Which US state is known as the ‘Beef State’?
Answer: Nebraska

Question: Anime is film animation originating in which country?
Answer: Japan

Question: How many times zones does Russia have?
Answer: Nine

Question: Which country has the internet domain ‘.ch’?
Answer: Switzerland

Question: Astronomer William Herschel announced the discovery of which planet in our solar system in March 1781?
Answer: Uranus

Question: What is the name of the ship in the novel ‘Treasure Island’ by Robert Louis Stevenson?
Answer: Hispaniola

Question: Joseph Lyons became Prime Minister of which country in 1932?
Answer: Australia

Question: The singer Mary O’Brien was better known by what name?
Answer: Dusty Springfield

Question: How long is a dog watch at sea?
Answer: Two hours

Question: Which US city displays a large sign declaring it ‘The Biggest Little City in the World’?
Answer: Reno, Nevada

Question: PADI is the training course to qualify as an instructor in what?
Answer: Scuba diving -Professional Association of Diving Instructors

Question: Which English town had the Roman name Dubris?
Answer: Dover, Kent

Question: What does the diameter of a golf hole measure in inches?
Answer: 4.25

Question: What role did actor Sean Bean play in the film ‘Goldeneye’?
Answer: Alec Trevelyan – 006

Question: ‘Pro pace et fraternitate gentium’ is the inscription on which medal?
Answer: Nobel Peace Prize Medal – For the peace and brotherhood of men

Question: The city of Hollywood, Broward County, is in which US state?
Answer: Florida

Question: How many finger holes does a penny whistle have?
Answer: Six

Question: What is the collective name for a group of toads?
Answer: Knot

Question: What is the only English word, and its derivatives, to end in ‘mt’?
Answer: Dreamt

Question: In the UK, in which year was the voting age lowered from 30 to 21 for women?
Answer: 1928

Question: What is the most times a piece of paper can be folded in half?
Answer: Seven

Question: Ablutophilia is the sexual arousal from what?
Answer: Water – baths, showers, etc.

Question: How many goals did footballer Gary Lineker score for England?
Answer: 48

Question: What was the middle name of actor Laurence Olivier?
Answer: Kerr

Question: The ship ‘Cutty Sark’ was built in which Scottish dockyard town?
Answer: Dumbarton

Question: Who composed the romantic opera ‘Lohengrin’?
Answer: Richard Wagner – 1850

Question: What are the Secret Service names for Barack and Michelle Obama?
Answer: Renegade and Renaissance

Question: Texas Hold ‘Em is a variation of which card game?
Answer: Poker

Question: With which athletics field event is Jan Zelezny associated?
Answer: Javelin

Question: In the human body, which cavity at the upper end of the trachea contains the vocal cords?
Answer: Larynx

Question: The Greek island of Lemnos lies in which sea?
Answer: Agean Sea

Question: Who was the father of British monarch King Edward VI?
Answer: Henry VIII

Question: Tatiana Day is celebrated in January in which country?
Answer: Russia

Question: Which British comedian created the character Dennis Pennis?
Answer: Paul Kaye

Question: Which famous race horse, and British Grand National winner, died on 18th October 1995?
Answer: Red Rum

Question: Shakespeare was said to have coined the phrase ‘One fell swoop’ in which of his plays?
Answer: Macbeth

Question: Radial, Crossply, and Run-flat are all types of what?
Answer: Tyres