Question: Edgar, Berlioz and Billy Boss are all characters in which animated Disney film?
Answer: The Aristocats

Question: In the game of darts, what is the maximum score that can be achieved in one throw of three darts?
Answer: 180

Question: The infamous Insein Prison is in which Asian country?
Answer: Burma (Myanmar)

Question: Hepatitis is the inflammation of which part of the body?
Answer: Liver

Question: Which US singer released a 1962 album entitled ‘Pot Luck’?
Answer: Elvis Presley

Question: Who wrote the short story ‘Rip Van Winkle’, published in 1819?
Answer: Washington Irving

Question: The medical condition anhidrosis is the inability to do what?
Answer: Sweat

Question: Which English Rugby Union team play their home games at Welford Road?
Answer: Leicester Tigers

Question: Who founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932?
Answer: Sir Oswald Mosley

Question: In the Bible, what are the first three words of Genesis?
Answer: In the beginning

Question: In the human body, erythrophobia is the abnormal fear of doing what?
Answer: Blushing

Question: ‘Jeudi’ is French for which day of the week?
Answer: Thursday

Question: Brazil is made up of how many states?
Answer: 26

Question: Which US singer had hits with ‘Crazy in Love’ and ‘Baby Boy’?
Answer: Beyonce Knowles

Question: Which composer wrote the music for the ballet ‘Mother Goose’ in 1910?
Answer: Maurice Ravel

Question: What is the official language of the Dominican Republic?
Answer: Spanish

Question: A megrim is what type of creature?
Answer: Fish

Question: How many fluid ounces are in one quarter of an imperial pint?
Answer: Five

Question: What is the name of the literary magazine launched by Francis Ford Coppola in 1997?
Answer: Zoetrope

Question: In British history, how many Tolpuddle Martyrs were there?
Answer: Six

Question: The Schonbrunn Palace is in which European city?
Answer: Vienna

Question: Who played the role of ballerina Victoria Page in the 1948 film ‘The Red Shoes’?
Answer: Moira Shearer

Question: ‘Homage to Catalonia’ was written by which British author?
Answer: George Orwell

Question: Austrian-born Hermann Maier is a former world champion in which sport?
Answer: Skiing

Question: In which year did Oliver Cromwell become Lord Protector?
Answer: 1653

Question: What does the Latin phrase ‘Ab hinc’ translate to in English?
Answer: From here on

Question: Who played Will Hunting in the 1997 film ‘Good Will Hunting’?
Answer: Matt Damon

Question: In the UK, in which year was the voting age for men and women lowered to 18?
Answer: 1969 – took effect in 1970

Question: In the UK television game show ‘The Exit List’, how many rooms are there altogether?
Answer: 26

Question: Who won the Yashin Award for Best Goalkeeper in the 2006 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: Gianluigi Buffon – Italy

Question: What was the name of the German artist who painted ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ in 1851?
Answer: Emanuel Leutze

Question: Who played Blott in the 1985 British tv comedy series ‘Blott on the Landscape’?
Answer: David Suchet

Question: Catherine of Braganza was said to have had all the flowers removed from which London park because her husband, Charles II, was picking them for his mistress?
Answer: Green Park

Question: The 1987 film ‘Roxanne’ was adapted by actor Steve Martin from which Edmond Rostand play?
Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac

Question: What is the capital of the Northern Cape Province in South Africa?
Answer: Kimberley

Question: ‘The River of Woe’ is the nickname of which Underworld river in Greek mythology?
Answer: Acheron

Question: The famous Cobblers Cove Hotel is on which Caribbean island?
Answer: Barbados

Question: Who was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1980 to 1984?
Answer: Pierre Trudeau

Question: What is the title of singer Beyonce’s album, released in June 2011?
Answer: 4

Question: The ‘Speedmaster’, also known as the ‘Moonwatch’, is produced by which watch-making company?
Answer: Omega

Question: Which Olympic event is Ben Ainslie famous for competing in?
Answer: Sailing

Question: The book entitled ‘The Fake’s Progress’ is about which infamous English art forger?
Answer: Tom Keating

Question: What is the capital of Liberia?
Answer: Monrovia

Question: Which actor starred opposite Claire Bloom in the 1952 film ‘Limelight’?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin

Question: In the UK, what is the name of the pedestrian crossing with traffic lights which only go green again when no more pedestrians are detected on the crossing?
Answer: Puffin Crossing

Question: First developed by John Salk, the vaccine for which childhood illness was first tested in 1952?
Answer: Poliomyelitis

Question: In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of which mountain?
Answer: Everest

Question: What was the name of the 42 year old African-American who became famous for refusing to give her seat up to a white bus passenger in Alabama in 1955?
Answer: Rosa Parks

Question: Who became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959?
Answer: Fidel Castro

Question: The first credit card charge, using which credit card, was made in February 1950 at Major’s Cabin Grill in New York?
Answer: Diners Club

Question: What was Elvis Presley’s first number one hit single, released in January 1956?
Answer: Heartbreak Hotel

Question: In 1954, which British athlete broke the Four Minute Mile?
Answer: Roger Bannister

Question: In which US state did the first Disney theme park open in 1955?
Answer: California

Question: Which US actor, who appeared in the film ‘East of Eden’, died in a car accident in 1955?
Answer: James Dean

Question: What type of animal was Laika, who was the first living animal to orbit the Earth in Sputnik 2, launched by Russia?
Answer: Dog

Question: Which film, starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr, was released in June 1956?
Answer: The King and I

Question: Born on 20th July 1956, who was the original drummer in the punk rock band The Sex Pistols?
Answer: Paul Cook

Question: Invented by Dr David Warren in the 1950’s, what is the ‘Flight Data Recorder’ better known as?
Answer: The ‘Black Box’

Question: Named after her daughter, Ruth Handler invented which doll in 1959?
Answer: Barbie

Question: In 1958, British artist Gerald Holtom designed the logo for which British organisation, which became an international peace symbol?
Answer: CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)

Question: Who played Dorothy Zbornak in the US tv show ‘The Golden Girls’?
Answer: Bea Arthur

Question: Who became Chancellor of West Germany in 1969?
Answer: Willy Brandt

Question: What was the title of the 2006 Christmas episode of BBC tv’s ‘Doctor Who’?
Answer: The Runaway Bride

Question: Which former US President had a pet Labrador Retriever called Buddy?
Answer: Bill Clinton

Question: Who played Jenna Wade in the US tv series ‘Dallas’?
Answer: Priscilla Presley

Question: What is the name of the small town in Australia which is famous for outlaw Ned Kelly’s Last Stand?
Answer: Glenrowan

Question: Who was the father of English monarch Queen Mary I?
Answer: Henry VIII

Question: ‘The Kiss’ is an 1889 work by which French sculptor?
Answer: Auguste Rodin

Question: In which European country is Lake Bolsena?
Answer: Italy

Question: In medicine, glomerulonephritis affects which part of the body?
Answer: Kidneys

Question: Which country hosted the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup?
Answer: South Africa

Question: Pattaya, Phucket and Koh Samui are tourist destinations in which country?
Answer: Thailand

Question: What is the science which maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography and geology?
Answer: Cosmography

Question: Which element does Zn represent in the Periodic Table?
Answer: Zinc

Question: In entertainment, which Marx Brothers real name was Leonard?
Answer: Chico

Question: Poul Schluter became Prime Minister of which country in September 1982?
Answer: Denmark