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| Question | Answer | |
| 001 | What type of nuts are used to make marzipan? | Almond |
| 002 | In which year was the Sydney Opera House opened? | 1973 |
| 003 | What is ascorbic acid commonly known as? | Vitamin C |
| 004 | What were artist LS Lowry's first names? | Laurence Stephen |
| 005 | Bunny was the sidekick of which fictional thief? | Raffles |
| 006 | Which was the first US state to enter the Union? | Delaware (1787) |
| 007 | A terawatt is how many megawatts? | A million |
| 008 | Who was the first person to cross Antarctica? | Vivian Fuchs (1957-58, English explorer) |
| 009 | Who were Balthazar, Melchior, and Gaspar? | The Three Wise Men (or the Three Kings) |
| 010 | What colour are the flowers of the harebell? | Blue |
| 011 | In anatomy what are the nates? | Buttocks |
| 012 | What is the Roman numeral for 500? | D |
| 013 | Wild majoram is another name for which herb? | Oregano |
| 014 | Latten is an alloy of which two metals? | Copper and Zinc |
| 015 | Malibu Beach is in which US state? | California |
| 016 | Which insect lives in a formicary? | Ant |
| 017 | In which Yorkshire castle did Richard II die in 1400? | Pontefract |
| 018 | What is Sir Alan Sugar's charter airline called? | Amsair |
| 019 | In which country is the church with the tallest spire in the world? | Germany (Ulm Munster) |
| 020 | How many astronauts have walked on the moon? | Twelve |
| 021 | Lupine relates to which animals? | Wolves |
| 022 | Which American writer created Tarzan? | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| 023 | What is the art of decorative writing called? | Calligraphy |
| 024 | Cardiff in Wales is on which river? | Taff |
| 025 | In which year did Esther Rantzen launch Childline? | 1986 |
| 026 | Ursine relates to which large furred animals? | Bears |
| 027 | Nephology is the study of what high subject? | Clouds |
| 028 | How many boroughs does New York have? | Five (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, The Bronx) |
| 029 | Which Mediterranean plant used in medicine & magic was said to shriek when pulled from the ground? |
Mandrake |
| 030 | What is the name of silver in heraldry? | Argent |
| 031 | What is the brightest star in the night sky? | Sirius (or the Dog Star, 8.7 light years from Earth)r) |
| 032 | With what other large building society did the Nationwide merge in the 1980's? | The Anglia Building Society |
| 033 | What type of fruit is a gean? | Cherry |
| 034 | TV chefs (UK) Simon King and David Myers are better known as? | The Hairy Bikers |
| 035 | Whish British Prime Minister followed Winston Churchill's first term as PM? | Clement Atlee (1945-51) |
| 036 | What is the only part of the human body which has no blood supply? | Cornea (part of the eye) |
| 037 | What is the currency of Egypt? | Pound (comprising 100 piastres) |
| 038 | What is the wife of a Marquess? | Marchioness |
| 039 | In which English county is Belvoir (pronounced 'beaver') Castle | Leicestershire (close to the Lincolnshire border and Grantham) |
| 040 | If a floor or surface is marmoreal what is it made of? | Marble |
| 041 | What does JPEG stand for? | Joint Photographics Expert Group |
| 042 | What type of creature is an alcid? | Bird |
| 043 | Who designed Princess Dianna's wedding dress? | David and Elizabeth Emanuel |
| 044 | Who discovered Panama in 1503? | Christopher Columbus |
| 045 | Who is the Roman Goddess of War? | Minerva |
| 046 | Which English city is the setting for TV's Inspector Morse? | Oxford |
| 047 | What is the name of Al Pacino's character in the 1983 film Scarface? | Tony Montana |
| 048 | What is the fastest running British bird? | Pheasant (up to 21 mph) |
| 049 | Andy Cap is the work of which cartoonist? | Reg Smythe |
| 050 | What does a cartographer draw? | Maps |
| 051 | Who composed Peter and the Wolf? | Sergey Prokofiev (1936) |
| 052 | What is the birthstone for February? | Amethyst |
| 053 | Who was actor Tony Curtis' first wife? | Janet Leigh |
| 054 | What was the first UK colour TV advertisement? | Birds Eye peas (1969) |
| 055 | How many British Open Golf Championships has Nick Faldo won (as at 2006)? | Three |
| 056 | What painful custom was outlawed in China in 1912? | Binding the feet of young girls |
| 057 | In which part of the human body would you find the talus? | Ankle |
| 058 | In which European city is the International Court of Justice based? | The Hague |
| 059 | What type of weather is Brontophobia a fear of? | Thunder |
| 060 | Whose autobiography is entitled Testing Times? | Graham Gooch |
| 061 | Which perfume was named for Coco Chanel's birthday? | Chanel No1 |
| 062 | Who designed London's Marble Arch? | John Nash |
| 063 | What was Elvis Presley's first record label? | Sun Records |
| 064 | What (as at August 2006) is the world's longest running children's TV programme? | Blue Peter |
| 065 | Which American artist died in a car crash in 1956? | Jackson Pollock |
| 066 | Sandra Goodrich was better known what 1960's singer? | Sandy Shaw |
| 067 | A natatorium is what type of amenity? | Swimming pool (partcularly indoors) |
| 068 | In what type of establishment was Lloyds of London formed in 1688? | A Coffee House (called Edward Lloyd's) |
| 069 | Who plays Edie Britt in TV's desperate Housewives? | Nicolette Sheridan |
| 070 | What type of flower is a ladies slipper? | Orchid |
| 071 | Who was Henry VIII's fourth wife? | Anne of Cleves (Jan-Jul 1540) |
| 072 | Which US state has the longest shoreline? | Alaska (33,904 miles) |
| 073 | Who was the first cricketer in history to take 300 test match wickets? | Fred Truman |
| 074 | How many children did Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister) have? | Four (Diana, Randolph, Sarah, Marigold) |
| 075 | What type of creature is an albacore? | Fish |
| 076 | Which UK newspaper was founded in September 1964? | The Sun |
| 077 | Which is the hottest planet in our solar system? | Venus |
| 078 | What is the capital of the Philippines? | Manila |
| 079 | A Macfarlane is what type of clothing item? | Coat |
| 080 | Who was the first Hanover King of England? | George I (1714-1727) |
| 081 | From which country does the drink Kvass originate? | Russia |
| 082 | What IBM (the IT systems company) stand for? | International Business Machines |
| 083 | What is the plant saintpaulia commonly known as? | African violet |
| 084 | What part of the body does Keratitis affect? | The eye (inflammation of the cornea) |
| 085 | Lacustrine is a technical term relating to what? | Lakes |
| 086 | What are Latter Day Saints otherwise known as? | Mormons |
| 087 | What rank in the Royal Navy is above Able Seaman and below Petty Officer? | Leading Seaman |
| 088 | Marble is a form of which type of rock? | Limestone |
| 089 | How many presidents' faces are sculpted on Mount Rushmore? | Four (Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt & Jefferson) |
| 090 | Developed in Germany during World War II what is tabun? | Nerve gas |
| 091 | Which country was previously called Mesopotamia? | Iraq |
| 092 | Who founded the Boys Brigade in 1883? | William Smith |
| 093 | Black velvet is a mixture of stout and which other alcoholic drink? | Champagne |
| 094 | The pub name The White Hart is named after which king's heraldic symbol? | Richard II |
| 095 | Which country suffered the greatest civilian losses in World War II? | China (approximately 8 million people) |
| 096 | In which year was the Battle of Stamford Bridge? | 1066 (Sept - The Battle of Hastings followed in Oct) |
| 097 | What star sign are people born on 25 August? | Virgo |
| 098 | Which fragrance was first made for Russian Count Orloff in 1768? | Imperial Leather |
| 099 | Astraphobia is a fear of what? | Lightning |
| 100 | Which element has the highest melting point? | Carbon (3,527 degrees centigrade) |
| 101 | What is the title name of the Usher to the House of Lords? | Black Rod |
| 102 | How many sides does a mansard roof have? | Four (each with two slopes or faces) |
| 103 | What is the collective name for a group of finches? | Charm |
| 104 | Who was the Greek goddess of divine punishment? | Nemesis |
| 105 | Lord Raglan was a commander in which war? | Crimean War |
| 106 | Where is the deepest lake in the world? | Siberia (Russia - Lake Baikal, 5,712ft deep) |
| 107 | How many wheels did a hansen cab have? | Two |
| 108 | What is a puppet worked by strings called? | Marionette |
| 109 | Anosmia is the technical term for the loss of which sense? | Smell |
| 110 | The natterjack toad has what colour stripe down its back? | Yellow |
| 111 | Who discovered Victoria Falls in 1855? | Dr David Livingstone |
| 112 | The US Labour Day falls in which month? | September (the first Monday) |
| 113 | What poisonous substance does the cassava root contain? | Cyanide |
| 114 | Beriberi is a disease said to be caused by the deficiency of which vitamin? | B |
| 115 | A carat (gemstone measurement) is the equivalent of how many milligrams? | 200 |
| 116 | The fruit in Tarte Tatin? | Apples |
| 117 | Children's TV programme featuring Professor Yaffle (the wooden woodpecker)? | Bagpuss |
| 118 | Charles Babbage's notable invention? | Computer |
| 119 | Framework for oil well drilling machinery? | Derrick |
| 120 | Traditional fur trim on ceremonial and heraldic robes? | Ermine |
| 121 | A maker of arrows? | Fletcher |
| 122 | A hot spring which shoots out boiling water and steam? | Geyser |
| 123 | Metric unit equal to 10,000 square metres? | Hectare |
| 124 | Chemical element with atomic number 53? | Iodine |
| 125 | Contest fought between medieval knights with lances on horseback? | Joust |
| 126 | Basketball-netball hybrid game for mixed male and female teams? | Korfball |
| 127 | Zurich's river? | Limmat |
| 128 | The twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet? | Mu (= m) |
| 129 | The Tokyo stock exchange index? | Nikkei |
| 130 | A fine translucent stiff cotton muslin used chiefly for making dresses? | Organdie/organdy/organza |
| 131 | Female part of a flower? | Pistil |
| 132 | A type of low fat curd cheese? | Quark |
| 133 | The right page of an open book? | Recto (the left page is verso) |
| 134 | The white part of the human eye? | Sclera |
| 135 | Bride in the 1998 film Bride of Chucky? | Tiffany |
| 136 | Mottled green and yellow citrus fruit hybrid between a grapefruit and tangerine? | Ugli |
| 137 | Roman goddess of the hearth? | Vesta |
| 138 | US state of which Madison is capital? | Wisconsin |
| 139 | Irrational fear or dislike of people from foreign countries? | Xenophobia |
| 140 | Circular collapsible tent of felt or skins used by Mongolian nomads? | Yurt |
| 141 | Italian dessert of whipped egg yolks, sugar and marsala wine? | Zabbaglione |
| 142 | Who wrote the ballet The Firebird? | Igor Stravinsky (1910) |
| 143 | Which famous fashion emporium was started by Barbara Hulanicki in London in 1964? | Biba |
| 144 | If something is bicephalous it has two what? | Heads |
| 145 | A 2007 film celebrated the 50th anniversary of which typeface? | Helvetica |
| 146 | What was the name of Napoleon's horse at Waterloo? | Marengo |
| 147 | Who played Elliot Ness in the 1987 film The Untouchables? | Kevin Costner |
| 148 | Which popular Welsh entertainer wrote the First World War song Keep the Home Fires Burning? | Ivor Novello (1893-1951) |
| 149 | Jenards Likely Lad of Lardhams was better known as which famous animal? | The Dulux Dog (the original Old English Sheepdog used in the Dulux paint adverts) |
| 150 | What is the fourth book of the Bible's Old Testament? | Numbers |
| 151 | Yellowstone National Park is in which US state? | Wyoming (the first area to be designated a national park in the USA, in 1872) |
| 152 | Who became the chairman of Watford Football Club in 1977? | Elton John |
| 153 | What is the largest island in the Mediterranean? | Sicily |
| 154 | The St Leger is run at which English racecourse? | Doncaster (first run in 1776) |
| 155 | Who was the president of Yugoslavia, 1953-80? | Tito (Josip Broz Tito, 1892-1980) |
| 156 | The river Han flows through which capital city? | Seoul (South Korea, or the Republic of Korea) |
| 157 | James Mason played Sir Randolph Nettleby which 1984 film? | The Shooting Party |
| 158 | With what is a 'carpetbag steak' stuffed? | Oysters |
| 159 | In language a paronomasia is more commonly known as what? | Pun (A word with two meanings) |
| 160 | Which early Charles Dickens novel features the characters Wackford and Fanny Squeers, Smike, Newman Noggs and the Cheeryble brothers? | Nicholas Nickleby |
| 161 | What is the flap which covers the human windpipe when swallowing? | Epiglotis |
| 162 | James Earl Ray was arrested at Heathrow airport in 1968 and subsequently convicted of whose assassination? | Martin Luther King |
| 163 | Who was the famous wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia? | Lady Godiva (Leofric and Godiva were important figures in early 11th England, but Lady Godiva's naked ride on horseback through Coventry to persuade her husband to lower people's taxes is not historically reliable, and probably legend based on her conventional support of local religious causes) |
| 164 | Finishing in Paris after nearly 10,000 miles, from which city did racers begin the first long distance car rally in 1907? | Peking (now Beijing) |
| 165 | The town of Fray Bentos, after which the meat products brand was named, is in what country? | Uruguay (close to the border with Argentina, about 100 miles north of Buenos Aires - the original Fray Bentos was apparently a priest) |
| 166 | Cedi is the basic monetary unit of which African country? | Ghana (Cedi = 100 pesewas) |
| 167 | Henry Sewell led the first government of which country in 1856? | New Zealand (he held office as premier for just two weeks) |
| 168 | What is the (traditionally wooden) housing or stand which contains a ship's compass? | Binnacle (ultimately derived from Latin habitare, meaning to dwell, in which the T sound evolved to an N sound while the word transferred through French to English.) |
| 169 | What, loosely translating as 'self-boiler', is a traditional metal Russian tea urn called? | Samovar (derived from sam meaning self and varit meaning to boil, from Old Slavic variti meaning to cook) |
| 170 | Barack Obama's best selling book is called 'The Audacity of..' what? | Hope |
| 171 | What was the name of the ship on which Charles Darwin set sail on his voyage around the world in 1831? | HMS Beagle |
| 172 | Graham Vivian Sutherland's official portrait of which prime minister was destroyed by the subject's wife because she hated it? | Sir Winston Churchill (painted in 1954 and destroyed sometime after Churchill's death in 1965) |
| 173 | Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? | Marie Curie (1903 for Physics - she also won in 1911 for Chemistry) |
| 174 | The person holding what office sits on the Woolsack in the House of Lords? | The Lord Chancellor |
| 175 | The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing was founded in 1860 at which London institution? | St Thomas' Hospital (the School is now based at King's College on the Thames South Bank in London and remains a centre of excellence for nursing and midwifery) |
| 176 | In which film does Robert De Niro play the character Rupert Pupkin? | The King of Comedy |
| 177 | In which European city is the sixteenth century limestone Bridge of Sighs? | Venice |
| 178 | In what state was Jimmy Carter governor before becoming president? | Georgia |
| 179 | Catherine de Medici was the wife of which French monarch? | Henri II |
| 180 | Henry Darnley was the husband of which British monarch? | Mary Queen of Scots |
| 181 | The city of Bulawayo is in which African country? | Zimbabwe |
| 182 | Who composed the ballet music Swan Lake in 1877? | Tchaikovsky |
| 183 | Who made the famous statement, 'I think, therefore I am' ? | Rene Descartes |
| 184 | Mount Godwin-Austen is better known by which name? | K2 (second-highest mountain on Earth) |
| 185 | England cricketer Denis Compton played for which county club? | Middlesex |
| 186 | From which European country does Limburger cheese originate? | Belgium |
| 187 | Where on a woman's body would you see a bindi? | Forehead |
| 188 | What is the capital of Sierra Leone? | Freetown |
| 189 | What is a funambulist? | Tightrope walker |
| 190 | On what date is St Martin's Day - or Martinmas - celebrated in Europe? | 11 November |
| 191 | Who played Woody Allen's ex-wife in the 1979 film Manhattan? | Meryl Streep |
| 192 | The 1957 song Butterfly was (surprisingly) the only UK number one hit achieved by which significant recording artist? | Andy Williams |
| 193 | The Welland Ship Canal is in which country? | Canada (connecting the lakes Ontario and Erie) |
| 194 | Caprine relates to which animal? | Goat |
| 195 | Which station has the longest escalator in London's Tube network? | Angel |
| 196 | Pekoe is a type of which drink? | Tea |
| 197 | Jazz musician Miles Davis, 1926-91, whose 1959 album Kind of Blue is generally regarded as the biggest selling jazz album of all time, played what instrument? | Trumpet |
| 198 | What is Herman Munster's twin brother called? | Charlie (Charlie Munster was played by Fred Gwynne, who not surprisingly also played Herman.) |
| 199 | In what year was suffragette Emily Davidson killed by King George V's horse in the Epsom Derby? | 1913 |
| 200 | What is the number of the MASH unit in the TV series? | 4077 |
| 201 | What is the 1990's cult Japanese electronic toy which is cared for as if it were a pet? | Tamagotchi (Literally 'small egg', and similar to the Japanese word tomodachi meaning friend.) |
| 202 | In the Bible to whom did God give the Ten Commandments? | Moses |
| 203 | Which American celebrity claims to have a maid called Vaginica Seaman? | David Gest |
| 204 | What is the capital of Queensland, Australia? | Brisbane |
| 205 | Which UK politician was replaced by a tub of lard when he failed to turn up for a recording of TV quiz show Have I Got News For You? | Roy Hattersley |
| 206 | In 1844 Samuel Morse sent the first public telegraph message containing what short biblical quote (from the book of Numbers chapter 23, verse 23)? | What hath God wrought? |
| 207 | What was the oil tanker which ran aground on Bligh Reef in 1989, spilling crude oil into Prince William Sound, off the south coast of Alaska? | Exxon Valdez |
| 208 | Byssinosis is a disease affecting which part of the body? | Lungs (Caused by prolonged inhalation of textile dust) |
| 209 | First performed in 1938, and commonly considered one of the saddest of all classical works, who composed Adagio for Strings (it was used in the 1986 film Platoon)? | Samuel Barber |
| 210 | Which American animator created Daffy Duck and Droopy Dog? | Tex Avery (Frederick Bean Avery) |
| 211 | What range of hills between Northumberland and the Scottish borders gave their name to a farm breed? | Cheviot (sheep) |
| 212 | On April 1st 1957 the normally serious BBC TV news programme Panorama convinced thousands of English viewers that what type of food grew on trees? | Spaghetti |
| 213 | A spheksophobic fears which insects? | Wasps |
| 214 | In 1992 which scientist and philosopher was absolved of heresy by the Vatican? | Galileo (Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642 - Galileo's terrible crime against the church was stating in 1632 that the Earth orbited the Sun, rather than vice-versa.) |
| 215 | Who is the patron saint of Portugal? | St George |
| 216 | Who composed Maple Leaf Rag? | Scott Joplin (published 1899) |
| 217 | How many pockets does a billiard table normally have? | Six |
| 218 | In which US state was the American Declaration of Independence signed on 4th July 1776? | Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia) |
| 219 | Who in 1990 became the first chancellor of a united Germany? | Helmut Kohl (he was succeeded in 1998 by Gerhard Schröder) |
| 220 | Which country was previously called Persia? | Iran (fully the Islamic Republic of Iran) |
| 221 | Which car manufacturer has a model called the Favorit? | Skoda |
| 222 | What does K stand for in the CMYK colour model used in printing? | Key (Usually black, so called from the key printing plate, used to outline or contrast in the images created with the other colours: cyan - blue, magenta - pinkish red, and yellow.) |
| 223 | Who was the wing commander who led the 'Dambusters' bomber raids in 1943? | Guy Gibson (Gibson was awarded the VC. He died in action in 1944.) |
| 224 | The Faroe Islands are an autonomous province of which country? | Denmark (The Faroes, comprising 18 islands in the North Atlantic) |
| 225 | How old was Tony Blair when he became British prime minister in 1997? | Forty-three |
| 226 | The fashionable island Martha's Vineyard is in which US state? | Massachusetts |
| 227 | In Western culture what is the birthstone for the month of May? | Emerald |
| 228 | Fotheringhay Castle, birthplace of Richard III in 1452, and site of Mary Queen of Scots trial and execution in 1587, is in which English county? | Northamptonshire |
| 229 | Actor Frank Gorshin played which character in the 1960's TV series Batman? | The Riddler |
| 230 | Who played the title role in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee? | Emma Thompson |
| 231 | What was the name of Lucille Ball's Cuban band-leader first husband? | Desi Arnaz |
| 232 | Who took over the hosting of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 2005? | Kirsty Young |
| 233 | The King and Queen of which European country narrowly escaped assassination on their wedding day in 1906? | Spain (King Alfonso VIII and Queen Consort Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg - granddaughter of British Queen Victoria.) |
| 234 | In which UK TV series did actor Neil Morrissey make his first television appearance? | Boon |
| 235 | What was the name of Bruce Springsteen's 1970s-80s backing group? | The E Street Band |
| 236 | Which was the first British TV game show to be adapted for screening in the USA? | The Krypton Factor |
| 237 | Which sport is the subject of the 1977 film Slap Shot, starring Paul Newman? | Ice hockey |
| 238 | Who wrote the novel Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| 239 | What was the name of Scarlet O'Hara's first husband in Gone with the Wind? | Charles Hamilton (second was Frank Kennedy, followed by Rhett Butler) |
| 240 | Which British TV comedy series took its name from the title of a 1960 crime-comedy film starring Jack Hawkins? | The League of Gentlemen |
| 241 | Which TV and film character's full name is Alistair Graham? | Ali G |
| 242 | Which TV soap actress played Cleopatra in the 1964 film Carry On Cleo? | Amanda Barrie (she later played Alma Baldwin in Coronation Street) |
| 243 | What was the name of the ranch in TV's cowboy series Bonanza? | The Ponderosa |
| 244 | Whose autobiography is entitled With Nails? | Richard E Grant |
| 245 | Which film saw the return after 12 years of Sean Connery as James Bond? | Never Say Never Again (1983) |
| 246 | Marsh Fever is another term for which ailment? | Malaria |
| 247 | What is the name of Inspector Clouseau's manservant? | Cato |
| 248 | Which actor is the voice of Z in the 1998 film Antz? | Woody Allen |
| 249 | Which British pop group did Graham Nash leave to join David Crosby in forming Crosby Stills Nash and Young? | The Hollies |
| 250 | What did M*A*S*H stand for? | Mobile Army Surgical Hospital |
| 251 | What was the first Beatles film? | Hard Day's Night (1964) |
| 252 | What is the occupation of The Fugitive? | Surgeon (Dr Richard Kimble) |
| 253 | Which band released the album Zooropa? | U2 |
| 254 | Which actor brothers played the piano players in the 1989 film The Fabulous Baker Boys? | Jeff and Beau Bridges |
| 255 | Which football team is the subject of the 1996 film Fever Pitch? | Arsenal |
| 256 | Johnny Knoxville became famous in what TV show? | Jackass |
| 257 | Which singer and actress was born Julia Elizabeth Wells in 1935? | Julie Andrews |
| 258 | Which actor played Bruce Wayne in the 2005 film Batman Begins? | Christian Bale |
| 259 | Who did Deidre Langton marry in Coronation Street in 1981? | Ken Barlow |
| 260 | Who spoke the only word in the 1976 film Silent Movie? | Marcel Marceau French mime artist - said, "Non.") |
| 261 | What is the offspring of a male lion and a tigress called (apart from very dangerous)? | Liger |
| 262 | What took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773? | The Boston Tea Party |
| 263 | What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims travelled to North America in 1620? | The Mayflower |
| 264 | What was the name of the English farmer who invented the seed-planting drill in 1701? | Jethro Tull |
| 265 | In which year was Nelson Mandela released from prison? | 1990 |
| 266 | What was the nationality of the first non-Italian Pope since 1523? | Polish (Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II, Pope from 1978-2005) |
| 267 | What was the name of the world's first man-made satellite launched by the USSR in 1957? | Sputnik I |
| 268 | Which country gained its independence from Denmark in 1944? | Iceland |
| 269 | In 1803 who started shipping portions of the sculpted frieze from the Parthenon in Greece to England? | Lord Elgin (Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin |
| 270 | In which year did French Queen Marie Antoinette go the guillotine? | 1793 |
| 271 | Which Scottish athlete refused to run on a Sunday at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games? | Eric Liddle (Liddle, 1902-45 |
| 272 | Who became US president after Herbert Hoover? | Franklin D Roosevelt (1933) |
| 273 | French King Louis XIV (1638-1715) was the longest reigning European monarch - how long did he reign? | 72 years (from 1643-1715) |
| 274 | Marjorie Robb, who died in Boston USA in 1992 aged 103, Barbara Dainton, Millvina Dean and Lillian Asplund, achieved notoriety for being among the last living survivors of what? | The Sinking Of The Titanic In 1912 |
| 275 | Who in 1963 murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin (according to official accounts) of US President John F Kennedy? | Jack Ruby |
| 276 | The Kiel Canal in Germany, officially opened in 1895, connects which two seas? | North Sea and Baltic Sea |
| 277 | Which football team does Postman Pat support? | Pencaster United |
| 278 | Tom Cruise plays a naval lawyer in which 1992 film? | A Few Good Men |
| 279 | Who released a 1975 album entitled Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy? | Elton John |
| 280 | The billionnaire Barclay twins' long-running disputes about their private island Brecqhou (or Brechou) are with which Channel Island? | Sark |
| 281 | BRN is the international vehicle registration for which country? | Bahrain |
| 282 | For which film did Henry Fonda win his best actor Oscar? | On Golden Pond |
| 283 | Who was the first reigning British monarch to make an official visit to the USA? | George the Sixth (in 1939) |
| 284 | What is the name of the carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday? | Mardi Gras (literally 'Fat Tuesday') |
| 285 | Eamon de Valera founded which Irish political party in 1926? | Fianna Fail |
| 286 | Brunswick, Lancastrian and Pearl Pickler are types of which vegetable? | Onion |
| 287 | In numerology a tern is a set of how many? | Three |
| 288 | The World Trade Organization was founded in 1995 in which European city? | Geneva (replacing GATT - the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade established in 1947) |
| 289 | In Greek mythology what is the name of the river whose water when drunk caused complete forgetfulness and made the souls of the dead forget their life on earth? | Lethe (also referred to as the 'river of oblivion') |
| 290 | What are the little discs of waste called that are produced by a paper or card hole-punch? | Chad (or chads) |
| 291 | What are the padded high-waisted trousers with shoulder straps worn for skiiing called? | Salopettes |
| 292 | What name is given to the uncut locks of hair worn on the sides of the head by orthodox male Jews? | Payess |
| 293 | What type of natural substance is caoutchouc (pronounced kachook)? | Rubber (or latex) |
| 294 | The first atomic bomb explosion was carried out in which US state? | New Mexico (1945) |
| 295 | Whose last work entitled The Transfiguration was unfinished when he died in 1520? | Rafael |
| 296 | Who won 'The Battle of the Sexes' tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in 1973? | Billie Jean King (King beat 1940's men's champion Bobby Riggs in three straight sets. |
| 297 | What is the capital of Jordan? | Amman |
| 298 | Which bird is generally considered to have the best sense of smell? | Kiwi |
| 299 | Who was the second president of the USA? | John Adams (president from 1797-1801) |
| 300 | The cult TV series Lost which began in 2004 features 'Oceanic Flight ...' what? | 815 |
| 301 | Who wrote the Ballad of Reading Gaol in 1898? | Oscar Wilde |
| 302 | Which horse won the Epsom Derby in 1989? | Nashwan (owned by Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ridden by Willie Carson, odds were 5/4, winning distance was five lengths) |
| 303 | What is the medical condition icterus commonly called? | Jaundice |
| 304 | What is the common word for the monosaccharide substance found in certain fruit, flower nectar and honey, with the chemical formula C6H12O6? | Fructose (From the Latin word fructus, meaning fruit.) |
| 305 | What plant was traditionally cultivated in Europe for its unique blue dye? | Woad |
| 306 | What significant member of the British government drowned when HMS Hampshire was sunk by a mine off Orkney in 1916? | Lord Kitchener |
| 307 | Who discovered and opened Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922? | Howard Carter |
| 308 | Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of which African country? | Zambia |
| 309 | Who invented the jet engine? | Frank Whittle (it was patented in 1930) |
| 310 | In which London building was the funeral of Diana Princess of Wales held in 1997? | Westminster Abbey |
| 311 | Which Argentine leader was deposed in 1982? | General Galtieri |
| 312 | Marron Glacé is what, preserved and coated in sugar? | Chestnut |
| 313 | In which year was the Battle of Waterloo? | 1815 (on 18 June, Wellington's defeat of Napoleon ended the Napoleonic Wars - Waterloo is in Belgium, close to Brussells) |
| 314 | Which actor's real name was William Henry Pratt? | Boris Karloff (1887-1969) |
| 315 | The creation of what famous and anthemic song is officially attributed to Banjo Paterson and Christina Macpherson? | Waltzing Matilda |
| 316 | Who played Daisy Duke in the 2005 film The Dukes of Hazzard? | Jessica Simpson (Catherine Bach played Daisy in the 1979-85 original TV show, and Waylon Jennings sang the TV theme song) |
| 317 | Who was King of Egypt from 1936-52? | Farouk |
| 318 | What is the name of the Cambridge University College that was originally for women only? | Girton |
| 319 | What is the collective term for a group of woodpeckers? | Descent |
| 320 | What colour is Stephanie's hair in the children's TV series LazyTown? | Pink |
| 321 | What is Zurich's main river? | Limmat |
| 322 | Who said in a radio broadcast in 1939, "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia" ? | Winston Churchill |
| 323 | Mariolatry is the idolatrous worship of whom? | The Virgin Mary |
| 324 | Who was hanged in Edinburgh in 1829 for multiple murder in supplying doctors with corpses for dissection? | William Burke |
| 325 | In which body of water are the Balearic Islands? | Mediterranean Sea |
| 326 | Which US actress's real name is Mary Cathleen Collins? | Bo Derek |
| 327 | Which famous Mormon church leader and educational pioneer died in Salt Lake City in 1877? | Brigham Young |
| 328 | What is limnophobia a fear of? | Lakes (or big bodies of water) |
| 329 | Ribus Nigum is the latin name for which fruit? | Blackcurrant |
| 330 | Which English playwright and poet was stabbed in uncertain circumstances in 1593 age 29 (he penned the line 'Come live with me and be my love')? | Christopher Marlowe |
| 331 | What type of animal is a Garron? | Horse |
| 332 | In which US city was the 2006 Super Bowl held? | Detroit (Michigan) |
| 333 | Which country (at July 2007) boasts the world's longest suspension bridge span between towers? | Japan |
| 334 | What does OAPEC (not OPEC) stand for? | Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| 335 | In which country was fashion designer Rifat Ozbek born? | Turkey |
| 336 | What is the main ingredient of guacamole? | Avocado |
| 337 | Which country has the international car registration DZ? | Algeria |
| 338 | In 1987 a French court found which Gestapo chief guilty of war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment? | Klaus Barbie |
| 339 | What type of rock is carbonado? | Diamond |
| 340 | Tallinn is the capital of which country? | Estonia |
| 341 | In which city is the United Nations headquarters? | New York |
| 342 | The Laughing Cavalier is a work by which painter? | Frans Hals (1580-1666 - he was Dutch) |
| 343 | Who succeeded Michael Foot as leader of the Labour Party in the UK? | Neil Kinnock (in 1983) |
| 344 | Jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton played which instrument? | Piano |
| 345 | Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire, England, is famous for which annual event? | Cheese Rolling (or Cheese Rolling and Wake) |
| 346 | Which country had the Roman name Mauritania (also spelled Mauretania)? | Morocco |
| 347 | Sounding like a placename, what is the traditional pronged spear used for catching Salmon called? | Leister (pronounced 'lester') |
| 348 | Who played the prison warden in the 1979 film Escape from Alkatraz? | Patrick McGoohan |
| 349 | What is the world's smallest republic? | Nauru (an eight-square-mile Pacific island 26 miles South of the equator, 2,500 miles from Australia - Nauru |
| 350 | How many balls, including the white cue ball, are on a snooker table (before any are potted)? | Twenty-two (White, yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black and fifteen reds.) |
| 351 | The Lowell Observatory is in which US state? | Arizona (in Flagstaff) |
| 352 | Who was the president of Chile from 1974-90? | Augusto Pinochet |
| 353 | In which European town is the Menin Gate Memorial to missing British and Commonwealth soldiers? | Ypres |
| 354 | Which famous US architect designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo in 1916? | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| 355 | Ichthyology is a branch of zoology concerning which creatures? | Fish |
| 356 | W Somerset Maugham's novel The Moon and Sixpence is based on the life of which painter? | Paul Gaugin |
| 357 | Who is generally credited with the invention of the hovercraft in 1955? | Christopher Cockerell |
| 358 | How many international caps did English footballer Stanley Matthews (later Sir Stanley Matthews) win? | Fifty-four |
| 359 | Who became leader of the People's National Party in Jamaica in 1969? | Michael Manley |
| 360 | What element is mixed with Iron to make cast iron? | Carbon |
| 361 | Which type business traditionally has three balls hanging outside? | Pawnbroker |
| 362 | What is the fictional Scottish island setting of the 1973 film The Wicker Man? | Summerisle |
| 363 | Spiro Agnew was US vice-president to which president? | Richard Nixon |
| 364 | Who was the first woman to walk in space? | Svetlana Savitskaya (of Russia, 25 July 1984, on Salyut 7) |
| 365 | What Latin phrase means operational method, or the way a job is done? | Modus Operandi ( translated as mode of operating) |
| 366 | In the human body which gland secretes the hormone insulin? | Pancreas |
| 367 | The state of Nebraska was sold to the USA in 1803 by which country? | France |
| 368 | Tala is the basic monetary unit of which country? | Samoa |
| 369 | Carrageen is an edible variety of what? | Seaweed (or algae) |
| 370 | In Western ecclesiastical law a diriment impediment invalidates what? | Marriage (or a wedding) |
| 371 | What were the waitresses called who worked in the English Lyons Cornerhouse tea rooms, popular in first half of the 1900's? | Nippies |
| 372 | In 1624 what was purchased from the local inhabitant Native Americans by the Dutch for a reported sum of $24? | Manhattan Island |
| 373 | Which former Prime Minister of India was assassinated in 1991 as he campaigned for re-election? | Rajiv Gandhi |
| 374 | Which New York hotel was designed by Henry Hardenbergh in 1897? | Waldorf-Astoria |
| 375 | What date is France's Bastille Day? | 14th July |
| 376 | Which mountain was climbed for the first time in 1786? | Mont Blanc ( Jacques Balmant & Michel-Gabriel Paccard |
| 377 | In what year did India and Pakistan become independent nations and free from British rule? | 1947 (15 August India, and 14 August Pakistan) |
| 378 | Which planet was discovered by William Herschel 1781? | Uranus |
| 379 | In 1926, 19 year-old Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to do what? | Swim the English Channel |
| 380 | In what year, generally regarded as marking the end of the Cold War, did the Berlin Wall come down? | 1989 (9 November) |
| 381 | Which calendar was devised in 1582? | Gregorian Calendar (by Aloysius Lilius - it is the calendar that most of the world uses today) |
| 382 | Which London Emporium opened in Picadilly 1707? | Fortnum and Mason's |
| 383 | What is the line called on a ship which is the limit to which it may be loaded? Plimsoll.) | Plimsoll line (aka International load line - it was brought into force in 1876 by coal merchant and politician Samuel |
| 384 | British publisher Ludvik Hoch was better known by which name? | Robert Maxwell |
| 385 | Which English King abdicated in 1936? | Edward VIII |
| 386 | Who painted The Blue Boy in 1779? | Thomas Gainsborough |
| 387 | What does UNESCO stand for? | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| 388 | An epithalamium is a song or poem celebrating what? | Marriage (or a wedding) |
| 389 | What clash, in 1746, was the last major battle to be fought on mainland Britain? | The Battle of Culloden |
| 390 | Which year was the death penalty for murder abolished in Britain? | 1965 |
| 391 | Who was Britain's first Labour prime minister? | Ramsey MacDonald (1866-1937), 1st term Jan-Nov 1924 |
| 392 | Who wrote the poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard? | Thomas Gray (1716-71) |
| 393 | Which is the lightest element? | Hydrogen |
| 394 | Dame Peggy Ashcroft won an Oscar for her role in which 1984 film? | A Passage to India |
| 395 | Maris Piper is a variety of which vegetable? | Potato |
| 396 | The French slang 'capote anglaise' meaning English hood, or English overcoat refers to what? | A condom |
| 397 | In 1865 what significant event happened at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC? | Abraham Lincoln's assassination |
| 398 | Which city is known as Auld Reekie and also Athens of the North? | Edinburgh |
| 399 | Little Big Horn, the scene of Custer's last stand, is in which US state? | Montana (25-26 June 1876) |
| 400 | What scientist and inventor was responsible for the Decibel unit of measurement? | Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) |
| 401 | What is the international distress signal one level below and less serious than a 'Mayday' call? | Pan-pan |
| 402 | Carambola is another name for which fruit? | Star fruit |
| 403 | In 1902 the Treaty of Vereeniging brought which war to an end? | The Second Boer War |
| 404 | Who was assassinated by Hugh de Merville, William de Tracy, Reginald Fitzhurse and Richard le Breton? | Thomas Becket |
| 405 | The original 'Wendy house' was built for which fictional character? | Wendy Darling |
| 406 | Convict Robert Franklin Stroud was better known as whom? | The Birdman of Alcatraz (1890-1963) |
| 407 | What colour is the letter L in the standard Google logo? | Green |
| 408 | What is the capital of Croatia? | Zagreb |
| 409 | Quinsy is an inflammation of which part of the body? | Throat |
| 410 | In 1968 which US artist and film maker was shot and wounded by actress Valerie Solanas? | Andy Warhol |
| 411 | Who is fifth in line to the British throne (as at Aug 2007)? | Princess Beatrice |
| 412 | What type of creature is an amberjack? | Fish |
| 413 | What is the flap which covers the human windpipe when swallowing? (derived from Greek epi meaning on, and glossa meaning tongue) | Epiglotis |
| 414 | Astana is the capital of which country? | Kazakhstan (Astana means 'capital city' in Kazakh) |
| 415 | What is the Latin term used in referencing which means 'in the same place' ? | Ib. (or 'Ibid.' from the full Latin word 'ibidem') |
| 416 | Which playwright was once secretary to James Joyce, 1969 Nobel prizewinner for literature, and wrote his most famous play originally in French, titled En Attendant Godot? | Samuel Beckett (1906-89) |
| 417 | What was the name of the cruise ship seized by hijackers in the Mediterranean in 1985? | Achille Lauro |
| 418 | Which famous US lawman had brothers called Morgan and Virgil? | Wyatt Earp |
| 419 | By what name was Dutch dancer Margarethe Zelle better known? | Mata Hari (1876-1917) |
| 420 | What was the name of Ernest Shackleton's ship which became stuck in Antarctic ice in 1915? | HMS Endurance |
| 421 | Assassinated in 1965, who was Malcolm Little better known as? | Malcolm X (1925-65) |
| 422 | Born Henry John Deutschendorf Junior, which American singer died when his light aircraft crashed into the sea off California in 1997? | John Denver ( took name capital of Colorado) |
| 423 | In Greek mythology who was Apollo's twin sister? | Artemis |
| 424 | Leporine relates to which animal? | Hare |
| 425 | In British history a Cavalier was a supporter of which king? | Charles I |
| 426 | In which country is the European Court of Human Rights? | France |
| 427 | The Neanderthal Museum is in which country? | Germany |
| 428 | What does an oologist collect? | Birds' eggs |
| 429 | What item of attire is a leghorn? | Hat (made of straw) |
| 430 | How many stars are on the flag of the European Union? | Twelve |
| 431 | What does the B stand for in Lyndon B Johnson? | Baines (Lyndon B Johnson, 1908-73 |
| 432 | The Kariba Dam is on which river? | Zambezi |
| 433 | What is the human ailment epistaxis better known as? | Nosebleed |
| 434 | From which seeds is tahini made? | Sesame |
| 435 | Sri Lanka's previous name? | Ceylon |
| 436 | The Spanish word for a hundred? | Cien |
| 437 | Tragically misunderstood daughter of Shakespeare's King Lear? | Cordelia |
| 438 | Addictive product produced in a British factory first by Robert Gloag in 1856? | Cigarettes |
| 439 | The British Queens to Georges II and IV, with respective titles of Ansbach and Brunswick? | Caroline |
| 440 | The meaning of B in the marketing abbreviation B2B? | Business (to Business) |
| 441 | The initials BCC on a memo or email stand for a 'what' Carbon Copy? | Blind |
| 442 | Composer of the Eroica, Pastoral and Choral Symphonies? | Beethoven |
| 443 | Maureen Lipman's onomatopaeic character name in BT's TV adverts? | Beattie |
| 444 | The word for the weight on the end of a pendulum? | Bob |
| 445 | The letter denoting a link in HTML (webpage) code typically followed by 'href'? | A |
| 446 | Capital of the United Arab Emirates? | Abu Dhabi |
| 447 | A robot, from the Greek word for male? | Android |
| 448 | ACAS is the UK's Advisory, Conciliation and 'what' Service? | Arbitration |
| 449 | A surprise attack, and collective noun for group of tigers? | Ambush |
| 450 | Who wrote the poem beginning, "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone.." which featured in the funeral scene of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral? | W H Auden (Wystan Hugh Auden, 1907-73) |
| 451 | What object officially joined our solar system on 1st May 1930? | Pluto |
| 452 | What is the name of the largest island of Japan? | Honshu (Honshū, which means 'main state') |
| 453 | What does WAP stand for in mobile phone technology? | Wireless Application Protocol |
| 454 | Which common chemical element has the atomic number 20? | Calcium (Calcium is a silvery soft metal with the chemical symbol Ca) |
| 455 | Who was Henry VIII's third wife? | Jane Seymour (1509-37) |
| 456 | Who designed the famous Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona? | Gaudi |
| 457 | Harry Longbaugh was better known by what name? | The Sundance Kid (partner of Butch Cassidy) |
| 458 | The Phoenix Park murders of 1882 took place in which city? | Dublin |
| 459 | Guru Nanak Dev founded which religion? | Sikhism |
| 460 | Mary Mallon was effectively imprisoned for life in New York for being an irresponsible immune carrier of what disease? | Typhoid (hence her nickname and the expression, 'Typhoid Mary', referring to someone whose behaviour creates a risk of infecting to others) |
| 461 | The character Roger 'Race' Bannon appeared as a boy's bodyguard in which cartoon series? | Jonny Quest |
| 462 | What was American silent film star 'Fatty' Arbuckle's first name? | Roscoe |
| 463 | Who was president of the USSR from 1982-84? | Yuri Andropov (1914-84 |
| 464 | What of these sports bodies was founded first, the AAA, FA, MCC or IOC? | MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club, formed in 1787) |
| 465 | Which huge global communications brand is derived from a local word for a marten? | Nokia (a marten is like a weasel - the variety in question was probably the pine marten or sable, which gave its name to the Finnish river and town on which the early Nokia company - a paper mill - was built.) |
| 466 | The Aconcagua is the highest peak in which mountain range? | Andes (Aconcagua is 22,834 feet high, Argentina) |
| 467 | What is the name of the cement mixer in the children's TV series Bob the Builder? | Dizzy |
| 468 | Which English cathedral has 'The Clock with no Face'? | Salisbury (apparently a clock-face was considered unnecesary because the time was announced by bells) |
| 469 | Who composed the opera Turandot? | Puccini (Giacomo Puccini) |
| 470 | Who was the British nurse arrested in Brussells and shot by firing squad in 1915 on suspicion of helping Allied solders to escape? | Edith Cavell |
| 471 | Agadir is a port in which North African country? | Morocco |
| 472 | Which acid is produced in the muscles during strenuous exercise? | Lactic |
| 473 | Who wrote the best selling book The Tipping Point? | Malcolm Gladwell (published in 2000, The Tipping Point sought to explain how small things could cause massive effects) |
| 474 | What is the sloping part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and the hoof? | Pastern |
| 475 | Cereology is the study of what? | Crop circles |
| 476 | What one of the seven continents stretches from the Northern Temperate to the Southern Temperate zones? | Africa (the other generally recognised continents are N America, S America, Asia, Europe, Antarctica and Australia - the Temperate zones are those between the tropics and the polar circles) |
| 477 | Arboreal describes a creature which commonly lives in what? | Trees (bushes is also acceptable - arbor is latin for tree) |
| 478 | The secret ingredient of which product is code-named 'merchandise 7X'? | Coca-Cola |
| 479 | Which actor appeared in every episode of the TV series M*A*S*H? | Alan Alda |
| 480 | In which country was fashion designer Helmut Lang born? | Austria |
| 481 | What country has the international car registration EAK? | Kenya |
| 482 | Which Frank Dickens cartoon appears in the London Evening Standard (as at 2006)? | Bristow |
| 483 | How many strings does a balalaika typically have? | Three |
| 484 | Jargonelle, Seckel and Winter Nelis are types of which fruit? | Pear |
| 485 | What is the world's second largest sea? | Caribbean |
| 486 | During World War II, forged paintings by which artist were produced by Jan Van Meegeren? | Jan Vermeer |
| 487 | What is the generally accepted collective term for a group of starlings? | Murmuration |
| 488 | In which year was the Channel Tunnel (between England and France) opened? | 1994 |
| 489 | What does private health insurance BUPA stand for? | British United Provident Association (founded in 1947) |
| 490 | A salpingectomy is the surgical removal of which part of the body? | Fallopian tubes |
| 491 | What is the US state capital of Virginia? | Richmond |
| 492 | What is the main ingredient of the dish Borscht? | Beetroot |
| 493 | What was Lily Munster's maiden name? | Dracula |
| 494 | Where was the first British Grand Prix motor race held? | Brooklands (1926) |
| 495 | Who was the last King of Iraq? | Faisal the Second (1935-58 - he reigned from 1939 until his death) |
| 496 | Which British boxer and past world middleweight champion committed suicide in his flat in Leamington Spa in 1966? | Randolph Turpin |
| 497 | A Pearmain is what type of fruit? | Apple |
| 498 | The Merciless Parliament convicted of treason the entire court of which British monarch? | Richard the Second (in 1388) |
| 499 | Who was America named after? | Amerigo Vespucci (Italian, 1454-1512) |
| 500 | What did a cordwainer make? | Shoes |