General knowledge II quiz questions and answers
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General knowledge II
General knowledge II quiz questions and answers
| Question | Answer |
| What did people do with Oxford bags? | Wore them. They are very wide trousers |
| What did Polly Flinders do? | Sat among the cinders |
| What did Sandie Shaw bare in the Eurovision Song Contest? | Her feet |
| What did Siam change its name to? | Thailand |
| What did social reformer George Williams found in 1844? | YMCA |
| What did the American Hamilton Smith invent in 1858? | Washing machine |
| What did the astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discover in 1930? | Pluto |
| What did the baton replace for conducting an orchestra? | A violin bow |
| What did the 'D' stand for in Franklin D. Roosevelt? | Delano |
| What did the Germans codename 'Operation Barbarossa'? | The invasion of the Soviet Union |
| What did the Italian soldier Garibaldi give his name to? | A biscuit |
| What did the M stand for in the name of writer Louisa M. Alcott ? | May |
| What did the navigator Amerigo Vespucci give his name to? | America |
| What did the Polish oculist Dr L. Zamenhof invent? | Esperanto |
| What did the Rochdale Pioneers pioneer? | The Co-op |
| What did the 'S' stand for in Harry S. Truman? | Nothing at all |
| What did Thomas Blood try to steal in London in 1671? | The crown jewels |
| What did Tic-Tac throw in the Bond movies? | His bowler hat |
| What did UXB stand for in 'Danger UXB'? | Unexploded Bomb |
| What do Americans call a pack of cards? | A deck |
| What do Bluebell, the Watercress, and the Severn Valley all have in common? | Railways |
| What do Catholics call the string of beads they use when praying? | Rosary |
| What do entomologists study? | Insects |
| What do Hoba, Baruberito and Williamette have in common? | They are meteorites |
| What do ichthyologists study? | Fish |
| What do maiden, mother-of-all and footman have in common? | All parts of a spinning wheel |
| What do philatelists collect? | Stamps |
| What do Roman Catholics call the state or place where souls are purified after death? | Purgatory |
| What do Romney Marsh, Suffolk, Clun and Forest have in common? | Breeds of sheep |
| What do sprinters start from in a track race? | Blocks |
| What do the French call the English Channel? | La Manche |
| What do the French words au revoir mean ? | Until we meet again |
| What do the initials COD mean? | Cash on delivery |
| What do the initials HGV stand for? | Heavy Goods Vehicle |
| What do the initials MG stand for on a sports car? | Morris Garages |
| What do the initials NASA stand for? | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| What do the initials RAM stand for in computing? | Random Access Memory |
| What do the initials TB stand for? | Tuberculosis |
| What do the initials WO stand for as a rank in the army? | Warrant Officer |
| What do the letters AIDS stand for? | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| What do the letters in M*A*S*H actually stand for? | Mobile Army Surgical Hospital |
| What do the numbers add up to on the opposite sides of a dice? | Seven |
| What do volleyball players hit the ball with? | Hands |
| What do we call a group of bishops? | Bench |
| What do we call a group of larks? | An exaltation |
| What do we call a period of play in polo? | Chukka |
| What do we call what the Germans call 'Strumpfhose'? | Tights |
| What do we call what the Italians call pesce? | Fish |
| What do we call what the Spaniards call an autopista? | Motorway |
| What do you breed if you are a sericulturist? | Silkworms |
| What do you dislike if you are misocapnic? | Tobacco smoke |
| What do you do in music when you play a piece 'con brio'? | Play vigorously |
| What do you have at the bottom of a colander? | Holes |
| What do you ride on if you take part in three-day eventing? | Horse |
| What do you suffer from if you have coryza? | Common cold |
| What do your olfactory organs help you do? | To smell |
| What does a barometer measure? | Atmospheric pressure |
| What does a chandler make? | Candles |
| What does a costermonger sell? | Fruit and vegetables |
| What does a Frenchman mean when he says 'Quel dommage'? | 'What a pity' |
| What does a galactophagist like to drink? | Milk |
| What does a Geiger counter detect? | Radioactivity |
| What does a Geiger Counter measure? | Radioactivity |
| What does a lexicographer write or make? | Dictionaries |
| What does a manometer measure? | The pressure of fluids |
| What does a misogynist hate? | Women |
| What does a mordant do? | Fixes colours in dyeing |
| What does a pathologist study? | Diseases |
| What does a psephologist study? | Elections |
| What does a road sign with a white capital letter R on a green background indicate? | Ring road |
| What does a speleologist study? | Caves |
| What does a theodolite measure? | Angles |
| What does a viticulturist cultivate? | Grapes |
| What does an American mean when he talks of a check in a restaurant? | The bill |
| What does an anemometer measure? | Wind speed |
| What does an aphyllous plant not have? | Leaves |
| What does an Arab horse have less of than any other? | One vertebra less |
| What does an arctophile collect? | Teddy bears |
| What does an invertebrate not have? | A backbone |
| What does 'cap-a-pie' mean? | From head to foot |
| What does ENO stand for? | English National Opera |
| What does GMT stand for? | Greenwich Mean Time |
| What does 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' mean? | Evil to him who evil thinks it |
| What does 'hors d'oeuvre' mean on a menu? | An appetizer |
| What does hydrogen combine with to form water? | Oxygen |
| What does hydrogen fuse into in the Sun's core? | Helium |
| What does it mean if the Union Jack is flown upside down from a ship? | A distress signal |
| What does 'lager' literally mean in German? | Store |
| What does 'm' stand for in Einstein's equation E=mc2? | Mass |
| What does Magnus Magnusson say he will do if he's started? | I've started so I'll finish |
| What does Norman Painting write and appear in? | The Archers |
| What does PAYE stand for? | Pay As You Earn |
| What does PYO stand for? | Pick Your Own |
| What does scotopic vision allow you to do? | See in the dark |
| What does SNP stand for? | Scottish National Party |
| What does Susan Hampshire suffer from? | Dyslexia |
| What does 'SWALK' stand for? | Sealed with a loving kiss |
| What does Tenko mean in English? | Roll call |
| What does the abbreviation Bt signify after a name? | Baronet |
| What does the 'C' in TUC stand for? | Congress |
| What does the DIN number denote in photographic film? | Speed of the film |
| What does the 'EastEnders' Deals On Wheels sell? | Cars |
| What does the French word pomme mean? | Apple |
| What does the French word vacances mean? | Holidays |
| What does the letter A stand for in Quango? | Autonomous |
| What does the 'M' stand for in Richard M. Nixon's name? | Milhouse |
| What does the musical term Vivace mean? | Lively |
| What does the prefix geo mean? | Earth |
| What does the reference book, Crockfords, list? | The clergy of the Church of England |
| What does the ringing of eight bells mean on board a ship? | The end of the watch |
| What does the sculptor Christo do to things? | He wraps them |
| What does the second E in the acronym ERNIE stand for? | Equipment |
| What does the South African secretary bird kill and eat? | Snakes |
| What does the whale shark feed on? | Plankton |
| What does the word 'Bolshoi' mean? | Big |
| What does the word 'economy' mean in the original Greek? | Household management |
| What does the word hirsute mean? | Hairy |
| What does TUC stand for? | Trades Union Congress |
| What does VCR stand for? | Video Cassette Recorder |
| What does VDU stand for? | Visual Display Unit |
| What does VHF stand for? | Very High Frequency |
| What does WRAF stand for? | Women's Royal Air Force |
| What dramatic event happened to Terry Kath of rock group Chicago at a party in 1978? | Accidentally shot himself dead |
| What drink does pear juice make? | Perry |
| What dye is named after a battle fought near Milan in 1859? | Magenta |
| What Egyptian obelisk stands on the Thames Embankment? | Cleopatra's Needle |
| What element gives amethyst its violet colour? | Manganese |
| What famous first did Edward White achieve for America? | First to walk in space |
| What famous first in TV advertising is held by Bird's Eye frozen peas? | First product advertised in colour |
| What famous first was achieved by William Tayton? | First person on TV |
| What flavour does the liqueur curacao have? | Orange |
| What flower is the emblem of the Labour Party? | Rose |
| What form of energy is produced by an electric motor? | Mechanical energy |
| What fruit are you said to be if you are accompanying a courting couple? | Gooseberry |
| What fruit do we get from a rose? | Hips |
| What game have Spassky, Fischer and Karpov played? | Chess |
| What game is played at St Andrews? | Golf |
| What gas is given off by pouring dilute sulphuric acid on to granulated zinc? | Hydrogen |
| What gas propels the cork from a champagne bottle? | Carbon dioxide |
| What gives red blood cells their colour? | Haemoglobin |
| What goes before 'mantle', 'slipper' and 'smock' in flower names? | Lady's |
| What hangs down from the roof of cave - a stalagmite or a stalactite? | Stalactite |
| What happened on screen for the first time in India in 1977? | The first screen kiss |
| What happened to the main character in Kafka's 'Metamorphosis'? | Turned into an insect |
| What happens in a vortex? | Everything spins around |
| What happens when red litmus paper is put in an alkaline solution? | It turns blue |
| What has subdivisions comprising 12, 52 and 365 units? | A year |
| What has the body of a lion and the head of a human? | The Sphinx |
| What have Thistle, Brent and Ninian in common? | All are oilfields |
| What have you been doing if you finish by casting off? | Knitting |
| What have you done if you have committed patricide? | Murdered your father |
| What illness is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus? | Glandular fever |
| What in France is 'Le Figaro'? | Newspaper |
| What initials are used to describe chronic fatigue syndrome? | ME |
| What injury did Lord Raglan, after whom the Raglan sleeve is named, sustain in battle? | He lost his sword arm |
| What instrument can be bass, electric or Spanish? | Guitar |
| What instrument did Nat King Cole play? | Piano |
| What instrument does James Galway play? | Flute |
| What instrument does Kenny Ball play? | Trumpet |
| What instrument is Larry Adler famed for? | Harmonica |
| What instrument would you use to measure the diameter of a cylinder? | Callipers |
| What is 1 Cheval-Vapeur equivalent to? | One horse power |
| What is a 200th anniversary called? | Bicentenary |
| What is a ban on international trade with a country called? | Embargo |
| What is a basenji? | A small hunting dog |
| What is a binnacle? | Case for a ship's compass |
| What is a Blenheim Orange? | An apple |
| What is a butterfly's proboscis? | Tongue |
| What is a carillon? | Set of bells |
| What is a cassoulet? | A French stew |
| What is a chinook? | Helicopter |
| What is a chuckwalla? | Lizard |
| What is a coley? | Fish |
| What is a copper's nark? | A spy or informer |
| What is a coup d'etat? | Seizure of power |
| What is a crapulous person full of? | Alcohol |
| What is a dactylogram? | A fingerprint |
| What is a fandango? | Dance |
| What is a female deer called? | Doe |
| What is a filbert? | A hazelnut |
| What is a fly agaric? | Poisonous mushroom |
| What is a golden hello? | An enticement to join a company |
| What is a group of cats called? | A clowder |
| What is a group of cats called? | Clowder |
| What is a group of five performers called? | Quintet |
| What is a group or flock of sparrows called? | A host |
| What is a grown man's average normal pulse rate in beats per minute? | 72 |
| What is a lacuna? | A space |
| What is a lift for food in a restaurant known as? | A dumb waiter |
| What is a looper caterpillar called in the United States? | Inchworm |
| What is a low, shallow basket used by gardeners called? | Trug |
| What is a male goose called? | Gander |
| What is a male rabbit called? | A buck |
| What is a male sheep called? | Ram |
| What is a male swan called? | A cob |
| What is a mazuka? | A dance |
| What is a Mexican 'black howler'? | A monkey |
| What is a misanthrope? | A hater of mankind |
| What is a necropolis? | Cemetery |
| What is a palmiped? | A web-footed bird |
| What is a person who collects coins called? | A numismatist |
| What is a peruke? | A wig |
| What is a polyptych? | Altarpiece with more than one panel |
| What is a pulsar? | A rapidly rotating neutron star |
| What is a rentier? | A person who obtains income from investments |
| What is a runcible spoon? | 3-tined fork |
| What is a sabot? | Clog |
| What is a saraband? | A dance |
| What is a segment of garlic called? | Clove |
| What is a Sinologist? | An expert on China |
| What is a smolt? | A young salmon |
| What is a solecism? | A grammatical error |
| What is a 'sorus'? | A spore-producing body in a fern |
| What is a stinkhorn? | Fungus |
| What is a Tamworth a type of? | Pig |
| What is a tine? | The prong of a fork |
| What is a traditional Indian dress called? | Sari |
| What is a world sport, an American vegetable and a British soft drink? | Squash |
| What is a young badger called? | Cub |
| What is a young fox called? | Cub |
| What is a young goat called? | Kid |
| What is a young hare called? | Leveret |
| What is a young horse called? | Foal |
| What is a young kangaroo called? | Joey |
| What is a young mare called? | Filly |
| What is a young stallion called? | Colt |
| What is a young swan called? | Cygnet |
| What is Adams Ale? | Water |
| What is agoraphobia a fear of? | Open spaces |
| What is Al Pacino's full first name? | Alfredo |
| What is Alec Gilroy's relationship to Vicky in 'Coronation Street'? | Grandfather |
| What is alopecia? | Baldness |
| What is an area of water separated from the open sea by a coral reef? | Lagoon |
| What is an astrolabe? | Device used before the sextant for navigation |
| What is an awl? | A pointed handtool |
| What is an encyclical? | A letter from the pope |
| What is an eponym? | A word formed from a name |
| What is an oblong bar of gold called? | Ingot |
| What is an ungulate? | A hoofed mammal |
| What is Andy Capp's wife called? | Flo |
| What is another name for a cavy? | Guinea pig |
| What is another name for a Chinese gooseberry? | Kiwi fruit |
| What is another name for Lady's Fingers? | Okra |
| What is another name for mercury? | Quicksilver |
| What is another name for the creature the axolotl? | Salamander |
| What is another name for the Northern Lights? | Aurora Borealis |
| What is another name for the plant woodbine? | Honeysuckle |
| What is another name for the prairie wolf? | Coyote |
| What is another name for the rowan tree? | Mountain ash |
| What is another name for the Russian wolfhound? | Borzoi |
| What is another name for the wildebeeste? | Gnu |
| What is another word for a sleepwalker? | Somnambulist |
| What is another word for nacre? | Mother of Pearl |
| What is arachnophobia the fear of? | Spiders |
| What is Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter called? | Chelsea |
| What is 'black gold'? | Oil |
| What is blennophobia? | Fear of slime |
| What is brighter than a hundred million suns? | A supernova |
| What is BT's videotext information service called? | Prestel |
| What is capital of Afghanistan? | Kabul |
| What is collateral kin? | Relatives belonging to a person's own generation |
| What is controlled by a rheostat? | Electric current |
| What is Cortaderia Selloana better known as? | Pampas grass |
| What is David Frost's middle name? | Paradine |
| What is Del Boy's local? | The Nag's Head |
| What is Delft in Holland famous for? | Pottery |
| What is Den's nickname in 'EastEnders'? | Dirty |
| What is Diana Prince's other identity? | Wonderwoman |
| What is Dolly Parton's theme park in Tennessee called? | Dollywood |
| What is dried in an oast house? | Hops |
| What is Edward Woodward's only hit single? | The Way You Look Tonight |
| What is epistaxis, a common complaint, the medical term for? | Nose bleed |
| What is Eric Clapton's middle name? | Patrick |
| What is exactly 26 miles and 385 yards long? | The Marathon |
| What is fear of rain called? | Ombrophobia |
| What is Fiona's job in 'Coronation Street'? | Hairdresser |
| What is Freddie Starr's real name? | Freddie Starr |
| What is General Sherman in the Sequoia National Park? | Tree |
| What is generally regarded as the last major battle on British soil? | Culloden |
| What is Goldfinger's first name? | Auric |
| What is Griffith's film about the aftermath of the Civil War called? | The Birth of a Nation |
| What is H2SO4? | Sulphuric acid |
| What is halitosis? | Bad breath |
| What is Hansen's Disease more commonly called? | Leprosy |
| What is held in a creel? | Fish |
| What is hippophobia a fear of? | Horses |
| What is Hyacinth Bucket's absentee son called? | Sheridan |
| What is hydrophobia the fear of? | Water |
| What is ikebana? | Japanese flower arranging |
| What is it called when technology is adapted for developing countries? | Intermediate technology |
| What is it called when the length of day controls the start of flowering? | Photoperiodism |
| What is it that Americans call the sidewalk? | Pavement |
| What is Kevin Webster's job in 'Coronation Street'? | Car mechanic |
| What is majolica? | Enamelled pottery |
| What is manufactured from the sapodilla tree? | Chewing gum |
| What is meant by 'sotto voce'? | In a low voice |
| What is meant by the Italian phrase 'che sara sara'? | What ever will be, will be |
| What is meant by the Latin phrase caveat emptor? | Buyer beware |
| What is measured by a manometer? | Pressure of gases |
| What is measured by an interferometer? | The wavelength of light |
| What is Mia short for in Mia Farrow's name? | Maria |
| What is Muckle Flugga? | The rock and lighthouse on Uist |
| What is nephology? | Meteorological study of clouds |
| What is Norman Watts' nickname in 'Coronation Street' ? | Curly |
| What is nostology? | Study of senility |
| What is olfactory organ better known as? | Nose |
| What is OPEC an acronym of? | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| What is or was a tin lizzie? | Model T Ford |
| What is ornithology? | Study of birds |
| What is pathetic fallacy? | Ascribing human feelings to objects |
| What is pertussis more commonly known as? | Whooping cough |
| What is philosophy the study of? | Being, knowledge and right conduct |
| What is Prince William's second name? | Arthur |
| What is psychometry? | Measurement of mental qualities |
| What is pulchritude? | Beauty |
| What is Radio 4's morning news programme called? | Today |
| What is Roget's word book known as? | Thesaurus |
| What is ruled by the House of Grimaldi? | Monaco |
| What is Rumpole's first name in the character created by John Mortimer? | Horace |
| What is Ryan O'Neal's actress daughter called? | Tatum |
| What is Sean Connery's real first name? | Thomas |
| What is shepherd's purse? | A wild flower |
| What is solid carbon dioxide commonly called? | Dry ice |
| What is something wrapped in if it is served 'en croute'? | Pastry |
| What is sophistry? | False reasoning |
| What is special about the words - rose, oven, send, ends? | They form a word square |
| What is studied in the science of somatology? | The body |
| What is Sweden's national flower? | Lily of the valley |
| What is taramasalata made from? | Smoked cod's roe |
| What is tattooed on Popeye's arm? | An anchor |
| What is Terry Wogan's real first name? | Michael |
| What is the antirrhinum more commonly known as? | Snapdragon |
| What is the atomic number for magnesium? | 12 |
| What is the Aurora Australis also called? | The Southern Lights |
| What is the Australian name for a kind of long, narrow lake? | Billabong |
| What is the background colour of motorway signs? | Blue |
| What is the biggest tourist attraction in Zambia? | Victoria Falls |
| What is the body of a penguin covered with? | Feathers |
| What is the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit Scale? | 212 degrees |
| What is the boiling point of water? | 100 degrees Celsius |
| What is the botanical emblem of Australia? | Wattle blossom |
| What is the British city of Eboracum called today? | York |
| What is the British equivalent to the US trademark Plexiglas? | Perspex |
| What is the capital city of Hawaii? | Honolulu |
| What is the capital city of Malta? | Valletta |
| What is the capital of Belgium? | Brussels |
| What is the capital of Bolivia? | La Paz |
| What is the capital of Denmark? | Copenhagen |
| What is the capital of Ecuador? | Quito |
| What is the capital of Egypt? | Cairo |
| What is the capital of Mongolia? | Ulan Bator |
| What is the capital of Norway? | Oslo |
| What is the capital of Sweden? | Stockholm |
| What is the capital of Sweden? | Stockholm |
| What is the capital of the Isle of Man? | Douglas |
| What is the Capital of Western Samoa? | Apia |
| What is the central administrative body of the Catholic Church? | The Curia |
| What is the chemical symbol for Tungsten? | W |
| What is the Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster? | Eaton Hall |
| What is the chief ingredient in the production of glass? | Sand |
| What is the chief member of a lifeboat crew called? | Coxswain |
| What is the claw of a bird of prey called? | Talon |
| What is the coldest substance? | Solid helium |
| What is the collective name for a group of bears? | sleuth |
| What is the collective name for a group of foxes? | skulk |
| What is the collective noun for a group of mules? | A barren |
| What is the collective noun for Geese? | gaggle |
| What is the collective noun for several moles? | A labour |
| What is the collective noun for whales? | A school |
| What is the collective noun to describe a number of nightingales? | A watch |
| What is the colour of lobsters' blood? | Pale blue |
| What is the colour of the bull on an archery target? | Gold |
| What is the colour of the live wire in a three-pin plug? | Brown |
| What is the colour of the ribbon of the Victoria Cross? | Crimson |
| What is the coloured part of the eye called? | Iris |
| What is the common name for calcium carbonate? | Chalk |
| What is the common name for solidified carbon dioxide? | Dry ice |
| What is the common name for the complaint bursitis? | Housemaid's Knee |
| What is the common name for the craft known as serigraphy? | Silk screen painting |
| What is the common name for the disease called trismus? | Lockjaw |
| What is the common name for the fish Hippoglossus hippoglossus? | Halibut |
| What is the common name for the fruit Citrus grandis? | Grapefruit |
| What is the common name for the illness pertussis? | Whooping cough |
| What is the commonest bird in the British Isles? | Wren |
| What is the commonest element in the Earth's crust? | Oxygen |
| What is the cord high above the ground which acrobats perform on? | Tightrope |
| What is the correct name for laughing gas? | Nitrous oxide |
| What is the county town of Shropshire? | Shrewsbury |
| What is the currency of Algeria? | Dinar |
| What is the currency of Australia? | Dollar |
| What is the currency of Austria? | Schilling |
| What is the currency of Greece? | Drachma |
| What is the currency of India? | Rupee |
| What is the currency of Israel? | Shekel |
| What is the currency of Italy? | Lira |
| What is the currency of Poland? | Zloty |
| What is the currency of Russia? | Rouble |
| What is the currency of South Africa? | Rand |
| What is the currency of South Africa? | The Rand |
| What is the currency of Spain? | Peseta |
| What is the currency of the British colony of Bermuda? | Bermuda dollar |
| What is the currency of the Netherlands? | Guilder |
| What is the deepest lake in the world? | Lake Baikal |
| What is the deliberate use of exaggeration for emphasis called? | Hyperbole |
| What is the devil's coach horse? | A beetle |
| What is the domed recess at the east end of a church called? | Apse |
| What is the drink slivovitz made from? | Plums |
| What is the Duke of Argyll's stately home called? | Inveraray Castle |
| What is the earliest known unit of length? | Cubit |
| What is the earliest US military award for service beyond the call of duty? | Order of the Purple Heart |
| What is the English name for Firenze? | Florence |
| What is the exact translation of 'potpourri'? | Putrid pot |
| What is the fastest living creature regularly raced for sport? | The pigeon |
| What is the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary? | Candlemas |
| What is the federal republic of Switzerland divided into? | Cantons |
| What is the final round of 'Countdown' called? | The conundrum |
| What is the first letter on the bottom line of a keyboard? | Z |
| What is the first month of the year to have exactly 31 days and follow a month of 31 days? | August |
| What is the first month of the year to have exactly 31 days? | January |
| What is the first name of comedian Dee? | Jack |
| What is the first name of gardener and presenter Titchmarsh? | Alan |
| What is the first name of John Major's wife? | Norma |
| What is the first name of Mr Sugden of 'Coronation Street'? | Percy |
| What is the first name of Nat King Cole's singing daughter? | Natalie |
| What is the first name of Polish film director Polanski? | Roman |
| What is the first name of TV cook Carrier? | Robert |
| What is the first name of TV cook Dimbleby? | Josceline |
| What is the first name of TV cook Grigson? | Sophie |
| What is the first name of TV cook Harriott? | Ainsley |
| What is the first name of TV cook Harris? | Valentina |
| What is the first name of TV cook Leith? | Prue |
| What is the first name of TV cook Mosimann? | Anton |
| What is the first name of TV cook Mott? | Ruth |
| What is the first name of TV cook Stein? | Rick |
| What is the first name of TV cook Tovey? | John |
| What is the first word in the original TV theme song for 'Neighbours'? | Neighbours |
| What is the flavour of Grand Marnier? | Orange |
| What is the flavour of Tia Maria? | Coffee |
| What is the fourth book of the Old Testament ? | Numbers |
| What is the French equivalent of the Stock Exchange? | The Bourse |
| What is the full name for DNA? | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| What is the full name of BBC Radio 5? | Radio Five Live |
| What is the full name of the Coltrane character in 'Cracker'? | Eddie Fitzgerald |
| What is the function of scuppers on ships? | To drain away water |
| What is the function of the Islets of Langerhans? | They secrete insulin |
| What is the German term printed on labels of a high-quality wine? | Kabinett |
| What is the Great Smoo? | Scotland's largest cave |
| What is the green colouring matter in plants known as? | Chlorophyll |
| What is the heaviest element in the world? | Osmium |
| What is the heavy rain of summer called in Asia ? | Monsoon |
| What is the high tower of a Muslim mosque called? | A minaret |
| What is the highest large lake in the world? | Lake Titicaca |
| What is the home of a beaver called? | Lodge |
| What is the home of a beaver called? | Lodge |
| What is the Icelandic parliament called? | The Althing |
| What is the influence of gravity on plants called? | Geotropism |
| What is the Japanese word for goodbye? | Sayonara |
| What is the lace scarf worn over the head by Spanish women called? | Mantilla |
| What is the largest and heaviest satellite in the solar system? | Ganymede |
| What is the largest bay in the world? | The Bay of Bengal |
| What is the largest living invertebrate? | Giant Squid |
| What is the largest state of the USA? | Alaska |
| What is the largest wild member of the dog family? | Wolf |
| What is the last Book of the Bible? | Revelation |
| What is the last month of the year to have exactly 30 days? | November |
| What is the last month of the year to have exactly 31 days? | December |
| What is the Latin name for the apple or fruit in general? | Malum |
| What is the least valuable piece on a chessboard? | Pawn |
| What is the legal term for telling lies under oath? | Perjury |
| What is the lightest weight in boxing? | Flyweight |
| What is the link between the words act, flow, loin and shore? | All anagrams of animals |
| What is the literal meaning of acropolis ? | Highest point of the city |
| What is the longest bone in the human body? | The femur |
| What is the longest river in Russia? | The Volga |
| What is the longest snake in the world? | A reticulated python |
| What is the longest word that appears in the film 'Mary Poppins'? | Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius |
| What is the lowest weight in boxing? | Light flyweight |
| What is the lyrical link between 'Memory' and 'Green Door'? | Midnight |
| What is the main constituent of natural gas? | Methane |
| What is the main ingredient in a brick? | Clay |
| What is the main language spoken in Chile? | Spanish |
| What is the main language spoken in Mexico? | Spanish |
| What is the male equivalent of a ranee? | Rajah |
| What is the male reproductive organ of a plant called? | The stamen |
| What is the Marquis of Bath's Wiltshire home called? | Longleat |
| What is the maximum score possible in a game of ten-pin bowling? | 300 |
| What is the mean of 40, 60 and 80? | 60 |
| What is the meaning of the acronym MIDAS? | Missile Defence Alarm System |
| What is the medical name for dizziness due to heights? | Vertigo |
| What is the middle name of Winston S. Churchill? | Spencer |
| What is the minimum age for a three-star cognac? | Five years |
| What is the mint with the hole? | Polo |
| What is the modern equivalent for the word behest? | Order or command |
| What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? | Nitrogen |
| What is the most common breed of guide dog? | Labrador Retriever |
| What is the most common disease in the world? | Dental caries |
| What is the most densely populated country in the world? | Bangladesh |
| What is the most successful song written by Alex North and Hy Zaret? | Unchained Melody |
| What is the Muslim equivalent of the Red Cross? | The Red Crescent |
| What is the name for the home of an eagle? | Eyrie |
| What is the name for the study of rocks and the earth's crust? | Geology |
| What is the name given to the chief religious leader of a synagogue? | Rabbi |
| What is the name given to the female reproductive organ of a flower? | Pistil |
| What is the name given to the lowest layer of the atmosphere? | The troposphere |
| What is the name given to the practice of favouring your own relatives? | Nepotism |
| What is the name given to the study of the origins of the cosmos? | Cosmogony |
| What is the name given to the technique of measuring at a distance? | Telemetry |
| What is the name of 'She Who Must Be Obeyed'? | Hilda Rumpole |
| What is the name of Bill Clinton's daughter? | Chelsea |
| What is the name of Britain's only private army? | The Atholl Highlanders |
| What is the name of Dennis the Menace's dog? | Gnasher |
| What is the name of Frank Sinatra's daughter? | Nancy |
| What is the name of Jewish New Year? | Yom Kippur |
| What is the name of Orson Welles' first film, made when he was 26? | Citizen Kane |
| What is the name of Phil's brother in 'EastEnders'? | Grant |
| What is the name of Rene's wife in 'Allo Allo'? | Edith |
| What is the name of Sherlock Holmes's housekeeper? | Mrs Hudson |
| What is the name of the badger's residence? | Sett |
| What is the name of the BBC's Birmingham studios? | Pebble Mill |
| What is the name of the body at the tip of a stamen? | Anther |
| What is the name of the bone in your thigh? | Femur |
| What is the name of the cat which dips its paw in the food tin? | Arthur |
| What is the name of the computer game hedgehog? | Sonic |
| What is the name of the disc used in ice hockey? | Puck |
| What is the name of the famous active volcano on the island of Sicily? | Etna |
| What is the name of the heroine of Jane Austen's novel 'Pride and Prejudice'? | Elizabeth Bennett |
| What is the name of the hill where Jesus Christ was crucified? | Calvary |
| What is the name of the Irish Parliament? | The Dail |
| What is the name of the long staff with an iron tip used in mountaineering? | Alpenstock |
| What is the name of the marmalade cat created by Kathleen Hale? | Orlando |
| What is the name of the medical oath taken by doctors? | Hippocratic Oath |
| What is the name of the metal discs set in the rim of a tambourine? | Jingles |
| What is the name of the national airline of Israel? | El-Al |
| What is the name of the national airline of Spain? | Iberia |
| What is the name of the nearest star, other than the Sun, to Earth? | Proxima Centauri |
| What is the name of the newsagent's in 'Coronation Street'? | The Kabin |
| What is the name of the person who delivers the mail in Greendale? | Postman Pat |
| What is the name of the Queen's bodyguard in Scotland? | The Royal Company of Archers |
| What is the name of the RAF free-fall parachute team? | The Falcons |
| What is the name of the Russian triangular guitar? | Balalaika |
| What is the name of the singing bear in Disney's 'Jungle Book'? | Baloo |
| What is the name of the southern lights? | Aurora Australis |
| What is the name of the sugar found in milk? | Lactose |
| What is the name of the system by which the president of the US is elected? | Electoral college |
| What is the name of the violent north-westerly wind that blows over the Adriatic? | Bora |
| What is the name of the Welsh Nationalist party? | Plaid Cymru |
| What is the name of the world's largest flower? | Rafflesia |
| What is the name of TV cook Berry? | Mary |
| What is the name of TV cook Floyd? | Keith |
| What is the national flower of Austria? | Edelweiss |
| What is the national flower of Mexico? | Dahlia |
| What is the nationality of Chris de Burgh? | Irish |
| What is the nationality of Formula 1 driver Schumacher? | German |
| What is the nationality of Tom Conti? | Scottish |
| What is the nearest star to the solar system? | Alpha Centauri |
| What is the nest of an eagle called? | Eyrie |
| What is the nickname of Haydn's Symphony No 101 in D major? | 'Clock' symphony |
| What is the nickname of the New Zealand rugby team? | All Blacks |
| What is the north-country name for crumpets? | Pikelets |
| What is the northernmost point of the British mainland? | Dunnet Head |
| What is the official language of Iran? | Farsi |
| What is the official residence of the French president? | Elysee Palace |
| What is the oldest university in the USA? | Harvard |
| What is the only bird that can hover in the air and also fly backwards? | Hummingbird |
| What is the only male creature to carry and hatch eggs? | A seahorse |
| What is the only working distillery in Northern Ireland? | Bushmills |
| What is the opposite of alkali? | Acid |
| What is the opposite of oriental? | Occidental |
| What is the other name for the scapula? | Shoulder blade |
| What is the other name for the star Polaris? | Pole or North Star |
| What is the outer layer of skin called? | Epidermis |
| What is the Paris underground called? | Le Metro |
| What is the partner of Deimos? | Phobos |
| What is the penalty for drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia? | Death by beheading |
| What is the Pentateuch? | First five books of the Bible |
| What is the physics of friction properly called? | Tribophysics |
| What is the pigment inside red blood cells? | Haemoglobin |
| What is the plural of the word sheep? | Sheep |
| What is the post code known as in America? | Zip code |
| What is the postal code for Kilburn? | NW6 |
| What is the Princess of Wales' middle name? | Frances |
| What is the process by which plants use light to make food? | |
| What is the profession of country singer Hank Wangford? | Gynaecologist |
| What is the prompting device used by TV presenters called? | Autocue |
| What is the proper name for a tidal wave? | Tsunami |
| What is the real name of John Le Carre? | David Cornwell |
| What is the real name of 'Mr Motivator'? | Derrick Evans |
| What is the real name of Red Adair, the American fire-fighter? | Paul Neal |
| What is the Republic of Ireland's airline called? | Aer Lingus |
| What is the scientific name for the lemon tree? | Citrus limon |
| What is the scientific name for the windpipe? | Trachea |
| What is the second letter of the Greek alphabet? | Beta |
| What is the second month of the year to have exactly 30 days? | June |
| What is the second month of the year to have exactly 31 days? | March |
| What is the seventh commandment? | Thou shalt not commit adultery |
| What is the side away from the wind called on a ship? | The leeside |
| What is the singular of scampi? | Scampo |
| What is the singular of scampi? | Scampo |
| What is the slang term for Canadians? | Canucks |
| What is the smallest breed of dog? | The chihuahua |
| What is the smallest unit of time? | Picosecond |
| What is the square root of 169? | Thirteen |
| What is the stage name of Carol Bongiovi's rock star son? | Jon Bon Jovi |
| What is the stage name of Harry Webb? | Cliff Richard |
| What is the state capital of Florida? | Tallahassee |
| What is the state capital of Louisiana? | Baton Rouge |
| What is the study and functioning of human societies called? | Sociology |
| What is the study of family history called? | Genealogy |
| What is the study of fluids moving in pipes? | Hydraulics |
| What is the subject matter covered by a Gibbons's catalogue? | Postage stamps |
| What is the surname of rugby players Tony and Rory? | Underwood |
| What is the surname of the decidedly anti-social TV characters Wayne and Waynetta? | Slob |
| What is the surname of underwater film makers Hans and Lotte? | Hass |
| What is the symbol for the Gemini sign of the zodiac? | Twins |
| What is the term for a group of ducks? | A paddling |
| What is the term for a group of monkeys? | A troop |
| What is the term for a group of partridges? | A covey |
| What is the term for a positive electrode? | Anode |
| What is the term for fear of enclosed spaces? | Claustrophobia |
| What is the term for the energy obtained from hot underground rocks? | Geothermal energy |
| What is the theme song for 'Absolutely Fabulous'? | Wheel's On Fire |
| What is the theme song in the cartoon 'The Snowman'? | Walking in the Air |
| What is the third book of the Old Testament? | Leviticus |
| What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet? | Gamma |
| What is the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet? | M |
| What is the top rank in the Royal Navy? | Admiral of the Fleet |
| What is the traditional name for the number 3 wood in golf? | Spoon |
| What is the unit of currency in Iran? | The rial |
| What is the United States' largest oil concern? | Exxon Corporation |
| What is the upper age limit for being an MP in the UK? | There isn't one |
| What is the upper age limit for contestants in 'The Crystal Maze'? | 40 |
| What is the US equivalent of the Financial Times Index? | Dow Jones Index |
| What is the US military academy called? | West Point |
| What is the viral disease of rabbits? | Myxamatosis |
| What is the vitamin riboflavin? | B2 |
| What is the Welsh name for Wales? | Cymru |
| What is the wife of a marquis called? | Marchioness |
| What is the wife of an Earl called? | Countess |
| What is the word for a condiment container? | Cruet |
| What is the word for a group of bees? | Swarm |
| What is the word for a group of hounds? | Pack |
| What is the word for a group of porpoises? | School |
| What is the word for a group of squirrels? | Dray |
| What is the word that links 'Madam, I'm Adam' and 'Ma, I am'? | Palindrome |
| What is the world's fastest-moving insect? | Tropical cockroach |
| What is the world's largest species of penguin called? | Emperor |
| What is the world's most heavily funded art gallery? | The Getty Museum, Malibu, California |
| What is the world's tallest-growing grass? | Bamboo |
| What is the zodiac sign of Aquarius? | Water carrier |
| What is the zodiac sign of Pisces? | Fish |
| What is the zodiac sign of the Archer? | Sagittarius |
| What is the zodiac sign of the Balance? | Libra |
| What is the zodiac sign of the Bull? | Taurus |
| What is the zodiac sign of the Crab? | Cancer |
| What is the zodiac sign of the Goat? | Capricorn |
| What is the zodiac sign of the Lion? | Leo |
| What is the zodiac sign of the Twins? | Gemini |
| What is the zodiac sign of the Virgin? | Virgo |
| What is zoophobia a fear of? | Animals |
| What job is done by a concierge? | Caretaker |
| What kind of aircraft was the World War II Horsa? | A glider |
| What kind of animal features in the book 'Watership Down'? | Otter |
| What kind of animal is a chamois? | Goat |
| What kind of animal is a merino? | Sheep |
| What kind of animal is a Persian Blue? | |
| What kind of animal is a pipistrelle? | A bat |
| What kind of animal is a seashores? | Fish |
| What kind of animal was Phillip Schofield's puppet pal Gordon? | Gopher |
| What kind of clothing is a dolly varden? | A large hat |
| What kind of coolant is used in a fast reactor? | Sodium |
| What kind of creature is a flying fox? | A bat |
| What kind of creature is a natterjack? | A toad |
| What kind of creature was Rikki-Tikki-Tavi? | Mongoose |
| What kind of dancer was Mr Bojangles? | A tap dancer |
| What kind of farm did George Orwell write about? | Animal Farm |
| What kind of food is gazpacho? | Soup |
| What kind of gas was used in the trenches during World War I? | Mustard gas |
| What kind of lights were first used in 1868 near Parliament Square? | Traffic lights |
| What kind of material is cheesecloth? | Muslin |
| What kind of plant is maidenhair? | Fern |
| What kind of rays cause a suntan? | Ultra violet |
| What kind of stone is marble? | Limestone |
| What kind of tree is an osier? | Willow |
| What language did Jesus speak? | Aramaic |
| What Latin word is used to express the meaning 'word for word'? | Verbatim |
| What letter features on a snooker table? | D |
| What life-threatening thing appeared in London for the last time in 1962? | Smog |
| What line goes before the line, 'In the windmills of you mind'? | Like the circles that you find |
| What marine mammals include belugas, blues and sperms? | Whales |
| What measure is used for sound or noise? | Decibels |
| What measure of paper is 8 by 10 inches? | Quarto |
| What meat appears in a Punch and Judy show? | Sausages |
| What metal is used for the filament in a light bulb? | Tungsten |
| What metallic element is found in fool's gold? | Iron |
| What metallic element is mixed with tin to form the alloy bronze? | Copper |
| What musical word is an anagram of cart-horse? | Orchestra |
| What name can be a lettuce or a mass of floating frozen water? | Iceberg |
| What name goes after Bobby to name a footballer and before Heston to name an actor? | Charlton |
| What name is adopted by Don Diego de la Vega? | Zorro |
| What name is given in law to a person who makes a will? | Testator |
| What name is given to a baby elephant? | Calf |
| What name is given to a book in which a sea captain charts events on a voyage? | Log |
| What name is given to a cow that has not had a calf? | Heifer |
| What name is given to a dry watercourse in a desert? | Wadi |
| What name is given to a female donkey? | Jenny |
| What name is given to a garden with geometrically arranged beds and small hedges? | Knot garden |
| What name is given to a government ruled by women? | Gynocracy |
| What name is given to a litter of piglets? | A farrow |
| What name is given to a person who makes and sells spectacles? | Optician |
| What name is given to a plant which dies down at the end of the growing season? | Herbaceous |
| What name is given to a vertical divide in a window? | Mullion |
| What name is given to a whirling tornado-like cloud at sea? | Waterspout |
| What name is given to a young hawk taken from its nest for training? | Eyas |
| What name is given to an adult male seal? | Bull |
| What name is given to an alloy of mercury? | Amalgam |
| What name is given to an athletics event such as running or hurdling? | Track |
| What name is given to an extension of a stage in front of a curtain? | Apron |
| What name is given to animals that eat grass and plants? | Herbivore |
| What name is given to animals which do not hunt or eat meat? | Herbivore |
| What name is given to barristers collectively? | The Bar |
| What name is given to poisonous fluid from a snake? | Venom |
| What name is given to swallows in the air? | A flight |
| What name is given to the art of clipping hedges into shapes? | Topiary |
| What name is given to the art of telling fortunes by cards? | Cartomancy |
| What name is given to the first ten amendments to the US constitution? | Bill of Rights |
| What name is given to the four holy books of the Hindus? | The Vedas |
| What name is given to the genetic make-up of an individual? | Genotype |
| What name is given to the green colouring matter found in plants? | Chlorophyll |
| What name is given to the highest point of the heavens? | Zenith |
| What name is given to the Japanese skill of growing miniature trees? | Bonsai |
| What name is given to the knife which the Gurkha soldiers use? | The kukri |
| What name is given to the line which joins any two points on a circle? | Chord |
| What name is given to the most used table of the elements? | Periodic table |
| What name is given to the set of fans at the front of a jet engine? | Compressor |
| What name is given to the small chunk of wood, on which short actors stand to bring them up to the correct height for their role? | Pancake |
| What name is given to the study of the origins of words? | Etymology |
| What name is given to the study of the paths taken by projectiles? | Ballistics |
| What name is given to the style of riding when both the rider's legs are on the same side of the horse? | Side saddle |
| What name is given to the technology of creating and reading codes? | Cryptography |
| What name is given to the thousands of small bodies which orbit the Sun? | Asteroids |
| What name is given to the unit of electrical power? | Watt |
| What name is given to the vast grassy plains of Russia? | Steppes |
| What name is shared by athlete Roger and TV presenter Cilla? | Black |
| What name is shared by radio/TV presenter Chris and 'Dynasty' actress Linda? | Evans |
| What name is shared by TV presenter Cheryl and actor Tom? | Baker |
| What name is shared by TV presenter Zoe and singer Michael? | Ball |
| What name is used to describe a baby salmon? | Parr |
| What name links Hastings, New Romney, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich? | Cinque Ports |
| What name links singer Kate and former USA President George? | Bush |
| What name was given to an airship that could be steered? | Dirigible |
| What name was given to the 19th-century group who wrecked machines? | Luddites |
| What name was given to the mediaeval warlike expeditions to the Holy Land? | The Crusades |
| What name was given to the practice which tried to turn lead into silver and gold? | Alchemy |
| What name was OXFAM originally registered as? | Oxford Committee for Famine Relief |
| What names are given to the old and new styles of calendar? | Julian, Gregorian |
| What nationality was ballet star Rudolf Nureyev? | Russian |
| What nationality was detective writer Ngaio Marsh? | New Zealander |
| What nationality was Hans Christian Andersen? | Danish |
| What nationality was Richard Wagner? | German |
| What nationality was the composer Bart—k? | Hungarian |
| What nationality was the first non-US, non-Soviet spaceman? | Czech |
| What nationality was the notorious murderer Dr Crippen? | American |
| What nationality was the playwright Ibsen? | Norwegian |
| What new denomination of coin was issued in the UK in 1983? | 1 |
| What nickname was given to winter sportsman Eddie Edwards? | The Eagle |
| What number does the Roman numeral C stand for? | One Hundred |
| What number does the Roman numeral D stand for? | 500 |
| What number does the Roman numeral IV stand for? | Four |
| What number does the Roman numeral L stand for? | 50 |
| What number does the Roman numeral M stand for? | One thousand |
| What number in bingo is two fat ladies? | 88 |
| What number is Beethoven's concerto known as the 'Emperor'? | Fifth |
| What number is dos in Spanish? | Two |
| What number is opposite a one on a dice? | six |
| What on your body would a trichologist be concerned with? | Hair |
| What opened in 1894 and closed in London's Strand in 1988? | Lyons teashops |
| What other title is held by whoever is the First Lord of the Treasury? | Prime minister |
| What paper is used to test acid and alkali? | Litmus |
| What part did Joan Collins play in 'Dynasty'? | Alexis Carrington |
| What part of a cola tree is used to flavour drinks? | Nuts |
| What part of a garment is a raglan? | Sleeve |
| What part of Cyrano de Bergerac's anatomy was particularly large? | His nose |
| What part of the body would be affected if you suffered from myopia? | Eyes |
| What part of the human body is treated by a dermatologist? | Skin |
| What percentage of a cucumber is water? | Ninetyeight |
| What pigment comes from the cuttlefish? | Sepia |
| What planet was home for the aliens in Wells's 'The War of the Worlds'? | Mars |
| What popular drink was known in China as early as 2737 BC? | Tea |
| What profession did Hillary Clinton previously practise? | Lawyer |
| What publication was launched in 1920 by American bank clerk DeWitt Wallace? | Reader's Digest |
| What punishment did the Vestal Virgins of Rome suffer if they betrayed their vows of chastity? | Live burial |
| What relation was Mary I to Elizabeth I? | She was her half-sister |
| What road safety measure was introduced in the streets of Liverpool in 1860? | Traffic islands |
| What scale is used to measure wind velocity? | Beaufort |
| What sea lies between Turkey and Russia? | Black Sea |
| What shall you not commit according to the seventh commandment? | Adultery |
| What shape is a boxing ring? | Square |
| What sits on a dolly in a television studio? | A camera |
| What size of bottle is a magnum? | Two ordinary bottles |
| What size was Tim in 'A Christmas Carol'? | Tiny |
| What sort of a holiday is it if you do the same thing as in your job? | Busman's holiday |
| What sort of bird is a Cinnamon Norwich? | Canary |
| What sort of bird is a muscovy? | Duck |
| What sort of bird was Edd, the 1992 British Olympic mascot? | Duck |
| What sort of book was compiled by Moody and Sankey? | Hymn book |
| What sort of Circle do conjurers join? | Magic |
| What sort of commercials did ITV ban in 1965? | Cigarettes |
| What sort of creature is a capercaillie? | A bird |
| What sort of creature is a tarantula hawk? | A wasp |
| What sort of food is Bel Paese? | Cheese |
| What sort of people was a Nansen passport issued to? | Stateless people |
| What sort of Pie provided a classic hit for Don McLean? | American |
| What sort of quick writing did Pitman invent? | Shorthand |
| What sort of vehicle is a limousine? | A car |
| What sort of word is made up from initial letters of other words? | Acronym |
| What source of light is used in producing a hologram? | Laser |
| What spirit is made from fermented sugar cane? | Rum |
| What sport takes place in a velodrome? | Cycling |
| What sport would you practise if you were a toxophilite? | Archery |
| What style of music was pioneered by jazzmen Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie? | Bebop |
| What subject did Geoff Hamilton deal with? | Gardening |
| What superhero can Peter Parker turn into? | Spiderman |
| What surname did the 9th and 23rd presidents of the US share? | Harrison |
| What term describes a black and white horse? | Piebald |
| What term is given to the distance from the centre of a circle to the outer edge? | Radius |
| What term is given to the making of patterns by inlaying different coloured pieces of wood? | Marquetry |
| What the poodle called at the Queen Vic in 'EastEnders'? | Roly |
| What three colours are in the flag of Belgium? | Black, red and yellow |
| What three colours are on the flag of Australia? | Blue, red and white |
| What title did Harold Macmillan take? | Earl of Stockton |
| What title is held by Shakespeare's 'Cymbeline'? | King of Britain |
| What title was Oliver Cromwell given in 1653? | Lord Protector |
| What toy is named after US president Theodore Roosevelt? | Teddy bear |
| What traditionally did a fletcher make? | Arrows |
| What tragedy occurred in Skopje in 1963? | Earthquake |
| What tree does a date grow on? | Palm |
| What trees belong to the genus Quercus? | Oaks |
| What tune is Liechtenstein's national anthem sung to? | God Save the Queen |
| What two colours are on a semaphore flag? | Red and yellow |
| What two colours are on the flag waved at the end of a motor race? | Black and white |
| What two words cannot be said in the opening section of 'Take Your Pick'? | Yes and no |
| What type of angle is less than 90 degrees? | Acute |
| What type of animal is a bariroussa? | pig |
| What type of animal is a Kerry Blue? | Dog |
| What type of animal is a Lhasa Apso? | Dog |
| What type of animal is a markhor? | A wild goat |
| What type of animal is a natterjack? | Toad |
| What type of animal is a vmi-vmi? | pig |
| What type of animal is the tucotucco? | A rodent |
| What type of animal was J. Worthington Foulfellow? | A fox |
| What type of burial mounds date from the early Bronze Age? | Round barrows |
| What type of canoe is spelt the same backwards and forwards? | Kayak |
| What type of creature is a Pacific sea wasp? | Jellyfish |
| What type of creature is a painted lady? | Butterfly |
| What type of creature is used for the dish Bombay duck? | Fish |
| What type of dance involves moving under a low horizontal pole? | Limbo |
| What type of dancing is associated with Margot Fonteyn? | Ballet |
| What type of driftnet fishing caused the deaths of hundreds of dolphins in the 1980s? | Tuna fishing |
| What type of entertainment is the musical 'Barnum' about? | Circus |
| What type of fish is a torpedo fish? | A ray |
| What type of food is a bagel? | Bread roll |
| What type of food is a bloomer? | Loaf of bread |
| What type of food is a pomelo? | Fruit |
| What type of food is a profiterole? | Cake |
| What type of food is canneloni? | Pasta |
| What type of food is consomme? | Soup |
| What type of food is Demerara? | Sugar |
| What type of food is dill? | Herb |
| What type of food is gazpacho? | Soup |
| What type of fruit is dried to produce a sultana? | Grape |
| What type of hat was worn by Sherlock Holmes? | Deerstalker |
| What type of heavenly body is named after Edmund Halley? | Comet |
| What type of horse racing does not include fences and obstacles? | Flat |
| What type of jewels are traditionally associated with Amsterdam? | Diamonds |
| What type of nut is a marron glace? | Chestnut |
| What type of party or social gathering is for women only? | Hen |
| What type of person could have been referred as a cutpurse? | Pickpocket |
| What type of person studies the relationship between living organisms and their environment? | Ecologist |
| What type of pet animal can be Chinchilla or Dutch? | Rabbit |
| What type of plant grows from seed, flowers and dies in a year? | Annual |
| What type of pre-wedding party is for women only? | Hen party |
| What type of racing has only two cars competing on the track at the same time? | Drag Racing |
| What type of soup is Dubarry? | Cream of cauliflower |
| What type of sport took place in the 'Frying Pan'? | Horse racing |
| What type of stone is the Koh-i-noor? | Diamond |
| What type of vehicle provided a 50s hit for Nancy Whiskey? | Freight Train |
| What type of whale is the largest? | Blue Whale |
| What type of word reads the same forwards and backwards? | A palindrome |
| What type of work did Ernest Hemingway do during World War I? | Ambulance driver |
| What unit is used to measure horses? | Hands |
| What unit is used to measure the gas we use in our homes? | Therms |
| What vehicles race in the Indianapolis 500? | Cars |
| What was a doublet? | A man's jacket |
| What was a matchlock? | Gun |
| What was a Sopwith Camel? | Aeroplane |
| What was added to rum to make the drink grog? | Water |
| What was advertised in the first TV 'natural break'? | Toothpaste |
| What was Al short for in Al Capone's name? | Alphonse |
| What was Ali Baba's female slave called? | Morgiana |
| What was American inventor Thomas Edison's middle name? | Alva |
| What was Australina cricketer Patsy Hendren's real first name? | Elias |
| What was awarded to winners in the original Olympic Games? | A wreath |
| What was Beethoven's only opera? | Fidelio |
| What was Bing Crosby's real first name? | Harry |
| What was Buddy Holly's real first name? | Charles |
| What was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851? | Crystal Palace |
| What was Calamity Jane's married name? | Burke |
| What was Casanova's occupation at the time of his death? | Librarian |
| What was Ceylon renamed as? | Sri Lanka |
| What was Charon's job? | Ferryman |
| What was Cleo Laine's job before she was a singer? | Hairdresser |
| What was climbed 'Because it is there'? | Mount Everest |
| What was Conrad Phillips most famous TV role? | William Tell |
| What was founded in 859 at Fez, Morocco, that is reckoned to be the oldest of its type in the world? | University |
| What was Frederick Bulsara better known as? | Freddie Mercury |
| What was George Washington's wife first name? | Martha |
| What was Ghana's former name? | Gold Coast |
| What was Gilbert White's field of work? | Naturalist |
| What was Glenn Miller's signature tune? | Moonlight serenade |
| What was Hayley Mills' first film? | Tiger Bay |
| What was held in Britain in 1908 and 1948? | The Olympic Games |
| What was Ho Chi Minh City called before 1975? | Saigon |
| What was introduced at ten shillings in 1922 and doubled in 1946? | Wireless licence fee |
| What was invented by Lewis Waterman in the 1880s? | Fountain Pen |
| What was it that the American writer H. L. Mencken defined as 'the worship of jackals by jackasses'? | Democracy |
| What was Ivan Lendl's first Wimbledon tournament win? | Junior Wimbledon |
| What was Jed Clampett's daughter called in 'The Beverley Hillbillies'? | Elly May |
| What was Jim Hacker's wife called in 'Yes Minister'? | Annie |
| What was John Glenn's Mercury capsule called when he became the first American to orbit the Earth? | Friendship 7 |
| What was landscape gardener Capability Brown's real first name? | Lancelot |
| What was Margaret Mitchell's only book? | Gone With The Wind |
| What was 'Mastermind' winner Fred Housego's job? | Taxi driver |
| What was Mickey Mouse first called? | Mortimer |
| What was Mickey Mouse's original name? | Mortimer |
| What was most remarkable about Edward VIII's reign? | He abdicated |
| What was Mozart's middle name? | Amadeus |
| What was Mrs Gaskell's first name? | Elizabeth |
| What was Patrick McGoohan's identity number in 'The Prisoner'? | Six |
| What was pioneered by the Austrian physician Dr Mesmer? | Hypnotism |
| What was 'Prisoner: Cell Block H' originally called? | Prisoner |
| What was produced by Henry D. Perky of Denver, Colorado, in 1893? | Shredded wheat |
| What was Queen Victoria first 'not amused' by? | An imitation of herself |
| What was referred to as Black Forty-Seven? | The potato famine in Ireland |
| What was Reginald Perrin's middle name in the sit com with Leonard Rossiter? | Iolanthe |
| What was Richard Burton's original name? | Richard Jenkins |
| What was Robin's real name in the Batman TV series? | Dick Grayson |
| What was Sam asked to play by Rick in 'Casablanca'? | As Time Goes By |
| What was seemingly fearless 'A-Team' member B. A. Baracus very frightened of? | Flying |
| What was Sergeant Bilko's first name? | Ernest |
| What was set up after the Bretton Woods Conference, in 1944? | IMF |
| What was SHAPE? | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe |
| What was special about the meeting of Sue Middleton and Alex Tatham who married in 1991? | They met on 'Blind Date' |
| What was special about the size of the disc developed by Philips and Sony in the late 1970s? | Compact |
| What was St Luke's profession? | Doctor |
| What was stored in Fort Knox? | Gold |
| What was tested at Bikini Atoll in 1954? | Hydrogen bomb |
| What was the actual first name of Hopalong Cassidy? | William |
| What was the Alf Garnett character called in 'All in the Family'? | Archie Bunker |
| What was the Beatles' first LP called in 1963? | Please Please Me |
| What was the Birmingham Royal Ballet previously known as? | Sadlers Wells Opera Ballet |
| What was the capital of the Roman province of Britain before Londinium (London)? | Camulodunum (Colchester) |
| What was the christian name of the eldest of the Railway Children? | Roberta |
| What was the codename of the US development of the atom bomb? | Manhattan Project |
| What was the collective name of Sabrina, Jill and Kelly? | Charlie's Angels |
| What was the county town of Rutland? | Oakham |
| What was the earlier name of Cape Canaveral? | Cape Kennedy |
| What was the eighth month of the Roman calendar? | October |
| What was the electric tone-wheel organ invented in 1934? | Hammond organ |
| What was the final battle that Napoleon fought in? | Waterloo |
| What was the final episode of M*A*S*H called? | Goodbye, Farewell and Amen |
| What was the first book printed from movable type in 1456? | The Mazarin Bible |
| What was the first British film to exceed the 20-million box office total? | Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| What was the first Ealing Comedy? | Passport to Pimlico |
| What was the first gunpowder made of? | Saltpetre, carbon and sulphur |
| What was the first name of Admiral Lord Nelson? | Horatio |
| What was the first name of Burgess, the spy who defected to Russia? | Guy |
| What was the first name of the female singer in The Carpenters? | Karen |
| What was the first national park established in the United States in 1872? | Yellowstone, Wyoming |
| What was the first newspaper to have a 'Personal Column' on its front page? | The Times |
| What was the first No 1 single of the 80s? | Brass In Pocket |
| What was the first X-rated film to win an Oscar? | Midnight Cowboy |
| What was the 'Flying Scotsman'? | A train |
| What was the follow up to 'Agony' with Maureen Lipman? | Agony Again |
| What was the French title of 'It's A Knockout'? | Jeux Sans Frontiers |
| What was the 'Gluckauf' the first of its kind? | Custom-built oil tanker |
| What was the horse in the title of Anna Sewell's novel? | Black Beauty |
| What was the most famous group managed by Andrew Loog Oldham? | The Rolling Stones |
| What was the name for the ancient Egyptian good luck charm in the shape of a beetle? | The scarab |
| What was the name of Barnum's famous giant elephant? | Jumbo |
| What was the name of Boccaccio's collection of stories? | The Decameron |
| What was the name of Hamlet's father? | Hamlet |
| What was the name of John the Baptist's mother? | Elizabeth |
| What was the name of Kathy Beale's long-lost daughter in 'EastEnders'? | Donna |
| What was the name of King Arthur's sword? | Excalibur |
| What was the name of Lady Penelope's puppet chauffeur? | Parker |
| What was the name of Miss Rigby in the song by the Beatles? | Eleanor |
| What was the name of Nero's second wife? | Poppaea |
| What was the name of Robert Louis Stevenson's last and unfinished novel? | The Weir of Hermiston |
| What was the name of Rolf Harris's puppet koala bear? | Kojee Bear |
| What was the name of the bar in 'Dallas'? | Cattleman's Club |
| What was the name of the Big River sung about by Jimmy Nail? | Tyne |
| What was the name of the boy in Disney's 'The Jungle Book'? | Mowgli |
| What was the name of the captain of the 'Titanic'? | Edward J. Smith |
| What was the name of the cattle route from Texas through Oklahoma to the Red Hills at Abilene, Kansas? | The Chisholm Trail |
| What was the name of the Elephant Man? | John Merrick |
| What was the name of the Ewing ranch in 'Dallas'? | South Fork |
| What was the name of the first feature-length animated film? | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| What was the name of the first nuclear-powered submarine? | Nautilus |
| What was the name of the first talking cartoon? | Steamboat Willie |
| What was the name of the girl who visited the Wizard of Oz? | Dorothy |
| What was the name of the jester in 'As You Like It'? | Touchstone |
| What was the name of the land where Gulliver met the Little People? | Lilliput |
| What was the name of the landlord in 'The Young Ones'? | Jerzy Balowski |
| What was the name of the mythical South American city of gold? | El Dorado |
| What was the name of the 'Neighbours' character played by Kylie Minogue? | Charlene |
| What was the name of the oil tanker that ran aground in Wales in February 1996? | Sea Empress |
| What was the name of the prison in 'Porridge'? | HMP Slade |
| What was the name of the pub in 'Minder'? | The Winchester |
| What was the name of the Queen of Faeries in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'? | Titania |
| What was the name of the Roman god of sleep? | Somnus |
| What was the name of the Spanish waiter in 'Fawlty Towers'? | Manuel |
| What was the name of the witch played by Agnes Moorhead in 'Bewitched'? | Endora |
| What was the name of the World War I ace nicknamed 'The Red Baron'? | Baron von Richthofen |
| What was the name of Welsh hero Prince Llewelyn's dog? | Gelert |
| What was the nickname of Edward Prince of Wales, son of Edward III? | Black Prince |
| What was the nickname of TV cook Graham Kerr? | The Galloping Gourmet |
| What was the ninth month of the Roman calendar? | November |
| What was the No 1 recording made by Matthews Southern Comfort? | Woodstock |
| What was the occupation of Mary Read and Anne Bonny? | Pirates |
| What was the occupation of the legendary 'Casey Jones'? | Railroad engineer |
| What was the occupation of the 'Wicked Lady' in the film? | Highwaywoman |
| What was the only line that Humphrey Bogart had in his first play? | Tennis, anyone? |
| What was the original name of Drake's ship 'The Golden Hind'? | The Pelican |
| What was the original name of the flagship the 'Golden Hind'? | The Pelican |
| What was the original name of the line on a ship showing the level to which it could be loaded? | Plimsoll Line |
| What was the 'profession' of Captain Kid? | Pirate |
| What was the profession of Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons? | Gossip columnists |
| What was the profession or calling of Tuck in Sherwood Forest? | Friar |
| What was the real title of the painting called 'The Laughing Cavalier'? | Portrait of a Man |
| What was the secret state police of Nazi Germany called? | Gestapo |
| What was the seventh month of the Roman calendar? | September |
| What was the speed limit in Britain fixed by the Motor Car Act of 1903? | 20 mph |
| What was the stage name of the British comedian Robert Winthrop? | Bud Flanagan |
| What was the surname of Frank in 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'? | Spencer |
| What was the surname of landscape gardener Capability? | Brown |
| What was the surname of soul musician Booker T.? | Jones |
| What was the surname of the Windsors before they changed it? | Saxe-Coburg |
| What was 'The Times' first known as, in 1785? | Daily Universal Register |
| What was the title of Dick Francis's first horse-racing thriller? | Dead Cert |
| What was the title of John Wayne's final film? | The Shootist |
| What was the title of Pearl Jam's first album? | Ten |
| What was the title of the first women's magazine ever published, in 1693? | The Ladies' Mercury |
| What was the title of the last book written by Aldous Huxley? | Literature and Science |
| What was the trade of the famous Russian Faberge? | Goldsmith |
| What was the trade of Thomas Wolsey's father? | Butcher |
| What was the true vocation of the detective in the stories by G. K. Chesterton? | He was a Catholic priest |
| What was Tony Hancock's address in East Cheam? | 23 Railway Cuttings |
| What was W. H. Auden's first name? | Wystan |
| What was Walt Disney's middle name? | Elias |
| What was William Gladstone's middle name? | Ewart |
| What was Yuri Gagarin's spacecraft called? | Vostok One |
| What were followers of John Wycliffe called? | Lollards |
| What were Franklin D. Roosevelt's four freedoms of democracy? | Of speech, of worship, from want, from fear |
| What were Liberius, Sissinius and Constantine? | Popes |
| What were Mrs Pankhurst's two suffragette daughters called? | Sylvia and Christabel |
| What were the first false teeth made of? | Ivory |
| What were the first three Eddystone lighthouses lit by? | Candles |
| What were the first words spoken on a film soundtrack? | You ain't seen nothing yet |
| What were the French Protestants led by Henry of Navarre known as? | The Huguenots |
| What were the names of the followers of Ignatius Loyola? | Jesuits |
| What were the names of Wendy Darling's brothers in 'Peter Pan'? | Michael and John |
| What were Vince's parents called in 'Just Good Friends'? | Rita, Les |
| What word can go after salad and before gown? | Dressing |
| What word can go after soap and before house? | Opera |
| What word can go before cheese, plant and roll? | Swiss |
| What word describes someone mean with money, like Scrooge? | Miser |
| What word describes the minimum number of members on a committee in attendance for it to reach valid decisions? | Quorum |
| What word describes the permanent disappearance of a species? | Extinction |
| What word for unthinking patriotism is derived from the name of one of Napoleon's admirers? | Chauvinism |
| What word goes before glove, hound and trot? | Fox |
| What word is used for the science dealing with the body structure? | Anatomy |
| What word means dry on a bottle of Italian wine? | Secco |
| What word means to gradually get louder and louder? | Crescendo |
| What word relates to Enya, The Wombles and Venezuela? | Orinoco |
| What word taken from the French describes an afternoon show? | Matinee |
| What words appear on a 'Jim'll Fix It' medal? | Jim Fixed It For Me |
| What would be measured with an anemometer? | Wind |
| What would be the state of a person in 'Carey Street'? | Bankrupt |
| What would you be playing if you were talking about spares and strikes? | Ten-pin bowling |
| What would you fear if you had apiphobia? | Bees |
| What would you find in an arboretum? | Trees |
| What would you have if you were hypermetropic? | Long sight |
| What would you have seen if there is a Fringilla coelebs outside? | A chaffinch |
| What, in computer terminology, do the initials COBOL stand for? | Common Business Oriented Language |
| What, in English history, was the Danegeld? | A tax |
| What's the link between Maria von Trapp of 'The Sound Of Music' and Patrick Troughton of 'Dr Who' fame? | They died on the same day |
| What's the link between Shag, The Weatherman and Sakkarin? | Jonathan King |
| What's the link between the Boy Scouts and Uncle Scar? | Be prepared |
| What's the surname of cartoon hero Quick Draw? | McGraw |
| What's the theme song of M*A*S*H? | Suicide Is Painless |
| When a cow stands up, which legs does it get up on first? | Back |
| When and where was the first public lavatory opened in Britain? | 1852 in London |
| When 'Coronation Street' moved from two to three programmes a week in 1989, what was the new day for transmission? | Friday |
| When did Britain last go to war against the United States? | 1812 |
| When did Britain's lease on Hong Kong officially expire? | 1997 |
| When did Celtic first have numbers on the back of their shirts? | 1994 |
| When did Green Shield stamps come into use in Britain? | 1958 |
| When did Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon find Tut's tomb? | 1922 |
| When did Rhodesia declare UDI? | 1965 |
| When did the EEC become the EC? | 1965 |
| When did the first televised debate of the House of Lords take place? | 1985 |
| When driving a car in Britain what is the hand signal for turning left? | Turning your right arm in a circle |
| When during a meal would you have an hors d'oeuvre? | Beginning |
| When is St Sylvester's night? | December 31st |
| When is the Blue Peter flag raised on a ship? | When it is about to leave port |
| When it is made in Europe, what are the three main ingredients of a kedgeree? | Fish,eggs,rice |
| When Jesus was crucified, which Roman was governor of Jerusalem? | Pontius Pilate |
| When the sun is at its zenith, where is it? | Directly overhead |
| When was hanging abolished in Britain? | 1965 |
| When was Prohibition introduced in the United States? | 1920 |
| When was the first appendix operation performed? | 1885 |
| When was the first free vertical flight of a twin-rotor helicopter? | 1907 |
| When was the gold standard finally abandoned in Britain? | 1931 |
| When was the International Monetary Fund established? | 1945 |
| When was the radio-only licence fee abolished? | 1971 |
| When were driving tests first introduced in Britain? | 1935 |
| When were the first British passports in the new red European format issued? | 1988 |
| When would you see a 'naked lady' in the garden? | In autumn |
| Where - apart from the Moon - are the Mountains Of The Moon? | Uganda |
| Where are the birthplace and statue of King Alfred the Great? | Winchester |
| Where are the headquarters of the Rugby Union? | Twickenham |
| Where are the painted lakes? | Indonesia |
| Where are the Quantocks | Somerset |
| Where are the semicircular canals in the body? | The inner ear |
| Where are the Shankly Gates ? | Anfield, Liverpool |
| Where are the Tivoli Gardens? | Copenhagen |
| Where are your clavicles? | At the base of the neck |
| Where did chess originate in the second century AD? | India |
| Where did Edward VIII spend most of World War II? | The Bahamas |
| Where did English Channel swimmer Matthew Webb die? | Niagara Falls |
| Where did Indian ink originally come from? | China |
| Where did Larry the Lamb live? | Toytown |
| Where did Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet in 1945? | Yalta |
| Where did the Boxer Rising take place between 1898 and 1900? | China |
| Where did the Norse gods live? | Valhalla |
| Where did the old London Bridge move to from the Thames? | USA |
| Where did the passenger liner 'Queen Elizabeth' catch fire in 1972? | Hong Kong harbour |
| Where did the Vikings originally come from? | Gotland |
| Where did the world's first controlled nuclear reaction take place in 1942? | Chicago |
| Where did William III defeat a French and Irish army in 1690? | The Battle of the Boyne |
| Where did Worzel Gummidge live? | Scatterbrook |
| Where do the Graafian follicles develop? | Ovaries |
| Where do the Greek gods live? | Mount Olympus |
| Where does 'Bull's Blood' originate? | Hungary |
| Where does Miss Marple live? | St Mary Mead |
| Where does the Australian Open Tennis Championship take place? | Flinders Park, Melbourne |
| Where does the Lhasa Apso dog originate? | Tibet |
| Where does the M5 go to and from? | Midlands to the southwest |
| Where does the martial art taekwondo originate? | Korea |
| Where does the name Fray Bentos come from in connection with corned beef? | A port on the River Uruguay |
| Where in a horse is the coffin joint? | Foot |
| Where in Britain would you find Roedean Girls' School? | Brighton |
| Where in Canada is the world's second-largest French-speaking city? | Montreal |
| Where in China is the Forbidden City? | Beijing |
| Where in England was the first commercial nuclear power station built? | Calder Hill, Cumbria |
| Where in Indiana was actor Gary Cooper born? | Gary |
| Where in Italy was Mussolini executed? | Como |
| Where in London is the Royal Opera House? | Covent Garden |
| Where in London is the Central Criminal Court? | Old Bailey |
| Where in London is the statue of Peter Pan? | Kensington Gardens |
| Where in London would you find the sculpture of Prospero and Ariel? | BBC Broadcasting House |
| Where in Norway were the 1994 Winter Olympic games held? | Lillehammer, Norway |
| Where in Spain was Pablo Picasso born? | Malaga |
| Where in the body is the cranium? | The head |
| Where in the body is the humerus? | Upper arm |
| Where in the body is the thyroid gland? | In the neck |
| Where in the cell is DNA stored? | Nucleus |
| Where in the House of Lords do peers with no party loyalties sit? | On the cross benches |
| Where in the world can the largest cannon be seen? | The Kremlin |
| Where in the world can you see two bridges linking one continent with another? | Bosporus |
| Where in the world would you find a vicuna and an alpaca? | South America |
| Where in your body is the frontal bone? | Forehead |
| Where in your body is the tibia? | The shin |
| Where is Charles Darwin buried? | Westminster Abbey |
| Where is Santiago de Compostela? | Spain |
| Where is the 19th hole on an 18 hole golf course? | The clubhouse |
| Where is the Book of Kells? | Trinity College, Dublin |
| Where is the Devil's Tower? | Wyoming |
| Where is the fictional Bayview Retirement Home? | Bournemouth |
| Where is the Gulf of Carpentaria? | Northern Australia |
| Where is the headquarters of the International Monetary Fund? | Washington |
| Where is the highest traffic density in the world? | Hong Kong |
| Where is the Jacobean playwright Ben Jonson buried? | Westminster Abbey |
| Where is the Jorvik centre? | York |
| Where is the metatarsal arch? | In your foot |
| Where is the New York Stock Exchange? | Wall Street |
| Where is the pituitary gland? | In the brain |
| Where is the Sea of Showers? | On the moon |
| Where is the surgery of Dr Richard Locke? | Ambridge |
| Where is the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory? | Greenbank |
| Where is the world's largest mine? | South Africa |
| Where might you find a breeze block? | In a wall |
| Where on the human body is the skin the thinnest? | On the eye |
| Where on the Pacific coast does the Trans-Siberian railway terminate? | Vladivostok |
| Where was Bob Hope born? | Eltham, London |
| Where was Captain Cook killed? | Hawaii |
| Where was Enoch Powell a professor of Greek at the age of 25? | Sydney University |
| Where was Europe's first hard-paste porcelain made? | Dresden |
| Where was Glenn Miller flying to when his plane disappeared? | Paris |
| Where was Marat when Charlotte Corday murdered him? | In his bath |
| Where was Mohammed born? | Mecca |
| Where was Robbie Burns born in Ayrshire? | Alloway |
| Where was the Canadian goldrush which began in 1896? | Yukon |
| Where was the decimal system developed? | In India |
| Where was the last battle between Britain and the United States? | New Orleans |
| Where was the main arena for the 1948 Olympic Games? | Wembley Stadium, London |
| Where was the main residence of British sovereigns from 1698 to 1837? | St James's Palace |
| Where was the Mount Pinatubo eruption? | The Philippines |
| Where was the Royal Mint until 1810? | The Tower of London |
| Where was the treaty signed that established the EEC? | Rome |
| Where was the wheel clamp first used in Europe? | Paris |
| Where was the world's first cast-iron bridge built? | Coalbrookdale |
| Where was the world's first lighthouse, built of white marble? | Pharos |
| Where were Norse gods said to live? | Valhalla |
| Where were the 1952 Olympic Games held? | Helsinki |
| Where were the first European coffee houses opened? | Vienna |
| Where would you eat if you were eating al fresco? | Outside |
| Where would you find a canal in a national park in Britain? | Brecon Beacons |
| Where would you find a dead man's handle? | In an electric train |
| Where would you find a kibbutz? | Israel |
| Where would you find Amsterdam Island, Kerguelen and Crozet Island? | Indian Ocean |
| Where would you find an avenue of sphinxes? | Luxor, Egypt |
| Where would you find the vox humana and vox angelica together? | On an organ |
| Where would you find treads and risers close together? | On a staircase |
| Where would you go to find a wild vampire bat? | South America |
| Where would you look to discover the Mount of the Moon and the Girdle of Venus? | In the palm of your hand |
| Where would you see fog called the Tablecloth? | Table Mountain |
| Where would you travel to find the Sea of Tranquillity? | The Moon |
| Where, in Baker Street, did Sherlock Holmes live? | 221B |
| Where, today, would you find a bailiwick? | Channel Islands |
| Whereabouts on a whale are its flukes? | On its tail |
| Which 007 was once the 'Big Fry' man in TV adverts? | George Lazenby |
| Which 18th-century German soldier was famous for his exaggerated accounts of his adventures? | Baron Munchhausen |
| Which 18th-century priest discovered that plants absorb air? | Stephen Hales |
| Which 1930s US criminal was known as 'Public Enemy No 1'? | John Dillinger |
| Which 1960s pop star played the lead in 'Love Hurts'? | Adam Faith |
| Which 1969 film featured cockney ram-raiders in Turin? | The Italian Job |
| Which 1987 play by Caryl Churchill satirised London's brash young financial brokers? | Serious Money |
| Which 1995 movie starred a wet Kevin Costner? | Waterworld |
| Which 60s group was formed by the Wilson brothers? | The Beach Boys |
| Which acid builds up in the muscles during severe exercise? | Lactic acid |
| Which actor can be found in The Nag's Head and The Royal Oak? | Nicholas Lyndhurst |
| Which actor played Jim Hacker in TV's 'Yes Prime Minister'? | Paul Eddington |
| Which actor plays Alec Gilroy in 'Coronation Street'? | Roy Barraclough |
| Which actor plays the title role in 'Lovejoy'? | Ian McShane |
| Which actor recorded that he 'was born under a wand'rin' star'? | Lee Marvin |
| Which actor talked to a six-foot high, invisible rabbit in the film 'Harvey'? | James Stewart |
| Which actor was born Joe Yule Jnr in 1920? | Mickey Rooney |
| Which actor/songwriter is closely linked to Jim Jarmusch? | Tom Waits |
| Which actor's real name is Walter Matasschansayasky? | Walter Matthau |
| Which actor's real name was Reginald Carey? | Rex Harrison |
| Which actress Jane developed her fitness programmes? | Fonda |
| Which actress Rula married Dennis Waterman? | Lenska |
| Which actress said, 'I want to be alone'? | Greta Garbo |
| Which actress was jailed in 1982 for tax evasion? | Sophia Loren |
| Which actress was the original choice for Alexis in 'Dynasty'? | Sophia Loren |
| Which actress/dancer's real name was Virginia McMath? | Ginger Rogers |
| Which actress's real name is Camille Javal? | Brigitte Bardot |
| Which actress's real name is Julia Wells? | Julie Andrews |
| Which actress's story was portrayed in the 1983 film 'Mommie Dearest'? | Joan Crawford |
| Which Admiral gave his name to a weather measurement scale? | Beaufort |
| Which advertiser says, 'We care because you do'? | Boots |
| Which African tribe is known for being the tallest people in the world? | The Dunka |
| Which airline was originally called Dobrolet? | Aeroflot |
| Which airline's identification code is VS? | Virgin Atlantic |
| Which airport was officially classified as the busiest in the world in 1999? | Atlanta |
| Which airship exploded in New Jersey in 1937? | Hindenburg |
| Which Alan wrote 'Boys From the Blackstuff'? | Bleasdale |
| Which alcoholic drink is flavoured with juniper? | Gin |
| Which Alfred mapped out moorland routes in northern England? | Wainwright |
| Which alloy of tin and lead is used for making tankards and mugs? | Pewter |
| Which amateur jockey's first winner was Gulfland at Redcar in 1986? | The Princess Royal |
| Which American city is named after a British prime minister? | Pittsburgh |
| Which American comedian's last words were, 'That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted'? | Lou Costello |
| Which American founded the Jehovah's Witnesses? | C. T. Russell |
| Which American humorist invented the town of Lake Wobegon? | Garrison Keillor |
| Which American president had a wife known as Ladybird? | Lyndon Johnson |
| Which American president had the first names John Fitzgerald? | Kennedy |
| Which American rodent builds dams and fells trees? | Beaver |
| Which American state does cajun music come from? | Louisiana |
| Which American told Madam Butterfly that he loved her? | Lieutenant Pinkerton |
| Which American writer was christened Samuel Langhorne Clemens? | Mark Twain |
| Which Ancient British priests were associated with mistletoe? | Druids |
| Which Andy said, 'In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes?' | Warhol |
| Which animal does ermine come from? | Stoat |
| Which animal is associated with Paddy McGinty? | Goat |
| Which animal is regarded as the one with the longest life span? | The giant tortoise |
| Which animal was once called a foul marten? | Polecat |
| Which animals are a favourite of investigator Jemima Shore? | Cat |
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