8 Who invented the phonograph?
9 Which fictional character had a diary published at the age of 13¾?
10 In which county is Colchester, Britain’s oldest recorded town?
11 What type of creature is cartoon character Yogi?
12 Who sang the 1971 hit version of Without You, a 1994 hit for Mariah Carey?
13 Who played the title role in the film Elizabeth: The Golden Age?
14 Is Zambia ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time?
15 Which type of cloth is made from flax?
16 What is the name for the part of a willow tree that bears pollen and nectar?
17 In the 1968 film Oliver!, which actor played the role of Fagin?
18 What part of the body would be affected if you suffered from myopia?
19 What is the official language of Morocco?
20 In a pack of cards, how many eyes can be seen on the Jacks?
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1 What name is given to the line of rocks off the western point of the Isle of Wight?
2 Queensland is a state in which country?
3 Kirkcaldy is in which historic county of Scotland?
4 Which Scottish island was linked to the mainland by a bridge in 1995?
5 ATL is the international airport code for which US city?
6 Which Italian city is said to be built on seven hills?
7 What name is given to the series of lakes mainly found in Norfolk?
8 Which is the southernmost US state?
9 Dover lies opposite which French port?
10 Spain and Portugal comprise part of which peninsula?
11 In which mountain range is Ben Nevis?
12 Nassau is the capital of which Caribbean island group?
13 Which is the world’s deepest ocean?
14 In which county is Royal Tunbridge Wells?
15 What is the Spanish name for Spain?
16 The river Liffey flows into which sea?
17 In which English county is the town of Bromsgrove?
18 What is the form of address for an Italian married woman?
19 What is the capital of New York State?
20 Of what are there 100 in a US dollar?
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1 What term is given for lines that run from the centre to the edge of a circle?
2 Tenerife is part of which island group?
3 What collective name is given to foods such as fusilli and linguine?
4 With which city is the Sally Lunn bun associated?
5 How many stomachs has a cow?
6 In 2011, which band had a hit with Paradise?
7 What is the chemical symbol for iodine?
8 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?
9 In the English alphabet, what is the 13th letter?
10 What is a sheepshank?
11 On which part of your body would you wear a homburg?
12 If you betray your country what crime do you commit?
13 In the Bible, who was the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth?
14 What was Elvis Presley’s first chart hit in the UK?
15 Cape Canaveral was formerly known by what name?
16 Who directed the 1966 thriller Torn Curtain?
17 Which orchestra was founded in Manchester in 1858?
18 What term is given to the young of a whale?
19 Who played the title role in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom?
20 Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
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1 What was an old five-shilling piece called?
2 In 1913, what make and model of car became the first to be mass-produced on an assembly line?
3 To which island was Napoleon first exiled?
4 What was the surname of Henry VIII’s sixth wife?
5 Which religious movement in the Christian church was founded by brothers Charles and John Wesley?
6 Ukraine and Belarus were a part of which country until 1991?
7 Which WWII battleship shared its name with a 19th-century German statesman?
8 Which “metallic” period occurred around 1000BC?
9 During which war did the Battle of Marston Moor take place?
10 Which November 11, 1918 event is marked every year on that date?
11 What name is given to a member of the pre-conquest population of Mexico?
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