| 1 | Indian politician Sonia Gandhi was born in which country in 1946? | Italy |
| 2 | What is the name of the four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side, used by Jews in gambling games, especially at Hanukkah? | Dreidel (or dreidl) |
| 3 | In which year was the Factory Act passed in Britain, to improve conditions for children working in factories? | 1833 |
| 4 | In 1997, what was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell? | Dolly the sheep |
| 5 | In medicine, chromotopsia is the term for abnormally coloured what? | Vision |
| 6 | What is the highest range of the male singing voice? | Countertenor |
| 7 | Who was the mother of King James l of England? | Mary Queen of Scots |
| 8 | Which Irish musician released a 1988 album entitled ‘Watermark’? | Enya |
| 9 | Wanlockhead is the highest village in which European country? | Scotland |
| 10 | Which London train station was designed by Lewis Cubitt in 1852? | King’s Cross |
| 11 | In medicine, what does GIFT stand for? | Gamet IntraFallopian Transfer |
| 12 | What is the name of the long, loose hooded cloak worn by Arab men? | Burnous (or burnoose) |
| 13 | What is the name of the spiked metal plate fixed to a boot for climbing on ice or rock? | Crampon |
| 14 | A pneumonectomy is the removal or part-removal of which part of the human body? | Lung |
| 15 | Which US President ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to Russia (USSR) detonating its first atomic bomb? | Harry S. Truman |
| 16 | Which British designer designed the iPod? | Jonathan Ive |
| 17 | Saint Apollinia is the patron saint of which medical profession? | Dentists |
| 18 | In a synagogue, what is the name of the cupboard in which the Torah Scrolls are kept? | The Ark |
| 19 | The ‘Harvester Judgement’ was a benchmark legal case for ensuring workers in which country were paid a fair basic wage? | Australia |
| 20 | ‘The past is a foreign country, they do things differently there’, are the opening words to which novel? | ‘The Go Between’ |
| 21 | Which UK children’s tv show, launched in 1968, had a mascot called Murgatroyd? | Magpie |
| 22 | In banking, what does HSBC stand for? | Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Coropration |
| 23 | The Antionette Perry Awards for Excellence are better known by what name? | Tony Awards |
| 24 | What is the name of the two-dimensional surface with only one side/surface? | Mobius Strip |
| 25 | Which US author said ‘Clothes make the man; naked people have little or no influence’? | Mark Twain |
| 26 | Which European country hosted the 1956 Winter Olympic Games? | Italy |
| 27 | ‘Lofsongur’ is the national anthem of which country? | Iceland |
| 28 | According to the Bible, how many pieces of silver did each of the Philistines offer Delilah to find out where Samson’s strength lay? | 1100 |
| 29 | In which board game do players use a ‘doubling cube’, which has the numbers 2,4,8,16,32,64 on it? | Backgammon |
| 30 | In which mountain range is the 2000 film ‘Vertical Limit’ set? | Himalayas |
