| 1 | Which famous British Army officer died after a motorcycle accident in Dorset, England in May 1935? | Lieutenant Colonel T.E. Lawrence |
| 2 | What is the name of the long iron-tipped staff used by mountain climbers and hikers? | Alpenstock |
| 3 | Which African country is regarded as the spiritual home of the Rastafari religious movement? | Ethiopia |
| 4 | In economics, which four countries are known as the BRIC countries? | Brazil, Russia, India, China |
| 5 | A peregrine is what type of bird? | Falcon |
| 6 | James Baskett, who sang the song ‘Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah’, played which character in the 1946 Disney film ‘Song of the South’? | Uncle Remus |
| 7 | Who became the Royal Ballet’s youngest principal dancer in 1989, at the age of 20? | Darcey Bussell |
| 8 | The Spratly Islands lie in which body of water? | The South China Sea |
| 9 | Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya was married to which Russian politician? | Vladimir Lenin |
| 10 | Which English chemist and physicist invented the dynamo? | Michael Faraday |
| 11 | In Indian cookery, what is gingili better known as? | Sesame |
| 12 | In humans, the deficiency of which vitamin causes pellagra? | B3 |
| 13 | Sila and Majella are national parks in which European country? | Italy |
| 14 | Saffron and Bubbles are characters in which UK tv comedy series? | Absolutely Fabulous |
| 15 | Which play by Arthur Miller opened on Broadway in New York in January 1953? | The Crucible |
| 16 | The original Guggenheim Museum is in which city? | New York |
| 17 | In which year did South Africa leave the Commonwealth to become a republic? | 1961 |
| 18 | Clidro, Pipeline and Backdoor are terms that are used in which sport? | Surfing |
| 19 | In the Harry Potter series of books, what is the name of Harry’s pet owl? | Hedwig |
| 20 | Which US state has borders with Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma? | Missouri |
| 21 | What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant? | Ricin |
| 22 | Which former British Prime Minister played cricket for Middlesex? | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
| 23 | Which English poet died in 1915 from septicaemia after being bitten by a mosquito? | Rupert Brooke |
| 24 | What is the name of the dog in the children’s tv programme ‘The Herbs’? | Dill |
| 25 | How many lines usually make up a limerick? | Five |
| 26 | What is Cockney rhyming slang for stairs? | Apples and pears |
| 27 | Taxus is the Latin name for which tree? | Yew |
| 28 | What is the name of the official Scottish residence of the British monarch? | The Palace of Holyroodhouse |
| 29 | How many points are scored for a drop-goal in rugby union? | Three |
| 30 | Steve Martin and which other actor hosted the 2010 Academy Awards? | Alec Baldwin |
