| 1 | Which tennis player beat Andre Agassi in the Men’s Wimbledon Singles Finals in three straight sets in 1999? | Pete Sampras |
| 2 | What is the first name of fictional diarist Adrian Mole’s mother? | Pauline |
| 3 | A Pratincole is what type of creature? | Bird |
| 4 | Which month in the Gregorian calendar was originally the seventh month of the Roman calendar? | September |
| 5 | Which luggage company is named after a Biblical strongman? | Samsonite |
| 6 | The ‘Great Bells of Bow’ church were used to time the executions at which London prison? | Newgate |
| 7 | Arboreal animals live in or among which habitat? | Trees |
| 8 | Who played Queen Victoria in the 1997 film ‘Mrs Brown’? | Dame Judi Dench |
| 9 | In 1995, Mario J Molina became the first Mexican to win the Nobel Prize in what? | Science (chemistry) |
| 10 | In Greek mythology Charon was said to have ferried the souls of the newly arrived dead across which rivers? | Styx and Acheron |
| 11 | Which US animated television series 90 second pilot episode clip was called the ‘Flagstones’? | The Flintstones |
| 12 | ‘Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway’ is a painting by which artist? | Joseph Turner |
| 13 | Which animal is known as a wisent? | European bison |
| 14 | In economics, what does GDP stand for? | Gross Domestic Product |
| 15 | Published in England in 1952, who was the subject of ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’? | Anne Frank |
| 16 | The English city of Norwich lies on which river? | River Wensum |
| 17 | Sevruga, Sterlet and Ossetra are all types of which delicacy? | Caviar |
| 18 | In poetry, a sonnet consists of how many lines? | 14 |
| 19 | What is the name of the twin sister of the Disney character Donald Duck? | Della |
| 20 | How many points is a conversion worth in a game of rugby union? | Two |
| 21 | A purfle is an ornamental border, typically inlaid on which musical instrument? | Violin |
| 22 | Which English town was called Camulodunum in Latin? | Colchester |
| 23 | ‘Happy Rabbit’ was the original name for which cartoon character? | Bugs Bunny |
| 24 | Who composed the ‘Haffner Serenade’ (Serenade no.7) for the sister of his friend Sigmund Haffner, for her wedding festivities in 1776? | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 25 | Comma, Peacock and Swallowtail are all types of which insect? | Butterfly |
| 26 | According to the nursery rhyme, what did Tom the Piper’s son steal? | A pig |
| 27 | In music festivals, what does WOMAD stand for? | World of Music, Arts and Dance |
| 28 | What is the title of the 1944 film in which Lauren Bacall made her movie debut? | To Have and Have Not |
| 29 | Which 18th Century artist painted a portrait of actress Sarah Siddons entitled ‘Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse’? | Joshua Reynolds |
| 30 | Brown Windsor is what type of food dish? | Soup |
