| 1 | The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire was the birthplace of which 19th Century naturalist? | Charles Darwin |
| 2 | What is the US state capital of Missouri? | Jefferson City |
| 3 | ‘The Beehive’ is the common name of the Executive Wing of the parliamentary building in which country? | New Zealand |
| 4 | Which modern-day country was known as the Khmer Republic between 1970 and 1975? | Cambodia |
| 5 | The wine Retsina is native to which European country? | Greece |
| 6 | Who became British Prime Minister in June 2007? | Gordon Brown |
| 7 | The Naga Viper is what type of foodstuff? | Chilli pepper |
| 8 | Who hosted the ‘$64,000 Question’ on British television? | Bob Monkhouse |
| 9 | Eid al-Fitr is a Muslim holiday which marks the end of what? | Ramadan |
| 10 | In the novel ‘The Lord of the Rings’, who is the King of Rohan? | Theoden |
| 11 | Rodney Pattison won Olympic gold medals for Britain in 1968 and 1972 in which sport? | Sailing |
| 12 | Which historic figure was reputed to have said ‘The die is cast’ as they stood at the edge of the Rubicon River? | Julius Caeser |
| 13 | Uncas is a principle character in which 1826 novel by James Fenimore Cooper? | The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 |
| 14 | Gephyrophobia is the abnormal fear of which type of structures? | Bridges |
| 15 | A sheepshead is what type of creature? | Fish |
| 16 | SD is the abbreviation for which US state? | South Dakota |
| 17 | In Greek mythology, who was the King of Corinth, condemned to eternal punishment for deceitfulness to push a heavy rock up a steep hill which would always roll down again? | Sisyphus |
| 18 | What is the capital of Belarus? | Minsk |
| 19 | The tune to which pop song is used in the UK television advert ‘Confused.com’? | YMCA |
| 20 | What does the Latin phrase ‘Ubi fumis ibi ignis’ translate to in English? | Where there’s smoke, there’s fire |
