| 1 | What is the name of the male character in French pantomime who usually wears a loose white costume and a pointed hat and has a sad white-painted face? | Pierrot |
| 2 | Mossel Bay is a harbour town which lies on the coast of which African country? | South Africa |
| 3 | Swedish actress Greta Gustafsson was better known by what name? | Greta Garbo |
| 4 | Swiss National Day is celebrated during which month of the year? | August |
| 5 | Sam Walton founded which famous US retail chain in 1962? | Walmart |
| 6 | In the game of Bingo, ‘Knock at the door’ is the nickname of which number? | Four |
| 7 | The province of Banten is on which Asian island? | Java |
| 8 | Who was the only US President not to be elected to office? | Gerald Ford |
| 9 | The liqueur creme de cassis is made with which fruit? | Blackcurrants |
| 10 | Which English author wrote the 1928 novel ‘Orlando: A Biography’? | Virginia Woolf |
| 11 | Which American car manufacturer has a logo which features three shields inside a circle? | Buick |
| 12 | Which 1956 film starring Burt Lancaster was shot in Paris, including at the Cirque d’hiver? | Trapeze |
| 13 | In which year was the Oxford English Dictionary first published in ten volumes? | 1928 |
| 14 | First broadcast in the UK 1958, what is the world’s longest running children’s television programme? | Blue Peter |
| 15 | Mount Sneffels is in which US state? | Colorado |
| 16 | Quentin Tarantino and George Clooney play brothers Seth and Richard Gecko in which 1996 film? | From Dusk Till Dawn |
| 17 | King John of England was the youngest son of which English monarch? | King Henry II |
| 18 | Pinkie, Cubitt and Ida Arnold are all characters in which Graham Green novel? | Brighton Rock |
| 19 | Which British island group was hit by an egg shortage in February 2012? | Falkland Islands |
| 20 | How many suicides are recorded in the Bible? | Seven |
