| 1 | In 1999, who became the first female President of Switzerland? | Ruth Dreifuss |
| 2 | Who wrote the 1902 autobiography ‘The Story of My Life’? | Helen Keller |
| 3 | The Andaman Sea is known by what other name? | Burma Sea |
| 4 | What was the name of Peter the Great’s daughter who became Empress of Russia in 1741? | Elizabeth (Elizaveta Petrovna) |
| 5 | The John Bunn Lifetime Achievement is an annual prize given in which sport? | Basketball |
| 6 | Dunlop cheese comes from which country? | Scotland |
| 7 | The Chatham Islands in the Pacific Ocean are part of which country? | New Zealand |
| 8 | US investigative reporter and author Clifford Irving is best known for his 1971 hoax autobiography of which reclusive businessman? | Howard Hughes |
| 9 | Quercus is the Latin name for which tree? | Oak |
| 10 | Who plays the villainous Soviet agent Irina Spalko in the 2008 film ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’? | Cate Blanchett |
| 11 | The city of Shiraz is in which Asian country? | Iran |
| 12 | The Watford Gap service station is on which British motorway? | M1 |
| 13 | Dactylonomy is counting using what? | Fingers |
| 14 | ‘Didine’ resembles which bird? | Dodo |
| 15 | The story of the New York gang ‘The Dead Rabbits’ is told in which 2002 film? | Gangs of New York |
| 16 | An Insulinoma is a tumour of which organ of the body? | Pancreas |
| 17 | In mythology, who is the Roman god of fire? | Vulcan |
| 18 | Who was the last person to leave the house in the first UK television show of Celebrity Big Brother in 2001? | Jack Dee |
| 19 | The Latin phrase ‘Primus inter pares’ translates to what in English? | The first among equals |
| 20 | What is the first name of Halley, after who the famous comet is named? | Edmond |
