| 1 | What was the middle name of late US author Truman Capote? | Streckfus |
| 2 | The Stotinka is a unit of currency of which European country? | Bulgaria |
| 3 | A Spartan is what type of fruit? | Apple |
| 4 | Bee, Giant and Broad-tailed are all species of which bird? | Hummingbird |
| 5 | Who founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870? | J D Rockefeller |
| 6 | What was the World’s first teletext information service? | Ceefax |
| 7 | Athlete Usain Bolt advertised which media company’s products in 2012? | Virgin |
| 8 | Siderodromophilia is the sexual arousal caused by which means of transport? | Trains |
| 9 | What is the surname of the siblings Harriet, James and John in the Charles Dickens novel ‘Dombey and Son’? | Carker |
| 10 | Bara Brith is a fruit bread originating in which country? | Wales |
| 11 | What is the name of the road tunnel which opened in Switzerland in September 1980, and is almost 17 kilometres long? | St Gotthard Tunnel |
| 12 | English singer/songwriter Lynsey Monckton Rubin is better known by what name? | Lynsey De Paul |
| 13 | Zimt is German for which spice? | Cinnamon |
| 14 | Ambergris is a waxy substance used in perfumery and is believed to originate in the intestines of which creatures? | Sperm whales |
| 15 | Which planet in our solar system was discovered by Johann Galle and Heinrich D’Arrest in 1846? | Neptune |
| 16 | What is the US state capital of Maine? | Augusta |
| 17 | Late US singer/songwriter Jiles Perry Richardson Jr, born October 1930, was better known by what name? | The Big Bopper |
| 18 | In the US, Thanksgiving Day falls on the fourth Thursday of which month? | November |
| 19 | In cookery, Spanakopita is filo pastry traditionally stuffed with feta cheese and which vegetable? | Spinach |
| 20 | The Polar Music Prize is an annual award in which country for significant achievements in music? | Sweden |
