1. What name, given to the coastal regions of Northern Africa, was derived from the Berber peoples? Barbary Coast
  2. ‘The Big Sleep’, ‘Rio Bravo’ and ‘Gentlemen prefer Blondes’ are just three of many classic movies by which director? Howard Hawks
  3. Pete Duel and Ben Murphy played the eponymous anti-heroes in which 70s TV series? Alias Smith and Jones
  4. What is the Andes highest peak? Aconcagua
  5. What unit of measurement, equivalent to 1/3 of an inch is the basis for shoe measuring, still in use today? Barleycorn
  6. What name is given to a Samurai with no master? Ronin
  7. Football. Shaktar Donetsk hail from which country? Ukraine
  8. Tiger cubs Hodori and Hosuni were Olympic mascots from which city’s Olympics?Seoul
  9. Brigham Young, President of the Mormon Church, co-founded which US city in 1847? Salt Lake City
  10. In which sport do three strikes equal a ‘turkey’? Ten-pin bowling
  11. The tsetse fly causes which human disease? Sleeping sickness
  12. Who is the only actor to be nominated for an Oscar for their part in a Star Wars movie? Alec Guinness (Star Wars 1977)
  13. Crosse and Blackwell, Libby’s, Findus and Rowntree Mackintosh were all bought by which company? Nestle
  14. Which hugely popular TV series is set in the SevenKingdoms of Westeros? Game of Thrones
  15. Which three letter Japanese word denotes married status? San
  16. Name the first woman to be managing director of a professional British football club. Karren Brady (Birmingham City, 1993)
  17. Which country is sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania? Moldova
  18. Aneto is the highest peak in which European mountain range?Pyrenees
  19. Dihydrogen Monoxide is more commonly known as what? Water
  20. Which businessman has had cameo roles in the films ‘Around the world in 80 days’, ‘Superman Returns’ and ‘Casino Royale’? Richard Branson
  21. Now at Pier 86 in Manhattan, which US World War II aircraft carrier is now a floating museum? U. S. S. Intrepid
  22. In which year did our queen first appear on banknotes? 1960 (should have said U. K. banknotes - appeared on Canadian banknotes in 1954)
  23. In the 1975 film who played ‘Robin and Marian’? Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn
  24. Japan has four major islands. Shikoku and Kyushu are two; can you name the other two? Hokkaido and Honshu
  25. Which Scot is the British and Irish Lions top scorer with 274? Andy Irvine
  26. What was the fourth estate? The press/journalism
  27. Known as the father of analytical psychology, which psychiatrist provided the alternative to Freudian psychoanalytical psychology? Carl Jung
  28. Which U. S. President had the nickname ‘Unconditional Surrender’? Ulysses S. Grant(first two initials)
  29. Which Eurovision winner was an M. E. P. for Connacht-Ulster? Dana (Dana Rosemary Scallon born Rosemary Brown)
  30. Which car company’s logo is two upward facing chevrons /herringbones? Citroen
  31. Which tropical fruit is also known as a pawpaw? Papaya
  32. What won Best Film at the 2014 Oscars? Twelve Years a Slave
  33. Which British purveyor of horror fiction is responsible for ‘Hellraiser’, ‘Candyman' and ‘Gods and Monsters’? Clive Barker
  34. ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’, ‘The Tortoise and the Hare and ‘The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg’ are all works by whom? Aesop
  35. Which king was known as ‘the wisest fool in Christendom’? James VI of Scotland, I of England
  36. What was the nickname of former Superbowl winning American footballer William Perry? The Refrigerator/Fridge
  37. ‘Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration’ is a quote attributed to which inventor? Thomas Edison
  38. Which theoretically ineffectual type of drug takes its name from the Latin for ‘I will please’? Placebo
  39. Which English Premiership team are nicknamed ‘The Glaziers’? Crystal Palace
  40. What was the surname of the family in ‘The Cosby Show’? Huxtable