1. What is the name of the military cemetery in Washington D. C.? Arlington
  2. In which seventies movie, after having had all four limbs severed by his opponent, does the Black Knight announce, ‘alright we’ll call it a draw’? Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  3. ‘I’m an evil Tory bigot’ is an anagram of the name of which former Conservative M. P.? Virginia Bottomley
  4. What name, derived from the French for ‘lute’, is given to someone who makes guitars or other stringed instruments? Luthier
  5. Who is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England? The Queen/current monarch
  6. In poker, only three hands will beat a full house. Name two. Royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind (assuming no variants such as floating jokers)
  7. Who was Chelsea manager when they won the Champions League? Robert Di Matteo
  8. Brown, Chisholm and Adams. Which two names make up this ‘powerful group’? Spice Girls (could also be interpreted as Halliwell and Bunton – the other two members of the group)
  9. One of the most successful long distance runners of all time, Haile Gebreselassie ran for which country? Ethiopia
  10. What is the shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible? Jesus wept (John 11:35)
  11. Sweet, sour and bitter are three of the five sensations or taste buds can detect. Name the other two. Salty, umami
  12. Who has been the host of the long-running B. B. C. Programme ‘Countryfile’ since 1989? John Craven
  13. A coelacanth is which type of creature? Fish
  14. In which TV cop series did Sergeant Troy assist D. C. I. Barnaby? Midsomer Murders
  15. With which brand of makeup would you get ‘the London Look’? Rimmel
  16. What name was given to the scandal surrounding former cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell? Plebgate
  17. Which member of the royal family is President of B. A. F. T. A.? Prince William (since 2010)
  18. Which river flows through Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam? The Mekong
  19. Morse code. Dash dash dash/dot dash/dot dot dot/ dot dot/dot dot dot spells what thirst-quenching word? Oasis
  20. Which director is at the helm of the ‘Star Trek into Darkness’ from 2013? J. J. Abrams
  21. Which film is a biopic of Mark Zuckerberg and friends, founders of Facebook? The Social Network
  22. Which post is second in line to the U. S. Presidency? Speaker of the House
  23. In 1999 B. B. C. Sports Personality of the Year awarded a one-off Sports Personality of the Century to whom? Muhammad Ali
  24. Which car company manufactures the Corvette? Chevrolet
  25. Prisoner 24601 is the main protagonist in which musical? Les Miserables
  26. Buddhist philosophy has two underlying themes: Dharma, meaning ‘cosmic law and order’ is one. Which word meaning ‘cause and effect’ is the other? Karma
  27. Contrary to its vast size, China’s government determined that it should have only one time zone. Sometimes called Chinese Standard Time, after what city is the time zone named? Beijing
  28. Lady Justice, sculpted by F. W. Pomeroy. Stands atop which landmark building? The Old Bailey
  29. Port Louis is the capital of which African country, popular with tourists? Mauritius
  30. The orbit or orbital is the medical name for what part of the body/skeleton? Eye socket
  31. ‘Or the Modern Prometheus’ are the words often omitted from which famous novel? Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
  32. Text message acronyms. What is shortened to FWIW? For what it’s worth
  33. What is the name of the U. S. Military’s G. P. S. System? Navstar
  34. Which part of a pig is sold on the commodities exchange as ‘P. B.’? Pork belly
  35. What member of the Black Eyed Peas announced his candidacy for the Haitian Presidency? Wyclef Jean (Wrong: Wyclef Jean was part of The Fugees and ran for the Presidency in 2010)
  36. Which debilitating disease affecting those with tropical ancestry is thought to have evolved as protection against malaria? Sickle cell anaemia
  37. An advert for what had the tag line ‘gets busy with the fizzy’? Sodastream
  38. Which controversial art form takes its name from the Italian word for scratching? Graffiti
  39. Who was the ‘rottinest, tootinest, shootinest’ adversary of Bugs Bunny? Yosemite Sam
  40. Whose perplexing knot did Alexander the Great slice apart with one stroke of his sword? Gordian (person was GORDIAS)